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TPTB long ago lost sight of the fact that daytime drama was and should be a woman's medium. The day this industry stopped telling stories that empowered women was the day they sealed its' own fate.

If life and our current political situation have taught me anything, it's that white women deep down hate each other and will throw each other under the old bus any chance they get.

I'll say what I said back then: "Since when was Lily a singer?"

Just yesterday, I watched a VSE of "Facts of Life" - IOW, an average episode of FoL - about - you guessed it - teenage drinking. Seriously, what was going on (besides the Reagan-era excess and the need of many to escape from it all) that prompted so much attention to the subject?

IDK whether this qualifies, but... Despite signing her and then-husband Grant Tinker to a deal for her own sitcom, CBS had zero faith that "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" would succeed, largely because Mary would be playing a divorced woman (which was later changed to unmarried, but leaving a live-in boyfriend when he refused to marry her after finishing medical school...because that's less scandalous than divorced, lol?) and they were afraid viewers would think "Laura Petrie" had left Rob. So, they attempted to bury her show on some night - I think Wednesdays? - with the hope that it would die a quick death. Then, Fred Silverman replaced Mike Dann as CBS' programming VP. He watched the MTMS pilot and believed it fitted in with his overall strategy to "de-ruralize" the network's lineup and put on shows that would appeal to more upscale audiences instead. That's when he switched MTMS from its' original night to Saturdays - before the first episode had aired, but weeks after its' original time slot had been announced to the trades, including TV Guide. The rest, as they say, is history.

It is not the responsibility of any employer - and in this case, of GH/ABC's - to keep anyone employed, simply because the employer is afraid the employee will harm either themselves or someone else if/when they are fired. If anything, the employer is just enabling them to continue on with their self-destructive behavior. I'm sorry, Frank, I know your heart's in the right place, but this time, you have no choice. Let. Her. Go.

ICAM!

MBE was good as Sierra...but she wasn't Finn Carter.

IIRC, when Roger first appeared, he was managing some sort of nightclub? And I think @DRW50 is correct: Robert Soderberg and Edith Sommer created Roger. In fact, I think I read somewhere that Roger was envisioned originally as a blonde-haired preppy, lol!

Of course, if "The Mississippi" had been successful following "60 Minutes" on Sunday nights, then there's a chance that "Murder, She Wrote" wouldn't have been picked up, as CBS was desperate to bolster that night's lineup and hit upon the notion of a detective/mystery series only after a couple of Miss Marple movies they had programmed on that night did well.

Chad DiMera, lol. (Yeah, it's time for DAYS to retire some of their families.)

Exactly!

I mean, AMC did a much bigger push for Jenny and Jesse in NYC, and those two weren't even a couple!

It's the kind of story that Bill Bell would've reserved for the summer months on Y&R - something that could begin around Memorial Day, continue on throughout and then be wrapped in time for Labor Day and the kids to return to school; and often, even the victim(s) wouldn't be someone already on the canvas, but maybe a new, short-term character that one Y&R regular (usually Cricket) would befriend.

IA. Soaps, IMO, are built on sibling and other familial rivalries, more so than even couples and supercouples. Family drama is something most of us can relate to.

Frankly, it pisses me off to see so much coverage for Gio/Emma when Frank Valentini and his team practically had to have their children's lives threatened just to get any sort of push for Spencer and Trina.

The media (legacy or otherwise) needs an education on malignant narcissism.

Working on Frank Valentini's GH is like working as a DoorDasher: a good way to pick up a few, quick bucks, lol.

Everyone else has forgotten about those files, why should we be the only ones who still remember, lol?

They're a couple IRL? Oh, that's nice. So, how do we break up Gio and Emma? Because, like hell will I ever support real-life partners (who aren't Bill and Susan Seaforth Hayes) from playing partners on screen as well. That's just asking for trouble.

I don't know whether the administration's latest ploy is working with the general public. I think it's having the same effect that everything else has these days: if you're a Trump supporter, then it's just more grist for the libs-owning mill; and if you're not...? Well, it's not gonna change anyone's minds either way, lol. But you're right about John Fetterman. He played the left, just like Kyrsten Sinema played the left; and now, he's gotta go.

That was my hunch, too, lol. IIRC, Karen Harris still was on social media at the time, saying, "If you thought Guza was too dark, wait 'til you see Garin in charge," or words to that effect. Frankly, I think she was too close to Guza to be objective, because what I saw of Wolf's work wasn't as dark as Guza's. It was just slower and duller. Any time I forget that Jean Passanante (and Shelly Altman) once worked on GH, all I have to do is to remember Tracy's brain-eating bacteria and it's like yesterday once more, lol.

GW's promotion to HW proves @titan1978 's point about JFP and Frons hiring a lackey to keep the show going until what was supposed to be its' cancellation. I still remember reading his interview w/ Michael Logan; and after about the fourth or fifth time he uttered that "Sometimes they come back!" garbage, I think it was clear to Logan and everyone else that he had absolutely no idea at all what to do with anyone on the show.

I'll admit I appreciate ELR for what I call its' "throwback storytelling." The show is a reminder of what you can do with a half-hour comedy when you focus on stories and not just jokes. But do I think it's in the same league as "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "Cheers" or even "I Love Lucy"? No.

Personally, I think the whole thing was staged. It's no secret that Trump's polling numbers are in the toilet. He can't just admit he f'ed up the situation in Iran, so what's he gonna do? Stage another assassination attempt. At best, it'll get the press talking about something other than Iran and our s**tty economy. At worst, it'll gin up the voter base as we head toward midterms.