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On 6/30/2024 at 11:50 AM, Khan said:
Let's just say Emma Samms' outfit is a choice and leave it at that, lol.
The 1980s was a crazy time for fashion.
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18 hours ago, Paul Raven said:
Ashley should have been rested for a while.
18 hours ago, Paul Raven said:And then Eileen could have returned guns blazing with story possibilities from her time away.
In hindsight, Ashley should have been rested in 1988 and brought back when ED was ready to return to daytime.
ED didn't get a proper exit storyline and Bill Bell rushed into recasting Ashley but then BE Ashley basically floundered for like 6 months until Bill Bell set up Ashley/Brad/Traci triangle during Summer 1989.
BE was a serviceable recast, but looking back at her run, her main storylines (Ashley/Traci/Brad triangle, Victor marriage/divorce, Blade/Rick) didn't really work.
25 minutes ago, SoapDope said:The 90's had some wacky writing.
Second half of 1994 to first half of 1997 Y&R was off track and was shaken by the huge rise of time slot rival Reilly Days. That era to me is marked by the frat party, Nick/Sharon eating the show, and a lull in the storylines. The only bright spot was Who Shot Victor.
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@Franko The Price is Right and Wheel of Fortune were time slot rivals on these date ranges and times
August 11-September 5, 1975: 10:30-11 am ET.
September 8-11, 1975: 10:30-11:30 am ET. NBC Wheel of Fortune and High Rollers.
September 15-October 31, 1975: 10:30-11 am ET.
November 3, 1975-January 16, 1976: 10-11 am ET. NBC Celebrity Sweepstakes and Wheel of Fortune.
March 7-November 4, 1977: 10:30-11:30 am ET. NBC Hollywood Squares and Wheel of Fortune.
December 12, 1977-April 21, 1978: 10:30-11:30 am ET. NBC Hollywood Squares and Wheel of Fortune.
April 23, 1979-June 20, 1980: 11 am-Noon ET. NBC High Rollers and Wheel of Fortune.
June 23-August 1, 1980: 11 am-Noon ET. NBC David Letterman Show and Wheel of Fortune.
August 4, 1980-October 23, 1981: 11 am-Noon ET. NBC Wheel of Fortune and Password Plus.
October 26, 1981-April 23, 1982: 11 am-Noon ET. NBC Wheel of Fortune and Battlestars. Wheel of Fortune December 28, 1981 was Pat Sajak debut.
January 3-April 1, 1983: 11 am-Noon ET. NBC Wheel of Fortune and Hit Man. Wheel of Fortune December 13, 1982 was Vanna White debut. The Price is Right January 3, 1983 first playing of Plinko.
April 4, 1983-June 29, 1984: 11 am-Noon ET. NBC Wheel of Fortune and Dream House. Wheel of Fortune September 19, 1983 was syndication debut.
July 2, 1984-September 4, 1987: 11 am-Noon ET. NBC Wheel of Fortune and Scrabble.
September 7, 1987-June 30, 1989: 11 am-Noon ET. NBC Wheel of Fortune and Win, Lose, or Draw. Wheel of Fortune January 9, 1989 was Pat Sajak final NBC episode. Wheel of Fortune June 30, 1989 was NBC original run final episode.
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10 minutes ago, JAS0N47 said:
I haven't posted them all yet, I was just saying it generally. I'll be finishing up the 1970's and 1990's in the next few days.
@JAS0N47 Thank you for the additional info
11 minutes ago, JAS0N47 said:February 1980 is the first chart that happens. Now you have me interested in checking the exact week, so I'll check the 11/79-1/80 weeks as well and see when that happens!
I'm interested too. The Price is Right was the first daytime show I became a fan of, and that lead me to the rest of the CBS game show block and then to the CBS soaps.
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@Khan Thanks for the reply.
Like I always point out, its too bad that so little of 1976-1978 GL is out there which makes any 1979 and 1980 episodes that surface such a treat.
We all know CB 1988 departure was due to health reasons and CB departure lead to MZ 1989 return, but imagine if CB Alan and MZ Roger had faced off in the Calhoun era, I think it would have been amazing.
I just realized that a couple weeks ago (June 14) was the 35th anniversary of CB passing away.
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8 minutes ago, JAS0N47 said:
I recently posted these for 1976-1979
Unless I'm not searching properly in the 1970s ratings thread, the latest I found is May 1978.
9 minutes ago, JAS0N47 said:FROM THE VAULT: NON-SOAP DAYTIME RATINGS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM FEBRUARY 1980
April 23, 1979 CBS moved The Price is Right to it's current time slot 11 am ET.
Sometime between May 1978 and February 1980, The Price is Right became the #1 non-soap daytime program.
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1 hour ago, Mitch64 said:
Alan had the upper hand with his money, influence and surface respectabitly (he wasn't RR's Alan yet rubbing his hands together at his latest dumb scheme.) Roger was more feral, especially at the end. He was a loose canon who wanted all the things Alan and Ed had, money influence, and most importantly love of Holly and Christina (what Curlee and Long missed on bringing Blake back was that she was would always consider Ed her dad and be torn between him and Roger.) but he could never quite get it. Roger was more dangerous then Alan (you didn't know what the hell Roger would do at any given time) but Alan always had the upper hand.
Thank you for the reply @Mitch64. Roger and Alan paved the way for the 1980s to be the decade of the villain.
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13 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:
RE: Nikki and Josh.
