Soaplovers

I'm assuming Althea is in the midst of grieving hence the oddness and randomness of her scenes. This MJ seemed annoying, not at all likable like the original MJ Kim Zimmer wore stranger hair styles in the mid 80s (I think she had her hair in odd spikes when she won her first Emmy) so this hairstyle seems normal. I do like the gothic vibe of the scenes and she was much more subtle here then she ever was on GL.

Focusing the last few years on Sky/Raven hurt the show.

Soaps usually tend to improve during strikes because the fi core writers are left alone..and can actually write and craft short term stuff as a stop gap. Only positive of a writer strike..imho

Kathy was the heavy/anti heroine of the soap in the 50s. From what I have 4ead, apparently Irna Phillips grew tired of the character and killed her off in the late 50s. However, it would have been interesting to see how her character would have fared in the 60s especially with the teen romance between her daughter Robin and Meta's nephew Mike that happened...maybe Robin would have given Kathy as much grief as Kathy gave Meta.

Considering everything that has gone over the last several years with colleges (Lori Loughlin scandal, affirmative action being ruled as a no no by the supreme court, now tackling legacy admissions at Harvard).... a soap set in a college town that focuses on students, family that founded the college, alumni, townies, etc would totally be a relevant soap opera. It's just that Nixon was again ahead of the curve and it's a shame her ideas were diluted by the network and to a lesser extent Marland (who eventually became like a Thomas Kinkaide painting by the time he worked on ATWT).

Rita Mae seemed like she would have been a perfect Nixon esque character.. and I wonder what Nixon would have done with her character vs the untapped potential when Marland was headwriting

Jessel is blunt and probably stand to maybe filter her comments a bit. At the same time, maybe she felt comfortable enough to be honest with how she felt. Ubae is much more fun then her cousin. Sai is like every gay guy friend I have where they pack way more than needed (options for every mood they might be) and one of my 'friends' is an aspiring content creator and I roll my eyes sometimes at him..and he does so with me since I only pack 3 sets of clothes for a 2 day trip (and I try to keep everything to one medium bag). Jenna is more an introvert so she's slow to warm and relax

Corday's mom is turning over in her grave. She was the one to save the show in the mid to late 60s after her husband passed...and helped keep things going till the mid 80s when her son took over after she passed. Maybe time for one of his 3 kids to take over

From what I understand Colgate exited out of the television production business in 1980 and NBC probably offered to resume production/owernship of the show.. hence why it continued for 2 more years or so until it canceled it. As it turns out, maybe it wasn't for the best to let NBC have ownership of the soap since the quality declined and now believed 'lost'.

Grace was supposed to be the nurse with a heart of gold that provided the nurturing the interns needed while Ellen provided them with the ins and outs of being doctors. I remember people liking Grace..but felt she was wasted as the loser in the Ellen/Matt/Grace story.

Just from watching the 1 full episode, I can see why it didn't take off. It's beautifully shot, but there's nothing that sets it apart... no distintive hook or identity unlike the following big 4 soaps: Dallas was about the oil and rancher businesses with two feuding families. Knots Landing was about upper middle class families in a Calfornia suburb Falcon Crest was about a family that owned a vineyard Dynasty was about new money in Denver that deal with oil, hotels, and especially about manners. With that said, I thought Jessica Walter was a worthy recast for Lee Grant while Muffin had a much bigger part it seems in the show. She seems more like a grey character... or is she.

