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Dallas last #1 season. Dynasty was threatening Dallas dominance (I think Dynasty 1983/84 was better than 1984/85). Falcon Crest best season. Knots Landing second best season. Hotel was The Love Boat on land but a little soapier. 1983/84 was the final season for two shows from Aaron Spelling hit factory, Hart to Hart and Fantasy Island.

Re: 1983/84, I don't believe Hotel was a better show than Knots Landing that season. Hotel rode off the coattails of Dynasty. Knots Landing was excellent in 1983/84 (that was my second favorite season of the show) and it unfortunately missed the Top 10 by very little.

Practically every show in the 1980s jumped on the action/adventure/supercouple bandwagon. It worked for some but not for others. Even more so than James Reilly at Days?

That seems possible. Beverlee McKinsey interviews are rare it seems.

Probably because the few they got didn't sell well. Just a guess. SOD in the 1980s the cover stories were mostly ABC big three, Days, Santa Barbara. Heck, even Y&R did not get much love from SOD in the 1980s. I remember searching 1980s and 1990s SOD issue listings on eBay and other sites and I did not come across any Beverlee McKinsey interviews during her GL run. The only interviews of hers I've read online were the 1992 TV Guide interview and a late 1990s/early 2000s "where are they now" interview for Soap Opera Weekly.

So The Supremes/Dreamgirls/BtG parallels are Berry Gordy/Curtis Taylor/Dante Diana Ross/Deena Jones/Anita Florence Ballard/Effie White/Barbara

Ouch.

So shady, and I love it.

Re: Kyle, he comes across as a replacement for both Alan and Josh. Going by the timeline, Chris Bernau and Robert Newman both departed 1984 and returned 1986, and Larkin Malloy arrived 1984 and departed 1987.

CBS/P&G were shaken by 1978-1982 ABC big three huge rise and dominance, thus the changes to the shows, and were shaken again by Reilly Days huge rise in the aftermath of OJ.

Ashley Peldon and Kimberly J. Brown were both born in 1984, so AFAIK Marah stayed the same age 1989-1998. Whether we like Reva or not, she was GL's definitive character of the final 25 years.

@Lujack4Ever Pamela Long diminished Vanessa in favor of her creations Reva and Alexandra.

You're welcome. I think that was sometime in 1996. Not sure if the other 1998 Lead Actress nominee reels are online.

I considered it an upset in the sense that a rookie beat four 15+ year veterans.

The biggest upset ever in Daytime Emmy history IMO.

@P.J. @DeeVee Thank you for the info re the Baron. I admittedly have not seen much of 1986.

When Alexandra was introduced, she was a jet-setting socialite divorced from wealthy European Baron von Halkein. I don't believe we ever met Baron von Halkein.

I was expecting a Derek/Andre confrontation today but there wasn't. When Ashley saw Andre/Dani, I'm like "oh snap, some s--- is about to go down". Are we going to get Andre/Dani breakup next week?

All of what I watched of the final 15 years was from 1997 and early 1998.

Aftermath of Maureen death until Nancy Curlee leaves the writing team was a chore to get through. Way too much Buzz. I can only imagine how painful it was to watch in real time.

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Andre/Ashley do not have the passion and heat that Andre/Dani have.

Real time I watched Spring 1989 to Summer 1992. Online I rewatched that same era, plus continued from Fall 1992 to Spring 1994. Once Nancy Curlee left the writing team, I was done with full episodes. Of the final 15 years, I saw online MZ last episode and clip sets of Annie Dutton psycho turn (witness stand breakdown, overdose, exit storyline). I didn't watch anything past Annie Dutton parachuting off the plane.

Y&R is hot garbage. BtG is hot fire.

Thanks @Franko