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That would be a fun topic to research. I do have to be pedantic and ask if we'll accept Valentine's Day or Christmas within the show's universe or if the wedding episode had to air on or immediately before/after Feb. 14 or Dec. 25. (I'm sorry, I'm a party poop.)

Donna, I'm going to say this as politely but directly as I can: please stop using Wikipedia, especially pages that I assume we're all familiar with, as a primary source. Thank you. Anyway, today marks the 30th anniversary of Grant and Vicky's wedding. I have to hand it to Vicky; her weddings in the Jensen Buchanan era were quite spectacular.

Calm down, Josie ...

It was a two-hour Simon & Simon rerun.

How soon we forget ... Harley Jane Kozak, James Rebhorn, Beverlee McKinsey, Mary Pat Gleason, Lisby Larson and eventually Jerry Lanning (plus, if ex-actors count, Pamela Long Hammer and Gail Kobe) all went from Texas to Guiding Light.

The New York Post explains why Dr. Phil is ending. https://nypost.com/2023/02/05/dr-phil-tried-to-revamp-in-final-months-as-sponsors-fled-sources/ For the TL;DR crowd ... It's for multiple reasons: -- The credibility's gone; people tend to link Dr. Phil with Dr. Oz. -- A-list sponsors and big-name panelists fled. -- Focusing on harder news topics didn't work. -- Backstage morale sucks; 25 jobs were cut and before then, it was a toxic workplace.

Yup, ABC's last biggies underperformed. Space is actually slightly more extreme than The Winds of War. It took up 13 out of a potential 16 hours in its original five-night span. It is interesting to think how these sort of things were shared by the viewing audience. Can you imagine throwing "Thorn Birds parties" for four straight nights (during Holy Week, incidentally!) of 1983?

Not to beat a dead horse, but I just want to marvel one more time at the amount of time ABC would devote to a big event miniseries (eight-day spans in most cases): Roots (Jan. 23-30, 1977): 12 out of 26 potential hours. Roots: The Next Generation (Feb. 18-25, 1979): 14 out of 26 hours Masada (April 5-8, 1981): Eight out of 13 hours The Winds of War (Feb. 6-13, 1983): 18 out of 26 hours The Thorn Birds (March 27-30, 1983): 10 out of 13 hours North & South, Book I (Nov. 3-10, 1985): 12 out of 26 hours North & South, Book II (May 4-11, 1986): 12 out of 26 hours Amerika (Feb. 15-22, 1987): 14 out of 26 hours War & Remembrance, Part I (Nov. 13-23, 1988): 17 out of 35 hours War & Remembrance, Part II (May 7-14, 1989): 11 out of 26 hours

Did they ever reference the riots on Melrose Place?

Something I've notice about ABC during the miniseries era is that they seemed to have hung longest onto the idea that a miniseries should feel like a mini series. Stuff like The Winds of War/War and Remembrance, the first two North and South sagas and even Amerika were allowed to take up a week's worth of space. The Thorn Birds "only" ran for four straight days. ABC had been airing full-length minseries (not just two-parters) since the '70s with Rich Man, Poor Man and Roots, and I give them credit for sticking to their gimmick for as long as they could. No on Cheers and St. Elsewhere. Silverman's time at NBC was the 1978-79 season through the 1980-81 season. 1987-88 and 1988-89 was also when ABC began increasing its sitcom footprint. There were eventually two-hour sitcom blocks on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, all of which were prominent well into the '90s.

Incidentally, this coming week marks the 40th anniversary of both Ciji's murder on Knots and Rebecca dying from the plane crash on Dallas. So, you know, mourn accordingly.

Someone who may be Gary's long-lost son.

I am wondering how Christopher would have done on Knots Landing, though.

Hearing that San Cristobel was a location for longer than necessary reminds me that I was familiar with GL before Soapdish. When I belatedly saw that movie, and before I knew that fake nations/islands were a trope long before '91, I was impressed at what I thought was accidental foresight.

A promo I'd never seen before. Now I know where Matthew and Josie's vignette in the opening credits came from. I'll bet good money that RKK got kicked in the shin (or worse) after the cameras stopped rolling. Also, the music's quite pretty.

I suspect there was also a mandate for more action and or plot-driven storylines.

MISS: RH -- The Kirklands (to the point that even cast members joked about it) SB -- The Walkers (in terms of fan reaction; they were still around when the show ended)

You said it earlier, Vee, and now I can't not see it -- the sequence really does play like a fancy dress episode of The Jerry Springer Show. I keep expecting Roger to shout out "You don't know me!" or "How do ya like me now?!" or "Whateva, whateva, I do what I want!"

Successful: GH -- Quartermaines; Bobbie, Luke & Ruby OLTL -- Buchanans Unsuccessful DOOL -- Chandlers GH -- Eckerts I think the key is that a good new family should come gradually, 1-2 members at a time if possible.

Speaking of Alan, his return on Friday, July 18, 1986*, coincided with Duke and Anna having sex for the first time on General Hospital and Mason lashing out at Mark, Julia and C.C. in the wake of Mary's death (which was the Friday cliffhanger the week before) on Santa Barbara. *The day after that year's Daytime Emmys.

I hope that at least once, Connie imagined "Bill" talking to her.

Going back to the lack of a salt of the earth mom and striving for more daughter on Agnes Nixon's OLTL, I've started wondering if/hoping that this was part of the initial plans for Sadie and Carla.

Nice work, @will81! This solves a question I had when I first read The Soap Opera Encyclopedia, which mentioned that Eileen had quit "three times 'forever.'"

I'm sorry I haven't said so sooner, depboy, but these loglines are the best!

There was not. The only time Dominque was away from the canvas while still involved with Mac was when she was instiutionalized (in order to facilitate the recasting with Shell Davidson).