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A look back at Y&R's 1980s ratings and the rise to #1. 1979/1980: 8.8 (3rd). February 4, 1980 expand to 1 hour and time slot change from noon ET to 1 pm ET. 1980/1981: 7.8 (6th). June 8, 1981 time slot change from 1 pm ET to 12:30 pm ET. 1981/1982: 7.4 (tied w/ As the World Turns for 5th). March 1982 EP change from John Conboy to H. Wesley Kenney. 1982/1983: 8.0 (4th) 1983/1984: 8.8 (3rd) 1984/1985: 8.1 (3rd) 1985/1986: 8.3 (2nd) 1986/1987: 8.0 (2nd). November 1986 EP change from H. Wesley Kenney to Ed Scott. 1987/1988: 8.7 (tied w/ General Hospital for 1st) 1988/1989: 8.1 (1st)

I enjoyed the Robert Calhoun era but for whatever reason, there was a ratings drop during his tenure. 1988/1989: 6.2 (7th). Robert Calhoun takes over as EP in June 1989. 1989/1990: 5.4 (tied w/ Days for 7th). Kim Zimmer departs July 1990. 1990/1991: 5.2 (tied w/ Days for 7th). HW change from Pamela Long to Nancy Curlee in January 1991. Big cast purge during January and February 1991. JFP takes over as EP in July 1991. JFP got the ratings up briefly but the momentum didn't last. 1991/1992: 5.6 (5th). Beverlee McKinsey departs August 1992. 1992/1993: 5.4 (7th). Maureen Bauer killed off January 1993. Buzz arrives March 1993. 1993/1994: 5.4 (8th). Nancy Curlee leaves as HW in March 1994. 1994/1995: 4.4 (8th). The year of OJ. JFP leaves as EP May 1995.

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Janet Hubert's beef with Will Smith and Alfonso Ribiero. What I haven't been able to find out is if anyone from Family Matters had beef with Jaleel White when the show became more focused on Urkel than the Winslows.

Mark Derwin was shady about his time at Y&R. I wonder how much of the well-known BTS drama he witnessed during his time there (Summer 1989 to Spring 1990). I didn't know Jocelyn Seagrave was on Days not long after GL. She was shady about her time at Days (well it was the Reilly sci-fi years) but surprisingly no mention of that 1997 Aaron Spelling Fox show Pacific Palisades.

Vanessa Prentiss was the OG Stephanie. Even though the 1981 rebroadcast was part of a Victor/Nikki theme week, it was Vanessa that stole the show. I would love to see more episodes featuring Vanessa.

Same here. Of the 1980s episodes that have been rebroadcast so far, my favorite was Nikki's first visit to the Newman ranch.

Another Global update Thursday Global/Friday CBS - 10118; I think this is Victor and Nikki's wedding at the Newman Ranch from March 2013

Haha that's funny.

@soapfan770Nick/Phyllis October 2006 wedding was at a bar in New Mexico and Phyllis was pregnant with Summer.

Another Global update Wednesday Global/Thursday CBS - 8502; I think this is Nick and Phyllis's wedding from October 2006

Global's schedule has been updated Friday Global/Monday CBS - 5808 Monday Global/Tuesday CBS - 4489 Tuesday Global/Wednesday CBS - 6164 What I think the episodes are 5808 - Nick and Sharon's wedding (February 1996) 4489 - Danny and Christine's wedding (November 1990) 6164 - Malcolm and Olivia's wedding (July 1997)

The 1980s were a crazy time for hairstyles and clothing.

The internet doesn't lie and it's forever.

I'm so used to seeing Jess Walton with big ass hair but she looks good here with the Diana hair. Was this Prince Ali arc some type of 1980s Arabian Nights story? Really Capitol, you're trying to pass a White Australian with dark hair and a tan as Middle Eastern? Maybe in the 1980s daytime casting directors could get away with that nonsense.

Jerry Douglas was 54 in 1986 and he didn't look like he needed any work at that time. I think he had some eye work sometime in the 1990s. Somehow I remember an episode with a line about John looking more refreshed.

I got the feeling that the music was changed for the Victor/Ashley dance scene.

Yes. In fact, only four Black actors have ever been nominated for Lead Actor: Al Freeman Jr. (RIP), Darnell Williams, James Reynolds, Kristoff St. John (RIP). It's quite telling that the category with the most Black winners is Younger Actor.

@charholden5 I think Bradley Bell took over some time in 1993.

For whatever reason, Bill Bell didn't expand on the Forrester daughters' relationship. For all we know, they could've ended up like Leslie/Lorie, Ashley/Traci, Donna/Katie and fight over a guy or two.

Only next Monday is worth watching.

Beth Maitland is a treasure. With Y&R having stupidly killed off John Abbott, they need to cement Traci as that family's heart.

I could be totally wrong about this, but maybe someone at Sony/CBS doesn't want to pay royalties to Terry Lester's estate.

These listings cover the area between Buffalo and Toronto. Interesting that the cable providers carry network affiliates from both Buffalo and Erie. CBS Buffalo aired Guiding Light at 10 am but I'm guessing CBS Erie aired GL at 3 pm, even though it's not listed. As for the Canadian networks at the time, Global had Y&R, Days, General Hospital; CTV had B&B and Another World; CHCH had As the World Turns; CBC had All My Children. Of the long-running soaps, Guiding Light and One Life to Live were not broadcast by a Canadian network at the time. I've pierced together this history about Canadian soap broadcasts in the last 20 years. Any Canadians here can correct me if I'm wrong: General Hospital moves from Global to Citytv where it remains to this day. Y&R and Days remain on Global to this day. After NBC cancels Another World and debuts Passions, CTV also picks up Passions. CTV broadcasts Passions for about a year then Passions moves to Global where it remains until its cancelled by NBC. B&B remains on CTV to this day. As the World Turns moves from CHCH to Global where it remains until its cancelled by CBS. CBC drops All My Children and doesn't pick up any more soaps afterward. I'm still curious if viewers in Buffalo could get Global Toronto and watch the day-ahead Y&R.

I had forgotten about the Diego race change recasting. The Keesha race change recasting was worse though. Y&R recently had a South Asian character, Ravi, but he was basically Raj from Big Bang Theory without the accent.

Jake, Margo, Clarke were all gone around Spring 1992. I think their exits were just before Sheila arrived.