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I see some activity on Twitter for Y&R, but it's mostly been Mariah/Tessa fans. I don't know if that's as true lately.

Poor Jennilee Harrison sure earned her check with this one.

Great find. I imagine she had to put out the usual statement American celebrities give about how she is a huge huge fan of the show.

I do think the Buchanans were heavily influenced by the Ewings, especially in the early days when they had their own imported entourage of lady loves and ranch hands. The biggest difference, and for me a very smart one, was that any tension between Clint and Bo was short-lived and they instead just had Asa meddling in their lives.

Nancy just appeared in that one-off fantasy episode in 1993.

I wonder if Beverlee would have been interested in a return, even for just that final episode. I guess we'll never know.

And Zak is such a weak, broken character at this point. I remember when they were going to make Cain the head of the family but that is a flawed decision. The closest they have is Lydia.

Daytime Confidential - a site that had its heyday about 10-15 years ago.

@Vee

Likely wants to have people still come on his show and is paranoid about negative comments as a result.

I can see why, but I think the Dingles are too split into pieces all over the canvas. Emmerdale doesn't really seem to have any family structure these days, but I think the closest might be Eric, David, and David's kids. That's well put. The sad part is it has just been such a long, steady process of decay. I don't even think anyone necessarily wanted rid of the Sugdens. It just kept happening, one by one, with new faces and producers coming in and not knowing or caring about the past.

Nothing against David (RIP), but I don't think he was irreplaceable in the role. I would have preferred the scenes with Josie or Rachel over the groom role.

That was a beautiful moment. Whatever you felt about Carl, or even about Rachel, seeing the show's longtime core character finding her own personal happiness again - true love, family and friends all in good places - with that added personal touch for viewers, and Wyndham herself. We knew they were going to be alright, even if we never saw the characters again. Yet the gesture for Ada (and for Constance) also reminded us of what we had lost. It was an honest moment in a genre that by that point was already alien to them. I'm so glad Victoria Wyndham stayed with the show through decades of turmoil and various efforts to drum her out. I think of what Chris Schemering wrote about how Tudi Wiggins called Love of Life "The Lady." The soap was not just there to sell product, it was its own being. Wyndham respected that creature, and respected the fans who were hanging on to see it brought to a natural end.

Yes, that was a week long lecture series from him, with articles praising the decision to kill Reid and leave Luke alone and unhappy in one of the laziest homophobic tropes around, and gushing over the bravery and intelligence of not having any returns. This type of gaslighting is why I will not support any project involving DC people.

I think they knew, they just didn't want to make the effort. Anyway, I would agree with those who felt AW's finale was better than ATWT's. The last scene of a show should not be a dollar store globe.

He was Josie's father and Rachel's ex-husband. He would have been an easy character to bring back.

Goutman also did not seem to care for returns, which is one of many reasons ATWT had a poor finale. Sam Groom also returned, but not as Russ Matthews, because of course let's not actually honor history.

The show was already pretty much done by then anyway. It was in a decent place when it was canceled. That just didn't matter anymore - P&G wanted through with their soaps and NBC unwisely banked on Passions. I'd guess the strands seen onscreen are what would have happened and the abrupt return of Gary was the only real change.

No, he wouldn't have. I'm one of the few who preferred Littlefield. I just don't like Tim Gibbs.

There was a big emphasis on phasing out older characters, which is what led to Anna Holbrook being fired and David Forsyth, Stephen Schnetzer and Kale Browne being put on recurring. This is also around the time that Malone was asked in a soap magazine if Iris would return, and he said younger characters were meant to be the focus. (I don't believe this was his wish, he likely meant P&G). Forsyth chose to leave rather than being recurring. Browne stayed until they killed Michael off in January 1998. Schnetzer was fortunate in that Richard Culliton had written heavily for Cass and immediately put him back on the frontburner. For all the mistakes of those last years, they were at least smart enough to keep this up for the remainder of the show.

Josie and Matt had some scenes bonding with their kids. I think Gary did leave town for a while and then returned to reunite with Josie.

I don't think they will kill off Diane, at least not anytime soon. The character will likely just retire to warmer climates, like Annie Sugden. The sad thing is I don't even know how many current fans care about the Sugdens. They have not been a major part of the show for decades, aside from Andy and Robert. Emmerdale has no real history guide it follows or core family and hasn't in a good while. That is likely why the show seems so aimless. It needs strong producers with a guiding vision, to say the least.