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I think former Y&R EP David Shaughnessy (sp?) had the healthiest attitude about trimming casts and writing out even longtime characters: it might suck initially to "lose" them, but if you give the audience brand new characters who are compelling on their own, the audience will, in time, adjust. (Of course, I'm paraphrasing what he said, but you get the idea).

And he wonders why Y&R won't return his calls anymore, lol.

I don't remember Tom Verica being on the show either! Forgive me, y'all, but I think that man is so hot, lol! IIRC, Debi Mazar and Alan Rosenberg played the same characters on "L.A. Law" that they had played previously on "Civil Wars," a legal drama series (created by "L.A. Law"'s final showrunner, William M. Finkelstein; and co-EP'ed by Bochco) that ran for two seasons on ABC. Being the Bochco semi-fanatic* that I am, I watched CW as well as "L.A. Law," and I gotta tell ya: even back then, I thought it was weird and wrong to see two characters from one failed show being shoehorned onto another, dying show. Especially because, for all the talent that was BTS at CW - not just Bochco & Finkelstein, but Charles Eglee & Channing Gibson as well - I thought CW was just okay. (*I still can't get into "NYPD Blue." Sorry.)

The fact that many of us here think Bryan Craig returning as Morgan to GH remains a real possibility should prove to anyone that GH and Frank Valentini are trash.

Yeah, but then you'd have to deal with their sweaty b.o., lol. In his heart of hearts, Ron Carlivati wants Leo in a love triangle with Brady and Xander. He just hasn't found a way to make that happen (...yet).

As a rule, I don't argue with anyone on social media, regardless of their politics, unless they call me or anyone else out of their names.

Thanks for the tag, @soapfan770! Whenever KNOTS LANDING was done for the summer, I'd switch over to "L.A. Law" and watch some of what I had missed throughout the season. For the most part, I thought "L.A. Law" was well-done, but I definitely agree with those who feel David E. Kelley's leaving for "Picket Fences" really hurt the show.

IA that Erica was self-destructive. Nevertheless, I do think it was admirable how she never let anything get in her way of becoming someone important (even if the means she used weren't always the best, lol).

Fantastic! SaBa wasn't a perfect show, but when it was "on," it was "ON!".

Frank will just bring him back as yet another, new character.

No doubt about it, 1984/85 was the season of Cosby and Lansbury, lol.

Which is what I say about everything that has happened on DAYS since at least 1993, lol.

I believe it was Bruce Barry, but I could be wrong about that. Deas took the GL role, so he could stay home with his sons and allow his wife (Margaret Colin) the freedom to take more jobs that were outside of NYC.

IIRC, though, Kate Collins didn't really want the part. She had made up her mind already to leave AMC and NYC behind and relocate to Chicago to be with her now-husband. So, I'm guessing it was more or less her agent or rep who put her up to reading for Mindy.

I've always said that it was a shame that Kathleen Turner had left the show already when Alec Baldwin joined. I feel like his Billy and her Nola would have been FIRE together.

From what I recall from my childhood, AMC used to do this as well. I always love the fact that they didn't ignore or forget that Margo once was James' mistress. I mean, that had nothing to do with Barbara going after Tom, but Marland was smart to have Margo mention that when she confronted Barbara.

You think Ann Hamilton and Barbara Crampton weren't suited to playing Mindy? I still SMH over reading in SOD that Kate Collins (ex-Natalie/Janet, AMC) had read for the role shortly after leaving her show, lol.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: at this point, after everything (and everyone) that Sonny has been through, reuniting him with Brenda is the only thing that makes even a little bit of sense. I won't put too much stock into anything Sam told Carly or anyone else, because I'm 99.99% sure her attitude will change as soon as Korte's solo material begins airing. (They really should rename this show "Carly & Company" and be done with it.)

Has any other soap ever put out feelers for VM through her reps? I definitely see her doing well on either Bell soap.

Oh, well. I'm sure Josh Griffith has a call into Roger Howarth even as we speak.

Even my own mother, who swears she ain't a Trump supporter, even though I know damn well she is, is sick and tired of all the Trump coverage, which says a lot.

That pilot MUST have been for FOX, lol. Poor Christine Ebersole. Before "Bob Hearts Abishola" - which, for the record, I thought had its' moments - the closest she had ever come to achieving any success in TV was on SNL. When I was a kid, I loved watching her and Barnard Hughes on "The Cavanaughs," because the father-daughter chemistry felt so real, but aside from the amazing cast, that show had so-so writing and very erratic scheduling.

So, "Ted Kubiak" is a real person and not just someone using a baseball player's name as their pseudonym, lol?

"Arley Beaulac" must be one of the most unfortunate names ever given to a baby on any soap. Even AMC always sent its' characters off to Seattle or to California, lol.

I guess that's because GAC, Hallmark Channel and Lifetime Movie Network keep her so darn busy, lol?