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9 hours ago, Huntress said:

I mean, back in 2004, I could have never imagined that Emily would still be on the show in the year 2020. She was a very unpopular character at that time and wasn't even well integrated into the cast for years.

That's interesting. I think Emily is easily the best character on the show now and possibly even the central character. 

9 hours ago, Huntress said:

Yeah, in the 90s/2000s, it was extremely rare for a character to stick around longer than 3 or 4 years. It was usually only the older cast members that stayed on board to create the "backbone" of the show. This applied to all soaps, not just GZSZ. In the early days, most youngers "actors" didn't have any experience before being cast on a soap, and it showed. Because the soap genre had a bad reputation, many younger actors were eager to leave their shows to get "better" roles. Only some of them were lucky, though, and a lot of these actors quit acting altogether to find success in other professions. Some former GZSZ actors of the 90s became successful directors, for example. In other instances, people were fired because their characters had become stale or because they were unpopular.

I watched the first episode yesterday and the acting was much weaker, but acting was weaker across the board back then. I suppose Leon's one of the only younger characters to have survived from the 90s and even he had a 2 year break. 

Why was Emily unpopular to begin with?

I've signed up to RTL Now so I can watch old episodes. It's funny that not many of the old cast in the 90s stayed for long, but a lot of the current cast have stuck around for a long time. I just saw an episode from 2007 with Philip, John and Emily all in it.

That bloke on The Locher Room really needs to improve his audio, it's appalling.

Moritz is such a mess isn't he  Feel sorry for Henri.

On 8/6/2020 at 8:19 AM, Huntress said:

Regarding Tuner,

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it looks like Emily will soon find out that he is Kate's father. Emily and Tuner were a couple in 2012, but after the break-up Emily had a one-night-stand with a tourist (Roberto) and became pregnant. She always believed that Roberto was Kate's father. Kate was born in the spring of 2013. The girl was adopted by Emily's (now ex-)husband Tayfun, and currently lives with Emily and her new husband Paul.

 

Sounds interesting. I'm enjoying the story between Leyla and John.

Tuner doesn't do much these days. Moritz doesn't appear as much as I'd like I love the relationship between Moritz and Yvonne.

Thanks Huntress. I'm really enjoying the performance of the actress who plays Shirin in GZSZ. Very powerful.

Thanks @Huntress, I think Rosa's the only one I'm familiar with.

@gyroscope I'm not complaining  They could have put him in some tighter underwear though  @Huntress have there been many LGBT characters before?

Moritz flirting with Nihat Loved their little exchange.

(Moritz is changing a lightbulb and Nihat mistakes him for a handyman)

MORITZ: Do you get paid much?

NIHAT: Is that a trick question? Do you?

MORITZ: I don't do it for the money. I just like screwing. 

'Stichwort: Urban edginess'. Sunny and Emily are hilarious in this handbag storyline  

3 hours ago, Huntress said:

Moritz is gay which will be revealed in today's episode.

Thanks, I'll deffo be watching then!

I wasn't that impressed by the actress who plays Maren in the aftermath. I thought Lilly was brilliant though. Shirin thought she'd just go and get the tube afterwards 

I really liked how it was written. They had all these plans to go travelling, it was so sad 

Alexander's death was brutal!!

I'm glad Sharon bought the Vic.

9 hours ago, Huntress said:

Moritz debuted on June 17th.

Thanks, I need to go and see this hottie in action! 

On 6/17/2020 at 12:34 AM, LondonScribe said:

South Africa: Generations: The Legacy (2014-present). Originally called Generations, it debuted in 1994, and ran until a dispute led to the entire cast being fired in 2014. The present iteration was born from that.

 

Nigeria: Tinsel (2008- present)

 

Nigeria: Super Story (2001- present, though reportedly may not be around for too much longer). Funny story. And I’ve never disclosed this, but in somewhat of a ‘sliding doors’ moment, I could have worked with the show’s creator.

Thank you - do you know about any other African soaps?

On 6/14/2020 at 8:52 PM, FrenchFan said:

There are two other daily soaps in France : « Demain nous appartient » (tomorrow belongs to us - 2017-present), And « un si grand soleil » (such a big sun - 2018-présent).

 

There are many soaps in South Africa. i tried watching « generations » years ago.

Thank you  

List is becoming a bit more complete.

On 5/26/2020 at 9:05 PM, Huntress said:

Back on topic... GZSZ will introduce a new contract role in June: 21-year-old actor Lennart Borchert joins the cast as Moritz, who is Yvonne's son and Laura's brother. From 2018 to 2019, Borchert starred on the short-lived soap "Alles oder Nichts".

Has he arrived yet?

I'm looking forward to this. I hope they get rid of that imposter Ben soon. Or the actor quits. He couldn't be an any less authentic Ben.

Thanks Huntress.

