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B&B 10th anniversary week recap. March 23, 1997 was a Sunday. The Bold and the Beautiful Recaps: The week of March 24, 1997 on B&B | Soap Central

Agree. It went from wealthy Waltons in modern day California wine country in season 1, to a Dallas with grapes/James Bond hybrid in seasons 2-4, then a Dallas with grapes/Miami Vice hybrid in season 5 (if you can't beat the new hotness, might as well join it), a high-octane action-packed thrill ride in seasons 6 and 7, and off the rails plus budget mode in seasons 8 and 9. Any show that's focused on family/business conflicts was going to draw comparisons to Dallas, but the James Bond and Miami Vice elements were not needed. The mentally ill members of the main family and guest stars in short arcs were elements used on Empire 30+ years later. Falcon Crest may not have been a pop culture phenomenon, but I think its place in television history is that of being Jane Wyman's late career comeback that pretty much overlapped with her ex-husband's presidency. The first episode December 4, 1981 was 318 days after Reagan took office, and the final episode May 17, 1990 was 1 year 117 days after Reagan left office.

Y&R anniversary week recaps. The Young and the Restless Recaps: The week of March 23, 1998 on Y&R | Soap Central The Young and the Restless Recaps: The week of March 24, 2003 on Y&R | Soap Central The Young and the Restless Recaps: The week of March 25, 2013 on Y&R | Soap Central During the classics, we saw an episode from the 20th anniversary week (March 22-26, 1993). I don't think any episodes have surfaced from the 10th anniversary week March 28-April 1, 1983 (March 26, 1983 was a Saturday).

Remember too that Bradley took over around the time Reilly's Days was taking off. As we all know, Reilly's Days blew up in the aftermath of OJ.

I agree. All the ingredients were there for a great show (the family/business conflicts, the soap elements, the acting talent) but the execution squandered the potential. I have a feeling that network interference and backstage drama played a big part in that.

Another show that resulted in so many time slot hits that could have been one itself was Friends. 1994/95: NBC new Thursday lineup is 8 pm Mad About You, 8:30 pm new comedy Friends (replacing Wings, which moved to Tuesday 8 pm), 9 pm Seinfeld, 9:30 pm new comedy Madman of the People (replacing Frasier, which moved to Tuesday 9 pm, head-to-head w/ Home Improvement), 10 pm new drama ER (replacing L.A. Law, which ended Spring 1994). February 1995, Friends moves to 9:30 pm when Madman of the People is pulled from the schedule and new comedy Hope and Gloria premieres at 8:30 pm. Seinfeld moves up from 3rd to #1, ER is 2nd, Friends is 8th, Mad About You moves up from below the Top 30 to 11th (its highest finish ever), Madman of the People is 12th but is cancelled, Hope and Gloria is 14th, Frasier drops from 7th to 15th, Wings drops from 18th (tied w/ NYPD Blue) to 26th. 1995/96: NBC new Thursday lineup is 8 pm Friends (replacing Mad About You, which moved to Sunday 8 pm), 8:30 pm new comedy The Single Guy (replacing Hope and Gloria, which moved to Sunday 8:30 pm then Saturday 9 pm), 9 pm Seinfeld, 9:30 pm new comedy Caroline in the City, 10 pm ER. ER moves up to #1, Seinfeld drops to 2nd, Friends moves up to 3rd, Caroline in the City finishes 4th, The Single Guy finishes 6th, Mad About You falls below the Top 30, Hope and Gloria falls below the Top 30 and is cancelled. 1996/97 to final season 2003/04: Friends remains Thursday 8 pm and it finishes 4th (tied w/ The Naked Truth), 4th, 2nd, 5th, 5th (tied w/ Monday Night Football and Everybody Loves Raymond), #1, 2nd, 4th. NBC struggled with Thursday 8 pm in the years between the end of The Cosby Show and the move of Friends to that time slot. Looking at the 1994/95 weekly ratings, Friends did get a boost from the final 8 episodes of its first season being hammocked between Seinfeld and ER. Fortunately for NBC the move of Friends to Thursday 8 pm paid off for them.

Larsa and Marcus have apparently been together since September. New Miami episodes drop in December.

@soapfan770 Not that I'm aware of. My cable guide says NFL on Thursday and college football on Friday.

I'm not a regular viewer of the Housewives, but does anyone think that the Larsa Pippen/Marcus Jordan relationship is going to be a storyline on Miami this season? I find the whole dynamic of their relationship creepy, considering she was in his orbit when he was a child.

Next week is a short week due to Thanksgiving. Y&R is so not exciting that I'm looking forward to the break.

1982/83 was the start of CBS's struggle with sitcoms. M*A*S*H ended and The Jeffersons, Alice, One Day at a Time fell out of the Top 10. Newhart first season had a good start, finishing 12th tied w/ The Jeffersons and the second highest rated new scripted series of 1982/83 after The A-Team, but it was very up and down during its run. Newhart dropped to 23rd in 1983/84, went up to 16th in 1984/85, remained at 16th in 1985/86, back up to 12th in 1986/87, dropped to 25th in 1987/88, and was below the Top 30 in its final two seasons 1988/89 and 1989/90. Newhart was another show that got lost in the shuffle when sitcoms made a comeback in Fall 1985, overshadowed by the big mid-1980s workplace/friendship sitcoms Cheers, Golden Girls, Night Court.

