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Eric Braeden. Episode A Bullet for McGarrett, air date October 29, 1969. The first of three episodes he guest starred in.

Y&R this week: Joshua Morrow debut and the frat party starts.

Y&R big event: Victor and Hope get married and Nikki crashes the reception. I remember thinking Nikki the wedding crasher was intoxicated but she wasn't. Of course we all know what happened in real life on June 17, 1994.

Younger Categories Final Rankings Younger Actor 8: General Hospital 7: Guiding Light, Days 4: Y&R, B&B 2: All My Children, As the World Turns 1: Santa Barbara, One Life to Live Younger Actress 11: General Hospital 8: Y&R 5: As the World Turns 4: B&B, All My Children 3: Days 2: Another World 1: Guiding Light

But mostly the middle of the decade though.

Y&R big events: Brad has a heart attack. Traci and Lauren fight in the hospital. In real life, May 23 was Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis funeral.

Friends of Jill weren't a precedence for GL. Go back a decade earlier to Gail Kobe bringing on a bunch of actors from Texas, ie. Beverlee McKinsey, Jay Hammer, James Rebhorn, Harley Jane Kozak, Michael Woods.

Hahaha. Growing Pains had three kids instead of five so it wouldn't be too obvious that it copied The Cosby Show.

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.