Paul Raven

Cole's comeback is way overdue-a pity the writing probably won't be there. See Cameron and JT, Stitch etc With so many vet characters, the only way to keep them viable is to dig into their pasts. Cole was married to both Ashley and Victoria so the triangle can be revived. Makes more sense for the characters than falling in love again (with either a newbie or matching them up with someone already there) and have them carry on like they haven't been married 6 times previously.

Fasten your seat belts....Bette Davis in All About Eve.

This was a similar sentiment to what Sally Sussman was saying when she returned to Y&R in 2017. Soaps were being treated as destined for the scrapheap whereas at the time Mad Men, critical darling, was pulling in fewer viewers than Y&R. Just the right producing/writing teams could have kept the viewership steady.

The concept is good-it's a pity they didn't take more care , instead of Colleen having to vamp it up backstage while somebody filmed it on their phone. Start with the music and a globe spinning in closeup-the hand stops the globe and the camera pulls back to Colleen in a chair on the GCAC set with a soapy smirk on her face and eerie music playing. All lit and photographed to flatter her. Colleen looks amazing btw. When I read she was 70!

Michelle, this isn't about you. Sounds like she wants to shoehorn Phyllis into all of this...

Brilliant! You really get the show. You have the vision to be Y&R's next headwriter.. Don't forget that there will be multiple job shifting happening as top execs are poached from one company to another.

Kudos to Y&R-this story seems to be getting a lot of attention. However, it will probably amount to nothing. I get a feeling Cole will be innocent in all of this. If Claire is Eve I will personally lure Josh Griffith to an isolated cottage and keep him captive.

When Monty came back I believe she stated that the 80's action adventure/couples formula was passe and the way forward was a more gritty, issues based approach. Gloria directed Secret Storm for years, so hardly a failed soap.What are the shows you are referring to? What MOTW did Gloria direct?

PATRICIA ESTRIN FOR RICHER, FOR POORER Megan Cushing Jan - May 1977 ANOTHER WORLD Joan Barnard June 1977- May 78 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW Dr. Jamie Phillips Larsen Adams June 1980 -81

COLEEN ZENK AS THE WORLD TURNS Barbara Ryan Stenbeck St. Clair (Stenbeck via Gunnar Munson Munson Dixon Munson Montgomery Stenbeck Coleman September 1978 - September 2010

Fresno was repeated on CBS in 89 in July and again flopped badly, pretty much the bottom shows of the week. I guess it was repeated to try and recoup some of the investment, but even hit mini series repeated badly which was a downside of the genre. I didn't find any record of it being shown in 87 and it seems unlikely they would repeat a flop show so soon.

So now we've seen aunt Jordan I'm more convinced than ever that the whole story will be some retcon maybe loosely based on a past event. 'When we met the Newman's on that vacation and drunk Nikki caused my beloved husband to be crippled for life, Victor thought paying us all that money would suffice. Now that Jonathan is dead I will make the Newmans pay for what they did!'

A poster on another site was claiming this new set was Sharon's cottage redressed! It is a nice cottagey set, if not a little over decorated. Maybe bits and pieces of other sets have been used. There are echoes of the Williams house with the door and staircase and the windows look a bit like the old Rawlins/Carlton house-who knows? One think I liked was the sofa-a contrast to the cheap bulky number in the Chancellor set.

Fresno did not play 2 episodes a night for 3 nights. It began with a 2hr ep on Sunday and then 1 hr Mon, Tues, Wed and Thurs. After an OK start on Sunday following Murder She Wrote, ranking 13th,Monday's ep , pulled a 15.2/22, which put the show in 36th place. (Parts three, four and five finished 50th, 52d and 51st, respectively. Fresno was a floppo.

