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@Chris B Season 7 is also when LML shows up in the writer credits and we all know the damage she did to Y&R two decades later.

Fall 1982 to Spring 1985 was the peak of primetime soaps and in that era, Knots Landing set itself apart from the others with high emotional stakes character driven storytelling. @Vee season 4 and 5 recaps really highlight that element.

Susan Flannery the first entry that worked w/ Bill Bell on two shows. Eileen Davidson the first entry that went from Y&R to Reilly Days. I'm thinking the next entry on this list from Bill Bell Days that later worked w/ him again would be Susan Seaforth Hayes and the next entry on this list that went from Y&R to Reilly Days would be Lauren Koslow.

@will81 @Paul Raven Bill Bell lost interest in Nathan when Shemar Moore blew up in popularity.

For whatever reason Bill Bell didn't explore Kristen/Felicia sister relationship. I could see them fighting over Clarke. I remember Felicia having some flirtation with Clarke but it ended up not going anywhere. The writer's strike was over and Sally arrived. That's when B&B really hit its stride.

Shari Shattuck and Eddie Winslow, I mean Darius McCrary, own this list.

Y&R more garbage time, yuck. How much are we going to have to take until the 50th anniversary?

The cozy "Maltese Falcon": How "Murder, She Wrote" reinvented mysteries forever | Salon.com Murder, She Wrote pretty much paved the way for all those Hallmark mystery movies. Recalling the unexpected success of Angela Lansbury's 'Murder She Wrote' - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) LOL at Angela Lansbury mistakenly calling Miami Vice as Miami Heat. Two promos for the premiere

Y&R went off track Fall 1994 (the aftermath of OJ) through the first half of 1997. It rebounded during the second half of 1997 to lead into the 25th anniversary. 1998 was the last year I'd say Y&R was truly excellent.

Boy Meets World's Maitland Ward Opens Up About Adult Film Career (people.com) Anyone going to read her book?

Was Ian Buchanan a big get for Bradley in 1993? I know he was popular on General Hospital and Twin Peaks.

Big fat word to this. Also Sally has made Chelsea and Chloe redundant. I've been saying for years that Y&R needs a good housecleaning. @soapfan770 That GIF is everything!

With Days run on NBC lasting 56 years 305 days, it will finish as the third longest running daytime drama on US network television, behind General Hospital and Guiding Light. Days would have moved past Guiding Light on January 30, 2023.

I agree, the main reasons being that Y&R/B&B primarily draw the 50+ audience and international sales.

Mishael Morgan has way too much talent for daytime. She needs to move on to bigger and better things.

Agree. We're 7 months away from the 50th anniversary and still nothing to build up to it.

I don't see Y&R and B&B moving to Paramount+ as I think that would affect international sales. Both shows will end on CBS.

Has there ever been a primetime television show that impacted the fortunes of a network's primetime lineup more than Dallas and CBS? The rise and fall of Dallas pretty much lines up with the rise and fall of CBS primetime. Fall 1979-Spring 1985: A pop culture phenomenon from Who Shot JR until Bobby's car accident. CBS became the #1 primetime network in Spring 1980 and remained so until Spring 1985. Dallas is CBS's highest rated scripted program from 1980/81 to 1984/85. Fall 1985-Spring 1987: Tanks in the aftermath of Bobby's car accident. CBS primetime drops to 2nd place in Spring 1986. 1985/86 Dallas is no longer CBS's highest rated scripted program, it's now Murder, She Wrote. Dallas falls out of the Top 10 in the aftermath of the "it was all a dream" resolution. Fall 1987-Spring 1988: Starts to go off the rails in the aftermath of Pamela's disappearance. CBS primetime drops to 3rd place in Spring 1988. Fall 1988-Spring 1991: Off the rails plus budget mode. Falls out of the Top 30 in the aftermath of Sue Ellen's departure. CBS remains in 3rd place until Spring 1991. CBS primetime had some signs of life from Fall 1991-Spring 1994, but it didn't last. CBS primetime became a mess again from Fall 1994-Spring 2000. Summer 2000 was the first edition of Survivor, Fall 2000 was the start of CSI plus Everybody Loves Raymond became a Top 10 show, and the rest is history. There were other factors that lead to the decline of Dallas (weak lead-ins, sitcoms making a comeback, changing times) and the decline of CBS primetime (no hit sitcoms for many years, hanging on to aging dramas because the new dramas had no signs of growth, loss of established affiliates in the aftermath of losing NFL broadcasting rights in Fall 1994) but I don't think anyone expected the impact of the decline of what was CBS's biggest pop culture show during the first half of the 1980s to affect CBS's primetime lineup for 13 years.

