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The rise of the Fab 4 (Sonny, Carly, Jason and Courtney) which remained the focus of the show (with Sam swapped in) for years to come, with other characters being demeaned or destroyed and the misogyny leveled way up. This was also the period when increasingly cartoonish mob characters and action storylines began taking over and ripped from the headlines gimmicks, which I think was partly Chuck Pratt's influence re: blonde sexbombs. Faith Rosco was wonderfully played by Cynthia Preston, but she was ultimately just an evil fetish object. (Though I'd still bring her back for a short run if I could!)

I somehow doubt "RFK: Baby Bear Killer" is part of anyone's strategy.

FYI: Recent pix of Marcy Walker can be found in the Santa Barbara thread, as they've just had a cast/crew reunion.

I'm not gonna talk shít about Marcy Walker aging naturally out of showbiz. We've all seen worse in and out of Hollywood.

RFK Jr. is the Zodiac of animal killers.

Sure. Why not? @DRW50 RFK released a video discussing this with (wait for it) Roseanne Barr.

CNN: How 17 days upended Trump's campaign

They know how to hurt him:

There was one early on re: Karen, but it wasn't great.

I'd be surprised not to see Debbi tbqh.

It's still an incredible scene (and script). So good, and such amazing work from BM one more time. I don't remember the scene with Jason rejecting Courtney for Sam lol. I wish I could find it.

Walz has also cleared his schedule and will allegedly be meeting with Harris tomorrow. But that goes for most of them this weekend.

Reuters on Harris making a play for the Sun Belt state path, which is totally doable IMO.

This NYT thing is becoming a whole situation for them:

It was hilarious, a total 180. And yeah, I liked ALW on AW and liked her at the show initially with BW. It was too bad. But she was placed in a position where she became unbearable fast. I think it may have been a combination of things, but I'm not sure. I expect Guza liked the idea of finally bringing Scorpio back (he wrote there in his heyday, after all) and he certainly early on in the return pushed this cynical take on the character being much more cavalier about Robin and his family vs. his life as a career secret agent. I know Tony Geary had also pushed for it for years - allegedly, his original version of "Endgame" which he wrote with Irene Suver (and which JFP discarded) had featured Robert's return from the dead. I think it also benefitted the show at the time. Kimberly McCullough had just returned on contract, was now a major foundational player again and in spite of issues with execution they began to re-orient a massive portion of the show around the hospital again, focusing in on Robin and her love interest Patrick. It also synergized well with the network striking gold in primetime with Grey's Anatomy. To the show's credit, that return to a significant hospital focus and several major on-contract hospital characters at any time has pretty much remained ever since late 2005-early 2006. That came from Robin's return.

The only thing that made Courtney an A-player was Brian Frons and Chuck Pratt's fascination with her. The A.J. story worked early on but putting her with Jason made her unbearable and unpopular. As soon as Frons' focus shifted, Guza cast her out and then eventually got to kill her off.

I have a host of issues with Beutler's past history, but this is accurate and so was Variety: NY Times Pitchbot also still really, really pisses them off. This is the second time a critique has gotten under Tani's skin recently.

The Times gets blowback for headline choice again, reacts predictably, then buckles in the end: Martin did get ratio'ed for his reaction before the headline change, but it's remarkable just how openly contemptuous in recent times they've become in various media outlets, from guys like Max Tani to up and down the ladder. And it's wild that their recent argument has been 'don't blame us, journalism have no agency or impact in current events!' while also still claiming to be the essential bulwark informing the public in difficult times. But wait! There's more!

Dovere is often a gossip, but the story is worthwhile: