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I think Amber Tamblyn was great, but JFP drove her off too soon. Glenn Walker Harris (Sly) could've gone the distance IMO, but didn't.

LMAO at drunk Gary's greeting of Richard: "Anybody need a bad lawyer?"

I'm wrapping up Season 1. Sid's easy love, camaraderie and wisdom is really striking; Don Murray is as wonderful here as he was on Twin Peaks, and sexy with Michele Lee. He's the river to her fire. I wasn't sure how I'd feel about Sid, knowing he dies and makes way for the powerhouse Kevin Dobson, but I'll miss him when he's gone. His rapport with Gary (who is notably backburnered until the finale) is really touching.

Not really. Neither of them are synonymous with their roles, or particularly stirring young actors. Violet is obnoxious and needn't exist at all. Leo is more winning because of the adorable, sweet kid and his IRL parallel with the character, but Leo is also a baby that didn't need to exist. Robin and Lucky were lightning in a bottle. People said all these things about Bechtel a few years ago - I'm sure Frank never wanted to recast - but he couldn't hack it and he didn't grow enough. Talent aside, just in terms of maturity it happened to Chris McKenna on OLTL, or Jesse McCartney, who I always wanted back as J.R. on AMC (and would today if it somehow came back - bless him, he has visibly aged enough to make that plausible), and it can happen to anyone. Just an actor growing up in a part =/= Robin and Lucky. I'd welcome giving Sweda that chance to see if he can, but none of those other young kids on the show have distinguished themselves on GH so far nearly as much as anyone mentioned from the past. The only exception and close comparison is Hudson West as Jake. He's been more talented than half the under-30 cast for years, and they barely use him.

Who would compare Eden McCoy to Kimberly McCullough? Dude wants a job there that bad?

Lord, that is a very, very young Gary Sinise posing as Eric's contemporary at this beach party in S1 Episode 10.

OLTL's own Laurence Fishburne is reuniting with Francis Ford Coppola. I've been hearing about this project for decades and am very excited:

An affair to remember:

My guess is Frons. JFP did not have power over Guza AFAIK.

I assure you, getting through the Chibnall era recently has been a real slog lol. But I'm doing it out of love for the franchise. I'm so ready for this to be over and the new start. If RTD hadn't done such mature work recently I'd be less enthused by his return. But I think it's the right thing for a down time for the franchise - Chibnall never seemed fully committed to me, and creatively he was always the wrong choice.

Another rumor: The key classic companion returning for the 60th is

Aaand now it seems Yasmin Finney from Heartstopper - which I've already recommended to @DRW50and which RTD is a big fan of - may be in upcoming Who. Finney is trans. Confirmed: Yasmin is wonderful on Heartstopper. Rumor has it Yasmin may be playing Donna's daughter (named for Rose) - Donna's husband was Black, IIRC. But I don't think the age is quite right, unless we travel forward in time or she's adopted. Reddit spumors from several days ago: I do think they're not just bringing back Tennant/Tate, as rumors are abounding about Matt, Capaldi, etc. News just keeps coming: A swiftly deleted tweet also indicates Matt Smith's return is slated to be announced this weekend, but will drop sooner if he is sighted filming.

They're already at it: Oh, my. Now longtime Moffat/Capaldi-era director (and Nightmare on Elm Street royalty) Rachel Talalay is on-set, as I'd heard she was: And Wilf (Bernard Cribbins):

It's been brought up before here, but I'd totally forgotten where I knew Kim Lankford from. She was heavily featured in HBO's excellent docuseries The Jinx, all about Robert Durst. She was close to one of his victims, Susan Berman, and is one of the regular talking heads in the series. It's very worth a watch.

You don't need to spoiler anything for me, lol. The show's been off the air over 30 years. If I want to avoid something I can handle it. I'm probably only going to check out a few seasons anyway - it's fluff to me vs. Knots Landing, which is already quite addictive. It is painful to see VP/Pam so strong early on when even I know she got mired in a lot of sadsack wife stories later. And did she ever get a major TV role again (or want one)? I wonder if the showrunners at each show have ever reflected on the masculine or feminine driving energies of Dallas vs. KL.

I'm not sure if McKinsey even agreed to do it.

I was not expecting a 'biker hell' episode of Knots Landing. I had forgotten how elegant and addictive a soap with a simple geographic setup can be. Like Melrose, where you knew who was in each apartment and with who and why, Knots' enclosed world really works.

I've felt this for years since seeing her infamous SNL episode and bits of pieces of Dallas throughout my life, but upon seeing multiple full episodes it's official: I have an extremely low tolerance for Charlene Tilton.

I knew of the real Rodi, but I think that's my first glimpse of her. While you can't undo what was done with Blair and I loved Kassie in the role, the recast should never have happened the way it did. I have long thought there is a certain smart way to weave Mia Korf back into the fabric of OLTL to acknowledge her contribution, which was way, way ahead of its time and still is current toda.

As this is part of the anniversary celebration, I doubt this is the end of big announcements or returns. Curiously, Peter Capaldi, Matt Lucas and longtime Moffat-era director Rachel Talalay were all apparently spotted in Cardiff very, very recently.

I think I'll give this a whirl from the start now that I've enmeshed myself in Knots Landing (which I love so far). The Gary/Val episodes of Dallas I watched to prep for Knots were very enjoyable, and it seems like a frothier, at times lighter watch to offset KL. Like many people I've seen bits and pieces of Dallas over the years, but never got into it all the way. I've burrowed through the thread plenty, but if anyone has any other thoughts on the first couple seasons they care to share go nuts.

David Tennant and Catherine Tate are returning next year for the 60th: From the link, which seems overloaded:

More on the CW purge:

It's not every (or most) day(s) I post Bernie Sanders, but for once, I did appreciate him putting Chuck Todd on notice.