Matchmakers should make a comeback... because most people in their 30s and younger don't seem to have good judgement/taste when it comes to picking someone to date. Some of my friends were matched unofficially by a mutual friend and are still happily together so maybe tinder, etc isn't exactly a good thing

Sai is new money..which is why I can sense a warmth and good natured humor in her...because she grew up working class. I love that Brooklyn is be all end all in NYC now...after years of Alex being made fun of for living there. I think Alex would have fit in better with the crowd..imho. Ubah being the exact opposite so far of her bitch of a cousin Aylan is why I like her so far. She seems less snooty and laid back. OC: Tamra has been right about Brooks, Gretchen, Jim, etc..so she's probably right about Jen's boyfriend. She needs to back off because she's looking worse than the other person...maybe she take a page out of Meghan's Nancy Drew playbook. Jen is interesting to me...she seems calm and has a backbone. She understands Gina's issue with her, but also has said 'it's not my responsibility to not be a trigger for you.'. And she riled Tamra up by saying 'watch your step'...which makes me think Jen knows something about Tamra...or else why Tamra run off like that. Emily was being a good friend by nicely pointing out to Heather that she does talk down to people and can lack self awareness...which Heather did not like. (She can dish it out but not take it).

HBS being the rep during negotiations is the piece of the puzzle that explained why she was mistreated by the network..and her character was degraded.

Not sure if posted before...but a history of past strikes. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/TVStrikes#:~:text=This three-month strike was to establish compensation for,took over for Jean Doumanian as executive producer. 1985 wga strike is probably one of the main reasons the WGA has held firm in future strikes...and led to the 2007/8 strike...which helped WGA writers get hired for streaming shows.

It isn't that much of an increase so I'll keep it. I watch Bravo and Hallmark content.. plus they have a decent horror movie selection. It's still cheaper then Disney+ or Netflix... which I canceled. Still... I watch Tubi for a lot of older movies and tv shows (like Facts of Life, Family, Eight is Enough, etc).

RHONY - Season 14 I'm curious why Andy and co didn't cast Jenna on season 12 or 13 of NY? She had the fashion cred (J Crew), a business, part of the LGBTQ+ community, and is very eccentric/quirky.... plus she is 50+ years old. She would have fit in much better with the OG then Leah ever did..imho.. and she might have been a better bridge between the OG's and Eboni. @DaytimeFan It's just the first episode.. and pilot episodes usually introduce the players, get to know them, etc. I'm willing to give this more time since I do seem to like the women so far.

This wouldn't be a problem had our government put limits on the use of AI... to be used more as a proof reader and maybe even to help out with character inconsistency.

India was supposed to be Beth's cousin... and both MKA and Kristi Farrell auditioned for the part... but Pam Long loved both actresses and couldn't see either fitting the role the way it was written so she created the wild, but sweet Roxie for Kristi .. and the posh and vixenish India for MKA. And the thing was that Jessie wasn't even a watered down Beth.. because Beth had an edge and wasn't some naive simp (thanks to Judi Evans). I think Jessie seemed more like an Eve Stapleton than a Beth Raines..imho

It appears as though Simon and Jessie were both introduced at the very end of Pam Long's 1st stint as headwriter... so it makes sense her original intent wasn't to pair either character together. It seemed as though Simon was always going to be in the India/Alex orbit... though I wonder what the original intent was for Jessie... who I think should have been more of a wild girl pretending to be a good girl (since the actress who played Jessie played gray characters much better in other works).

The show could have done more follow up to Billy's statement about doing a teen fragrance line... by mentioning that the customer base for Glo By Jabot are now in their 30s/40s.. and they're not attracting a youth demo anymore. So I could see Billy and marketing debating if they want to attract the youth demo for Glo By Jabot thus risking the loss of their loyal base that has grown up with the product.. or starting a new line to attract the high school/college crowd of 2023.

I think people, and studios, assume that Fran Drescher is Fran Fine... and that is a very bad thing to assume. As she proved in this video, she isn't Fran Fine.

Money is tight so naturally hire the actor thirsty for a gig.

NYC seems to be a lot of style over substance. Tinsley and her mother Dale are textbook of that.. plus too much co-dependency.

From what I understand, actors/performers can do music videos, educational videos, and commercials during this strike. It seems that the sticking point in these talks with both unions are AI and residuals over content being played on streaming platforms. Previous strikes involved residuals from reruns, home video, DVD, so now streaming platforms is the next thing. And AI is a scary thing so good on both unions.