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Except, I think Rachel was more vulnerable, because her father had abandoned her and Ada. She did some terrible things when she was young, but you understood that she did them because, to her, achieving social status gave her the kind of security she had lacked while growing up.

No Labels is political Amway.

So, Curtis can really walk? Wow. If that won't piss off folks, lol.

I agree!

Wagger is so wrong for not filling Jason in on their previous history.

Why? It's not like he's enrolled at the University of Phoenix or anything. Besides, if he never came back to daytime, he'd likely make about the same amount of money working ten days on one of those dreadful Lifetime Movie Network flicks (with such crazy titles as "Carpool Nightmare" or "The Wrong Mail Carrier") as he would working an entire month on DAYS, lol.

For me, Saturday and Sunday afternoons were all about the first-run syndicated shows, like "Mama's Family," or "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," lol. That was my understanding as well - and even then, I thought the concept was rather vague (as pitched) and not sustainable for a one-hour, five-day-a-week program. At best, you could devote a segment one day a week to the latest parenting trends and topics, but making it the actual centerpiece of your show everyday? That is BOUND to get tiresome with viewers, lol.

Like others have said on this thread, I don't envy Korte/Mulcahey their jobs, because there are a LOT of characters and stories to have parse through right now.

I suspect it's because other types of shows are cheaper to produce. But, between the trashy court shows and the trashier talk shows, there's an audience out there that's been primed for drama, lol.

The day that NBCD's decision to hire her came back to bite them was also the day I learned the TRUE definition of "schadenfreude."

Years ago, right after "The View" had taken off, Dick Clark (RIP) produced and hosted a talk show with an all-male panel called "The Other Half." I don't know how long it lasted - a season, maybe? - but I learned a few lessons from that. One lesson was that, contrary to popular belief, women really don't care what men have to say about "the issues" (because, nine times out of ten, what your average man has to say isn't really worth hearing, lol). Another lesson was that IF you are going to produce a talk show with a male point of view, either exclusively or in tandem with a female counterpoint, then you damn well better hire a man or men with some gravitas and not just a bunch of "hot" male celebs who look great on television but who don't have the sense God gave a goose (yep, O'Connell, still looking at you). America called her "the Chenbot" for a reason. Of course, leave it to her to embrace that moniker and become even MORE robotic, IMO, instead of taking the [!@#$%^&*] hint, lol. God knows, too, "The View" has also had its' share of backstage controversies over the years, but it seems like they still know how to produce efficiently most days. "The Talk," on the other hand, always reminds me of a go-cart that just lost all its' wheels on that last banked turn.

I agree. When you hire Jerry O'Connell to be a co-host for your struggling talk show, you've officially run out of options. IMO, "The Talk" has always suffered from a lack of purpose or direction. Even before the show had officially premiered, when Sara Gilbert was pitching it to the press as "'The View' for busy moms," or whatever, I felt the show had no real reason for being on the air except to copycat "The View" and give Julie Chen more exposure. And after about 2,000 revamps, I can safely say that even the network doesn't know at this point what the heck their show is about.

Enter Spinelli's never-before-seen little brother, Darren.

Just remember who called that, okay, lol?

All I remember is that Keith Washington song that was their "love theme," lol.

Meanwhile, Jordan dons yet another new disguise...

And he didn't have to strip down to his jeans, pump iron or pick a Hallmark Mystery movie heroine as his running mate to get there.* (*Although, if I'm being candid, Kamala Harris occasionally reminds me of a supporting character in one of their Christmas movies. You know, the one that's always reminding Candace Danica Lacey how important the office Christmas party is to the company?)

I remember when people were shocked that SSM was succeeding JER as HW at DAYS, and I was like, "If you (still) remember Aunt Mary and the moose head stuffed with diamonds, then you know DAYS is right up Sally's alley, lol." I think hiring Winther helped GENERATIONS greatly, because he zeroed in on the storylines that were working and made some much-needed changes to the cast with AMC vets like Dorothy Lyman, Debbi Morgan and Bob Gentry.

For me, the problem has always been that I am being asked as a viewer to invest myself emotionally in these mobsters, when I know what real-life mobsters do and the impact they have on our communities. Even though Sonny and Jason have been sanitized for our entertainment, that doesn't change the fact that in order for them to appear at all sympathetic to the audience, their adversaries, including those who work in law enforcement, have to be incompetent, psychotic or somehow more amoral than Sonny and Jason are by comparison. I'm not saying GH glamorizes or romanticizes organized crime - although, let's be honest, Sonny and Jason (and Luke) have received more than their fair share of propping over the years - but I do think it's irresponsible for any show not to portray the full reality of organized crime or even show these sociopaths - and that's who and what mobsters are, ladies and gents; they are, at their core, sociopaths - receiving true comeuppance in the form of lengthy imprisonment and/or death. I felt that way when shows like "The Sopranos" were all the rage, and I definitely feel that way in 2024.

They really have put Ava through the old ringer, haven't they, lol? To me, having Ava fall for Sonny as she simultaneously plots to ruin him would be an almost total retread of what happened between him and Claudia, and we all know how THAT turned out. (I just hope there's room enough for two in Claude's grave in the woods, lol.)

IDK if they were there at the beginning, but it would not surprise me to learn they were hired later.

Actually, @DramatistDreamer, I think there were at least three: Frank Dandridge, Judi Ann Mason and, of course, Michele Val Jean.

Better to be thrown under the bus than to be thrown out of the back of an ambulance!

It's possible that Ava and Billy Joel Valentin have separate agendas, but have teamed up to accomplish a mutual goal. But the question is, what happens to their alliance if/when they succeed in neutralizing Sonny?

I'm doing okay, thanks for asking, lol. This news is...interesting. And that's all I'm gonna say, lol.