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In 1981 Douglas Marland introduced the Lewis family from Oklahoma that owned an oil company. To me that was influenced by Dallas. Lewis Oil was still around in the 1990s and it was so outdated by then. 1990s Lewis Oil should have diversified into Lewis Energy or Lewis Industries or something like that.

Gail Kobe and Pamela Long brought several former Texas actors and actresses to GL: Jay Hammer, Harley Kozak, Jerry Lanning, Lisby Larson, James Rebhorn, Michael Woods. If I'm missing any please add. It was also rumored that Pamela Long wanted Carla Borelli for Reva.

Both equally egregious. Kobe/Long and the Texas invasion got the ratings to rebound from the post-Marland slump but it also caused long-term damage that was evident in the final 25 years.

I think the B&B part Marcy Walker turned down was recast Kristen Forrester, but it's never been confirmed.

Marcy Walker GL run was fall 1993 to summer 1995, so not even two full years. Her return to All My Children was not long after, I think early fall.

Thanks for the reply @P.J. Marcy Walker turned down B&B and joined GL instead, but I have no idea how she would've fit on B&B in 1993 as their cast then was quite full of females around her age plus I think she dodged a bullet by not having to deal with Bradley writing for her. Then again JFP/Curlee didn't really give Marcy Walker any better material than what Bradley probably would've given her.

Taylor Swift could move past Madonna and Rihanna on the Billboard Hot 100 #1 list with this album. It's possible that in the next few years Taylor Swift could move past Mariah Carey.

@P.J. Which Friend of Jill incident was the most egregious: Vincent Irizarry, Justin Deas, Marj Dusay, Marcy Walker. We also saw Mark Derwin and Sonia Satra become Friends of Jill.

Aftermath of Maureen death until Nancy Curlee left the writing team, way too much Buzz and it was a chore to get through. I watched it online so I can only imagine how painful it was for those who watched in real time.

I was not expecting the defense of Joshua Morrow but I'm sticking to my guns. Alex Alegria is BtG's Ronn Moss. Ben Gavin is BtG's Joshua Morrow.

Oh the shade of it all, I love it.

Eww. Ben Gavin doesn't do anything for me. He's BtG's version of Joshua Morrow, has that same overgrown frat boy persona. Yeah, Jacob is no Andre.

Josh Griffith needs to go.

I was done when Dani referred to Ashley as "the human equivalent of unseasoned chicken".

Nearly half of 1988 was writer's strike material, so that year was a write off for most shows.

I remember a scene of Dani complimenting Andre on his prowess in a certain bedroom activity

I put The Golden Girls in the same group as the other big 1980s workplace/friendship sitcoms Cheers and Night Court, not with the big 1980s family sitcoms The Cosby Show, Family Ties, Who's the Boss, Growing Pains. Funny that The Cosby Show, The Golden Girls, Who's the Boss, Growing Pains, Night Court all ended in the same season.

@alwaysAMC You're brave to continue watching 1998.

I completed a rewatch of The Golden Girls for the 40th anniversary. Seasons 1-3 were my favorite seasons. Seasons 4 and 5 were enjoyable as well. Seasons 6 and 7 had their funny moments but something felt off that I couldn't exactly place. I think The Golden Girls had a good run and ended at the right time.

1999 was my last year of real time watching. I started losing interest after the Jabot/Newman/Forrester crossover ended plus regular life got in the way so I just gave up watching. I did see online the Stephanie/Brooke confrontation that got SF her first Lead Actress Emmy for B&B.

BtG could go the Lillie Belle/Olivia/Dru route with Anita/Nicole/Dani.

Miami reunion tomorrow. There was no storyline with Larsa new boo. Maybe he'll be featured next season.

Anita was not playing today. I could not believe she called Andre "boy".

Well neither can act.

Hahaha, yes!