Soaplovers
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Denise and Garcelle are the only BH housewives that does. I'm sure Sutton did as well before her ex got involved. One thing I'll give Tamra, shannon, vicki, and Kelly on the OC...they showed almost everything
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
I would hope this might make Bravo put an edict out that Brandi not be allowed back on the show...especially if she lied thus causing them time and money to redo the 2nd part of the season. Maybe if the franchise went back to the old format with a reduced episode count...maybe the franchise can survive.
- As The World Turns Discussion Thread
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Look into the past - 1975
Love of life had 3 regimes in 1975..and it maintained it's intriguing content. 1976 is when the show started losing its focus
- Guiding Light Discussion Thread
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
This shows what happens when bored wealthy women get a platform.
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As The World Turns Discussion Thread
At my old job, I had to work with P & G..no communication amongst departments, strict rules, and only way to reach someone was via IM. And that was just dealing with online review platforms...so I don't trust they would think to stream their soaps. Shame Colgate only produced the Doctors..and no other soaps. They were smart to save most of their episodes.
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Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman Discussion thread
Maybe they could what Warner Bros did..where if someone orders it..they produce it and ship it...like a DVD on demand format for Forever Fernwood. Seeing Shelley F as the new heavy would be a treat
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Primetime Soaps
The amount of money spent on Beacon Hill is why the network didn't give it time. Also, it appears that there were internal disagreements over the tone and focus of the show. Was it supposed to be a primetime soap, or more a drama with self-contained stories (ala like the Waltons). Lastly, no matter how much it may have improved...it would always be compared to Upstairs Downstairs.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Allison D in season 1 did say Kyle would be married twice,but would be emotional unfulfilled and unhappy.
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Guiding Light Discussion Thread
Lucy, as a character, was a good idea..but she should have come in earlier (before Harley left) and the writing should have developed her more. Frank/Harley didn't have parents growing up so both had more defenses and resentment (played out quite nicely). So imagine both finding out that Buzz had a daughter..one that he raised. Both of them woujld have been more resentful toward Buzz and would have been cold/distant to Lucy. Nadine and Lucy had a close relationship develop over time..so having that could have made Harley and Frank even more jealous and resentful against Lucy. It would have worked had the show written Lucy as a character and not a Harley replacement
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
I live in Texas..and it just hit Dallas hard this past week (so far over half the cases have recovered there)...but Houston's the area hit hardest in Texas. I'm curious to see if the Dallas women are wearing masks since the mask mandate went into effect officially last week..and gatherings are limited to under 10 (at least where I live). I would hope to see more day to day without as much group interaction
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Guiding Light Discussion Thread
This was a very risk taking story...I wish that the scene with Marion almost being attacked had been explored more...to have him understand on some level that what he did to Lucy was wrong. Good idea of a story that went on shock instead of being a character study. So I'd love to hear from all 3 actors about this story
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Potomac, OC, and to a lesser extent NJ..none of them are afraid to show the dirt with the shine. It's why Shannon and Kelly are so fascinating on OC because they show everything...same with Tamra in the early years.
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Any Capitol Fans Here?
She was only on a short time, but wow.. https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/kelly-preston-dead-actor-055523543.html
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Looking back...Primetime Ratings from the 80's
Mama's family = classic
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
I would she gave Santana a good exit..breaking free of the Capwells at last. Plus, she created Lisa...a great vixen in training.
- As The World Turns Discussion Thread
- One Life to Live Tribute Thread
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Look into the past - 1975
Love of life: an action packed October 1975....the bigamist plot was a huge umbrella story. I am intrigued with the Eddie/van dancing while Bruce part. It would have been messy had that been pursued given that Eddie and Meg were formally married. The Felicia story is also intriguing. Guiding Light: Rita debuted it appears. And it seems like Mike/leslie were the tentpole couple while Ed had the angst with Holly. it appears that Peggy was Roger's chance at redemption.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Do they show the women in their day to day lives...or just hanging out getting drunk?
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Either 2nd season curse of believing your hype..or the more rare season 3 where they give you a bad edit and/diminish you (Shannon on OC and Heather on NY)
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Guiding Light Discussion Thread
I always wonder had the Dobson's stayed beyond December 1979..how they would have resolved their stories. Would the Philip paternity story been revealed earlier than 1983? Would the rita and alan affair have happened? Would Holly/ed/rita play out differently? Would Diane have been murdered? Lastly, the Ms Wexler story..how would it have concluded? She seemed hell bent on killing Ben lol
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All My Children Tribute Thread
I always thought Palmer and Erica had a more father/daughter relationship...while her friendship with Opal helped. I didn't realize Nina and Erica were friendly..Nina was a bridesmaid at Erica's aborted prison wedding to Jeremy..plus Nina visited Erica a few times when Erica was pregnant with Bianca
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
I miss the days when the housewives went to places on their own. It was more authentic to me.