Everything posted by Frank2803
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Actors who could/should have played other characters on their show.
Ouch I'd take him over Steve Burton any day of the week The fact that Steve Burton has two Emmys while other deserving actors have zero tells me all I need to know about the academy
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ALL: Plot twists and cliffhangers that did not get spoiled by spoilers
Anthony Geary coming to usher off Tracy on GH. I think a very few people predicted it, but it was never spoiled
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Actors who could/should have played other characters on their show.
Billy Miller should have been Lucky Spencer rather than Jason Morgan.
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Most Improved Actors From Their Soap Debuts
Shemar Moore Josh Morrow Greg Vaughan's stint as Lucky - his chemistry with Tony Geary got better towards the end of his run as Lucky Maurice Benard kinda takes credit for Sutton's improvement as an actor. Lol
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Soap Budgets
It's funny that Johnny the I.T. guy might be making more money than your favorite soap actor Then again the President only makes 250k a year and that's not nearly enough for that type of stress
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Soap Budgets
I know some of these actors are getting six figures a year, but that's a spit in the bucket when considering the cost of living in LA and NYC
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Brothers Fighting Over a Girl
Joey/ Kevin/ Kelly was really well done on OLTL it helped that Gina Togoni had chemistry with both Timothy Gibbs and Don Jeffcoat
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Actors who looked like members of their soap families (and those that didn't)
Ted Shackleford, Patrick Duffy, and Larry Hagman I couldn't buy as being related to each other I had to really suspend disbelief
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Actors who looked like members of their soap families (and those that didn't)
When Trevor St John first started on OLTL I thought he resembled Peter Krause Low and behold Trevor play Peter's father on Dirty Sexy Money for 1 episode
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Unpopular opinions: cancelled soaps edition
I never got the hype with Vanessa Marcil Like Susan Lucci she's good with comedy but struggles with drama After her primetime career didn't take off she should have ran back to soaps
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Any storylines altered or dropped because of real world factors?
Wow I didn't know they used a double in that episode
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ALL: Characters you are surprised never had children
Alan-Michael on Guiding Light
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Real life pregnancies that were (or were not) incorporated into the story.
Meridith Baxter on Family Ties That's why they added a 4th Keaton child
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Unpopular opinions: cancelled soaps edition
Soaps can be innovative to an extent but you have to remember that network tv constraints can be tough to work around
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All: Characters you thought would come back but never did
GH Morgan- it seems like they hint at bringing him back from the dead every year to no avail
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Guiding Light Discussion Thread
The Kevin Mambo interview was decent I liked how he eluded to Dinah and Marcus should have been a couple. He gave praise to Zaslow, Deas, and Zimmer. He learned a lot from those three. He hasn't seen Sharon Leal and Amelia Marshall in forever His Emmy story was hilarious A lot of actors can say they beat Jonathan Jackson, Nathan Fillion, and Shemar Moore for a Emmy in the same year
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Real life pregnancies that were (or were not) incorporated into the story.
It's cool how some of these pregnancies have led to years worth of storylines
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Y&R - RIP Jerry Douglas (John Abbott)
Killing off John Abbot was the biggest mistake by Y&R writers post 2000s RIP Jerry
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Any storylines altered or dropped because of real world factors?
My memory is kind of fuzzy. What happened to the Frank Williams character on Knots Landing after actor Larry Riley passed away from AIDs?
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Any storylines altered or dropped because of real world factors?
I wonder what the writers had planned for Roger Thorpe before Zaslow was terminated? Also plans for Mac Cory before Watson's untimely death
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Real life pregnancies that were (or were not) incorporated into the story.
Cybill Shepherd was barely on the fourth season of Moonlighting because of her pregnancy I think they wrote around Gillian Anderson's pregnancy during the X Files. They used the big trenchcoat method to hide her pregnancy lol
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Unpopular opinions: cancelled soaps edition
I think from a nostalgic point of view the early to mid 90s are considered a golden era because it was before the soap industry got hit by OJ Simpson trial, cancellations, and other factors.
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Any storylines altered or dropped because of real world factors?
The who shot Jake storyline on Another World came about because of stalled contract negotiations with Tom Eplin
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Any storylines altered or dropped because of real world factors?
Who shot JR came about because of contract negotiations stalled between Larry Hagman and the producers
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Any storylines altered or dropped because of real world factors?
I love when the creators can come up with a clever way of getting rid of a mistake https://youtu.be/4SmnLASJ8_I