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Did Abby love her family (including her late brother's kids)? Absolutely. But, just like with Karen, Abby also had control issues. She just couldn't wrap her head around Olivia being a drug addict, or getting mixed up with men like Peter Hollister or Harold Dyer, so she did what she could to get her daughter back in line.

I definitely agree about the amazing things Ed Scott was able to accomplish at DAYS. Granted, the writing still sucked; but for the first time since the end of Al Rabin's second tenure, DAYS had a showrunner who knew how to make every dollar count on screen.

Paddy Chayefsky tried his best to warn us that the world was no longer divided by nations but by corporations; but in 1976, and for many years afterward, everyone thought he was being hysterical. And now we're all paying the price. The only presidential candidate in my lifetime who, IMO, could communicate to the public the most abstract ideas was Bill Clinton. He is intelligent, but he's also personable, and able to "make it make sense" for the average, low- or no-information voter. Tim Walz is another, plain-spoken fellow, though, who can communicate directly to voters without coming across as either simplistic or patronizing. At the end of the day, however, I don't worry about whether this-or-that candidate can "give good interview." I don't even worry over what promises they make during their campaigns (although, presenting visions and goals to voters is never a bad idea) because I know promising something and actually being able to fulfill that promise are two different things. But I DO worry about whether they have the right qualifications and background for the job - and IMO, Kamala Harris is ready to be president.

IOW, the Beltway media wants to play "Gotcha!" with the Democrats, and for once, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are taking a hard pass.

How many black women (and more than a few black men) will react when they do break out the "sexual chocolate":

Diana's choice to "stand by her man" might seem outrageous, but - and I think @Vee is the one who has argued this in the past - it makes sense if you believe that Diana has always been an awkward and insecure young woman, who now feels like the luckiest girl in the world, because a handsome young man like Chip (seemingly) loves her. Karen, however, can't see the situation from her daughter's perspective because, in her eyes, Diana has so much going for herself, and can do a lot better than some sociopathic con man and murderer.

ICAM.

Many of those pilots sound just plain awful, lol!

I think that was the most honest answer anyone could have given for what, if anything, could have saved SaBa. The truth is, SaBa could have become as good as GL or Y&R was at that time, and it wouldn't have made any difference. I think viewers had given up on SaBa long before the network gave up on it.

I agree that Hogan Sheffer had a very nice team in place when he joined the show. Jeff Beldner, Hal Corley, Carolyn Culliton, Stephen Demorest and others were "leftovers" from previous HW'ing regimes, but they seemed to know how to ground Sheffer's more outlandish ideas in some kind of reality. It was they, and not Sheffer himself, who helped me stick with the show through that period. Once that "brain trust" was broken apart, however, I was pretty much done with ATWT.

ICAM! Compared to DAYS, GH and OLTL, JFP's first year at GL looked spectacular, lol. IIRC, Robert Calhoun didn't raise ATWT's ratings at first either. In fact, even after Douglas Marland returned as HW, the show remained in the middle of the pack. But everyone who was paying attention agreed that ATWT was improving; and, over time, the ratings did rise. So, it's possible the same could've happened for RC over at GL, except he didn't stay long enough for anyone to find out.

All GL needed at that point was a strong EP - and it'd have one with Robert Calhoun.

That reminds me of a story I read once about how Alfred Hitchcock, while collaborating with Ernest Lehman on the script for "North by Northwest," wanted the bad guys who were chasing after Cary Grant's character to try and kill him with a tornado. "But THEY are the ones chasing him," Lehman replied. "How are THEY going to send a tornado to kill him?" It's the same, screwy logic that suggests the WH is deliberately lowering gas and food prices because it's an election year; and no matter how times you remind them that the president has no control over such things, they don't believe you. Honestly, we are such a low-information populace, I wonder sometimes whether democracy is too good for us, lol.

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if Heather Tom takes over the hair and makeup as well, lol. My dream BTG writing staff: MVJ, Susan Dansby, Michelle Patrick and PM.

I think the thing to remember is that every soap goes through growing pains and BTG probably won't be any exception. Like I've said before, unless this show does something really heinous at the start and portrays African-Americans in the worst possible light - which I doubt could happen, given the parties involved - I'll cut the show some slack as it works out the kinks.

I agree. Even if Roman and Marlena never reunited, it just makes sense at this point to rehire Wayne as Roman, simply because I can't see Josh Taylor in a central, patriarch role as I could Drake or Bill Hayes.

But what she really wants to do is produce! I hope not. I really want to see him join Michele Val Jean at BTG.

Frank Valentini hired him, so I'm pretty sure he can't act.

I think if anyone's going to be an Alice-like figure, it'd have to be Julie. There's just no way anyone would accept her with anyone besides Doug.

We can blame Brian Frons for that one, lol!

That's the most feasible option in my head as well. No offense to Josh Taylor, but DAYS needs Roman Brady now more than ever, and he's just not that guy. I say, let JT go (with the option to bring him back later as Chris Kositchek, of course) and beg/plead/cajole Wayne Northrop to return as Roman. In the meantime, give John Black a real send-off and give Marlena an appropriate amount of time to grieve. Then, down the road, test a Roman/Marlena reunion, with the two working out their issues as Marlena gradually accepts John's death.

I'm not surprised that JD Vance agreed with Tim Walz so much and so often. Midwesterners like Walz have this strange ability to help people meet in the middle, lol.

John Amos was treated so much better on the set of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," where he was allowed to portray an actual character (Gordy, the weatherman and NOT the sportscaster, lol) and not a stereotype. Plus, I thought he had terrific chemistry with the entire cast there, including Moore, Ed Asner, Gavin McLeod, Cloris Leachman and Ted Knight. I believe that if Norman Lear had not come knocking with GT, the MTM crew would have upped him to series regular eventually.

That's okay, all the other Aidans only appeared once.

No offense to anyone, but you have to be very secure about who you are as a heterosexual male to dance to that tune while wearing a tank top, lol.