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That resulted in the LOL scene of Brock sneaking a bucket of fried chicken into the house.

I didn't know As the World Turns was exported to Italy. So that's the third country that I'm aware of that As the World Turns was broadcast in; Australia and Netherlands are the other two.

Agree, the Danny concerts were so cringe.

@Soapsuds Yeah, that too.

I'm sure many of us here walked across the stage at our high school graduation to that song

It was mostly the dialog that came across as very PSA.

I believe Jill was alone from when she got exposed by Katherine for seeing both Rex and John at the same time until she was interested in Blade but Blade was drawn to Ashley. In the interim Jill tried to get back with John, that was when she exposed Dina for lying about an illness when Dina was actually broke. Victor/Jill hookup they were both alone (Victor marriage to Ashley ended and Victor tried to reconcile with Nikki but Nikki decided to remain married to Jack as she was pregnant by Jack) and the seeds had been planted earlier (Summer 1989 episodes and in a 1991 episode we saw during the classics they appeared intrigued by each other) but for Victor it was a diversion yet Jill thought she would be the next Mrs. Newman. A Victor/Jill pairing would have been more 1990s business power couple than genuine love. Randy Brooks was gone in the early months of 1994. As we all know, Shemar Moore arrived that spring and when he blew up in popularity, Bill Bell lost interest in Nathan.

Baby Colleen. Olivia pregnant with Nate.

Starts at 18:24. Promo for the last episode of the 1980s. Starts at 11:29. Promo for the first episode of the 1990s. Starts at 11:43. Promo for the finale.

Starts at 2:42. Promo for the last episode of the 1980s. Starts at 44:33. Promo for the first episode of the 1990s. Starts at 2:03. Promo for the finale.

Starts at 18:14. Promo for the last episode of the 1980s. Starts at 11:19. Promo for the first episode of the 1990s. Starts at 8:42. Promo for the finale.

@DramatistDreamer CBS had the best promos BITD.

Two more CBS summer promo songs that I remember. 1986 1987 A Summer 1986 promo for all four soaps was online once but I can't find it anymore and I haven't been able to find any Summer 1987 promos.

Michael Jordan Doesn't Approve of Son Marcus Jordan Dating Larsa Pippen (tmz.com) I best believe Michael Jordan has some estate planning happening as I write this.

April 23, 1979: Love of Life new time 4 pm ET, where it was isolated from the rest of the CBS soap block. That move screams tank job.

That's more a catchphrase. See also "I'll be damned". A Victor trademark is calling people he doesn't like/trust by their full name and its sounds like one word, ie. Jackabbott, Billyboyabbott, Dianejenkins, Tuckermccall.

In all the years I've watched daytime, Ronn Moss is probably the only actor who's acting got worse the longer he played his character.

@Soapsuds Maybe tanking wasn't the right description but the CBS numbers are very up-and-down. We'll see what happens during the rest of the fall.

So far in September CBS with the exception of GL is tanking. It's so funny how the fortunes of CBS daytime and primetime changed in opposite directions over the course of the 1980s. CBS daytime was shaken up at the beginning of the 1980s by the huge rise of ABC but was #1 by the end of the decade with all four soaps hitting their stride plus the game show block. CBS primetime was #1 at the beginning of the 1980s and riding high thanks to Who Shot JR mania but was an absolute mess by the end of the decade.

It's amazing that soaps survived past that era. Look at what was happening on and off screen. Reilly's Days blew up in the aftermath of OJ. Y&R off track. B&B tanking. P&G 1995 EP swap at all three shows. ABC sold to Disney. CBS sold to Westinghouse and Les Moonves arrives.

Agree. Non-storyline summer events that had an impact on soaps. Summer 1987: Iran-Contra hearings. The first big summer pre-emption I remember. Summer 1988: Writer's strike. So many shows felt off. Summer 1994: OJ. Soaps weren't the same in the aftermath of OJ.

Also GL summer 1993: Roger/Holly become involved and Roger's crashes Ed's party at the country club (the episode that got Michael Zaslow his long-awaited for Lead Actor Emmy.) Forgot to mention in my previous post B&B summer 1992: Sheila's new reign of terror. B&B summer 1993: Battle for Belief. Bill Bell's last hurrah before passing the reigns to Bradley.

Yes, so much sneak watching on school breaks. Y&R summers 1986-1993: Social issue storylines that usually featured Cricket plus a cringey Danny concert in many of those summers. Y&R summer 1990: Early Dru plus Sheila's reign of terror beginning. B&B summer 1990: Caroline's death. I cried so much after her final episode. Thankfully school didn't start for another few weeks. GL summer 1991: Alexandra exposing Roger at the country club. GL summer 1992: Blackout Y&R summer 1994: Frat party started

@JoeCool I'm hardly an expert, but thank you for the compliment I don't know about time shifting in 1979, but with Y&R expansion on February 4, 1980, there were two different schedules I've seen CBS affiliates use. 10 am Eastern/9 am Central, Mountain, Pacific The Jeffersons reruns 10:30 am/9:30 am Whew! 11 am/10 am The Price is Right Noon/11 am Local programming 12:30 pm/11:30 am Search for Tomorrow 1 pm/Noon Y&R 2 pm/1 pm As the World Turns 3 pm/2 pm Guiding Light 4 pm/3 pm One Day at a Time reruns or 9 am Central, Mountain, Pacific The Jeffersons reruns 9:30 am Whew! 10 am The Price is Right 11 am Y&R Noon Local programming 12:30 pm Search for Tomorrow 1 pm As the World Turns 2 pm Guiding Light 3 pm One Day at a Time reruns

@YRfan23 Come to think of it, a good choice for Tuesday's Fourth of July classic would have been 1993. That episode was the lead up to Billy's birth.