Blue Mountain State star Darin Brooks is returning to Days of our Lives as Max Brady for a couple of episodes, according to Soap Opera Digest. In the episodes, which will air in March, Max will be checking up on his little sister Melanie (Molly Burnett). You can watch new episodes of Brook's new sports comedy, Blue Mountain State, on Spike.

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Darin Brooks dished with TV Guide Magazine about his upcoming comedy, Blue Mountain State. The Daytime Emmy winner fills readers in on why he had a Guns N' Roses moment during his acceptance speech and clues viewers in on his upcoming character.

Now we know why you had such a potty mouth—and got bleeped—at the podium when you won your Daytime Emmy last year.

Here’s what happened: I left Days in May, immediately went to Canada for three months to shoot the entire season of Blue Mountain State, then came back to L.A. at the end of August just in time to go find myself a suit and get to the Emmy ceremony. It was nuts! Winning the award came as such a shock, which is why I swore on national television. [Laughs] Also, it’s hard to stop now that I get paid to swear.

Your character thinks he can get away with absolutely anything—and does. Is this the ultimate fantasy role?
 
Yeah! But Alex doesn’t do it in any evil, vindictive way. He’s a good-hearted kid who just wants to get by, and nobody’s going to keep him from doing that. For an actor, it’s very freeing. Days was kind of like a machine, you knock out so damn many pages every day, so damn many episodes every year, you shoot weddings that go on for a week. That’s not a bad thing but it is a machine. Blue Mountain State is done on the fly. They let you improvise. They want you to improvise. I’ve always got crazy s--t playing in my mind, and they let me go with it.

Blue Mountain State premieres Jan. 12. READ MORE

Spike has released the new trailer for Blue Mountain State, the football series starring Darin Brooks as the backup quarterback, which premieres in January. For those in love with Friday Night Lights, this isn't it. The BMS trailer is hilarious, but it does come with a content warning for those easily offended. Watch the trailer after the jump. READ MORE

While the ladies of daytime were preening on the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy red carpet, the men were doing their thing in penguin suits. Who looked the best and who looked the worst on the red carpet? See the other men HERE.

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Congrats to Darin Brooks for his win as Outstanding Younger Actor and his funny speech! How cute was he with his win and the reaction he had after realizing he made a boo boo? READ MORE

As I write this I’m battening down the hatches and looking for a shovel to dig myself an underground bunker, because I have a sneaking suspicion that I’m going to be the voice of unpopular opinion. Let me explain.

When deciding which soaps I enjoy most or discover I'm most interested in watching on my DVR when I get home, I look at two things, quality (writing and acting) and enjoyment. These two can be in the same, or entirely different. The Young and the Restless and One Life to Live fall under the “quality” umbrella. I enjoy them because the writing is on fire and the acting is superb. On the other hand, I can enjoy some soaps at a gut level even though they may not have as good of writing or as strong acting. Call it “the show I like, but no one else seems to” factor. This is how I feel about Days of Our Lives.

On this week’s CBS and Days of Our Lives podcast episode (which should air on Thursday) I reveal that Days of Our Lives is currently my third favorite soap, even beating out the drastically improved Guiding Light and my version of As the World Turns. This is something I have refused to admit, even to myself, for some time. If I did, might it mean I’ve succumbed to Dena Higley’s evil charms? READ MORE

It's no secret Days of Our Lives is my heart. Like Tara to Scarlett, Llanfair to Viki and the Promises Treatment Center in Malibu to Lindsay Lohan, DAYS is home to me, which is why it pains me to find the land of my childhood, fanboy dreams war-ravaged, and overrun with some strange cow wandering about chewing cud.
 
I wrote last week how the show was actually watchable again, well, watchable won't keep DAYS on the air past 2010. In years past I never worried about whether NBC-U-Later-Soaps would kill Days of Our Lives, because I knew CBS or ABC would readily fight to the death grab up the most buzzed about soap in the last 20 years of daytime television. Thanks to the woeful state of the U.S. economy, coupled with DAYS being written by someone who would make the top brass at AIG shake their heads and go "tsk, tsk, tsk", I no longer have the quiet comfort that Frons or Bloom will pick up DAYS once it's cut by NBC. Hell, Mickey Mouse and Tiffany are having a hard enough times keeping the soaps already on their network lineups afloat, why would they consider bringing DAYS to the table in the shape its in?  READ MORE

Back in December Jamey blogged about Darin Brooks landing the pilot Blue Mountain State. Now comes word from The Hollywood Reporter that the show has received a 12-episode order.

Produced by Lionsgate TV and Robbins' Varsity Pictures, "Mountain" is in the vein of Animal House. The series follows three incoming freshmen (Darin Brooks, Chris Romano, Sam Jones III) who attend Midwestern football powerhouse Blue Mountain State and quickly must adapt to college life while juggling football, women, classes and nonstop hazing.

"Blue Mountain State contains four key ingredients to being a guy: football, partying, women and hazing," said Kevin Kay, president of the male-centric Spike TV.

Added Lionsgate TV president Kevin Beggs, "It's a show that doesn't pull any punches -- it's just all-out funny."

Seems like Heroes and former Guiding Light (ex-Lizzie) star, Hayden Panettiere has gotten over her recent break up with co-star Milo Ventimiglia by spending time with Days of Our Lives cutie Darin Brooks (Max). The two were spotted at LAX today. Now some may say its a coincidence, but do the math folks. Panettiere attended a benefit for the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation Honolulu. Brooks is from Hawaii— Honolulu to be exact...

Twilight in Paris. In a mindless article about whether or not celebunot Paris Hilton has had plastic surgery (Really, as with Eva Longoria's mythical baby bump, who gives a rat's sphincter?), FOXnews.com revealed a juicy soap-related tidbit detailing an alleged hook up between Days of Our Lives stud Darin Brooks and the vapid heiress.  

But on the topic of changing her physical appearance, Paris did debut a hot new hairstyle at Hollywood hotspot Apple on Tuesday night.

Following in the footsteps of Victoria Beckham, Katie Holmes and Gwyneth Paltrow, the stylish socialite showed off her "bob" as she boogied the night away. And according to Pop Tarts spies, the newly-single Hilton was also canoodling with "Days of our Lives" star Darin Brooks in a private cabana.

"They couldn't keep their hands off each other," said the insider.

Sadly, this will probably do more for Brooks' career than his stint on Days.