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Bridget was great in the Jennifer Finnegan era but to me she's the poster child for a character that needed to be rested/phased out. After the Deacon/Brooke affair she was reduced to being the wet blanket in various love triangles apart from that icky flirtation with Ridge. Her presence with Hope & Deacon on the canvas also ages Brooke & Ridge to their 70s. Unfair to the character perhaps, but the D/B/B triangle was the show's most memorable story of the past 25 years. Being 30 minutes helps but B&B is the best show at phasing out once popular characters that no longer serve a purpose. That said I agree with the previous posters saying Ridge can use a rest - at least for a few months.

AW: Grant & Amanda Morgan & Brett Josie & Ian Matt & Sophia Dennis & Marley The show seemed perfectly happy to park a good portion of the cast in pointless pairings to wait out the end of their contracts in the early/mid 90s.

Cool that it'll be focused on a Black family but I groaned when I read that they'll be wealthy. Was Ryan's Hope 50 years ago the last US soap launched that did NOT center on a rich family?

You're both right actually. Only the final episode of MacGyver aired on a Saturday, following the last episodes of Who's The Boss and Growing Pains.