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@Bright Eyes I find it so hard to believe that Jaime Lyn Bauer actually played the Days character originated by Susan Flannery. Speaking of Jaime Lyn Bauer, I'm surprised that after she left Y&R CBS didn't try to keep her in the family so to speak and cast her on one of their primetime soaps. She seemed so made for that genre.

@Paul RavenMaybe for Y&R some of the big 1970s storylines/characters could have been an influence, ie. Chris/Snapper/Greg triangle, Chris's rape, Leslie/Lorie/Brad triangle, Lorie's parentage, Lance/Lucas/Leslie/Lorie quadrangle. Then again, brothers fighting over a girl, sisters fighting over a guy, heroines that are rape victims, and parentage reveals are classic soap elements. Also Victor's 1980s character arc, introduced as a villain but with the unexpected popularity of the pairing with Nikki, the orphanage backstory, and his other storylines, Victor was more of an anti-hero by the end of the decade.

@Xanthe @FrenchBug82 When Brenda Dickson returned to Y&R in 1983, the announcement was something like "today Brenda Dickson returns to the role of Jill Foster Abbott".

We often talk about the Dallas/Dynasty influence on daytime soaps but how about the opposite direction, daytime influence on the 1980s big four primetime soaps. For example, characters/situations from Y&R being used on CBS's big three primetime soaps, or characters/situations from ABC's big three daytime soaps being used on Dynasty.

@FrenchFan Thanks again, and as always, much appreciated. The Lance/Lucas/Leslie/Lorie quad is coming up and from what I've read, what a tangled web that was. Leslie was recast in 1977 but what month?

That's where I saw it. Maybe someday the full episode will surface and we'll know for sure if December 1981 was the first reference to Victor growing up in an orphanage.

Remember in 2018 there was a flashback to Victor and Nikki's first Christmas together in 1981? In the scene shown Nikki mentions Victor having an unhappy childhood. Was this when it was first revealed that Victor grew up in an orphanage? I can't find any recaps from December 1981 that delve into the details of the Christmas episodes.

@YRfan23 In a business battle, I say a draw since they are equal in character and one would recognize the other as someone not to mess with.

What's this board's take on this tweet?

Bill Bell reused elements of Jennifer Brooks's death 13 years later on B&B with Caroline.

If this show was on cable/streaming, f-bombs and s-bombs would be dropped left and right.

5 episodes in and still not connecting with the characters/storylines. New episodes return November 9.

The best part of it was the Jabot/Newman crossover, which to me was the last good storyline Bradley wrote.

Anyone watch the first episode? It's very late 1990s/early 2000s.

Don't leave, you're one of my favorite posters here.

🤣 You are killing me BoldRestless. Keeping it real here, whenever any episodes from Summer 1986 to end of 1989 surface, I skip all the Cricket scenes.

From what I've read online, Y&R began in Australia in 1974 and in New Zealand in 1977 and the episodes started from the beginning in both countries. Did the Australian broadcasts have breaks and that's how they ended up more than one year behind? Blog post about Y&R's broadcast history in Canada: MarkH's Soap Musings: Canada: Why does Y&R have a late timeslot and day-ahead episode? (markhsoap.blogspot.com)

@yrfan1983 I think this was a rewrite so there would be a "who's the daddy" storyline.

1984/1985 season was the peak of the big four primetime soaps. It wasn't a good idea for CBS/ABC to launch any primetime soaps after that season. 1985/1986 was when the big four starting going down and they really should have been done by 1987/1988.

@BoldKara If the YouTube videos you're watching have the CC option, the foreign language captions can be translated to English.

Keeping with this week's episodes, some Y&R stars shared their real-life wedding photos. Exclusive Photos: Y&R Weddings In Real Life - Watch! Magazine Photos - CBS.com

@YRfan23 Noah has been de-aged to pretty much his real time age (24).

Congrats on 20 years, and best wishes for many more.

You'd think Paramount+ would be the natural home for CBS's big three primetime soaps but for whatever reason that hasn't happened. Dallas full series is on IMDb TV, Falcon Crest first four seasons are on Amazon, and Knots Landing is nowhere to be found.

Like I said before, Y&R has gone into budget mode. If this was 10-20 years ago, we'd probably get an Italy remote. The last remotes I remember were New Orleans 2010 and Paris 2008.