Jonathan

I wish the show had brought back Linc to try to rebuild the Tyler family.

I think it was at the Emmys. ETA: Not at the Emmys, but at at RPG's HGTV show premiere. https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/actors-robert-newman-and-susan-lucci-attend-the-spontaneous-news-photo/161394147?uiloc=thumbnail_more_from_this_event_adp

Reason #3 as stated above. Don't ask for details because those are convoluted.

Robert Newman as Caleb Cortlandt. Caleb had potential but was played by a very stiff actor. I remember seeing a photo of La Lucci and Robert together, laughing backstage, and there was definitely chemistry between the two.

I don't know. I feel like Agnes and Claire are almost "too much of a good thing" that it would not work. Incidentally, why didn't Claire's son and or daughter go on to head write any show on their own? Did they not have any interest?

I was also impressed that they remembered the John Remington character. I thought it was weird though that we only got one flashback of him and it was the back of his head. I'm wondering if the show couldn't get the proper clearance to show his likeness (probably because it was an old ABC contract that didn't have those waivers in place at the time).

There's only a handful of ways to write back from the dead stories. Either 1) the person has amnesia 2) has been held captive 3) has to stay away from family in order to "protect" them. The third one is probably the lamest of them all because from a critical reason standpoint, the argument tends to fall apart when you evaluate the claims made by said dead person.

I was confused with the first competition where they were asked which room was the spray can art? There's a sculpture of spray cans on a wall in a hallway, but there is also an image of spray cans in the kitchen.

I'm not sure who put this Agnes Nixon video together and for what occasion, but there are some nice tributes, especially by Susan Lucci. It looks like Susan taped her part on the set of Devious Maids; I remember that dress from the show.

The stage looks great. The house looks amazing. It's too bad they won't have a studio audience. Watching the earlier years when they had no studio audience compared to recent years when they have had one, you can tell there's a huge difference in energy during the live shows.

All Her Children is such a great book. I remember reaching out to Dan Wakefield about 15 years ago (around the time Megan McTavish returned for her last run) asking him if he still watched All My Children. He said he hadn't watched it in years but "might" tune in again to see what was going on.

Hearing about the Who's the Boss revival led me down a rabbit hole of Judith Light videos. Judith's answers in this interview are so thoughtful especially when she talks about the autistic boy at 5:23. You can tell she was appreciative of her time on OLTL.

A La Lucci interview I have never seen! Regis Philbin as guest host on the Late Show with David Letterman.

It's ironic that Nicole Wallace's stock has risen in the last few years on MSNBC. When she was on The View, she was completely underutilized.

Watching this storyline back, Adam is really creepy. Not a "campy" kidnapping storyline (except the bear). Erica mentions pressing charges for attempted rape.

Ah ok makes sense.

Anyone know how / why Marlene McPherson was chosen as the reboot's initial head writer? That seemed like a hiring out of left field. Was she a fan of the show? Did she have a previous working relationship with Ginger Smith, Jeff Kwatinetz, or Rich Frank?

I think it's this interview but for some reason it won't play. https://www.blogtalkradio.com/tolnsoaps/2013/07/12/toln-soaps-live-with-michael-fairman

I don't remember who interviewed here, but it was back in 2013. I'm sure it is in this thread. In the interview she said that she realized that the reboot had a couples problem i.e. Brooke, no Adam; Dixie, no Tad; Zach, no Kendall, etc.

Agree. Again, a homegrown choice. She captured that small town feel of Pine Valley. In listening to one of her podcast interviews, you could tell she was passionate about the show.

Great interview with KLG regarding Regis and the last time she saw him. https://www.today.com/video/kathie-lee-gifford-remembers-regis-philbin-we-never-had-one-cross-word-88335429542

What I hated about McTavish's writing is that she re-wrote history so that characters were instantly related to each other e.g. Greenlee and Jackson, being one example. McTavish bragged about weaving characters and their stories together but it was often forced and not organic. I didn't mind the Culliton era. I've been quite entertained watching past episodes on YouTube. The show was much better when Culliton was writing than when Pratt or Kreizman / Swajeski wrote the show. Looking back, this bothered me a bit. Everyone was instantly in Bianca's business. McTavish was too into her umbrella stories, which I don't think was always necessary. I enjoyed the 80s soaps when there was an "A" story and "B" story and once A concluded B took center stage. Occasionally, stories would cross but they did so organically when it made sense.

Well, JFP did improve the lighting at OLTL. You're probably right. I shudder to think what JFP would have done to All My Children. I mean she did kill off Maureen Bauer, right? Good Lord, she probably would've killed off Erica, Adam, and Brooke!

Very true @DaytimeFan. All the past EPs prior to JHC were homegrown. JHC was an outsider and when she was installed as EP, I had a feeling things were going to go downhill. My gut feeling is that JHC was trying to just keep her job, telling everyone (actors, writers, BF) what they wanted to hear. I loathe managers who do that. I just re-read this article with Marcy Walker where she had it on good authority that JFP was coming over to AMC (I believe this was right after JDB was fired). I don't know if she would have been good or bad for AMC. JFP had a knack for raising the demo ratings, but to what or whose expense? Behr came back as VP overseeing all three ABC shows, so this is true. It's too bad her position was phased out. She would've been so much better than Frons.

A lot of people had that feeling. My guess is that Behr was a better leader overall and had the right balance of creative and managerial skills. Remember, the EPs had to get story approval from the network. Behr strikes me as an EP who went to bat for her writing team and was good at "selling" and persuading the network heads. Yes. She also gave us Fusion and ConFusion..... and the dance marathon that lasted 2 weeks on those sets! I was a little surprised to learn that Broderick was HW for fewer years than MM. Broderick had four stints as HW but cumulatively only served as HW 4-5 years.