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Y&R May 20 Nina and Ryan get married. As the World Turns dropping. This must be when Douglas Marland storylines are done. In real life, May 19 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis passed away.

Y&R this week: April on trial for Robert's murder. Nina learns she is pregnant. Shemar Moore debut.

@JAS0N47 Thank you for the pre-emption info.

I think April 22, 1994 pre-emptions were coverage of Richard Nixon death.

Let's keep it real here, the Daytime Emmys stopped being relevant when Susan Lucci's streak was over. With only three soaps left on the broadcast networks and four acting categories, the only purpose of the actual show is for CBS to fill space in their summer programming.

Lauralee Bell has aged really well. She doesn't look over-surgeried or over-injected compared to some other actresses of the same age range.

Marcy Walker joined GL in October 1993, under JFP watch and Nancy Curlee was HW. As we all know, Nancy Curlee left March 1994 and JFP left May 1995. Marcy Walker left sometime in summer 1995 I think, as her return to All My Children was that fall.

Y&R this week Victoria and Cole get married.

Marcy Walker was offered a part on B&B around the time she was offered GL but for whatever reason she chose GL over B&B. I think the part on B&B she was offered was recast Kristen Forrester but B&B in 1993 had too many females in the early 30s age range and not enough storyline to go around plus by the fall Bradley had taken over. Perhaps Marcy Walker dodged a bullet there.

Reilly Days is taking off. Had Kristian Alfonso returned at this point?

March 1994 Y&R big events: April stabs Robert to death. DNA test proves Victor is not Cole's father. GL March 1994 Nancy Curlee leaves the writing team. End of an era.

July 26, 1976 ABC expands One Life to Live and General Hospital to 45 minutes each. The network schedules (ET) starting w/ soaps until the end of the day were CBS: 11:30 am Love of Life, Noon Y&R, 12:30 pm Search for Tomorrow, 1 pm Local programming, 1:30 pm As the World Turns, 2:30 pm Guiding Light, 3 pm All in the Family reruns, 3:30 pm Match Game, 4 pm Tattletales ABC: 12:30 pm All My Children, 1 pm Ryan's Hope, 1:30 pm Family Feud, 2 pm $20000 Pyramid, 2:30 pm One Life to Live, 3:15 pm General Hospital, 4 pm The Edge of Night NBC: 1:30 pm Days, 2:30 pm The Doctors, 3 pm Another World, 4 pm Somerset The soap time slot rivalries were Search for Tomorrow vs. All My Children As the World Turns vs. Days Guiding Light vs. One Life to Live vs. The Doctors One Life to Live/General Hospital vs. Another World The Edge of Night vs. Somerset

Y&R so far ahead. Big events in February 1994 were Ashley and Blade get married, Christine and Danny divorce, Brad and Traci custody fight for Colleen.

Do not give Josh Griffith ideas :shudder I'm not excited about the 30th anniversary of the Frat Party.

Re: Ron Raines, I still can't figure out how a virtual unknown actor to daytime audiences (but not to musical theater fans) was cast in such a pivotal role under JFP's watch. My feeling is JFP wanted to cast one of her friends as Alan but the friend was not interested and turned down the part.

Days three definitive eras. I had no idea there was so much writer turnover in the 1983-1990 supercouple era.

I think this was Y&R highest rated week of the 1990s. The big event this week was Cole learning Victor may be his father and the scene at the ranch in the rain where Cole tells Victoria that they may have the same father.

Y&R in the 9s!

@will81 I was going by the recaps and the earliest mention of Vanessa was June 1976. Thanks for the correct date.

Y&R June 1976 KT Stevens debut as Vanessa Prentiss. I don't know the exact date of her first episode.

Hahaha, you are killing me.

VI return was the same week that JFP was first credited as EP, that's why I count him in the Friend of Jill list. That whole era from the aftermath of Maureen's death to Nancy Curlee leaving the writing team was way too much Buzz, and for me it was a chore to get through. I didn't think much of Mark Derwin's acting when he was on Y&R, so I was surprised that he became so popular on GL. Remember 1993 SOD Awards he got Hottest Male Star over Antonio Sabato Jr. and was nominated for Lead Actor at the 1993 Daytime Emmys.

There were four Friend of Jill incidents: Vincent Irizarry, Justin Deas, Marcy Walker, Marj Dusay. Also Mark Derwin became a Friend of Jill. I've pointed this out before but I was really surprised Alan was not recast w/ a Friend of Jill.

Hahaha I can't believe you're checking for Joshua Morrow. I just can't get past the whole overgrown frat boy persona that's just so ridiculous at his big age. Yeah the story is silly but EB is keeping the show going. I'm not getting the sense that he's phoning it in and riding out his contract just to collect the checks.

@JAS0N47 Thank you for the info re 1976 pre-emptions. Looking back in this thread, that means 1977 was the first year CBS had pre-emptions for US Open tennis. Also from this thread, Christmas 1979 was the first CBS pre-emption for an NBA game. CBS last pre-emption for an NBA game was Memorial Day 1990.