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Merry Christmas, GL fans! Saw this lovely Christmas retrospective on the Italian youtube page:

Thank you to @ChickenNuggetz92 and all angels and uploaders! 

I feel like Brooke has to sleep with Liam at some point to complete the circle. Thomas too. It was so funny when she slept with Oliver but Bradley didn't want to make her slutty again so he made it into a preposterous mistake, and then when Ridge found out he pretty much grunted "oh, Logan!!!" like it was a sitcom... which it was... and this is why Ridge has to be played by Ronn Moss!

6 minutes ago, OpportunisticSlut said:

Brooke slept with her son in law, when she was married to Eric. She was then pregnant and didn't know if it was the father or the son. EW.

Brooke got pregnant by her son in law, her daughter's husband. I would say this breaks the disgusting meter. 

Brooke slept with her sister's husband and got pregnant. Now this is some kind of Maury show or Oprah show level of perversion.

She has no comparison in the show and there is no" thing about people's views on sexuality vs violence" here.  Brooke is a sexual predator and she isn't prejudiced or discriminated against. SHE IS VIOLENT in her own way and she destroyed lives.

She drove Macy to kill herself, taking away her husband.  I call this VIOLENT. This woman deserves criticism and anyone who thinks she does not is out of their mind. 

Now... what these other people did is something different and I think yeah... they deserved MORE criticism and backlash, but Taylor killing someone or Stephanie faking a heart attack don't make sleeping with your daughter and sister's husbands any less DISGUSTING and shocking.

I thought that was all bad at the time too, but I guess I am over it. Yes, it was disgusting and shocking. I started watching when she was pregnant with Bridget and I found it so gross, that she didn't know if her husband was the baby's father or grandfather. I was never a fan of Brooke. I could not even understand why anyone would fight over Ridge, but if they were, I felt that Taylor "deserved him" because she was a good and moral person, and Brooke was disgusting. I could even overlook her sleeping with James in the cabin. Taylor was classy and intelligent. I remember Brooke parading around in lingerie, putting a bed in her office, sneaking up on Ridge in the sauna, throwing her underwear in his face... and he was a married man with children. I thought it was despicable. I was appalled when she then went after Thorne. IIRC young Bridget walked in on them and puked into a plant. I understood Stephanie's rage and rooted for her even though she's no saint herself. And then she slept with Bridget's husband! She just couldn't help herself. No accountability.

I can't say I ever thought she was abusing the men though, seems to me they all slept with her willingly (although Eric and Ridge have both taken advantage of Brooke while she was impaired by alcohol and couldn't consent).

At this point though.. everyone else has done the same thing (bad writing - keep playing the same story over and over with different characters, so now it's nothing special). Taylor has been involved with Ridge, his father, both his brothers, Brooke's son (also her daughter's boyfriend), father, AND brother. Yeah it was bad when Brooke slept with Thorne, but Taylor also slept with Thorne after killing his wife while drunk driving and lying about it while planning to marry him. That's a whole other level of despicable.  And we are supposed to buy Taylor not only as reading the Bible, but being a missionary! And she and Steffy sit there judging the Logan sisters as if they haven't done all the same things. At this point the Logans seem quite normal and functional and not worse than anybody else. 

Brooke used to be outrageously slutty for sleeping her way through the family but now that they've done that with every character (Taylor, Steffy, Donna, Katie, Eric, Bill, Ridge, Thorne, etc have all done it) she really doesn't seem that bad anymore. At least she hasn't killed anyone and is generally a pleasant person. She isn't sanctimonious either (just briefly with Amber and that was twenty years ago).

She ended up being one of the more moral characters on the show TBH. Not what I would have thought during the 90s!

3 hours ago, janea4old said:

daily spoilers
Wed. Dec. 27 US (Tues. Dec. 26 CDN)
Audra receives news from a familiar face.

CASTING NOTE:
Wed. Dec. 27 US (Tues. Dec. 26 CDN)
Brad Sanders of "Clarence Updates" appears as Clarence.


