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On 4/11/2024 at 8:01 AM, Xanthe said:

O.J. Simpson has died.

Nobody is mourning his loss.

Speculating here, but I think the autopsy will reveal he had CTE. Not that it excuses the way he lived his life.

I pointed this out in the ratings thread, but I think the real issues began in the late 1980s with Iran-Contra, Nielsen people meters, and 1988 writer's strike, and everything culminated in the aftermath of OJ. 

3 hours ago, Antoyne said:

Wait they’re really calling this the 40th anniversary for Nikki and Victor while ignoring both Nick and Victoria are 50?

Yeah, I can't believe the reference to real time when thanks to SORASing we know it's not the case.

I think The Gates will launch after the March Madness break, so going by the March Madness 2025 dates on March Madness Final Four: Future dates & sites (ncaa.com) , I say series premiere is Monday March 24, 2025.

As for what will be the time filler when The Talk ends, I think it will probably be extra episodes of The Price is Right and Let's Make a Deal, but deep down I'm hoping for Y&R/B&B classics.

2 hours ago, soapfan770 said:

April 8th:

Okay I didn’t notice they were using the term “40th anniversary” in onscreen dialogue until today….

I couldn't believe they mentioned the number of years in real time. I guess Victoria and Nick have de-aged to their real ages 41 and 35

15 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

But what about Chance?

Oh yeah, forgot about Chance. 

I was sensing some tension between Summer and Claire, and it looked like Claire was intrigued by Kyle.

Speculation: I think we're going to get a Summer/Kyle/Claire triangle. Cousins fighting over a guy.

9 hours ago, DRW50 said:

Still such a stupid decision from Spelling 

Which cost him $5M.

1 hour ago, Khan said:

I still remember some of those "Friends" clones that came in the wake of that show's success, lol.

Seinfeld clones too.

NBC had so many garbage Thursday 8:30 pm/9:30 pm sitcoms in the Seinfeld/ER/Friends era. Some of those shows I have no memory of at all.

The ad @Paul Raven posted is for episode 4, Hooray for Homicide, original air date October 28, 1984.

@Soapsuds You reminded me of another remake of a Supremes song

3 hours ago, dragonflies said:

This is one of my "comfort shows" how can you not love Jessica Fletcher

Totally agree.

There's just something so warm and comforting about Murder, She Wrote.

4 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Y&R Dylan is Paul and Nikki's son. Has he ever been mentioned since he departed?

I don't believe so. Dylan has been wiped from the canon.

Murder, She Wrote Sunday 8 pm time slot competition.

1984/85: ABC Hardcastle & McCormick, later specials/movies/miniseries. NBC Knight Rider.

1985/86: ABC MacGyver, later Disney Sunday Movie (7-9 pm). NBC 8 pm Amazing Stories, 8:30 pm Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

1986/87: ABC Disney Sunday Movie (7-9 pm). NBC 8 pm Easy Street, 8:30 Valerie, later 8 pm Rags to Riches. Fox 8 pm Married...with Children, 8:30 pm Tracey Ullman Show.

1987/88: ABC Spenser: For Hire, later Disney Sunday Movie (7-9 pm), then Supercarrier. NBC 8 pm Family Ties, 8:30 pm My Two Dads, later Day by Day. Fox 8 pm Married...with Children, later Werewolf, then America's Most Wanted, 8:30 pm Married...with Children.

1988/89: ABC Mission: Impossible, later Moonlighting. NBC 8 pm Family Ties, 8:30 pm Day by Day. Fox 8 pm America's Most Wanted, 8:30 pm Married...with Children.

1989/90:  ABC 8 pm Free Spirit, later America's Funniest Home Videos; 8:30 pm Homeroom, later Free Spirit, then Elvis. NBC 8 pm Sister Kate, then Ann Jillian, later ALF; 8:30 pm My Two Dads, then Sister Kate, later 227. Fox 8 pm America's Most Wanted, 8:30 pm Totally Hidden Video, later The Simpsons.

1990/91: ABC 8 pm America's Funniest Home Videos, 8:30 pm America's Funniest People. NBC 8 pm Lifestories, then 8 pm Real Life with Jane Pauley, 8:30 pm Expose. Fox 8 pm In Living Color, 8:30 pm Get a Life.

