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By and large, women aren't going to forget how SCOTUS reversed their reproductive rights. That's going to influence how they vote - not just in this election year, but many others to come.

DAYS succeeded in making Shane and Kimberly's daughter such a repugnant piece of trash that I actually pray this will be the last we ever see of Jeannie Theresa.

I'd be okay with bringing Duncan Eric back from the dead, but only if it's made clear that Duncan (or whatever name he'd be known as by that point) was raised in a good home by loving parents. I think that would be more interesting to write for and to watch than to suggest the poor lad was abused all his life by folks who were total scum.

I think one of the biggest reasons why soaps remain an endangered species is because TPTB refuse to allow characters to mature anymore. They don't seem to understand that watching characters in their 50s, 60s and 70s do the same, stupid [!@#$%^&*] that they did when they were in their 20s and 30s just doesn't appeal to the average viewer.

Erika Slezak echoes your sentiment in her Archive of American Television interview, @Paul Raven. IIRC, she tells the interviewer (and the viewers who download the interview) how upset it makes her to hear people denigrate acting on soaps, when - as she puts it - it isn't easy work to do, and that many from film/theater have tried to do it and couldn't. (IIRC, too, even her own father said doing a three-day stint on OLTL as her godfather was his most terrifying experience as a performer, lol).

Texas is like my home state (OK): in both cases, you're fighting against generations of deeply ingrained, ultra-conservative thinking from people who resent liberals, whom they perceive as looking down at them. More often than not, they'll knowingly vote against their own interests, because it's more important to them to put liberals in their places. (As I've said before in this thread, Democrats do pretty well in OKC and Tulsa, but once we head into the smaller towns, we're officially dead in the water. I suspect a similar scenario always happens in TX as well.) I'm not saying liberals can't make inroads in TX and "turn TX blue," but I think it'd take a different sort of strategy than what most left-leaning politicians are used to.

I feel like that's where Ed Scott could make the most difference. We know budgets aren't what they used to be, but a smaller budget is no excuse for scenes that just lay there on the screen, with no dramatic or visual appeal whatsoever. If anything, not having the money you used to should force you to be more creative in that aspect, if only to distract the audience from the rest of the shitty production values, lol.

Kamala Harris isn't just running against Donald Trump, she's getting inside his head. THAT is how the game is played. I am, too. I'm waiting for that moment when he turns even on his own followers, and no one, not even the NYT, can bail him out.

They were recurring, so they count, lol.

I believe so, @applcin. It's weird how most of the MTMS cast (minus Ted Knight) lived for so long; and then, in the span of a few years, they all passed away.

Of course, there's still my "Keith Barron comes back from the dead (as a homeless person)" storyline idea in my back pocket.

Jamey Giddens.

That's true. I also think - and I might have said this in the past - that those who've tried to revive or reboot DS really didn't understand that part of the original series' appeal was seeing just how long Dan Curtis and his team could keep the crazy train going before it all fell gloriously apart. They always attempt to revive the whole Collins family saga with clear-eyed maturity instead of just going for it, lol.

That's a tough question to answer, since I think SFT's canvas was so damaged at the end (much like how I think DAYS' canvas is damaged today). Naturally, Jo and Stu would have remained the show's center. (There'd especially be a cute, little storyline for Jo, who'd decide at her age to go to college, lol.) For sure, I would've phased out the McClearys, minus Hogan. To me, they always came across as RH rejects, completely changing (in tandem with the Kendalls) the tenor of the show. Casting Jacqueline Schulz as Patti screwed up a lot of timelines - with Patti now in the same age range as Liza and Sunny, for example - but on the other hand, I think she and David Forsyth worked very well together. Ideally, I would've coaxed Millee Taggart into returning as Janet, if only on a recurring basis. I'd also recast Liza, as I think Louan Gideon was just too wan for the role. (In a perfect world, either Sherry Mathis or Meg Bennett would have agreed to come back, but probably not, lol). Of course, I'd keep Marcia McCabe on the show. I'm likely biased, since she's been one of my faves for many years, but I think if anyone could have taken Mary Stuart's place as SFT's tentpole matriarch once Stuart either passed away or retired, it was McCabe. On the other hand, I'm not sure what I'd do with Lee Godart's Bela. I'd probably write a storyline where Sunny discovers she's pregnant - she wasn't infertile, was she, lol? - but Bela dips, because he isn't interested in being a dad. Sunny herself might deliberate over whether to abort the baby; eventually, however, she'd decide to raise the baby on her own. Beyond that...? Well, I would have LOVED to have introduced (maybe through Hogan and Patti?) an African-American family to the canvas. And I would have loved to have introduced a new, young troublemaker in the form of Travis Sentell's long-lost illegitimate son from a relationship he had before meeting Liza. He would've become very attached to Liza and to his half-brother, Tourneur. He also would've stirred up a lot of trouble by becoming involved with both Estelle and T.R.

I agree. Stories on TLB and "Fantasy Island" could be poignant at times, but "Hotel" really brought the drama, lol.

It's just sad that I live in a state that's been a lock for the Republicans since dinosaurs roamed the earth.

I'm with @JaneAusten: the so-called "Kennedy mystique" is an antiquated notion. They might have been on the right side of history when it counted, but at the end of the day, they're still an embodiment of white privilege and toxic masculinity.

I think the same goes for shows with cult followings, such as DS and PASSIONS.

Wait a second, is that "Dainty June" Havoc in a cheap wig and Rhoda scarf, lol? The cast are doing their best, but it's clear SFT is on borrowed time. David Lawrence was a very weak EP, IMO, who was hired solely to turn out the lights for the last time.

So long as the opening ain't as bad as this, I'll be happy:

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why you should never, ever marry your boss. IDC how well Y&R was doing in the ratings. When Ed and Melody married, someone at Sony or CBS should have made the decision to have Ed leave the show.

She references the movie "Broadcast News," which was released in 1987. Is it possible she's talking about my beloved Larkin Malloy (ex-Travis Montgomery)?

That's perhaps the most ironic part of the MSM's relationship with Donald Trump: no matter how much they attempt to tip the scales of this election in his favor, they refuse to see just how vulnerable they would be in a second Trump administration.

My philosophy this election season is simple: ignore the polls. Even when the polls say we (Democrats) are ahead, ignore them. Just pretend we still are way behind and then do whatever we need to do to keep the pressure on our opponents. Oh, and never, ever trust the media, under any circumstances, lol.

Keep in mind, sports fans, Ed Scott's coming back, but as SENIOR producer, not as an EP. There's only so much he'll be able to do on the creative front, but if he can somehow improve the show visually and aesthetically, then I'll take that as a win.