Maxim

So right that she got him an Emmy nomination for a character that didn't get one for 30 years. Only to get booted a day after being invited to a cast photo.

This article... I'm sorry... in my opinion... is not correct at all. All of this is subjective, so... I agree to disagree with the author. Best villain - Luna?!! No. If that's the best villain of 2024 for daytime, then... there is trouble. Psycho Luna was a stupid re-write that was meant to dig up some ratings in the last moment... and change the narrative after Zende got called a rapist by fans and the storyline backfired for Bradley Bell. Best couple - Finn and Steffy Jesus Christ No. I actually liked them better the previous years. This year has been non stop Steffy rambling to Finn about Hope or Sheila. They literally do nothing else as a couple other than Finn stand naked and Steffy rant about how he's forbidden to see Sheila or Hope. She acts like he is her pet and accidentally came off leash. This is not a top couple material. Most missed character - Thomas? Mmmm no. Thomas is a character that makes Bradley Bell's lack of writing talent most apparent. A character that he used so much of his tired disgusting tricks... that by the end... he literally was as unwatchable as Sheila. They should have paired them up at some point BTW. MOST MISSED WAS TAYLOR played by Krista ALLEN! Best first impression - Crew Morrow. No. I actually prefer the stalker guy Romy if I have to choose... acting wise. Crew, I'm sorry to say this... has not given me a good first impression. He may improve with time, but under Bradley Bell's writing - I doubt it. Characters that deserved the biggest bitch slap - Steffy I don't agree with this too. As much as Steffy has annoyed me... she at least has some kind of dignity. The character that needs slapping is BROOKE LOGAN - she is still sucking up to her bully ex husband Ridge after he called her child a slut and a bitch and then jumped into bed the next day with his ex-wife. She is still begging him for a chance. She literally disgusts me right now. Brooke needs to step her sh-t up. Most Wrecked Character - Hope. I agree! The only thing I agree with him about. Best use of history - Sugar?!!!!!!!! HELL to the NO. This was absolute cringe. Deacon googling her name on the laptop is probably the moment someone at CBS should have intervened and called Bradley and asked him... What is this?! Is this a joke? Worst Storyline - Broken Heart Syndrome - this little thing cannot be called a storyline. It was very short, very stupid... The worst storyline of 2024 was the mints storyline! Nothing tops this for me. It was pure insanity. And lead to absolutely nothing. Backfired, fans were disgusted so much on the boards and calling Zende a rapist... that Bradley Bell panicked and re-wrote it like Luna was a psycho. So... Yeah. I'm quite shocked at these picks.

I would love if the second half of Ryan's hope surfaced... just because I would like to know we have it in full. I know the first 1700 episodes are on youtube... but the other half is pretty much missing with some episodes here and there.

I noticed this show on youtube and wondered... is it good... What are the good years? Are the first seasons solid? I would appreciate any info.

I love the new shots and the new info we are getting. I love that angle they are exploring. MVJ is going to show all these tired writers... how it's f-cking DONE! I am sooooooo ready! My Anita is shining. The Matriarch of DAYTIME has arrived, and she is here to expose people and show their true colors! And look at that handsome man! He is ageing like fine wine!!!!!!!!!!!!! P.S Speaking of showing true colors... I see this topic's disturbing presence has more or less completely shown their true face. And it aint pretty.

That's what I thought exactly. Like literally THIS. Thank you so much darling! All is well, other than I don't want the Holidays to end... I hope you had an amazing New Year too! ❤️

Omg, thank you for bringing this horrible interview to my attention. He actually thinks that the show's better than ever? And expects 2025 to be his best year ever... and THINKS HE HAS DEVELOPED a new generation (from characters that he introduced couple of months ago basically)... AND IS GIVING LIAM A FROOOOOOOOOOONT BURNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Count me out. EW. JUST EW. This man needs to read this... and then shut the f'ck up.

Liam was on for 70 episodes? I must have blocked some of that out... the trauma of seeing him appear is real. (Nothing to do with SC - who I find to be one of the really good actors in daytime) Also thanks to @YRfan23 and @jcar03!

