Soapsuds

BTW I found Maggie to be such a boring character…and seeing her again on the ATWT dvd releases further confirms it….

I liked Jay. What happened to his character? I wish he would have stayed during Marland's run. Didnt Marland also write the affair with Tom and Barbara when HBS was playing Margo or was it Susan Bedsow Horgan?

E.J. Bonilla(Guiding Light) has joined the cast of Unforgettable which will now be seen on A&E.

Some of the characters you described were post Dobsons Lily, Lucinda, Dusty Marcy and the Kirk Jay, Fanny thing was I believe post Dobs, but they may have generated the blue print for it. The "Lisa is den mother to the town," and kidnapped came after the Dobs definatley...(they wrote the original Lisa/Diana thing to be antogonistic, which could have been good, but BVF did not have the same "bite," Fulton had and just always came off as disinterested and snobby, which Lisa never was. I like Lisa best when Fulton came back and before Marland wrote her. She was in the middle of a lot of stuff, and was motherly and loving but still had her Lisa sting going. I liked that Whit's kids all thought of her as their mother and that she would nose her way into their lives but they liked it. Marland kept up the Lisa mothering the lost children of Oakdale but it wasnt the same and it seemed more removed..almost like Lisa paled in comparison to Kim and the "family" the Hughes had. I liked that Lisa had her weird untraditional family. I HATED it when Hogan took over and by the end of the show Lisa ended up almost a pathetic lonely spinster character, which she never was. I wish Marland had kept her step family or Hogan would bring back Diana as a vixen to compete with Carly (sorry people, I think the Carjack era was so boring and repetitive and I liked original recipe Carly until she became the Reva of the show. ) Of the Dobson stuff I liked the "Stenbeck Heir," storyline (hated Gunner though) but James was kind of a dumb villain, would have been nice to have shades of grey on him, and that was really the only besides the tedious Steve/Betsy stuff. The "Who killed John," storyline was I thought really their best work on ATWT, it involved almost everyone and spoiler free time back then the audience thought John was really dead. These were the writers during that time….So Lisa's return was after the Dobson's left? 1983 Caroline Franz and John Saffron Mid-1983–1984 John Saffron 1984 – November 1984 Tom King and Millee Taggart November 1984 – April 1985 Cynthia Benjamin and Susan Bedsow Horgan April 1985 – November 1985 Susan Bedsow Horgan

That was a total waste of time. I don't know why they invited John Stamos in the first place.

Sounds like their entire run on Santa Barbara. I did like the McColls on ATWT…they did do some things enjoyed…..

I always thought for most of her run that Lyla was a sap with her children. She had blinders where Craig was concerned. Lyla always believed he could do no wrong. When Martha Bryne returned as Lily and it felt jarring at first for me…I knew Heather Rattray had made the role of Lily her own. I sure did miss Heather after Martha returned. I think that Lyla is strong when it comes to her kids but I just never saw her as being vibrant compared to the other women on the cast. Hell, I get more from Ellen than I do Lyla. I did however, feel something for her when they brought her back the last time under Hogan's reign. But again, she was in the orbit of her kids and was scolding Katie for marrying Simon. Yeah from most of the episodes I am watching, Lily is coming off more as a brat (and a twat) than what she usually is but I like her. She isn't as self-righteous and preachy as she'd later become. As you said, she was flawed. From what little I've seen of HR's Lily (as I haven't gotten around to watching most of her time on the show) I like her. She isn't as shrill as MB's Lily, who I adored even though she annoyed me at times. HR seems to play a tragic heroine better than MB without all the screaming and hysterics. I wish youtube had Rattray's work during the time when she wrangled with Barbara and the time that Henry was gas lighting her. That was great stuff!

Lilieth was pure camp through her entire run on ATWT. Isabella…LMAO…I remember when she used that name to introduce herself to Oakdale…she was a hoot!

Ugh..I can't stand Paula…

The qualifying rounds were shown every year on the CBS Sports Channel when CBS has the rights to the US Open. I would have fun seeing some of the former ranked players trying to qualify for the Open. It was great to see and it was a shame it wasn't seen this year on CBS Sports Channel. ESPN didnt even show the doubles final in any category. You had to go to the Tennis Channel to see the finals on tape and not even live either. ESPN coverage was just awful this year.

