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Hey, I never claimed to have enjoyed the Freilich-produced seasons, lol.

These days, even the 15-minute format would be very appealing on streaming, as you could literally watch an episode (or two) on your phone or watch.

That's it. I'm conducting a seance. Either Bill Bell's ghost comes and saves this show, or NBC cancels it yesterday. Those are my terms.

Not quite. We don't have any intersexed blackmailers getting pregnant by their fathers...yet. LOL!!

Have I missed something? Why is Susan attempting to prove Belle is possessed?

Come back, Dena! All is forgiven!

Now, "Deception Realty" has a nice ring to it, lol.

Please tell me the choice of Clyde's reading material is not Ron Carlivati trying once again to be clever.

You know, it'd be nice if DAYS were to bring back a character viewers actually gave a damn about.

Exactly. FOX never tried developing a daytime soap (outside of TRIBES), because it would have been next to impossible to get the necessary clearances from their local affiliates. They were much better off developing animated shows for the kids coming home from school.

Agree. At the moment, there's nothing wrong with GH's production values. (The sets could be less generic-looking...but I could say that about most shows on television today). The pieces are there for a good show. GH just needs to trim the fat, cast-wise, and bring in a HW who knows how to write more gripping plots. (It says too much that the denouement to the Peter August saga is the most exciting thing to have happened on that show in years.) Oh, and Frank needs to stay the hell out of the writers' room, too.

Moderna needed to wait until a sufficient amount of "darkies" had died.

Which is long enough in Salem to come back from the dead at least three times and become a grandparent, too.

I think Kristen was married to Andre, but so do not quote me on that, lol.

The "mainstream media" only cares about us when...actually, they don't care about us.

More like, brought back by Rolf's serum, brainwashed into believing she was Greta von Amburg, and wearing a Kristen mask.

Sort of. Somerset was a separate town. By the time NBC/P&G expanded AW to 90 minutes, Bay City was conceivably big enough that it could have had each 30-minute block take place in the same city, with maybe 2 or 3 crossover characters to maintain some continuity. And if a major event was to take place - a flood, for example - you could have woven that event into each block as well.

NBC and P&G trusted Pete Lemay and Paul Rauch too much.

NBC tried and tried and TRIED to develop a primetime soap to rival DALLAS and DYNASTY, but I don't think the network ever had the kind of people who could develop and nurture that type of programming. Their execs' forte was clearly sitcoms and "straight" dramas.

The ONLY way I could see a 90-minute soap MAYBE working is if you were to split up those 90 minutes into three 30-minute blocks, with each block focusing on a particular set of characters, but all under the banner of ANOTHER WORLD. Even then, however, you still have the risk of viewers watching only the blocks that interest them and tuning out the rest.

IKR? He's basically saying Philece was a messy b***h.

Actually, @carolineg, if you'll recall, University Hospital was a major focus for DAYS in the early years, with Tom, Bill, Laura, Tommy, Greg and Neil all working there. If anything, returning the focus to the hospital - with characters like that new psychiatrist/love interest for Sarah - would be returning the show to its' roots. And isn't Sarah supposed to be a doctor? But but BUT...I would have the new shrink come from a family where everyone - mother, father, siblings, everyone - has suffered from one form of mental illness or another; a background which explains why he became a psychiatrist/psychologist in the first place. It would be a major stumbling block in his and Sarah's relationship. She wants to have children, but he's afraid he'll pass on whatever mental illness exists within his own family.

"Bloated" doesn't begin to describe the size of GH's cast. I think there were less characters in "War and Remembrance."

And a (male) character who isn't a raging psycho or related to everybody else.

See, this is where I would introduce a new character, a young, male colleague of Marlena's, who succeeds in de-programming Sarenee, or at least assists Marlena in doing so. That way, you set up a potential, new love interest for Sarah who would serve as spoiler for her and Xander.