Khan

Like sands through the hourglass....

All I can say is, thank God for "Frasier."

My personal choice for a Hope recast -- provided, of course, Elvera Roussel wasn't up for returning -- was Marcia McCabe (ex-Sunny, SFT; ex-Alicia, OLTL).

Agree. I applaud Y&R for resisting doing a serial killer storyline for so long, but...it's time.

ICAM. Watching the promo, I don't feel swept up in the romance of the moment. Instead, I feel like ordering pizza.

I wouldn't be surprised if she did.

Even now, with his career and reputation remaining in shambles, Joss seems too quick to deflect responsibility, blaming others for misunderstanding his intent...or his pain. Joss Whedon can politely FOAD.

In my mind, Neil DID reconcile with Liz; and he and Noelle supported her in her new career as a cruise ship entertainer. IA about Don/JA. It's a shame he's been forgotten, and that DAYS never even tried to bring him back, especially once SANTA BARBARA was finished.

Same!! Again: same!!

#Karmasabitch

True dat. Oh, Gawd, I still get hives thinking 'bout all those endless (and mindless) "Friends" clones.

Unfortunately, the networks saw all that and came to the (very wrong) conclusion that ALL sitcom characters had to be that venal. As you can tell, I've never been a "Seinfeld" fan. To me, the characters (and actors) were all off-putting, and the scenes were so short, and the stories so convoluted, that they left little room for character exploration.

If anything, I'd sooner believe that Sami, as played by Ali Sweeney, was, in fact, a closeted lesbian.

DW suffered an almost perfect storm of death knells in its' last season. In addition to the time slot change, there was lingering backlash to Jean Smart's departure and Julia Duffy's casting as Delta Burke's replacement, additional backlash to the final year's piss-poor changes to the cast (Duffy out, Judith Ivey and Sheryl Lee Ralph in), and an overall sense that, with Linda Bloodworth-Thomason no longer running the show on a day-to-day basis, the quality of the writing had fallen to frightening lows, with some truly bizarre changes to the remaining characters (Julia, Mary Jo, Anthony and even Bernice). In retrospect, between the declines of both DW and "The Golden Girls," it really felt like the end of an era for series with large gay followings. "Seinfeld" also proves correct the theory that audience familiarity plays the largest part in any, long-running show's success, as the general consensus is that the quality of the show suffered when Larry David left as showrunner.

Lucas Horton would be a smart choice only if you accept that Bryan Dattilo is irreplaceable, which I do not.

I doubt it. Frankly, in order for shows like "Caroline in the City" and "Suddenly Susan" to have been successful elsewhere on the lineup, they would have first needed to bring up the level of writing to that of "Frasier" or "Seinfeld." But that was never going to happen when all the producers and network saw was that the shows were retaining a sizable enough portion of the audience from their lead-ins. (Never mind that that had more to do with viewers' laziness than the shows' actual quality.) Which says so much about this country that...never mind, that's for another thread.

It counts, although the deck was stacked against Travis, thanks to some really atrocious writing.

And I'm sure Melissa Reeves would agree.

Poor Iris. As far as anyone knows, she's still languishing in prison.

True, Emily Benson wasn't some innocent bystander. Nevertheless, murder is murder, regardless of the person BEING murdered.

Exactly. But, you're basing that on your feelings toward Michael Damian and not on anything that Bill Bell actually built into the character. Was MD ever convincing in Danny's relationships with Christine or Phyllis (or Patty or Traci or Lauren)? No. However, Bell never intended for us to think it was because Danny was actually gay.

Agree. For example: I could buy Esther (also on Y&R) being a lesbian, since I don't think the show has ever explored her beyond her being Kay's longtime maid and confidante (ONS with Tiny, the Plumber notwithstanding). And I could buy her gradually developing an unrequited love for Jill. But if you told me that Jill decided one afternoon to reciprocate Esther's feelings.... ETA: Never mind, I forget about Esther's ill-fated relationship with Mark Haining's character.

Whatever it is, I just pray it has nothing at all to do with the never-ending Possession 2.0 saga.