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Of course, no discussion of USA Original Movies would be complete with THIS gem, featuring Jane Seymour, Barry Bostwick, Chad Allen, John Martin (ex-Jon Russell, OLTL) and Frances Fisher. (Anyone who wears wigs that cheap-looking must be a psycho.):

Every time I hear or see his name, I think, "Wasn't he on 'Dancing with the Stars'?," lol.

BTW, does anyone know who's involved with this project BTS? Were any present or former soap creatives involved?

I still remember when Siskel & Ebert reviewed the movie on their show. IIRC, they spent most of the time questioning who was the movie even made for, lol. It's funny how USA went from being one of the trashiest networks on cable to one of the most earnest (WWE programming notwithstanding), while Lifetime and LMN went from being progressive "women's networks" to the new destination for the most regressive "women-in-peril" movies out there.

I just hope everyone involved knows how to tell a good story, because if this new venture is anything like the other micro-dramas that I've watched with my mom....!

IA. And as I've said before, as long as Y&R's core audience gets their EB/Victor fix, they don't care one whit about the rest of the show being total garbage. The only way that'll change, of course, is the day EB either passes away or retires.

Me neither. Unless CBS/Sony were to pay him serious money and promise in writing that they will not interfere whatsoever with his work, PM's likely done with HW'ing, if not with writing for soaps altogether. At this point, I'd be willing to give even Bob Guza a try. (Again, with the promise of creative autonomy and enough money to make even Scrooge McDuck look broke AF).

If he goes, though, who is there to take over? Is anyone even willing at this point to take over?

If I were HW, WinterFest would've been the culmination of every major storyline over the past year and the kickoff to a major whodunit that would take the show to the next level.

"Look on the bright side," I once said. "At least they're not running a dry cleaner's."

GH must die.

Frankly, I'm not down for a Chase/Willow affair. I am, however, down for a Chase/Drew hookup. ;)

Yep. To paraphrase from Erica Kane: "the hypocrisy could choke a snake." You're not kidding, lol!

Apparently, last year's WinterFest set an extremely low bar, lol.

I don't know what to make of this news.

I remember that movie, lol! BITD, before aiming for respectability, USA used to be a great go-to for trashy movies and TV series. Their original movies, in particular, were cheap and overheated and implausible as hell, but oh so fun to watch.

He's imitating his career after leaving Y&R and KL.

I see where you're coming from, but I'm not sure Val needed a babysitter/talk-to at that point.

Like I always say, you have to fight fire with fire. ;)

I agree. Fourteen seasons of KL was enough. In order to keep the series alive in some fashion, however, I might have tried spinning off the Sumner Group into its' own show. Have Greg die suddenly in the series premiere after marrying Paige, and maybe coax Donna Mills into returning full-time, as Abby steps up her plan to take over TSG and push Paige out in the wake of his passing. In the meantime, the series would revolve the twisted dramas that swirl around TSG and its' many employees, with recurring character Mort Tubor, still clawing his way up the ladder, offering his usual blend of comedic commentary on all the proceedings.

I agree. Granted, I thought Steve was horribly conceived and cast, but there isn't anything that says they couldn't have recast him and then worked on developing him more.

Oh God, no, lol. One thing I did like about the series finale that I would keep in the mythical S15 is Anne, Claudia and Nick all heading off to Monaco. But I might have Anne return right away - and once again, she's broke, thanks to Nick taking her AND Claudia's money and heading off for parts unknown. This time, however, Anne reinvents herself as a businesswoman - a madam, to be precise. ;)

That's precisely where my brain headed, lol. You have Val's father pop up at a very inopportune time; you have Val and Lilimae suspect there might be something wrong with the old coot; you have him finally admit he's dying; and you have Lilimae torn between staying with her estranged husband until the end or accompanying Al to Florida or wherever the hell they ran off to, lol.

I think the producers would've moved heaven and earth to convince her to stay, since she was exactly the sort of young, sultry type who would've kept the younger audiences from tuning out. And I think Michele Lee and Kevin Dobson would've stayed, if only to provide continuity. But the rest of the cast, including Ted Shackelford, probably would've been phased out; and younger characters, played by cheaper actors, would've moved into Seaview Circle as part of CBS and Lorimar's plan to overhaul KL for the '90's.

Which would have been for the best, IMO. If KL had had another season, it would've needed to evolve once more in order to keep up with the changing primetime landscape. In an era where MELROSE PLACE and its' imitators were becoming the "new hotness," as you would say, and with shows like "E.R." and "NYPD Blue" just around the corner, Greg Sumner would've looked like a relic from another, long-forgotten era. It's not dumb - hell, who wouldn't turn to stand-up after living the kind of life Val led? - but the question is, could the very mannered and not-at-all-funny Joan Van Ark have played "Valene Ewing, Standup Comic" without looking like a contestant on "America's Got (No) Talent"? I, for one, would have LOVED to have seen Val reunite with her father (who, in my mind, is played by Ben Johnson), perhaps as a spoiler in Al and Lilimae's brief romance.