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Man, this is one long-ass nap Eric is taking. Dylan & Will have good chemistry. It's been ages since there's been a decent under-25 pairing on this show. Maybe not since Liam was introduced 15+ years ago.

What is it about playing Luke or Laura's secret bastard that makes an actor want to change their stage name?

I liked Hope standing up to Steffy. However, the irony was lost on Hope that by supporting Deacon & Taylor, Steffy would be inserted into the one compartment of her life (her relationship with her Dad) that is Steffy-free. The actor playing Deke is fine, but I doubt he was promised anything other than steady work and a cheque when he signed on.

Thanks for confirming! I guess we'll see what happens when (if???) Eric finally wakes up from his nap. I could be wrong but I suspect the Brooke/Katie feud will continue for a bit, regardless if Eric goes back. Not that I'd ever bet money on this show not dropping a story quickly.

"Dylan Shaw (Sydney Bullock) confides in Deke Sharpe (Harrison Cone) about Will." LMAO, way to bury the lede. Dylan turning out to be the stripper who cheated on Ivy's sister Jessica would be quite the twist!

Good for Bold and John McCook, who was the focus that week. I don't recall ever seeing the show beating the full hour of Price Is Right in W18-49, let alone being #1 in all of daytime.

A few months ago another poster suggested that Jane could have been cast as Beth instead after Bell secured Flannery. I thought it was a fascinating what-if and would have changed the whole trajectory of the show. Even if she didn't stay beyond her first contract...would there still have been a Sally Spectra a few years later? Did anyone else get the vibe that Storm played Bill like he had more of an interest in Thorne than just as a suitable husband for his daughter? His involvement with Margo seemed more like an arrangement. His flirtations were with women like Stephanie & Donna he probably knew he couldn't form a relationship with. And he owned Stud Magazine!

The Stone storyline gets too much blame for the ratings going down. IMO, the problem was that it overlapped with Monica's story. IIRC, Stone getting his diagnosis happened around the same time as Emily's mom dying. Both stories were well written & acted but running them at the same time was just too much.

I believe he contractually had to write for SB as he was in first position with that show and joined GH after the show was pitched but before it was picked up. In a way, Guza hindered the show before he started as its HW by reviving GH which was shaky from Labine's year. In many markets, both shows aired in the same timeslot. I think you're right about Tomlin's production and the writing being at odds. In the oral history, Pratt mentioned that there was fighting between Tomlin & Guza. Despite some bad acting, IMO Sunset Beach had the best first episode of any new soap I've seen. Guza was smart to focus the first half on Meg coming to town, then introducing some more characters before circling back to her. That said, the wheels came off very quickly before getting better. Or at least more entertaining.

A big problem with Sunset Beach was that its creators seemed to view the show as a burden rather than their baby. Pratt was busy with Melrose Place. Guza (who was the HW at the start) saw the writing on the wall quickly and (smartly) went back to GH in less than 9 months. Didn't he volunteer to walk the plank for its bad ratings? Griffin turned down the chance to become HW. It was too late to save the show, but I enjoyed The City's revamp when they traded Sydney for Tracy. Bringing back Lorraine from Loving and the mob princess were great additions too. Ironically, Passions had the worst ratings debut of all the post-Generations launches by a long shot. But it stayed the course, became the only show to increase its ratings at the 1 year point and was rewarded with the longest run.

Those are good gets! Vivica A. Fox is the only Y&R alumni that I associate more with movies than TV.

It's even the same shot the last RJ had. I think one of the Thomas' had the same one too.

Bill has always been controlling, so I don't see a problem with his micromanaging. It would be nice if that causes organic conflict between him & Katie. If Deke joins Logan, I assume it will be as Eric's apprentice not as a lead designer. Perhaps he'll run Bikini instead? But I suspect Will & Dylan will work there so they can keep running into Electra & RJ.

I agree, the loss of Bold on Thursday most certainly hurt BTG that day. It still would have had an awful week in the demos if Bold had aired that day, but it probably wouldn't have matched (W18-49 - 54%) or set new (W25-54 - below 64%) demo retention lows.

For some reason her friend Steffy, who threw the shower for her, is morphing into Nancy Hughes and strippers would be not appropriate.