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@Taoboi I know I'm not the only person who thinks that.

@Broderick Also during H. Wesley Kenney's run as EP, Y&R got more action/adventure elements in the storylines. Although Y&R's action/adventure elements were tame compared to General Hospital and Days in that same time, I don't really feel they suited Y&R. I wonder if adding action/adventure was Bill Bell's own choice or it was CBS mandated to compete with General Hospital and Days. Notice that when Ed Scott takes over, all the action/adventure elements are gone and Y&R becomes more corporate. There are some H. Wesley Kenney interviews floating around where he said he left Y&R for General Hospital because of the money General Hospital offered him and that his time on Y&R were the best years of his professional life. H. Wesley Kenney laid the groundwork for Y&R as we know it today, but Ed Scott ended up getting all the credit for Y&R becoming #1.

Agree. Vanessa is a nasty ho. She makes Brooke Logan look angelic.

I don't think Victor interacted with Cricket when she was a Jabot model. IIRC Victor first interacted with lawyer Christine in 1995 during Nick's trial.

I've pointed this out before but I think Pamela Long diminished Vanessa in favor of her creations Reva and Alexandra. It's quite telling that Maeve Kinkead made no reference to Pamela Long in her Emmy speech.

40 years ago

40 years ago

40 years ago tonight (I couldn't find an ABC promo)

@BoldRestless Do not give Josh Griffith ideas.

Doug's not dead. It's a set up to flush out Joey. Hahaha, dead. That's just as good as when Dani described Ashley as "she makes vanilla look spicy".

Y&R was in their post-expansion slump from February 1980 to May 1982 and this was reflected in the ratings. The cast changes plus the 1981 writers strike didn't help matters either. June 1982 Y&R rebounded and 1983 Y&R blew up. 1984 is the year Y&R became Y&R as we know it. Y&R's golden era was 1984 through first half of 1986, and H. Wesley Kenney played just as big a part of that as Bill Bell did.

October 1985-January 1986 Sunday 9 pm NBC and ABC had some big miniseries/movies, specials, and sports. NBC had The Long Hot Summer, I Dream of Jeannie: 15 Years Later, Crime of Innocence, 48 Hrs network premiere, Perry Mason Returns, Bob Hope Christmas Show, Blacke's Magic pilot movie. ABC had Toughlove, World Series, North & South, American Bandstand 33 1/3 Celebration, The Toy network premiere. No wonder CBS launched Sunday movie in January 1986 and as we all know that move paid off. Crazy Like a Fox got sent to Wednesday 9 pm head-to-head with Dynasty. That move wasn't tank job or sabotage, it was more to fill space on the schedule from new Wednesday shows Stir Crazy and George Burns Comedy Week being one season and done early in the season. I think a better home for Crazy Like a Fox might have been Friday 8 pm. Twilight Zone didn't work Friday 8 pm but Crazy Like a Fox could've worked as a Dallas lead in.

John Conboy built the foundation but H. Wesley Kenney laid the groundwork for Y&R as we know it today.

@alwaysAMC You're getting close to Annie exit. I didn't watch any clips/episodes past that. @GL Oldtimer Any 1979 and 1980 episodes featuring Roger/Holly that surface are such a treat because those episodes set in motion everything we saw a decade later in the Calhoun era.

1986/87 Dynasty went off the rails and it remained so for the rest of its run.

1986/87 Dynasty had a huge drop, going from 7th to 24th. Magnum, P.I. even won the time slot some weeks.

1986/87 Magnum, P.I. moved to Wednesday 9 pm, head-to-head with Dynasty.

There was a Dani/Andre scene where the dialogue implied a certain bedroom activity. I'm sure so many grandmas clutched their pearls at that scene. Andre/Dani over Andre/Ashley all day every day.

1984/85 Magnum, P.I. got weakened by new time slot rival The Cosby Show.

Week of January 6-12, 1986. The first CBS Sunday movie. The entire CBS Sunday line up is in the Top 10.

That I don't know.

The World Series going to seven games lead to The Cosby Show new episode #1 streak ending. Murder, She Wrote new episode was head-to-head with game 7, thus this episode being the season low and second episode this season that finished behind Dallas.

Cassandra Rawlins and Mari Jo Mason both reminded me of those film noir shady ladies.

I think was the actors strike, not the writers strike. July 21-October 23, 1980 was the actors strike. Knots Landing season 2 was November 20, 1980 to March 26, 1981. April 11-July 12, 1981 was the writers strike.

October 7-13, 1985. Murder, She Wrote continued to shock the world by finishing ahead of both Dynasty and Dallas for the first time. NBC broadcast a new episode of The Cosby Show but the rest of Thursday as well as all of Saturday was pre-empted for National League Championship Series. NBC Friday was pre-empted for American League Championship series.