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Okay re-reading the paragraphs I quoted -- it's not necessarily one's first contract .... Just within one's first two years on the show, even if only recurring?

Oh and here's a copy of the same from the print edition of SOD: https://x.com/MicheleValJean/status/1436441562091642880

My father served in World War II. (yes that's accurate - I'm a senior citizen and my father was middle-aged when I was born). He was lifelong military AND lifelong Democrat/liberal with caring about world affairs and international friendship. He'd just be so upset now! He lived through McCarthyism and talked about how horrid that was, and that's similar to what Musk is doing internally in the USA right now. But what's happening now is much worse. And the international stance is just terrifying. I just cannot imagine what he'd say about this.

Thanks! This Feb.2025 SOD article quotes, in part, an SOD mini-interview from 2021. I found that here: https://www.soapoperadigest.com/photos/scene-and-heard-1707864/ It was a single block of text, as a caption to an image. (sorry but there were no paragraphs/spacing). (The image was credited as being "from twitter" but doesn't say whose twitter). This was for the SOD "Scene and Heard" feature, in September 2021: Here's the image and caption: According to Jon Lindstrom (Kevin/ Ryan), the creative evolution of his characters on GH is thanks in no small part to the contributions of one of the show’s former scribes, Michele Val Jean. He says her influence on Kevin can be felt “in every way possible. The character was created out of necessity to, at that time, replace Ryan with someone who looked like me and who didn’t need to be redeemed, since Ryan was unredeemable. [Then-Head Writer] Claire Labine threw Michele the reins and then she and I talked a lot about what ways Kevin could be differentiated from Ryan. Michele is an incredibly articulate, well-read person. I think Kevin’s syntax, the way he speaks, never would have developed clearly without her.” Pairing Kevin with Lucy was “all Michele,” he adds. “It was her idea to put them together. I think her take on it was something like, ‘What if Lucy goes to therapy, not because she thinks she needs it, but because she thinks Kevin is cute?’ She pitched it to Claire and she told Michele to run with it. And man, did she ever! The story of how Lucy chased Kevin, who didn’t trust his own heart then, was her doing. She wrote all those scenes, so she was, in a word, indispensable. She not only wrote the Kevin/Lucy stuff, but she was primary writer on all the Kevin/Ryan scenes going forward. She told me the first significant thing she wrote of Ryan was his first confession in the police station with Sean and Mac, and that she fell in love with his ‘crazy’ from those scenes and wanted to write him every chance she got. Ryan was so well-defined in a twisted sort of way, and only Michele can pull that off.” Their collaboration was constant in those days. “We talked all the time! I’d come up to her office — she was working in the building back when writers did that — and we’d throw ideas around. Things like motivation, backstory, Kevin’s thoughts and feelings about Ryan and their separate history, Kevin’s guilt, nature vs. nurture, all kinds of angles. We got to be great friends through that process, so there’s an added bonus. We still are today. She has so much more to give. She should be doing feature films.” (end quote from SOD Sept. 2021) ------ The new SOD article Feb. 16, 2025 that @Vee linked to, quotes some of that, and then adds new quotes from Lindstrom about his casting on BTG, and his continued respect for MVJ. https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/jon-lindstrom-and-cady-mcclain-join-the-cast-of-beyond-the-gates/ -------------------

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Thanks for posting. Awesome! FYI the only URL needed to sign up for the CBS-soaps-fan newsletter is https://fans.cbs.com/soaps Agree with the suggestion to select BTG as your favorite soap!

For her Emmys gown from Dec. 2023, Eden said the Emmys ceremony was originally supposed to be earlier in 2023, and her mom picked out the gown, but then the strike delayed the ceremony. Her mom had died by the time the ceremony was held. "My mom picked it out for me a million years ago when [the Emmys] was originally supposed to happen, so I figured I’d just wear it. I just wanted something really classic and timeless that felt like me, and I’m all about being simple. Simple 90s. So, we threw it on, and it still fits." ”https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2023/12/josslyn-jacks-temporarily-recast-courtney-fulk-eden-mccoy-general-hospital

random fun fact: One of the supervising producers of "BTG Welcome to the Neighborhood" is named Jessica Fletcher.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DGOdpTMSKlK/ beyondthegatescbs She said she had a conflict— and she wasn’t lying. 👀 #BeyondTheGates #newsoapalert #soapopera #drama #tea .

