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Thanks again @JAS0N47

Please post for The Price is Right: February 1-5, 1982 June 27-July 1, 1983 February 4-8, 1985 These three weeks had CBS soap themed showcases. Thank you.

We didn't see too many 1994-1996 episodes during the classics. I think 1995 was one year that was totally absent.

Wow, this is amazing. You should be knighted 🤗

Sharon/Chance has been building up for a while, so not surprised they hook up. It looks like someone new has to be brought on for Summer.

Yes. Their runs overlapped May 1990 to November 1991. I don't believe so. David was in Nina, Cricket, Danny orbit and Sheila was in Scott, Lauren orbit.

Seasons 2 to 4 I describe as Dallas with grapes/James Bond hybrid. You're three episodes away from Lana Turner return, and that's when the real excitement begins.

So how do we view Cricket/Christine love interests as written by Bill Bell? Danny - Young girl's crush/first love. Phillip III - I'd say he loved Cricket more than she loved him but I could be wrong on that. Paul - Initially a professional relationship and they became friends which then turned into grown adult love. Victor - Might have been but never was (yeah I said it).

It didn't occur to me that James in the dungeon was a response to Reilly's Days. I thought maybe it was Bradley's version of his father's work (Brad in a cage or Michael Scott in the dungeon).

Do we want to see an entire episode celebrating Lauralee Bell 40th anniversary though? Whenever an episode surfaces from Summer 1986 to end of 1989 I skip all the Cricket scenes. Even when I watched that era in real time on school breaks I was like "why is Cricket on all the time?" I will give Lauralee Bell credit for improving as an actress during the Summer 1989 date rape storyline. In the 1990s Bill Bell evolved annoying show-eating Cricket to lawyer heroine Christine and her place in the show was more balanced.

You're welcome @soapfan770 There was a five week break between the last Friday episode (March 16, 1990) and the first Thursday episode (April 26, 1990). Also Dallas was off two of those five weeks (March 23 and April 20) so more like a three week break. Let's not forget the show that owned Thursday 9 pm at that time, Cheers. As for CBS moving the final four episodes to a time slot that had been a dead zone since Fall 1985 instead of letting them be broadcast in their original time, this was the height of CBS primetime third place mess era so it was probably more fill space in the schedule because nothing was working as far as new shows go. CBS primetime was not in a position to have any tank jobs. I got the feeling the final four episodes were refilmed to wrap up the storylines but I might be wrong. The lowest-rated episode of the series was May 3, 1990, Jane Wyman's return episode. It was head-to-head with Cheers season 8 finale. Looking forward to your thoughts on season 6. I describe it as a high-octane action-packed thrill ride, and I found it an improvement over season 5.

Emma was the family candor. She was the only one that could call out her family members on their nonsense and get away with it. Despite her mental illness, she was a lot smarter than her family gave her credit for. Seasons 2 and 3 were the best.

Yes, After seeing that unfold, I was like "I'm totally down for this".

Thanks again @JAS0N47 .

Mid-1990s Nikki was so snooty lady of the manor. She needed to be reminded that she was the OG ho turned housewife.

@JAS0N47 If you don't mind my asking, could you please post Y&R rating for the week of April 9-13, 1984? Thank you.

Yes, I believe it was in the spring. Andrea was playing Patty when Dina arrived in June 1983.

Whenever the Daytime Emmys are going to be held, the In Memoriam segment is going to hit hard.

This is shocking. RIP Andrea Evans and thank you for your contributions to daytime.

@fivethej Nikki/Christine Legal Aid confrontation starts April 22, 1996 and continues on April 23 and 24.

That is wonderful news @JAS0N47. Thanks again for all your hard work in bringing this part of daytime history to the board.

@BoldRestless Thank you for the heads up. Nikki/Christine Legal Aid confrontation is there!

@MichaelGL It's amazing that Potter/Marland GL is holding its own against massive hit/pop culture phenomenon General Hospital. OTOH Y&R is struggling against All My Children. NBC entire network was a mess in the early 1980s. As we all know, NBC would have some signs of life in daytime at the start of supercouple Days in 1983 and recover in primetime Fall 1984 with the premiere of The Cosby Show.

Larry Hagman segment starts at 14:32. CBS broadcast the 1989 Kennedy Center Honors on Friday December 29, 1989. It's quite fitting that Larry Hagman would make an appearance on a CBS special that was broadcast on the last Friday night of the 1980s.

CBS numbers are very up-and-down and it feels odd seeing Y&R out of the Top 5. 1980-1982 was Y&R's surviving era, with the one hour expansion, time slot changes, EP change, cast changes. As we all know, CBS rearranged the soap block on June 8, 1981. It'll be interesting to see how the ratings during the rest of 1980 and the first half of 1981 lead up to the schedule change.