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This is great news! Probably deserves its own thread.

I liked the changes. Very happy to have less pinned posts.

I do love Susan Walters so I would have to agree having Diane back has been a net benefit.

I have one!

I still love Eric Braeden because he does the funniest ish. There was one scene where she was doing her hammy thing in his face and he just went "whoa!" It was so disarming and hilarious.

Gotta make sure he signs up for CarShield to protect the Ferrari he bought Nikki last year, in case he doesn't make it. 😉

Lord, yes! 🤣 I was referring more to the boring pointless characters, not the offensive cartoonish ones like Patty and Matt.

I actually wouldn't write anyone off... (I would very much like to write Sharon off though because I think she's completely played out and there's no coming back, but even I would try to avoid that temptation...). This is a case where maybe the low guarantees and number of recurring characters help... new writers can come in and just start mixing things up, start writing for those who are underutilized and slow fade others if you can't figure out what to do with them... and if something sparks, just keep writing. Other than a handful of vets, they're not stuck with contract players that have to be on all the time. Subjectively I agree with some of these "lists of characters that suck and nothing would change if they disappeared" but many of the actors don't suck, the fault is 100% on the writing so it could change.

Lol, I wonder what can be done with all the companies. If they were characters, you could have a hurricane or serial killer rip through Genoa City. So does the new writer just pretend they don't exist, merge them into NE/Jabot, or have a GC market crash or what?

thanks, didn't realize. So it's CBS who doesn't care to be part of a pop culture moment. I don't really care about John Oliver, but this would have been such an obvious get for BTG to have him interview Martin.

Why did I know that after his plea GH would be the soap with the initiative to get this done?

Uh, on that note, Y&R's official instagram posted a video of the Patty/Jack rape scene with a laugh track, captioned "Now this is a sitcom we're SAT for." Utter cringe.

The podcast photo is sending me.

It's lazy writing. He brings on a new character under the auspices of someone with a built-in history. Did that with Tucker, Matt, Cane, Amy, and probably others I'm forgetting. It's complete dreck but it makes sense on a show that has no sets and no action.

It reminds me of little kids arguing in the backseat: "I'm the boss of you!" "No, I just pressed the button and now I'm the boss you!" "I double pressed the button and now I'm the boss of you and the whole world!" "I triple pressed the button and now I'm the boss of the whole universe!"