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@Khan Welcome back 🤗 How would Josh Griffith explain Matt Clark being alive?

Shemar knows his baby girls are calling him to come home to Y&R.

Bill Bell wrote three real-life pregnancies into Y&R storylines: MTS twice and TB.

Diva demands? Lana Turner arc on Falcon Crest was quite the contrast to Ava Gardner arc on Knots Landing. I posted some links in the Knots Landing thread about Ava's arc and it seemed she was well-liked by the cast plus she admitted to taking the part for money so really wasn't in a position to throw any diva demands. In between Lana and Ava there was Dorothy McGuire on Y&R and while I haven't come across many articles about Dorothy's arc on Y&R, I got the impression she was also well-liked by the cast members she interacted with.

Episode 12 has a great scene that paves the way for some big events in season 2. Was it planned that

1997 SOD Awards. Y&R's best showing of the 1990s. Still no luck finding the Y&R wins from the 1989 SOD Awards, their best showing of the 1980s.

Do not give Josh Griffith ideas.

Nikki falls off the wagon then phones Katherine for support and recaps her past with Victor.

It looked like she was going to be paired with one of the young men from the main families but I have a feeling the writers chickened out. Asian female/white male pairing not a big deal to CBS viewers in 2023 (see The Equalizer) but something tells me that in 1986 there might have been some backlash from older conservative CBS viewers. If you're on episode 5, you've got another 15 episodes until you see that scene.

Falcon Crest had the ingredients to give us a drama with high emotional stakes character driven storytelling, but the execution squandered the potential. The plot driven storytelling resulted in inconsistencies and plot holes, which are apparent if you watch daily or binge watch. Wait until you reach season 2. There's a great scene early in that season that for me sets everything in motion for the rest of the series. After seeing that scene I was like "I am totally down for this."

Was Y&R ever really known for off the charts heat generating love scenes set to a slow jam? As far as love scenes go, I thought B&B pushed the envelope more so than Y&R, at least in the 1990s. There were some 1990s B&B love scenes that bordered on the type of movies that aired on cable during the wee hours.

The Ridge/Thorne/Caroline/Brooke quad got derailed because of the Thorne recast, Joanna Johnson early announced departure, and KKL real-life pregnancy. That's why Bill Bell had Ridge/Caroline marry and he then set up Thorne/Macy and Brooke/Eric. Bill Bell dusted off Jill/Phillip/Katherine for Brooke/Eric/Stephanie, and Jill/Stuart/Liz for Brooke/Eric/Beth.

From the Bill Bell years, Stephanie, Caroline, and Sally. From the Bradley years I watched, Stephanie and Sally. I was so disappointed that the 2020 classics did not give us a week featuring the best of Queen Stephanie and a week featuring the best of Sally.

That international money is why B&B still has remotes overseas. Y&R hasn't had a remote overseas since Paris 2008.

Y&R's 50th anniversary episodes were decent considering the show is in budget mode.

@Paul Raven 1982/83 Knots Landing finished 20th and Hill Street Blues finished 21st, and Knots Landing would out-rate Hill Street Blues in the seasonal ratings for the remainder of Hill Street Blues run. 1982/83 was also Cheers first season and as we all know, it didn't take off until The Cosby Show came along and pulled up the rest of the NBC Thursday comedy block.

B&B hit a lull from when Bradley took over in 1993 until late 1994. All of Bradley's storylines culminated during the first half of 1995 then second half of 1995 the tanking started. I will forever maintain that it was the huge rise of time slot rival Reilly's Days from 1993-1997 that shook up both Y&R and B&B.

EB is a fighter, he'll beat this.

The London concert and ball was July 1981. It was timed to cash in on the Charles/Diana royal wedding hype. JLB's blue gown was worn by MTS in a Victor/Nikki promo photo shoot around 1983 or 1984.

The issue is Y&R post-Bill Bell. ED's 1999 return saw a coldness and hardness added to Ashley that wasn't really there before. That might have been due to Bill Bell no longer writing or a change in ED's acting style from her time on Days. Bill Bell recognized that ED's acting style didn't lend itself to allow him to write original recipe Ashley as a heroine in the vein of Chris Brooks and Leslie before her and Caroline and Christine after her, so original recipe Ashley was written as the confident goal-oriented Abbott daughter on track to a successful business career. ED's acting style also made it difficult for Bill Bell to write a viable love interest for Ashley, that's why the pairings with Brian, Eric, Marc tanked. 1984-1988 Ashley/Victor storylines worked because Bill Bell saw that EB was a match for ED's acting style.

@Soapsuds Knots Landing 1982/83 season high was the Dallas crossover episode from October 29, 1982 and it was also the highest rated episode of the series.

@Soapsuds 1983 American Music Awards were held January 17 so you posted the week ending January 23. No Magnum, P.I. on January 20, 1983; that date CBS aired new 2 hour Simon & Simon and a CBS Reports documentary. No Dallas on January 21, 1983; that date CBS aired new The Dukes of Hazzard, Knots Landing, Falcon Crest. January 23, 1983 was the series premiere of The A-Team.

The Cosby Show season 2 premiere picks up where it left off the previous season with a #1 finish. Murder, She Wrote season 2 premiere also picks up where it left off the previous season with a second weekly win over Dallas. The new hotness Miami Vice about to blow up. Murder, She Wrote got their first weekly win over Dynasty. The tide is shifting on Fridays with Miami Vice finishing ahead of Falcon Crest season 5 premiere. Two weeks into the season and it's pretty clear Dallas and Dynasty were no longer battling for #1, they were jockeying for position in the Top 10.

It was Sally/Jack/Stephanie.

In the early 1980s CBS was successful in replacing their aging dramas and dramas with short runs that showed little to no growth with new dramas that would become hits. Thursday line up The Waltons, Hawaii Five-O, Barnaby Jones gave way to the eventual new Thursday line up Magnum, P.I.; Simon & Simon, Knots Landing. The Incredible Hulk gave way to new Friday drama Falcon Crest. Lou Grant gave way to new Monday drama Cagney & Lacey.