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Jennifer, Katherine, Vanessa, Stephanie were all similar in character. Bill Bell certainly liked the messy matriarchs.

I remember a Bill Bell interview where he mentioned CBS approached him around 1977 about having a second show on the network's daytime lineup. If a second Bell show was ready to air in 1977 instead of 1987, I wonder where it would've gone on the lineup. I don't think Search for Tomorrow was in cancel territory in 1977 and I read elsewhere that Love of Life made a bit of a comeback ratings wise during the mid 1970s. I know CBS expanded Guiding Light to one hour in 1977 so the half hour that went to GL may have gone to a second Bell show instead. What are your thoughts on Capitol? In my mind B&B was the intended replacement for Search for Tomorrow, Capitol was a placeholder/time filler until B&B was ready. It's hard to believe that B&B has had a longer run on CBS than Search for Tomorrow did.

I suspect CBS wanted something more glamorous to compete w/ ABC. If Y&R wasn't in transition mode during the early 1980s, maybe Bill Bell would have had a second show ready for CBS by 1982.

Nancy Curlee leaves the writing team at end of 1993 or beginning of 1994, correct? I know JFP remains as EP until May 1995.

I'm up to the end of Summer 1993 on YT and not sure whether to watch the rest of the year and go on to 1994. I know end of 1993 and into 1994 was where things got really bad, and there were some big cast changes, ie. more Friends of Jill being hired.

@BoldRestless Thank you for the 1986 episodes! Some pivotal moments in those episodes. I'm really hoping the John/Jack confrontation surfaces soon.

Even if CBS kept Search for Tomorrow in the 1980s, my feeling is it would've ended the moment Bill Bell had a second show ready for CBS's daytime lineup. Capitol to me was more of a placeholder/time filler until Bill Bell's second show was good to go.

We have a new #1 on the Hot 100 https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527829/billie-eilish-bad-guy-number-one-five-burning-questions

Looking at these ratings, the 1 hour expansion and time slot change in February 1980 might have caused Y&R to drop a bit. All My Children must have been killing it back then. I'm guessing Y&R ratings picked up again with the June 1981 time slot change.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527171/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-number-one-hot-100-19-weeks

18 weeks

Maitland Ward hasn't been recognizable since White Chicks. She must be in her early 40s now.

Michael Zaslow's Emmy winning episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emv82TiMzlE

Sally arrives in late 1988. I don't remember what month but I think her first scene is in a restaurant. Macy arrives spring 1989.

Would you say you began losing interest around the mid 1990s? I remember summer 1994 to about spring 1996 was too much focus on Nick and Sharon, then there was that rough patch from fall 1996 through the first half of 1997. Things rebounded in the second half of 1997 to lead up to an excellent 25th anniversary year in 1998.

Some of PB's first week were posted online a couple years ago and yes, he was trying so hard to emulate the late great Terry Lester (RIP). Unfortunately the poster didn't have the first scene of PB's Jack and Victor. If you come across it, let us know what it was like. My 1980s Y&R watching was irregular as it was limited to school breaks so any episode from 1980 to 1990 that is posted is a treat for me.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjoFtwSdRCzzv4olRU-_Tgg/videos This channel has almost all the Judith Krantz miniseries (half of Scruples is missing).

Wow, three of the big four 1980s fiction authors are now gone: Judith Krantz, Jackie Collins, Sidney Sheldon. Danielle Steel is the only one left.

Bill Bell also used elements of the Brooks family with the original Spencers. Although they were not original Y&R characters, there are elements of the Chancellors and the Prentisses in the Forresters.

Over the last few months I've been watching Fall 1992 through to Summer 1993 that have been uploaded on YT. Fall/Winter 1992 was alright but after Maureen's death it's been a chore to get through the episodes. I'm planning to watch through the end of Summer 1993 as I want to see the storyline surrounding the episode that got Michael Zaslow (RIP) his long awaited for Lead Actor Daytime Emmy. Does anyone know what Michael Zaslow's second episode for his 1994 submission was? I know the episode who's clips were shown on the 1994 Daytime Emmys was rebroadcast in December 1998. I think the second episode might have been when Roger visited Maureen's grave but I could be wrong.

If Billy was a Newman it would've been discovered during the DNA tests for Faith and Katie.

Wow, has it been 30 years already? I started watching GL around this time (spring 1989) as well. I didn't watch GL for very long (spring 1989-summer 1992) but I'm grateful to have experienced those amazing years as much as I could live and later online.

Lauralee. I gave up B&B years ago so I haven't witnessed the worst of Bradley. As we all know, Bradley Bell did not inherit his father's talent.

I agree. Brenda's Ashley came across as too sweet to be believable as the other woman in the eternal triangle. I think it was after this confrontation that little Victoria saw Ashley and called her the wicked witch that took my daddy away. Bill Bell's second worst nepotism.

That's because Bradley Bell did not inherit his father's talent.