dragonflies

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I just hope this news might light a fire under Bradley Bell’s ass, but, knowing him, he’ll receive the *wrong* lesson from it, leaning into more nonsensical stunts for ratings instead of aiming for higher-quality, long-term storytelling and allowing an actual writer to take the creative reins.

Nah he'll skate like always till it's close to time for the new soap to premiere then suddenly he'll pull out all the stops for a month or so then go back to being lazy

@Jeff
 

My man was awesome yesterday and today. LIl Puke looked like the pathetic weasel he is. I don't know if it's intentional or not, but SC plays Liam very smarmy

 

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Even if CBS dumped B&B, do not be suprised if ABC gets B&B or Amazon or Netflix picks it up. Iger at Disney/ABC needs and wants content for ABC and/or Hulu/Disney +. Amazon and Netflix need contant as well.

lol not going to happen at all. ABC has 1 soap for a reason, a soap that's hanging on by it's toe nails at this point

8 minutes ago, Khan said:

And it's not going to be as long as they maintain the illusion that Brooke Logan is a desirable woman in her late 30's.

lol right! I guess "Bridge" is popular internationally as is Brooke though

8 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

B&B has been canceled in a lot of international territories in the past 10 years - its global footprint isn’t as strong as it was in the 90’s and early 00’s. It’s more reliant on the licensing fees CBS pays for it now than ever. 
 

If they cancel B&B, it’s done and no other global market will save it. But would that also lead to the Bell’s selling their stake in Y&R to CBS or selling it fully to Sony? Interesting to think about…

Said what I was going to say. They want us to buy into the "it does well internationally" I'm sure it does, but it's not nearly as strong as it once was

This feels like Guza era all over again

What's character driven about Anna freaking Devane being a Sonny prop? 

I'm shocked Jason doesn't have amnesia given this show loves to go that route with him 

13 minutes ago, Jeff said:

LOVE!  Thanks I needed this, having a crappy week.

@Jeff

30 minutes ago, MichaelGL said:

I think CBS is taking note of the success (at least talk wise/watercooler discussions) of shows that are centered around African Americans. BMF, All American, heck even Tyler Perry produced written shows such as The Oval and All The Queen's Men; they all have an audience of sorts, one that every now and then are vocal online and social media. I think creating a black daytime soap, while surprising, when you look at the big picture it makes sense. 

It surprises me cause CBS doesn't seem to GAF about how their black characters are written for on YR and BOLD

8 minutes ago, John said:

Even though The Gates is being developed for CBS, I wouldnt be shocked if it just went streaming on Paramount Plus. I feel streaming is the future for daily soaps.

Paramount Plus is likely being merged with Peacock, so yeah that's probably not even remotely what would happen

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I think what bothers me about today's announcement, and this has nothing to do whatsoever with your post or you, John, in particular, but people can't seem to read. I can't tell you how many people asked when is it going to air or where is it going to air when it is clearly stated it's for CBS. Countless people on social are asking if this is going to Paramount+ and I'm like...not even in the PR about it was Paramount+ even mentioned.

Errol this does NOT shock me at all. Especially from soap fans who barely pay attention to what's happening on screen already lol. 

Yeah the Talk gets barely a million viewers lol 

50 minutes ago, janea4old said:

The current CBS lineup in Seattle:

9-10am Let's Make a Deal

10-11am The Price is Right

11am-noon Y&R

noon-1pm news

1-2pm The Talk

2-2:30pm B&B

I wonder where they would put The Gates?
 

From 1 to 2 and can the Talk lol 

Honestly there's no way they're going to cut LMAD or another show in half for this. I'd be shocked if they did.

I doubt they'd put BOLD at 12:30 and YR at 1 and the Gates at 2 lol

33 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Agreed, that a half hour would be best. Don’t set this up to fail. 

Why? There's less ad money with a half hour and unlike BOLD no international type press etc  to build a brand 

7 minutes ago, Toups said:

Soccer pre-emptions hurt CBS this week. 

Sorry Toups but that's an excuse lol. It was on here. and like Ron said it happened a few weeks before  and they went up 

1 minute ago, Soapsuds said:

It was the Zende rape story too and the Shelia/Steffy fight that week.

Yep 3 days of Runa/Zende then boom Steffy and Sheila lol 

1 minute ago, Soapsuds said:

Ouch at B&B numbers.

A 1.7 HH and over 200,000 lost viewers... Yikes!

Get in here @Jeff @dragonflies

Just saw it on Twitter, they couldn't even get a bump for Steffy/Sheila, cause people probably figured there'd be more Argh Jay. 2 days and no lead up to it. f*cking stupid lol 

I'm glad but at the same time my ATWT loving heart hurts regarding P&G and their involvement lol