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Josh Griffith: "I think the audience is going to be intrigued by a Billy/Sally/Phyllis triangle" What? Not me. Maybe with Gina Tognoni's Phyllis, but not with Michelle Stafford. But even then, I don't want to see Billy with Sally. This feels to me like they are just trying to give Billy something, but it's forced and not organic.

That's almost an insult to Sami.

Yes I was saving up money in order to subscribe to Hulu when I read recaps and posts here about how Mulcahey was writing Anna. Finally! But then ... he was gone, so I'm glad I never spent the money.

And Relic Hunter. Relic Hunter was sort of like a combination of Lara Croft and Xena, and not well done, but I adored Tia Carrere in the role. In general, I appreciate kick-butt female characters, which is why I loved the original Anna Devane before she was watered down.

One thing that intrigued me about the original romance of Brad and Lucas... Brad was biological grandson of crimelord Mr. Wu, but adopted by the respectable Cooper family. Lucas was the biological son of Julian Jerome but adopted by Tony and Bobbie Jones. So when they got to know one another, they remarked upon the coincidence of both being gay -- and both being adoptees who were biological progeny of crimelords. Lucas remained on the straight and narrow. Lucas got acquainted with Julian and was best man at Alexis and Julian's wedding, but Lucas eventually disowned Julian. Brad did skeevy things in the hospital lab but wasn't involved with the Wu family at all -- until more recent years with Selina's influence.

Jade and Selina were sisters, and their brother Kim was Brad's biological father.

Yeah. I watched live in the early years of OLTL when it was just Victoria/Niki and no other alters. It was explained that she split into herself and Niki while worrying about family dynamics, and trying to live up to expectations, and also Victoria's concerns about Meredith. There was no internet then, and I had no idea that such vague things were unrealistic causes for the split, but that's how it was explained. (I realize that nowadays it's more well-known that DID is usually-but-not-always caused by childhood sexual abuse, and not lesser worries.) The main thing was that Viki wanted Joe and Niki wanted Vinny (Vince). Then Vince eventually learned that Niki was an alter and not her true self. Victoria went through therapy and merged with her only alter Niki Smith, and that was it. Once in a blue moon, after extreme stress, Niki would pop out but it was rare and it eventually stopped. Anyhow, back to my point, I saw Dorian kill Victor Lord, Sr. live on TV. We the viewers saw this. It might have been Dorian withholding medical care, but it amounted to intentional homicide. Victor Lord, Sr. was an arrogant controlling man but I didn't perceive of him as capable of being a child abuser. He was very high society. And after he died, we the live viewers learned that he had long ago had sex with a young woman or teen friend of Victoria's, hence the conception of Tina. That was a bit startling but believable. Tina was such a dynamic character. I didn't watch the soaps for many years, and was stunned to later learn that OLTL had retconned everything -- so that Victor Lord had sexually abused Victoria, that she now had many alters, and that Victoria had killed her father. I didn't have TV when I learned this was happening on OLTL, so I didn't see any of that storyline, but I was stunned to hear of it. That huge retcon contradicted what I'd seen Dorian do on live TV. (edited to fix my spelling)

https://www.instagram.com/p/DCiZhXStgBK/ ----------------------------- November 18, 2024 sheiladucks Today is the top of Week 3 of production. But I’m rewinding to Week 2 because these three women did a THING!!! Shouting out the #BeyondTheGates Glam Squad @jeresa_featherstone @symartmakeup @hairbywankaya and each of their teams. Every day they’re the first ones in, and the last to leave, transforming all that they touch. Thank you, Ladies for all your creative genius! Can’t wait to share!!! 📺📺🫧🫧🫧 (trying to add extra spacing underneath the embedded IG post so that it doesn't bleed down into the following post)

Thank you. KS posts on her IG stories about working out at the gym, and I'm going to go with what she says about herself.

This goes around the internet every few years in various forms: "Self-care can be: not arguing with people who are committed to misunderstanding you" (Edit to clarify that I'm not intending this to be regarding messageboard posts. This is in regards to people I know in real life.)

^ this

November 2024 public Service announcement/suggestion For USA residents... or anyone who might be planning to visit the USA... With anti-vaxxer RFK Jr being appointed by tr*mp to become secretary of health ... Please get whatever vaccines you might need while you still can. Who knows what funding may be cut off from needed USA health programs. Your insurance company may or may not continue to pay for vaccines. Especially if you are low-income. Medicaid will likely be impacted. Who knows about Medicare. Get vaccines for anything you might need to be vaccinated for. Different requirements for different age groups. Check on needs for your current health/immunocompromised status. Check on the needs of your older relatives and friends. And the needs of any children and teens in your life. Check on tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis aka whooping cough, measles, rubella, mumps, varicella aka chickenpox, shingles, covid, influenza, RSV, pneumococcal, HPV, hepatitis, meningitis, polio. Also possibly per situation/location: dengue fever, mpox. If you are contemplating travel in the future, even if you're unsure, get whatever vaccines you might need for travel, if you can. Hey, if we can save even one life by spreading the word, I think it's worth posting this. Important: This is the CDC website, get all the information you can https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/ We know that in the prior presidency of tr*mp, a lot of government agency websites were taken down, especially those about climate, so it's possible the CDC website could be impacted. Get all the info you need NOW while it's still available. End soapbox/PSA.

