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It's so funny that November 1985 Miami Vice blew up in the primetime ratings and that same month Days cashes in on the Miami Vice hype.

Thank you for answering @Donna L. Bridges and @JAS0N47

Thanks for the answer @soapfave06 Another Days question, did Joseph Mascolo depart in 1985 and was John Aniston brought on that year to be the new villain? I know they were both on during the Reilly years.

@soapfave06 Did Days have a storyline in 1985 where they tried to cash in on the Miami Vice hype?

@Soapsuds Also Julianne Moore arrival that same month.

March 1, 1985 Y&R Brent Davis tells Ashley he's her biological father.

The episodes in the ad @Soapsuds posted are from January 8, 1982.

Spring 1985 some good stuff is coming up on Y&R: Ashley parentage reveal, the beginning of the eternal quadrangle. Also we'll start seeing Brenda Dickson becoming way too extra.

January 3, 1985 Y&R Traci performance at empty Torchlight Club. That scene was chosen by Beth Maitland as her most memorable moment for the 50th anniversary clip compilation.

Halfway through the 1980s and the soap tiers are Top tier: General Hospital, All My Children, Y&R Mid tier: Guiding Light, As the World Turns, Days, One Life to Live Bottom Tier: Capitol, Another World, Loving, Santa Barbara, Ryan's Hope, Search for Tomorrow

If Hayley Erin's new character takes off, she could make Summer, Sally, Audra redundant.

@Vee Looking forward to your thoughts on the final 10 episodes of season 6. Those episodes to me were the peak of Knots Landing: Ava Gardner arc, the start of Empire Valley, Val's babies.

No mention of Y&R music is complete without mentioning Whenever this played you knew something dangerous with consequences was about to go down.

1985 we'll see Y&R continue to grow and the start of Marland-era As the World Turns.

Yes to all of this. I loved when Mamie told Jill that the $1M Jill gave her was now $10M. Also in the flashback, "that Diane?" was everything.

When Aaron Spelling Ruled Television: An Oral History of Entertainment’s Prolific, Populist Producer – The Hollywood Reporter Candy Spelling confirms what I've long suspected, that Brandon Stoddard wanted the Spelling shows gone from ABC.

Ryan's Hope run was 13 1/2 years. Loving run was 12 years. They were ABC's longest-running soaps other than their big three.

Agree. Ronn Moss acting got progressively worse during the 1990s. SOD had Caroline's death and widower Ridge in their Worst of 1990. The write ups are here Classic Soap Opera Digest News on Tumblr - #Best & Worst

Y&R Eric Braeden was initially three months, then Bill Bell changed the storyline, and the rest is history.

Dallas has a masculine energy that can be very off-putting, especially when viewed through a 2023 lens. All 1980s primetime soaps have to be watched with the mindset that they are products of their time and a lot of things are not going to hold up well by today's standards.

1986 Y&R moved past All My Children for 2nd. All My Children had tough head-to-head competition in 1986: second half of Y&R, first half of Marland era As the World Turns, supercouple era Days.

@JoeCool CBS's June 8, 1981 move of Y&R to 12:30 pm ET lead to it becoming a killer show that destroyed every soap in its path: Ryan's Hope, Loving, The City, Port Charles on ABC. The Doctors, Search for Tomorrow, Generations on NBC.

October 8, 1984: ABC moves Ryan's Hope to noon ET and Loving to 12:30 pm ET.

Maybe because Hotel was the lead out from Dynasty and it was a bit more soapier with its storylines than The Love Boat.

Y&R tied for #1! Putting Victor in the Abbott orbit is paying off.