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Peter S. Fischer Dead: ‘Murder, She Wrote’ Co-Creator Was 88 – The Hollywood Reporter

Miami premiere tonight. I am only here for any Larsa/Marcus drama. Marcus Jordan Wants Dad Michael as His Best Man at Larsa Pippen Wedding (usmagazine.com) AFAIK an engagement hasn't been confirmed. If there is a marriage, get ready for Larsa Pippen Jordan. She's so going to be using both last names.

Michael Zaslow (RIP) returned in January 1989 but everyone in Springfield didn't learn that Roger survived the fall off the cliff in Santo Domingo until May. January 17, 1989 Darlene Conley (RIP) debut. SOD named Sally best new character in the Best of 1989 issue. Maybe viewers were getting tired of the action/adventure and supercouple trends. Most Days fans I know consider the Summer 1990 shipwreck as the last big action/adventure storyline of the supercouple era and Stephen Nichols departure that fall as the end of the supercouple era.

What to watch for in 1989. Y&R dominates. The two big storylines that set everything in motion for the 1990s were Victor taking over Jabot and Phillip III car accident. 1989 the big cast departure was Terry Lester. B&B Darlene Conley arrival and not long after B&B will start showing growth. As the World Turns Martha Byrne and Hillary Bailey Smith departures. Guiding Light Michael Zaslow returns. Robert Calhoun becomes EP. Debuts of Jean Carol, Morgan Englund, Kimberley Simms, Sherry Stringfield, Beth Chamberlin. Ryan's Hope ends. Generations premieres.

Knowing Josh Griffith, it'll be sleeps.

Agree

Y&R December 5, 1988 Brenda Epperson debut. We saw Y&R December 23, 1988 as a holiday classic on Christmas Day 1998.

Is it in the realm of possibility that SOD could digitize their archive? There are articles/interviews from the 1980s and 1990s that I'd love to read.

Yes. Don't give Josh Griffith any ideas though 😆

Yes. Y&R November 1988 a pregnant Nikki leaves Genoa City and returns 2 months later w/ baby Nicholas. Exit storyline for Melody Thomas Scott pregnancy leave. Y&R December 2, 1988 Eileen Davidson departure.

@BoldRestless September 8-12, 1980 Y&R rating was 7.1. Y&R lowest rated week of the 1980s was May 3-7, 1982; rating 5.6.

Between Christmas and New Year's so holiday bump. We saw March 28, 1984 during the classics. From this thread, Y&R's lowest rated week of the 1980s was May 3-7, 1982; rating 5.6, 5th for the week. Two of the four non-holiday weeks where Y&R had ratings higher than 10 were just before the 1 hour expansion.

Y&R #1! I think around this time was Ruthless publication that exposed Ashley ending the pregnancy by Victor and Victor quickly divorced Nikki and married Leanna in order to deflect attention away from Ruthless.

September 29, 1987 as per YT upload, but the date could be wrong.

1987 and 1988 were off years when you factor in Iran-Contra pre-emptions, Nielsen people meters, and the writer's strike.

Darlene Conley first episode was actually January 17, 1989. I think Sally was first mentioned in 1988, that's probably why I thought she arrived in December that year.

Ryan's Hope was effectively over in 1983 when Y&R blew up.

Fall 1988, Y&R and General Hospital battling for #1 and by the end of the year Y&R takes over #1. One Life to Live, All My Children, Days, As the World Turns are jockeying for position. Days somehow is not maintaining their summer momentum. As the World Turns EP change in October from Robert Calhoun to Laurence Caso. Guiding Light still struggling. Three pivotal events are coming up: Maureen Garrett return in December, Michael Zaslow return in January 1989, EP change from Joe Willmore to Robert Calhoun in June 1989. Those cannot happen fast enough. B&B not yet a hit, but once Darlene Conley arrives in December, B&B will hit its stride.

September 5, 1988 Live with Regis and Kathie Lee goes national. At this point we're at two years of Oprah and one year of Geraldo. Among the lowest tier soaps, Santa Barbara clearance now 97% (down from 99% at one year of Oprah and Geraldo debut), Loving clearance now 88% (down from 89% at one year of Oprah and Geraldo debut), and Ryan's Hope clearance now 79% (down from 81% at one year of Oprah and Geraldo debut). The writer's strike ended August 5, 1988 so strike material is probably on until October I'd guess.

Oh snap, Marcus Jordan shows up!

I remember a behind the scenes from Lake Como but I can't recall when it aired.

I somehow remember B&B Christmas 1997 being a repeat of the Lake Como fashion show, but I could be wrong.

Not just the price but the magazine itself, less than 100 pages and flimsy paper quality. Keeping it real, SOD hasn't really been relevant for the better part of the last 25 years. I will forever maintain that the internet made the soap press obsolete.

Same here. Kids are back in school, so there's going to be a drop in the fall. GL was very fortunate that Capitol didn't show growth and B&B wasn't a hit right away, that's how it escaped cancel territory in the second half of the 1980s.

Days beats Y&R for 2 consecutive weeks and comes w/in 0.2 of Y&R in the other two weeks. In the 1990s AFAIK, the closest Days got to Y&R was June 23-27, 1997 when Days was w/in 0.3 of Y&R.