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Heads up to those who get GSN. If my calculations are correct, Tuesday's episode of $25000 Pyramid will be the start of the week of June 27-July 1,1983, with celebrity guests Terry Lester and Deborah Adair.

Brenda Dickson sounds like she still has beef with some Y&R cast/crew members, and it's been nearly 30 years since she left the show.

I believe Kassie DePaiva left GL on her own choice. She was part of a cast purge in early 1991 that also saw the departures of Grant Aleksander, Beth Chamberlin, Robert Newman, and Michael O'Leary.

That was why I asked earlier if Robert Calhoun left GL on his own choice or if P&G terminated him. In hindsight, if it was a termination, that was a stupid move on P&G's part. Add to the producer coasting list Laurence Caso (off of Robert Calhoun and Douglas Marland), and to a lesser extent Edward Scott (off of H. Wesley Kenney).

Nobody answered me earlier re Robert Calhoun. From what I've either watched when it originally aired, or rewatched online years later, it seems to me that Robert Calhoun laid all the groundwork but Jill Farren Phelps got all the credit. The 1991/1992 brief ratings rise was under her watch if I'm not mistaken.

Not sure if any other non-Americans are posting here, but do recent events make you not want to travel to the US?

Maybe it's me, but I get the feeling that Trump wanted to win the election more than he actually wanted to be President.

I was thinking of everyone here during the news coverage of Friday's events. I couldn't bear to watch more than a few minutes at a time. Good night all, stay safe

My heart is aching for everyone here. Stay safe tomorrow.

Not sure if it's been asked/posted here before, but when was Robert Calhoun replaced by Jill Farren Phelps? I'm pretty sure it was sometime during the first half of 1991, but I don't recall the exact month. Also, did Robert Calhoun leave on his own choice or did P&G terminate him?

Haha very funny. 1980s Y&R is impossible to find. Sony/CBS needs to dig into the vaults any maybe release some DVDs or a streaming channel. Then again, I don't think they want the viewers watching reruns and missing the current episodes.

Yeah, Cricket ate the show in the late 1980s. That era also coincided with the departures of Brenda Dickson, Eileen Davidson, and Terry Lester. I know Brenda and Terry were quite vocal about the nepotism. Eileen not so much, but I've always suspected that's the reason she left the first time.

I didn't like a good number of the storylines from Fall 1996 through the first half of 1997. I was watching maybe a couple times a week back then, but I still followed along online and through the soap magazines.

10 years ago this month: RIP Darlene Conley.

By the early 1990s, the Abbotts were almost all recasts, the Williams family was almost all gone, and the Newman family expanded.

YRfan23, thanks so much for the December 1989 episodes. I believe Peter Bergman's first episode was about a week or so prior to the ones you posted. You wouldn't happen to have Victor and Jack's first scene with Peter Bergman as Jack do you? From watching these episodes, Peter Bergman is trying so hard to emulate Terry Lester (RIP) but it's not working. Brenda Epperson was still relatively new as Ashley here, she had only been on about a year at this point. I believe Eileen Davidson left around October or November 1988 and Brenda started shortly after. I remember on Christmas 1998 CBS aired the episode from December 23, 1988 and Brenda was playing Ashley then.

Flammable hairspray fumes LOL

If there was a channel somewhere airing 1980s and 1990s Y&R I would so watch that. Maybe it's me, but I never felt Y&R became a pop culture phenomenon in the 1980s and 1990s the way General Hospital was in the late 1970s/early 1980s and Days was during the supercouple and Reilly years. I don't recall Soap Opera Digest or People releasing special commemorative issues for Y&R's 40th anniversary in 2013 the way they did for General Hospital's 50th anniversary that same year and Days's 50th anniversary in 2015.

BetterForgotten, I hope you're enjoying the summer 1990 episodes that have surfaced on YT. I'm hoping that poster uploads the next two years, so much more good stuff awaits. Do you think the Blake recast took away the scheming homewrecker aspect of the character? I wonder who else GL considered when the role was recast. That character needed a Michelle Stafford/Kimberlin Brown type of actress I'd say.

