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So who ponied up the bucks and/or dished out the blackmail to keep Robin around one extra year? Reading that interview, I'm picturing her making tally marks on the dressing room wall.

Wasn't that around the time more and more affiliates began time-shifting (which I've never understood, you don't pull that crap in primetime)?

I don't know if there were cancellation rumors, but it's interesting to speculate what would have happened next had GL, rather than Capitol, been axed during the '86-'87 season. Would we have ended up with a Y&R/B&B/ATWT/Cap lineup? And what would have gone at 3:30? Press Your Luck? Another soap?

Thank you!

Wait, Marcia Strassman was on All My Children?! When was this?

Is it possible Tom went to visit Lisa? A month later, Frankie Michaels would be off doing the out-of-town tryout for Mame. When Tom returned to the canvas (May '66, says soapcentral), he was played by Richard Thomas.

Favorite has to be the Ana Alicia, Lorenzo and Jane trio, although that's not a bad photo of Kim Novak. I see Margaret Ladd ticked off the stylist ...

Yikes! He didn't hold back at all.

Gallison wins the hunk crown for me too. I'm also struck by Constance Ford's slight resemblance to Dorothy Malone.

Yay! Thank you for all your excellent work in contacting these folks. And I couldn't agree more with your assessment of why the ensemble works.

Well, thank goodness for virtuous Adam Drake.

Ah, that Silverman! He and his youth-courting. Hope Augusta had a few laughs when he flamed out so spectacularly at NBC.

My goodness, Michael T. Weiss was hot.

If I recall, this was within maybe the first 3-4 weeks. My college had a collection of TV Guides from 1975-1994, and I was always looking at the vintage soap ads (but was a damn fool and didn't photocopy them).

And what time zone? I mention that because for most of the '70s, ABC had a game show block from 1:30-3:00.

That's an interesting photo of Jacquie -- she kinda resembles Joey Heatherton.

A-ha! I'm kicking myself for not watching Filthy Rich when it was briefly on YouTube.

Gotcha. Either way, it's a funny one.

Too funny! You know, a variant of that appeared in the first episode of Designing Women.

Several daytime figures -- including Jeanne Cooper and Maria Arena (not yet Bell) -- give commentary on Soapdish: http://articles.latimes.com/1991-06-11/entertainment/ca-474_1_real-soap-opera

I was able to find one article on Soapdish. Included since Stephen Nichols was a commentator: http://articles.latimes.com/1991-06-11/entertainment/ca-474_1_real-soap-opera (And I'll share this on the Y&R board, too).

Damn ... David Forsyth looks pret-ty good in that promo.

Ah, that makes sense, Carl. And thanks so much for all you're sharing. I wish TV Guide had a usable archive, or I was near my old college's library -- Michael Logan had a column talking about the Hayes in a production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf circa '93. What a night that had to have been. And the one I'd really love to dig up is when a group of L.A. soap actors (SSH, Lynn Herring and a few others) gave their thoughts on Soapdish. I remember them being favorable toward it, but Susan said she would kill to know what Lucci thought!

Wow, I didn't know Andrew Masset was on the canvas that late into 1985. And hello, Josh Taylor's arms.

There was also the "New Age" edition -- (thanks, SayNoToUrSoap!) -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xoYmr7a8Po I rewatched the Mathis version. Not a fan of the music, but the graphics look nice (even in an admittedly poor upload), and really, I'd have loved to see new people get phased in as time went by. Those are caricatures, right?