Spain Acacias 38 (2015-), Servir y proteger (Serve and protect, 2017-)

South Africa 7de Laan (Seventh Avenue, 2000-), Scandal (2005-), 

Poland: Barwy szczęścia (Colors of Happiness, 2007-)

2 hours ago, FrenchFan said:

There are two other daily soaps in France : « Demain nous appartient » (tomorrow belongs to us - 2017-present), And « un si grand soleil » (such a big sun - 2018-présent).

Thanks! There must be soaps in other countries right?? Some more:

India: Abhishekam (2008-), Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (What is this relationship called?, 2009-)

I was thinking it would be interesting to have a list of all television soap operas currently still in production worldwide.

Australia: Home and Away (1988-)

Belgium: Familie (Family, 1991-), Thuis (At Home, 1995-)

Czech Republic: Ulice (Street, 2005-)

England: Coronation Street (1960-), Emmerdale (1972-), EastEnders (1985-), Hollyoaks (1995-), Doctors (2000-)

Finland: Salatut elämät (Concealed Lives, 1999-)

France: Plus Belle la Vie (2004-), Demain nous appartient (Tomorrow is Ours, 2017-)

Germany: Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeiten (1992-), Unter Uns (1994-), Sturm der Liebe (Storm of Love, 2005-), Rote Rosen (Red Roses, 2006-), Alles was Zählt (2006-)

Hungary: Barátok közt (Among Friends, 1998-)

India: Abhishekam (2008-), Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (What is this relationship called?, 2009-)

Ireland: Fair City

Italy: Un posto al sole (A Place in the Sun, 1996-)

Netherlands: Goede tijden, slechte tijden (1990-)

New Zealand: Shortland Street (1992-)

Nigeria: Tinsel (2008-)

Poland: Klan (Clan, 1997-), Barwy szczęścia (Colors of Happiness, 2007-)

South Africa: Generations (1994-), 7de Laan (Seventh Avenue, 2000-), Scandal (2005-)

Spain: Acacias 38 (2015-), Servir y proteger (Serve and protect, 2017-)

USA: General Hospital (1963-), Days of Our Lives (1965-), Young & the Restless (1973-), Bold & the Beautiful (1987-)

Wales: Pobol y Cwm (People of the valley, 1974-)

All soaps from oldest to newest:

01 Coronation Street (1960-) [UK]
02 General Hospital (1963-) [USA]
03 Days of Our Lives (1965-) [USA]
04 Emmerdale (1972-) [UK]
05 Young & the Restless (1973-) [USA]
06 Pobol y Cwm (People of the Valley, 1974-) [Wales]
07 EastEnders (1985-) [UK]
08 Neighbours (1985-) [Australia]
09 Bold & the Beautiful (1987-) [USA]
10 Home and Away (1988-) [Aus]
11 Fair City (1989-) [Ireland]
12 Goede tijden, slechte tijden (1990-) [Netherlands]
13 Familie (Family, 1991-) [Belgium]
14 Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeiten (1992-) [Germany]
15 Shortland Street (1992-) [New Zealand]
16 Unter Uns (1994-) [Germany]
17 Generations (1994-) [South Africa]
18 Thuis (At Home, 1995-) [Belgium]
19 Hollyoaks (1995-) [UK]
20 Un posto al sole (A Place in the Sun, 1996-) [Italy]
21 Klan (Clan, 1997-) [Poland]
22 Salatut elämät (Concealed Lives, 1999-) [Finland]
23 7de Laan (Seventh Avenue, 2000-) [South Africa]
24 Doctors (2000-) [UK]
25 River City (2002-) [Scotland]
26 Ulice (Street, 2005-) [Czech]
27 Sturm der Liebe (Storm of Love, 2005-) [Germany]
28 Scandal (2005-) [South Africa]
29 Rote Rosen (Red Roses, 2006-) [Germany]
30 Alles was Zählt (2006-) [Germany]
31 Barwy szczęścia (Colors of Happiness, 2007-) [Poland]
32 Abhishekam (2008-) [India]
33 Tinsel (2008-) [Nigeria]
34 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (What is this relationship called?, 2009-) [india]
35 Acacias 38 (2015-) [Spain]
36 Demain nous appartient (Tomorrow is Ours, 2017-) [France]
37 Servir y proteger (Serve and protect, 2017-) [Spain]

On 6/7/2020 at 3:18 PM, I Am A Swede said:

I know about quite a lot of Swedish soaps, but off the top of my head I can't think of one still in production. 20-25 years ago we had a thriving soap industry, but they've all been canceled, and reality-tv is dominating completely here now.

How the situation is in the other Scandinavian countries I don't know.

That's a real shame  

Does anyone know of any or watch any Scandinavian soaps?

On 5/26/2020 at 9:05 PM, Huntress said:

Back on topic... GZSZ will introduce a new contract role in June: 21-year-old actor Lennart Borchert joins the cast as Moritz, who is Yvonne's son and Laura's brother. From 2018 to 2019, Borchert starred on the short-lived soap "Alles oder Nichts".

I saw this - I've stalked him on Instagram and he's hot  

On 5/26/2020 at 9:05 PM, Huntress said:

The guy in this video demonstrates 8 dialect groups

Thanks! That's fascinating.