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I haven't seen any links to verify, but my TV listings are showing BtG pre-empted April 29 and 30 for soccer coverage.

Halfway through the month and most of it has been garbage time. There are times I'm like "what is this mess?"

The late season tanking is why the Spring 1985 cliffhanger is not as well-remembered as Bobby's car accident, Royal Wedding shootout, and Val's babies.

Season 4 war crimes storyline was like a mashup of James Bond and Raiders of the Lost Ark. The abrupt ending to the war crimes storyline derailed all the momentum that was built during the course of the series and signs of tanking started showing during the last 10 or so episodes of season 4.

I brought up Crazy Like a Fox in the Time Slot Hits thread.

You know it! There has to be some conflict in order for them to realize that they are meant to be more than booty call hook ups.

You're welcome 1985/86 was the turning point season of the 1980s. That season in real life, s--- got real with the AIDS crisis, Space Shuttle Challenger, Chernobyl. With the world around us changing so much, television viewers sought comfort and warmth and Murder, She Wrote and the big family and workplace/friendship sitcoms gave us that.

He's making the booty pop.

1984/85 the primetime soaps pulled out all the stops to out-do each other. That played a part in them all tanking the following season.

I saw some scenes in 1979 and 1980 episodes where Phillip, Freddie (Rick), Christina (Blake) interacted as children, so maybe the writers thought that Phillip and Rick wouldn't recognize Blake as they hadn't interacted in close to a decade (going by real time).

Passions did launch the careers of Jesse Metcalfe and Justin Hartley.

With Wink Martindale having passed, that means Bob Eubanks is the last one left of that generation of game show hosts.

40 years ago this week.

40 years ago this week.

Andre being there for Dani in a time of need 🥰 Halfway through April and we're at 90 pages. I can barely keep up with this thread. May sweeps could break the board 🤣

40 years ago. Week of April 15-21, 1985. A pivotal week in CBS primetime history. Murder, She Wrote shocks the world by finishing ahead of Dallas for the first time. Angela Lansbury let us think for an entire season that she was sweet and unassuming but at the end of the season she let us all know that she could be savage when she took down big bad Larry Hagman. Here's what happened on the soaps and the two rookie hits that week. The Cosby Show was a repeat of Play it Again, Vanessa (episode 8 ), original broadcast November 8, 1984. Murder, She Wrote - Funeral at Fifty-Mile (season 1 finale): At a Wyoming rancher's grave, a man shocks mourners -- including the deceased's daughter -- by claiming to be the true heir. This episode was also the season high. Dallas - The Ewing Connection: J.R. presents Jack's deal to Bobby and Ray. Lucy and her ex-husband Mitch meet. John Ross is rushed to the hospital for appendicitis. Falcon Crest - The Decline...: Angela alienates the Giobertis by offering Maggie the post of acting publisher of The New Globe. Lorraine and Emma search for Lance. Dynasty was pre-empted for a repeat of Hotel. Knots Landing was pre-empted for Space (Part 5).

Somehow I remember it being reported that James Reilly wanted Melissa Reeves for Sheridan.

The Abbott house set is 43 years old. I think maintenance expenses are an issue.

@DRW50 That promo looks to be from Summer 1987. I remember there were Summer 1987 promos that featured Addicted to Love.

In the early years of B&B it was easy to ignore Ronn Moss acting due to Bill Bell writing and having scene partners Susan Flannery and Joanna Johnson to carry him through his scenes. Ronn Moss acting got progressively worse during the 1990s. Then again Bradley writing didn't help matters either.

I think Kimberley Simms (born 1963) was a little too old for Jennifer (would have replaced Melissa Reeves (born 1967)) but the right age for Ashley (would have replaced Brenda Epperson (born 1965)). If Y&R casted her, the bigger question is if she would have passed the chemistry tests with Don Diamont and/or Eric Braeden.

Susan Flannery took all the no talents back to acting school.

Apparently contract negotiations fell through (contract length was the issue). I always thought it was finish initial contract, move on to other things while still relatively young. Kimberley Simms was mentioned in the soap press as a potential recast for some big roles in the 1990s (Another World Vicky in 1994 and/or 1997, Days Jennifer in 1995, Y&R Ashley in 1996) but as we know nothing came of it. She would return to GL in 1997 for HB funeral episodes and that was it.

Beth Maitland is a treasure and Traci is the heart of the Abbott family.

It boggles my mind that Daniel Goddard lasted 12 years on Y&R.