DramatistDreamer

The more details that I read about the brutality of this assault, the angrier I become. If not for the details of this obvious assault going public and making graphic the unprovoked violence by police, Macron would have steam-rolled his plan to make filming the police illegal. Instead he has to rescind it, rather inconvenient to his hope to make ouvertures to the right-wing, I guess.

Things just became a lot more difficult for Trump's (il)legal team. And the fact that this blow was delivered by the home state of the V.P.-Elect...Chef's kiss😘.

Lest we forget- If Victoria Rowell's "Dru" were still on the scene in Genoa City, this figure of speech would definitely have already been said, probably directed at Phyllis.

I briefly saw that headline too, yesterday. Just wild! People are really out here having orgies during a pandemic! And that's not even getting into the stringent homophobic laws countries like Hungary, Poland and Russia have been instituting for the past few years. It's actually the least shocking aspect of all that one of the most ardent backers of this policy are themselves closeted. The window jump is pretty funny though.

I wish I could migrate this quote the ATWT thread because I definitely believe a similar dynamic occurred with the Franklin and Griffin families on ATWT. In later years, there was the appearance of what I refer to as "half-families" like Ben and Isaac, the appearance of Camille's mother but not a full set of family members. Really unfortunate.

Even further back, judging by what's on YT, the introduction and exit of several Black characters are missing. You hardly see any of the Franklin family. You see Meg and Pam as friends but it was Meg and Nella who actually went through the nursing program together and became good friends but all of those episodes are absent from YouTube. Yes, you can probably fill in some of what's missing but there is just a lot of detail missing and some of it gives a lot of color and shape to the storytelling. Marland, for all his perceived faults was really the first HW that seemed to care enough to at least, try to create a viable Black family that was on par (at least representationally) with other families in Oakdale. I don't know what really happened with the Franklin, but he did seem to try it again with the Griffin family, although they were transplants, unlike the Franklin's who seemed to be Oakdale native-born. Nella and Kiera were the only Black teens on the canvas that I remember.

A lot of episodes and quite a few storylines are incomplete and/or missing from YT, even from Marland's HW tenure. Unfortunately, this gives a skewed impression of what characters and what storylines were out there and viable.

Manslaughter investigation surrounding Maradona's doctor.

I understand that feeling completely, @Vee It's just in my case, I've worn out so many of the episodes already up on YT, that I wished there were more never before episodes uploaded, but perhaps folks are skittish, given the rush to shut down never before uploaded content (something I'll never, for the life of me understand). Hughes holidays gatherings always gave me such comfort (and yes, joy) at this time of year, or any time when I was in particular need of a diversion. Gosh, I'd even take a spooky or disastrous Shannon O'Hara holiday party about now (one that I haven't seen in years). I was discussing this with someone recently in another thread, but I would love it if someone shared episodes of the different costume balls on this show, particularly those during the lavish 1980s when very little expense was spared, and every celebration specialized in being Over The Top. It was just fun. Man, if only ATWT had an online vault like a few of the other soaps do...!

Yes, that link helps. Thanks a lot, @DRW50 !

Is there a website that shows how many states have already certified their election results?

I have yet to see the new season, so I am scrolling and skipping past all discussions but I saw this AP article, which made me halfway roll my eyes and halfway chuckle at the complaints regarding the portrayal of the royals. I would think that the very fact that the show is using actors and not relying on newsreel footage would tell people that this is not a documentary. And the Churchill biographer had a point in that, nobody was complaining when the portrayals were more sympathetic or flattering, though there were clearly fictionalized scenes and characters.

Did that animated show Bertie and Tucan have a better deal with Netflix than ODAAT why they were able to go to Warner Media after being cancelled on Netflix? I think I read about a few show creatives who turned down Netflix for HBO Max, Hulu, etc. I wonder if Netflix's treatment of ODAAT could've been a factor. I was thinking the same thing. Perhaps Unimas or some Network aimed at a young/progressive audience would be receptive. I am not sure if the show could retain all of their viewers but at least the show would continue to lose momentum and the show would have a home until the Netflix deal expires.

Of course, this was always going to be the reaction.

Looks like just about every other retailer's loss is Amazon's gain (although the e-commerce units of Target and Walmart also benefited this year).

Yes, The aspect of collusion was the very first thought that came to mind when I heard about this. All in an effort to poison any future discussions between the Biden administration and Iran. There could be an unintended consequences that this could make the Iranians more eager to talk to the new administration, with the added bonus of 'sticking it's to the former U.S. administration.

Emmanuel Macron is moving his government further to the right unfortunately, in a supposed effort to outflank Le Pen and the right-wing contingent, so that is the motive for the legislation to make it illegal to film the police, (especially when the officer in question can be publicly identified. For instance, a badge with the name and number. If someone is being beaten within an inch of his or her life, I don't think making the perpetrator look flattering will be utmost on that person's mind.) This new law is clearly a rebuff to the tools being used to empower the community against police brutality. France is truly headed down a bad road, but I don't see these new batch of laws making things any better. I actually see them making things worse.

With Trump going by the wayside, some autocrats are going to find it tough sledding .

Uh-oh.

I just feel like only cancelled soaps would really consider putting out collections for purchase. Y&R barely wanted to air their classic episodes during their production shutdown.

Thinking of Bob Hughes's Thanksgiving toasts and I wished someone would've asked him if he remembers the first time and then the last time he did one of those toasts on the show. That would've involved some deeper knowledge about the show, which seems like too much to ask these days. Too bad Scott couldn't just have completely taken over that one.

It was always about the money. This show set itself up as the anti-View (a stupid move that only hamstrung future possibilities) which only worked until the veneer of feminine solidarity was stripped away by Julie Chen's husband's scandals. Sure, the show was able to give off the appearance of resilience in her absence, then when the novelty of a new and improved show wore off, the show limped along for awhile. The funny thing about a "substance-free" talk show is that, when people are home, isolated, they may actually look for substance in a talk show--they can get cat videos and makeup tutorials YouTube. They can get gossip on vlogs or podcasts. People still want connection, particularly when they access a program through the old-fashioned way, on terrestrial broadcast TV. The Talk obviously could not build that lasting connection.

Unlike Dark Shadows and the Doctors, Y&R still airs, which may complicate matters. Also, unlike primetime soaps that likely have some type of syndication deal, I doubt most daytime soaps even considered such a thing. Soaps with relatively short runs should've considered this.