Adjusting mentally to the realization that Monday I'm working... after weeks of doing nothing but eat, sing and dance around the house and watch movies with my husband... It all starts again. The same old sh-t - dealing with idiots and finding other people's mistakes (that's basically what I do for a living). I am not happy, but hey... at least I'm working from home office. I can roll my eyes as much as I want to!

If it's unpopular as in hated/disliked/infamous/attracting toxicity then... the Queen of this topic should be Katherine Kelly Lang - she is loved by many as an actress, and her character has been the show's number 1 love-to-hate person for generations of fans. I remember back in the early 2000s when I was just a kid and the internet was just warming up to what it is today... there were still many people calling her names and wishing the character death or things like that. I remember there was this forum that was entirely focused on hating Brooke. That must have been at least 15-20 years ago. And this toxicity/hate didn't change... at least till 2012-2013... After that she's been quite a safe character - boring one. The past decade Brooke has been defanged and de-clawed to a state of being a prop to Ridge and Hope. And nothing more. So the hate has gone down for sure. But boy oh boy... in her active "slut from the valley" era... I remember the grandmas in front of our house when the episodes of her sleeping with Deacon were airing in my country... I think it was 2006. All of them were so disgusted, so repelled. They hated her guts. And a testament to this is the current situation in youtube. The entire Bold channel is being dominated in the comments section by a Brooke-lynch hate mob. The period they decided to start posting the episodes in 1080 HD was controversial - Brooke seducing Thorne away from Macy in 1999... and then Brooke continued with trying to seduce Ridge AND Deacon to top that off. So the hate has been once again - unbelievable. There are even people who write disgusting things about her appearance, face, hair... and etc. So yes, the queen of being a wonderful actress playing a hated character is Brooke. Of course she also has the Pro-Brooke fans... but nobody else has gotten more dragged (from Bold) on the boards and the internet.

The Young And The Restless from episode 1... in a premium youtube channel that you are a member of to see episodes... in a follow-up to Bold uploading their whole catalog. As I know... Young And The Restless have the entire series available and no media is destroyed. This is the one that I believe some day we'll get. ❤️

This is the topic that I've been waiting for my whole life. 1. AW - THE 1970s!!!!!!!! Anything... anything!!!!!!!!!! 2. AW - 1982 to 1985 - these years have only scattered episodes available. 3. GUIDING LIGHT - any 1970s and 1980s in ENGLISH. 4. AS THE WORLD TURNS - Douglas Marland entire run. 5. CAPITOL - in English 6. ALL MY CHILDREN - The 80s and early 90s... I will continue tomorrow. This is sort of a DREAM board.

I'm in a food coma. Pizza and 2 vanilla milkshakes.

You are here for something... But it's definitely not BTG.

Absolutely. I have no idea what would make someone expect or believe that BTG will deliver something that can be described as "smut".

Some people will see only the one thing they can say negative about someone and ignore all the amazing and wonderful things that you eloquently mentioned. I don't remember who said it exactly, but a quote comes to mind - "If I walked on water... the critics would say - it's because he can't swim."

Me... the first day I'm back at work after the Holidays. 😂 @Contessa Donatella

Thank God it's MVJ head writing this show.

I love both of them so much. They were so exploited by the industry.

These days all Sheila does is knead homemade dough at Il Giardino - Trattoria Rustica - a place where serial killers poison their victims, but still stays open afterwards.

Poor Sheila/Kimberlin Brown! Her body double Sugar had to be stabbed to death by deranged Steffy, cremated toes out (Deacon googling "Who is Sugar" will forever live in my memory), she had to be found rotting in a dungeon and saved with a blue sports drink (picked up from a corner with garbage) - ALL of this wonderful, Emmy-worthy storytelling by the master of soaps Bradley Bell... so that they would rank Carl the creepy crematorium-guy who had 2 minutes of screentime... 4 places above her. Ranks... these days... are not what they used to be in my time. 😅

Happy New Year to you too guys! I wish you and your loved ones endless health, good luck, love and unforgettable soap memories! ❤️