Days has lost an entire generation, the heads of all their core families. Macdonald Carey, Frances Reid, Joseph Mascolo, Frank Parker, Peggy McCay, John Aniston all gone within the last 30 years.

RIP John Aniston and thank you for your contributions to daytime television.

Murder, She Wrote was finishing ahead of the primetime soaps as early as its second episode. 1984/85 was the peak season of primetime soaps but 16 of Murder, She Wrote's first 22 episodes finished ahead of at least one of the primetime soaps. These episodes were October 7, 1984: Deadly Lady (episode 2), rating 20.3. Finished ahead of Falcon Crest (October 5: Father's Day, rating 20.0). No Dynasty on October 3. October 14, 1984: Birds of a Feather (episode 3), rating 19.4. Finished ahead of Falcon Crest (October 12: Strangers, rating 18.5). No Knots Landing on October 11. November 25, 1984: Hit, Run and Homicide (episode 7), rating 19.7. Finished ahead of Falcon Crest (November 23: The Trump Card, rating 18.8) and Knots Landing (November 22: Love to Take You Home, rating 16.3). This episode of Murder, She Wrote also finished ahead of The Cosby Show (November 22: Bonjour Sondra, rating 16.7). December 9, 1984: We're Off to Kill the Wizard (episode 8 ), rating 22.3. Finished ahead of Falcon Crest (December 7: Going Once, Going Twice; rating 20.7) and Knots Landing (December 6: We Come Together, rating 20.2). December 30, 1984: Death Casts a Spell (episode 10), rating 22.3. Finished ahead of Falcon Crest (December 28: Suitable for Framing, rating 21.2) and Knots Landing (December 27: Uncharted Territory, rating 20.3). No Dynasty on December 26. January 6, 1985: Capitol Offense (episode 11), rating 22.4. Finished ahead of Falcon Crest (January 4: Vicious Circle, rating 21.5) and Knots Landing (January 3: Weighing of Evils, rating 21.4). January 13, 1985: Broadway Malady (episode 12), rating 21.8. Tied Falcon Crest (January 11: Insult and Injury, rating 21.8) and finished ahead of Knots Landing (January 10: #14 With a Bullet, rating 18.6). February 3, 1985: Murder to a Jazz Beat (episode 13), rating 22.0. Finished ahead of Falcon Crest (February 1: The Showdown, rating 20.1). February 17, 1985: Paint Me a Murder (episode 15), rating 20.5. Finished ahead of Falcon Crest (February 15: Forsaking All Others, rating 19.4). February 24, 1985: Tough Guys Don't Die (episode 16), rating 21.7. Finished ahead of Falcon Crest (February 22: Recriminations, rating 20.2) and Knots Landing (February 21: The Emperor's Clothes, rating 18.8). March 3, 1985: Sudden Death (episode 17), rating 21.6. Finished ahead of Knots Landing (February 28: The Deluge, rating 20.3). No Falcon Crest on March 1. March 10, 1985: Footnote to Murder (episode 18), rating 19.7. Finished ahead of Falcon Crest (March 8: House Divided, rating 17.5). March 17, 1985: Murder Takes the Bus (episode 19), rating 22.4. Finished ahead of Falcon Crest (March 15: The Trial, rating 17.6). No Knots Landing on March 14. March 31, 1985: Armed Response (episode 20), rating 21.2. Finished ahead of Knots Landing (March 28: A Man of Good Will, rating 19.4) and Falcon Crest (March 29: Justice for All, rating 19.2). April 7, 1985: Murder at the Oasis (episode 21), rating 20.4. Finished ahead of Knots Landing (April 4: For Better, for Worse; rating 18.2). No Dallas and Falcon Crest on April 5. April 21, 1985: Funeral at Fifty-Mile (season finale), rating 24.5. Finished ahead of Dallas (April 19: The Ewing Connection, rating 21.1) and Falcon Crest (April 19: The Decline, rating 16.9). No Knots Landing on April 18. This episode of Murder, She Wrote finished 2nd for the week, behind a repeat of The Cosby Show. No Dynasty on April 17. On a win-loss basis, Murder, She Wrote's 1984/85 record vs. the soaps was Falcon Crest 13-6, plus 1 tie Knots Landing 9-9 Dallas 1-20 Dynasty 0-19 The tide shifted 1985/86 until the end of the primetime soap era 1992/93, as Murder, She Wrote began finishing ahead of all four soaps. The first Murder, She Wrote episode to finish ahead of all four soaps was Murder in the Afternoon (October 13, 1985, rating 24.9). This episode finished 2nd for the week, behind The Cosby Show. From 1985/86 to 1992/93, there were 12 episodes of Murder, She Wrote that finished behind one of the soaps. These episodes were September 29, 1985: Widow Weep for Me (season 2 premiere), rating 24.4. Finished behind Dynasty (September 25: The Aftermath (season 6 premiere), rating 28.1). No Falcon Crest on September 27. October 6, 1985: Joshua Peabody Died Here... Possibly, rating 23.5. Finished behind Dallas (October 4: Those Eyes, rating 23.8). October 27, 1985: Sing a Song of Murder, rating 21.1. Finished behind Dallas (October 25: Mothers, rating 22.7). No Dynasty on October 23. May 18, 1986: If the Frame Fits (season 2 finale), rating 21.7. Finished behind Dallas (May 16: Blast from the Past (season 9 finale), rating 24.9). September 28, 1986: Death Stalks the Big Top (Part 1; season 3 premiere), rating 24.6. Finished behind Dallas (September 26: Return to Camelot (season 10 premiere), rating 26.5). No Falcon Crest on September 26. October 25, 1987: The Way to Dusty Death, rating 17.7. Finished behind Dallas (October 23: Tough Love, rating 18.2). No Dynasty on October 21. May 14, 1989: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (Part 1), rating 15.4. Finished behind Knots Landing (May 11: The Heat of Passion, rating 16.3). Dynasty series finale May 11. May 21, 1989: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (Part 2; season 5 finale), rating 17.6. Finished behind Knots Landing (May 18: Down Came the Rain and Washed the Spider Out (season 10 finale), rating 18.0). April 8, 1990: Always a Thief, rating 14.4. Finished behind Knots Landing (April 5: The One to Blame, rating 14.5). No Falcon Crest on April 6. May 20, 1990: The Sicilian Encounter (season 6 finale), rating 14.1. Finished behind Knots Landing (May 17: Lets Get Married (season 11 finale), rating 14.7). Dallas season 13 finale May 11. Falcon Crest series finale May 17. May 5, 1991: Tainted Lady, rating 16.0. Finished behind Dallas (May 3: Conundrum (series finale), rating 22.0). May 12, 1991: The Skinny According to Nick Culhane (season 7 finale), rating 13.2. Finished behind Knots Landing (May 9: Play, Pause, Search (season 12 finale), rating 14.2). On a win-loss basis, Murder, She Wrote's overall records vs. the soaps were Falcon Crest 100-6, plus 1 tie Knots Landing 148-14 Dallas 105-26 Dynasty 63-20

