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I'd say Y&R's best dad was John Abbott.

Dallas got more corporate and glamorous and tried to be cosmopolitan, all to beat Dynasty, but it didn't work.

Y&R this week: Nina has a miscarriage. B&B this week: Ridge and Brooke get married. We saw this episode during the classics, and it had been rebroadcast twice before. Fall 1994 B&B rebounds from the lull it was in since the Catalina Island crossover ended. All of Bradley's storylines are going to culminate during the first half of 1995.

Great recaps @Vee Laura saw right through Greg, and she had some great dialog too. Even though they began as friends with benefits, I believe Greg genuinely loved Laura. Of all Greg's main pairings (Abby, Laura, Paige), Laura was the only one that was genuine love. Abby/Greg hooked up in season 5. Abby was all about the come up. Abby/Greg were more power couple, there was no love.

From this thread, it turns out that Thanksgiving 1976 is the earliest CBS pre-emption for an NBA game. It's funny that Thanksgiving 1976 CBS broadcast both NBA and NFL, as sports fans today associate Thanksgiving w/ NFL and Christmas w/ NBA.

Fall 1994, CBS lost NFL broadcasting rights which also cost them several established affiliates in major media markets. I think we will be seeing this impact the ratings of the CBS soaps. Y&R big events: Dru learns she is pregnant. Sharon Case debut and Nick/Sharon proceed to eat the show until Spring 1996.

Y&R big events: Hope tells Victor she is pregnant. Malcolm takes advantage of an over-medicated Dru. Bill Bell admitted in a 1996 interview that he regretted writing that Malcolm/Dru storyline.

It hasn't surfaced AFAIK.

Agree. Roger/Holly return and Robert Calhoun becoming EP ushered in GL's last golden era. GL's previous golden era (in my life anyway) was Potter/Dobsons/Marland and Roger/Holly were quite prominent then. I always point out that any 1979 and 1980 episodes featuring Roger/Holly are a treat because the storylines of those episodes set in motion so much of what we saw a decade later.

I agree. Kimberley Simms may not have been the original Mindy, but she was the best Mindy. It's too bad she didn't get another soap or a primetime series after GL. Her name was thrown around by the soap press for some big recasts in the 1990s but as we know nothing came of it.

Those with a better knowledge of GL can correct me, but these are my impressions. Alexandra in the Kobe/Long era was introduced as a jet setting socialite divorced from wealthy European Baron von Halkein. I haven't seen enough of Kobe/Long era to know if Alexandra had much interest in Spaulding Enterprises. Calhoun era Alexandra was business-minded and JFP era had Alexandra become a messy matriarch attempting to control her son's love life.

@Khan @Soapsuds You are killing me 🤣 Now back to our 1990s ratings discussions

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.