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preview week of April 27

^ Preview week of April 27. What/who is she screaming at?

There were zero spoilers released for B&B for the week of April 20-24, 2026. No outlet had them. There are now one-line descriptions of each of those episodes on the page for each episode on cbs.com and paramountplus. I'll list those here even though they're not "spoilers" anymore, just so we have a record of the official episode descriptions -- in case we want them in the future. Monday, April 20, 2026 Episode #9759 (Season 39, Episode 150) Electra takes Ivy to task in a scorching exchange. Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Episode #9760 (Season 39, Episode 151) Will finally learns the shocking truth. Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Episode #9761 (Season 39, Episode 152) Dylan listens to RJ’s passionate plea. Thursday, April 23, 2026 Episode #9762 (Season 39, Episode 153) The House of Logan prepares to make their runway debut. Friday, April 24, 2026 Episode #9763 (Season 39, Episode 154) Eric is stunned as catastrophe unfolds before him.

Yes he is. Before Barash met his wife Isa, he had a single dad ig blog in which he posted about Harper regularly. Barash and Isa seem devoted to parenting. Harper seems to adore Isa and her baby brother. So I just checked his ig. He and Isa are expecting another child shortly, and also they've started a jewelry business. I don't think Barash is acting right now but he's still actively touring with "The Day Players Band". I follow the band account and noticed that Wally Kurth left the band (maybe temporarily?) and Scott Reeves is currently playing with them. Scott and Missy Reeves family lives (or used to live) in Franklin Tenn. Kirsten said on her ig that she lives in Franklin, so presumably Barash does, too, or nearby.

I've been reading her updates on her IG. Obviously, I'm not in her location and cannot know everything that has occurred. I do think something did actually happen, but what specifically I would not know. She has been documenting it on her instagram for reasons she explains there - something about her devices getting hacked/deleted so she puts stuff on her instagram in public view to show the police. It's an unusual way to handle this -- but I'm not her, so I'm not going to judge this.

CBS soaps are impacted by soccer coming up. 2026 UEFA Champions League semifinals (European soccer live). The semifinals are Tues, April 28, Wed. April 29, Tues. May 5, and Wed. May 6. B&B and Y&R will be impacted in western timezones of USA; but unaffected in Canada. Link to thread with details If you live in Mountain, Pacific, or Alaska timezones, soccer might override B&B and/or Y&R for you, but you can watch on a sister channel, or on regular channel at a different time, or overnight. Or just watch online at cbs.com or paramountplus. This affects CBS only. No impact on CTV-Canada or Global-Canada. BTG is fully preempted on those dates everywhere in USA and Canada.

CBS soaps are impacted by soccer coming up. 2026 UEFA Champions League semifinals (European soccer live). The semifinals are Tues, April 28, Wed. April 29, Tues. May 5, and Wed. May 6. Y&R and B&B will be impacted in western timezones of USA; but unaffected in Canada. Link to thread with details If you live in Mountain, Pacific, or Alaska timezones, soccer might override Y&R and/or B&B for you, but you can watch on a sister channel, or on regular channel at a different time, or overnight. Or just watch online at cbs.com or paramountplus. This affects CBS only. No impact on Global-Canada or CTV-Canada. BTG is * fully * preempted on those dates everywhere in USA and Canada.

BTG fully preempted for soccer Tues, April 28, Wed. April 29, Tues. May 5, and Wed. May 6. Link to thread about preemptions

