Faulkner

Ok, that’s a good one. 

There are moments when Spencer kinda looks like DZ/Dante.

Jo Konta got COVID and is also out of the Olympics.

On 7/12/2021 at 12:59 PM, Bright Eyes said:

Finally started watching Schitt's Creek (about to begin Season 5) and I knew it would be funny, but I'm happily surprised to see how much heart the show has as well.

Though David dancing for Patrick at the end of season 4 was so cringe-worthy it made me uncomfortable. 

It’s a really fun show. Sweep-the-Emmys-level good? Eh. But it’s super charming, and I love David’s sweaters. I wasn’t familiar with Annie Murphy before this, but she’s a very pleasant surprise.

I’m finding DAYS (alongside the usual suspects, Y&R and B&B) hard to get through these days. The summer doldrums have arrived.

If these folks don’t see what they have in Trina/Spencer, I feel sorry for them (although I wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t). Lightning in a bottle.

3 minutes ago, xtr said:

I'm loving Spencer and Trina.  Their interactions are very romantic and have very good chemistry. I really liked them up in the tree together.

BH tea for those who watch:

25 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

 

The 2000's were a very unkind time for men's hair and fashion (hell, hair/fashion in general). 

That is very true! A little of a skater/metrosexual/late ‘90s boy-band hangover too. Although I give SC credit for getting his body right. (He’s annoying af on B&B, but he’s extremely attractive.)

Scott Clifton has aged really well. He looked like a zaftig young Ryan Reynolds clone with frosted tips in that old GH clip in the Stuart Damon thread.

31 minutes ago, Cheap21 said:

Shut up Quad. I didnt like how she took control of the reunion as if this was an episode of the cancelled Sister Circle

She always wants to step on Andy’s toes and be a moderator. She tried that with Kenya on WWHL and got gathered for it.

2 minutes ago, KMan101 said:

 

So many actors in that age range who'd be acceptable ...

 

I wish they'd make a call on Jennifer.

Jason Brooks is walking sex (to this day) in a way that few actors can capture, so he’d be ideal, but that would absolutely burn that bridge with Missy Reeves. (I’d suspect that bringing him back, even as a recast, would be enough.)

4 hours ago, Liberty City said:

Haha. A recast Peter Blake with William deVry (ex-Julian, GH; ex-Storm, B&B et al). I do believe he and McClain would have beautiful chemistry.

12 minutes ago, KMan101 said:

 

I'd be open to it for sure. 

Or Ted King maybe. Only if Missy is completely gone and Jason Brooks isn’t a no-no.

Roger Federer is the latest to skip the Olympics, as expected. Says he’s having a knee issue again.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CRRhJdfFBgE/?utm_medium=copy_link

I know Novak has always wanted to win Olympic gold, but I do wonder if he’ll prioritize the U.S. Open knowing how close he is to a CYGS. (Still, only Graf has done the Golden Slam—the four majors in a calendar year, plus Olympic gold.) Federer at least has a gold medal in doubles with Stan.

In today’s Emmy nominations, Pose was nominated for Drama Series and MJ Rodriguez was nominated for Lead Actress in a Drama, the first trans actress ever to do so. @Taoboi

Billy Porter was also nominated for Lead Actor again. The series got nine nominations overall.

7 minutes ago, Cat said:

That doesn't necessarily mean she's going anywhere, though. 

It’ll be interesting to see how things play out for the remainder of the season…

38 minutes ago, Cat said:

People want Leah gone, not her.

Speaking of that…

2 hours ago, Errol said:

Here's the thing. Who are these people? Ya'll never name them. LOL.

BTW, I literally had to add some custom code to the forum due to this thread and others like it because the G monster flagged it for being too much for a *** ed class. Hence why unregistered people can't see any pictures without logging in first. Not sure if anyone knew about that. 

Ah sorry, is it just a photo size issue? We can do social-media embeds if that is ok and reduces the load…

From Miami  

Awww.

Sarah Felder getting canned as Siobhan for not being more conventionally attractive on Ryan’s Hope is the primary example of old.

Emily also seemed so basic and dumbed-down with NL in the role. All of her rough edges had been sanded off. She had no connection to the thoughtful young woman we’d known for years. It was sad to see Labine’s vision for that character undermined in that way.

24 minutes ago, xtr said:

Regarding half hour shows, back in the day Y&R did a good job with the half hour episodes. Their shows were nice and meaty, like that episode someone posted in the classic Y&R thread that showed the Brooks sister and their father coming together at the hospital for their mother. That was a very well done, filling 30 minutes. B&B on the other hand handles their half hour shows very poorly. They focus on the same few people over and over again, and the show feels like empty calories.

In a better world, I generally prefer hour-long shows too, as I love the big-canvas soaps (like Curlee’s GL) that networks can no longer afford. (GH is managing their larger cast relatively decently right now, but they’ve leaned down a bit.) 

I do wonder if Y&R would be better served creatively as a half-hour nowadays, as certainly the current content—which they’ve shown no interest in adjusting, despite wide dissatisfaction from viewers—doesn’t justify a full hour. But it could end up like its sister soap B&B, which hasn’t made good use of its trim runtime in years, as you say. (A 30-minute slot these days also has many more ads than the soaps we had years ago.)

I’m genuinely curious whether or not scaling down could ever be a viable option. Is it just easier to cancel something outright? At least in this country, aside from AW going back from 90 to 60 minutes in 1980 or a show completely rebooting years later (like the online AMC), you just don’t hear of it happening much. 

I know some set-in-their-ways fans would balk, but if offered the choice of a shorter, 30-minute show vs. no show at all, I feel like people would grudgingly come around. I know some posters have envisioned, instead of launching potentially expensive new programming, padding out the gaps with classic soap episodes, but that could be problematic for several reasons (one being that it’ll make it clear to viewers how inferior the current, shallow, low-budget shows are compared to soaps of yore). Plus, I’m not sure how ad sales-friendly it is.

7 weeks! I’ve followed the charts since I was little, but part of me is happy that BTS fans have outsmarted the system, which has always been a load of BS. (Better that fans game the charts than the traditional collusion of radio stations and record companies.)