Liberty City

I completely agree and have always stated: the Dobsons, while they may have had a vision for their soap, made a lot of mistakes... especially within their first year or two.

Based on the scenes I've seen (as my first-watch of Santa Barbara is still on-going with Davies in the role), Lester was much more Mason than Thomson was. Again, this would be an alternate universe.. and in my universe, Arvesen would return to The Young and the Restless, hah. Lynn Clark was perfect as Lily Light... and knowing they recast was heartbreaking. That being said, Paula Irvine, to me, would've worked better with Linda Gibboney's Gina, who I ADORED! Knowing what we know now about Richard Eden, the role would have to be recast, in my opinion.

Good to see GH improve, as it should.

Is Sofia Mattsson pregnant in real-life, or are pregnancies on General Hospital just erratic as all-get-out!

I need NBCU to stop stalling their horses and release the rest of the publicity portraits from last year and this year.

I'm really going to need Disney-ABC to either release new publicity portraits, or conduct a whole brand-new shoot and release those. It's about time.

x So, Days of Our Lives is likely three-to-four months tape-to-air, per the latest Soap Opera Digest report.

Not surprised. The character has run passed its expiration date.

A young woman, destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, deals with her life fighting evil, with the help of her friends.

Thank f**k that divorce is finalized; she was trapped for so friggin' long. I keep trying to go into town to see if I can catch Bethenny (I live outside of Boston), but, never have been able to! As for the house in Bridgehampton, I doubt she would get rid of it. True. This could be. Also, just a correction: The Big Shot was on HBO Max and not Netflix. Either way, I'm fairly certain The Big Shot was a success, and I know she did say she's focused on her podcast right now, through iHeartRadio Media. She also remarked she misses the funny parts of RHONY, but does not miss the drama, so that alone makes me feel like a return won't be happening, even though she said she loves where she came from. Eboni is definitely getting the flow of how things are working, but, her looks and words re-Luann on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen spoke volumes to me. I do think Luann is playing face for the camera right now, especially with her confessionals. The reunion will be interesting to watch. I think Leah just can't handle being around the women, having the discussions they're having right now, because it is genuinely not where her mindset is. When she was off, alone, with Luann, she seemed genuinely fine with her hoola-hooping. I do believe there is more going on that we're not being told, re-Leah's grandmother's death, and it's translating poorly each episode. The Ebonja pairing is what I am LOVING! Eboni was giving her compliments and praise, and took it upon herself to try and find Sonja some true happiness in the love department. She's done in such a short-span of time, and all Luann could do was bring a guitar player that even I could tell was NOT Sonja's type.. and that Ramona was ready to go psycho over. I don't think Eboni did it with malice. But, like Eboni even stated after-the-fact, she should've gone at it from a different kind of angle, by involving her own feelings into the mix, and not making it about what Heather said, with Eboni's feelings and points as secondary. From what I read and recall, there is more coming with Heather vs. Leah... this was only the warm up.

Well, per the article and Frankel's podcast, she did end her deal because of the restrictions it had put on her podcast and, I am sure, other ventures she would want to pursue. I'm pretty sure Frankel never said "never say never," in regards to her return, but I feel like she did what she needed to do when she returned last time, and I feel like a more permanent move to Boston to be with Paul might be in her future.

Restore Carrington Garland as Kelly Capwell; bring on Eileen Davidson as nü Angela. Restore Ava Lazar in the role of Santana, who returns to Santa Barbara to once again reconnect with a now-teenage Brandon DeMott Capwell. Ditch the DiAngelis and Walker families in ex-change for the restructuring of the Lockridge family; return Augusta (Louise Sorel), Laken (Julie Ronnie/recast) and Cassandra (recast). Find a way to resurrect the role of Joe Perkins, either under Dane Witherspoon or recast the role with Mark Valley (ex-Jack, DAYS). Put stock in returning some classic sets, ie: La Mesa (under new ownership of Rosa Andrade), the Capwell Hotel (under new ownership of Ted Capwell — with Todd McKee returning to the role), the Orient Express (under the ownership of a returned Cruz Castillo and partnership with Kelly Capwell, and design by Santana), a less drably-renovated the Liar. Return Roberta Bizeau Weiss to the role of Flame Beaufort, working alongside Kirk Cranston (Robert Newman) seeking revenge on those in Santa Barbara who wronged them. Restore either Lane Davies or Terry Lester to the role of Mason Capwell.

