DramatistDreamer

Some of my predictions have panned out this far, but I guess I'll have to see about actual awards.

In regards to whether daytime soap fans (I am specifically talking about them), every year that the Daytime Emmy awards were streamed, there was a chorus of fans who complained endlessly that they wanted to watch their soaps and all things soap related on their TV, as always. That is what nudged me to start this topic in the first place. Anyone who is confused by this topic, I would encourage to be back in this thread and read the original premise and some of the comments.

And it's the fault of the daytime soaps (or the companies and networks that produce and air them) that they haven't been able to capitalize on the enduring appeal of continuing drama. Daytime dramas, in particular have been too slow to embrace innovation, different creative voices and truly diverse characters and stories. They have been and continue to be the architects of their own demise. Some shows struggle to find an audience, but it sounds like some viewers tuned in for the premiere episode but didn't return. I'm curious as to whether that changes and viewers give it another chance. I also wonder how long ABC will stick with the series and if they cancel it, will another network or service pick it up.

I thought about whether this would have found more of an audience had it been presented on UniMas but it doesn't sound like it, if it bores you. EDT. Damn, autocorrect.

Hm, I should probably try to watch an episode or two of "Promised Land" before trying to analyze those ratings, lol. I watched a teaser and it didn't look bad but the fact that I didn't feel compelled to rush to watch it...

Content has been leaving daytime soaps behind and network ratings alone have been a diminishing prospect over the past decade. Unless something radically different happens, those trends are expected to continue. Hardcore daytime soap fans may expect to view their soaps in the traditional way, but the ratings say otherwise. Time shifting viewerd have been a factor since the VCR became more affordable to the average consumer. In the 1980s, before I even hit puberty, I learned how to program a VCR, so that my Mom could watch her soaps after she came home from work in the late afternoon/Earl evening. I suspect that we weren't the only household doing this. If only the production companies for daytime soaps had picked up on this and lobbied for a way to count time shifted viewers earlier, daytime might have been regarded differently, and marketed to advertisers differently, as an evolving form of entertainment, instead of a fading one. The more I read these reports and see how some companies nare leveraging this medium as it evolves, the more I actually think, in clinging so steadfastly to old ways and habits, daytime soaps have done themselves a grave disservice. What's this got to do with the way viewers prefer to watch their soaps, you may ask? Habits can be and are cultivated. New habits, which can seem strange at first, become normalized. There was a time when it would have been considered absurd for strangers who have never met in person to have discussions online, let alone about soaps but it has happened, because people had the foresight to know that there would be interest and many of us are glad.

Is anyone surprised that Peng Shia has apparently announced her retirement? I could have guessed this would be coming soon.

It's the writer in me, lol. When I was a liaison for the NYPL Performing Arts Library, scholars, artists and teachers would always contact me for access to the video archives. I was thinking about the education/research component, which often draws a good amount of funding. These type of efforts often draw funding, which something like this tends to require. One of the problems that daytime dramas and soaps in general, have had to face is that they are often belittled as simple, mindless entertainment. If someone studying this genre (and there are people who write on its history and impact) can access these archives for study, it expands the significance of the daytime drama to realms beyond entertainment. It garners more respect for this drama, which has been sorely lacking.

@Xanthe A searchable index that functions digitally sounds like a terrific idea! To piggy by off your idea, I would love a digitally searchable index that allows you to search a daytime drama writer's work and see specific episodes written by a particular HW or a specific group of writers. Maybe even see a particular character's first appearance onscreen and see an onscreen link (a la Amazon Prime Video) to further information such as who created the character, etc. An accessible searchable index is great. If it's directly connected visually to the shows, so much the better.

