dragonflies

5 hours ago, I Am A Swede said:

To be fair to Brad Bell this is not just a B&B problem. Soaps are rarely very subtle in their dialogue. They don't use foreshadowing, they use a huge mallet to hammer home whatever point they're trying to make.

It's cause they have to dumb everything down. I mean go read FB or Twitter and you'll see why lol 

I thought it was cause wasn't something mentioned about a "Gated community" lol 

I like the "Accelerated development" part, it seems not to rush it but to also not go too slow either

1 minute ago, edgeofnik said:

Doesn't B&B only follow Y&R in about 50% of the country? In many cities: it's Y&R, local news, B&B. 

CBS tried to get B&B to expand to an hour in the 90s, but the Bells refused. While that worked when the schedule had 4 soaps, I think it's hurt them during the past decade. The narrow format has really hampered the show's ability to add depth to the canvas. It's the same merry-go-round and that's really burned them since 2021.

Yeah I watch a feed from I think New York for CBS when I wanna catch BOLD, and it is YR, News then BOLD

This answers our question, it's being developed as an HOUR

1 hour ago, Soapsuds said:

And how ominous that the lights went out in today's episode of The Talk. 

They also started with a weird commercial two screen split while the small screen had the talk with visual only.

They always do the split screen

11 minutes ago, Khan said:

My fear, though, is that B&B's ratings might suffer without the Y&R lead-in.  

Then maybe Bell will wake up and realize his "safety net" is gone and actually make an effort lol

10 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Somehow I doubt that they have any basis for saying it looks like it will be an hour. If they had basis, why didn't they say what it was? 

I think it will be as well 

Yeah sandwiching it between YR & BOLD makes more sense, especially given YR is the higher rated of the two, IMO it following BOLD might work against it

What is it @Liberty CityI don't see anything

1 minute ago, carolineg said:

The show also paired her with people that looked years older than her.  Kiefer looked like he was 25 at 15.  Ethan?  Looked 10 years older than her and I actually don't think there was that much of an age difference.  Parker?  Get out.  Why would you pair LA with a woman that is a decade and a half older than her?   I really do understand she looks like a teenager, but the show didn't actually ever try to cast a love interest around that.

That is very true, I agree!

Oh I know she can't help it, but I remember at one point she looked younger than Molly who was like a pre teen and they had her in a romance, yikes lol 

Lexi still looks like a child, so no matter who they paired her with it'd still be squicky IMO

WTH caused her DID? It's usually caused by a traumatic event such as incest etc

9 minutes ago, Khan said:

I'll bet she'll look fabulous in it when he flips out/shows his true colors, abducts her and stashes her away someplace.

Khan behave, don't know you know he's changed? We hear it every single day LMAO 

A soap replacing the talk show that replaced a soap, that's karma lol

From that article:
 

On 3/11/2024 at 12:31 AM, soapfan770 said:

@dragonflies mention of Lois & Clark in the four seasons and done thread made me remember the tank and sabotage job done to that show during the fourth season.

Tank: Lois & Clark had a successful third season coming in a #44, the show’s highest rated season yet. After the much anticipated wedding finally occurred, the show weakened in its time-slot due increased fierce competition in the 8PM Sun slot from Touched by an Angel breaking out in that spot, 3rd Rock From the Sun, and a resurgent Simpsons. So ABC flip-flopped the and AHV around on the Sunday night line-up. The show tanked in the 7PM slot.

Sabotage: With the Disney takeover and the collapsing of the show, ABC then shipped the show to Saturday nights with little to no promotion and of course viewership fractured in half. Although ABC had agreed to a two season renewal at the end of Season 3, ABC/Disney changed their mind about the WB-owned show and promptly cancelled it. I recall ABC later green-lit some other short lived WB-owned show to make up from the loss. 

ABC also did a lot of interference, they made the show hold off on the L&C wedding cause they wanted it to iine up with the wedding in the comics. the show never recovered from the "Frog eating clone arc" people were pissed off cause they felt like they got an FU. Hence the "Swear to God, This Time We're Not Kidding" title for their actual wedding 

I still think he's not going to a lot of what people think due to Valentini and his interference

OMG RIP, I Feel for her sister. I remember her on GH

18 minutes ago, Jeff said:

I am here for SINN.  @dragonflies She did?  I will check it out later!  LMAO.

 

The story is ass but SINN are getting some great lines and I love them being there for each other.

Steffy HUNG UP ON LIL PUKE @Jeff 

4 hours ago, Liberty City said:

He did state he's happy working at General Hospital or anywhere he's wanted, but I don't see him ditching the role of Kevin unless he got a series regular with Val Jean at The Gates.

He seems happy to be recurring on GH so it frees him up to do other projects