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I don't think we've ever seen the Newman helicopter on Y&R. We know about the Newman jet.

Noah was SORASed in 2009 and none of his storylines since then have worked.

Silk Press Sheila would not dare to mess with Victor. He would see right through her. We know Victor would call her by her full name sounding like one word "Danalesliethomas".

Love that Brandon Claybon watched Y&R with his grandmother.

Maureen was the anchor/tentpole of the show. GL being a community-based show needed an anchor/tentpole character to keep things grounded and JFP failed to realize that.

Ashley Jones as a mob princess is not working for me.

Also the Bible.

Shemar returns for another arc. I wonder how long this will be.

Is Ashley Jones character supposed to be some type of mob princess?

Sony/CBS knows that if the best of Bill Bell was available, nobody would watch the 90% hot garbage that are the current episodes. Let's keep it real here, Y&R as we knew it was done with John Abbott death. We are two months away from the 20th anniversary of that.

Dynasty and 90210 had backstage drama that rivaled what was onscreen, but Melrose kept the drama mostly onscreen. Whenever I've seen group interviews with Melrose cast members, they all seem to genuinely like each other.

Thanks for info. That's a book to add to my summer reading list.

@soapfan770 Thanks for posting the final two weeks of 1988/89. It was not a very good season due to after effects of the writer's strike and changing times. So many shows felt off. May 8-14, 1989 had Family Ties series finale, The Golden Girls season 4 finale, The Cosby Show season 5 finale, and Moonlighting series finale. Rookie breakout Roseanne had their season 1 finale one week earlier. The other rookie hits Empty Nest and Anything but Love had their season finales in April. A Different World season 2 finale and Cheers season 7 finale were also one week earlier. This week's Murder, She Wrote was "Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall", part 1. This week's Knots Landing (The Heat of Passion) is notable in that it was Knots Landing's first weekly win over a new episode of Murder, She Wrote since March 7, 1985 (A Piece of the Pie). May 15-21, 1989 had Who's the Boss season 5 finale. 1988/89 Top 10 were 1. The Cosby Show, 2. Roseanne, 3. A Different World, 4. Cheers, 5. 60 Minutes, 6. The Golden Girls, 7. Who's the Boss; 8. Murder, She Wrote; 9. Empty Nest, 10. Anything but Love. 1988/89 Top 10 fallouts were 13. Growing Pains (1987/88 5th), 15. ALF (1987/88 10th), 21. Night Court (1987/88 7th), 22. The Wonder Years (1987/88 10th). 1988/89 Top 30 fallouts were Moonlighting final season (1987/88 12th), Family Ties final season (1987/88 17th), My Two Dads (1987/88 20th), Newhart (1987/88 25th), 227 (1987/88 27th), Day by Day final season (1987/88 28th).

The resolution. Some of Bill Bell's social issue storylines came across as heavy handed and had PSA dialog, but for the most part I think they were told in a responsible manner.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I think Christine might have gotten in a fight with Isabella but I think I could be wrong about that.

Crimson Lights is 32 years old. Maintenance costs combined with budget mode is why it looks the way it does.

@YRfan23 Christine is too saintly to bitch slap anyone. AFAIK I don't think a Christine/Phyllis confrontation has ever turned physical.

A Bill Bell element is virgin heroine that was raped. Chris Brooks, Peggy, Caroline, Cricket. I've read about Chris Brooks and Peggy storylines, and I've seen Caroline and Cricket storylines. With Caroline and Cricket, Bill Bell covered the medical/legal aspects and the physical/emotional effects. Cricket date rape was a summer social issue storyline and in recent years whenever Lauralee Bell talks about that storyline, she always points out that Bill Bell wanted to tell that story properly. I get the impression that she's swiping how other soaps told rape storylines irresponsibly in the 1980s. One of the most controversial rape storylines in daytime was Eden on Santa Barbara which was about a year before Cricket date rape. That storyline got Best Storyline in SOD Best of 1988 issue and at the 1990 SOD awards. I bet the SOD award win must have irked Bill Bell.

Re: Reardon family. Douglas Marland introduced Bea, Nola, Tony, Maureen. Pamela Long introduced Jim. Chelsea arrived in late 1986 so I think Sheri Anderson introduced her. Nancy Curlee introduced Bridget but I don't believe we ever met Bridget's father.

I can believe that.

Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson - Beauty And The Beast (HQ Official Music Video)

Eric Braeden knows that a good portion of his fan base in this country are African-Americans. Whenever he trended on Twitter, it was almost always African-Americans that showed him the most love.

Hahaha, love that description.

Roger Howarth will be 58 in September. He has a retirement to fund.

Half-sisters that don't like each other and then fight over a guy is a classic soap element.