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@Soapsuds Great video, thank you. This was the first Donna Mills interview I've seen/read where she mentioned Ava Gardner arc, and it's another positive account of it. Of the Golden Age Hollywood trio that had short arcs on CBS soaps in the 1980s, all accounts of Ava Gardner and Dorothy McGuire I've come across have been positive (believe me, if Dorothy McGuire was throwing diva demands at Y&R, we would've known about it) whereas there are accounts of Lana Turner allegedly throwing diva demands.

@Toups It was a nail biter. Noah Lyles annoyed me with his whole "no flags in the NBA" and "the average person is closer to LeBron James than to me" takes. Granted, I'm not a LeBron fan either but that's beside the point.

@Taoboi I've been out of the Miami Housewives loop so I didn't know Marcus Jordan had a new girl. Marcus Jordan parties with blond bombshell in Cannes after Larsa Pippen split (pagesix.com) Some comments I've seen online are "he downgraded" and "he has a type".

Ellen Parker Maureen was the anchor/tentpole of the community that kept things grounded.

Men's 100 meters is today. Anyone but Noah Lyles please.

Men's basketball quarter finals are set for Tuesday: USA/Brazil, Serbia/Australia, Germany/Greece, Canada/France. On paper the quarter finals looks like another cakewalk for USA but anything can happen in the knockout rounds.

Is Josh Griffith dusting off Single White Female for Lucy/Faith?

In Marcy Walker defense, she looks like a nearly 63 year old woman that does not make regular visits to a plastic surgeon or a dermatologist. She retired from acting and allowed herself to age normally.

Both CBS and P&G were shaken by ABC's huge rise and domination 1978-1982. 1986 and 1987 were the peak years.

Yet these years overlap w/ the Daytime Emmy run 1988-1990. Got to hand it to JFP for stepping up her block voting game.

@Soapsuds Did you like this remix?

Another feel good story of these Olympics. U.S. Table tennis team chop-in it up with U.S. men's basketball team | NBC Olympics

These spoilers are not doing anything for me. There's going to be a good amount of garbage time.

Nikki's confrontations were mostly verbal, at least in the Bill Bell years. I can't remember any Nikki bitch slaps from that time.

I think it was Michael Laibson. He was first credited as EP in late May 1995 and Rachel Miner was in the contract cast until June or July 1995. 1995 was probably the biggest turnover year as far as cast changes go. From some digging this is what I came up with. Departures: Jean Carol, Barbara Crampton, Hilary Edson, Scott Hoxby, Melina Kanakaredes, Rachel Miner, Kelly Neal, Monti Sharp, Eugene Troobnick, Marcy Walker Arrivals: Frank Beaty, Rebecca Budig, Amy Cox, Russell Curry, Kevin Mambo, Wendy Moniz, Jennifer Roszell Returns: Lisa Brown, Michael O'Leary, Kim Zimmer

Ashley last scene I remember was a video chat w/ Abby.

Athletics starting Wednesday. Noah Lyles once again starting s--- w/ NBA players. https://www.tiktok.com/@mistuhray/video/7386010573764316458?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7397657200069936646

I'm getting a Summer 1984 vibe from this.

@Paul Raven I remember it being posted in another thread that The Mississippi was a starring vehicle for Ralph Waite after The Waltons ended as CBS had some sort of deal with him they had to fulfill. I wonder if the move to a dead zone time slot was sabotage to get that deal to a quicker end. Dukes of Hazzard, for whatever reason CBS chose not to tank job it, instead they left it at Friday 8 pm to limp along in its final two seasons. When Dukes of Hazzard ended, Friday 8 pm became another dead zone.

Remember that one of the big 1980s trends was action/adventure.

That came back to bite them, and that's how we got the third place primetime mess era 1987/88 to 1990/91. CBS struggled w/ sitcoms from 1982/83 (the end of M*A*S*H and the Top 10 fallouts of The Jeffersons, Alice, One Day at a Time) until 1989/90 (Designing Women and Murphy Brown started showing growth). The only bright spots among sitcoms in that era were Newhart and Kate & Allie, but they got lost in the shuffle when sitcoms made a comeback in 1985/86. Newhart was up-and-down in the ratings and got overshadowed by the big workplace/friendship sitcoms Cheers, The Golden Girls, Night Court. Kate & Allie started good but couldn't maintain its momentum and got overshadowed by the big family sitcoms The Cosby Show, Family Ties, Who's the Boss, Growing Pains. On the drama side, Dallas, Knots Landing; Magnum, P.I.; Simon & Simon, Falcon Crest were at their peak, The Dukes of Hazzard was fading; Trapper John, M.D. was middle of the pack but about to fade; Cagney & Lacey took time to show growth but couldn't maintain its momentum. The new dramas launched in that era had varying degrees of success: The surprise success of Murder, She Wrote. Another surprise success Crazy Like a Fox but counter-programming killed its momentum. Middle of the pack Scarecrow and Mrs. King. The Mississippi started good but couldn't maintain it's momentum. Airwolf and Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer showed no growth. 1985/86 was the turning point for the drama lineup as Dallas, Knots Landing, Falcon Crest tanked; Magnum, P.I. got slaughtered by The Cosby Show, and Simon & Simon got clobbered by Cheers. That's really when CBS should have looked at their drama line up and started making moves.

1980 and 1981 just come across as a mess. So many storylines that were cut short or derailed because of the expansion, cast changes, and writer's strike.

USA vs. Serbia in men's basketball today. LeBron James got beat by Nikola Jokic in the NBA playoffs this past season, their Olympic face off should be good. No surprise, Kevin Durant and LeBron James dominated. Steph Curry had a nice closing shot though. Up next for USA is South Sudan on Wednesday and Puerto Rico on Saturday. On paper those games should be cakewalks but South Sudan is the feel good story so far of these Olympics so I wouldn't underestimate them. The group with Australia, Canada, Greece, Spain is going to be tough. The group with Brazil, France, Germany, Japan seems middle of the pack to me.

I watched the opening on mute. Celine Dion was the highlight. First day of competition. Basketball starts today, athletics starts in four days.

Not just you. Bill Bell used a similar intro for the Reed sisters and the Barber sisters: new doctor in town that has a troublemaking younger sister. A Bill Bell element was educated professional that has a troublemaking sibling: Casey/Nikki, Tyrone/Jazz, Olivia/Dru, Neil/Malcolm. Early Nikki and early Dru had some similarities. Both encountered shady characters when they tried to start modelling careers, and both were involved in the adult entertainment business. Nikki joined Rose DeVille's "agency" which was really a front for prostitution. Dru signed up with "agents" that tried to feature her in a porn film. Nikki later climbed the pole. Dru later appeared in a men's magazine.