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Thanks @Dion I loved that set. I loved when Laura first saw it, and the history that introduced the Ward family. I miss that set, the brownstone, Robert’s first house with the floating staircase. I think a lot of the current home sets are pretty great, they just don’t have a community connection or feel. Although I am glad everyone doesn’t live above Kelly’s anymore. For a period of time there everyone was in one of those two rooms!

Does anyone know what happened to Laura’s house? The one from the 90’s to mid 2000’s? I dropped out from the show quite a bit during the later Guza years. I remember it got a facelift with brighter colors before Genie quit in 2002, was still around when Laura woke up from her catatonic state, and then I have no memory of it.

The real giant spike came from the Kristen era, and the culmination of Sami/Austin/Carrie though. I wonder what the demos were like though. I bet a whole bunch of young, advertiser coveted eyes were glued to the show then.

At the time, I got the impression he was kind of ashamed of what the show had become. Now I wonder if he was pissed at Reilly for getting his own show and leaving DAYS. He certainly appreciated the ratings Reilly got him, but he spent years and many interviews where he kind of acted like all that was silly. Until Reilly returned. Now I think he even says the possession is his favorite story, when for years it clearly was not.

What a flashback that article was. Remember when it seemed like DAYS would leave NBC and ABC seemed like the place it would end up, possibly causing PC to be cancelled and OLTL or AMC to be cut to half hour or cancelled? Now it’s online or nothing once NBC is done.

Thank you for posting that article @Vizion How interesting that they spent the holidays together and then a year later she has driven both of them off the show. She was right in her overall vision- then show needed to be more grounded and contemporary. It needed to move away from the Dynasty excess. She just did not have the writing or the expertise to make it work. Riche and Levinson, then Labine got it grounded and emotional again.

Evangeline was such a good character, that I loved to watch, played by a fantastic actress. She made me invest in terrible storylines. The show was lucky to have her, not the other way around, and how sad to see OLTL had once again benefitted from a strong black performer and treated them like they did not matter. I would have loved to see that.

She should absolutely be a matriarch and have lead story for this whole time. This was incredible. I cannot imagine how exciting this was to watch when it aired originally. I did not always enjoy JLB as Laura on DAYS. But she is great as Lorie.

You know, I am one of those people that enjoyed Y&R in the Bill Bell days, but found it boring compared to the the ABC shows and DAYS, which held my attention more as a kid and teen. However, there is no denying that he and his teams create shows that resonate with a daytime audience for long stretches of time. Its kind of incredible.

All these crazy Beth Ehlers rants are making me not like Beth Ehlers. Which is totally not her fault.

Thanks!

Which episode are we talking about? Asking for a...me. I’m asking for me. I will watch it on CBS.com!

Thanks! Not much else though, correct? Thanks! Not much else though, correct?

I loved Rex and was shocked when he was killed off. Does anyone know why? Also- if I remember correctly, after Rex died we didn’t really see much of Katherine and she didn’t have a story of her own really until the house fight with Jill and Mac arrived. Is that correct?

It’s awful. This wasn’t a special episode because they wanted to do something outside the box or celebrate an anniversary. It was because an important person passed away. Submitting these episodes for an award was already crass. It’s also exploitative. They didn’t honor their Black characters enough when he was alive, and they haven’t since this funeral.

I didn’t realize he fired her, I thought she left of her own accord. Wasn’t her period there considered a good time for the show? The early part of the Steffi/Liam/Hope stuff? I know the show was getting a lot of positive attention then and wasn’t as Brad Bell like as it had been. I do not watch B&B, just see clips here and there and read what people say online. I know the ratings were better for all the soaps then.

Did MTS and Alex not get along? Ed Scott and Alden also worked together at B&B, although I have no idea how closely.

@RavenWhitney someone here pointed out to me that Calhoun was still EP when this GL opening premiered, not Phelps. I also thought it was her work.

I think the opening credits she show had post Gottleib were the best ones on ABC at the time. Every time they got updated it wasn’t glaringly obvious. Punchy, modern music, good graphics, the Banner and the Sun being utilized. I loved Faces of the Heart on GH, but it did start to look rough with the edits over the years. I hated the white AMC opening, and was so happy when they put the early 1990’s theme back in place. I think the tour of Llanview works better without the lyrics. The instrumental version is great though.

Oof. Now I have punished myself by watching the daughter’s defense on IG. The problem with Missy, and now clearly her family, and a lot of fundamentalist Christians is that they write themselves a get out of jail free card by praying on it. Even if they are wrong, which they are, god will forgive and that allows them to forgive themselves without actually doing anything about it. She is just flat out wrong. And I have no issue with her only appearing in Kirk Cameron productions going forward.

After the GL reunion, I would happily add to the voices of Beth as a recast Jennifer. Or Kimberly Simms. Both still look great, although Beth at least has an understanding of working under the current production process. Even DAYS today would probably be better than the last year of GL. I know Sony and Y&R will not rehire Victoria Rowell, at least not until some execs are gone. Which is awful for her and for the viewers. Latham may not have written good material for her, but she certainly knew the value of keeping Dru front and center. And much like Ellen Holly- she deserves every opportunity to speak about how important those stories were for the show and the audience and the performers. If that means fans and TPTB have to confront their racism by not believing, ignoring, or wishing it away so be it.

I think Monty had the right idea just forced everything too quickly and didn’t hire strong enough writers to execute that vision. There was no Marland or PFS to make her vision work. She wanted a more grounded version of the show, with more economic diversity amongst the characters. Which we got under Riche. She just forced all the people we liked off to the side, and forced Mac and the Eckerts down our throats, and then lost Robert and Anna due to her own control issues. I think if Bill had been played by somebody else, and the show had spent more time getting there, what she wanted would have worked. But it is funny how everyone suddenly had money and no longer cared about challenging the system.

I think Katie had the potential to be a Lucy Coe type. Not the focal point character but also in the mix, scheming and lying her way in and out of trouble, trying to get more money, status, a better job, a man, etc. Instead they made her the focus too much. And when you already had Carly there treading similar ground in the scheming department and better at it in every way, she just seemed silly and got too much attention.

If you mean Frank’s tight jeans and the possibility of seeing Chelsea in increasing danger- then yes. The only thing I like about her is Maureen lol. Thank you I will look for it!

So the YouTube account I have been watching classic episodes on has some gaps, which I was expecting. However, they have covered almost all the major events of “The Fan” stalking storyline with Chelsea, except the ending. Does anyone know where I can watch those episodes? I don’t even really like Chelsea all that much, but I was enjoying the storyline.