New (unhealth) Health Secretary RFK Jr. says SSRI antidepressants are a potential cause of school shootings and Trump is signing an executive order to follow whatever RFK Jr's plans are. Or something insane like that. This came as part of an executive order installing Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” commission, which aims to end the “childhood chronic disease crisis” and the “over-reliance on medication and treatments.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/02/18/trump-executive-order-antidepressants-ssris/79066753007/ https://katiecouric.com/news/opinion/what-did-rfk-say-about-antidepressants/

re: Stephanie Erb temping for Nancy Lee Grahn in 2022 -- GH knew about that in advance. NLG had planned back surgery and she had cleared the time off in advance with Frank. They rearranged NLG's taping schedule so as to minimize any noticing of Alexis being offscreen. But they ended up needing Ms. Erb for a short time. With everything planned in advance, you'd think they'd delay the reveal. Oh well, they did a decent job matching Ms.Erb's hair to NLG so she (sort of) had a similar look.

I intentionally watched every episode of "Good Sam" while it was on, just to support Victoria Rowell's presence - to support CBS hiring her.

Victoria Rowell recurred on the CBS primetime show "Good Sam" in 2022. (The show was cancelled after the first season). I don't know if you'd call that "long term" or not, but I think it would have been, if the show had continued airing. VR was at the Y&R 50th anniversary party in March 2023.

Patrick Mucahey tried to give Anna Devane a brain, but then he was gone. Is there any hope to ever get *dynamic* Anna Devane back? Or should I just have to accept that whoever is being written now is a completely different character with the same name and actor?

Oh yes I liked Captain Janeway, Seven of Nine, and B'Elanna Torres. The three main women of Voyager had *all* had brains, savvy, and strength. (I know they made Seven's uniform to cater to a certain demographic of viewer, but I disregarded that. I liked her character, intelligence, and dry humor.)

I believe you. however CHCH seemed to have a promo about BTG. so it seemed that they intend to air it in some fashion. This promo aired Feb. 12 on CHCH -- you can see the CHCH logo at the bottom while it's playing. However, I suppose this promo could have aired *DURING* a CBS broadcast of an unrelated show that CHCH was airing at that moment. But since BTG is also in their listings, then I assumed ... (But yeah I shouldn't assume). I believe you, Errol. s87.mp4

I found the answer to the younger darkhaired servant (it was Gus) and I found the job title, it aired in Sept. 2010, and I posted all the details on the DAYS behind the scenes thread.

if you go to the ET website and click Live, it's airing the BTG welcome to the neighborhood on the website, periodically LIVE throughout the day (I mean it's not live, but it's their live feed)

@JAS0N47 see the post directly above yours on this page. It was Gus Pascal. Update, I looked at @Mona Kane Croft's original question. ... Mona referred to Maggie in the sarcophagus. And what was Vivian's name for his job title I checked to when Maggie in the sarcophagus happened; and it was autumn 2010. Then I looked at Jason47's episode cast lists for 2010, to see when Gus aired in autumn 2010. https://jason47.com/days/daybyday2010.html Then I checked those episodes against the transcripts for autumn 2010 and found it! Transcript from Monday Sept. 13, 2010 Canada or Tuesday Sept. 14, 2010 USA https://tvmegasite.net/transcripts/days/older/2010/trans-da-09-13-10.shtml Gus: Madame, my name is Gus. I am--was Vivian Alamain's amanuensis. Maggie: So that's what you call it.

Fairman also says (as stated earlier in this thread via thetvwatercooler.com) that BTG is available in Canada on CHCH. And as thetvwatercooler.com said, CHCH serves the Halton and Niagara regions and is available on basic cable in the Toronto area and on digital and satellite across Canada. (Not everyone in Canada can get it but some can). --- Update, I'm in the USA with no special devices or VPN. I just discovered I can watch CHCH *live* here: https://www.chch.com/live/

1980s Anna Devane was THE hero/heroine of my life, and then of course Xena and Captain Janeway. I miss *that* Anna so much!

@Mona Kane Croft Conversation about Vivian's aide Gus has been successfully moved here: https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/38014-days-behind-the-scenes-articlesphotos/?do=findComment&comment=1995238

@Mona Kane Croft @Contessa Donatella Moving this conversation over from the Days February 2025 thread, to this Days history/articles thread here.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DGNzhi3RZ5u/ cadymcclain Vamping it up as bestie “Pammy” with the glorious, kind, fabulously talented Karla Mosley (“Dani Dupree”) behind the scenes on “Beyond the Gates.” Don’t miss special sneak peeks on Entertainment Tonight airing all this week in anticipation of our first episode dropping February 24th on CBS and Paramount+ !! @karlamose @beyondthegatescbs @entertainmenttonight #beyondthegates #pamelacurtis #danidupree #fabulousdarling .