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Since Y&R hit number one, I'd say 89-93 was 1st tier, 97-01 2nd tier, 94-97 3rd tier, 02-05 4th tier. Overall, late 80s to very early 00s Y& R was a long and solid period. Outside of Victor and Nikki, does the show have any other couples that reach SUPER status. I really don't consider Nick and Sharon a super but just couple. They've been on and off too many times to care at this stage. An argument can be made that Neil Dru constitute as a super couple. General Hospital and All My Children were putting them out like a factory.

In watching old episodes, after that slump around 1994, it felt like the plots got better going into 97-98.

Question: When Sheila switched over to B&B in 1992, she still used her real name despite being declared dead after the farmhouse fire. In theory, wouldn't credit card companies, or some kind of billing agency realize there'd been some activity using her name in LA? I know its a soap but it hit me to question how Sheila was able to keep her past hidden from the Forresters, not having used an alias.

Did Eric Braden act on any other soap?

I hope this episode airs in the replays.

My thoughts exactly! Five-day-a-week scripted series should have never gone to 60 minutes in the first place. So long as we get good writing, and decent production values, I'd be all for half hour reboots. IMO, General Hospital should also be slashed to 30 minutes given the subpar content they've been dishing out lately. AMC , OLTL, GH and Oprah was the ultimate line up on my local ABC station!!! Those were the days.

Yet, ATWT and Guiding Light's repalcements The Talk & Lets Make A Deal have some how managed to last a decade now, compared to ABC daytime's programming instability.

Apparently Strahan Sarah & Keke has been cancelled by abc. There goes another dead program in AMC's timeslot.

Wow! What a rarity!

I had no clue they were airing an actual classic from 1994 today otherwise I would have DVR'd! Hopefully they minimize airing anything post Stephanie's death.

Cool! Noticing the episodes in rebroadcast aren't as dark as I remember y&r being back in like 05.

Agreed! Embrace the history behing the show and give the fans a look back. Brook vs Stephanie could fill a month by itself!

I know this is on here already but it was great to see this re-aired. Fortunately someone posted this to youtube from canada as coronavirus press conferences interrupted our feed. Thanks to @Soapsuds as well.

Hope channel creators that post y&r, b&b and days catch on that video titles are better off disguised.

cool!

John & Jill's first divorce is up again. Hopefully this account removes all y&r labels from their video titles.

According to Laura Wright on today's GH, the show will start doing 'flashback fridays' (due to coronavirus stalling production). Today's was a rerun from the shows 56th anniversary last year😐. If they start airing actual classics it would cool to see: -Lassa fever, AJ's birth (as it relates to Michael & Nelle), Alan dropping the roof on Rick & Monica, Faison & Ana from the early 90s (current crap storylines), or Alan and Susan (as it relates to FrankenDrew) .

Also agree. Just like Y&R's red opening from 99, and AMC's 90-94 intro, saxaphone screams nineties, and FOTH was a great fit. I prefer beauty shot intros, but since today's GH is sticking with a short opener, it would have been cool to do a remastered Autumn Breeze intro. I second that watching Riche episodes with autumn breeze felt odd, considering the way the show was at that point. I always thought of the Riche era coming into its own and taking shape once that opener started on the 30th anniversary show.

Cool. Hopefully we see a similar situation like Y&R with classic GH episodes being aired due to COVID 19 haulting production.

What did you all think of the period between GH's golden eras? After Monty's first stint but pre Wendy Riche (1987-1992). I read that it wasnt the best era for the show, but it was most certainly better than Valentini or Phelps IMO. Just saw some stories from that era for the first time such as Alan & Lucy's affair & Dawn's intro, which were decent. One stand out episode I enjoyed as one from 1991 that aired during the 50th anniversaey marathon. It featured Ana tying up Robert, and the ELQ Tracy explosion. The look of the show was good, and the Quartermaines looked really Y&R/B&B level glamorus.

Lol! This would be an epic time to reshow encephalitis from 2006 or Lassa fever if soap net existed

Two big mistakes in GH history. Killing Alan effectively destroyed the Quartermaines — and Monica's airtime. Even worse, they brought back the writers favorite punching back AJ, and finally had Sonny & Carly answer to Michael for their misdeeds, only to kill AJ off in a case of mistaken identity. Disgusting.

RIP Roscoe Borne, one of the greatest soap vilains! Seems like everyone's going these days https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=%23&ved=2ahUKEwjR-Y3zq4foAhUQkHIEHeOgBtoQwqsBMAB6BAgHEAU&usg=AOvVaw0VTJzWxrN8ZFOD4xbU2nov

I wanted to see the part where Scott found out about the baby switch but Lauren took 14 years to get that explanation out😐. Given Sheila's odd behvior I find it odd Scott couldnt fathom she was capable of this.

this has been a great few months for uploads! also great seeing another episode close to the farmhouse scenes, imo one of the best moments of the show in the 90s.