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@soapfan770 My rankings: 1985-Val seeing the twins alive 1984-Karen is shot and Abby kidnapped by the Wolfbridge Group 1983-Gary left rotting in jail while Karen realizes Chip is the one who killed Ciji 1982-Val walking in on Gary & Abby 1981-Sid’s car going over the cliff 1980-Gary falls off the wagon and gets back on. 1986-Karen is kidnapped 1987-Abby hiding and burying Peter’s body 1988-Jill’s torture of Val 1989-Paige left standing in the rain while Mac gets skunked 1990-Paige being stood up at her wedding, Jeff is Karen’s stalker 1991-Brian Johnston disappears and then paintball madness/shenanigans. 1993-Abby moving back into Knots Landing 1992-Meg goes missing and Pierce turns up alive in Paige’s care

@Speed Racer Whether we like Reva or not, she was GL's definitive character of its final 25 years. I believe Kim Zimmer returned spring 1995 for a short arc but then returned permanently that summer and remained until the end.

That's right, today marks 46 years in the game. Maybe someday EB first episode will surface. It was the combination of EB acting and Bill Bell writing that made Victor character arc a success. We saw Victor go from short-term villain to anti-hero/romantic leading man plus the backstory of his painful childhood (abandoned by both parents and growing up in an orphanage) and becoming a self-made man. Bill Bell saw what EB brought to Y&R, changed the initial storyline, and we know the rest. I quoted Bill Bell's own words on Victor Newman from the 1997 book Worlds Without End: The Art and History of the Soap Opera earlier in this thread. Link below to save digging in the thread. https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/38254-yr-old-articles/page/723/#findComment-1763810

Gina's set was 30 years old in 2003 so I thought it was retired because maintenance costs were an issue.

1982/83 was CBS sitcom transition season. M*A*S*H ended, Newhart premiered, The Jeffersons and One Day at a Time fell out of the Top 10, Archie Bunker's Place ended, and Alice was moved around the schedule (from Sunday 9 pm to Wednesday 9 pm, Sunday 9:30 pm, Monday 9 pm, Sunday 9:30 pm) which lead to a Top 30 fallout.

February 1-7, 1982.

@Soapsuds That ad is for the episodes of February 1, 1980.

September 1992-January 1993 wasn't bad but the big cast departures of the summer (Kimberley Simms, Sherry Stringfield, Beverlee McKinsey) left a noticeable void in the canvas. Then of course came Maureen Bauer death and GL was never the same after that. Aftermath of Maureen death until Nancy Curlee left the writing team was a chore to watch, but at least we got to see Michael Zaslow finally get his long-awaited for Lead Actor Daytime Emmy.

Shanice is a nurse. She knows all kinds of nasty stuff is on worn undergarments.

Roger visiting Maureen's grave was one of MZ's most memorable scenes from his 1989-1997 run. I thought that scene should have been on his Emmy reel.

You're welcome. Yeah, 1997/98 was pretty bad as well. The final five seasons of the 1990s (1995/96 to 1999/2000) were on the whole not very good.

I posted this article about 1995/96 earlier. I've quoted it this time in case the link has a paywall. Who Lives and Who Dies on TV - The New York Times

Love that 😍

Probably not. I could be nice and say Hayley dresses like a video vixen, but I still think she dresses like a ho in the street trying to be a lady in the street.

Hahaha love it!

@soapfan770 Thanks for posting 1996 Super Bowl week. 1995/96 not a very good season. ER reaches #1 and Friends blows up. The rest of the broadcast network primetime lineups that weren't NBC Thursday, not looking so good.

30 years ago this month. That Time Murder, She Wrote Took A Swing at Friends The Time 'Murder, She Wrote' Had Serious Beef With 'Friends' | Cracked.com When 'Friends' Killed Off 'Murder, She Wrote' “I mean, who would have thought a group of twenty-something young people sitting around all day long discussing their sexuality would turn out to be a top TV show?” Angela Lansbury and her shade, I love it. Remember that a decade earlier she shaded the new hotness Miami Vice by calling it Miami Heat.

Derek and Tomas are the weak links of the male cast. Phase them out and elevate Kial and Grayson.

30 years ago. The peak of Friends. January 28, 1996, "The One After the Super Bowl", rating 29.6. Series high until the series finale. February 1, 1996, "The One with the Prom Video", rating 21.7; and February 8, 1996, "The One Where Ross and Rachel...You Know", rating 21.7. Highest-rated regular episodes in their original broadcast.

Summer 1994 Frat Party. Fall 1994 to Spring 1996 Nick/Sharon eat the show. Fall 1996 through first half of 1997 lull in the storylines. The only bright spot for me was Who Shot Victor.

When factoring in ratings, critical acclaim, place in television history and pop culture, and influence on other dramas, I'd say the definitive dramas of the 1990s were ER, NYPD Blue, 90210, and Melrose.

Noah hasn't worked as a character since the 2008 SORAS. He should have just aged normally.

I'm so ready for February sweeps and the first anniversary. BtG has so much momentum right now, hopefully it will continue to be hot fire.

The Boondocks told us that in 2010.

Thanks for the info. I haven't seen the 1989/90 episodes of Dallas in a long time. That season was a waste of time anyway, but that's neither here nor there for this thread.