I think Carl mentioned how good ATWT was in 91 and 92..here are the ratings in 92…I can see why AW was almost cancelled at that time. I always felt AW was a cheap imitation of ATWT. At the time in 91 and 92…ATWT ranked 3rd as the ABC soaps took a dip in ratings. Lucinda losing her company to Connor is my favorite story featuring Lucinda. Second would have to be Lily's parentage. I also did enjoy the addition of Neal to the canvas as her sister. It is too bad they wrote her off and soon her step brother too played by the wonderful Terry Lester. 1992 HH 1. Y&R 8.6/30 2. AMC 6.9/22 3. ATWT 6.2/22 4. B&B 6.0/20 5. GH 5.7/19 6. GL 5.6/18 7. OLTL 5.2/18 8. DAYS 4.9/16 9. AW 3.4/12 10. LOV 2.7/10 11. SB 2.6/8

I knew the women's final would be low but a 1.5? Wow that is very low. As for the men…its obvious Novak is not popular at all with viewers. He has the lowest rated finals in US Open history….his match in 2013 with Murray was one boring mess of a final. I wish Novak would stop trying to make himself happen with the fans. He is not popular and never will be. He needs to accept that. He is a boring number 1 player and he comes off very fake in his interviews and antics off the court. Until we get a more popular number 1 seed in the men's tour or an American ..the ratings for the men's side will always be low. Btw..I am glad ESPN got low ratings for both finals minus the Williams sisters QF. They deserve it considering how bad their coverage always is. They pimp the same players every year from Novak(who know one likes) to John Isner(who is a complete failure) to Americans who haven't done squat. ESPN always shows their pets as key matches when they are the most boring ones to watch. I truly miss the coverage on CBS.

Congrats to Flava on her big US Open win and her retirement and marriage to Fabio Fognini….a great way to go out!

Ha…thats what ESPN gets for taking it away from CBS. ESPN coverage this year has been dreadful. The new opening music was horrid! Why did they change it?? I think Pennetta will win. She has that Chris Evert vintage 80s game. Cillic is a one hit lucky wonder. Last year was a complete fluke and so was Kei's final appearance. I don't think he will win a major. Both men's semifinals were a complete bore and dud. I hope Roger wins on Sunday. I just can't with Novak and him trying so hard for tennis fans to like him. Sorry he is no Roger or Rafa.

Seems like a bad dream a la Pam Ewing! I don't know if I can't take anymore tennis today with the men's semis left…LOL Who do you have winning Toups?

Everyone in that stadium and the ESPN announcers were in total shock after the win MJ kept saying that Serena wasn't moving. Her feet were stuck on the court. Serena just didnt know what to do with the ball. Either hit it real hard or just get it back. She totally lost focus on what kind of shot to play in that last set. ESPN Sportscenter is all over this and now they are saying the value of the final's match tickets are going down…and I bet some if not a lot will sell their tickets. Even the tournament director of the US Open was in total shock and upset with Serena's loss. Think of all the money the tournament will lose tomorrow and the non ratings in the TV ratings. And Serena gave only a 3 minute press conference. I was actually surprised she gave one. It must have been so difficult to walk into that press conference and talk after such a devastating loss. Ticket prices are continuing to drop…ESPN is reporting that tickets for tomorrow's final are going for as low as 40 dollars….WOW!

US Open Tennis has been canceled for tonight and will pick up tomorrow morning at 10 am on ESPN.

Did they ever really need Michelle Collins??? (Stacy London had my vote!!, and Nicolle should never have been fired.) I liked the idea of having Meredith back and losing one of the newbies. Her talk show now with Lance Bass as a co host is just so bad. And she has started doing hot topics on her show too.

With Joy back they don't need Michelle Collins.

The show is so much better with Joy back. The look on Candace's face with Joy and Whoopi chit chat is priceless!👍

What a match between Fognini and Nadal!!

Glad to hear Joy is coming back!😎

I have to say that the Aussie players are the worse….and yet we have Darren Cahill pimping them to the hills….Kyrgios and Tomic's behavior on and off the court are just terrible. Who wants to root for players like them?

Not only that but Dimitrov allegedly has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Bulgarian model who is allegedly been going around saying that they slept together. I don't think this lawsuit will get Sugarpova back. Speaking of sexual innuendo, I'm watching this contentious Kyrgios vs. Wawrinka match and Nick, pissed and in a hail of obscenity blurted out "Sorry to tell you mate, but Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend". I'm thinking Nick was talking about Stan's rumored fairly recent, barely legal girlfriend Donna Vekic. At first, I wasn't sure what I'd heard but within minutes there was a Vine (with audio) all over Twitter and it sounds like what I thought. OMG! I was watching the match but feel asleep during it…LOL…woke up to it in the 3rd set with Kyrgios telling the umpire how Stan could do what he wanted and never got warned for taking too much time….then the announcers mentioned the incident but I wasn't sure what had happened….LOL Did you see Gimblestob cheering on John during his match? That tape was hilarious and even Lyndsey Davenport didn't know what to say after watching it…LOL….proves what a Bozo Justin is….I knew he was nuts…LOL

Hmmm…I was hoping to see her this week but she was out almost the whole week. It was a big f you to them….LOL And Nicolle exist was very classy.