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She has blonde hair and her hair is up in rollers, that doesn't make her Nicole. People run too quick with random spec and then call it 'rumor.' Would it shock me if they were stupid enough to recast Nicole on the heels of this? Nope.

I wonder. In the past I'd agree it'd get swept under the rug like the Missy case and many others, but it's a different era and Corday is singled out re: #MeToo stuff here. He might never live that down as per bringing Ari back. Otherwise I agree, they settle and Ari is back in a month lol. It could definitely happen. I just get depressed thinking about it.

Neither do I. If they can bring Missy back after how they dragged her through the mud they can rehire anyone. I'm not really interested in that though. I think Corday has to go or the show does, and I don't think Ken is going to ever let go.

I think you can and should have a mix of old and new talent. I'm not gonna twitch if PM somehow unearthed Harris or got MVJ to defect. Some people are just solid gold. But new talent, voices and attitudes are also essential if this industry is ever to evolve. I remember being quite pleased with the all-new (and diverse) names on the writing staff at OLTL and AMC on Hulu; I think many went on to get subsumed into the network shows.

Tanisha Harper's only pairing should be with the payroll department for her final check as she leaves the cast.

At least spamming Wikipedia entries and poorly formatted copypaste has slowed down.

Whatever I feel about Nicole's shelf life, Ari has been through so much for this lousy show. I support her even if I do suspect the contract issue will be hard to get a ruling in her favor on - Corday is just a cheapskate.

My mistake! I suspected it was the Malone II period but wasn't sure how long, so much of that time runs together.

I know from experience that Donna used to be connected lo those many years ago. And some of what she puts out there as new information may well be correct. But tbh at least half of what she says now is just stuff she is gathering from chatting on Twitter or wherever. Like, you telling people that you talked to a soap writer on Twitter who theorized that maybe PM is rewriting the previous HWs' scripts before March isn't you getting a line on new information; it's just you and someone else problem solving together and making a supposition. But it's presented as a hot tip and gospel. (I personally suspect Mulcahey and Korte will be ghostwriting perhaps well before March, but I'm not touting my suspicion as confirmation.) Do I think she means it that way? No, not always. But she doesn't always think before she just posts anything (and she's far from the only person on this forum with that problem). And yes, I've had her on Ignore for months too; I just keep getting stuff quoted on the page or referred to by others.

Kristen Alderson (OLTL, GH) has had her first child with her longtime boyfriend/fiance. They seem like lovely people who I am happy for despite being Very Online with their Twitch, YouTube, etc. (if you ever want to watch Robin Strasser play Mario Kart, that's the place) so I won't comment on their taking an afterbirth selfie with their newborn at the link above. The baby is beautiful though! Cute to see so many soap alum (Brandon Barash, Nafessa Williams, Tonja Walker, Bree Williamson, Kelley Missal, etc.) in the comments.

I never got a sense that Frank had an ego about the writing or creative direction during his many years at OLTL, until he and Ron became the Great White Hope of soaps - their big alleged plans to turn GH into the 'super-soap' of ABC Daytime, housing characters from all past ABC shows (starting with the OLTL transplants and Delia from RH, and continuing off and on today), etc. was supposedly his vision, and they took it very personally onscreen and off when OLTL came back without them in charge of it again. It was their baby and they lashed out in story in the "Pickle Lila" wars nonsense in 2013, which was a very thinly veiled allegory for them vs. Prospect Park. Until "Cartini" became those guys' living myth Frank was simply (AFAIK) a frugal, disciplined and focused facilitator.

Republicans in Disarray: Meanwhile: Ronna McDaniel has also resigned from the RNC, having been shivved by Trump.

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I think Frank and Ron were very simpatico for a very long time, so I don't think Ron was nearly as controlled as all the Frankolytes brought in after him. Ron got a lot of his vision onscreen (good and bad) and Frank facilitated well for him and the show. On paper at least that is the ideal role for an EP IMO. IIRC (and I don't think I'm confusing this with someone else) Ron used to gush that Frank would help him do an outer space storyline if he asked. Frank and Ron were "Cartini" in the soap press' eyes, a supposed dream team who worked in sync - until they didn't. Frank was perceived (by the DC crew, anyway, who lost their absolute minds at the time) as stabbing Ron in the back when various actors (Benard, Geary, possibly Stafford or others) and ABC had the knives out for him when the stories and ratings began to fall apart in late 2014 into 2015. I wasn't surprised when it happened; I knew Frank could be ice cold and was all business, having never let his face crack during the Higley years at OLTL when he allegedly detested her work but used to regularly cheerfully bat down repeated inquiries from the soap press who would hammer her stories. Everyone since Ron, I think, is a Frank choice who he could control and micromanage for his own stories and preferences. He became one of those EPs that thinks he is a HW, and all the writers were simply modular yes-men. I think a lot of that change in persona came out of the Cartini era - they both began to think they were the last hope for soaps, the future of soaps, etc. Patrick Mulcahey is not a Frank hire with no history in daytime or someone he plucked from his existing pool. He has a rich and proud history at GH that predates Frank, something Frank is not always super comfortable with in my experience (paging Vanessa Marcil, or the multiple attempts to dump Genie for not going recurring). So this will be very interesting. Demorest was also on staff at Frank's OLTL for a number of years, IIRC.

For the sake of completionism Frank was there when Malone and Griffith came back to OLTL, but this was just the beginning of his tenure as an EP, when he was put in place as a 'controllable' EP himself by Brian Frons after the firing of Gary Tomlin. Frons masterminded the creative reset at all 3 ABC shows at the time with what he felt were 'classic' writing teams back at the shows - Malone and Griffith at OLTL, Megan McTavish at AMC and Guza at GH. But yes, I agree with you, including re: scripts. As I said before, if Mulcahey starts writing it should show.

And yes, I've been using one of many nitter mirror sites to read this myself as I don't use Twitter.

Kin (who's been on recurring for aeons) has never said a word against being paired and re-paired with Lynn, Jackie, Genie and then Kathleen Gati over the last 20+ years. I don't mean back in the '70s, '80s or '90s, I mean the show's regular tired attempts to link Scott and those women back up in the 21st century, before they more recently tested him with Maura and then put him with Obrecht for a long stretch. I can't remember a time he had a love interest that was ever age-inappropriate in fact. I find it extremely hard to believe he is suddenly demanding a young woman lol.

What happened to all that weird bullshit with Lucy wandering across ABC Daytime investigating Martin's past and exes like Blair? Did she ever learn about that whole money thing with him? When did she fall out of love with him or whatever (if she did)? I don't care, but I am curious.

I remember this well. John Bell was so cute. Amazingly, he has gone on to a considerable career as a teen and then adult co-starring in Outlander, The Hobbit films, etc. Here's an article from several years back re: his performance in a Larry Kramer-themed show.

I don't think this is doing anyone any good at this point, especially Shannen, though I do believe her version of events. (And I say that as someone who likes watching Alyssa Milano, has no beef with her and knows Shannen can historically be volatile, but I also think Alyssa did that shît.)

Generally i'd agree - if it was up to me he'd be long dead. But I'm going to give PM a chance to make something of that impossible situation.

The article says it starts an umbrella story by Mulcahey and Korte. Not that it's going to hopscotch between Mulcahey and Korte's new work and the old writers, which is not something I've ever heard of happening before.

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I find it impossible to believe she'd do this.