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Which was stupid, as I remember reading the Bauer BBQ was always counted on to spike the ratings. Remember when E & B forgot the BBQ one year because of San Crud!!!

I remember the 4th of July Hughes BBQ did well in the ratings. It was the time when the paternity of Aaron was being revealed. It had huge ratings.

Here is a couple of photo's of the players.

Richard Gasquet, right, shakes hands after defeating Italy's Simone Bolelli.

Tomas Berdych takes it easy and is caught cracking a smile during his match against Alex Bogomolov Jr.

Berdych cuts it short and his dropshot clips the net as it falls and lands in Bogomolov Jr's side of the court.

Another WHAT THE outfit, but at least it's only the jacket.

I have always had a question about tennis players. With the way that they grunt on the tennis court, how would they sound in the bedroom? Would they be the loudest or would it be the ones that don't grunt?

Thanks for the Thomas Berdych pics. He is my guy. I didnt get to see his match on tv since ESPN didnt show it. I kept track of his match online though. Love Berdych's smile.

Too bad he didnt get to finish his match. He was about to close his match before the rains came.

For some reason I find Gasquet sexy...lol...somethng about him.

Ha...I wish they would get rid of the grunts. I wish it was banned. Some just do it to get the attention. Its not necessary to do that IMO.

I want new blood in the men semis except for Djoko!!

I'd love to see Bagdahtis, Gasquet

I was hoping for a big tournament for Raonic

I don't like Bagdahts game. I do like Gasquet's game. He just has never put it together. His game has a lot of flash.

Too bad Raonic got hurt. He could have had a great Wimbledon. I like his game.

Roddick is out! He just sucks royally. Retire Roddick.

Was hoping Harrison would win. He is still very young.

Ok what is it with Venus and her outfits.

They were commenting on it on ESPN and how bad it was...lol

Andy Murray lost the first set. I want Traver to win!

Rafa and Berdych win. Venus wins on the women's side.

Rain delay for now.

Starts tomorrow at 6am on ESPN.

I forgot to mention that Sharapova is in Wozniacki side of the draw. So she could meet her and Serena.

I hope it's Nadal vs Murray and Federer vs Djokovic in the semis.

Awesome that Mahut/Isner are facing each other again. I hope it's another epic match.

On the women's side, I rooting for Caroline Wozniacki to win her first Grand Slam.

Nadal has Berdych in his quarter. Murray has Roddick in his quarter and Federer has Nalbandian in his way.. Djokovic has Soderling in his quarter.

If Wozniacki is going to win Wimbledon she will have to beat Serena Williams who is on her side of the draw.

Isner wasn't too happy to get Mahut again. He was joking to Mahut about them playing again in the first round and it happened...lol

It should be an interesting Wimbledon.

Be nice to see Murray win.... assuming he's in the draw?

He is on Nadal's side of the draw. So he would meet him in the semifinals. He must get pass first Del Po and Gasquet in the Quarters.

Federer and Nadal are in opposite sides of the draw.

Mahut ve Isner first round again like last year....lol

I had put off watching it since it was my show and the last one.

Yes it was. I hate that Katie got her happy ending but Luke didn't.

Sorry Ryan...I couldn't stand Juicy...ugh..lol

I havent seen ATWT since the second to last episode. Which was what over a year now and I feel like it was yesterday I was watching. Still upset will Reed dying.Luke listening to Reed's heart....tear eyed. Loving Lucinda and John.

Just finished watching the last episode...sigh..it's final over.

Just a few comments from my facebook page with a friend

The show went by too fast. Even to the end it had too much Katie and Juicy. I still didnt care for the Barbara and Henry ending. I am happy Barbara got her happy ending. But I dont buy for a second that Lucinda or Barbara would have given up their companies.

Finally watching the last episode of ATWT.

I think for me ATWT went all downhill the moment being the plane crash there in what early 1996 when Damien was "killed", Sam was blinded and Margo got PTS from. I remember being pissed at Damien's death because it was a WTF moment, right after he and Lily had finally found some happiness and peace. The show was still decent with stuff like John vs. Lisa and Carly/Mike/Rosanna but there was more WTF moments. Like Kim's car being bombed. Or Lisa and the Chinese smugglers. Or the intro of Zoe and Sarah. Soon it was all just one big clusterf*ck. What exactly did Klein write during her short stint as HW? I never liked any Damien's returns by the way. The '97 return I was excited about but know I'd like to never speak of it. His '06 and '09 returns pretty much were destructive inside and out. If anyone can explain to me what the whole '01 return was about ie Holden's Malta Misadventures I'd be happy to hear it now because I certainly didn't get it then.

Caleb and Julie went through a lot of drama after getting married, first it was Julie's kids being dumped upon her which was okay but eventually it dissipated. The stuff with Carly was a side show at best.

Carl, I know you've said before about not liking Shannon's return story, but I was wondering how you felt when the show killed her off, and in the manner in which they did--shrunken head and all.

Actually ATWT was good at the time with Damian's death. The ratings increased but then ATWT lost its focus again.

I was not able to watch regularly during any period when Shannon "died." When I started watching again, she was gone. I was sad, since I liked her a lot, and I was confused when characters would talk about her shrunken head.

I still have never seen any of this. I find it strange as she is there up to May 1990 and seems to have no problems or worries. When exactly did she go?

