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Nothing malicious, but I suspect the sampling has changed in the new data/panel model that went into effect this season. It could be a more accurate measure than last year, but it doesn't seem like an apples to apples comparison. There's 4 occurrences out 86 of viewership downs year to year during an 8 week span. And 2 of those (versus BTG's first 2 weeks) are exceptional circumstances. I doubt the economy is a big factor, especially since those 55+ are the least affected. Household numbers went down every season during the great recession of 2007-2009. Even during the first weeks of Covid there were shows with YOY loses.

Literally every daytime show up in viewers YOY every week for 2 months is pretty suspect. The only exceptions are 1 week each for TPIR & LMAD, and BTG compared to its first 2 highly sampled weeks.

Given how much the show is trying to erase our memories of Luna implying RJ was a lousy lay, this isn't out of the question.

Daphne telling Ivy to go for RJ was hilarious. She'd probably stop parroting her catchphrase once she got laid.

LMAO, how inconsiderate of Disney to clarify Zhao's schedule before the biggest networking weekend of the year! And the nerve of Disney to put SMG's name out there when she wants to quietly promote what can be her first hit movie in 20+ years. Monsters! Seriously though, I don't think throwing that Hulu executive under the bus while making the Searchlight head look powerless will endear her in the industry.

Good for Bill, Eric deserved to humiliated at the press conference for flaking on Katie and letting Ridge & Brooke clean up his mess rather than manning up and discussing it his sister-in-law himself. I can't say I'm disappointed with Eric going back FC this soon, I don't think there is much to gain in dragging this portion of the story out. It's not like Eric has explosive chemistry with Bill or Katie and we're missing out on tons of great Eric/Katie or Eric/Bill scenes. The meat of this story is Brooke & Katie's feud. Both KKL & Tom have really brought it in their last few confrontations. The writing has been better too. Even though I'm siding with Katie at the moment, I feel like today and last week Brooke had a more believable and sympathetic POV versus a few weeks ago. I agree that Hope & Liam's scenes last week were weak. They should have been Steffy/Liam scenes. It's strange that Steffy is more concerned with staffing FC's most junior positions, but barely has anything to say about the Eric drama. On another note, Crew Morrow has really improved in the last year or so. He was great during his confrontation scenes today. Centering the Gen-Z story on him is smart.

I'm pretty sure JFP wanted to bring Lorna to OLTL as well. Robin Christopher joined the show as her AMC character shortly after Dano started. AW for Soapnet is the only explanation that makes any sense for this rumor. By the time AW ended, it was already in a demo tie with Port Charles, despite the latter show having lower clearances. PC even beat AW's last week in the demos. My theory is that ABC really just wanted Felicia & Lorna to go to OLTL, along with not wanting Tom Eplin join ATWT as his Jake character so they could be the main beneficiary of AW going off the air. I have no inside information on this at all, but my guess is that ABC proposed leasing the rights for the characters & then tried to sweeten the deal with a limited order for an AW continuation on Soapnet. In the end, P&G probably thought that they'd be better off trying to shore up ATWT.

Thank you, I appreciate the explanation. I'm glad she was able to get some fun scenes before she left.

Finn at the 10 minute mark of every episode this year Imgflip

I agree with most of what was said about PC. @Soaplovers was right on the money that it was two disjointed shows slapped together: Lucy/Kevin/Scott and Debbie Morgan babysitting a bunch of newbies. A solution for melding the show together better could have been if DM's character was involved with Scott at the start of the show. I bailed pretty quickly, did she ever get to interact much with the boomers before she bolted? Morgan & Herring might have been good foils for each other. The writing was bad, but the directing was even worse. Everything was so low energy, even Karen stripping to #1 Crush to distract a gunman in the pilot. If ABC went this route, they might as well have gone all-in and made it an ABC super-spinoff, using characters from AMC & OLTL too. That said, it was a success in the ratings. It immediately improved the timeslot when the rest of ABC was falling. Shortly after its first year it started to regularly beat AW in the demos, despite lower clearance. As for hypothetical HWs to start the show, Shonda Rhimes is probably the pick, however unrealistic.

Nice week for BTG. Notable that compared to its premier week (when it had its best demos) it had a better retention in W18-49 than Y&R did for the same week. Just 2% off Y&R's W25-54 YOY retention numbers too. As it stands so far this season, BTG is holding onto 71% of Bold's W25-54 demos & 68% of its W18-49 demos. It was at 83% for both in 2024/25.

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.