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LOL!!

Isn't he expected to retire at the end of his current term? If so, that might explain why.

At this point, there's only one way out of this: Lois has DID.

It's MySpace's even more white trash cousin!!

Meaning, of course, Rumble and Truth Social.

To everyone who enjoyed seeing Rena Sofer/Lois back on GH and wanted her to stay:

It's possible Wikipedia isn't wrong in this case, and that Duffy filled in only for one day. But, you know, given that she had just come off of a very successful run on THE DOCTORS, I can't help but wonder if TPTB had her sub for Breech as a sort of test to see whether she could replace her permanently.

Yup! Of course, Frank will try and make the best of what has become a very awkward situation by giving us the hard sell on Carly and nuBrennan. In the end, however, I don't think it'll make a bit of difference. With this last-minute switcheroo, Brennan, along with the planned romance with Carly, is pretty much D.O.A.

I forgot that she filled in as Dorian for a hot minute, lol. And didn't Julia Duffy pitch hit as Karen between Kathy Breech and Judith Light? Does anyone watching back then remember her? What was she like? (Somehow, I can't see Stephanie Vanderkellen as a prostitute, lol).

I'd still love to know whether "Robert Dwyer" and "Robert Cessna," who worked on THE DOCTORS with Douglas Marland, were, in fact, one and the same. And where was Frank Salisbury during this time? Because, I'm really confused as to whether he joined the Dobsons at ATWT, went with Marland to GL, or remained at GH.

Plus, weren't there hopes (however slim) that LOL would be picked up by another network or sold into syndication? If so, then I could understand why the show chose to end on a cliffhanger that wasn't related to Meg and Van.

When even people from the Taliban start to look more progressive than our own president...!

The subject matter was certainly grittier. Angela Lansbury's non-MSW TV projects tended to be more sentimental fare, with her roles in "Lace" and "Rage of Angels: The Story Continues" being possible exceptions.

LOL!! But seriously. It's one thing to leave the show, but to drop out of previously scheduled public events, and on very short notice? Either there's something in Mesure's private life (such as a sick loved one) that needed attending to ASAP, or yet another actor has f'ed up royally BTS. Either way, I'm inclined to think Chris McKenna's just filling in to finish out the storyline and send the character to his watery grave (or, worse, to New Jersey).

By my count, Jessica Fletcher traveled to New Orleans four times; and out of those four, Olivia Cole ("Roots," "The Women of Brewster Place") appeared in three - "Jazz Beat," "Judge Not" and "Big Easy Murder" - as essentially the same character, lol. The music and TV shows are about the only things that I miss about the '80's, lol.

Don't get me wrong, there were instances when incorporating trends into the storytelling actually worked for a soap. For example: when DAYS went all in with the MTV/"Miami Vice" stuff during the run-and-gun '80's. Al Rabin and Shelley Curtis did phenomenal work producing those moments, often outdoing GH, which thought anything could be made better if you edit it like "Saturday Night's Main Event."

Okay, now THAT...? Has me feeling more than a little suspicious, lol.

I agree. Once ratings for AW and TD fell, it was curtains for the NBCD lineup. I don't think NBC was all that invested in TEXAS or GENERATIONS - Brandon Tartikoff might've been high on the latter show, but I don't think anyone else at the network was. Whatever enthusiasm they might've had for SaBa likely evaporated in the wake of all those lawsuits; PASSIONS only ran for as long as it did, IMO, because they were paying JER through their noses and they needed something to fill that time slot; and once SuBe proved to be a non-starter, they pretty much washed their hands of that show, too. The only real successes they've had post-1970's were courtesy of DAYS, which had a resurgence in the next decade. But, as you've said, @kalbir, it all fell apart toward the end; and in the meantime, DAYS turned itself into a completely different show (and would again during the JER era). People like Brian Frons never understand that emulating whatever is "hot" atm just makes you look pathetic and like a poseur. Don't ask AMC to copy whatever SATC is doing, because if viewers want to watch SATC, then that's what they'll watch (God help 'em). Just let AMC be AMC, and the viewers will come.

Well, you can't say Ann Marcus didn't do all she could to save the show, lol. I always feel a twinge of sadness whenever I watch Larry Auerbach walking through the LOL studio for what might have been the last time. He had been an integral part of the show for so many years, through good times and bad. Next to Audrey Peters/Vanessa, he might've been LOL's most consistent, stabilizing "voice."

I realize you can't judge a series from one promo, but this new series feels a little too "Saved by the Bell: the New Class" to me.

Which is tragic, because, for many years, ABC and CBS appeared to be very invested in their soaps. More so, I would say, than NBC, whose interest, IMO, was half-hearted.

Frankly, I think Brennan is a dead-end character and a waste of any actor's time. But, hey, if it helps Chris McKenna get a few paychecks under his belt....!

I'd say EON was the most salvageable at the end of its' run, if only b/c the show was still recognizable. All it might've needed was a stronger HW (or the return of Henry Slesar).

It's funny how some troll on YouTube called MVJ a "bootlicker" and a sellout when YT is nothing BUT bootlickers and sellouts, lol.

They weren't particularly kind to Lucille Wall and her voice either. In Wall's case, however, it's really not her fault. The quality of whatever videotape they had access to for the segment distorted her voice something awful.