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    GH: January 2024 Discussion Thread

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    On 1/11/2024 at 10:46 PM, vetsoapfan said:

    I legit haven't watched an entire episode of GH in decades, not since Claire Labine left as head scribe. I've seen clips and partial eps here and there, but nothing that satisfied me or made me want to tune back in regularly.

    That being said, I've actually sat down and watched the last few episodes (it helped a lot that so many vets were featured prominently).

    I'm shocked to admit that I was pleased with today's episode (January 11, 2024), and felt it was an honorable and touching send-off to a beloved actress and character.

    And it made me cry. A crusty curmudgeon like me, who hasn't shed a tear over a soap since Maureen Bauer (TGL), and BJ and Stone (GH) died in the 1990s!

    Hell has frozen over, LOL!

    Good job, GH.

    Totally agree and I admit I came in with a lot of skepticism. The way the episode came together was beautifully executed, and the “journalist interview” actually managed to be a smart device. It was like a little self-contained movie. I even teared up when Carly and Felicia found the woman who’d been trafficked. (Talk about making a lot out of a minor character!) Makes you wonder what these people can do with more time, thought, budget, and care, as they managed an episode so powerful even within the limitations of the show.

    I do think GH does tributes to its departed performers well. This was better the Sean/John Reilly tribute, which had a similar feel with the self-contained WSB story with Reilly’s real-life daughter. GH employs these personal touches in these tributes that really resonate deeply.

    Brighton Hertford looks so much like JZ. She’s beautiful. And a fine actress.

    Ryan Carnes really nailed it. He’s the real deal as an actor. I wish they’d find a way to keep him, but then you realize that day-to-day GH is absolutely trash. Love him, but his talents would be wasted.

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    Guiding Light discussion thread

    in DTS: Cancelled Soaps

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    The best of this genre are leaving us so quickly. 
     

     

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    Santa Barbara Discussion Thread

    in DTS: Cancelled Soaps

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    1 hour ago, BetterForgotten said:

    I have not seen an official source, but Michele Val Jean posted on Twitter that Bridget Dobson has passed away.

     

    I was just coming here to see what people were saying because I saw someone post it on IG. What a sad loss to start 2024.

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    Daily Hotness

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    44 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

    He is yummy and so is his bare a$$.

    Like Barry Keoghan, he’s kinda jolie laide (pretty/ugly), as the French say. The body is on point, though.

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    GH: January 2024 Discussion Thread

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    1 hour ago, titan1978 said:

    I actually found the scenes between Carly and Drew to be very superficial. The dialogue is terrible and very cliched. Laura Wright is doing a fine job acting what has been given to her, as she always does. But the words she had to say lack character.

    I appreciate what they are doing. It doesn’t help that I have been watching tons of older Bobbie stuff and what is discussed in the classic thread. I almost wish we would be left with Laura Wright in silence, feeling her emotions while they showed a couple of flashbacks. Because her acting is great, it’s just the lines that are failing them. But letting something breathe is not Frank’s style.

    This is my problem with most of the soaps these days. The dialogue is generic, bland, and dreadful. Agreed on those scenes, especially the relentless ADHD pacing. Why can’t they make exceptions when necessary, even if their “research” shows that modern audiences reach for the remote after so many seconds/minutes? Isn’t this a special enough occasion to break the rule? Frank and team have zero confidence in their viewers.

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    ALL: Soap Stars - Where are they now?

    in Discuss The Soaps

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    Ian Ziering (GL, BH90210) randomly attacked by biker gang in apparent road-rage incident in Los Angeles - video:

     

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    Y&R: December 2023 Episode Rankings and Overall Stats

    in Episode Count Archive

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    What are they even doing with Brytni Sarpy?

