Chris B

This is true of many shows. It gives people options. If you want to watch it commercial free, then the app is a good choice. If you don't want to pay, you can still watch it free. It's something for everyone.

See I feel like Malcolm would've been easy to recast, the failure for that goes entirely on the Casting Director at a time. Why would you cast a sitcom actor who looks nothing like Shemar Moore and can't embody his leading man vibes? I actually don't think Darius was a bad dramatic actor but that was just shocking. I also think better options were available. Now in 2026, after a failed recast, I'd just keep using Shemar in guest spots when available. When it comes to Olivia, I do think she makes sense to recast and would be easy to recast (Vanessa Williams or Amelia Marshall come to mind) but I can't see them doing anything with the character which is most likely why they haven't bothered.

I do wonder if Vivica would be up to more regular appearances so this could have more of a long term impact. I'll admit, I tuned in for their return and although predictable, it was good. Vivica in particular reminded me of the way she is in her "Wrong" movie series which translates well to a soap. Her delivery was very dramatic when teasing Holden about her announcement. I also thought she had great chemistry with Audra.

Yep! It feels like the beginning of the end in many ways. I've reached Donna and Pam's exit and it's a sad way for two long term, strong female characters to go. Donna just completely faded out and I can't understand such a bizarre exit for Pam. They should've just killed her outright or done a recast. The whole burn thing would've lent itself well to a recast. I can't believe they left that up in the air which even affected the reboot. Such a bad exit. With Pam and Donna gone I feel like I'm officially in the final act of Dallas. Sue Ellen still hangs on for a while but I don't recall her doing anything too exciting and thus far I haven't enjoyed her post-dream season.

I don't recall the date but RetroTV did air them broken up in half hours.

GH has perfected it by shooting out of sequence based on what sets are available at any given time. That's how they are able to showcase so many sets without it being costly.

I feel like those two would be super easy and non-complicated sets to make which is why it's so shocking they don't exist.

The set issue is valid and I don't think it's a budget thing as much as it is having a Set Designer who doesn't know how soaps work. Why Julie Curruthers isn't doing more to fix this just shows what a mediocre EP she is (which her resume backs up). There is no way they have two sound stages and have the issues they do. Another big mistake was trying to have multiple mansion sets which they clearly don't have the budget to sustain. If the Dupree's are your main family, they should've had one big mansion and give it more than just the living room. We should have a study, a dining room and a bedroom that can be re-dressed for the various characters. I also don't think an outdoor set would be unreasonable. That would make it feel luxe. Instead you have four "mansion" living rooms for Bill, Nicole, Dani and Vernita that feel incomplete. I would've put Bill and Hayley in a convo at Fairmont Crest. I also don't feel like Nicole has enough activity to have her own set. At the very least they could've had Kat and Martin living there to give the house more life. As it stands, it's pointless to have that big house for just her. When you consider her closeness to her parents, it only would make sense to have Dani living with Vernita. Not having these four mansion sets would allow for Vanessa a place to live and more public places. I'm not saying they have to go on location but if you can't, you have to have some sort of outdoor set so the characters aren't constantly indoors. With a country club being a main setting, it would be easy to create something and every other soap with a similar set up has had an outdoor/pool set. Then with this impaler story, the biggest fault is that Jacob is standing up against that damn wall. Instead they should've build a dive bar where people could meet him in.

I've written and deleted so many posts about my thoughts on season 10 but now that I'm almost done with the season, I am ready to speak on it. The last re-watch I did I skipped the dream season, this time I didn't and as a result I really have struggled with this season. They had to reset everything to the end of season 7 and I don't think there is one example of a story that benefitted from it. It's really highlighted to me just how insulting this was to viewers in a way I didn't notice before. While the dream season suffered in terms of going too Dynasty on style and the main plotline with Angelica Nero, they did a great job with developing the characters. We lost so much growth from Sue Ellen and Cliff in particular. Personally I liked Sue Ellen getting sober and getting back with JR. That felt more realistic than her becoming a businesswoman in season 10 which ultimately led to her exit. The character was too closely tied to JR and didn't work separated from him. With Cliff, after failed romances with Sue Ellen, Afton and Mandy, it was nice to see him finally find someone who was a match and see him learn how to care for a woman. The switch in season 10 was almost like a parody and ultimately it feels pointless since he never had a strong love interest again. Keeping him with Jamie would've also given him a strong tie to the Ewing's after Pam left. Instead we just get slapstick Cliff until the series ends. The biggest losers this season must be Ray and Donna. After a couple seasons of issues, they go the opposite route here and break them up. Donna has been out of town most of the season so we don't get any interesting business scenes with JR, very little of her relationship with Miss Ellie and nothing worth watching with Ray. Then he ended up stuck with Jenna who I don't think ever had a strong season. Now something they did get right was by bringing the show back to it's Texan roots. I was so happy not to hear any European accents. April was also a strong new character. Still, even with the changes and missed opportunities, I do find the show to still be watchable. I didn't make it to the end last time so I'm curious how I will feel about those final seasons. I do look forward to seeing Michelle and Cally again.

I do agree with you. Regardless of the reason, they have to start loosening up the stories so they can peak at different times. I also think it's unfortunate because they're waiting for a season 3 pickup and there really isn't anything to build real excitement or bring in new viewers. The cancer story will potentially get them accolades but the eligible Emmys would be October 2027. They need something they can promote that is explosive and get people tuning in. I do hope the Y&R crossover helps but again, that's in the summer and after any renewal announcement.

