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They should have announced it at upfronts when NBC and the other traditional networks, streaming channels, and cable had an afternoon or day to promote their programming. Waiting barely a month is crazy, as advertisers would have paid for time on Days on NBC not for local programming or a news show. if advertisers did know surprised it didn’t leak.

If they start charging Comcast people for premium they will lose some of them, as Comcast mentions in their bills how it is a part of the subscription and originally it was added when they dumped other movie stations. They eliminated NBCsportsNet and Olympic Channel too, so a lot less events are available on tv as it is. When it comes to getting rid of recurring younger performers I wonder if this situation was a way to cut the cast and save money. And Corday knew the possibility for some time.

I thought it was interesting as to who was the focus in the last of the episodes…

Did anyone else get these extremely anti Supreme Court decision ads during the show on Peacock?

I wish it had been for Hillary instead of Amanda but glad for the fan shout out.

If you live long enough and your show doesn’t go off the air you get an Emmy? Poor Katherine Kelly Lang…

I forgot that Character I liked Ted in other shows but he wasn’t memorable to me on OLTL… Nice to see acting clips not having for supporting was annoying

When did Ron write for Ted King?

Having a song from 1990, was kind of appropriate for the tribute as many of those people were in daytime when that was a hit.

If they said they could not air anything before the show was HD I could accept that excuse. Music being embedded or being paid for one use is a real thing. That is what happened with WKRP in Cincinnati they didn’t have rights beyond airing on regular tv, and stripping out the music cost a lot, so it took years for them to secure the rights to the majority of the soundtrack.

The in memory of was during the tech Emmy’s that wasn’t really promoted. Again NATAS does something disrespectful considering this event was smaller.

Since this is a standalone episode I do not understand why they keep pushing the date except to not air it on a day with hearings…

I was a it is 1988 and a writing strike so of course it made less sense apologist for Santa Barbara.

Good for the actor Chris and his family moving away as they really could not depend on GH to be their main source of income.

The issue with the Roger return story on GL was The whole time he was on that island wearing the mask. That part of the story was weak, like Blake or anyone else never saw even a photo of Roger like Fletcher the reporter, oh please, and Alex is not that dumb, and it only got really good once everyone was in Springfield.

Betty Rea retired around 1995…she had been in daytime for decades at that point.

Thank you for getting Erika’s statement Errol. SID had quotes from Gina Tognoni, Frank Dicoupolous and Robert Newman https://www.soapsindepth.com/gallery/guiding-light/a-special-tribute-to-soap-star-jerry-verdorn SOD posted a roundup with others already shared and included an email statement from Amanda Setton. https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/stars-react-to-jerry-verdorns-passing/ soapshub had a long statement from Michael O’Leary who found over the phone from Grant Alexander and one from Kim Zimmer in two different articles. Sorry my cut and paste is broken…

Mark Lawson aka Brody on OLTL commented on Bree’s insta no idea how to share that…he mentions the last day of OLTL. There are some who won’t say anything and that is okay as I would rather someone not be forced to comment.

This years in memory of segment is going to be difficult and I hope they don’t screw it up or else they will have a lot of upset viewers. I think and hope we will hear from certain people eventually through others. I could see Kristen posting for her brother and with his own cancer battle… anyway I am expecting to hear from some of the guys at Gl perhaps Courtney Simon will tweet on behalf of Peter as they shared a dressing room for years and irl friends. Betterforgotten that clip today is even more poignant than it was back then…

My favorite scene of Jerry on OLTL was the one that aired on the same day where Erika had lines about being a soap fan from the end of the program. I thought it summed up his career in soaps in a way being about the experience and those important people you meet along the way being important even if over the years the relationship had changed. I didn’t see that as about Clint, and well he had to look away, to compose himself. I don’t know what my favorite Ross scene was, but I appreciate the laughter not that Ross wasn’t a serious character but there were some where you just knew he was having fun whether the material was serious or not.

The web soaps having to compete against the shows with prime time people. Guess that free ride so to speak is over…. Having so many shows is a lot but understandable in some ways I wonder how many of them will air and where, or if they will even do a stream…

Greg Rikaart was fine as Kevin though the chipmunk thing is in the same vein as Days now. The pairing with Jana aka Gwen wasn’t bad, all things considered but the amount of successful Y&R couples pales to Days.

Thanks everyone for sharing clips and memories. I am sad about this news, but glad I have a place to discuss this great loss.

Is anyone still interested in this show? They finished all the scenes and the third and final season is in post production as season two is still airing. With it being First Contact Day they spoiled some season three casting. Not sure if I am excited or concerned.

I have to figure out how to use the Gizmoplex code for this one I have been out on Friday nights and haven’t watched yet love when fandoms collide.