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It's been said before, but I think it bears repeating: most younger viewers don't necessarily watch soaps (or didn't, in years past) for the teens and young adults. It's nice that they're there, if only because so much of storytelling is built upon generational conflicts. At the end of the day, however, younger viewers tune in, because they like the older characters more, and they use them as models for how they'll live their own lives as they grow older.

The Lechowicks had Val go crazy for one reason and one reason only: so that they could delay Gary and Val's reunion just that much longer (with their getting remarried on the 300th episode also on the agenda). Now, far be it from me not to want to tease out a romantic reunion for as long as possible, but there definitely were better, more logical ways of doing it than giving "poor Val" a "brain virus," lol.

Same here. It's just so fascinating to me how AL really seemed to come together (for the most part, minus some obvious missteps) after a turbulent early period. It makes you wonder just how much farther the show could've gone had CBN not given up on it.

I agree!!

It's funny how Sherlock Holmes has inspired various writers over the years to write "spinoff" stories involving Watson, Moriarty and (I think) even Inspector Lestrade. I mean, who's next? Does Mrs. Hudson get her own series of stories as well, lol?

TBH, I'd have to agree with TV Guide, or whoever printed that article: the Gustav Riebmann arc was pretty far-fetched. On the other hand, it probably looks like kid's stuff when you compare it to the Thirteen, lol.

I still hate how William Russ was dismissed from Y&R (as the original Tucker) for Stephen Nichols. I think he would've done so much more with that role than either Nichols or Trevor St. John could.

I think that might be because the first five seasons tend to be in the same vein as "Taxi". Characters are more layered and lend themselves more to pathos. By contrast, the latter seasons are more farcical, with characters being flattened out and reduced to one or two, easily identifiable traits that lend themselves better to gags. Of course, there will always be that contingent of fans who prefer the latter seasons for the simple fact that they find Diane to be the most annoying creature alive, lol.

I believe it was, but don't quote me on that, lol.

I can't remember: didn't she (Linda) die in that plane crash?

Same here. She was part of that amazing team who elevated Y&R's already stellar scripts and made the show look cinematic and classy.

Apologies to everyone if this has been posted already: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/heather-hill-dead-young-and-restless-1236400529/

Tonight, on a very special episode of "Family Still Matters"....

Hey, maybe there's an opening on BTG's writing staff?

Well, I've been saying that our current administration (and the majority of this country) want us all to return to the '80's. Michael Damian and his new single are just another step in that direction.

LOL! Oh, FFS. I thought we were past the days of Danny Romalotti, the Singing Aqua-Net Can.

He and Stephen likely were arguing about politics.

IMO, "Frasier" represents the end of the era of four-camera, half-hour comedies that were made for intelligent adults who appreciated being treated as if they had actual brains. It's also the last sitcom I can recall that seemed to value story and character development over just plain jokes, an affliction that has come to infect the genre overall in the years since.

AFAIC, "Annie Hall" remains the best romantic comedy ever made; and that's 100% due to Keaton herself. With that one performance, she set a new template for all female comedic leads to follow - someone who could be funny, even quirky, without sacrificing her femininity - and every lady who has appeared in a rom-com since then owes her an enormous debt. She most certainly will be missed.

I thought I was the only one who felt that way about that scene, lol!

I can't imagine it either. Jim could feel guilty all he wanted; the fact remained that he had blackmailed underaged Laura into pornography. That's just a bridge too far in my book. Sadly, I think the next time AMC tried to give Brooke a new beau, it was with the dude who had killed her little girl years ago in a drunk-driving accident. Proof positive that they had no freaking clue what to do anymore with Brooke.

I have to admit that that opening was much better than the one it replaced. Not only did the visuals look cheap and hokey, but the theme song seemed to be the world's longest run-on sentence with no damn point whatsoever.

I still crack up whenever I see "Silk Press Sheila" mentioned in these threads. You know you've done something right when your audience nicknames one or more of your characters almost right away, lol.

Now, that's the DAYS I wish were still around. Simple, and yet very human.

If we've said it once, we've said it a million times: if not for MSW and Angela Lansbury, CBS would've been TOAST.