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Then again, Kyle was pretty much a replacement for both Alan and Josh, and the returns of Chris Bernau and Robert Newman made Larkin Malloy redundant. How many real-life pregnancies were part of GL storylines in the 1980s? I know Kim Zimmer's two sons resulted in Reva giving birth to Marah and Shayne. Maeve Kinkead was pregnant in 1981 but Vanessa was not. I don't think Maeve Kinkead was pregnant in 1985 when Vanessa gave birth to Little Billy. I think one or both of Lisa Brown's pregnancies were part of Nola's storyline but I'm not certain on that.

I've pointed this out before but after watching Falcon Crest episodes I was surprised it made it past season 5. Tanking was cemented (signs of tanking were showing during the last 10 episodes of season 4) and the storylines were so start and stop plus most of them didn't really work. Dallas weakening as a lead in and being head-to-head with the new hotness Miami Vice didn't help matters either. We know Apollonia was brought on to get the Miami Vice demographic because if you can't beat the new hotness might as well join it. Funny thing is, Miami Vice did not do the job NBC wanted it to and that's finish off Falcon Crest.

You're welcome @soapfan770 re 1985/86. NBC Thursday had The Cosby Show slaughtering Magnum, P.I. (then again The Cosby Show slaughtered everyone) and Cheers taking off clobbered Simon & Simon. CBS Thursday 8-10 pm would be a dead zone until Survivor/CSI. ABC Tuesday made a comeback with Who's the Boss taking off, new comedy Growing Pains being a hit, and Moonlighting showing growth. Who's the Boss clobbered The A-Team and Moonlighting killed off Riptide. CBS Friday suffered with 8 pm becoming a dead zone, Dallas tanking, and Falcon Crest losing the time slot to new hotness Miami Vice.

All the BTS drama at Reilly Days yet the ratings weren't impacted. We know Reilly Days shot up to 2nd in summer 1995 and came within 0.3 of Y&R in summer 1997.

Two shows featuring 50+ females as the leads yet they appealed to viewers of all walks of life. 1985/86 Angela Lansbury let us all know that she was straight up savage. Shading the new hotness Miami Vice by calling it Miami Heat. Knocking big bad Larry Hagman off the throne at CBS. Beating the diva of all divas of 1980s primetime soaps Joan Collins to become the highest-rated drama across the broadcast networks. The Golden Girls was the breakout hit of 1985/86 and its success lead to NBC having the sitcom game on lock for the remainder of the decade.

Peak Bill Bell B&B to me was Sally Spectra intro to Brooke taking over Forrester.

The Bill Bell years are intact.

40 years ago. 1985/86 officially starts. September 23-29, 1985 The Cosby Show season 2 premiere continued their new episode #1 streak. Dynasty season 6 premiere was the series high. Murder, She Wrote season 2 premiere shocked the world again when it finished ahead of Dallas season 9 premiere. After the first two episodes finished #1 and 2nd respectively, The Golden Girls episode 3 dropped to 20th but it was still the highest-rated rookie sitcom that week. The rookies that finished ahead of The Golden Girls were anthology series Amazing Stories and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. New hotness Miami Vice season 2 premiere finished right behind Dallas even though it was head-to-head with part two of Dallas season 9 premiere. Knots Landing season 6 finale finished #1 but the season 7 premiere dropped to 13th. September 30-October 6, 1985. Even though Murder, She Wrote finished behind Dallas, it still shocked the world again when it finished ahead of Dynasty for the first time. The Golden Girls episode 4 moved up to 12th and it was the highest-rated rookie show that week. New hotness Miami Vice was head-to-head with Falcon Crest season 5 premiere and won the time slot.

Found it. The Road of Life.

Hahaha, I loved this. OMG yes it was. Is that a reference to

What? BtG is hot fire compared to the hot garbage that's Y&R.

Barbara Crampton interview. I think its from late 1988 or early 1989.

Yeah, 1989/90 was a waste of time.

Wow, hard to believe it's been 15 years since the final episode.

So the rebroadcast of MZ Emmy winning episode was New Year's Day 1999. Thanks @MLH

Was it Christmas 1998 or New Year's Day 1999 that the classic was MZ Emmy winning episode? MG gave the intro where she mentioned MZ had passed away.

General Hospital started the action/adventure and supercouple trends but Days took them to a whole other level. We saw in the 1980s and 1990s ratings threads that Days had a ratings drop in the last year and a half of the supercouple era. Practically every show in the 1980s jumped on the action/adventure and supercouple bandwagons. For the longest time I had no idea that Victor meeting Hope in Kansas was a redo of a Bill Bell Days storyline. Another Bill Bell Y&R redo was Michael Scott in the dungeon/Brad in a cage and Bradley dusted off both of these storylines on B&B with James in the dungeon. James Reilly worked fine as part of that early 1990s GL writing team. AFAIK he was left to his own devices at Days and we saw what happened from 1993-1997.

Eva you shouldn't have blabbed to mommy that Ted was intoxicated. Now Silk Press Sheila has taken advantage of that situation. At least Silk Press Sheila didn't drug Ted.

Not to take anything away from The Golden Girls series premiere being #1, but The Cosby Show was a repeat on September 12, and there was no Dynasty, Dallas; and Murder, She Wrote that week. Dynasty, Dallas, The Cosby Show; and Murder, She Wrote season premieres were two weeks later.

@Soapsuds We think alike

Today (September 14) is the 40th anniversary of the premiere of The Golden Girls. Find Out What Happened to the Cast of 'The Golden Girls' as Show Turns 40 The Golden Girls Turns 40! 7 Surprising Revelations from Behind the Scenes 'Golden Girls' 40th anniversary: The 5 best episodes to revisit - Los Angeles Times

Andre has passion and heat with Dani, and none at all with Ashley. Now if Andre created a romantic night in Paris for Dani, you know we would've gotten an off the charts heat generating love scene set to an R&B slow jam 🥰 🤤

Y&R had Lorie/Mark, Cricket/Scott, Victoria/Cole (although they turned out not to have the same father). Bill Bell didn't go there on B&B.

@AbcNbc247 Thanks for the additional info. Yeah it looked like a Kristen/Felicia/Clarke triangle was being set up but that didn't happen.

We saw that across Days, Y&R, B&B. Brothers fighting over a girl: Mickey/Bill, Snapper/Greg, Lance/Lucas, Jazz/Tyrone, Victor/Matt, Ridge/Thorne, Neil/Malcolm Sisters fighting over a guy: Leslie/Lorie, Donna/Katie, Ashley/Traci, Olivia/Dru If I'm missing any, please add.