Old EB articles I recently came across that have some good stuff in there. The Victor Newman Project: A Conversation with Eric Braeden - samtweedle.com Eric Braeden Previews His Startling New Memoir 'I'll Be Damned' (tvinsider.com)

ED interview from late 1982 or early 1983 I recently found.

Beyoncé is the 8th female solo artist to reach 8 #1s on the Billboard Hot 100. The female solo artists to reach 8 or more #1s on the Billboard Hot 100 are Mariah Carey (19), Rihanna (14), Madonna (12), Whitney Houston (11), Janet Jackson (10), Katy Perry (9), Taylor Swift (8), Beyoncé (8). If we do not count Elvis Presley's 11 pre-Billboard Hot 100 #1s, Beyoncé is the 20th artist to reach 8 or more #1s on the Billboard Hot 100.

Maybe for 1973-1982 CBS/Sony could start with clip sets of the major storylines that set everything in motion for Y&R as we know it today: Jill/Katherine, Victor/Nikki, the Abbotts, then get into full episodes starting 1983.

There's also the factors of Magnum, P.I. and Simon & Simon weakening as lead-ins due to NBC's Thursday comedies surging with the breakout success of The Cosby Show, and NBC moving L.A. Law to Thursday 10 pm in December 1986. 1984/85: Magnum, P.I. drops from 6th to 15th. Simon & Simon drops from 5th to 7th. Knots Landing moves up from 11th to 9th (it's first and only Top 10 finish). Over on NBC, The Cosby Show first season finishes 3rd, Family Ties moves from below the Top 30 to 5th, Cheers moves from below the Top 30 to 12th, Night Court moves from below the Top 30 to 20th, Hill Street Blues moves from below the Top 30 to 30th. 1985/86: Magnum, P.I. falls below the Top 30. Simon & Simon drops to 29th. Knots Landing drops to 17th. Over on NBC, The Cosby Show moves up to 1st, Family Ties moves up to 2nd, Cheers moves up to 5th, Night Court moves up to 11th, Hill Street Blues falls below the Top 30. 1986/87: Magnum, P.I. moves to Wednesday 9 pm. Simon & Simon moves to Thursday 8 pm and Knots Landing moves to Thursday 9 pm where they are now head-to-head with the entire NBC Thursday comedy block. CBS sees the error of their ways and moves Knots Landing back to Thursday 10 pm but they keep changing the rest of their Thursday lineup because nothing was working. NBC counter-programs by moving L.A. Law from Friday 10 pm to Thursday 10 pm. Simon & Simon falls below the Top 30 and Knots Landing drops to 26th. Over on NBC, The Cosby Show remains 1st, Family Ties remains 2nd, Cheers moves up to 3rd, Night Court moves up to 7th, L.A. Law first season finishes 21st. In the grand scheme of things though, the big four primetime soaps all started tanking Fall 1985 and were creatively exhausted by Spring 1988. Weak lead-ins, strategic counter-programming, sitcoms making a comeback (family sitcoms peaked Fall 1985-Spring 1988), and changing times also played a part.

CBS/Sony have no idea what a gold mine they have with 1970s/1980s/1990s Y&R. The classics proved that there's an audience for those episodes.

I must have missed that.