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Why is B&B so marriage obsessed compared to the other soaps 

CF totally slipped AL tongue in that shower scene.

18 hours ago, Althea Davis said:

I am watching the soap opera The Doctors right now... it's 1968 and there have been 3 slaps in 3 months so far. It's very slappy 60s... kinda shocked me.

I’m surprised because I would think slaps didn’t really become a thing until the 1970s.

Soap operas are kind of known for having slaps and catfights. I assume that wasn’t a thing when soaps first aired on TV in the 1950s though, so when did that become a regular thing to expect?

I think it has always been a shame that there is such a lack of body diversity on soaps, especially when it comes to plus-sized women since the target audience is women and most of them are probably not sizes 0-4. The only couples where the woman was plus-sized I can think of on soaps (at least ones actually written for) are Sofia and Neil, Craig and Nancy (and in the end they had him be closeted the entire time), Michael and Marcie, Coop and Ashlee (my personal favorite), and kind of Destiny and Matthew (of course she was recast with a super skinny, lighter skinned actress on the reboot).

Well we got Zende’s flashbacks to the sex so it seems it happened. He did say they used protection so maybe we’ll be spared a WTD story.

Did Wendy Moniz’s Dinah ever slap anyone? 

Do we think this could result in Days’ cancellation?

17 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Erica and Travis?

What went wrong there? 

He was the father of the only child she actually wanted.

A character I always wondered why they didn't do more with was Trey Kenyon. They did a gross retcon to give Erica a son and Kendall a brother when she already had one with the drama of it being from her rapist father. He was also David's brother.

Who do you think was the love of Erica’s life?

1 hour ago, j swift said:

He won I Wanna Be a Soap Star right 

On 1/7/2024 at 6:21 PM, j swift said:

To me, Liza was always much more like her father, Larry Colby.  Buttoned up, business first, a bit repressed, and snotty.  Jamie Luner's character was as if Marion had a long-lost daughter who was naughtier and more sexually aggressive.

She wasn’t sexually repressed when she was sleeping with Ryan while married to Adam.

22 hours ago, AMCHistory said:

…and we actually had a talented and charismatic actor with Micah Alberti. He was very “Tad Junior” in his swagger. The actor was polished, but it took so long to figure out what to do with Jamie that Micah was already Primetime bound by the time they figured it out. 
 

I love that Justin Bruening and Alexa Havins met on set, but in terms of acting chops the next Robert Redford he was not…

With Bianca Montgomery front and center for so many years on AMC, you have to wonder why the writers never gave her half-siblings Molly and Mathew a meaningful storyline. Both had so many roots on campus. They were clean slates that the writers could have taken anywhere. And because their parents were not related to everyone, they were ripe for romantic pairings across the canvas. 
 

Molly’s cancer and Matt’s conception storyline was such a big storyline on the show. It would have been nice to see it come full circle by seeing what happens in a sibling relationship like that. 

Was Sean Matthew?

Does anyone know the date of the Carrie and Sami scene at 1:08?

https://youtu.be/EyX3PvzTNEs?si=Xi5A7SJgEanF0xL0

53 minutes ago, Mona Kane Croft said:

In my opinion:

Another World - 1979

Days of Our Lives - 1983

All My Children - 1983

General Hospital - 1980

Search for Tomorrow - 1980 (or whenever the Corringtons left as head writers)

I don't have strong opinions about the others

So you stopped enjoying soaps by the early 80s? I think most people consider the early to mid 90s to be the best of GH.

This can include canceled soaps and the 4 still on. 

How old was Holly supposed to be when she got pregnant by Fletcher 

Were any of the other actors to play Alan-Michael besides Rick Hearst well-received?

18 hours ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

When MCE played AMC's Crazy Annie was she in Support then? (How weird is it we have 2 Crazy Annies?) 

Yes, she always submitted in supporting. BW also submitted in supporting on OLTL even though Jessica was a lead because that was ES’ category.

Like Alicia Minshew and Rebecca Budig putting themselves in supporting despite being leads the last 5-6 years of All My Children.

