Members Vee Posted March 10, 2010 Members Share Posted March 10, 2010 From TV Guide: I'm of two minds about this, oddly enough. Am I upset that Kish are going? Yes, very much so, and it's typical that ABC would scapegoat them for ratings. But it's different than other stories for me, because this one was told, and told well, and broke major ground and it seems the boys will not be ruined as so many other gay stories on daytime have. Maybe they should go out on top. This is a massive character and story exodus going down at OLTL right now, though. I assume many of these changes are not Ron Carlivati's idea - Kish was everything to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lucid Posted March 10, 2010 Members Share Posted March 10, 2010 holy crap ! didn't see that coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wingwalker Posted March 10, 2010 Members Share Posted March 10, 2010 I am really devastated right now. They are my couple. This makes me so sad and angry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric83 Posted March 10, 2010 Members Share Posted March 10, 2010 Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted March 10, 2010 Members Share Posted March 10, 2010 The ratings were down, yet they DON'T blame the stories that were on EVERY-FREAKING-DAY. RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric83 Posted March 10, 2010 Members Share Posted March 10, 2010 There must be some serious budget cuts going on. I wouldn't be suprised if Tika Sumpter is the next one to go...... I'm not even going to go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted March 10, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 10, 2010 I do think they probably hurt the ratings a little, but you know what, you take that hit sometimes when it's important. OLTL lost affiliates in the South in '68 over the Carla story, but Agnes Nixon kept on going. I think OLTL would have if it was still only up to them, but it's not; Frons and ABC are involved, and we know their track record on gay stories, Reese. And a little dip from Kish is nothing compared to the shitty stories that have been told in other areas on the show. I'm oddly at peace with this. It does not seem to have been in the show's hands and the story was done right. I am heartbroken they're not staying, but I know from worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wingwalker Posted March 10, 2010 Members Share Posted March 10, 2010 This is like a needle through my heart. With ATWT ending in Sept and now Kish gone, there is going to be no gay couples in daytime soon. I freaking love and can't believe they are blaming the ratings on them. Yeah, I'm sure maybe a little bit, but they were hardly ever on. It's not like they took over the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris B Posted March 10, 2010 Members Share Posted March 10, 2010 Yeah maybe the show lost some viewers due to Kish, but they were hardly on more than two days a week. I wonder if the reason we hardly see Layla and RJ is because they're black and they don't feel (the largely minority) audience wants to see black characters? It's really just more excuses not to use minorities. We've heard it all before a million different ways. Kish was a couple that fit in well. They didn't need to dump them this soon. It's not like they get that much screentime. They could easily scale them back to one/two days a week until another story is available for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric83 Posted March 10, 2010 Members Share Posted March 10, 2010 I am ready to see the headline Terel Tilford OUT at OLTL! Like seriously, why is he still here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted March 10, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 10, 2010 Because he was a Frons idea. Greg = Frons Gigi and Rex = Frons Rachel = old Sky = needed elsewhere/not Rex Kevin = old Kish = gay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted March 10, 2010 Members Share Posted March 10, 2010 I agree! They're scapegoats, ugh! Of course they're not going to blame the Todd overload on piss poor ratings, nor RC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted March 10, 2010 Members Share Posted March 10, 2010 Somewhere, Miss Nellie has a gun to his head after reading this news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted March 10, 2010 Members Share Posted March 10, 2010 LMAO, this is one good part of this, Nelson's reaction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EastMA2 Posted March 10, 2010 Members Share Posted March 10, 2010 Wow - but they think that we viewers want to see Jessica back in high school? Just WOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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