Yeah. that sums it up

I loathed smarmy Ian Ward. I do hope Mariah kills him.

I was a tween and my older sister was a young adult. In summer 1969, we had begun watching OLTL and GH together. So guess I began watching OLTL when it was 11 months old. I remember watching All My Children from near its January 1970 beginning, but I was in school and there was no way to record a show. I think I watched every AMC episode the summer of 1970. So I guess you could say that's the last time I saw a soap from near its beginning, from when AMC was six months old.

@Errol I am seeing the same as what @Maxim sees I can quote Maxim's above post which contains their screenshot, but I cannot quote Cheap21's original spillage post from the housewives thread, because the the spillage on the housewives thread covers the word "quote" within Cheap21's post where you'd click to start a quote function. The original is at this post: https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/35120-bravos-the-real-housewives-of/?do=findComment&comment=1971042 I am currently on Windows 10, all the latest updates (including last night Nov. 12th major windows update), and Chrome browser latest version 131.0.6778.70 (Official Build) (64-bit) -- Fyi, Errol, your test post above with the IG of ljgriffin's abs ... that displays fine.

Thanks @Errol Fyi, I edited my post with the times of the soccer matches broadcasts, with the caveat that the times I listed could be off by one hour, because from March 9-30th, Europe is still on Standard Time while USA is already in Daylight Savings. The matches are live in Europe.

March Madness (NCAA Basketball) First round: Thursday and Friday March 20-21, 2025 https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2024-05-03/2025-march-madness-mens-ncaa-tournament-schedule-dates The basketball programming is a full preemption of all CBS shows nationally on those two dates

@Errol I know it's early but can you please try to find out if the CBS daytime people are communicating with CBS sports? Here is an update on UEFA Champions League. No word as to which matches will air on CBS broadcast TV, but these are the dates of the knockout phase. 2024-2025 European Soccer Champions League "knockout stage" https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0287-1964b9b0f4ce-e069b2345f39-1000--2024-25-champions-league-details/ The knockout playoff is new this year: Knockout phase play-offs: Tues/Wed February 11&12, 2025 Tues/Wed February 18&19, 2025 Round of 16: Tues/Wed March 4&5, 2025 Tues/Wed March 11&12, 2025 Quarter-finals: Tues/Wed April 8&9, 2025 Tues/Wed April 15&16, 2025 Semi-finals: Tues/Wed April 29&30, 2025 Tues/Wed May 6&7, 2025 Final: Saturday May 31, 2025 In the past few years, most of the Wed&Thurs knockout phase matches (Round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals) disrupted B&B and/or Y&R, but only in Mountain and Pacific Timezones (and sometimes Alaska & Hawaii). The match coverage is live in European evenings which translated to CBS broadcast TV in these timeslots: Pre-game show 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern Soccer match 3:00-5:00 PM Eastern Total of three hours of live programming. (2pm-5pm Eastern) (1pm-4pm Central) (Noon-3pm Mountain) (11am-2pm Pacific) (10am-1pm Alaska) (8am-11am Hawaii) EDIT -- during month of March, these might differ by one hour, because the matches are live in Europe which enters Daylight Savings different week of March than USA If the March, April, and May matches all air on CBS broadcast TV, then it would impact BTG in most timezones. (in contrast to impacting Y&R in western zones only)

Thanks for the East New York shoutout! One of the best shows on TV last year, I was so bummed it was cancelled.

Thank you for this Tony Todd interview!

I had the amazing good fortune to see the Alvin Ailey company perform in the 1970s at my university. "Revelations" was something I will remember always. I just read that Barack Obama had a poster of Judith Jamison on his dorm room wall. I'm just a few years older than him, and I had a poster of Ms. Jamison on my wall, too! https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/aug/16/alvin-ailey-american-dance-theater-revelations-interviews Quote from Constance Stamatiou, dancer, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: "We performed at the White House, during the Obama administration. You know, Obama is a huge fan of Ms Jamison. Apparently he had a poster of her in his dorm room in college. He was super, super nice. I remember the dogs came in and the security guards, but it was heartwarming and just friendly and really cool." https://www.instagram.com/p/DCM67qixEwq/ michelleobama Judith Jamison was a true visionary in the world of dance. From the American Ballet Theatre to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, she broke barriers and stirred souls with her grace and artistry. Over the years, Barack and I would watch her pieces for Alvin Ailey’s company whenever we could — and often brought our girls with us to see her gifts on display. We were lucky enough to host her and her dancers at the White House to showcase their extraordinary talent for the world to see. Today, Judith’s spirit will live on in all the dancers she’s inspired, in all the pieces she’s perfected, in all the audiences she has moved and uplifted. Barack and I send our love to her family, her dancers, and to all those around who looked up to her.