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They actually wrote a musical about Diana Ross?

I think most viewers found the premise (of Nazi treasure being buried on FC's grounds?) to be preposterous; and the casting of Paul Freeman, who played a similarly antagonistic role in "Raiders of the Lost Ark," didn't help matters either.

Or AW, and the one NBC soap that made the rankings is at the very bottom of the list. I'll bet that, aside from GENERATIONS and maybe the game shows, NBC has always had a heckuva time appealing to POC.

My theory: Josh Griffith is aware of Billy's importance to the canvas (at least in CBS and Sony's eyes) and wants to give him/JT more and better story, but either he's at a loss and afraid to admit that the character has been used up and needs a long, perhaps permanent rest* OR all the other ideas he and his team pitched have been rejected by the higher-ups and this (the podcasting business) is the best they can do under the circumstances. But, yeah, the "story" is nonexistent and boring af. (*Yes, I did say kill him off. At the very least, the option should be on the table.)

A polite way of saying, "[!@#$%^&*] you, Chuck!". Seriously, I'm tired of people giving CT more oxygen than he deserves. Shake his dust off your boots, America, and move on.

If our evacuation from Afghanistan had occurred during any other period in our history, maybe - MAYBE - more would have cared. But when you have thousands dying every week during a pandemic that our previous administration could have controlled, if not outright prevented, priorities tend to change. This reminds me of when former AMC/AW/ATWT/GH/OLTL scribe Elizabeth Page wrote an article during a WGA strike detailing all the many hardships she and her family had to endure...like giving up $200 haircuts for the time being. The more money you make, ladies and gentlemen, the more out-of-touch you become with reality. Well, that's one way of looking at it... ...and that's another. Me? I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I don't listen to polls anymore. Period.

God bless Maura West, but she was seriously miscast as Diane. Y&R would have been better off bringing her on as Sharon's long-lost half-sister.

I have learned over the past four (or so) years not to believe one damn thing the polls say.

But one of them will read Addie's letters and believe she's Julie's mom! (Thanks again, Jamey!) Another possibility: John goes on yet another quest to learn his true origins (the [!@#$%^&*] with Robicheaux turns out to have been a deception on Orpheus' part, don't ask me how) and either he's Dickie Martin OR he's Jessica Blake's long-lost, fraternal twin brother (Marie doesn't remember giving birth to twins, Alex stole the boy and sold him to the Alamains, you know the rest).

Don't worry. Josh doesn't read the message boards. The voices in his head tell him it's not a good idea. (I'M KIDDING!)

There's Marlena, of course; and then there's "Harlena," her boozy, trashy alter-ego, who takes control of Marlena's body and who can't get enough of John's -- so much so, in fact, that the poor grandpa literally has a heart attack at one point, and Kristen and "Marlena" have a catfight in the hospital lounge after Kristen accuses her of trying to screw him to death! And then there's "Darlena," who represents the cold, calculating, impersonal side of Marlena's psyche, who's the one to treat patients at UH, and who locks Belle in a secret room (and leaves Shawn once again vulnerable to Jan) once Belle realizes her mom is mentally ill.

And just like that, GH became the show with the most cast members in the history of television.

When I read that "Chad's plan backfires," I seriously thought it was going to be one of those scenarios where Chad and Will make love in the dark, not realizing that they're both making love to the wrong guy.

Yeah, Bobby/Patrick Duffy didn't do it for me either. Then again, I don't think any actor from the nighttime soaps ever did it for me, lol.

The only thing I remember about Courtney is her eating disorder.

For sure, I think Cole, Maggie and Melissa all should have made it to the end. Chase should have been there, too, even if he would have "turned heel" at some point. Conversely, I think Vickie was never going to work, no matter how many times they brought back, or how many different actresses played her, lol. I remember reading that as well. Viewers didn't like the Nazi treasure storyline, so the show's producers had to cut everything short (or shorter than planned) and bring on Anne Archer and Celeste Holm instead. Personally, I think that storyline, and not the Nazi stuff, was the show's best, but I'm sure I'm in the minority on that one, lol.

One sentence: Marlena has D.I.D.

I would agree that there was a lot of turnover among FC's cast, with Jane Wyman, Lorenzo Lamas and David Selby (even though I don't think he was on the show until S2?) being the only real constants.

I still remember Terry's last words: "Richard? Richard? WHAT ABOUT ME!?" What ABOUT you, Terry? What, Richard's just supposed to forget about his defenseless, infant son and protect you instead? Girl, bye!

You know you're a bad bitch when even ten blows to the back of your head with a rock can't kill you.

Word.

Leo "absolutely wants" to be engaged to Craig, yet he's also willing to jump into bed and jump Chad (or any other man)? Call me crazy, but the little man in my stomach tells me Leo has an ulterior motive in hooking up with Craig.

@Darn is right: Y&R could ignore Diane's "death" altogether, and literally no one would care.

One thing's for sure: whether or not Clarence himself was an active participant in "Textgate '22," Ginni has become a serious liability to her already ethically challenged husband. This might not end with Clarence retiring or stepping down from SCOTUS, but it definitely brings controversy to the judicial branch of our government at a moment in its' history when more controversy was the absolute, very last thing it needed. (Seriously, Clarence, it's time to dump that hillbilly b***h.)