Tv Guide spoilers about Paul and Mark

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Two Popular Hunks to Exit As the World TurnsI'm hearing that Mark Collier (Mike) and Paul Leyden (Simon) are both leaving As the World Turns at the end of this year. The two soap hotties will continue to air on the CBS sudser up to January 2007.
This comes as no surprise, since it's well known that Collier and Leyden are interested in making the jump from daytime to primetime TV.

Pilot season lasts from January through April each year. So the timing of their ATWT exits indicates that the guys want to be available to audition for primetime roles out in Los Angeles. (ATWT is taped in Brooklyn, New York.)

Earlier this year, Collier took a break from ATWT during pilot season, then returned to Oakdale to stay a spell longer since he didn't land work on a nighttime series. (Hey, showbiz is tough!) As for Leyden, he enjoyed a taste of primetime success in 2004 as a regular on NBC's short-lived series LAX.

ATWT had no official comment for this story.

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Sorry, Katie! AS THE WORLD TURNS' Mark Collier (Mike) and Paul Leyden (Simon) are both leaving Oakdale at the end of the year. For more, see the issue of Soap Opera Weekly on newsstands now, as well as the issue on stands Oct. 30.

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