LOVEEE

Same, though, I am getting vibes Paulina is not as well-off as she is portraying herself as.

The one disappointment about the rage room: neither of them smashed the TV that was on the table by the door. I wanted that to be smashed with a sledgehammer so bad. Drag Queen bingo was amazing. Hope they bring it back!

Hoping Ms. Bowens is better, because Ms. Way was not working out for me as Chanel. I don't get the hate Isabel Durant gets as Claire. I adore her in the role.

I genuinely don't see Bethenny Frankel returning to The Real Housewives of New York at all... at least, not in the near future. As for leaving her deal, she explained why. The Big Shot actually did not bomb; I'm just sure the restrictions her deal with Mark Burnett and MGM (horrible company history, btw) prevented her from doing other things she wanted to do.

The only time I recall Leah mentioning her grandmother, in terms of excusing things (a.k.a. the radical behaviour) was in last night's episode when she said "I don't have time for this. My grandmother is dying." I do hear, though, Ramona mentioning it as a reason why she's excusing Leah's behaviour and outbursts, to which Eboni corrected her's was dying, as well.

Am only caught up; have binge-watched the first season and first-half of the second the past week, and damn... I am hooked. Ed Quinn and Kron Moore were perfectly cast. I'm just upset BET airs edited-language. I want it fully uncut. However, the fact Tyler Perry is the most-created is the series' problem.

Because people love to hate on Gizelle.

Firing Carrington Garland was a mistake. Completely. And the reason she was given, to me, was B.S. Garland, to me, was the essential Kelly Capwell and if Santa Barbara were ever rebooted, I'd want her to return to the role. I do think, had Eileen Davidson been cast in a different role she would have been more successful. I've only looked at clips of Davidson's time as Kelly, and it is a bit off... but I don't blame Davidson as an actor. The writing just flipped for the role of Kelly... at least from my point of view. I think, between all of the executive and writing regimes, each wanted a different family opposite the Capwells, and they never stuck. The Lockridge family should have continued to be the adversary family (a-la the Abbott-Newman comparison on The Young and the Restless), and they failed to keep that connection. Hell, even a B-level family in the Andrade family seemed to come and go faster than the speed of light. By the end of its run, I think adding an influx of recasts and new characters it just was too late to re-structure Santa Barbara for its success.

Last night's RHONY was even more awkward than last weeks. Heather's attempt to say she's immersed in black culture because she worked with Beyoncé and P. Diddy is laughable. Her moral superiority has returned, and it is even more off-putting than it was before. When Sonja seems the most level-headed of the ladies then you damn well known there is a bigger issue at hand with Luann and Ramona. Hell, even Heather was problematic. No. This is how Leah was meant to come on the show, via Bethenny. When Bethenny ditched at the eleventh hour, they threw Tinsley into the mix in order for Leah to enter. Well, Leah even said in-episode that she wasn't even sure she would be able to be at her bedside with how many people were there, and even her mother didn't want her coming, so she was probably respecting that wish while struggling with the decision. I also think we shouldn't be judging Leah's decision to be on this trip, because the same thing could be said about Eboni not being with her mother and grandmother. We all deal with grief in different ways and in our own time, and we shouldn't be judging Leah based on hers. Which is why, by the conclusion of the episode, she decided to ditch and leave earlier than she intended to.

Wow. That's effed up. I even checked Paramaount+, which is missing the second part of the finale. Wow.

So Paulina's apartment is pink-painted half of what Ava's two-week apartment used to be?

I'm not sold on it, honestly. I'm for Chanel being more sexually fluid... but, the Allie pairing is not it for me.