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Thank you @victoria foxton Such a treat. 

I get it for free through Comcast, though I'm sure that won't last forever. I'm inclined to say I wouldn't pay for it because I find nothing else of value on Peacock. If the show moves to a less-than-daily schedule, which is probably likely, I suppose I'd buy a month every so often and binge. All bets are off if they actually uploaded '70s, '80s and '90s episodes, though -- that would definitely make me a subscriber. 

Even if the show were somehow able to buck the odds and increase Peacock's subscriber base, it's extremely unlikely to keep luring in new subscribers as time goes on. There's a reason Netflix cancels the majority of its series after three seasons -- the numbers show that a show has basically exhausted its ability to attract new eyeballs at that point. So even an initial burst of new subscribers (which I find highly unlikely) is not going to add much life to the 'ol gal. 

For now, at least, Comcast/Xfinity customers can access Peacock Premium at no extra cost. 

3 minutes ago, dolphziggler said:

Probably the smart move. Broadcast television is dying.

So is Peacock.

4 minutes ago, dragonflies said:

Yep it's done for, it's not gonna bring more subscribers to the platform are they hurting that badly for subscribers??

Yes:

Peacock, the streaming service of Comcast’s NBCUniversal, ended the second quarter with 13 million paid subscribers. This means that Peacock’s paid subscriber base, as of the end of June, stalled with zero growth.

Also, Comcast revealed that losses at Peacock widened to $467 million (EBITDA), from an adjusted EBITDA loss of $363 million in 2021.

Okay, not exactly a fifth Today hour, but close:

NBC will fill the gap left by Days with a new one-hour news program, NBC News Daily, anchored by Kate Snow, Aaron Gilchrist, Vicky Nguyen, and Morgan Radford.

4 minutes ago, Gray Bunny said:

Does this mean a bunch of NBC stations will have lame infomercials in their place?

DAYS is being replaced by a 5th hour of Today ... supposedly.

From IMDB (so I can't vouch for its reliability):

Esther and Richard Shapiro, the creators of DYNASTY, are friends of former head writer Harding Lemay. They not only named their family after Lemay's super bitch Iris Carrington, but the Krystle-Blake-Fallon triangle was borrowed heavily from the Rachel-Mac-Iris story. The Shapiros have also claimed they modeled Joan Collins' Alexis after the super glamorous Iris.

3 hours ago, victoria foxton said:

I loved a scene where Felicia sporting her weave.

I certainly didn't notice this at the time but it's kind of cool how the mirrors in Jason & Sharlene's scene and Felicia's scene foreshadow his death in the Hall of Mirrors. 

6 hours ago, DynamiteKiddo said:

And how much notice did they have?  Because Abby should’ve had scenes with at least D&J, Gabi, WilSon, Ben, and Tony & Jake (harking back to Andre & Stefan) to make this hurt more.  And how are you gonna do an Abby whodunnit without Gabi as a viable suspect?!?

Yes, if this is supposed to be a murder mystery, it's the most ineptly set up one in the show's history (and that covers a lot of murders). It's hard for me to get too upset since death means nothing on DAYS, but I like Marci and the show is going to suffer without a viable heroine in her age range. On a shallow note, I think Marci has been looking exceptionally pretty of late. 

Sad news -- Ray Liotta has died. I loved him as quintessential good guy Joey Perrini on AW. Who knew he'd build a long career on playing bad guys? RIP.

https://deadline.com/2022/05/ray-liotta-dies-67-goodfellas-1235033521/

I really like Zach Tinker, but he's about as convincing as a business tycoon as Brandon Barash was.

Which is to say, not at all. 

18 hours ago, carolineg said:

Again, I just don't know what happened to DH's acting.  She really is good here.  

She was indeed so good back then. I don't think she's given more than a handful of good performances in the last 20 years, but I still love her based on what she did back then.

Also nice to see a reminder of the Maggie-Marlena friendship, which disappeared from the screen eons ago. 

2 hours ago, Liberty City said:

Carmen Duncan (Iris) & Victoria Wyndham (Rachel) really did play the Iris vs. Rachel feud so well, especially when the Chief storyline reveal happened.

Yeah, I think this is pretty rivalrous:

Given the anemic ratings of the spin-offs, I'd say the public was none too interested. 

I can't believe Days doesn't have a vaccine mandate with all the over-70s (and 80s and 90s) in the cast. 

5 minutes ago, carolineg said:

It's hard to tell without watching day to day because perhaps there were psychological nuances I missed with Julie's injury, but it does sound dumb considering all Doug/Julie had been through.  

I was young and dumb, so you can't go by me, but I totally bought into it because of the way Laura was preying on Julie's insecurities in their psychiatric sessions. "Of course, Doug says he still loves you, but it's really his sense of obligation. He married a beautiful woman and now he's going to be saddled with a circus freak for the rest of his life. If you really love him, you owe it to him to let him move on."

Much more subtle than that, of course, but that was the gist. 

On 4/17/2022 at 3:27 AM, victoria foxton said:

Another World and Texas from 11/19/82.

Such an impressive array of acting talent on AW back them, all saddled to horribly boring stories. 

46 minutes ago, victoria foxton said:

Just hate that Anna is being made the bad guy. In the Sarah/Renee nonsense.

Is that the show's intent? Because I am most assuredly on Anna's side here. 

15 hours ago, jam6242 said:

Some rare clips of Julie from the 60s and 70s are included in this interview

Thanks, I loved this and the earlier video with Susan interviewing Suzanne. I've long given up on any hope of decent storylines on this show, but I still tune in to see actors/characters -- and these two are at the top of my list. No matter what the writers have done to Julie and Maggie over the years, I still see them as the complex, compelling and emotionally rich characters they once were. Kudos to both ladies. 

I wasn't watching much from '83-'86, so it's a real treat when something like this turns up. Thanks for posting it!

Speaking of Alice Barrett, she showed up on this week's episode of NBC's "The Thing About Pam" as a Dateline producer. Looks like she'll be in future episodes.

It's a testament to her that, as much as I loved Cass & Kathleen, I was still conflicted about who I wanted to "win" when Julie Osburn returned. 

Will, Sonny and Craig talked about Leo's involvement in Beyond Salem's jewel storyline, so I'd say it is indeed canon.