1991/92: ABC 8 pm America's Funniest Home Videos, 8:30 pm America's Funniest People. NBC 8 pm Man of the People, then Hot Country Nights, later Mann & Machine; 8:30 pm Pacific Station. Fox 8 pm In Living Color, 8:30 pm Roc.

1992/93: ABC 8 pm America's Funniest Home Videos, 8:30 pm America's Funniest People; then Day One. NBC I Witness Video. Fox 8 pm In Living Color, 8:30 pm Roc.

1993/94: ABC Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. NBC SeaQuest DSV. Fox 8 pm Martin, 8:30 pm Living Single.

1994/95: ABC Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. NBC SeaQuest DSV. Fox 8 pm The Simpsons, 8:30 pm Hardball, then House of Buggin', later The Critic.

The biggest Sunday competition I'd say was America's Funniest Home Videos as that was the only show on this list that was able to finish ahead of Murder, She Wrote in the seasonal ratings. 1989/90 America's Funniest Home Videos first season was 5th and Murder, She Wrote was 13th. 1990/91 America's Funniest Home Videos was 7th and Murder, She Wrote was 12th.

The Cosby Show and Growing Pains

Both shows were set in New York.

Both shows had a doctor father that worked from an office that was a part of their home.

Both shows had a teenage son that struggled academically.

On 4/1/2024 at 7:27 PM, soapfan770 said:

Ugh. I just wrote a whole post on my thoughts on Monday’s episode, then the page suddenly refreshed on its own and my comments gone. It just wasn’t meant to be

I hate when that happens.

1 hour ago, soapfan770 said:

If I had to write Y&R in 2024, there’d be an immediate refocus on all characters lol.

Your storylines are way better than anything Josh Griffith has come up with.

20 hours ago, DRW50 said:

Josh Morrow may look very good for his age, but surely Nick has to grow up at some point.

JM is 50 and his whole overgrown frat boy persona is just so ridiculous at this point.

Friday episode mentioned the anniversary of Victor and Nikki first wedding. With April 13 being a Saturday, the celebration episode would be April 15. 

In real time it's 40 years but given SORASing they can't really mention the number of years.

On 2/1/2024 at 9:03 AM, Errol said:

It wasn't any different than when Camryn Grimes won against her much older "younger actress" competition.

Same with Kimberly McCullough in 1989. She was 11 years old and won Younger Actress over Noelle Beck (21), Anne Heche (20), Martha Byrne (19).

2 hours ago, Gray Bunny said:

created in the mid-80's in order to keep from bruising the egos of older veterans who could potentially get beat by someone who's a quarter of their age. 

100% this. The addition of the younger category meant lead was for superstars and long-tenured veterans, and supporting became a holding tank for those who aged out of the younger category but were not quite at superstar level or had enough years to be considered long-tenured veterans.

On 3/25/2024 at 6:17 PM, Soaplovers said:

Larsa needs to go.

Larsa Pippen's Ex Marcus Jordan Suggests She's 'Rewriting History' After Split (people.com)

With this development, who knows what's left for her to do on the show.

1 hour ago, Khan said:

As loathe as I am to admit it, JER is EXACTLY who and what DAYS needed in '93 to "rescue" them from the bottom of the ratings barrel.

Agree. Who knows where Days would've ended up in the 1990s if it wasn't for Reilly.

20 years since this R&B classic album dropped.

Nick in a JT mask. What was that nonsense? I somehow blocked out so much silliness of the last decade.

17 hours ago, Broderick said:

That's about right.  Since 1980 or so, daytime television in American has served up the same thing -- the "trials & tribulations of well-to-do families in gated communities."  And unfortunately with today's budgets, the concept seems silly.    

We already know what we'll get -- a daily budget of $2.35, and numerous references to the off-screen wealth of characters who supposedly have a private jet parked just outside, but their clothes will come from Dollar Tree.  

Glad this show is happening but can't get too enthusiastic about it based on what I've read so far.  

Totally agree.

I can't help but wonder though, is the threat of being replaced by a new show something CBS is hanging over Bradley in order to motivate him to fix B&B?

On 3/15/2024 at 1:08 PM, soapfan770 said:

Unfortunately folks like Smith, Latham, and MAB & Co. made some of the most bone headed and reckless decisions ever

Jill parentage (2003), Cassie death (2005), and John Abbott death (2006) were the trifecta that lead to the end of Y&R as we knew it.