Everything posted by Gray Bunny
- DAYS: December 2023 Discussion Thread
- DAYS: December 2023 Discussion Thread
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Ratings From the 90's
Thank you for all you do! So funny to see the endless battles between No. 3 through No. 8.
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Married to Medicine
I kinda hope Phaedra is a one and done. Her whole schtick just seems like a rehash. M2M deserves better.
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Y&R: December 2023 Discussion Thread
Good grief, that sounds awful and totally pointless. Thanks for letting me know though
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Y&R: December 2023 Discussion Thread
I'm totally out of the loop on Y&R these days, but I gotta ask: Whatever happened to the whole return of Cameron Kirsten? What all happened with him, Sharon, Nick...?
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DAYS: Behind the Scenes, Articles/Photos
Thanks for the math Let's go with that and we'll say to hell with any SORASing that comes into play. After all, Julie seemed to go from 16 in 1965 to late 30's by the mid 70's, and then her grandson was in his late teens by the late 80's. So weird how they aged up Susan Seaforth Hayes' perceived age so rapidly.
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B&B: December 2023 Discussion Thread
Well done. It's a mix of Bradley and James Reilly... he pulled this stunt with Sami on DAYS in '97, losing four years of her memory yet somehow managed to remember she was married to Austin (sham wedding in Paris to get custody of Will back). And so into Austin's apartment she moved...
- DAYS: December 2023 Discussion Thread
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B&B: December 2023 Discussion Thread
If I may interject, I think they're asking "is Kimberlin worth it?" not because of any unspoken political affiliation, but more so her ability as an actress... I mean, surely you've seen the squinty eye thing she does when trying to conjure up tears, yes? And at this point, with the Y&R/B&B history rewrites that don't make sense and her endless ability to reappear, she's the equivalent to Jason from Friday the 13th.
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Ratings From the 90's
Wow, the week of Jan 13th - 17th saw better numbers nearly across the board than the usual holiday highs of the last week of December. Wonder if there was a big snowstorm on the east coast that week?
- DAYS: December 2023 Discussion Thread
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Ratings From the 90's
Whoo hoo! GL hits No. 3 with a healthy 6.0! Funny to see a 5-way tie for 4th place with a 5.7.
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B&B: December 2023 Discussion Thread
There's a disconnect with the Eric storyline because as others have mentioned, the story itself is bad, and Eric was never portrayed as this strong, steadfast loyal family man. He's always been a philanderer and in the last 15 years, he's had some truly oafish moments... him being back with Donna, the horny, honey-loving younger woman is a reminder of his days being naked outside a window. No offense to the actor, but the character just doesn't give off a warm, "America's father" feeling like a Tom Hanks or whatnot, that would give the audience a cozy, gushy feeling for the character. B&B's canvas has felt aimless ever since Stephanie Forrester died. The fact that so few of his children are showing up during this time period just emphasizes this feeling. Oh yes, Katie needs something to cry over so Heather Tom can nudge out yet another more-deserving, often-overlooked actress in the Leading category. Katie will probably have another heart setback in 2024. In terms of actors phoning it in nowadays on soaps, I would sooner give the cast of DAYS a pass at that, considering they have to film like 12 episodes a week within the confines of a strict schedule ("No overtime allowed!"). B&B is a half hour; even filming 2 episodes a day only puts them on par with hour long soaps during the good o' simple days of 1 Day = 1 Episode.
- DAYS: Behind the Scenes, Articles/Photos
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DAYS: December 2023 Discussion Thread
Well it seemed like it did from '93-'97 with Reilly's tone of writing. Plus there was once a mention during the early possession storyline of a "Nor'easter" heading their way, which wouldn't be a name used to describe an incoming snowstorm in the Illinois area... Incidentally, I do recall in DAYS' first episode a scene with Marie and Tony, where it is mentioned that they could "drive down to Boston." Funny how the location of some soap settings seem to change as the writers change (GL's Springfield was once referred to as the state capital, while previously being on the border of one of the Great Lakes. Oy..)
- DAYS: Ho-ho-holiday romance and a little DNA drama!
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
RHONJ "Friend of" Jenn Fessler: https://pagesix.com/2023/12/04/entertainment/rhonj-star-jennifer-fessler-says-using-ozempic-gave-her-an-impacted-bowel/ “I’m not afraid of Ozempic and I will tell you I have had an experience that was not good — and I’m pretty positive it was about the semaglutide — where I had to go to the hospital for an impacted bowel … and I’m still not nervous about it.” Fessler explained that one of the “side effects” of the drug can be “constipation,” which she dealt with for a while but decided to brush off. “I was drinking no water, eating no vegetables because something that happens, a new experience for me, is being able to eat what I want even when it’s not the most healthy choices and still lose weight,” she explained. “So maybe for the first time in my life, I’m losing weight on pizza and bagels and ice cream." What an idiot.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Oh I agree, I don't have sympathy for her due to her reactions and lack of accountability. I just think she's... reckless, which puts others in danger. That said, yeah, I can't believe I'm interested in the return of Jesus Jugs, my least favorite of the All Blondes era.
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DAYS: Ho-ho-holiday romance and a little DNA drama!
Yes. We do it all month long. LOL I actually like that in more recent years on soaps, we see the town's decorations up sooner, within a week or so after Thanksgiving. It's more realistic than seeing families trim their trees on Christmas Eve so that they can enjoy it for what, 2 days? (I'll give them the unwritten law of the Horton family being done on Dec. 24th, cuz that's a decades long tradition)
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Ratings From the 90's
Nice to see GL hit the No. 4 spot, and with a healthy number earned, not just landing into 4th because others failed worse. After such a dramatic slump across the board, it's nice to see AMC rebound and improve, ATWT rebound and stay strong, Y&R way ahead as top dog, and even Another World got itself back into the 4's, though I'm guessing that's a brief victory.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Man, Bravo is dirty and the dirty people involved are dirtier. First, Sweet Tea brought on to Married to Medicine, now this. It's like they want Shannon to drunkenly drive off a winding road over a cliff. Y'all know she's emotionally imbalanced.
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B&B: December 2023 Discussion Thread
Yeah, I cringed at the line where Carter said he was grateful that Eric accepted him so quickly. It's like, why wouldn't he? What would the reservation be to not do so? It rang peculiar to me. Side Note: I guess that international money well for B&B is drying up. How many times are they going to use that truncated runway room? Another heart to heart between Katie Logan and a random intern?
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Ratings From the 90's
Always up for a good JER discussion, the good (1993-1997), the bad (2003-2006), and the hermaphrodite raping their own father and getting pregnant (Passions was ugly in general). Though I was a huge fan of his DAYS 1.0 era, at the same time, it couldn't be sustained forever. Even by 1997, the main plot lines (John/Marlena/Kristen, Sami/Austin/Carrie, Bo/Hope/Bille) were mainly in a holding pattern, waiting for their bombastic summertime reveals (meanwhile, Jack & Jenn became a total non-factor with Jack stuck in prison). Under the category of "What if?" I wonder what if Reilly had stayed beyond the Fall of 1997... I doubt we'd have gotten Swamp Girl and Princess Gina and Vivian Alamain with a remote control mood changer via wiring by tooth, but I also don't think we'd have gotten another round of epic sagas like Aremid, Maison Blance, etc. either. Once his initial stuff gets played out, he's played out. But I suppose all this discussion is best saved for a different thread.
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Married to Medicine
Well damn, I feel bamboozled. They put her up there like a regular castmember, then give us only snippets? I know she started filming later, but didn't think she'd cut out so early.