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/warning-higher-condom-prices-goes-viral-china-stokes-stockpiling-talk-2026-04-23/ World's top condom maker Karex to raise prices sharply as Iran war strains supply chain Updated April 21, 2026 (Reuters) Malaysia's Karex Bhd, the world's top condom producer, plans to raise prices by 20% to 30% and possibly further if supply chain disruptions drag on due to the Iran war, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Karex is also seeing a surge in condom demand as rising freight costs and shipping delays have left many of its customers with lower stockpiles than usual, CEO Goh Miah Kiat told Reuters in an interview. "The situation is definitely very fragile, prices are expensive... We have no choice but to transfer the costs right now to the customers," Goh said. Karex produces over 5 billion condoms annually and is a supplier to leading brands like Durex and Trojan, as well as state health systems such as Britain's NHS and global aid programmes run by the United Nations. Since the conflict began in late February, Karex has seen costs increase for everything from synthetic rubber and nitrile used in manufacturing condoms to packaging materials and lubricants such as aluminium foils and silicone oil, Goh said. He said Karex has enough supplies for the next few months and is looking to boost output to meet growing demand, as global stockpiles of condoms have dropped significantly following deep spending cuts in ⁠foreign aid, particularly by the U.S. Agency for International Development last year. Demand for condoms has risen about 30% this year, with shipping disruptions further exacerbating shortages, he said. Karex's shipments to destinations such as Europe and the United States are now taking close to two months to arrive, compared to a month previously. "We're seeing a lot more condoms actually sitting on vessels that have not arrived at their destination but are highly required," Goh said, adding that a lot of developing countries do not have enough stock because it takes time for the products to reach them.

Regarding P&G sponsoring BTG, Procter&Gamble warns of possible huge losses due to oil costs in politically-related economic situation. Don't want to discuss here. Keeping real-life politics out of this thread. For info/discussion on P&G's situation, see post on the Politics thread (Link to post)

Iran war economy chaos with oil prices affecting soap sponsor . . . Procter & Gamble warns of $1 billion profit hit in fiscal 2027 from higher oil prices https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/pg-tops-estimates-beauty-products-demand-flags-hit-higher-input-cost-2026-04-24/ April 24, 2026 4:02 AM PDT Updated U.S. consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble (PG.N), opens new tab on Friday warned of a roughly $1 billion post-tax hit to its fiscal 2027 profit from surging oil prices, joining a host of global companies flagging significant ‌cost pressures from the Iran war. The Pampers and Tide maker's estimated profit hit is among the highest outside of airlines, which rely heavily on oil for fuel. "The noise, I would call it, from the commodity exposure is significant, as a billion dollars after tax is nothing to sneeze at from a headwind standpoint," said P&G finance chief Andre Schulten on a post-earnings call. "We have a lot of work to do, to work through the supply chain side and the cost side." The profit hit to P&G's ⁠fiscal year beginning July accounts for the impact of oil price jumping from $60 a barrel before the conflict to around $100 today on plastics and paper for packaging, as well as transportation charges, the company said. "Inflation across food, energy, healthcare, and many other areas of spending has taken a toll on consumers and how they assess value. Recent geopolitical events have elevated this to a new level of concern," Schulten said. P&G, whose total cost of goods sold in 2025 was $40.85 billion, also flagged a $150 million impact for the fourth quarter due to commodity-linked cost inflation, feedstock exposure and logistics disruption from the Middle East conflict.

I realize that a lot of online viewers seem to like the pairing of Xander/Sarah. For me, personally, I can't stand them as a couple. Just my opinion. I really like Paul Telfer as a person, but I hate the fictional Xander. I like Linsey Godfrey as a person and I usually (but not always) like the fictional Sarah. I like Paul Telfer and Linsey Godfrey's professional friendship, a lot! I just hate the pairing of the fictional characters. I think the character of Xander is outwardly charming but actually basically a bad guy. I personally want better for Sarah. I don't think Brady is the one for Sarah but I don't mind them dating temporarily. It's fine by me. I honestly don't know who to pair Brady with, since Nadia is unavailable as Chloe.

Ok that's fair.

I don't hate Brady/Sarah.

BTG has been renewed "through at least the 2027-2028 television season". Is that through Sept 2028? or through Dec. 2028? (I'm not clear if they will keep BTG on a January-December season model, or if they'll eventually convert over to the standard autumn-to-autumn model.) Questions: A) Will Martin actually run for Senate, or will the Kenny's brother secret derail his goal? and B) Will BTG be on the air in November 2028 when the election is held?

