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I think the days of soaps being that level of competition to each other, or anyone else, are long gone, although if it gives ABC an excuse to pull the plug and put on GMA Part 394 they might try. Ideally I would have thought that they brought Mulcahey in and made some other changes, like dumping Howarth, because they knew they had to shape up with a new soap on the way, but clearly that isn't the case. Good a writer as Mulcahey is (even if not necessarily as headwriter), he alone was never going to be enough to genuinely fix the show. I guess that will never happen, but if it does, it's going to take a big turnover. Not Korte, Von Etten, or other grinding mediocrities waiting out the clock.

The show is locked into the same lose-lose position as Goutman at ATWT and Wheeler at GL - Frank is not going to improve the show, he is incapable, but he is also likely the only reason the show is still on.

And not just him showing up, but the claims that he was fired and suddenly we got "oops he was there all along," like he was kept in a glass case marked Frankmergency. I wonder if Mulcahey was being undermined from the start as Frank didn't want him, like what Paul Rauch may have done to Claire Labine at GL. Absolutely. I know some fans were disappointed because he wasn't thrown back at Sam and Liz, but even if he had been, that ship has sailed. You can't rely on 20-25 year old memories. And the future scene the show could have built up, like Trina or Cam, the show has no interest in. Maybe they can dredge up more relatives for Carly and hope they luck into finding wonderful actors as that is seemingly the only path the show has these days.

I can't pretend I was watching regularly, but I did have more interest in the show again, after ignoring it (more out of apathy than any rage) for most of the last decade, but the analyses and interest from you and others in this thread did help capture my interest again. It could never last, but it was a nice dream.

It never can be said enough about the long-term rot in the genre due to the likes of DC becoming the mainstay for "journalism," and before that, Corday and others clamping down on the soap magazines.

I guess they assumed they would get more of a boost from Jason's return then they did, and Mulcahey was the scapegoat. We all pretty much knew this wasn't going to work out, we knew Frank and ABC were not going to ever take a risk on anything beyond the bare minimum, but I'm disappointed there was not more time given. And we can't even say they were kowtowing to fans because most of the fan anger I saw on Twitter was often toward Korte, who will still get to write whatever Carly and Joss centered material she wants. I really don't know if I believe the ratings will go up any even if they try to pull out the greatest hits - what ARE the greatest hits now anyway?

1996 episode starts at about 13-14 minutes.

That was a Senate campaign. Ross ran for mayor in 2002 or 2003. I think that was the campaign Danny tried to buy for himself, or something - I don't remember.

This Archive channel has a number of Neighbours episodes, along with parts of Home & Away, Flying Doctors, Young Doctors, E Street, and A County Practice. https://archive.org/details/@flemishdog2

Yes. That's how I saw the news, along with some funny FM clips (mainly of Carl looking disappointed).

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/15/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting-00158249

A perusal of Twitter tells me that Darius McCrary (Sandwich King, Y&R) is now on OnlyFans.

Thanks. That describes anything I've seen of Fee. After seeing a bit of Barbara Stanger's complex Mary on DAYS, Melinda's drag queen version was not a great experience. Still, I can't criticize what I never saw, so I appreciate your perspective.

Thanks. Most of the soap related videos on the channel I've posted here already (they had a Morgan Fairchild interview which was taken down, I think), but there are some other interesting videos. Thanks for the extra detail. I wish we could see some of Charlotte. Which Charlotte did you prefer?

The references to Mike being shot after winning a big court case seemed fairly recent, so I guess around then (was that 72?).

No problem. Any vintage soap morsel is worth watching and sharing.

Glad you enjoyed it. Nice to get to hear him talking a bit about how quickly they find out about story twists and about what his character was going through. I wish some of that material was around. Or the GL-themed song he sang in his nightclub act. Stewart was written out with so little fanfare in '84 I wonder how many knew just how popular he was.

I think it started around 2016 or 2017.

Both shows are unwatchable to me in recent years, so in that sense (rather than what they used to be), it's like which turd flushes first.

From that NYT poll yesterday:

Samm-Art Williams Dead: Playwright & 'Fresh Prince' Producer Was 78 (deadline.com)

He's a good looking guy but feels so much like a B or C actor on Hallmark. I didn't realize he had been on the show for 6 years as I barely followed the show for most of the '10s. Seeing that he replaced Ryan Paevey, I guess that's the casing brand they were going for. Are they going to have a story about Finn accidentally drinking liquor? Mulcahey did that with Ed on GL didn't he?

Agree. Hurst wouldn't be on the list for me compared to any of the above.