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Peacock uploaded next Monday's show today and Dick Van Dyke has scenes with Susan & Bill Hayes. Tommy Horton is mentioned and Julie says he passed away.

The way this show operates, I wouldn't have known it was the wrong episode. Yes, you'd expect the Monday show to follow up on Friday's close of Chloe seeing Philip at the door, but we often have to wait a few days or a week for a cliffhanger followup. Things seemed to be introduced rather abruptly, but that's nothing new either!

I don't think I want to watch that again, but I do want to mention that Alice Barret is once again recurring on season 2 of the Starz series, "Heels." I'm always pleasantly surprised when she pops up in a movie or TV show.

I didn't see a whole lot of Nancy's original AW run, but more than enough to know she was a bright spot in what I felt was a very bad time for the show. I don't know who identified her flair for comedy in her subsequent runs, but I'm glad they did – she was even more enjoyable when she injected her scheming temptress with large dollops of humor. RIP Nancy, and thanks for the memories.

And likely too painful for Susan & Bill to play.

Really, the one thing I wanted out of this tribute to Suzanne Rogers was a scene between Maggie and Julie -- and we got that in spades. It really did feel like the Salem of old, with family, friends and even enemies coming together. (The flashbacks demonstrated that Salem used to have a much bigger set and wardrobe budget, though.) I missed a lot of Maggie & Victor's initial romance, so it was nice to see that scene with them at dinner -- Suzanne was glowing. And the post-credits Maggie scenes were great -- something we wouldn't have seen on NBC, so thanks, Peacock.

Variety reported that Hogan Sheffer went fi-core. https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/wga-reveals-fi-core-writers-1117984266/

Ray Liotta mentions Another World in a previously unpublished Deadline interview: "It was Another World, and I played the nicest character in the world, Joey Perrini. The producer would go to Broadway shows, go to the people backstage that had parts he knew that were coming up, and he’d ask them, “Why don’t you come and do this? You’ll make some money, because you’re not making money here in the theater, and whatever time you need to get to the theater, I’ll make sure your stuff is done and you get there.” So, I was working with really good actors. Kathleen Widdoes was my mother. She was just great. So, I really was learning in front of the camera. Doing a soap, you don’t take it that serious, which is great because you’re looser to do whatever you want." I loved him as Joey and was shocked (in a good way) with his chilling performance in Something Wild. I would not have predicted he'd go on to movie stardom after AW, but I'm so glad he did. The whole interview is worth reading, IMO. https://deadline.com/2023/08/ray-liotta-interview-goodfellas-black-bird-1235456381/

People rarely get punished for actual crimes on this show, I don't expect much of a comeuppance for Leo sleeping with his best friend's husband.

Judging by the tone of Alarr's statement, I'd say there's an expensive legal battle ahead if they don't. There may be even if they do. But I'm very happy for the cast. It's unforgivable that they've had to endure this for so long.

I don’t know how accurate this is, but an Entertainment Weekly article published today reports: The soap is currently on hiatus and was scheduled to restart production this coming Monday. However, they have extended their pause by a week due to fallout from the investigation. https://ew.com/tv/days-of-our-lives-lisa-rinna-calls-for-removal-producer-albert-alarr/

Maybe the reason they keep casting the same actors in different roles is that they've proven themselves willing to shut up and take Alarr's abuse. (I'm not blaming the actors, to be clear.)

Newsweek picks up the story. NW is a shadow of its former self, but still. https://www.newsweek.com/days-our-lives-toxic-petition-producer-1817212

Their position on the margin of entertainment is what allows situations like this to fester, I would think. This makes me wonder if the cast's effusive praise of Ken Corday over the years has been performative. How do you admire and respect a man who has let stuff like this go on?

Of course, if it were any other industry, the trade press would want to know what these women (and other executives) knew about Alarr's misdoings and when they knew it. I doubt we'll see any follow-up of that sort.

He's still their boss, I can't imagine them not brushing it off.

This blind item is from 2017: https://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2017/12/todays-blind-items-daytime-deviants.html?m=1

This blind item from Crazy Days & Nights is obviously about DAYS. I tend to think the vast majority of these blinds are made up, but I imagine there's a lot about this one that is sadly true: "Want to keep working on this show? Do whatever the executive in charge says and turn a blind eye to what he does. Want to work on a different show, but the same field? Don't ever say anything bad about the executive. This former actress turned reality star got a stark reminder of that when she posted something negative to social media and took it down very quickly. Everyone covers for the executive. Does he have a casting couch? Yes. Does he sexually harass subordinates? Every single day. Does he care? No he does not. Despite what has been recently said about him, he knows his job is not in danger. He produces results and deals with talent and crew and gets it all done way under budget. He is a huge profit earner for the big company and everyone knows if this show goes down, the whole industry goes down. Thousands of people would be out of work. Thousands of high paying jobs gone in a flash. There was already one downturn. They don't want extinction. There are ancillary companies that only survive because of this industry. So, whatever pushback might be normal, is not so in this case. There is no independent third party to put pressure on the executive. There are no harsh words. The survival of so many rely on them being complicit in everything bad that occurs. Things are so complicit that reporting from specific publications choose to not even mention anything about bad things that go on, let alone things that are being reported in the past week. If they did, they would be writing their own pink slips, plus they would never be allowed to interview anyone from the show he controls. It is a fiefdom made for abuse and everyone watches it happen, but are only looking out for themselves."

First Trump, then Alarr? Ari has more than filled her quota of dealing with despicable men.

Yes, I wouldn't expect any current cast members to say anything, certainly not while Alarr is still there. It seems he's a vindictive little cuss, why put a target on your back?

I assume this is why Alarr is still there and hasn't been at least suspended. Soap fans have agitated for new writing & production talent for years, and it's always been a lost cause. There's no talent pipeline and shows aren't going to take a chance with folks from a non-soap background.

The only actor I can recall who had a buzz cut was Greg Vaughan, though I don't remember when or if he was on or off contract at the time.

Man, they burn through plot fast these days.

I don't recall that scene specifically but AbcNbc247 posted a compilation a few weeks ago on this thread that included a 1976 scene between Michael & Liz in which she expressed much the same sentiment. It's really quite heartbreaking, the kind of character beat soaps used to do all the time but don't anymore. It's on page 610 of this thread and the scene kicks in at about 20:00. AbcNbc247, I meant to thank you back then for posting this and I was remiss – I really appreciate it, I loved every bit of it.

Yes, it makes perfect sense that gazillion-dollar heirs Chad and Alex would live in the same apartment building as broke-ass Xander. (Would somebody at least touch up the paint on the door frames? It's filthy.)