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Lucy Montgomery, ATWT. Peyton List, Spencer Grammar, Sarah Glendening Dinah Marler, GL. Paige Turco, wendy moniz, gina tognoni

Chris Hughes (bob & kim's son). They finally got him right with Daniel Cosgrove but by then the show was on borrowed time.

AW/ATWT/GL Cass and Felicia. At first i was thinking that they would be perfect for GL as AW and GL seemed like the most similar shows to each other in tone and feel. Of course Cass DID crossover to both ATWT and GL but he was a much more mature character opposed to hos cross-dressing, hiding from mobsters hijinks from the 80s. I couldn't see Felicia Gallant and Reva existing comfortably on the same show. But with ATWT and AW, Felicia and Lisa were both restautant operators. GH/GL. I could see gh's felicia and frisco on gl and gl's beth and lujack on gh. Felicia and frisco fitting into the shenanigan adventure scene that gl somewhat neglected after quint/nola. Beth/lujack fitting into young love on the run and supercouple territory that gh excelled at for a long time. OLTL/GL On a similar note, OLTL'S Tina and Cord would've been a perfect fit for GL. DAYS/ATWT Victor Kiriakis. ATWT could've used a strong (shady) rival to Lucinda in the business world.

Guiding Light. The double whammy of Richard/Cassie and Danny/Michelle. Also remember that the Island stuff and the mob stuff was taking over simultaneously. I still remember the forum wars beyween RASSIE/MANNY fans against the "old-timers." Plus those two couples added on top of Josh/Reva. In 2002 Cullitom/McTaggart were celebrated by us longtime fans for ending both couples, and making GL start to feel like GL again. Unfortunately, Conboy/Weston would cave in to both fanbases in 2003.

Fiona Hutchinson/Joe Lando Gabrielle/Jake, OLTL Jenna/Makcully West, GL

AMC RPG *gus gl* HE *harley gl* and gl tammy actress? I think they overlapped on gl but fiona hutchinson/dennis parlato from oltl. Gabrielle/jenna and Michael/Roger Anyone mention vincent izziary/judy evans as beth/lujack on gl and later on days as adrienne/deimos also wasn't gina tognoni (dinah) on oltl when zimmer and ver dorn were also on? Judi evans/john bolger were beth/phillip on gl and also on another world at the same time.

One Life To Live 2010/ GL Kim Zimmer, jerry ver dorn, kassie de pavia Reva, Ross, Chelsea/ Echo, Clint, Blair

Karen Witter. I liked her Tina Lord almost as much as Andrea Evans. Most a yone would've been better than Mrs Ron Moss.

GH Amy Vining. They should've gave her a couple of plots instead of just being a "talk to." Y/R The oft mentioned but never seen mrs martinez could've been used tp introduce a hispanic family. Utilized in a similar was as Mamie was back in the day.

Y/R Nick/Sharon. They've been apart way too long. Personally I think the character of Nick has run its course and should leave town for a bit. That won't happen, but it should.

Vicki: Clint Y&R Kevin: Jana

All soaps: F. absolute no buzz and all are on life support. They all need a real adrenaline boost, espescially the sleep y/r.

GL. For the longest time I shopped Michael and bill but Rylan & Cosgrove changed my mind. Bill and lizzie had IT and was one of the bright spots during the final years. The last Michelle was so bland, they had a recast liked up right before the cancellation announcement. Ross and Blake Rick and Abby Phillip and Beth Harley and Gus Quint and Nola AW. Cass and Kathleen Felicia and Zayne Jake and Vicky Marler and Jamie GH Robert and Holly Frisco and Felicia Anna and Duke Luke and Laura Alan and Monica

AW Rachel -70s Felicia Gallant-80s Victoria Love -90s OLTL Tina Lord -80s GL Nola -early 80s Beth -mid 80s Mindy -late 80s Harley -early 90s Lucy (like her or not) Michelle -late 90s Cassie -early 2000s Harley (again) -mid 2000s Lizzy -late 2000s

Another World Cass Winthrop- 80s Jake McKinnon -90s General Hosptal Luke Spencer- late 70s/early 80s Frisco Jones- mid 80s Robert Scorpio- late 80s ATWT Craig Montgomery -80s Holden Snyder -90s Jack Snyder -2000s GL Phillip Spaulding -80s Roger Thorpe -90s Danny Santos (personally not a fan) -late 90s-mid 2000s Jonathan Randall -mid 2000s Shayne Lewis -2009

GL: Anastasia Chamberlain AJ (not "J") Chamberlain Dorie as support for childhood BFF Dinah Mike Bauer Trish Lewis Rosie Shayne Ed Bauer Rita Stapleton Jason Marler Kevin Marler Laine Marler Vicky Spaulding Alan-Michael Spaulding ATWT: MJ Dixon Scott Dixon Christine Hughes (Bob's niece) Caleb Snyder Betsy Stewart Daniel Hughes

GL: Phillip and Harley's son Zack was originally named Alan, after Alan's heartatteache at the time. GL: Danny Santos was originally referred to as Denny. GL: Nola and Floyd's daughter Anastasia was originally named Kelly after Kelly Nelson who she tried to pin the parentage on. GL: Christina "Blake" Thorpe GL: I remember Michelle was originally named Berta after grandma Bert.

Y&R. Paul after the Ricky storyline, his last big hurrah. The Dylan arc was really all about Nikki and Paul was just kinda there.

They shouldn't have de-aged Tucker then because it's ridiculous that they're supposed to be the same age. It's not like she was the only person to play the role. Plus I doubt she'd want to come back for a long-ish stint between retirement and the state of soap-writing in general. Let her retire in peace.

15 minutes would be easier for outsiders to digest, get hooked and binge. 15 minutes with the sane budget of a 60 minute show could go farther and hopefully improve production costs. Full circle because radio soaps were 25 minutes

15 minutes ×5 streaming. Reduce cost and hopefully provide tighter product.

Hot take: Y&R should really consider recasting Jill. With Tucker being de-aged a little, Jill should be too since they were supposed to be born on the same day. Plus, Jess is semi-retired and is not coming back to full-time.

(Tel-Op Slide with Phillip, Beth and Lujack) "We now join Guiding Light, Already in progress."

I think for both reasons but a little more for the actress. She's been phoning it in for awhile now and also the character herself has grown unlikable as well. I just think Tognoni would've hit the ball out of the park as Victoria and was horribly miscast as Phyllis.

Disclaimer: i was personally fond of Another Wotld throughout the 80s so the following is purely based on the show"s ratings and stagnant viewership. I think more than anything, NBC has just had bad luck with soaps. NBC could've easily have replaced in the mid '80s a year or two after Santa Barbara. AW was an injured horse in pain that needed put out of its misery. NBC was number one in prime time and I would argue that they should've tried a flashy new soap at 2. After all SB was steadily growing during its first few years which was eventually halted by BTS issues. I think they should've re-worked the failed 1986 prime-time soap pilot Covenant. Conceived as a blend of Dallas and Dark Shadows by producers of Knots Landing.