Long post. If it bores you, just skip it, it's unimportant.. Every state has two U.S. senators. Each senator has a 6-year term. The terms are staggered by law, so that they are never up for election at the same time. One-third of all US senators are elected in 2024, one-third in 2026, and one third in 2028, etc, repeating. Detailed explanation behind spoiler tag, so as to prevent this post from taking up too much space. (examples behind this spoiler tag) - - - - - Here's my point. I have seen at least one primetime drama that depicted a senatorial election on the OFF year. This was the regular main election, and not a special one. What I mean is, if that state had this rotation: 2016, position #1. 2018, position #2. 2020, none The show was written that that state had the election in 2020 fictionally and the characters were running to be elected then. Even though 2020 didn't have a US Senate election in that state. I don't remember what state it was, or what show it was, or what year it was --- but the premise was the state was doing the fictional election on the year when that state had none in real life. * in real life *, Maryland has US Senate elections in 2022-yes, 2024-yes, 2026-none, 2028-yes, 2030-yes, 2032-none. * in real life *, Virginia has US Senate elections in 2018-yes, 2020-yes, 2022-none, 2024-yes, 2026-yes, 2028-none, 2030-yes. For fictional drama purposes, I think it would work better if Martin were running in 2028 for Senator from Virginia; so there's no real-life campaign playing out at the same time. We know that fictional Fairmont Crest is in the D.C. area, and is similar to real-life wealthy Black communities in Maryland. Are there any wealthy Black communities in Virginia?

On the day of the press conference, it was in the dialogue that Martin was a man of the people so Orphey Gene's made sense. (I don't remember how it was stated, but it was mentioned. The show was basically acknowledging that this was odd, and turning it around instead to make it something intentional from the characters.)

I seem to remember (?) BTG used to show Martin's one staffperson, who periodcally stopped by Martin&Smitty's place with an update on congressional things (I don't remember the character name). Sorry my memory is fuzzy on this. Remember when Martin decided to confess to the public about the roadside death of Kenny's brother? He called a press conference at Orphey Gene's. The public and the press assembled for this. Just as Martin was about to confess, Marcel killed Kenny and Joey got the word from Marcel; and Joey took Martin aside to whisper something, which caused Martin to stop the press conference. Then Martin made an excuse for hurriedly leaving (for an urgent family thing or something) My point being, Martin does call press conferences and he did have a staffperson, but we haven't seen any of that in many months,

A viewer elsewhere online said they discovered a Plex FAST channel with AMC Season 25 sequential episodes, now showing mid-1995. However, I don't know where that viewer lives, so I don't know what countries it's available in.

AlexAnn Hopkins details Joy’s return with Alex’s baby https://www.tvinsider.com/1259759/days-of-our-lives-joy-wesley-return-baby-alexann-hopkins/

Inside the GH crossover with Broadway's "Aladdin" https://www.tvinsider.com/1259865/general-hospital-aladdin-broadway-crossover-gio-emma-details/ Video preview and photos inside the article

This isn't for the movie. It's a promotion for AMC episodes streaming on beondtv. Here's the original ig post https://www.instagram.com/p/DXcO8A_ldZw from beondtv instagram. beondtv Sharing a little behind the scenes filming interviews and promos for the All My Children channel! Stream classic episodes now outside the U.S. on Pluto TV Canada, BEONDTV+ and Plex! Interviews and more coming for U.S. audiences soon. #allmychildren #streamfree #watchnow They tagged: evalarue, missyclaireegan, tamarabraun, rbjobud (Rebecca Budig), edenriegel, therealsusanlucci, plutotvca (Pluto TV Canada), plex.tv agnesnixonamc (Agnes Nixon estate)

Danielle Paige (currently writing for BTG) has written novels https://daniellepaigebooks.com/

Josh Griffith is an author of novels, mostly about crime and spies https://darkstreetpress.com/catalogue/

Cheryl L. Davis, currently writing for BTG, is an attorney and a playwright and librettist. (But she's not a book author, so don't know if that qualifies for this thread) https://cldplay.com/writing/ https://www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org/cheryl-davis She has written an article about the legal issues with Creative Commons and copyright https://howlround.com/creative-commons-or-commonly-creative