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“The Bay” heads to Peacock! Watch for LGBT marriage storyline featuring Emmy winners Mike Manning and Eric Nelsen



This is exciting news!

Fans of The Bay can now find the popular drama on Peacock, with new Season 6 episodes being released in October that include a storyline between actors Mike Manning (This Is Us) and Eric Nelsen (1883) that ends in the two being married.

Manning first came to our attention as a cast member on MTV’s The Real World: D.C. back in 2010. During that time, he went from being a closeted jock to lobbying with the Human Rights Campaign for marriage equality and the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Manning references that period as “one of the most impactful experiences of my life. It really helped shape the person I am.”

Manning has gone on to have dozens of credits as an actor and producer including a high-profile stint on Days of Our Lives.

“I feel like playing [my character] Caleb McKinnon on The Bay is the epitome of my life as an actor and my passion as an activist coming full circle,” Manning says. “The writers gave me so much to work with in Season 6, and the fact that I’m able to show viewers an example of a positive LGBT character is very important to me. I’m grateful for the material and for such a great cast and crew that all work hard to make the show a success. And we certainly need more positive representation like that in the world, to show LGBTQIA youth that they are just as deserving of love as any other community.”

Nelsen, playing ‘Daniel Garrett’ on The Bay, joined the show back in 2014. Throughout the course of each season, his character explored his sexuality with a variety of love interests, and in Season 5, Manning entered the scene as a childhood friend that Daniel hadn’t seen for years. Things turn steamy as the two discover there’s more than friendship between them.

Both Nelsen and Manning have won “Best Supporting Actor” Daytime Emmy Awards for their acting work on The Bay, each crediting their wins to the powerful and meaningful storyline they’re given to play with on the show.

Nelsen has appeared in television shows including Walker and The Affair and says of his work on The Bay: “The Daniel and Caleb storyline over the past couple seasons has given me some of the most challenging as well as some of the most rewarding scene work of my career. I’m very grateful to our creator Gregori J. Martin for continuing to push me to new emotional highs as an actor and to Mike Manning for being the best scene partner I could ask for. Just wait… the rollercoaster we’re about to take you on this upcoming season is even more unpredictable than ever!”

The Bay is currently in production on 20 all-new episodes that will be released later this year, also on Peacock, marking the completion of its 100th episode.

Filmed on location in Puerto Rico and Los Angeles, new episodes of The Bay star Daytime Emmy winners Kristos Andrews (Survive the Game) and Karrueche Tran (Claws, Bel-Air), Daytime Emmy winners Mary Beth Evans (Days of Our Lives) and Tristan Rogers (General Hospital), Najee De-Tiege (Power Rangers: Samurai), Celeste Fianna (Bandit), Jackie Zeman (General Hospital), Alicia Leigh Willis (The L Word), Matthew Ashford and Brandon Beemer (Days of Our Lives). Daytime Emmy winner A Martinez (Longmire), as well as newcomer Kiara Liz Ortega and Carlo Mendez (Parks and Recreation) are also series regulars this season.

Guest starring are Maxwell Caulfield (Dynasty), Stephen Schnetzer (Another World), Joe Lando (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman), John Aprea (The Godfather II & III), Bruce Davison (Ozark), Latin Grammy Winner Draco Rosa, Ciara Hanna (Power Rangers: Megaforce), Real Andrews (General Hospital), McKenzie Westmore (Passions), Precious V. Mayes (The Magic), Breana Raquel (Purple Hearts), Txunamy Ortiz (Class of 1970), Mariann Aalda (The Blacklist), Dante Aleksander (The Raven), Bianca D’Ambrosio (Call Jane), and Daytime Emmy winner Chiara D’Ambrosio (Slapface).

Created and directed by Daytime Emmy-winning producer and director Gregori J. Martin, The Bay is produced by the independent film and television production company LANY Entertainment in association with SheMogul Media. The series is written by Martin and multiple Daytime Emmy winner Wendy Riche (General Hospital), who also serves as Executive Producer.

The Bay is also available on PopStar! TV, Amazon Prime Video, Tubi in the US, Channel 10 and Ten Play in Australia, SABC in South Africa, and others. The series is distributed internationally by GRB Entertainment.

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