Chris B

Just FYI, RHOBH also filmed it's finale yesterday and more is coming to light about Kathy Hilton. It looks like she allegedly had a meltdown when they went to a bar after filming in Aspen aka this was off camera. She was upset nobody knew who she was and at one point got into with a DJ and called him a homophobic slur. This is what led to her eventually posting that message on Rick Hilton's instagram to pick her up. Rinna has been going on and on about what Kathy said and Kathy is trying to prevent it from becoming a storyline. Even today Rinna is gleefully posting about how she's "talking about it." Rinna and Kathy filmed a one hour sit down on Thursday, but beyond that, Kathy hasn't filmed any of the final events with the ladies. I find this confusing since it apparently ALL happened off camera, so I'm not sure how much mileage they can get out of it, but with Kathy sending cyst and desists and drawing so much attention towards it, she's going to cause this to be a bigger story than it would've been. I wonder what Kyle is going to do. We all know Kyle left Kim out to dry, but can she do the same to Kathy? Can she still be friends with Rinna who is gleefully taking down her sister? I don't think Kathy would ever forgive her.

I can’t with this show. So now Dylan and Andrea are being put in a lot of scenes together and she’s over at his house, which I don’t think I’ve ever seen before. Of course they have chemistry, but instead of letting her have an affair with him, they bring on a new character to pawn her off with. It’s crazy because they claimed she had to go, but they keep showing ways she could’ve stayed long term, they just never pursue what *they* set up.

Wait…I knew they wouldn’t pair Terry with anybody they deemed important, but Chet? It’s bad enough they won’t give the trans character an equal storyline, but to bring on a disabled man as her love interest and give them nothing together is even more insulting. Now if you could promise me this was a real story with real screen time I’d be all for it, but you already know what they’re doing.

Cynthia Cidre was a moron. She didn't watch the original show, didn't research the history and seemed to resent it. After the ratings drop off during season one, she gradually started bringing soap elements into the show, with season three being a full on soap. I feel like Victoria Principal was used to build buzz. Victoria has always been clear she wouldn't play Pam again. She certainly wasn't going to come back to a Dallas crime series with 30 seconds of screentime. There were far too many characters and actors willing to work for them to do that stupid mess.

Hold up…you mean Days had an actress who had a very public kidney transplant working with unvaccinated people and she wasn’t even informed?! That’s crazy and sad she wasn’t given a heads up to protect her health. This could’ve gone very bad for her.

That 12pm time slot is as doomed at ABC. I strongly believe Ryan’s Hope would’ve lasted throughout the 90s (as a success) had ABC not moved it for Loving. It’s so hard to launch a new soap and it still bothers me they moved RH. It was such a good show and deserved a longer run.

I remember that Hunter Tylo scandal. IIRC, her son was born with a birth defect and she claimed that was due to the stress they put her under. I remember hearing when she stood up in court at 9 months pregnant, you couldn’t even tell she was pregnant. I wonder if she felt pressure to stay slim to justify keeping her job for the lawsuit. Reading those interviews @Vee posted don’t paint Aaron Spelling in the best light. I feel like Donna suffered from his interference. I liked the chemistry Tori had with Cress Williams (who was also great with Brandon), but Aaron didn’t want his daughter with a Black love interest. Watching season 5 I feel like all of the fun has been drained from Donna. That goofy, funny, but lovable girl is completely gone and she’s been turned into the type of heroine that Tori isn’t great at playing. While I’m here I almost must say that Kelly Taylor is a hateful bitch. She always has her nose turned up at someone. I’m glad Brenda is gone because I hate how she’d always do something to Brenda and turn it around to play the victim. I’m curious when her likability will return because this ain’t it. Originally I only saw seasons 9 and 10 when they originally aired and after season 5 it’s going to be fresh for me, barring episodes here and there that I’ve seen. I’m curious how I will react because I recall seasons 6 and 7 not grabbing me from the episodes I can remember.

I’m into season five now, which is just fantastic. Valerie is an inspired character and I love that they’re full on soap now. I find I don’t miss Brenda, because she was such an outsider in season four that it was time. The biggest disappointment of season five is Andrea. I was shocked at how well she was written in season four and it seems everything they did right has disappeared. Instead of mostly having scenes with Brandon of Steve, they fully integrated her with the girls which I loved. She felt like a real part of the group and an important part. I loved her dating and sleeping around as well and she fit in perfectly. I don’t mind the pregnancy story, but it would’ve worked better with Steve or Brandon as the father. If it had to be Jesse, the casting needed to be better. This is probably one of the worst pieces of casting I’ve ever seen. Now in season five she’s isolated mostly to dull scenes with him, has aged a decade and is clearly in the way out. Season four proved there was a long term future for Andrea, but you can tell the writers and producers used Gabrielle’s age to push her out.

I’m a random person who loves that character so I’m not mad at it. That makes sense considering they are only going to invest so much in a trans character since they think it’s the 50s.

Do we have any idea who Terry’s date is going to be? I’m still shocked they’re finally giving her a love interest. I can’t imagine which character it could be with though.

I hope Kylie returns as well. If Julianne Moore can go back to ATWT then there are no excuses IMO. This show put Kylie on the map, it’s the least she could do.

From what I’ve read, the show gets 1.2 million viewers in the UK (which covers the majority of the budget) and it only gets 100,000 viewers in Australia. Why did Fremantle want so much money if they show was already struggling to stay on the air? Seems kinda stupid.