Barbara being pregnant with John's baby. Ben and Camille dating and Camille's mother wanting her to get together with her married ex-lover doctor. Ben being arrested for a mugging, and being persecuted by a racist cop. Molly's schemes to get Holden, like drugging him and filming the two of them in bed. Damien the priest. David bugging Lily's house and being revealed as not really Lucinda's son (I think - that story never made sense to me and I don't know the timeline). Carly's return at the Montana cattle ranch.

I loved Julie and the ransom money story. I have a tape somewhere of Julie going ice skating and seeing "angel" Julie and "devil" Julie. That story, and the scenes with Pete, tapped into Susan Marie Snyder's particular talents in a way which was often overlooked.

I'm going to spare you my rant about the decision to send Aaron to Julie, mother of the year (!) and then having Julie apparently dying for years on end (!!).

Actually that sounds good compared to the mess we had the last year.

I thought you'd like those two scans...Deas was OK too but I agree Marx was the hottest (at least of the Toms we actually saw onscreen), especially when he had a hairy chest and the beard.

I wish we'd seen a little more of Klein's tenure. What I remember was dumb, like the racism story, but I also liked some of the stuff, such as David/Emily.

Yes, thanks for the scans.

Stern & Black lasted longer than Klein did. I wonder why she was fired so quickly. I found her material rather boring.

I think they had already fired Lisa Brown by this time hadn't they? I don't remember it being a big story either. I did like Jason, and I was glad to see Iva leave on a good note, but I was so annoyed at Holden taking Aaron from her and at her leaving the show that it really burned me.

Yeah the article is kind of sad to read, although I think the only big mistakes that team made were with Shannon, and overusing Rosanna, and the really bad idea to recast Linc with that wooden and not overly attractive actor, then push Connor into a dull murder mystery.

I have always been annoyed by the huge change at ATWT in 1995 because I never felt like the show was in that awful of shape. Over and over, hacks like Black and Stern, Sheffer, Passanante, Goutman, and then those who are talented but just not suited for the show, like Broderick and FMB, kept trying to fix what wasn't broken. Times changes, but ATWT could have adapted itself - as it had done many times before - and thrived. There is no reason why the show is still not on today.

The part about their ATWT being similar to Marland's style just makes me wonder, as people have speculated on before, how much longer Marland could have stayed at ATWT even if he hadn't passed away. I wish we knew. I think his ATWT was still better than anything which came after but the last year or two did have some flaws, mostly in the new characters.

Of course people have said he was leaving anyway.

Don't forget Jessica Klein who didnt even last 6 months on the show as HW. You would have thought she'd do a better job since she was a script writer before getting the HW job.

The problem with ATWT after Marland's death was that the show became boring. Nothing was happening. The writers didnt know what to write or do once Marland left them. All the ingredients were still there. Instead of getting someone who knew the history of the show as HW....they totally botched up the show!

That should be interesting. I hope someone gets to go.

September 1, 1992 Digest.

Loved this story! The remote was one of the best ATWT ever did. Paul Lammers was ATWT best director IMO at the time.

February 25, 1986 Digest.

He was the sexiest Tom of them all. I loved him as Tom.

That is my JAM right there.

This is my all time favorite song of theres followed by Daniel.

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December 15, 1987 Digest

Didn't he also appear on Murder She Wrote as a deputy/sheriff?

One of the best, if not the best, Emily/Barbara scene, at about 30 minutes into this episode. Melanie and Colleen really go for it.

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=9MeezHpa2tA

love the clip...nice to see Brock on there too. Em and Barbara were the best. Things werent the same when Melanie left.

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The final had the highest ratings in 12 years.

http://www.tennisnow.com/News/Men-s-French-Open-Draws-Highest-TV-Ratings-In-12-Y.aspx?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook

How did Roger not win the first set? Are you kidding me?? Out of all the matches against Nadal at the French, that was his best. Then in the 4th set, after winning the 3rd set, he's up Triple-break in the first game and he loses that game? So many missed opportunities.

He is up 4-1 and 5-2 in the first set yet loses it. Shakes head.....

The last set was just awful on Roger's part.

I think he has a mental block when it comes to beating Nadal.

Wimbledon should be interesting in two weeks.

The new rankings as of today

1 Nadal, Rafael (ESP) 12,070 0 22 2 Djokovic, Novak (SRB) 12,025 0 19 3 Federer, Roger (SUI) 9,230 0 22 4 Murray, Andy (GBR) 6,625 0 20 5 Soderling, Robin (SWE) 4,595 0 25 6 Ferrer, David (ESP) 4,150 1 24 7 Berdych, Tomas (CZE) 3,490 -1 25 8 Monfils, Gael (FRA) 2,780 1 21 9 Fish, Mardy (USA) 2,440 1 22 10 Roddick, Andy (USA) 2,200 1 21 11 Melzer, Jurgen (AUT) 2,175 -3 24 12 Troicki, Viktor (SRB) 1,930 3 27 13 Gasquet, Richard (FRA) 1,925 3 25 14 Wawrinka, Stanislas (SUI) 1,920 0 22 15 Almagro, Nicolas (ESP) 1,875 -3 27 16 Simon, Gilles (FRA) 1,745 2 29 17 Youzhny, Mikhail (RUS) 1,740 -4 26 18 Mayer, Florian (GER) 1,600 1 27 19 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) 1,480 -2 20 20 Chela, Juan Ignacio (ARG) 1,475 14

Juan Martin Del Po is at #22.