This sounds like it could've been interesting and potentially lasting if they could've figured out the money element. Such a shame it didn't last and that there is no video of it, to my knowledge. Since it was produced in Canada, I wouldn't be surprised if the series was saved somewhere but forgotten. Would be nice if someone unearthed it like Strange Paradise.

For me personally, I'm hoping they treat May and the cotillion as sweeps because the show has largely been dragging it's feet beyond the Anita cancer storyline. At some point these stories have to actually move so I'm hoping they use that to spark something. I can't go into the summer with everything still at a stand still.

I do think it's weird to release random years but I'll take whatever I can get! Wish they'd started at the beginning of Reilly's first stint instead of with the possession.

I haven't watched yet but this doesn't surprise me. She typically sings live with very spontaneous adlibs so I'm not surprised she didn't hit it out of the park if she had to lipsync.

The biggest problem I have with Tomas is that they have such an easy out for him: kill him off. We've suffered long enough and we know he won't grow as an actor. Plus the Haley story has been dragging it's feet like everything else. It would make sense to off him to continue to prolong that story. She is such a disappointment. Not only is she a bad mother but she's clearly a terrible friend. I wish they'd truly commit to bringing Deanna and Donnell on full-time. Not only have I really enjoyed them but I need them actively giving her hell and investigating Vanessa and Joey.

I'm a big fan of the Scream franchise and was surprised to see Nora Zuckerman and her sister and writing partner Lillia were hired to write the next installment. This was surprising because neither of them has an horror experience. I decided to do some research on their past credits and turns out Nora got her start as a writer/producer on Desire! Of course she's gone on to much greater things like being the showrunner of Pokerface but I was pretty stunned to find out she accomplished as much as she had and this is how she entered the industry.

I won't lie and act like I missed him. I feel like you could easily write off Martin, Smitty and their kids and the show wouldn't skip a beat. It's a shame because I do like the invidividual actors but the characters are just boring, all of them. I agree here. I like those little supporting characters that come in an out but they need a little more than that for consistency. I feel the same way about Caroline who didn't fare much better.

Ugh you're right! I guess I really will have to buy that movie collection lol. I did see JR Returns and War once ages ago but I don't remember much beyond them not being very good. Just from the lack of cast members that returned, they seemed like lazy, thrown together projects. The Knots mini series wasn't great but at least we got to see a good amount of characters return. You mean to tell me even Charlene Tilton wasn't available for either Dallas movie? For a show as big as Dallas they definitely deserved better.

As I reach the end of the Dream Season, I realized that AppleTV includes The Early Years between season 9&10. I'm excited to get a chance to finally see it! Out of curiosity I decided to see if any other extras are included and at the end of season 14 they have the Return to Southfork reunion an War of the Ewings. Unfortunately, JR Returns is omitted. I wish it were there for completion sake but it's available in physical media so I'll buy that box set to watch that. Now if only the Knots Landing mini-series was available in any format.

I agree. They should've tried to license The Doctors out because they didn't have the infrastructure to build their own streaming platform. To be fair to them, I know they did mention trying to get more soaps to create a soap channel, but they didn't find anybody willing to license them their soaps.

I do wonder how B&B got around that because they didn't cut music when they streamed the show on YouTube. For ABC, some of that work might've already been done for the post-2000 episodes at least. I seem to recall when the soaps would re-air on SOAPnet that they already replaced the popular music.

Dark Shadows and The Doctors led the charge and it's nice to see B&B continuing it! I hope this is successful and encourages others to do something with their soap library. I feel like the no brainer would be ABC which has a full library that could easily build out it's own platform. My dream though is Days or Y&R. I'd love to see the first 10+ years of those soaps.

This season squandered their ratings and as we know, it's not easy to fix that on primetime soaps. THe fact that the dream season came next sealed their fate. They just went too far away from what the show was supposed to be about.

I'm finally in that second half of the series quality-wise, the Donna Reed season. I'm not going to sit here a bash her either. She was put in a difficult position and did the best she could. I do appreciate she had her own take on Miss Ellie and don't let it bother me since I know it's just one season. The show is still very watchable but it's not elevated anymore. JR and Cliff are becoming more comical, Sue Ellen has turned into a boring stepford wife and we're in our second season of them not knowing what to do with Lucy. The biggest problem this season is Jenna Wade. I always found Priscilla Presley's version to be one of the most boring characters in the history of the show. The story with Charlie's dad was boring and he was miscast. This is a show about wild Texans...why do you throw an Italian man in the mix? The story of his murder drags this season to the pits of hell. Then you have Pamela who has been isolated from the entire cast on a wild goose chase searching for Mark Graison, who wasn't around long enough to merit this type of attention. A highlight for me has always been Jamie Ewing. I thought she was an interesting character, moreso than her brother Jack and I feel like she should've stayed long term. I wish they'd kept her main focus on her love of oil and the business instead of turning her into a doormat for Cliff. I do think they had good chemistry but like with many of the women, they don't understand how to let women be strong long term. I am looking forward to wrapping this up and getting to the dream season. I know that has endless issues but I do find it to be a fun fantasy to watch. One thing I will say I'm not looking forward to is the destruction of Donna and Ray. He ended up with Jenna's boring ass and I found them to be such a grounding element to the show. I'm very curious how I will feel about Donna's exit season this go around. It's always upsetted me in the past.

I wouldn't have been mad had Ben stayed long term and been Val's main love interest. Val and Gary have chemistry but I never thought it was believable they'd be successful long term. One of the few things nuDallas did right was breaking them up. It's not that Gary is an inherently bad guy but his demons were so heavy plus he was a Ewing. I didn't even buy them in Back to the Cul-de-Sac. No way Gary went that many years without acting up.