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Maybe, but I think it never was easy to watch WN portray a "bad guy." To me, it was like watching Kevin Costner portray a villain. Both seemed to be innately decent gentlemen who might have flaws, but who never could be nefarious.

ICAM!!

My thoughts, exactly, lol!

Whenever I hear or read about "My Sister Sam," I'm always reminded of Diane English's comments about the show on her Archive of American Television interview. Basically, she took the EP job, because (IIRC) she was under contract to Warner Bros., which produced MSS; and even though she and her team of writers managed to make the show work, they actually were relieved when the show was cancelled, because producing the show was just so arduous. (English alluded to there being a toxic environment on the set. She doesn't name any names, but I kind of suspect Pam Dawber was a source of a lot of the tension).

I'm not sure I should reveal this, but that might have been the point when Claire Labine began to fall asleep during story conferences.

And for all the reasons that "Donna" said, too. There did come a point when DALLAS became repetitive and boring, and when DYNASTY ceased being anything other than camp and parody. But KL kept it as "real" as they could throughout most of its' run, and they never were afraid to evolve or shake up their audience either. Were their tactics successful? Not always. Nevertheless, I appreciated that KL was willing to do whatever it took not to fall into the same traps that DALLAS, DYNASTY and FC did.

Maybe it's because EON was not your average soap, but I found (and still find) Henry Slesar's writing to be so refreshingly ADULT.

No one, really. But it is nice to see Joe Biden thumb his nose a little at the GOP on his way out the door. #smallvictory

Frankly, when I read that Joe Biden had pardoned his son, I cackled. Like you said, @Juliajms, there was a time when I might have questioned his actions. Now, however, I'm just praying Biden can keep this going until Inauguration Day. (Go 'head, Joe, forgive all student debts on your way out, lol!)

Oh, no. Not Wayne, too. Not when we're still trying to process losing Drake. Damn, this one REALLY hurts. RIP, sir, and my condolences to everyone who knew and loved him.

LOL!! Ha! OKC Mayor David Holt is a good guy - I went to school with him all 12 years, consider him a good friend - but that man will hold a press conference/photo op just about anywhere, lol. I still think GL could've made the Peapack model work for them story-wise by having Springfield devastated by some tornado or flood that would explain or justify the less glamorous settings.

Oklahoma is nothing BUT dirt roads; and yet, we still manage to find places to congregate, lol.

When it comes to naming businesses, DAYS is the absolute worst, lol.

Believe me, I hate loose ends, too, lol.

And no one CARES who's revealed as Austin's killer either. I know I don't.

LOL!!

IMO, Maeve Ryan was one of soap's greatest (and most unsung) matriarchs, because she was direct with everyone, but never out of maliciousness, and always from a place of love. And I truly believe that was due to Gallagher herself, someone who did not brook foolishness from anyone. She clearly gave so much of her own inner spark to Maeve; and as a result, I think that's why RH fans love and miss Maeve (and now, Helen) to this day.

Helen Gallagher was a real, one-of-a-kind talent, who imbued RH and Maeve Colleary Ryan with so much spirit and truth, and who really kept that show together when it all had fallen apart. St. Patrick's Day is my favorite day of the year because of her and her annual performances of "Danny Boy" at Ryan's Bar. I will miss both Maeve and Helen always. RIP.

Carly doesn't seem to be the type to have girl BFF's. But that's just me.

I think that was my reaction as well. I wasn't necessarily SAD to see him or Jerry Falwell die, but I wasn't exactly doing the Carlton either. And that's how I feel about Chuck Woolery's passing. I loathed his politics, but I honor his contributions to the game show genre.

Wait, what? CBS is getting rid of PlutoTV? Oh, HELL no!

That's okay, @P.J.. I like to pretend he never wrote for that show myself.

I agree!!

As much as I love Douglas Marland, I think he was asking a lot from GL fans by having Carrie, a relative newcomer, mixed up in so much story. In the time she was on the show, Carrie managed to kill off Diane and Joe, fall in love with and marry Ross, develop DID, sleep with Josh and tank Justin and Jackie's relationship (and if Marland had had his way, Carrie also would've murdered Jackie and then have her alters confess to it at the trial). And that's just what I can recall from off the top of my head. Again, placing Carrie/Jane Elliot in the center of so much action was a HUGE ask. I think we needed at least two years just to get to know Carrie before plunging her into so much drama.

Did CBSD do anything to up their game? Or did the ABC soaps just sort of peter out? In a way, it's fitting for CBS to be the home these days for shows like "NCIS" and "Tracker," to name but two. They're sort of carrying on the tradition created by "Magnum, P.I.," "Simon & Simon" and, to a lesser extent, the original "Equalizer." Again: CBS might be very conservative in terms of their programming, but theirs is a meat-and-potatoes approach that serves their core demographics rather well.