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Why would Victor cave to Adam so easily? Unless Victor is planning something.

SOD/SID haven't really been relevant for years. I don't see them lasting much longer.

6 hours ago, vetsoapfan said:

Most of my favorite actors have passed away

I still miss Michael Zaslow. I'm so glad I got to watch his best work either live on online.

I still can't believe that James Reilly was a part of that great GL early 1990s writing team and then went on to usher in sci-fi era Days. Talk about contrasts.

Usher bringing back that 90s R&B sound.

5 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Y&R already hosted a stream on Facebook where Jerry Douglas, Beth Maitland and Eileen Davidson extolled the talents of Terry Lester and expressed how much he is missed. 

When was this, and is it online?

I miss Terry Lester even to this day. Besides Y&R and As The World Turns, I also watched him as a celebrity player on Dick Clark's $25000/$100000 Pyramid and he was really good at the game. It's unfortunate that he left Y&R under a not so ideal situation; part of me wished that he would somehow return to Y&R but it wasn't meant to be sadly.

Y&R losing #1 is a clear sign that Josh Griffith needs to go.

Not digging the Kansas rewrite to create another Victor/Adam conflict. Hopefully it'll blow up in Adam's face.

The rest of the storylines are garbage time.

I was looking at Billboard Hot 100 chart history and The Weeknd is the 41st artist to have 5 or more #1s on the chart. Those 41 are broken down to 17 male solo artists, 14 female solo artists, and 10 duos/groups.

Male Solo Artists w/ 5 or More #1s

18: Elvis Presley

13: Michael Jackson

10: Stevie Wonder

9: Elton John, Usher

8: George Michael

7: Phil Collins, Bruno Mars, Drake

5: Lionel Richie, Prince, Diddy, Ludacris, Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd

Female Solo Artists w/ 5 or More #1s

19: Mariah Carey

14: Rihanna

12: Madonna

11: Whitney Houston

10: Janet Jackson

9: Katy Perry

6: Diana Ross, Paula Abdul, Beyonce

5: Barbra Streisand, Olivia Newton-John, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Taylor Swift

Duos/Groups w/ 5 or More #1s

20: The Beatles

12: The Supremes

9: The Bee Gees

8: The Rolling Stones

6: Wings, Hall & Oates

5: The Four Seasons, The Eagles, KC and the Sunshine Band, Boyz II Men

Bubbling Under (4 #1s)

Male Solo Artists: Bobby Vinton, John Denver, Rod Stewart, Bryan Adams, Nelly, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Kanye West, T.I., Pharrell, Sean Paul, Post Malone 

Female Solo Artists: Donna Summer, Celine Dion, Cher, Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, Pink, Adele, Lady Gaga

Duos/Groups: The Jackson 5, The Temptations, Blondie, The Beach Boys, Bon Jovi, Roxette, TLC, Destiny's Child, Maroon 5

Do we dare hope some 1980s episodes are included?

Sucks that Empire doesn't get a proper ending.

On 3/31/2020 at 10:14 AM, Khan said:

I used to believe Bobby (and crack) brought out the worst in Whitney.  The more I learn about Nippy, though, the more I realize, nah, she was that messy BEFORE Bobby and his, erm, prerogative got ahold of her.

I agree. I think her handlers (mainly Clive Davis) did a really good job of hiding it.

23 hours ago, Toups said:

 

Those Canadian boys have been killing it the last 10 years.  Sadly, there's been no big female artists since Avril Lavigne and Nelly Furtado and that was, what, 15 years ago. 

There was a week in 2015 where between Drake, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, and their fellow Canadians Shawn Mendes and Alessia Cara, they had 7 of the Billboard Hot 100's Top 10.

The Weeknd joins Drake and Justin Bieber in the group of Canadian artists that have had 5 or more #1s on the Billboard Hot 100. Besides these three, the Canadian artists w/ the most #1s on the Billboard Hot 100 are Bryan Adams (4), Celine Dion (4), and Nelly Furtado (3).  

2 hours ago, BoldRestless said:

Someone on ebay is selling a couple of Y&R videos from the 80s.

Is it legal to sell your VHS recordings of television programs on eBay?

AFAIK CBS/Sony never released any VHS/DVD/BluRay episode compilations of Y&R. 

8 minutes ago, YRfan23 said:

Yeah If we can have something nice for a change they'd stay away from any 2006-2020 episodes....I doubt it, but we will see.

Agree, 2006 onward are not classics.

Bradley Bell did not inherit his father's talent. Y&R would tank if he was HW.

In all honesty, I'm floored that B&B was the one to end Y&R's streak at #1. For the longest time I thought Days would be the one to do so.

1 minute ago, BetterForgotten said:

If only we had Shemar saying that!

Hahaha 

Oh snap, the streak is over.

It was mentioned in a different thread that Bill Bell wasn't originally going to pair Victor and Nikki but he rewrote their story when MTS became pregnant in real life. I wonder who Victor and Nikki were supposed to originally end up with. Could we have gotten Victor and Lorie maybe?

So we have MTS to thank for PB getting hired.

3 hours ago, KMan101 said:

 

While those scenes sound wonderful, actually, I'm not happy they didn't "fix" Dina. We need her and Marla Adams wanted to work. It sucks.

2 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Adams has proven her skill level and experience.

Marla Adams's return really rejuvenated the Abbotts. She should be Y&R's Grande Dame.

I'm not digging this rewrite of Cliff's death in order to create Adam vs. Victor round whatever.

On 3/18/2020 at 11:04 PM, victoria foxton said:

The last really good HW GL had. Way too much Buzzard. GL was still desperately trying to make Mindy & Nick into a big super couple. Too many of JFP's people in roles. Everything had a dark brownish hue. The only things i liked was Vanessa and Bridget. And David and Bridget's friendship. 

On 3/21/2020 at 8:53 AM, MichaelGL said:

Watching these recently uploaded episodes of GL from 1994 reminds me how much potential the show had after Curlees departure yet horribly wasted it. It makes me sad. 

From watching 1993 to March 1994 online, it was definitely the Buzz hour. In all honesty, it was quite a chore to get through the episodes from Maureen's death to Nancy Curlee's departure.

On 3/20/2020 at 7:27 AM, KMan101 said:

All of that was JFP. It's so devastating to watch such a smart, sexy, well written show turn into ... a Phelps show. Phelps is so lucky she had Curlee for a bit but she clearly drove her away. I can't say I blame Curlee. It all fell apart though. I can't even say Jill made the show any better looking because I thought it looked fine. They really fucked up the show's momentum. It never recovered IMO. I can kinda understand why, in 1991, they'd hire Jill Phelps, but ... 

 

JFP did bring the ratings up in 1991/1992, but I agree, all the momentum was lost after Beverlee McKinsey's departure.

9 hours ago, KMan101 said:

She started the destruction of GL, Rauch and Conboy came after her and kept twisting the knife and killing the show. Though I guess some could argue Kobe and Long might have. And even before them ...

So the only good producer GL had in it's last 25 years was Robert Calhoun?

Someone else I just thought of, Don Diamont. Between B&B, Y&R, and Days, he's been on daytime for the better part of the last 35 or so years.