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4 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

.......... fans have asked "They replaced my soap for this?!"

I find myself saying this very thing every time I accidently land on this when it is on! 

ATWT: Penny, Lisa, Lily and Carly.

Dark Shadows: Victoria, Barnabas and Angelique.

Dallas: J.R., Pamela Barnes Ewing

Knots Landing:  Valene, Abby and Karen

I am watching this show today for the first time in quite a while.

Boring.

This show needs new producers and writers. The first character the new writer creates should be a serial killer. I have never been fans of that type of story but this show needs a jolt.

I blame FMB for the worst recast ever Susan Batten.

I liked Lorraine Broderick as head writer at ATWT. A lot of people don't. I wish she could have stayed longer.

Message boards come and go but SON outlasts them all. I first heard of the Soap Opera Network board on the old WoST board. I like the ratings reports and   the excellent work that Toups does with the behind the scenes databases. A lot has changed in twenty years. My beloved ATWT and GL is gone. If you had told me that twenty years ago I would have told you that you were crazy!

Here's to 20 plus more years!

On 9/2/2021 at 5:33 PM, danfling said:

I only remember the organ accompaniment, but I did not watch the initial episodes.

 

As you probably remember (being an Oakdale lover), As the World Turns switched to orchestrated music, but then suddenly switched to piano music.     Later, the orchestra returned.

I remember the piano music. I liked it.

Is LIAMST the only soap that began with orchestrated music and then switched to organ music? I have heard both but I remember Eddie Layton doing the music at the end of the run on CBS.

No Jean please and I am speaking of someone who struggled to be a fan of ATWT during those last years. I did not like her Y&R either.

Natalie Minardi Slater has been with Y&R for years. Trent Jones is another writer with Y&R connections. They could be paired with Bibel.

As far as a guiding influence: Kay Alden? Jack Smith? Lorraine Broderick? The Cullitons?

I was never a viewer of AMC but I hope that it happens and it is a big success!

That might lead to Oakdale (ATWT) or Springfield (GL). It might convince TPTB that 

there is still life in the daily serial and pump new life (and bigger budgets) into the four 

daily soaps still on the air!

She played Edith (Edie) Hughes, Chris' troubled sister. It was before my time but I  imagine there is someone who can fill us in.

I found this ad in a facebook page .

I grew up watching all CBS soaps. I did watch some of GH ad DAYS but could not get in to them like CBS. I prefer NYC based soaps. Many of their actors were Broadway actors too and they seemed better. I would like to see a return of the NYC soap - specifically ATWT, GL or EON.

Also, there are no writers that can compare to Irna Phillips, Bill Bell, Henry Slesar and Agnes Nixon in the business any more!

Reboot As the World Turns!

Martha Byrne ( Lily, ATWT)

Vivian Gundaker is a good hire for Y and R. I read am article that while she was on ATWT she was the go to person about the history and ,character motivation . Something future writers and producers could have benefitted from!

a SOAP connection, in the early  1970s she played on Love of Life. Her name in those days was Jeanette Dubois.She played Nurse Loretta Allen from 1970 to 1972

I am sorry to hear about his death. He died too young.

His first year was good because he had Carolyn Culliton and some holdovers on the staff. Culliton was replaced  and the holdovers fired and the show went down fast.

i never thought I would stop watching my most favorite show of all time but by cancellation I had just about given up, Thank you Jean,P., Chris P. and Hogan.

He DID have great potential at DAYS. Sorry he wasn’t given a real chance there.

i don’t think he had any effect on Y and R.

Is that the same interview where he claimed he had material for Lisa in the finale but wasn't even able to put it on deleted scenes?

I don't buy any of that. The deleted scenes the show put up all involved younger characters.

Yes.

He was asked about Noelle Beck offering to step aside so that Martha Byrne could come back and give the Holden and Lily fans their happy ending.

Apparently that was true and he wouldn't do it.

I am a Martha fan who never cared for Noelle's portrayal of Lily but that makes me feel better toward her!

Today is the 55th anniversary of my all time favorite show As the World Turns!

I miss it but I am glad for the memories here and on You Tube.

Did any one see the article in CBS~SID featuring Kelly Hensley and Chris Goutman on the show winning the WGA award.

Made me sick! Goutman is so full of it!

One of my favorite shows! I have both seasons on DVD.

This cast works so well together. Truly a good ensemble.

I like Raj and how he can't speak to women unless he is drunk.

Howard tells him he didn't have it bad growing up,his dad is a gynecologist and they had four servants,

He replies "Two of them were children!"

His parents talk to him over the computer and when they want to lecture him they tell him to"take them outside!"

I like that they never show Howard's mother. It is fun imagining what she would look like.

I loved this show! Thanks for the recaps,Paul.

I remember that final cliffhanger well.

I enjoyed seeing Esther Rolle again.

I enjoyed FR better then Dallas and Dynasty.

Dexter

Which movie would you rather see (or see again)

Dark Night or Sex and the City

humid

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