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You're welcome. David Selby was ready to take his talents elsewhere. I didn't get the impression that he was phoning it in and riding out his contract though. Sheri Anderson started the dust off of The Sound of Music which lasted the whole season. Did the writers really think that 25 years later (going by real time) nobody would notice?

Marcy Walker turned down B&B for GL. I don't think she would have fared any better on B&B, as their cast at that time had too many females in her age range (early 30s) and not enough storyline to go around. Also Fall 1993 Bill Bell passed the reins to Bradley so Marcy Walker dodged a bullet in not having to deal with Bradley writing for her.

Krista Tesreau original recipe Mindy was a spoiled brat/daddy's little princess and Roger would not have taken that version of Mindy seriously. Kimberley Simms Mindy initially had some remnants of spoiled brat/daddy's little princess but her Mindy grew up and matured. Roger/Mindy was more torrid than icky. Despite the initial torridness of their pairing (affair with business rival's daughter), I believe Roger did love Mindy. They wouldn't have worked as a long-term couple because the specter of Roger's feelings for Holly would be lingering in the background. Kimberley Simms credited the Roger/Mindy storyline for her growing as an actress and Mindy growing as a character. She also said that storyline allowed the audience to see MZ as a romantic leading man and not just a villain.

@DRW50 Thank you for the info re Dallas reruns. I wonder if there were any CBS affiliates that aired Dallas reruns head-to-head vs. Oprah. We know Fall 1986 Oprah going national changed the broadcast syndication game.

Dallas final four seasons overlapped with CBS primetime third place mess era. 1987/88 goes off the rails in the aftermath of Pamela disappearance. Nielsen people meters wreak havoc. CBS primetime drops to third place. 1988/89 effectively over with Sue Ellen departure. This was the writer's strike delayed season and the after effects were felt throughout. 1989/90 and 1990/91 waste of time. Regularly losing the the time slot. Was Dallas still in broadcast syndication in the late 1980s and early 1990s? As far as cable broadcasts, I don't remember when the TNT reruns were but I remember the TNN reruns around 1996, 1997.

In EB's book he acknowledged the beef w/ PB but didn't go into details. I got the impression EB was regretful of it. This 1991 interview was before the fight and EB didn't seem to have any issues w/ PB.

Hayley all about the come up in the vein of Brenda Dickson original recipe Jill Foster, and also Brooke Logan.

The Ridge/Thorne/Caroline/Brooke quad got derailed with the Thorne recast, Joanna Johnson announcing her departure, and KKL real-life pregnancy. Thus Bill Bell had Ridge/Caroline marry and set up Thorne/Macy and Eric/Brooke.

Taylor Swift scoring her 15th #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 moves her past Rihanna and Drake and places her third behind The Beatles and Mariah Carey. It took Taylor Swift 13 years 292 days to reach 15 #1s on the Billboard Hot 100 (We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (September 1, 2012) to I Knew It, I Knew You (June 20, 2026)). In comparison, it took Mariah Carey 9 years 199 days to reach 15 #1s on the Billboard Hot 100 (Vision of Love (August 4, 1990) to Thank God I Found You (February 19, 2000)).

Based on that, the article must be from 1986. We know that 1986 Y&R moved past All My Children for 2nd, 1988 tied General Hospital for #1, 1989 moved past General Hospital for #1.

Pretty much all of JG's storylines have been wash, rinse, repeat.

Sixteen months since BtG began and Alex Alegria still can't act.

Joanna Johnson return was December 1991, so almost a year and a half later. Her second departure was Spring 1994 (can't remember the exact month off hand).

For those of us that grew up in the 1980s, this is so accurate https://www.tiktok.com/@thechampizhere21/photo/7650798558425156894?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7651835525938464277

Leslie called Andre Dani's Boy Toy Snack and also called him Chocolate Morsel.

Joanna Johnson announced her departure in December 1989 and it was to be at the end of her initial contract in March 1990, but it ended up being four months later in July 1990. I think some soap names thrown around in the soap press as a potential Caroline recast were Genie Francis and Tonja Walker but I could be mistaken. My theory is that Bill Bell realized he rushed into recasting Y&R Ashley (Eileen Davidson didn't get a proper exit storyline and Brenda Epperson floundered for her first six months) so he decided to kill off Caroline and replace her role on the show with Taylor. Caroline death was sad but Joanna Johnson was irreplaceable. She was so natural and real in the role. In the grand scheme of things it was probably for the best that she left. I shudder at the thought of Bradley writing for Caroline. It all worked out in the end as Joanna Johnson went on to have success in her post-B&B writing and directing career.

MTS didn't mention anything about BD in her book from what I remember. She acknowledged the beef w/ JC but didn't delve into details about it. As for MTS being a queen bee, here's an example. MTS served up some queen bee attitude in her segment. I can only imagine how she behaved at the CBS after party.

I say Ed Scott. He has always given me s--- disturber vibes.

Charles Scott, Johnny Rourke, Jill's descent into madness are the storylines that made Knots Landing go off the rails for me.

Of CB's original run, I've accepted we probably won't see anything from 1977 and 1978, and 1979-1984 is spotty. GL had two show-defining villains with MZ Roger and CB Alan and those who got to see Roger vs. Alan 1977-1980 were most fortunate. Sadly so little of the 1977-1980 Roger vs. Alan storylines are out there. It's unfortunate that due to real-life circumstances we didn't get MZ Roger vs. CB Alan in the late 1980s/early 1990s. Something I just realized is that almost a decade separates each of the passings of CB (June 14, 1989), MZ (December 6, 1998), BM (May 2, 2008).

I once read that the difference between New York soaps and Los Angeles soaps was that the New York soaps were all about the theater and the Los Angeles soaps were all about the looks. Maybe that applied in the 1970s but not so much in the 1980s and 1990s.

Robert Newman returned November 1986. Maybe Kyle as well. Larkin Malloy departure 1987 but I don't know the exact month.

Sheri Anderson run on GL was November 1986 to July 1987. From the ratings, Pamela Long could not return fast enough.

Earlier in this thread @soapfan770 posted a 1989 Sheri Anderson interview. Link to save digging https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/37232-falcon-crest/page/73/#findComment-2029187

So in your opinion, the 1970s were the peak of daytime dramas and the decline began in the 1980s? From a ratings perspective, I say the real issues began in the late 1980s with Nielsen people meters and the writers strike, and everything culminated in the aftermath of OJ.