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IIRC, it was said that little to nothing was done to promote Neighbours in the US, so I'm not surprised. I'm more surprised they were nominated that first time.

Oh. Sorry.

What I saw of the material never gave NLG the chance to play a grief story the way she did when Kristina died, but she did what she could. I don't watch a ton of DAYS but I enjoy Paul Telfer when I do - he has a lot of the soap ham but does have depth at times, as well as chemistry with those around him. I would've gone with Dominic but again GH underuses him severely.

Susan Walters won earlier tonight.

It tells you how I feel about that poison hip story that I kept thinking she won for playing Pam on B&B.

I won't be shocked if she is either. I just wish they'd at least give Trina an exit if that happens, but even that may be too much effort.

Will Trina still be with him, just off contract? Is that how it was with TJ and Molly all those years? I can't remember if they were still on contract.

A shame Mulcahey wasn't able to pull a Bridget Dobson speed-running to take the Emmy before JFP got it. That whole run went haywire but I guess at least he can have that as a retirement gift.

Thanks for the full details. Kudos to the casting department. I know many of those names are gone now but that didn't seem to be down to casting, mostly.

Similar to most of them, maybe bar Erika, I'm not sure anything Jonathan did in his return warranted another Emmy. Feels like a goodbye gift as he probably won't be back.

We're getting more now due to the public domain. That's how we got Watson, and also some "Sherlock and daughter" show on the CW. I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if Mrs. Hudson got a show. Makes more sense than repeatedly trying to revive Murder She Wrote...

Very happy for Susan. Diane's return from the dead probably shouldn't have worked but somehow did. And I'm glad to see Loving alum winning awards. Lorna got a better ending than the show gave her.

Similar to the later Sarah recast, Dolly goes from having some spark to being downtrodden. It may be realistic, but not the realism I need...although Dolly never quite gets as tough to watch as Sarah does.

I do think this is a big factor. A shame as I'd adore watching her on a soap again.

I think this could be an interesting idea on another era of GH, but if it happened here I'm afraid the focus would have been on how immature he is and why can't he remember how great Sonny and Carly are. I would like to think, although that isn't in the script, that Michael has been hardened enough by everything with Willow and the fire that he's close to them but they aren't as much of his focus as they used to be (it seemed like they were both on the outside of his getting Willow arrested). My issue with Valentin is one of my issues with the Cassadines as a whole - in order for them to stay on the show long-term they have to lose their edge. Stefan had a quiet menace initially, a fist in a velvet glove, but by about 1997 we were in Patch/Kayla and then Lasha Fever mode and he was never the same. Alexis has her moments but that isn't generally who she is. Nik - well that was a whole mess. Helena and Stavros were maybe the most menacing, and that's down to neither staying on for long (Helena was there for many years but often just in stretches). I guess you could say him manipulating Charlotte to go after Britt is some of the old Cassadine flair. I think Cameron lacks the warmth or vulnerability that AJ often had alongside his darker edges. I think of Drew as who all the self-righteous figures in Port Charles saw AJ as being. He flipped so fast from being a "good" person to being fully malevolent it was a potent commentary, even if not intended, on how shallow many of the moral voices of town are now. I wonder if we're meant to even think they were being honest about the good mother BS. I can buy that Jason is so angry, as I'm sure in his mind he, Sonny and Carly always shielded Joss, but it doesn't quite work as we didn't see any real danger for Joss - it all worked out for her, as she got some fresh dick and everything (certainly not easy to come by in Port Charles).

Thanks so much @slick jones for all these updates and @jam6242 and Victoria Foxton for the rare photos. Don Marshall and his twin brother both making it to 80 is a rare feat. RIP Ed Williams. He was on B&B and Sisters. Ed Williams Dead: ‘Police Squad!,’ ‘Naked Gun’ Actor Was 98

I definitely put most of the blame on Frank and the writers. There are many characters who could have been written out years ago, as we've discussed. I do blame some on the fans, as attempts at deemphasizing or even slightly changing the narrative for characters like Carly or Sonny leads to complaints or a ratings drop, locking everything firmly back into place.

Oh yeah - when I was growing up my mother spoke about how much a cousin of her loved Kiss, he had their poster in his room, etc. They were huge for a while. I did enjoy their TV movie at the amusement park (which they reportedly wanted nothing to do with). I saw it a few years ago. And I enjoy a few of their songs. "Beth" is sweet. I feel like this is the third or fourth celebrity passing this year from a fall. Poor Connie Francis was another. I know it's common, but every time I hear the news I just worry more about whether I'm being careful enough when I go around.

I think if they chose a lane with Britt, it would help - either have her be the blunt anti-heroine or have her suffer and have a secret. You can't really go between her quiet anguish over her "son" and then have her go bitch at Lucas for washing his hands of Brad. She's not Dorian Lord. At best she's Krista Tesreau Tina Lord (KTs unite!). There's clearly a lot of the canvas Frank and the writers feel exhausted with, so maybe someone with a heavy presence (albeit a grating one) coming in could shake things up, but it's all just extremely messy and is going to peter out to nowhere.

I figure James is there to make us feel sorry for Ste or Ste/Rex, rather than any story of his own, but I hope I'm wrong.

This almost feels like trolling but I think they are just tone deaf.

Yes, that's my issue - there's a story to be told, it just has not been told properly as they don't want to make the effort.

Kim said she went in today for an ultrasound and everything is benign. Very happy for her.

Happy birthday to her. Forever a legend.

It's an especially odd choice with Noah as I'm not sure there is one actor hugely identifiable enough with the role to where they need the explanation. I wonder if they may be winking at GH for having Rory Gibson debut as Michael without any of the "new face due to severe burns" writing even though they'd had Michael severely burned.