Wait ... so does Audra receive news from Clarence ? ? ? ? 

Clarence always has the 411 on the CBS soaps 

4 hours ago, Liberty City said:

EXCLUSIVE: Young and Restless Preview: Jordan and Nikki Face Off!

That looks like the same room from when Ashland saved Victoria's life in the car accident that killed Rey.

38 minutes ago, janea4old said:

 

Here's another recap of the same:
original airdate Oct. 10 Canada, Oct. 13 U.S.
http://tvmegasite.net/updates/yr/2003/yr-10-10-03.htm

This is the blurb that some sites are posting now:
"Victor receives a painful reminder of his past. Nikki and Sharon fight for the spotlight. Brad worries about Ashley. Kevin plays with fire."

What is the painful reminder that Victor receives?

I think the reminder if supposed to be that he was responsible for the accident that led to Ashley losing her child.

24 minutes ago, yrfan1983 said:

If only they would show 1981 Victor and Nikki’s first Christmas! Way more relevant than a 2003 episode…

Pardon me…?  I must have blocked that one out. Wasn’t Nina supposed to be Raul’s mom before TC quit? Lauren is definitely supposed to be older than Nina!

Would love to see a really old classic ep! 

Yeah, Lauren took Raul as her gala date IIRC, hah.

11 minutes ago, janea4old said:

Friday December 29
(Thursday December 28 Global-Canada)
Repeat of Episode #7735
originally broadcast on October 13, 2003.
Kevin sets Gina's on fire while Colleen is in the freezer. Ashley holds an empty blanket thinking it's her stillborn baby Robert.

NOTE: Due to CBS sports coverage of NCAA football - the Sun Bowl (Oregon State vs. Notre Dame)...
On Friday December 29, 
the 2003 repeat of Y&R might not air in some areas of the U.S.
or it will air at a different time of day.
In the Pacific Timezone, some stations are airing Y&R at 3pm after the football game. 

That's not a bad choice, but doesn't seem to have any relevance to the current story (unless they are bringing Colleen or Robert back to life lol). They showed October 10 during the 2020 classics, when Kevin destroyed Gina's, and I thought it was a shame they didn't show the fire episode, so hoping someone will upload that in HD.

https://www.soapcentral.com/young-and-restless/recaps/2003/031013.php

Also in this episode are Sharon hosting a gala at the ranch, Victoria flirting with Michael, Lauren flirting with Raul, Neil and Lily having dinner, Nikki and Bobby Marsino reminiscing about the Bayou. A good episode.

10 minutes ago, janea4old said:

NFL football Monday Dec. 25 US,
full Y&R and B&B preemptions, no reruns.

Friday Dec. 22 for Global-Canada has a rerun of Property Brothers instead of Y&R.

Thanks. Yuck!

Any word on a classic episode for Monday? At this point, I'm assuming no...? 

9 minutes ago, OpportunisticSlut said:

Oh my god. I need to see this storyline. What is the exact time period... do you know... 

This is a very good retrospective on it, but it contains major spoilers, so don't watch if you intend to actually watch the episodes in full.

You basically want to start watching when Frank Beaty debuts as Brent to get the full backstory. According to this page https://ultimatesoapfan.fandom.com/wiki/Frank_Beaty his airdates are (02/14/1995-02/16/1996)

This one is more like a music video, also with spoilers but no text.

Just now, DramatistDreamer said:

OMG @ that awful CGI for the concert that Chance and Summer supposedly attended! 

They actually showed the concert?! I haven't seen today's show. I assumed they would just show them at Crimson Lights all "the concert was great!"

4 hours ago, janea4old said:

Cirie Fields interviewed about this appearance:
https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/exclusive-cirie-fields-on-her-bold-and-beautiful-cameo/
She memorized the wrong character's lines.  Her son was on set helping her (but he's not in the show).

That's funny. Usually the Big Brother people only have 1 or 2 lines (cheesy ones relating  to the show) so it must have been a lot of extra work if she memorized Bridget's lines!

