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I’d love to see him with real writing.

Is he related to Bill as was speculated when he was named “Hamilton”? Really, Bryton should be moved permanently to BTG.

Thanks for responding. It’s funny: I agree that BC is way out of his element, but what’s funny is that he could conceivably cobble together a winning reel for the Daytime Emmys. Which shows how much that system is broken.

Keemo was killed off screen to reintroduce Diane, and his daughter Allie barely registered. Granted, they never gave a sh!t about him in the first place outside of the original retcon story. But it’s a joke at this point. Nate had a brother for two seconds.

And I’m genuinely interested. Not challenging it.

That is a BOLD statement. Just curious about your take.

The Bell soaps are so embarrassing. Thanks to all doing the yeoman’s work of watching this trash and reporting back.

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Folks are getting up outta here:

Thanks so much for this! I’ll look. The vast majority of his clips from ATWT appear to be with Margaret Colin, so I’d love to see how he fit within the canvas overall. And, yes, with Helen Wagner. Would be fascinated by what she made of his Tasmanian Devil energy.

Do any clips exist of Justin Deas’s Tom and Lisa together? I may have asked this before, but it’s been a while, and lots of new clips have been added. Just would love to see how their chemistry worked, and I’ve never seen him in the “son” role. Speaking of JD, I’m wishing him the best in his cancer fight.

Ted exists to be a useful idiot. He’s a one-dimensional, stock soap character. He’ll probably be a corpse before the year is over with. Or at least should be, the way he’s written.

I agree. A completely different kind of bad, but bad nonetheless. I do wonder what a JG/RC combo would look like.

This is concerning: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/skydance-paramount-fcc-cbs-news-ombudsman-media-bias-1236326955/

I’m just looking at what’s happening in late night right now, with Colbert’s show ending (beyond the Trump/merger approval factor—it’s well established the show was bleeding tens of millions of dollars), the late-late shows getting axed, Seth Meyers losing his band, and Fallon, Kimmel, and others cutting down to four nights a week. Seems like a sign that the networks are bracing for further contraction. If this holds, it could eventually reach other dayparts too, including daytime. With younger audiences barely acknowledging the broadcast networks outside of live events and ad dollars shrinking, the incentives now point toward fewer originals, lower costs, and tighter schedules. Beyond the Gates didn’t lose much steam during that rerun week. There was some dip, but nothing dramatic. That alone makes the idea worth considering. Still, we’re creatures of habit, and soaps are built on consistency. If too many days go by without new episodes, people fill the gap with something else. The older viewers—the ones who watch every day—would notice and complain. I see a lot of comments from people who live alone and treat these shows as part of their daily routine, like checking in with family. Even the ones who say Y&R is mind-numbingly boring still tune in because it’s familiar. A primetime-style schedule wouldn’t hold up for this audience. You’d also run into trouble on the production side. If you cut down the episode count, actors and writers may start picking up other projects. That’s when you lose people. Slowly at first, but permanently.

Steffy Forrester and her blink-and-you-missed-it, Emmy-bait drug addiction storyline on B&B, for one. Would be good for MVJ not to emulate her former boss.

It really does feel very 2016. These are HUGE, genre-defining icons leaving us.

Ok, that’s legit shocking. Omg.

The original.

Anita is so full of it. I’m glad Nicole is pushing back on that nonsense. I hope this doesn’t become more about Nicole’s continued anger towards Ted (his withholding the information and his involvement in the cover-up) than establishing her relationship with Martin. These family relationships matter more than plot.

I was coming here to say the same thing. A missed opportunity to show the mother/son dynamics we’ve been denied for five months.

Exactly. It happens to the best of them: