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@Soapsuds John Wesley Shipp got the 1986 Supporting Actor Emmy for that storyline. I remember CBS broadcasting episodes of that storyline as Christmas/New Year's classics in the early 2000s.

Hired on the cheap to fill both the good mother role and family conscience role. It was strategic that a not very physically attractive actress was brought on so as not to take attention away from the show's new pet Kristian Alfonso. Foster mother to two boys who lost their mother in an accident and then is drawn to the boys' father and he to her. That whole storyline was like some sort of dust off of The Sound of Music.

Three out of four shows under Les Moonves watch. We don't know if he had any say in the castings at Lorimar shows or CBS shows but she doesn't strike me as the type of actress he would like.

B&B is in a lull from when Bill Bell passes the reigns to Bradley in 1993 until Fall 1994. All of Bradley's storylines culminate from Fall 1994 through the first half of 1995, then the tanking starts in the second half of 1995. This was the same time frame that Y&R/B&B time slot rival Reilly's Days took off then blew up in the aftermath of OJ and I think that really shook up Y&R/B&B.

Thank you for the correction @YRfan23 I don't know how I missed that Challenger pre-emption. I was going by the date I saw on another site.

Mamie's upcoming return has me remembering her 1999 return. Does anyone recall that she offered Jack some of her money to get Jabot back but Jack refused to take her money? There was a scene during Mamie's 1999 return where Mamie told Jill she spent the entire $1M that Jill gave her but Mamie really turned that $1M into multiple millions, thus offering some of her money to Jack.

Mamie investing in Chancellor-Winters and having corporate battles w/ Jill? I am here for it. If that happens, hopefully Josh Griffith won't bungle the execution.

January 31, 1986 Y&R Nikki tells Victoria the wicked witch bedtime story. MTS 40th anniversary she commented on that scene saying it was worse than she remembered it being and told all mothers out there not to do this. February 18, 1986 Y&R Nikki summons Ashley to the ranch and confronts Ashley about Ashley's involvement with Victor. A pivotal scene in their rivalry.

Gail Kobe/Pamela Long era ends January 1986 and there's turnover in the EP/HW ranks for the rest of the decade. EP: Joe Willmore January 1986-June 1989. Robert Calhoun June 1989-July 1991. HW: Jeff Ryder January 1986. Jeff Ryder/Mary Ryan Munisteri February-September 1986. Mary Ryan Munisteri/Ellen Barrett September 1986. Joseph Manetta October 1986. Joseph Manetta/Sheri Anderson November 1986-July 1987. Pamela Long July 1987-December 1990. Also writer's strike March-August 1988. Somehow GL managed to have enough ratings from 1986-1989 to avoid cancel territory.

1986 we'll also see Capitol losing clearance and the end of Search for Tomorrow. We are some 7 months away from Oprah going national. I think we'll see clearances dropping on the lower rated soaps during the fall.

@Soapsuds Remember too that from September 1985 until B&B premiered the first half of As the World Turns was head-to-head w/ second half of All My Children and supercouple Days. All My Children weakens in 1986 and Y&R overtakes them for 2nd. Days I think will continue to grow. 1986 had some big cast arrivals: Christie Clark, Judi Evans, Mary Beth Evans, Drake Hogestyn, Wally Kurth. As for Guiding Light, Pamela Long departs as HW and there's numerous changes to the writing team, thus the drop. I don't believe GL was in cancel territory in 1986 though.

What to look forward to 1986: Y&R at its zenith during the first half of 1986 with the big storylines culminating. There will be some #1 weeks during the year and Y&R moves up to 2nd in the annual ratings. Marland era As the World Turns starts showing growth.

Plus in that same era (1988-1990) Santa Barbara had a bit of a run at the SOD Awards. I don't think they ever finished higher than 10th in the annual ratings though.

@JoeCool Remember too that 1988 ratings are going to be affected by the Writer's Strike. Y&R becoming #1 was a combination of owning their time slot, having strong lead ins, and holding on to their audience during the Writer's Strike.

@JoeCool From the annual ratings, Y&R moves past All My Children for 2nd in 1986, ties General Hospital for #1 in 1988, and becomes #1 overall in 1989. I know there are some weeks in that time frame where Y&R is #1. Days got to #1 in July 1988 w/ Steve/Kayla wedding.

We're a year away from Oprah going national. It will be interesting to see clearances of the bottom tier soaps at that point.

@lucaslesann23 I saw that. I can't figure out how to link the specific post here but the page is Eric Braeden | Facebook

A few years back I created a thread to remember the work of Daytime Emmy winners that were no longer with us, but that thread is now archived. I'm recreating an updated thread for us to remember their best work. Listed are Daytime Emmy winners no longer with us, in date order of their wins: Macdonald Carey - Lead Actor 1974, 1975 Elizabeth Hubbard - Lead Actress 1974 Larry Haines - Lead Actor 1976; Supporting Actor 1981 Helen Gallagher - Lead Actress 1976, 1977, 1988 Val Dufour - Lead Actor 1977 James Pritchett - Lead Actor 1978 Al Freeman Jr. - Lead Actor 1979 Irene Dailey - Lead Actress 1979 Peter Hansen - Supporting Actor 1979 Douglass Watson - Lead Actor 1980, 1981 Warren Burton - Supporting Actor 1980 Anthony Geary - Lead Actor 1982, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2015 David Lewis - Supporting Actor 1982 Larry Gates - Supporting Actor 1985 David Canary - Lead Actor 1986, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2001 Justin Gocke - Younger Actor 1989 Henry Darrow - Supporting Actor 1990 Bernard Barrow - Supporting Actor 1991 Anne Heche - Younger Actress 1991 Thom Christopher - Supporting Actor 1992 Kristoff St. John - Younger Actor 1992; Supporting Actor 2008 Gerald Anthony - Supporting Actor 1993 Michael Zaslow - Lead Actor 1994 Jerry verDorn - Supporting Actor 1995, 1996 Charles Keating - Lead Actor 1996 Stuart Damon - Supporting Actor 1999 Benjamin Hendrickson - Supporting Actor 2003 Jeanne Cooper - Lead Actress 2008 Billy Miller - Supporting Actor 2010, 2013; Lead Actor 2014 Tyler Christopher - Lead Actor 2016 Marla Adams - Supporting Actress 2021 Sonya Eddy - Supporting Actress 2023

@beebs Bo/Hope wedding was May. John Aniston (RIP) debuted in July. Did Stephen Nichols debut in that same time frame? The next big Days action/adventure storyline that I think will impact the ratings is the Miami Vice homage in November.

That's right, SOD was every two weeks in the 1980s, so there are gaps. Seeing those As the World Turns January-August 1985 ratings, Douglas Marland cannot get there fast enough. When the Fall 1985 ratings are posted, it will be interesting to see the ratings impact of his writing. 1986 and 1987 were the years that show really thrived even though it had strong competition from All My Children, supercouple-era Days, and One Life to Live.

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@MichaelGL From the annual ratings, GL drops each year from 1985 to 1991 but has a bit of an increase in 1992. I was surprised to see the drop in the annual ratings during the Calhoun years so it will be interesting to see that era on a weekly basis.

Wow, this is shocking. RIP.

Fall 1985, Y&R explodes and everything culminates in the first half of 1986. We'll see Y&R move past All My Children for 2nd in 1986. Supercouple-era Days now in the Top 5.