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I can't speak for nonCBS shows, but in general, I believe the Friday cliffhanger was more valued in general 30-some years (or more) ago. I can't recall specific climaxes though. I thought Paul shot James in March (for whatever reason). I do believe Marland probably believed on them more than average though. I also believe he pushed the idea of building up the show's anniversary, which may have been unique.

And Holden and Caleb had Julie in common.

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Re : Tom and Margo--I don't know....they all have their time and place. The problem I have with HBS and Holmes is that they both grew stale in the role over time. (I mean by '88, I was begging Barbara to slap the crap out of HBS' sanctimonious face. And Holmes could've been replaced anytime before the turn of the century...) I actually like Dolan the best. Marx as Tom probably had a better range and just "fit" who Tom was as a character the most (if that makes sense).

I don't care why they remembered the Dusty/John connection, all I care about is that John freed Jack from that Horror forever, and gave CarJack their HEA. If John and Margo had any kind of moments during LB's return, they were probably group scenes centered on Chris' surgery. Or bleepin' Katie...because....well, Katie. RME

No to Seth being recast. I love Steve Basset. As a Caleb recast--maybe. But, as I've been told, there were too many Snyders on anyway. Aahhhh...a properly recast Brad? (one who wasn't suddenly younger than Jack) OMG---can you imagine a Brad/Barbara affair with Wally and CZ?? Don't even try selling Brown as Nikki! FCOL, she was supposed to be a decade younger than Jack. And yes. Mr Julie Pinson showed up in ATWT'S last month's creatively cast as some old bf wannabe of Janet's.

Well, aside from the fact Scott Holmes should've be canned, period, Tom was in some kind of weird deSOARSing time warp. He was 35ish from the late 70's to the mid-90s. Um...hell no. Wally would've made a good Scott by then though.

Sounds.. odd. Thx.

LOL...I recollect nothing about a search for Scott. And I only really remember Scott got caught up with Carly/Mike/Ro because in the 40th anniversary montage, Carly is seen threatening Scott. I looked it up, and Wert is like 3 years younger than Breen, but he looked younger than that. Wert just seems to be an odd choice, but them again, ATWT casting was plain not good at the time.

I had no clue Doug Wert was on Broadway or could sing. At the time, he does seem curiously young for the role of Scott.

I was gonna bring up Doug Wert. (My inner Trekker will always respect Wesley Crusher's dad...but...yeah, he's not exactly on any short list of a gotta get actor...lol) But, in his defense, I believe there were two other temp fill ins, (one of whom was Christopher Cass, iirc). I think as it all hit the fan about Breen's HIV, P&G decided it was too hot to handle, and dumped the character. (Much like they were doing or about to do with Zaslow on GL) I forget exactly when this all happened, but as Wert was in the Carly/Mike/Ro story, that was 95-96, during Maura's first stint. ATWT was still in many ways in free fall after Marland's death. I do think that when Perry made her first return (Carly confronted her while pregnant with Parker in Vegas) some brief mention of Scott was made, but when McClain assumed the role, very little of Ro's past was specifically brought up.

I liked the introduction of Scott. But after they dumped Joe Breen, the character completely tanked.

In general, the year end counts are more likely to have the info, some years have them, some dont. Peter Parros' appearances are 11/6 and 11/9. 8/5/09 Michael Woods appearance 10/15/09 seems to be Bonnie's exit. It's also an appearance by Tamara Tunie. 10/27/09 Lynn Herring exit 10/30/09 Judi Evans & Stuart Damon exits 11/16/09 Forbes March (Mason Jarvis) exit

I guess I have a different perspective, as by the time I remember them, Bert and Nancy were definitely more in the grandmotherly/sage advice mode. Other than Y&R, all the CBS shows in my memory were centered on strong matriarchal women. Jo, Van, Bert, Nancy, Kim, Emma, Lucinda, Reva, Stephanie and even Clarissa McCandless.

I never found ATWT "cold." No matter what was going on, there was always a sense of warmth and family.

Notes on appearances: Peter Parros 11/6, 11/9 09 Mark Collier 11/11-12-13 09 Susie Abromheit (Anna Kasnoff, Mike's wife) same as Collier Lesli Kay (returns 11/17/09, exits 8/3/10, returns finale week) Paul Leyden (seen in new footage 11/17/09, first dialogue 11/20, exits 1/18/10) Lonnie Quinn 11-17&18 09 Christopher Durham (Silas Whitman, Molly's married lover) 11-17&18 09 Tom Pelphrey 11/10? 09 exits around 2/14/10 Larry Bryggman returns 8/27/10-- finale Marie Wilson exit 6/29/10 Kathleen Widdoes exit 6/29/10 Mary Beth Evans returns as Sierra around the same time as Sarah Glendaring Billy Warlock exit 8/25/10 Stuart Damon exit 8/25/10 James Rebhorn Anthony Herrera appeared 7/28/10 Terri Garber returned 7/27/10? Judi Evans debut as Maeve 8/27/09 Brolden---in case you're unaware, in the resource section, the atwt cast appearances posts sometimes include final airdates.

Wow...I had completely forgotten this Lilith stuff. 😁 But I agree ---I'm so glad Marland rarely tried to reform his evil characters. Tonio wouldn't have been Tonio if they'd suddenly tried to give him a real conscience.

Don't judge me---he wasn't my favorite guy either---but I've always had a thing for a Scottish brogue. Lol. I could've done without the entire haunted castle aspect thing though. But he was the adventure man--hero of that time.

The Scotland crap was sort of in the original vein of Duncan's stories under Marland, just way WAY stupider. I don't think recast Bonnie did much. Dusty romanced her, they teased something with Holden (before the awful Carly/Holden affair) and she had something going with one of James' henchmen, (who I think turned out to be Jade's father). But they must've cut her loose in late '08 or so.

Sigh, I'm still pissed HB's Craig had completely ruined his relationship with Bryant. He raised Bryant by himself for YEARS while Sierra was running around a revolution being declared dead every couple of months. And the ONE scene I got between Scott and Maura set up a whole new dynamic between Craig and Carly as bitter rivals. I WEEP that that's the one time Carly had a Craig-free life. I couldn't stand Bonnie, but I thought Issac was hot. Maybe Paul Taylor wanted to leave, but they should've offered him at least a slice of the moon for him to stay. I thought he had chem with both Lesli Kay and KMH.

Weren't we discussing Craig whoring his way through town pages back? Stumbled on Lindstrom's start as Craig on youtube. STILL skeeves me out he screwed Dani Andropoulous.

Hunt Block's 10/31/05 "appearance" is a voice over and old head shot reflected in a mirror. 10/02/00 may be Cole Kachelhoffer's debut as Parker.

I had heard something about this. Girl gotta eat. Her days of talking about rabbits are long past....😈😈

I believe Colleen's mother also died this year.

Imdb has it listed from 1982-1985. But they also have him on AMC from 84-85. Then Capitol in 86, and GH in 88. I thought his WT run was only 2 years, actually. I disagree wholeheartedly about Gunnar/Barbara. In some ways, he definitely was the love of Barbara's life. Yes, Hal lasted longer, but I always thought it was the loss of Gunnar that broke her (yes, I know she technically flipped out over Brian...but he'd been the one helping her with Gunnar's death.) Wills are always murky in soapville, but I always thought James craved the power of the name (initially) as much as the fortune. To hand it over to some photographer, was a such an insult as finding out he was born the son of a maid.