There's a YT user mentioned here before that's posting June 1990 episodes. I'm actually looking forward to their uploads more than I am to current Y&R LOL.

I hadn't watched any clips for a long time due to regular life getting in the way, but since I'm on vacation I spent some time rewatching fall/winter 1989, and early 1990. I had forgotten there were some hints dropped of a potential Alan-Michael/Blake affair at the end of 1989 and then the actual affair began in February 1990. I thought Carl T. Evans's Alan-Michael looked like a little boy next to Sherry Stringfield's Blake. Then in the summer Alan-Michael was recast with Rick Hearst and he at least looked like a grown man. Roger/Alexandra was also beginning at this time, leading to their marriage in the spring. That pairing was more cat-and-mouse/power play. I didn't think there was any great love between them. Summer 1990 to spring 1991 was a big transition period, but I thought the show actually got better when all was said and done. Sadly by the end of summer 1992 all the momentum was gone.

I loved the game show crossovers with the CBS soap stars. That was a big part of why CBS Daytime was so awesome back in the day.

Jennifer Brooks maybe?

I don't think there's a CBS Daytime pre-emption guide anywhere. We have to guess based on memories and Google Another 1989 event I thought of: San Francisco earthquake on October 17. Although the earthquake occurred in the late afternoon/early evening in San Francisco, there might have been some CBS news coverage in the morning/afternoon the next day. Forgot about CBS coverage of the 1992 Winter Olympics. Can't believe I missed Bill Clinton's inauguration in the 1993 list LOL. Also missed in 1993, Major League Baseball playoffs from October 5-13 but I'm not sure if there were any weekday afternoon games. Since 1994 was mentioned, some pre-emptions I can think of January 17: Los Angeles earthquake March 17 and 18: NCAA Men's Basketball June 30-July 8: OJ Simpson trial September 5 and 9: US Open Tennis November 24 and 25: Thanksgiving I believe Black Friday pre-emptions have been happening since at least the mid-1990s if not earlier, that's why I include that day whenever I compile a pre-emption list.

Going by holidays, history, and CBS sports coverage, these are the pre-emption dates I compiled for 1987-1992. 1987 January 1: New Year's Day May 25: NBA Playoff Memorial Day afternoon game but not certain on that July 13-August 7: Iran-Contra Hearings; not sure how much the daytime lineup was affected September 7 and September 11: US Open Tennis November 26 and 27: Thanksgiving December 25: Christmas 1988 January 1: New Year's Day May 30: NBA Playoff Memorial Day afternoon game but not certain on that September 5 and 9: US Open Tennis November 24 and 25: Thanksgiving 1989 January 2: Cotton Bowl; New Year's Day was Sunday so the bowl games were on Monday January 20: George Bush Inauguration May 29: NBA Playoff Memorial Day afternoon game but not certain on that September 4 and 8: US Open Tennis November 23 and 24: Thanksgiving December 25: Christmas Tiananmen Square, Berlin Wall, Czechoslovakia revolution have resulted in pre-emptions but not certain on that 1990 January 1: New Year's Day May 28: NBA Playoff Memorial Day afternoon game but not certain on that September 3 and 7: US Open Tennis October 4-12: Major League Baseball playoffs; there may have been some weekday afternoon games but not certain on that November 22 and 23: Thanksgiving December 25: Christmas Desert Storm may have resulted in pre-emptions but not certain on that 1991 January 1: New Year's Day March 14 and 15: NCAA Men's Basketball; the first year CBS had the broadcasting rights for the entire tournament September 2 and 6: US Open Tennis October 8-17: Major League Baseball playoffs; there may have been some weekday afternoon games but not certain on that November 28 and 29: Thanksgiving December 25: Christmas Desert Storm, Yugoslavia breakup, Magic Johnson announcement, Soviet Union breakup may have resulted in pre-emptions but not certain on that 1992 January 1: New Year's Day March 19 and 20: NCAA Men's Basketball September 7 and 11: US Open Tennis October 7-14: Major League Baseball playoffs; there may have been some weekday afternoon games but not certain on that November 26 and 27: Thanksgiving December 25: Christmas