    2022’s rankings for comparison

    Overall 2022 Rankings:
    1.) Mark Grossman (Adam Newman) : 147
    2.) Joshua Morrow (Nick Newman) : 142
    3.) Amelia Heinle (Victoria Newman) : 137
    4.) Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott) : 129
    5.) Courtney Hope (Sally Spectra) : 120 
    6.) Eric Braeden (Victor Newman) : 118
    7.) Jason Thompson (Billy Abbott) : 115
    8.) Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki Newman) : 112
    9.) Michelle Stafford (Phyllis Summers) : 111
    10.) Susan Walters (Diane Jenkins) : 107
    11.) Melissa Claire Egan (Chelsea Lawson) : 96
    *.) Christel Khalil (Lily Winters) : 96
    13.) Bryton James (Devon Hamilton) : 95
    14.) Sharon Case (Sharon Rosales) : 93
    15.) Sean Dominic (Nate Hastings) : 83
    16.) Connor Floyd (Phillip "Chance" Chancellor IV) : 82
    17.) Melissa Ordway (Abby Newman Abbott-Chancellor) : 75
    18.) Michael Mealor (Kyle Abbott) : 73
    19.) Allison Lanier (Summer Newman) : 71
    *.) Robert Newman (Ashland Locke) : 71
    21.) Rory Gibson (Noah Newman) : 68
    22.) Brytni Sarpy (Elena Dawson) : 57
    23.) Kelsey Wang (Allie Nguyen) : 56
    24.) Camryn Grimes (Mariah Copeland) : 53
    *.) Elizabeth Hendrickson (Chloe Mitchell) : 53
    26.) Mishael Morgan (Amanda Sinclair) : 52
    27.) Cait Fairbanks (Tessa Porter) : 47
    28.) Eileen Davidson (Ashley Abbott) : 38
    29.) Beth Maitland (Traci Abbott) : 37
    30.) Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin) : 34
    31.) Trevor St. John (Tucker McCall) : 32
    32.) Tracey Bregman (Lauren Fenmore Baldwin) : 26
    33.) Reylynn Caster (Faith Newman) : 22
    34.) Jordi Vilasuso (Rey Rosales) : 21
    35.) Judah Mackey (Connor Newman) : 20 
    36.) Zuleyka Silver (Audra Charles) : 17
    *.) Leigh -Ann Rose (Imani Benedict) : 17
    38.) Michael Graziadei (Daniel Romalotti) : 14
    *.) Greg Rikaart (Kevin Fisher) : 14
    40.) Richard Burgi (Ashland Locke) : 12
    41.) Jess Walton (Jill Abbott) : 11
    42.) Paxton Mishkind (Johnny Abbott) : 9
    43.) Jacob Aaron Gaines (Moses Winters) : 8
    44.) Lauralee Bell (Christine Williams) : 7
    *.)     Denise Boutte (Imani Benedict) : 7
    46.) Kate Linder (Esther Valentine) : 6
    47.) Sean Kanan (Deacon Sharpe) : 3
    *.) Michael Damian (Danny Romalotti) : 3
    49.) Judith Chapman (Gloria Fisher) : 2
    50.) Hunter King (Summer Newman) : 1

     

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    Y&R: December 2023 Discussion Thread

    in Discussion Thread Archive

    Posted · Edited by Faulkner

    I just saw the Nikki/Jordan scene and was left feeling underwhelmed, as it all seemed beyond lazy and formulaic. Janice Ferri Esser has watched too way many bad hostage movies and cribbed a lot of that cliché dialogue. The expository scenes at the ranch with the Newmans were kinda mind-numbing.

    Nikki’s “drunk acting” was a bit overdone. I really wanted to see the Clash of the Titans, but Nikki bobbing and weaving and slurring ruined that opportunity. And Nikki not grabbing the gun when she knocked Jordan out… my God.

    I love CZ, but Jordan is such a sketchily, poorly written character, and her hamminess is very grating. At least with Barbara on ATWT, even though she sometimes went over-the-top during the Sheffer years, she had a substantial backstory to support her performance.

     

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