A twitter account is alleging that Peacock is developing a reboot of Real Housewived of DC! Exciting if true, although I wish Omarosa was in the cast (or on Potomac). These are alleged potential housewives. Michaele, Lynda and Mary would be the returning wives. I know this sounds random, but I think this makes more sense than to jump into Dallas. DC has been gone so long they can truly go wherever they want and DC is a more appealing location post Trump. Dallas had so much negativity I can see them not wanting to jump back into it, or knowing how to.

I feel like if it wasn't for Covid they would've at least given this a pilot, but now they have to be so careful about what they focus on for development so I don't see it happening. Unless they feel it is going to be a sure bet they aren't going to waste one of their few pilot slots on a soap experiment. It would be nice to see it picked up by a streaming service though, but I don't think Hulu would be interested.

I once had a DVD with three of the prime time episodes. The one where Victor got shot was truly amazing. I believe various soaps have had prime time episodes. I want to say OLTL has one in the 90s, I know Days and AW did. I feel like if OLTL had one then GH and AMC probably did as well. Of course Port Charles launched as a two hour TV movie. I believe the very first prime time episode was Return to Peyton Place which had an hour long prime time episode, but nothing is known to exist of that soap.

This is devastating! It was such a tease seeing Sam full of life when she last appeared and they are going to tease us again. Kelly Monaco literally has become one of the absolute worst actors in soaps. I can barely pay attention during her scenes. No matter what they throw at her, what actor they put her in scenes with, she just gives NOTHING. Ugh!

Marge really thought she did something, but forgets *she* was the mistress lol. Like okay you embarrassed Jennifer, but it doesn’t make her a hypocrite for finding distaste with your homewrecking. Re: Garcelle, rumors have it that Erika said something negative about Garcelle’s son and that is what caused Garcelle to become angry. If true, Erika is going to be destroyed after the way she treated Eileen for simply mentioning her son.

Amazon had the complete series of Hotel for around $25 so I had to buy it. Soap content on DVD isn’t what it should be so I decided to finally give the show a chance. I always assumed it was something light like Love Boat or a Hallmark movie. Simple romantic stories with big guest stars. That’s how the SOAPnet promos made it seem, but it’s actually very different from that. In fact, in the five episodes I’ve seen there’s been very little romance. I’m surprised at how adult the subject matter is. I also think the regular cast is solid. It’s a very balanced show and the episodes breeze by. I expected to hate watch when I was bored, but I’m actually invested. Bette Davis was terrible in the pilot. The idea of her on a soap is a good one, but she needed a role she could dig her teeth in. Flamingo Road or Falcon Crest would’ve been a better fit for her. Anne Baxter fits in much better and has great chemistry with James Brolin. I’ve heard her name and see her face endless times, but this is my first time seeing Connie Selleca act. She’s very good. I also love what I’ve seen of Shari Belafonte. The married couple, I don’t know their names, but they’re cute fluff to pad out the episodes. I also enjoy Nathan Cook as head of security. Any other Hotel fans here?

I hope classic episodes are next, but regardless, it's smart to move this content to YouTube. It's easier to find and will reach a larger audience. I know Ken did mention a desire to do something with the older episodes in one of the interviews about Peacock, so that wouldn't be completely out of the question. The B&B episodes get good views and engagement and with the commercials I'm sure they're making good supplemental income. DAYS needs all the money it can get, so if Corday can get the show streaming either on YouTube or Peacock, he needs to do it.

Carlos mentioned recently on Twitter that Bravo did try to get him back to produce RHOA for a recent season, but he'd only do it if his production company were allowed to take over the production. He said he's at a point in his career where any job he takes would have to involve his company, which I think is fair. It's not like Truly Original has been knocking it out of the part anyway.

I don't mind the idea of making Craig gay, but I hate what they've turned Nancy into. This isn't Nancy IMO. You can't convince me that if she wasn't played by a traditional sized soap actress that she wouldn't still have her red hair. That grey wig may not be the end of the world to some, but the fact that this character has lost all of her spark, is dressed like an old lady AND she's losing her husband? It feels like such a slap in the face and it's insulting. I wish the story were positioned in a way where Nancy could still be the fun character she was and potentially find love (not to mention revenge on whoever Craig is dating). Instead, it feels like this was done only because the actor who plays Craig is gay and Ron wants to showcase him and have a gay storyline. Of course it's not over and they may do right by Nancy in the end, but so far I am very disappointed. On a more positive note, I think Johnny works much better possessed than Marlena did. Of course it was fun to revisit the story with her, but with Johnny it's more interesting because it's less expected. I'm enjoying him wrecking havoc around town and I like that everybody isn't being dumbed down for it to make sense. With him EJ's son it isn't outrageous to think he'd act similar to his father. This could have real legs if Ron restrains himself and doesn't overdo it.

Nobody would care, because Bridget has been marginalized for years. In general, I don't think B&B has a big enough fandom to make much of a stink about anything. I feel like from his tweet, this is going to be something that is going to upset people. I feel like it just has to be GH or Y&R. They're the most likely to kill someone off for an Emmy stunt/ratings grab and not care about audience reaction. Y&R in particular has had so little going on and when tv shows get boring, they kill someone off.

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He seems to be narrowing down who it could be. I wonder how long until this news is public. If it's someone that is going to upset fans, I could see it being one of Alexis' daughters on GH. People have been wanting Molly and Kristina to have a story. To bring them back to die would piss people off. On Y&R the only ones I can think of are Abby, Mariah and Victoria. B&B's only real option would be Hope, because Steffy ain't going nowhere. DAYS could be anyone, but again, DAYS kills everybody and brings them back so I can't see fans being upset by anybody there.

Someone dying on DAYS wouldn't be a big deal. They've proven you can literally kill anybody and it doesn't matter. I'll be very disappointed if it's them. I'll admit, I'm hoping it's Y&R just for the freakout that will come from it lol.