2 minutes ago, EdibleFlowers said:

I believe Tracey has been on recurring by choice since she returned around 1999-2000 except when she briefly went back on contract in 2013.

Thanks, I was actually debating whether she belonged on that list. I also think Christian might have some arrangement where he is claimed to be on contract but basically is hardly on like he's recurring.

49 minutes ago, OpportunisticSlut said:

There are rumours that they wanted her for recurring and wanted her to only have 3 lines in an episode or something like that. I think one of the articles said that. I don't know if it's true or not. But it sounds pretty offensive to offer that to your Emmy nominated star.

Well, on Y&R it happened to Emmy winners like Doug Davidson, Kristoff St. John, Tracey Bregman, and Christian Le Blanc, who were integral parts of the show for decades. 

3 minutes ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

Thanks! I considered that it might be Summer & Chance. And, thanks for the family tree! While I am being very newbie, who did Thom Bierdz play? 

Thom was Phillip III, the father of Chance (Phillip IV), husband of Nina and suitor of Cricket.

5 minutes ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

Y&R: Friday, 12-15-23, young man & young woman talking about a band? Who are they?

Phillip "Chance" Chancellor (Nina's son and Jill's grandson) and Summer (Nick and Phyllis' daughter)

Just think, in 25 years that miscarriage will come back to life...

Years ago someone here posted the papers from Ronn Moss and Shari Shattuck's divorce. There was a massive cut in the guarantee rate offered. That's why Moss and Flannery left. I assume the other stars took the cut.

1 hour ago, Liberty City said:

 

I could've sworn they broke up some time ago.. so that's surprising to me.

Yeah, out of the corner of my eye I see the white jacket that Francesca James was wearing so I'm thinking she's the "Mrs. James" being called out, but what a coincidence! (will update my post).

5 minutes ago, Errol said:

2.836 million viewers

0.3 in Adults 18-49

0.5 in Adults 25-54

https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2023/04/primetime-broadcast-ratings-for-the-week-of-march-27-april-2-2023

Thanks.

59 minutes ago, Errol said:

Regarding ratings, the standard isn't to be compared to the other shows aired on other networks that night but to be compared to what else aired on the network that night or that week. Considering its lead-in, the Emmys had limited audience to work with from the start.

Despite what I said above, I'm most interested in seeing how the GH primetime special does compared to the Emmys, simply because one will get a higher anticipated audience and likely better promo while the other was slotted more last minute and had to scramble to get things together.

How did the Y&R primetime special do compared to this? I know it's not a perfect comparison considering this is Friday night in the middle of a busy holiday season.

Just now, janea4old said:

I hadn't heard that.  I know they were dating in 2019 and then moved in together by 2020.  At some point in 2020 or 2021 they split.   For a while they seemed distant. I think they resumed their friendship in the past year or so. they traveled together with other actors in 2022 to see Christian Le Blanc in the Off-Broadway "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".

I haven't heard that they resumed their romance but what do I know?  I think the marriage is just a rumor?

I also thought they had broken up, but at about 45 seconds in that video someone from the press says "Hello Mrs. James, congratulations" while Brytni is standing there. But I think it's possible Francesca James may be standing offscreen which might explain it.

Are Brytni and Bryton married? I hear people calling out Mrs. James and congratulating them. It's quite possible I'm way behind on known news as I don't really follow the actors on social media....

(Edit: Not confirmed. I think it's possible Francesca James was standing to the side offscreen and might be the "Mrs. James" being congratulated, what a coincidence that would be, especially given how Bryton joins Brytni at the end)

5 minutes ago, ranger1rg said:

 

And I GAGGED when JMW thanked Kimberlin Brown. OF COURSE the right wing MAGA woman would thank the other most MAGA person in the cast.

 

So the Chelsea story was a stunt but lighting Holly on fire wasn't?  LOL

 

Since when is JMW MAGA? 

I don't care about GH enough to worry whether they are doing Emmy stunts.