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Good point. And I actually kind of forgot about Miller/Boyett being involved tbh lol. Obviously between NBC, Lorimar, Miller/Boyett, and then Harper and her husband there was definitely way too many cooks in the kitchen here involved.

The show when it was Valerie had moved to a very disastrous timeslot on Sunday nights in the fall of ‘86 before moving back to Monday nights in the spring. I’ll have take some time to articulate my thoughts on Valerie Harper and her time with the Hogans lol later @DRW50 @Khan @Soapsuds @kalbir Despite me knocking it over the years as so cheesy it was probably actually my favorite of all those 80’s family sitcoms (they didn’t have Jason Bateman lol) and I think Sandy Duncan was a better fit (but Josh Taylor…really?) And I watched Rich’s death from AIDS in real time…was that the first time “a very special episode” killed off a main (or was) character in such a shocking manner? I didn’t realize it never got a DVD release which is weird because I remember it being heavily syndicated and then airing on PAX and ABC Family even in the early-mid 00’s. I do wonder how Valerie Harper felt after doing her infamous victory dance interview following winning her lawsuit that CBS cancelled her Spring 1990 sitcom City that aired opposite of The Hogan Family (very successful start but quickly collapsed) yet picked up the Hogan Family for the fall.

Appreciate the insight and details as always @dc11786 as Days was in such a transitional mess at that time. I don’t even remember Max interacting with Adriana 1.0–the show had known Brooks was leaving for months for Blue Mountain State. That sounds reminiscent of how the show quickly paired up Max and Mimi for Mimi’s last 3 months even though Fath’s exit was also well known in advance.

Thanks @DRW50!!! Dallas had struggled there too. Hotel absolutely flopped in that slot as did Twin Peaks. Yet then Sisters ran comfortably for 6 seasons in that slot. I suppose networks should have had a lot to patience and been okay with loyal but middle of the pack ratings instead of thinking for some break out top 10 hit for a Saturday night soap.

The show made its debut exactly 40 years ago today! It originally aired on Sat March 1 1986 squeezed in the 8:30/7:30 Slot between Facts of Life and The Golden Girls and then assumed it’s regular timeslot on Monday 3/3/86 behind You Again?, which had its own series debut on Thurs 2/27/86 in Family Ties’ regular spot.

Yet the actor in question still had a far more successful career than Wings Hauser ever did 🤣 Idk, I think the problem with Greg was between the inconsistent casting the character wasn’t too far different that any other male characters on Y&R. I feel Greg’s place was quickly taken by Brock, followed by Steven Williams and then by the time Greg left we had Andy. Maybe if Greg had been a more nefarious conniving figure it might had worked out.

LOL I’ve been kind of hate watching B&B again. Although it’s refreshing to see something different, stuff like Electra ordering Dylan to her room, Dylan eating pizza from the trash, and the Vine finally becoming and evil fungus by hiding a letter like it’s 1986 and not 2026 and then trying to threaten the perfume sniffer it’s just hysterical bad camp to me 🤣

Same page here too! LOL. As for B&B…IT’S NOT PROPER!!! (in an Australian accent)🤣🤣🤣🤣

Same lol. I had enjoyed Ramsey’s work on GL before that too despite the uneven writing (a story about pirated CD’s 😂). I remember there a proposed Chris & Wyatt spinoff that was rumored for a couple years but I think it was just a rumor. I also recall WB/CW nixing the idea because it was too similar to Supernatural. Thanks. I definitely remember Stephanie being trapped in the morgue with a shirtless JKJ Phillip fighting off Owen saving the days. I recall Owen had also locked up Brady and Melanie in the Kiriakis family crypt as well. Not going to lie Days randomly bringing back Owen Kent 17 years later just reeks of an Carlivati move lol.

Well this is completely random at least to me lol although I do remember the original storyline. @Soapsuds @dc11786 @carolineg Didn’t Gordon Thomson come on the show as Owen’s dad too? I remember some folks jockeying for Wes Ramsey to be the next big thing back in the mid 00’s between Latter Days and his role on Charmed but nothing substantial ever materialized.

Same I lost interest in him years ago. After Heroes I know Ryan Murphy had a hard on for him for a few years but even that seems to have dissipated.

Thanks @Paul Raven for the details on FC. Odd to know that CBS scheduled new episodes on holidays like Christmas and NYE. I believe Knots also had new eps air on Thanksgiving New Year’s Day as well. Then again, perhaps for some watching FC on Christmas was perhaps a nice excuse/escape from real family chaos lol.

Thanks for sharing your memories!! A shame Executive Suite failed the way it did because it sounds so good/interesting to me at least. Strange thing is that aired on CBS on Friday nights—just 3 years later Dallas would be dominating in the same timeslot.

Thanks for the tag as well @DRW50 !! Such an ambitious undertaking on the half of CBS yet it also seems doomed to fail mainly because of the high brow nature. And thanks @Franko and @Vee for mentioning Kathryn Walker in Special Bulletin lol. When I first saw that movie as a kid I actually thought she was a legitimate news anchor cast for the movie lol. @dc11786 Wow thanks for the detailed information and insight always appreciate posts! Does anyone know if anything for the Executive Suite TV series from 1976 has ever surfaced as well? That’s always been the one soap attempt I would have liked to have seen (along with maybe W.E.B.)

Thanks @kalbir ! I assume this was the first time a new episode of FC fell out of the Top 30? There were a couple other lower rated episodes though I remember you sharing. Here FC comes dangerously close to being tied with The Colby’s, who had a stronger showing here than I would have expected. I remember that Golden Girls episode—Blanche oblivious to sexual harassment while didn’t Dorothy get arrested for scalping concert tickets lol? Was a good character building episode for Blanche imo. Michael Landon wrote and directed both episodes at a time when his personal life was very in chaos and turmoil. The Sylvia episodes definitely have some controversy surrounding them over how dark they were. That said, give me “Good night John Boy!” over LHOTP all day long lol. Re: Brady Brides. I feel like this concept worked as a good idea for a TV movie with the Brady Girls Get Married but as a series, eh no. At the time there was renewed interest in TV by way of TV movie—I mean how just how many Gilligan’s Island reunion movies were there with a different actress playing Ginger each time? Of course it wouldn’t be the last time The Brady’s would be attempted to be revived either.