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1984-1986 main cast departures off the top of my head: Chris Bernau, Robert Newman, Grant Aleksander, Vincent Irizarry, Judi Evans. If any are missing, please add. 1988 writers strike was March 7 to August 7, so almost half of 1988 was strike material.

Maybe its me, but 1986/87 was not one of the more memorable seasons of the 1980s. NBC Thursday dominated and there was really no breakout hit that season.

RIP. Days has had so much loss over the years.

@soapfan770 Thank you for posting the TV Guide article. Not #1, but Knots Landing did outlast the rest of the 1980s primetime soaps.

Also 1986 had the EP change from Gail Kobe to Joe Willmore.

GL avoided cancel territory in the 1980s because Capitol showed no growth and B&B wasn't a hit right away. GL became CBS's lowest-rated daytime drama in 1989 but it doesn't enter cancel territory until the aftermath of OJ. From what I remember in the soap press, the first cancellation rumors started in 1995.

That TV Guide cover is from 1985. I don't know of any website that has TV Guide articles.

I don't think any full episodes in Italian have surfaced, promos have though.

Hahahaha, yeah.

Y&R 25% good, 75% garbage time

Were you all checking for J. Eddie Peck BITD? I didn't get his appeal back then and I still don't.

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I believe Roger's fall off the cliff in Santo Domingo was Douglas Marland first major storyline at GL.

@soapfan770 1980s Fridays went from Dukes of Hazzard/Dallas/Falcon Crest to new hotness Miami Vice then TGIF comedies. 1980s Saturdays went from Aaron Spelling hit factory to The Golden Girls.

We saw in the 1980s daytime ratings thread that CBS changed their daytime schedule plus changes to the daytime soaps themselves and ABC eventually lost their momentum. Exactly.

1982-1985 CBS had success with action shows Magnum, P.I. and Simon & Simon, but then post-Super Bowl 1985 The Cosby Show blew up and weakened Magnum, P.I. and 1985/86 Cheers took off and clobbered Simon & Simon. Fall 1985 until the end of the decade that CBS struggled with dramas. Of all the dramas launched in that period, the longest running was Jake and the Fatman (5 seasons). It's so funny how the fortunes of CBS primetime lineup and CBS daytime lineup went in opposite directions in the 1980s. CBS primetime lineup started the decade riding high with Who Shot JR but was an absolute mess by the end of the decade. CBS daytime lineup started the decade shaken by the huge rise and dominance of ABC but ended the decade #1 with all four soaps hitting their stride plus the game show block. That was mostly due to the Aaron Spelling hit factory, but Brandon Stoddard and Robert Iger put an end to that. As we all know NBC was a mess until The Cosby Show came along and that lead to NBC Thursday dominating primetime for the better part of the next 20 years.

Come to think of it, the only game show hosts of that generation (as in age 80+) that are still with us AFAIK are Wink Martindale and Bob Eubanks.

Lance was a suave sophisticated wealthy businessman. Lucas was a rugged elemental sailor. Lance was the older son but in real life John McCook is four years younger than Tom Ligon.

Wasn't it rumored that Victoria Principal missing episodes in 1986 was due to cosmetic surgery? She was 36 in 1986 so I don't think she would have a face lift that early. We all know her second husband was a plastic surgeon so she had access to the best surgery and skin care.

Next week is a short week and no holiday classics. I'll be getting a lot of stuff done in the two days without Y&R being on PB 35th anniversary is November 27 but he's not getting a special episode that day it seems. Maybe his anniversary episode is the following week then.

1988 writers strike was March 7 to August 7, so almost half of 1988 was strike material.

Here's what happened on the four soaps the week of November 14-20, 1983. Dallas - Ray's Trial: J.R. is despondent after losing the fight for Ewing Oil. Bobby meets Jenna Wade again. Ray's trial begins. Falcon Crest - Solitary Confinements: Julia begs for protection. Maggie and Chase exchange gifts. Maggie makes a discovery about Lantry. Terry leaves for Tuscany Valley. Knots Landing - A Change of Heart: Diana tells police about Ciji's death. Mack convinces Karen to see a doctor. Gary pursues Cathy, Ciji's look-alike. Chip escapes. Dynasty - Tracy: Alexis realizes that Adam has framed her for Jeff's poisoning. Denver Carrington PR assistant Tracy Kendall is jealous that Blake has given a job she wanted to Krystle. Mark badly suggests a reconciliation between him and Krystle. AfterMASH first season was Monday 9 pm, but the second season it was moved to Tuesday 8 pm. CBS struggled with sitcoms for most of the 1980s. M*A*S*H ended. The Jeffersons, Alice, and One Day at a Time fell out of the Top 10 and eventually ended. Kate & Allie started good but couldn't maintain its momentum. Newhart was up-and-down. There were some signs of life with sitcoms at the end of the decade when Designing Women and Murphy Brown started showing growth.

I did not like Ridge taking advantage of Caroline after she had overindulged in champagne, especially when considering she had been raped a year earlier. In Bill Bell's defense that was during the writer's strike so who knows if it was even his idea.

Bill Bell craziest parent/child casting when it came to age was John O'Hurley (born 1954) as father to Peter Barton (born 1956).

My feelings exactly.