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I used to live for the comings and goings sections-- it was always so exciting back in the day.

Unfortunately Victor hanging on is the least of the shows problems. Underdeveloping and discarding young adult legacy characters has been the big problem since Bell passed. They should placed more effort into the younger generations and phase out the old guard very gradually. Nick is kinda a dude of a character when he should be your strong middle-age legacy family anchor. The ratings are solid so tptb won't make the changes but what's going to happen when the older actors start to pass? The whole house of cards comes down.

Who's hating? That tone seemed unecessary, ppl pointing out what they don't like about this show shouldn't be any different than the criticism for the other shows. The show isn't hitting the notes for me but I still watch from time to time. We need this show to be successful-- the whole genre is depending on it. The show should be always looking for ways it can improve

Unfortunate, tptb will continue to coast now that they have two seasons ahead of them. NBC made the Dobsons make adjustments on Santa Barbara 5-6 months in. The show needs sweeping romance and an occasional mystery or action storyline, maybe a set of quirky/humor characters. Sure the ratings are fine but they shouldn't rest on their laurels.

Which of the five soaps currently on, would you say was closest in tone to GL (if any)? Maybe GH, since GL was always chasing trends and Days did to but they were more over-the-top than GH who created the formula. The Bell soaps always seemed like the antithesis to the P&G soaps, BTG is closer to feel to a Bell soap than the other two.

Its a shame about GL on YT. For years I was always glad to see that GL was one of the more represented soaps on YT. Thanks to takedowns, GL is easily surpassed by ATWT, OLTL and the 1987-91 SoapNet repeats of AW.

Speaking of redemption arc, I remember ppl not buying Josh's later career as a pastor.

I'm glad we got her at GL-- her and Monti Sharp together with Curlee & Company writing... chef's kiss!

My folks never liked Mallet, or "Adrian" as they'd call him. 😆 Adrian was a Y&R villain who was in with Cassandra Rawlings and the bunch. I wonder how many CBS old timers realized that Meta Bauer wasn't Jo (SFT).

Absolutely. @alwaysAMC the worst example was on another world and Jensen Buchanan didn't want to play Vicki and het twin Marley so they had Marley burn up in a fire so Ellen Wheeler (who played both twins in the 80s) could reprised Marley. So suddenly, the one twin is like 10 inches taller than the other one. 😆 The DeMarco plot was just poorly written. If ppl were honest, Annie was probably more popular than Reva despite being the "villain. They really needed to be done with Annie-- rest the character at the very least.

I used to see that AMC actress in the soap mags and just found her stunningly beautiful. The Annie recast was going to be a no-win situation anyway-- big shoes to fill.

If you were to recast Harley in 2008, would you bring back Hayley (ex-Courtney, ATWT) or go completely fresh. For old times sake, I would bring on Lucy to replace Harley. I would recast tho. Maybe Erin Hershey (port charles)? Jessica Morris (oltl)?

IMO, SC was too identified with being a blind farm woman on Y&R to be effective as Annie aka Terri.

Brittany Snow was the better Susan/Daisy. Daisy was even more of a brat the second time around and her "little sister" Lizzie was now years older than her and I don't believe they really interacted in any meaningful way.

Be careful what you wish for.

Lol, I got Claire and Alan in bed on my YT feed the other day. Sign that it was time to clear watch history.

Stafford went to the Bart Simpson school of television acting: "Repetition is my job. My job. Repetiveness is my job."

Was Vivica always this bad at acting. Sounds like she's still in a CarShield commercial.

RR was just a poor fit for Alan. Maybe he would've been decent in a different role but he was just way too hammy for Alan. On the bright side, the role of Rusty was a dud and didn't last terribly long. The late 80s needed Hope over duds like Meredith, Rae and Dana. I would've had Hope and either another Reardon sister or a Lainie Marler recast. Appearance wise, Nicolete Goulet's Meredith should've been a Reardon-- I didn't forget that Jim Reardon is also a doctor.

Why didn't the show utilize PFS when they briefly had her? Was it a clash with Kobe or did Kobe come in with Long in a 2-for-1 deal from Texas? I always admired FPS skill at building family units over at GH and Days and integrating them into the canvas.

In 1985, GL was only really in bad shape for a year or so. It was up against a weakened GH and upstart SB-- other than an hour of game shows, what could they replace GL with? An expanded Capitol in '87? A 30 minute Capitol followed by Press Your Luck or something?

GL was pretty good in 1984. Considering how long NBC let AW die a long and painful death-- GL was still very salvagable thru about '98. The mid-80s just needed P&G to stick with a creative team-- ride it out for consistency. They should've snagged Pat Falken Smith in 1986 or Gary Tomlin- i really enjoyed his mid-80s HW stint at AW.

I wasn't particilarly a Manny fan (they were okay from time to time), but JL's Michelle at least had charisma and chemistry with her costars- all of which NSA severly lacked. We talked about Hope and Stacy. If you needed to recast Mike or Ed, who would you choose? Would Nicholas Coster have been a decent Mike Bauer? Strike that, I just thought of SB's Lionel Lockridge being Gina's dad. I guess its working for Tamara Braun and the guy who plays Noah on Y&R.

I thought Peter Simon's 2002 return was terrific until ConJob entered the picture six months later. They never got to explore the teased PTSD Ed had from Africa.

Give 'em a contract-- problem solved. 😉