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How about Veleka Gray (LOL, ATWT) as a recast Hillary? She'd also work as a Hope or Trish recast. With Hillary on canvas you can just plop in a new doctor to pair her with.

Refresh my memory, when Josh and Reva "married" themselves in 2002, did they have an official for them to sign documents after the ceremony or was it only a symbolic wedding?

Another what if scenario... say Marland didn't pass and P&G did one of their shuffles which sends Marland to Another World circa 96. I can't imagine Marland working with JFP. Would he rebuild the Frames or Matthews or bring in his own family like Reardons or Snyders?

I'm surprised we kept this thread as active as we did. I think we finally ran out of topics. 😆

Hopefully KK can surprise us, like Rory Gibson did after his lackluster character on Y&R. So much depends on the writing.

Hopefully KK can surprise us, like Rory Gibson did after his lackluster character on Y&R. So much depends on the writing.

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The problem was that both Frank and Rick were similar in that they were sweet, somewhat dependable guys. Maybe they should've had a stronger actor in the role of Rick, but on the flip side GA and ROL had such great chemistry together.

I think having cop characters mixes things up, a break from all the whole collar business folks. Otherwise you have b&b.. no cops, medical doctors (until recently with Finn) or lawyers. I guess Carter is technically a lawyer but that show doesn't do crime stories).

I always thought the parallels between GL and AW were interesting. Both shows were basically gutted of vets in the early 80s and kinda staggered along for two decades, constantly failing. AW was way worse at this than GL. It's a wonder that Margaret dePriest didn't have a hw stint at GL.

The one good thing about Sunset Beach was that the Pittsburgh station aired it at 1, bumping Days to 3pm where it aired for two decades. We got onto Days after GL went to the morning and my dad would tune in early for Judge Judy. Personally, Days had little to no appeal to me but I got hooked in.

Days probably would've done better at 3pm than Santa Barbara. It was the closest in tone to GH and unlike SB had an established viewer base.

NBC's 84 comeback did not extend to daytime? What shows (game shows, Soaps) would you overhaul or can? What new shows if any would you add to daytime?

*Bea, not beautiful. I think her and Henry should've been foster parents to a black teenager. Speaking of minorities they should've invested more in IQ from the Galahads. That Hispanic doctor (Louie?) with the ball cap seemed to appear a lot, maybe build family around him. Speaking of Cedars in '85/86, I would've kept Reva as a candy striper (or whatever) at Cedars to "ground" her slightly.

*Bea, not beautiful. I think her and Henry should've been foster parents to a black teenager. Speaking of minorities they should've invested more in IQ from the Galahads. That Hispanic doctor (Louie?) with the ball cap seemed to appear a lot, maybe build family around him. Speaking of Cedars in '85/86, I would've kept Reva as a candy striper (or whatever) at Cedars to "ground" her slightly.

Re: Cops I say they they should've had a cop in cast and it was a major oversight that they didn't, AW and ATWT already jumped on that bandwagon. I would've upgraded that female dayplayer cop from the 80s- the actress was ater Frannie on ATWT. Even Y&R had cops and they were far from an exciting adventure soap. Especially if GL wanted to ride the action adventure fad, they should've had a cop in a core family before Rusty in 87(?). Of course Frank didn't quit working at the family diner when he became a cop. Beautiful would've made sense as a matriarchal type, but if Maureen was going to grow into that role the Bea would be redundant. I'd recast Tony. Was Richard Bekins (Jamie, AW) available in '85?

I would've kept Tony past 1985. Recast if necessary. I'd have Tony pivot to a police officer. Giving Maureen one sibling to have around. A. stereotypical TV Irish family like the Reardons should have had a cop in the family.

IIRC, Blake was in a coma for a little over a year. She became mayor after Ross and I think she did some underhanded stuff or won the election under questionable circumstances.

The article did say "few," not "all" of the current soaps.

That's funny, since in December blake would be naming her daughter after her novel character. Clarissa was based on Holly, in GL tradition the child is named after someone. Any reason for Beth naming her daughter (with Alan) Peyton? Indianapolis Colts fans? Also, was a reason given for Jude Bauer. It seemed like GL always needed "reasons" for names.

I remember being amused when Josh and company's boat left Springfield for the island. I guess SF is on the coast now. 🤪

Murder, She Wrote was only a hit after 60 Minutes. The minute they move it away from it, the ratings tank. I miss the Sunday sitcom block.

Wasn't Nadine essentially just Calla 2.0? at least until Buzz arrived on the scene.

Actors: Grant Aleksander, Eric Braeden, Anthony Geary, Michael Zaslow Actresses: Mary Stuart, Genie Francis, Deidre Hall, Erika Slesak