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As we know Dina and Beth were nothing alike, so maybe its Marla Adams acting style. In between Marla Adams original run as Dina and her run as Beth, she was on Generations. I don't believe any of her Generations episodes have surfaced online. Here are a couple of Marla Adams non-Y&R appearances during her original run as Dina. Marla and Frank Benard rep Y&R in this CBS soap special week. Marla introduces Tracey Bregman performance

Of all soaps during the 1980s, I think GL had the most turnover among EPs and HWs. I might be wrong on some of the dates. EP changes February 1983: Allen Potter to Gail Kobe January 1986: Gail Kobe to Joe Willmore June 1989: Joe Willmore to Robert Calhoun HW changes October 1982: Douglas Marland to Pat Falken Smith November 1982: Pat Falken Smith to L. Virginia Browne February 1983: L. Virginia Browne to Richard Culliton and Pamela Long September 1983: Pamela Long becomes sole HW January 1986: Pamela Long to Jeff Ryder February 1986: Mary Ryan Munisteri becomes co-HW September 1986: Co-HW change from Jeff Ryder to Ellen Barrett October 1986: Mary Ryan Munisteri and Ellen Barrett to Joseph Manetta November 1986: Sheri Anderson becomes co-HW July 1987: Joseph Manetta and Sheri Anderson to Pamela Long Yes, the Potter/Marland era held its own vs. General Hospital but I can't help but feel that the ratings success was helped by Y&R being in their post-expansion slump. Remember prior to the 1 hour expansion, Y&R was CBS highest-rated soap and was challenging General Hospital and All My Children for #1, but then all their momentum was lost post-expansion. Y&R rebound during the second half of 1982 overlaps w/ GL dropping post-Marland and by 1983 Y&R was back to being CBS highest-rated soap. Pamela Long set in motion characters and storylines that would carry GL through its final 25 years: Lewis family expanded and elevated to a main family, Phillip/Beth, Reva, Alexandra.

Michelle Forbes got nominated for Supporting Actress in 1990. It's been nearly 35 years since her GL run ended, and she's been working steadily for the better part of those years.

Oh yes. That group of actors as the Abbott family were the best. I'd like to think that Marla, Jerry, and Terry are together upstairs right now, sharing memories of their Abbott family years, with Marguerite Ray and Jeanne Cooper joining them.

Totally agree. Marla Adams original run as Dina (1983-1986) she was serving up primetime soap diva fierceness. If Marla wasn't cast as Dina, I could totally see her on a primetime soap when they were at their peak.

Possibly. I have no memory of that at all.

John Silva and Sheila had some scenes together in 1990 where it was hinted that they shared a past but Bill Bell didn't expand on it.

Oh man this hurts 😢 RIP Marla Adams and thank you for contributions to daytime television.

1996 it looked like John Silva was going to be paired with Jill but Bill Bell dropped it.

1980s hangover, plus a good number of the big 1980s hit shows were winding down. 1993/94 I think was the season that the 1990s really began on primetime: peak Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place took off, peak Home Improvement, Seinfeld blew up, NYPD Blue premiered. Then of course the following season ER and Friends premiered and we know the rest. By Fall 1993, the only dramas premiering in the 1980s that were still on were Murder, She Wrote; L.A. Law, Matlock, In the Heat of the Night. L.A. Law and In the Heat of the Night ended Spring 1994, Matlock ended Spring 1995, and Murder, She Wrote ended Spring 1996. Murder, She Wrote was bookended by two very different eras in primetime dramas. It started in the Dallas/Dynasty era and ended in the ER/NYPD Blue era. Murder, She Wrote may not have been as cool and trendy as Miami Vice, Moonlighting, and L.A. Law but Murder, She Wrote out-rated and outlasted them.

Did you like pop star Mariah (Vision of Love to Hero) more than R&B/rent-a-rapper Mariah (Fantasy onward)?

Yeah, the charts have felt off for a while. Some big moves we might see soon. Male solo artists: Drake is one #1 away from moving past Michael Jackson. Female solo artists: Taylor Swift is one #1 away from tying Madonna. Beyoncé is one #1 away from tying Janet Jackson. Ariana Grande is one #1 away from tying Janet Jackson.

The Danny/Jack promo looks like its from Summer 1981.

Traci is the heart and conscience of the Abbott family.

I wonder if SOD would ever digitize its archive. There are interviews and features from the 1970s/1980s/1990s I'd love to read.

Not to me. The real hotness of mid-1990s Y&R was Shemar Moore.

Not long after JM arrival in June 1994, Y&R went off track (second half of 1994 through first half of 1997) and Nick/Sharon ate the show for a good portion of that time (Fall 1994 through Spring 1996). Bill Bell tried so hard to make JM happen.

That I don't know, but I am pretty sure it's been verified here that Robert Calhoun left by his own choice. AFAIK he didn't EP any other show after GL. GL being a more community-based show (at least in the early 1990s I thought it was) needed to have an anchor/tentpole character to keep things grounded, and JFP didn't realize that.

Angela Lansbury was 59 in 1984 and 71 in 1996. I would guess by the time of Murder, She Wrote, she must have cut down/quit smoking and was more vigilant about sun protection. Whatever work she had done during Murder, She Wrote was not blatantly obvious and in your face.

RIP Meg Bennett and thank you for contributions to daytime as both an actress and a writer.

Vincent Irizarry return overlapped w/ JFP becoming EP. I consider that the first Friend of Jill incident. There were four Friend of Jill incidents: Vincent Irizarry, Justin Deas, Marcy Walker, Marj Dusay. We also saw Mark Derwin become a Friend of Jill. JFP coasted off the groundwork that was laid during the Robert Calhoun era. I still cannot believe JFP run (July 1991 to May 1995) was nearly twice the length of Robert Calhoun (June 1989 to July 1991) and JFP got the ratings up during her first year (then again, the ratings increase was helped by ABC big three tanking at various times during that year and Days being in their post-supercouple/pre-Reilly mess era).

That's because Joshua Morrow has not evolved from being an overgrown frat boy. To think we are two months away from his 30th anniversary.

With three soaps left on the broadcast networks and four acting categories remaining, not surprised at the sad sack list.

Maureen being the anchor/tentpole of the community saw the good qualities in everyone and showed kindness to everyone, and yes that included Roger. While Roger didn't care about what the rest of Springfield thought of him, he cared about what Maureen thought of him, and that's evident when Roger and Maureen are trapped together during the blackout and when Roger visited Maureen's grave.