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I have long given up on assuming the ratings have anything at all to do with what we see on screen.

I'm behind but enjoyed her calling Derek Smokey the Bear and Stop Drop and Roll. 😅

Maurice's birthday interview with Dominick Zamprogna and Lisa Lo Cicero. There's lots of cameo vids from the cast wishing him a happy birthday. First set: Jonathan Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Sidwell (Carlo Rota and Nazneen Contractor) Genie and Jonathan Frakes, Carolyn Hennesy End set: Dominick Zamprogna, Finola Hughes, Kin Shriner, Scarlett Spears (Donna), Laura Wright (from Paris), Bryan Craig (from the DMV parking lot!), Eden McCoy, Evan Hofer, After 1:11 I'm not sure... behind the scenes people? Hoping someone can identify. I think one of them is Michael Sutton! He looks totally different. Steve Burton at the end obviously.

That's too good!

Dom looks to be a great interviewer!

Willow trying not to let Sidwell get a word in edgewise and Sidwell's glee at showing Drew the livestream cracked me up.

I really liked these scenes too. Hope it means a real story for him.

Nikki is so earnest there. She goes from being joyful over her new job to realizing Casey knows and then fiercely defending herself to then pleading for acceptance. Really good range from MTS. A story like this could easily play today but would be considered too edgy.

What an accomplishment! The best thing is the characters. I feel as attached to most of them as the ones on the longtime soaps. I'd like to see the pacing improve. Some stories felt rushed while others drag on. Nothing feels really high stakes, but yet the day to day dialogue and interactions are engaging.

Of course, on this show the person always says they feel sorry and the judge lets them go. Really gripping stuff. Such big stakes for all these kidnappings where the person is always returned unharmed and the perpetrator doesn't go to jail. Really moves story forward. Great tension as we watch them sit in some dirty room wondering if they'll be rescued.

Shemar keeping it very real!

Spinelli mooning over Nathan's baby blues is priceless.

Would it help to just not sticky the monthly threads? GH, Days and BTG would probably naturally stay near the top. I also don't see why the monthly cast lists need to be sticked. That would open up some breathing room. I do see the problem with the long threads, because I rarely am caught up enough on BTG and GH to actually post and there's not much point in posting a week after the fact. And it can almost be a drag to catch up. What about posting the news items in Discuss the Soaps instead of a separate area? I feel like those often duplicate the spoiler threads too. Something vague like "actor exits ( show) " seems vague enough to me to fit in DTS. Something like the Ted recast on BTG could have generated a lot of discussion.

That's how I understand it too. Within the GH section there could be daily discussions, spoiler threads, and you could also start threads like "I love Emma and Gio!!!" and "Carly is a hypocrite!" but that doesn't feel organic to this board somehow. I think this place tends to be super organized and archive-able, so that if I want to rewatch GH from the late 2000s or early 2010s, I could literally go into the archives and read the "live" discussion threads alongside, if I wanted. That's what I like about SON, that it is well organized with a lot of data, synopsis, and intelligent discussion of both classic and current soaps. Another example would be in 5 years, I can go back into the BTG BTS thread and re-read everything that happened as the show developed and watch it unfold as it did in real time - initial reactions, casting news, story nuggets dropped. With the new setup being proposed there would be probably be new threads for every announcement.

I truly can't picture that!

But would the old threads still continue, like the classic Y&R thread? To me it makes more sense to post old clips and articles there than people starting a new thread for random odds and ends.

Almost surely they will reveal Malcolm and Stephanie reconnected and either are married or have an adult child (who will be killed off if there's any potential there). Another offscreen yawn.

Lmao, if i didn't trust Errol so much I would think this was one of those fake AI Facebook stories.

Darn, I got excited thinking they meant his last airdate at Y&R!

Caught up on the week... Way to go Willow, she really handed Drew his ass. So she basically tried to kill him because he's obnoxious and won't STFU. I really liked that part where she said he just wouldn't leave her alone, wanted her to totally dependent on him... oh, how the tables have turned. I freaking love her. Great work from Cameron. When he blinked yes to admit he talked sh!t to Wiley... I saw a glimmer of hope in him to be redeemed. Perfectly played when Chase came. I'm gonna need for Chase to find out what she did and agree to keep the secret against his moral compass. Amelia didn't react to being reunited with her mom at all, I wasn't sure if that was the child actress or if they are going to play an angle where it's been so long she doesn't really remember her mom. Rocco's low self esteem... "we're not that good" and that little smile... this kid is so sweet (did we know he played hockey before? With how they fast they can work things into the show I'm half wondering if it's a Heated Rivalry reference...?). And now Britt is going to stay away and he's going to think it's him. Dante was 100% right but he does in a less obnoxious way then Lulu. Lol at Liz's smirk when he asked if she would trust her with her kids. And I'm a Britt fan! I hate the Anna story but Emma really moved me. Lulu and Nathan confiding in Laura and Nina was nice. I was glad they finally addressed her not being with Dante even though that's a cop out for the show. Nathan seemed like the old Nathan to me there. In the same way they shocked me by making the person arrested for Drew's shooting actually be guilty, I would love for the "twist" to be that it really is just Nathan and not a Faison clone or some other sci-fi crap. I am starting to see why people think Kristina and Jacinda will hook up... actually really interesting how Kristina was completely grossed out by Ezra (lol at him working out and taking selfies in the background) but Jacinda had to explain that in her world, you keep the options open in case everything goes to hell. This was the first time Jacinda was interesting and not just a prop. Curtis gave Alexis some really solid reasons for wanting Portia to take the test, but then he just goes and threatens her, why?!

Maxie!

They consider Paul as still being on the show, he was on the phone with Daniel when Heather died and couldn't make the funeral. 😅 Can't wait to see more scenes of a psycho plotting in that one hotel room!

GH especially deserves to keep the audience that tuned in.

I will watch with interest but I'm laughing at all the offscreen connections. Both shows rely way too much on explaining and not showing stuff. EB has been posting videos from Atlanta giving his opinions on recent political happenings. I wonder if he tried to get anything like that in Victor's keynote speech since it's supposed to be a political fundraiser. I doubt anything makes it to air of course.

The Guiding Light thread moves faster 🤣