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Are you talking about "Women of the House"? Oh, that show was so painful to watch. There was absolutely no chemistry among Burke and her co-stars (Teri Garr, Patricia Heaton, Valerie Mahaffey (who had replaced Julie Hagerty, who returned only to quit and be replaced AGAIN by Mahaffey), and that godawful Lisa Rieffel); and the "Women in Film" episode, which featured cameos from a bunch of actresses playing themselves (including, I think, Deidre Hall), was probably Linda Bloodworth-Thomason at her most strident. It's interesting that CBS picked up ITHOTN, given how Carroll O'Connor swore never to work for the network again after they had cancelled "Archie Bunker's Place" without giving them an opportunity to do a true series finale. And all I can say about "The Golden Palace" at this point is that NBC was smart not to guarantee a full-season pickup for the show. Without Bea Arthur as Dorothy, the show just didn't stand a chance.

Don't get me wrong, I'm always fascinated by stories that pit mother against daughter for the same guy, because I've always believed that most mothers and daughters are competitive with each other by nature. But, something about the Michael/Kimberley/Rae triangle in particular always struck me as being a little TOO tawdry, especially for Claire Labine and Paul Avila Mayer.

Interesting! Well, you know how I feel: any combination of characters killed off would be fine with me. Aside from Doug, John, Julie and Marlena, everyone on this show is expendable now. And I mean everyone.

Is that really Sarah's only purpose on this show? To walk around Salem and have people inject her with [!@#$%^&*]? I totally wish Sarah was faking her insanity and that she has an ulterior motive or two up her sleeve where Gwen is concerned.

I don't think she did. But she should have! I could see her coming aboard DYNASTY, for example, as some long-ago love of Blake's, with love child in tow.

Yeah, I'm with you, @Paul Raven. They'll probably have Victoria develop amnesia as a result of the accident. She won't remember all the terrible things that Ashland did to undermine her and her family's business. And everyone will agree that reminding her of the truth will only hamper her recovery. So...sigh...Ashland will get his opportunity to win back Victoria's love. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if it all ends with another, damn Newman spawn, lol. I don't blame MTS for checking out at this point. She probably doesn't even need the paycheck. She's just there, because it gives her something to do in between trips to Rodeo Drive. Even better, after Rey and Chelsea do the do, they are stabbed to death in their sleep by the Genoa City Slasher.

I've just plain given up hope that we'll ever do anything about the gun epidemic in this country. That's all.

Must be Chanel's hoodrat alter-ego.

For sure, Bill and Lee Philip Bell envisioned B&B as a legacy that could be handed down to their children, free from network or sponsor interference. Did he turn over the reigns sooner than expected? It's possible.

True. I mean, you could send a serial killer, a natural disaster AND a deadly virus all to Port Charles, and that still would leave about 300 people in GH's cast. (Have we talked before about how ridiculously large GH's cast is?)

Which proves Sally is dumber than a bag of hair. And Adam wondering whether he is a horrible person after all is like Blanche Devereaux on "The Golden Girls" wondering if Rose is right about her being self-centered. It's a mysterious individual who turns out to be the REAL Ashland Locke! (I'm kidding, I haven't a clue what she's talking about.)

I stand by one of my original ideas for the twist: pull back the curtain, so to speak, reveal that what we've been watching since March 23, 1987 is, in fact, a daytime soap opera called THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; and then reboot B&B as a daytime drama that takes place entirely behind the scenes of a long-running daytime drama (also called B&B). We know KKL is good (well, mostly good) at playing Brooke Forrester, but how good is she at playing KKL, who plays Brooke Forrester on TV?

Agree.

True. But, which would you rather watch: Val struggling with body dysmorphia, or Val struggling with a "brain virus"?

Oh. It's you again.

In a way, I think it would have been better for DYNASTY's costume department to buy off-the-rack, since I'm not exactly a Nolan Miller fan, lol.

You know, I wonder whether Julia Roberts still watches DAYS. (Presuming, of course, she's ever really watched DAYS, lol.)

Agreed!

Relax, Sable, Cousin Alexis isn't after your costume jewelry.

Which, to me, was unfortunate, in retrospect. Before "C.S.I." (and "Survivor" and "Big Brother"), CBS had a long-standing reputation as a network for shows that appealed largely to women, going all the way back to "I Love Lucy." I mean, when you think about all the female actors and characters who have helped shape the modern television landscape, the majority of them, I would say, came largely from CBS shows. With the success of "C.S.I." and others, however, it seemed as if the tide began to turn AGAINST women at the network, to the point where Les Moonves felt entitled to remold CBS itself into this testosterone-driven bastion of white, male toxicity that persists to this day, long after he was officially shown the door. To put it another way: it's hard for me to reconcile the CBS that gave us "C.S.I." and all its' spinoffs with the CBS that gave us Lucy, or "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," or "Murphy Brown." It's like watching two completely different networks. I can't believe that generic-as-[!@#$%^&*] spinoff has lasted as long as DALLAS and KL.

Ah, yes. Matt and Melody Phillips. IIRC, too, Matt and Melody realized how much they still loved each other after she was beaten nearly to death by some dude she was seeing.

OMG, Josh Griffith totally stole my Victoria-in-a-car-accident idea, lol! But seriously. They've written Ashland into a corner.

If Bradley Bell thinks Steffy's amnesia is a big never-before-on-daytime twist, then he's never watched a soap opera in his whole damn life.

LOL! Well, then, who would YOU want this hypothetical "Salem Sniper" to take out?

One thing I would have done differently with Jill's last storyline - and I grant you, it's minor in the scheme of things - but I would have brought back Hunt Block as Peter - still dead, of course, but now as a manifestation of Jill's conscience, plotting and scheming with her, and figuring out the best way to eliminate Val from everyone's lives. That might have made (more) sense. BUT...lol...I would have had Danny and Jill team up at some point. Ben disappears/is presumed dead, and it looks like Gary and Val are about to reunite, which would make Danny and Jill very, very nervous. So, as Jill would say to Danny, "You help me get rid of my problem...and I'll help you take care of yours." Heck, Danny and Jill could have even hooked up a few times, engaging in some hot, sweaty sex, as they plot how to keep the former Mr. and Mrs. Ewing apart for good.