1 hour ago, Errol said:

I have the official Emmy winners by category guide book that I got some years ago (without realizing it), and OLTL won 10 in Lead Actress, mostly by Erika Slezak as pointed out earlier:

1. Judith Light (1979-1980)
2. Judith Light (1980-1981)
3. Robin Strasser (1981-1982)
4. Erika Slezak (1983-1984)
5. Erika Slezak (1985-1986)
6. Erika Slezak (1991-1992)
7. Hillary B. Smith (1993-1994)
8. Erika Slezak (1994-1995)
9. Erika Slezak (1995-1996)
10. Erika Slezak (2004-2005)

Susan Haskell also won in 2009.

59 minutes ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

GH has won Best Show so many times that I suggested the awards be renamed the Port Charles Memorial Awards. (Relax, it's a joke.) 

Yes for outstanding drama series it’s 

General Hospital (16)

The Young and the Restless (11)

As the World Turns (4)

Days of Our Lives (4)

All My Children (3)

The Bold and the Beautiful (3)

Guiding Light (3)

Santa Barbara (3)

The Doctors (2)

Ryan’s Hope (2)

Another World (1)

The Edge of Night (1)

One Life to Live (1)

47 minutes ago, kalbir said:

I counted 9: Beth Maitland (1985), Jess Walton (1991), Michelle Stafford (1997), Sharon Case (1999), Amelia Heinle (2014, 2015), Jessica Collins (2016), Camryn Grimes (2018), Marla Adams (2021).

I counted 8: Tracey Bregman (1985), Tricia Cast (1992), Heather Tom (1993, 1999), Camryn Grimes (2000), Christel Khalil (2012), Hunter King (2014, 2015).

I’ll have to recount. Maybe I switched them accidently.

12 minutes ago, Khan said:

Most surprising, I think, is OLTL having the most wins in the Lead Actress category.

It’s mostly because of Erika Slezak’s 6 wins. I think it’s interesting that GH leads every category except that one where they’re near the bottom.

Lead Actor Wins
General Hospital (12)
The Young and the Restless (10)
All My Children (6)
As the World Turns (4)
The Bold and the Beautiful (3)
Another World (3)
Days of our Lives (3) 
Guiding Light (3)
One Life to Live (2)
Search for Tomorrow (2)
The Doctors (1)
Santa Barbara (1)

Lead Actress Wins
One Life to Live (11)
The Bold and the Beautiful (9)
The Young and the Restless (6)
Guiding Light (5)
Another World (3)
As the World Turns (3)
Days of our Lives (3)
General Hospital (3)
Ryan’s Hope (3)
All My Children (2)
The Doctors (1)
Santa Barbara (1)
 

Supporting Actor wins
General Hospital (15)
The Young and the Restless (7)
Guiding Light (6)
All My Children (5)
As the World Turns (4)
Santa Barbara (3)
The Bold and the Beautiful (2)
Days of our Lives (2)
Loving (1)
One Life to Live (1)
Search for Tomorrow (1)

Supporting Actress Wins
General Hospital (12)
The Young and the Restless (8)
All My Children (7)
Guiding Light (6)
Days of our Lives (4)
As the World Turns (3)
Another World (1)
The Bold and the Beautiful (1)
One Life to Live (1)
Ryan’s Hope (1)
Santa Barbara (1)

Younger Actor Wins
General Hospital (8)
Days of our Lives (7)
Guiding Light (7)
The Bold and the Beautiful (4)
The Young and the Restless (4)
All My Children (2)
As the World Turns (2)
One Life to Live (1)
Santa Barbara (1)

Younger Actress Wins
General Hospital (11)
The Young and the Restless (9)
As the World Turns (5)
All My Children (4)
The Bold and the Beautiful (4)
Days of our Lives (3)
Another World (2)
Guiding Light (1)

I counted the first few Emmys where there was only one category for men and women each as leads. I also grouped the younger performer wins in with actress or actor.

Watching early 2000s All My Children, I think Jamie got the short end of the stick in favor of JR, and Jamie was just as much of a legacy character as him.