DramatistDreamer

In a way, it's a clever move since they likely know episodes are being shared, stored and archived by fans. This way, they have some measure if control and can benefit from viewer counts and ad placements (should they decided to run ads). For years, I have been saying that soap opera production companies should be streaming vintage episodes and finally, someone was smart enough to listen and regard!! Also, if P&G decided to stream 1985-1986 of As The World Turns, I'd be over the moon! Since episodes have a run time of 30 minutes per episode, commercials included (I wonder if these uploaded videos will include ads?), they really should upload at least 2 per day. Also, has B&B never heard of binge-watching? On the positive side, it would be great if this began a trend with classic daytime dramas. Ironically, I watched the first episode again just three weeks ago.

I bet no one will have anything to say about this. I can think of a few tennis players who people wouldn't shut up about if they Sam them doing this.👀

I think I may just be able to afford the socks, lol.

In one word: Advertisers. In my reading about television in the early years, I have come to see that the advertisers rules these shows, including content. No matter how powerful you think the HW is, the advertisers had more power. Procter and Gamble, from the very beginning of these shows' runs, P&G had the ultimate power. As frustrated as Irna Phillips was, she realized this. She couldn't even get them to stop playing organ cues when the Guiding Light went to television, even though she hated it because she knew it would become a trope. P&G obviously wanted a change in tone, perhaps what they viewed a cooler, slicker tone, which also happened to coincided with "efficiencies" in the budget. And P&G, whose main goal was always to sell products, was notorious for making these types of "efficiencies". It's like, even if it's not broke, they're still going to try to "fix it". And they kept "fixing it" until cancellation.

In nearly two decades of U.S./Western involvement and the Soviet/Russian decade-long occupation, what passes for an Afghan government has become dependent on foreign governments just to barely function. After they leave, the country appears no better than it was before. The leaders are likely to wait for the next foreign country to come along. China perhaps? JMO but I doubt that PRC is at all interested in nation building anywhere outside of Hong Kong, Taiwan and Tibet.

One final footnote in the fallout from the Cuomo scandal, Andrea Stewart-Cousins is set to become Lt. Governor, the first time a Black woman will be in the state's executive office.

I would have done something more encompassing of the times we were living in back then- I would have written Lisa as embracing online dating. It would have been a fun storyline (which the show seemed to desperately need at that time) having Lisa learn how to use a computer and one of the younger people helping her set up a dating profile. Lisa was often at her best when she was surrounded by youthful energy. See Lisa go on a series of dates, on the point of giving up, before coming across a profile that intrigues her and decides to give online dating one last try. The twist could be, someone from her past being revealed as her perfect match-- whether it's Grant Colman, Joe Bailey or Jerry Halperin, that merchandise distributor that got into a contentious issue with Barbara back in the day, which could have added a bit of tension initially, as Barbara and Jerry have to come to terms with their contentious past and make peace once both acknowledge that they both want Lisa's happiness. One of the many issues that I had with the way ATWT had decided to resolve plots in its final episodes was that everything was wrapped up too neatly, there was no room for intrigue, no desire to wonder what's going on with the characters, except for one or two characters. Many people didn't like the place that Lily and Holden were in for the final episode but I thought it was true to their history, as odd as it seemed, it was one of the few story conclusions that felt logical.

With the state of the world today, I'm not even sure if I can look that far ahead. All I can say is that voting rights protections are critical. Trump blasted the gates open for the most addled-brain individuals to believe they have a shot at the presidency. And Florida loves to tip elections in their favor. The best way to counteract that possibility is to make it as easy as possible to get as many sensible eligible voters to the polls to vote.

She had devoted decades to that show. It's either hang in to the end or do early retirement and some people really don't want to retire, as they think it might degrade their quality of life. Personally, I don't know how she did it but it wasn't just a job to her. I would've loved to have been able to write a proper ending for Lisa. As one of the longest-running characters in all of daytime television, it still strikes me as sad that her character was so disregarded.

DeSantis is now requesting that the Biden administration send 300 ventilators to Florida. A genuine sociopath.