Mishael Morgan is smart to leave Y&R. Her talent is being wasted there.

For a show that resulted in so many time slot hits and even poked fun at NBC for it, Seinfeld itself could have very easily been a time slot hit looking at its scheduling history. NBC broadcast the pilot episode of Seinfeld on Wednesday July 5, 1989 @ 9 pm but it doesn't get picked up for Fall 1989. Thursday May 31, 1990 @ 9:30 pm, Seinfeld premieres as a summer series and the run is four episodes. Wednesday January 23, 1991 @ 9:30 pm, Seinfeld returns as a midseason series and the run is twelve episodes. Episodes 1-4, 12 Wednesday 9:30 pm (Night Court lead out). Episodes 5-11 Thursday 9:30 pm (Cheers lead out). Finishes below the Top 30. 1991/92: Seinfeld returns for its first full season. Episodes 1-11, 15, 18 Wednesday 9:30 pm (Night Court lead out). Episodes 12-14, 16, 17, 19-23 Wednesday 9 pm. Finishes below the Top 30. 1992/93: Episodes 1-3, 5-15 Wednesday 9 pm where its head-to-head w/ Home Improvement. Episode 4 Wednesday 9:30 pm. Episodes 16-22 Thursday 9:30 pm (Cheers lead out). Episode 23 Thursday 8 pm. Episode 24 Thursday 8:30 pm. Moves up to 25th. 1993/94: Moves to Thursday 9 pm where it remains until final season 1997/98. Finishes 3rd, #1, 2nd, 2nd, #1. During the final 5 seasons of Cheers, it seems as though NBC used Thursday 9:30 pm as a testing ground. Looking at the 1992/93 weekly ratings, Seinfeld got a boost from episodes 16-22 being the Cheers lead out and episodes 23 and 24 being broadcast the same night as Cheers series finale, although moving away from being head-to-head w/ Home Improvement was also a big factor. If Seinfeld had Thursday 9:30 pm as its time slot from its first full season, who knows what kind of ratings it would have gotten.

I think Rihanna will get her 15th #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 soon.

3 A.M. was everything! Whenever that played you knew something dangerous with consequences was about to take place.

@Vee I'm looking forward to your thoughts on the Ava Gardner episodes. I love messy wealthy matriarchs and Ava as Ruth was everything.

@BoldRestless @SoapsudsIIRC there was an episode in December 1988 where Danny, Phillip, Chase, Scott visited Cricket with gifts all at the same time. Of course there was this SOD cover not long after that.

@Paul Raven @DramatistDreamer The Nathan/Keesha affair really was a sign that Bill Bell had lost interest in Nathan.

@Taoboi November sleeps 🤣

I am pretty sure Y&R is bigger than B&B in Canada, France, Israel, Turkey. Australia and the rest of Europe seem to be B&B turf. I know New Zealand dropped Y&R, but I don't know if B&B is still broadcast there.

Today (November 1) would have been Michael Zaslow's 80th birthday. RIP.