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Nick already has three biological children that are grown (Noah, Summer, Faith) and one non-biological child he's raising (Christian). He doesn't need any more children.

1983/84 the last season Dallas would finish #1 and the peak season for The A-Team, Simon & Simon, Falcon Crest, Kate & Allie, Hotel, Cagney & Lacey. Knots Landing was excellent in 1983/84 and it missed the Top 10 by very little. From what I've seen of 1983/84 Hotel it was The Love Boat on land but a little soapier. I don't feel that it was a better show than Knots Landing that season though. Hotel was discussed in the Time Slot Hits thread and even though it doesn't fall into the time slot hit group, I can't help but think that it's first season Top 10 finish was the result of being the lead out of Dynasty when that show was at the height of its popularity.

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@Broderick The departures of BD, ED, TL overlapped w/ Cricket eating the show, but Bill Bell also had a new pet in that era, Cassandra. Looking back, I don't think it was a coincidence that Bill Bell elevated Nina Arvesen to front burner around the time MTS was on pregnancy leave and ED was on the way out. 1989 had Cricket eating the show and Cassandra as front burner, while the rest of the main females (Jill, Katherine, Nikki, Ashley, Traci, Lauren, Nina, Leanna) were given second and third tier storylines.

All three networks had a primetime mess era in the 1990s. CBS: Basically the whole decade. Starting when Dallas fell out of the Top 10 in Spring 1987 and ending in Fall 2000, the start of the Survivor/CSI/Everybody Loves Raymond era. There were some signs of life from Fall 1991 to Spring 1994, but it didn't last. ABC: Starting when Roseanne fell out of the Top 10 in Spring 1996 and ending with the premiere of Who Wants to be a Millionaire in Summer 1999. NBC: Starting when The Cosby Show and The Golden Girls ended in Spring 1992 and ending in Fall 1994, the start of the Seinfeld/ER/Friends era.

@Vee I think budget mode started a while back but it wasn't until recently that it really looked like budget mode was in place.

Is it safe to say that Y&R is in budget mode?

@will81 It's been years since I've read Jeanne's book but I don't recall her mentioning anything negative about John Conboy. Of the Y&R EPs during the Bill Bell years, it seems H. Wesley Kenney is the only one who was well-liked.

@will81 Yes, the John Conboy/Bill Bell beef has been documented. EB wrote about his dislike of John Conboy in his book.

@Sapounopera I feel all of Y&R's backstage drama really began when ES took over as EP. Something about him has always given me s--t disturber vibes.

Bradley took over B&B around the time Reilly's Days was taking off so early Bradley B&B seems stale compared to what was happening on Days in that same time. We all know that Reilly's Days blew up in the aftermath of OJ and that overlapped w/ Y&R going off track and B&B tanking.

In 1997? The 2003 negotiation fell through due to a pay cut I remember, and Victoria was off screen from December 2003 until March 2005.

We're three months away from the 50th anniversary and I'm losing hope that there will be some improvement by then.

@soapfan770 The recasts were part of why Y&R was in a lull during the first half of 1997. Remember that Reilly's Days nearly knocked Y&R out of #1 in June 1997. I think that shook up Bill Bell and thankfully Y&R picked up during the second half of 1997. @j swift Bill Bell had two intoxicated affair storylines before Nick/Grace. Dru/Malcolm when she was over-medicated and Caroline/Ridge after she indulged in too much champagne. I don't recall the Nick/Grace intoxicated affair episode but maybe Nick had his eyes closed the whole time.

@will81The early months of 1997 had three big recasts: Victoria, Phyllis, Grace.

Angela Lansbury got an In Memoriam on last night's Beauty and the Beast 30th anniversary special.

I say 40th anniversary episode.

HD streaming and Blu-ray release to time in with the 45th anniversary in April.

I think that week December 18-22, 1995 was Brenda Epperson's final episodes. The storyline sent Ashley to Paris for three months.

I think the Carl rewrite was that he went to work one morning and never came home. Onscreen he stopped being shown around 1990 without an explanation.

Her YT channel has many of her full albums Celine Dion - YouTube Her first US television appearance Love this performance

Some bad Y&R rewrites mainly due to them going against established history: Jack the Vietnam veteran circa 1970-1972 when it was established that Dina abandoned the family in 1971. Nikki becoming pregnant by Paul during the Summer 1980 cult storyline. That means Nikki would have given birth in Spring 1981 which we know did not happen.

Nancy Lee Grahn, Lane Davies, Marcy Walker, A Martinez appear in this promo for NBC's Fall 1988 lineup.

Stephen Nichols appears in this promo for NBC's Fall 1988 lineup. I didn't spot any other Days stars though.

That's why the bookend episodes in Seasons 6 and 7.