Was Lisa still known as Grimaldi at the end of the series? For some reason that always struck me as strange. Eduardo had been deceased for how many years by then? I don't think Lisa ever stuck with a last name for that long. In a bizarre way, it was as if her identity no longer matter towards the end of the show's run anyway. They weren't writing for her, she was shunted off to the side, almost as if she were a non-person.

It's a shame that no one seems to care about all those nursing home deaths and the aspect of Cuomo lying in order diminish the numbers of people who died because of his horrible decisions.

More right-wingers being sued for misinformation.

It's a massive undertaking from where Lt. Gov is concerned. Hochul's duties were more along the line of farther upstate, smaller towns, even some rural districts, far away from the nexus of power. She was pretty marginalized (which in the end, helped her avoid the taint of this scandal), so she did not have access to all the "tools" that she would have needed to hit the ground running immediately. Even though she was preparing for the likelihood of taking over the governor's office, like I said, it's a massive undertaking and she will need time to get to learn about key issues, especially downstate ones and gather her own advisors. So much happening. ICYMI: We'll see what the House does now, hopefully soon.

One Andrew down, one to go, no? The Giuffre case is a civil, not criminal, so she may have an actual chance, imo.

I saw this coming. Despite Cuomo's bluster, his network of boosters and enablers, uh advisors was crumbling, day by day. Hopefully Hochul doesn't have any skeletons in the closet, like when David Patterson was intent on confessing to a previous affair during his marriage after he took over the governor position after the Elliott Spitzer scandal. You know, it seems like NY only gets a minority governor after the white guy in charge messes up and creates an entire scandal. Hopefully the outcome is better this time.

There was a reason why I soured on the "Times Up" group. Like many advocacy groups, most fall away from the essential mission, especially when they can align themselves with the nexus of power. The people who are in most in need of help, don't get the help. As much as Andrew might wish it, this is not going away. For either of the Andrews.

A couple weekends ago, at random, I watched an episode where Kim invited Barbara, Paul, Betsy and Emily to spend the night at the Hughes home, so I know that feeling that you speak of. Even in the midst of turbulence story-wise, it was a warm feeling to see people coming together, building a protective layer around other characters. Toward the last years of the show everyone was so isolated. Even if there was a storm or some chaotic event, normally an opportunity to have people gather together, characters were often trapped alone or in pairs instead. I know it was likely due to a budgetary issue, not wanting to pay larger groups of cast members to be on set for taping scenes, but the end result of all that isolation in latter years was a cold, sterile, almost impersonal form of visual storytelling, which I personally found depressing.

In not exploring Susan's personal history as a Burke, the show missed a golden opportunity to mine some material for an older character, and Lord knows the show needed some types of meaty storylines for older characters, particularly women of "a certain age". Having Susan explore her identity, and who she is, who she would be, if not a Stewart, if written well, could have been a great story for Marie Masters, worthwhile for a veteran character and actress. Then again, the writers showed they were not capable of writing those types of stories. Instead we got a plethora of stories about characters that, were in Oakdale for all of a minute, before they hijacked the screen. (Yes, I'm looking at you, Janet and Liberty).

Every parent was pretty much a deadbeat by the last decade of the show, 🤣.

Did Allison cut ties with her father? I don't remember whether that was discussed or not. The writing was so bad for teenage Allison. The writing for just about everyone was subpar by then though. Now that it's been mentioned, I do recall a Judge Lowell name drop in a scene between Ellen, Emily and Brock. Just coming off of that book where Irna Phillips discussed why she made so many of her characters from the professional classes, particularly when she decided to create ATWT. Of course, by the time the show had brought back Allison as a meth-head, just about every long time character's reputation had been savaged. Talk about character assassination.

Yeah, but the Lowell bloodline connection was never emphasized as long as I was a viewer. I always hear people rail about the Stewart family being tossed out, as if they were one of the series' original families, with no mention of the Lowells. I actually had to read about the Lowell family to find out that they existed. As much as people complain that the Stewart family were written out of existence, Emily and Susan both continued to go by the Stewart last name, through marriages, divorces, until the end and from what I remember, so did Allison, although she was a McDermott. All were there until the end. As Stewarts.