It seems as though the current daytime soaps are finally starting to utilize digital platforms, streaming in particular, to expand their reach and each of their brands. This is a good thing, as I have been saying for several years now. Still, I can't help but think about all those beloved soaps of yore that could have benefited from some digital programming but some daytime dramas were either long cancelled, or did not utilize the technology early enough in the nascent days of streaming. If you were in charge of digital programming for a cancelled daytime soap, how would you go about doing this? The soap is already cancelled, so we're not talking about reboots or revivals, not are we pretending that the show never went off the air. Everything is the same except there will now be a digital platform created for your favorite cancelled daytime soap and you're in charge of it and how it will be run. Have at it and have fun. Okay, I'll go first. As The World Turns Streaming Platform: YouTube Uploading vintage episodes to a dedicated As The World Turns YouTube channel, especially from 1979-1989. (Supposedly, there are little to no surviving episodes predating 1979. I am still somewhat dubious about these claims). Uploads would be scheduled daily, four episodes per day. There would be viewing parties with a live stream and moderated chats for special episodes like Thanksgiving, Christmas, wedding, costume balls/galas, Emmy nominated/Emmy award winning, highest rated, groundbreaking and cliff-hanger episodes. Selected cast and crew to discuss the creative and production process behind specific episodes in-depth (pre-recorded, if not live) to air after the episode has been uploaded. A dedicated social media page where fans can not only find clips and pics from the daytime serial but the social media information of all available former cast members of ATWT. Would not shy away from topics such as whether an episode, topic or character portrayal was dated (e.g. "that didn't age so well") or presaged the future ("that character wasn't appreciated in his/her own time") or eternal.

Tuesday will be time for tears.

I have family that live on Canada and have been there many times, so it's going to be an interesting conversation, the next time we talk on the phone.

Hopefully JMDP can live a good quality of life with little to no pain as part of it. It's always sad to me when players are unable to conclude their careers on their own terms, when they want to conclude it.

I saw the name Candice Bergen trending the other day and did a hard double take. I admit to having only given a cursory reading of headlines and videos pertaining to the trucker protests in social media. These days I have been limiting how many stories of racists I am ingesting.

The CRT hysteria is reminiscent of the Northern Triangle caravan hysteria from two years ago. All over the news until the day after November 2020 elections. While news like this hardly ever gets reported. While also ignoring the fact that VP Harris has been making frequent diplomatic trips to Northern Triangle countries, including to Honduras last week.

Which is why the runaway inflation narrative is almost constantly being pushed, rather than the very real story, which is that, in the midst of all this misery, the billionaires made money hand over fist, while still neglecting to pay their fair share of the tax burden.

Me either. That story had life to it and Tracey played it for all it was worth. JG got unnerved by highly vocal stans of the Lauren & Michael coupling and backed away from letting the story unfold and resolve the way it should have. When it ran hot, it was a very entertaining story though.

Very telling. Probably the last time I heard or seen her involved in a halfway decently written story that was all her own.

Did Peng Shuai light the Olympic cauldron yet?💀

The post I made earlier should have been posted here. (Seriously though, my inbox is being inundated with these reports.) Lately, I have been receiving a lot of reports in my inbox (most of which I have yet to read) concerning the diminishing ratings and returns of network television and the mushrooming opportunities in streaming television, particularly AVOD and FAST television streaming, FAST is particularly appealing to advertisers these days as it is Free Ad-Enabled Streaming Television. Although I didn't know it at the time, FAST is basically what I predicted would hold a great deal of appeal to advertisers. I think I posted as much in another thread. Should I move this post to that thread? (Can I even find that thread?)

They contracted CLN and TEB for long periods of time while vastly underutilizing them. From what I remember, didn't CK elect to be recurring when she wanted to pursue prime time?

Yeah, Cartagena is not the capital city but it is a major city in Colombia, which was no doubt named after the Spanish city while a colony of Spain. The only other name that popped into my head is Santiago, which is often boilerplate for a generic Spanish language speaking capital city but I have a feeling it was Cartagena, not Santiago.

Lately, I have been receiving a lot of reports in my inbox (most of which I have yet to read) concerning the diminishing ratings and returns of network television and the mushrooming opportunities in streaming television, particularly AVOD and FAST television streaming, FAST is particularly appealing to advertisers these days as it is Free Ad-Enabled Streaming Television. Although I didn't know it at the time, FAST is basically what I predicted would hold a great deal of appeal to advertisers. I think I posted as much in another thread. Should I move this post to that thread? (Can I even find that thread?)

COVID-19 has caused people to re-strategize and rethink a lot of things.