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I think they see their audience as more along the lines of that woman who went on a racist tirade across soap Twitter last year...and to be honest I'm not entirely sure they are wrong.

I think they are hoping Tabyana will leave, and if she doesn't, they will just keep diminishing Trina until they can dump her the way they did TJ. I know Joss is a "legacy" character but the difference in how they handle her compared to Trina is jarring.

Today shows a brief clip of Bellamy Young on AW, and she comments on how she has a hard time looking at the clip. It feels extremely rare for Today to be mentioning AW. I wonder when they last did.

I hope the people at DC who tried to make sure we all knew how wonderful decisions like bury your gays and no returns were read that interview. Too little, too late. I wasn't even that into Luke/Reid (Reid was more interesting on his own) but the story was trite and hollow. I still remember James Rehborn being brought in as some kind of chess-playing homophobic dad for a day. What better way to show the fall in quality from Marland to then.

It's another way to phase Trina out of the show in a way where they know viewers won't miss her. I don't see how it can, but hopefully they will not have a massive drop. GH's drop week-on-week wasn't that bad. The issue is more the drop from this time last year. Unfortunately, they are likely to read the wrong tea leaves, especially since they made some changes that should have been good for the show last year and their only reward was a sizable ratings drop they haven't fully recovered from. Molly is an interesting case because the actresses who have played her as an adult seem younger than the character might be in other hands. Like Belle on DAYS, who immediately seemed 40 once Martha Madison took over. I see the previous Molly (the one who lasted about five minutes) was 40, although I don't remember if that was noticeable onscreen.

If the execs who'd shepherded the revival had stayed, then I could have seen them possibly giving the show more time, but given the contracting economy and how unsuccessful most streaming attempts of soaps are (other than some of the smaller indie soaps like The Bay), the cancelation did feel inevitable. The Varga-Murphy family were the best part of the revival for me - I would have said the Rodwells but all of that was dismantled last year. I felt more invested in the family before the baby rabies plot, but still, I appreciate them, and they are easily one of the most believable same-sex couples on a soap as well as one of the few times a family headed by a same-sex couple hasn't felt like it was built on something offputting (like a one night stand or some kind of mishandled adoption).

I also don't watch anything on live TV anymore. There are a lot of us these days.

When someone last wrote a good script in 2008, I don't believe that. But he's got another show to ruin now. Like many out there, he knows how to fail upward. The amount of hacks hired on that show is another reason I am wary of whether to invest in it. Beyond lack of talent, it's also a bit sad to see him on a new soap after the way Daytime Confidential treated the revivals of AMC and OLTL.

Considering the huge promo and expectations, and how many have been pointedly tuning to BtG to try to wake GH up, the drop wasn't that noticeable (in my opinion). The bigger drop is still from last year, which is what should worry them, but which they probably believe means viewers want to see more of Carly, Sonny and Jason, possibly a return for Michael Easton, and maybe some kind of half-assed stunt involving a washed-up primetime name to be determined. I think they should be wary of trying one of his sweeps stories. A lot of violence and clink-boom rehashes that have already been done to death all over TV and movies may just drive some viewers away. Thank you for the ratings @Soap Opera Network . I hope everyone involved is very proud, especially Michele Val Jean, who has been a wonderful example of how a creator should promote on social media. She doesn't try too hard, she doesn't make it all about herself, and she makes you feel like you can trust her. I wasn't sure what the numbers would be given the state of TV these days and the hurdle of a one-hour show, but at least people did tune in and that's a vote of confidence. Hopefully it will give them some breathing room with CBS.

Considering who is in charge of our federal and spy agencies now, it's not that unrealistic, sadly. She just needs to get a lot of plastic surgery to make herself look 50 and marry a man who is three times her age.

Yes. That was FMB/Broderick. The show had very different tones depending on who her writers were at the time - none of the tones were especially good, but some were worse than others. FMB did at least try to give the older characters story (not so much Susan and Nancy, but she did give her an anniversary episode), which Goutman would not.

With the current climate, GH even having any gay characters is a surprise, one that I am not expecting to last much longer.

Other than certain golden periods, I think GH's cast has often been better than the material they're given. The '60s stuff is obviously much better than anything on the show in recent decades, but when I went back to watch some recently, I did wonder how much I would want to sit through extended hesitancy, Jessie's husband woes, collective misery and a sea of dead babies if not for the performances. It's just there's not much to do now when the show feels so dead and is clearly only on because ABC still wants the space to fill. There's no love and no care. No effort made to try to find a character or a suitable story. And as mentioned before, the show often seems conflict-averse, aside from Kristina and Sonny screaming at everyone, or maybe some of the Drew hate. I think many were moving away even before BtG, and they probably won't be back. The ratings may hold up but conversation was not going to.

Very sorry to hear of FMB's illness and her passage. She clearly loved AMC and her best work was there. I was also amused at her very blunt interview with Michael Logan which JFP and ABC Daytime were not pleased with.

It is or was a streaming service for "classier" versions of the movies that used to run on Cinemax or Showtime late at night.

Even some of the Trump true believers are leaving. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/03/top-hhs-spokesperson-quits-00207000 Meanwhile, tariffs are staring tomorrow for Mexico and Canada, and the stock market is crashing. I notice the cultists are now saying the stock market falling is good and that Trump supporters are all poor anyway, so they won't be hurt.

I see he was in some episodes of a Passionflix show. I wonder if that is even still around. Chris McKenna was in one of their movies - someone in casting must be a fan.

I don't remember this being as much of an issue with Lisa on ATWT, unless they just handled it better. I think Lisa being on Broadway for part of her run may have been a factor.

They also shunned Tony Todd and barely mentioned David Lynch. That and Demi losing for the horror movie tells you the contempt they still have for the genre.

Thanks. That was fun. As always I find Tad somewhat offputting even when we are meant to agree with him. Natalie Ross was so great. Few could play a judgmental bitch the way she could. I'm not surprised they kept Enid around for so long after she lost any close ties to Pine Valley.

I agree. If not the Emilia Perez controversies I'm not even sure anyone would have talked about the Oscars this year. So different from when I was growing up. I wonder if they will be around in a decade.

The dislike for horror along with the general Hollywood derision for Demi's past career probably hurt her. A shame. If they wanted a surprise, I wish it had been Kieran Culkin (who I like but he's been very smug this awards season) or Adrien Brody (who has already won and is just extremely difficult for me to watch) or Zoe Saldana (who was getting a career award).

Is Sean Baker the first Oscar winner to follow Libs of Tiktok? Between that and some of the actors involved, I won't be watching Anora, but clearly the Academy ate it up. And this is shameful. Olivia Hussey was in a film that introduced many to Shakespeare and was shown in schools for decades: https://deadline.com/2025/03/oscars-in-memoriam-snubs-michelle-trachtenberg-jim-abrahams-alain-delon-1236307934/

He also wrote for Y&R for many years. I do hope they pay tribute.

Roger passed away 15 years ago.