What exactly happened to Don Diamont in 1996 that we saw Brad written out? It’s a bit odd the show spent nearly a year of the build-up of Brad and Nikki but it comes to an abrupt end between Victor’s shooting and Brad’s exit after being a suspect for it. Then just a few months later Nikki is hitched to Josh so quickly.
I seriously have to wonder if Josh was given what was planned storylines for Brad?
Going by memory, I think Nikki first met Dr. Josh in a medical capacity when she and Brad were engaged and Dr. Josh gave the impression that he was married. It was after Nikki and Brad engagement ended that Nikki saw Dr. Josh again and found out he wasn't married.
13 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:On the flip side Hope returned and it seemed Victor and Hope were destined to reconcile until Victor pursued Diane and then Hope got relegated to a bizarre triangle with Ashley and Kurt before leaving…I know Signy was trying to break into primetime at the time so she didn’t resign. She got that recurring role on X-Files but then quickly ended up on GL.
Hope was back for something like 8 months, returned Fall 1996 and was gone by Spring 1997.
13 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:Everything worked out well in the end for the show, but I have to wonder to what Bell’s original plan was before the show derailed as summer 1996 went on.
Y&R had been off-track since second half of 1994 (it started w/ the frat party). Summer 1996 I enjoyed Who Shot Victor, but it was in the fall that the lull hit and it would continue through the first half of 1997.
3 minutes ago, DRW50 said:Dina to quickly leave again because she was so horrified by Shari Shattuck's bad acting.
@DRW50 You are killing me
Shari Shattuck casting as Ashley derailed some storylines too. I think Bill Bell was planning a Victor/Nikki/Brad/Ashley quad but Shari Shattuck didn't pass the chemistry tests w/ EB and Don Diamont so there goes that storyline.
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GL had two show-defining villains w/ MZ Roger (original run 1971-1980 and return 1989-1997) and CB Alan (original run 1977-1984 and return 1986-1988). To those who watched Roger vs. Alan 1977-1980, who wins that villain battle?
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16 minutes ago, Mitch64 said:
That summer GL was on fire..and the material leading up to the summer set it all up.
Spring 1983 to Summer 1984 pretty much set up the final 25 years.
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Are there any other basketball fans here? I don't want to be the only one posting about basketball
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@Maxim Beauty and the Beast is my favorite Disney movie of the 1990s Disney renaissance.
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1 hour ago, soapfan770 said:
Wake me up when Lucy on Y&R has a teenage angsty fallout with her parents and runs away to find her Uncle Finn
Do not give Josh Griffith or Bradley ideas.
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Classic story theme song battle.
The only version that matters as far as I'm concerned.
I recognize Celine Dion version cemented her place in the 1990s pop landscape but for me it will forever be Angela over Celine.
Oh hells no to this version. If I was Angela Lansbury I would have bitch slapped Ariana Grande for ruining the song.
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7 hours ago, Gray Bunny said:
DAYS nicely at No. 2 for the whole four-week stretch.
I think Days remains 2nd for the better part of the next two years. As we all know, the closest Days got to beating Y&R was June 23-27, 1997 and all of Reilly big storylines culminated in Summer 1997.
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@Soapsuds It Must Have Been Love was the best song on the Pretty Woman soundtrack. Were you a fan of that movie?
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27 minutes ago, Maxim said:
1994 to 1998 is a period full of flops and some pearls.
It bears repeating, Bradley did not inherit his father's talent.
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35 minutes ago, vetsoapfan said:
When GH was a stellar soap and a rating's powerhouse at the beginning of the decade, TGL was pulling in an impressive 8.2.
The cynic in me can't help but feel that GL being CBS highest-rated daytime drama in the Potter/Marland era was helped by Y&R being in their post-expansion slump. Remember pre-expansion Y&R was challenging General Hospital and All My Children for #1 but the expansion derailed all its momentum. Y&R rebounds in the second half of 1982 and that overlaps w/ GL post-Marland fall.
36 minutes ago, vetsoapfan said:By 1989, even with GH in poor condition, it was much better rated than TGL, with its measly 5.4.
It disappoints me that there was a ratings drop during the Calhoun era and the ratings did not reflect the quality of the show (at least to me).
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How fitting that 1995 goes on a break right when Reilly Days has blown up
Had Peter Reckell returned at this point?
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6 hours ago, DRW50 said:
GL beating GH in the ratings for 3 weeks.
5 hours ago, NothinButAttitude said:took GL to #1?
GL did not finish at #1. It was proven in the 1980s ratings thread. GL won the time slot over General Hospital May 28-June 1, 4-8, 11-15, 1984. Y&R was #1 those three weeks.
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Summer 1995 Y&R Nick/Sharon were eating the show and B&B was tanking as Bradley's big storylines had culminated. Reilly Days is about to blow up.
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2 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:5/29/95-6/2/95:
Y&R big event: Dru gives birth to Lily.
2 hours ago, YRfan23 said:B&B gaining momentum from Sheila’s goodbye party.
That was the culmination of all of Bradley's storylines. B&B tanks for me in the second half of 1995.
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It seemed Bill Bell was starting to lose interest in the Abbotts around 1987, first with Traci role being reduced then the Ashley and Jack recasts which threw off the balance of the family.
BE Ashley feels like a totally different character compared to ED original recipe Ashley. I might be way off about this, but with Traci role being reduced, BE Ashley seemed like she was both Abbott daughters as one character.