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I can see MKA's devilish glee in that "We're sisters!" line. What might have been...

An interview with one of my favorite ever soap friendships, Drew and Boyd!

I think Larkin was a very dashing and charismatic figure, but they started way too hot, made the character too unpleasant, and then pulled too far back with the tedious triangle. They also needed to get Reva away from the Lewises at that point rather than tying Kyle to them. They did this somewhat with the suicide attempt and working with Fletcher but not enough. I wonder what Pam Long's plans would have been for Cain. Jerry Lanning was always a mix of sinister and very cold to me, but she must have had some idea for him as she had also used him on Texas.

I think this is where the show having an older audience comes in handy as that is who is buying these releases. And buying the books, presumably. I have family who in the last few years have watched the show pretty much every day.

Didn't a curtain rod fell on him and that's why he went blind?

It is. And it's even more remarkable that this feels like an end-of-career speech when she had no idea a whole second career was on the way.

Joe Hardy and Helen Gallagher were remembered at the Tonys.

I should say a number of people do enjoy the season 9 and 13 finales. I get the appeal of the 9 finale. I just do not like the storyline.

The "LiRic" fans are going to eat them up. (and somehow that is her most viable current relationship)

That makes sense. Rauch did like to play games, as shown with some of the antics with the Labines. We should make some screencaps. I can imagine her not being thrilled by much of anything in 1996.

Kim used to say that you can tell when she was unhappy because she would try weird or new things with her hair. I don't think Rauch was at OLTL at the time Zimmer was but their producer at the time probably wasn't much of a peach either.

The early part of the season is decent. After that, Season 9 is one of the worst seasons until season 13. Season 10 is a little worse. That would have made sense, even if it cost us one of my favorite scenes (Ben putting Lilliemae in a headlock). That's an excellent storyline and leads to the show's last strong season finale.

I didn't post about it in the BtG thread as I still don't watch the show (an hour runtime is just too much for me right now with a new soap I can't just mostly skip through) but I can't imagine the ego of someone who is hired as a breakdown writer and decides to [!@#$%^&*] their own name all over the show. Classless beyond belief. Any writer who cares more about masturbatory behavior than quality of work should not be hired.

With Sean Kanan as Carl Ivati.

The show never had as much interest in Liz's kids, but my guess is when the strike writers had him come out to Liz that probably killed most of the future potential he had for story.

As long as no names were directly mentioned, it's a bit of a harmless lie, but you are right that she could have just heard something, or someone said that to her at the time rather than just saying the story wasn't popular and she was being written out. Or it could have been true, of course.

Andrea Evans was not on the show at this time. A part of me does wonder if this type of story is just thrown in for juicy gossip and didn't really happen.

Judith Light had already left the show by the time Kim arrived. Janice Lynde did not join the show until after Kim was gone. I don't think those other ladies would have had any sway either.

Thanks @alwaysAMC Kim was on OLTL for closer to six months, not three, but I suppose it's easier to remember as three. I know there were claims of Jacquie Courtney's closeness to a producer, but I doubt she had any involvement here as she was written out around the same time Kim was on the show. I don't remember the Echo story being all that well-received from the bits I've read over the years, but that was not a time the show was pleasing most of its viewers.

I think she did, yes. The only part of that return I remember appreciating was the ripoff they did of Earrings of Madame De, where a secretly broke India sold a trinket and Ross or Alan (I think it was Ross) then bought it for her, not knowing it was hers.

Thanks @soapfan770 . Sheri seems to have a much different take on Emma's husband than I remember the show having.

She did have a thing with him in the late '90s, before she inexplicably disappeared with no mention as to why, although I can't remember if they had sex.

Broadcasting Magazine (May 5, 1980) : Future US-Next TV : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive On page 48 there's an interview with Lee Rich about Lorimar's fortunes.

Broadcasting Magazine (May 5, 1980) : Future US-Next TV : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive From a May 1980 Broadcasting issue: Meredith Broadcasting in association with Alan Sloan Inc has committed itself to produce series of five half hours in soap opera form, "designed for youngers 11-14 and their parents." Programs, yet untitled, "will deal with problems teen-agers face in their relationships with peers and parents," with script topics reviewed in advance by teachers, psychologists and others. First episode is to air on Meredith's five TV's in September and ground broadcaster also anticipates syndication. If successful, idea is to go to full-fledged series.

Broadcasting Magazine (May 5, 1980) : Future US-Next TV : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Looking at an old Broadcast issue with a fall schedule preview. Their description of the show: Lorimar Productions turns its cameras "below the surface of a small, traditional, thriving college town still large controlled by its founders, the Millingtons." Plot elements include "nurtured dreams, closely-held desires, closeted shame and vital truths about friends and family." Lee Rich, Michael Filerman and David Jacobs are executive producers of the Roundelay production, in association with Lorimar. They also mention the show in a small section about advertising's point of view. Advertising agency reaction to the new fall line-ups announced by ABC and CBS last week varied. But upfront, some agency types were apprehensive that their advertisers might be turned off by some of the new "titillating" entries. "I'm concerned about the amount of permissiveness," said one executive, with CBS' Secrets of Midland Heights commonly mentioned as one possible offender.