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To the tune of Sabrina Carpenter: You'll just have to taste me when he's kissin' you.

I’ve always wanted to see more of her. She was such a promising presence during premiere week.

I agree with this. One huge advantage of BTG is that it’s a new soap: it can be nimble while the legacy soaps are pulling heavy cargo they’re unwilling or unable to offload. I wish BTG took even more advantage of this opportunity. 100 percent. They are shown too much to be so atomized.

I agree, but Ted King has been around the block, and his recent stint at B&B was mostly a huge letdown. Not his fault, but the bloom is a bit off the rose. I would be VERY surprised at Shemar, who could certainly headline a Tyler Perry Netflix movie if he wanted to, but not sure if there’d be that much buzz for TK beyond the diehards. He’s not someone I’d hype up. He feels more like JL and CM. A trusted vet.

Shemar would be a legit game changer. Ted King, not so much.

Nicholas Chavez (ex-Spencer, GH) interviewed about doing Camino Real on stage. Look at how he’s sitting. Link to post if video below doesn’t play.

She looked a mess. KM is stunning enough to pull off a lot of looks, but that isn’t one of them. The music was about as good as I’d expect from a soap. Thankfully, the songs were short, and yes, the staging was good. GH, take notes. Ashley would have been better served if more characters had acknowledged from the beginning that she’s kind of an anal, selfish beeyotch. She’s SO unlikable. What was that ending? I thought maybe something went wrong with my Paramount+. The previews did look promising. I’m on the fence about MG, but I’m looking forward to that Hayley/Dani scene. Jason Graham is kind of a hidden gem as Dr. Doug. I appreciate his more naturalistic delivery.

At a 92Y forum for soap writers (alongside Claire Labine, David Kreizman, and others), I’ll never forget Shelly Altman saying that there was no room in daytime for new writers because the old guard like her would not give up their roles easily. Toodles!

I posted this in the BTG BTS thread, but infamous film critic Armond White gave BTG a rave review in his National Review column. Trigger warning: if you have a low tolerance for right-wing, “anti-woke” rhetoric, beware, but AW always brings some truth bombs:

Yeah, the National Review crowd…

The contrarian, often esoteric, anti-“woke” Armond White has given BTG a rave review, comparing it to Mike Leigh: https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/08/the-secrets-and-truths-of-beyond-the-gates/

I used to not like it because I love Sublime’s original version, which is so weird and great, but I’ve come around on it.

What are some of your faves?

Love “Diet Mountain Dew.” I really miss her work with Emile Haynie and Dan Auerbach as producers. She’s done solid work with Jack Antonoff (like “White Dress”) but her last few albums haven’t had that same oomph and pulse.

I find myself drawn to certain songs of hers. “Brooklyn Baby” is the current track I keep returning to, with its clever self-deprecation, and of course, “West Coast,” which is SO sexy it makes me blush. I dig woozy, nostalgic, erotic sounds, so this hits for me. Anyone else a fan?

It also sucks when you see how much personality a lot of these actors have and Y&R allows them to show so little of it (unless you’re a showboater like La Stafford). But he made the most out of what was a nothing role. They HAVE to stop killing long-term characters for short-term “drama.”

Not sure if IG embeds are working, but this is great. The video itself.

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.