SUNDAY DISPATCH,Pittsburgh FEBRUARY 25 1979 A bold and innovative step in network history takes place when "Another World , becomes television's first 90-minute drama series this Monday. Four years ago last January, "Another World became the first one-hour drama in daytime television when it expanded from its 30-minute format. Despite the obvious pitfalls and dangers that accompany such a daring move, most insiders are betting that the venture will succeed. Michael Brockman, Vice President Daytime Programs, NBC boasted "Another World production team made the transition to 60 minutes so easily and so successfully that we are extremely confident it will enjoy a similar success with the new format." Paul Rauch, executive producer of Another World" added. "Our talented cast and production people are excited about this development which will once again thrust 'Another World' into the role of a pioneer in the industry. It is expected that Another World" will carry at least 40 regular contract players in addition to extras and bit players. Some familiar faces from cancelled shows who will join the cast include BRUCE GRAY (Ex. Neil Chapman, High Hopes") and CHRISTINE JONES ("For Richer. For Poorer"). Also JOE HINDY will portray "Burt McGowan in the expanded series. Understandably, the show will have to use bigger sets, more actors and faster-moving story lines. There will be a special emphasis on location shooting which will increase the possibilities for more varied physical action. All this will enhance the program and reward loyal Another World fans with action-packed entertainment and high drama. Although production emphasis has been centered on keeping the viewer entertained, much care has been taken to keep the actors from collapsing after a long, rigorous, workday. Actors will be divided into a morning and an afternoon group to tape scenes out of sequence. In this way an actor does not have to be on-call all day to complete his shooting obligations. After the complete days shooting, the scenes will be rearranged in proper sequence before airing, using the show's new. Sterling tape editing machines. Always noted for its quality performances and performers, Another World has won a total of four Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Daytime Serial in 1976. The series has also earned numerous awards from television magazines for writing, directing and acting.

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To conclude Dynasty's ratings for the 86-87 season It made a comeback in the second half of the season, winning its timeslot and fending off a possible challemge from Night Court. However, the numbers were down and ABC decided not to risk another go round at 9pm as it was vulnerable. So Dynasty was moved to 10pm and the John Ritter 'Hooperman' and Dabney Coleman 'Slap Maxwell' were inserted @9. Dynasty now faced The Equalizer and St Elsewhere in 87/88 season. Week 27 Dynasty 19.6/29 Magnum PI 15.9/25 Night Court 16.6/25/ Tortellis 12.0/19 Week 28 Dynasty 16.3/25 Magnum PI 15.9/25 Night Court rpt 15.8/24/ Tortellis 12.0/19 Week 29 Dynasty 17.4/28 Magnum PI 11.2/18 Night Court 15.8/25/1 hr episode Week 30 Spenser for Hire prempts Dynasty Week 31 Dynasty 16.9/27 Magnum PI rpt 12.0/19 Night Court rpt 12.0/19/Easy Street rpt 12.0/20 Week 32 Dynasty 16.8/27 Magnum PI rpt 13.2/21 Night Court 14.9/24 /Easy Street rpt 13.7/22 Week 33 Dynasty finale 17.8/29 Magnum PI r 12,4/20 Night Court 15.2/25/Easy Street rpt 12.2/20

I don't have any idea who Amy Carlson might be referring to , but just b/c VW was involved in the writing doesn't mean that she would be happy with a particular scene and want to play it a different way. Speaking of Wyndham and her claims of writing storylines, I wonder why she has never given a hint as to what they were? Would she have received payment for that and if so how would that be handled as she was in an unofficial capacity? She would hardly have done it for free. And if it were all a bit shady, why mention it at all? She lost me with that story that Brandon Tartikoff liked her so he kept AW on the air. Maybe it was a joke but she didn't tell it that way.

Soaps were among the most taped programs when VCRs became a thing. Did they ever succeed in adequately measuring that viewership? Of course, ads were FFed so advertisers were not interested. It was an issue that networks could never get around.

I guess because soaps with a family structure were successful, that set the template for daytime. SFT and LOL began with a family structure. GH and TD veered from that a bit but had a solid setting with the hospital, which sort of represented the family home I guess. Never Too Young tried a youth focussed story and flopped. Even Dark Shadows had the Collins family at the core. Irna, Bill Bell and Agnes all believed in the family structure. Degrassi, Melrose etc weren't daily daytime so acceptable not to follow the format.

Re Farrah. From Bill & Susan's book- To me his most memorable conquest at Sergio’s was a gorgeous nineteen-year-old with natural blond hair that cascaded over her neck and shoulders. The blonde came on to Doug, introduced herself as Diana, Goddess of the Chase, and looked at him expectantly. At the piano, Bill Horton was left with his mouth open as Diana and Doug glided out into that hot September night with only one purpose in mind. The actress was Farrah Fawcett, and in just five lines, her charisma and innocent sexuality had jingled every guy in the studio.

NORMAN WALTER AS THE WORLD TURNS Minister who married Beau and Annie Nov 77 Minister (Possibly Norman Frazier) Tom and Barbara's aborted wedding April 1980 Reverend Norman Frazier 1981 - 82 Reverend __ Fisher 1985

But I guess NBC Daily News is cheaper to produce than Days.

Yes like when Sharon's cottage returned. So this new set will hang around for as long as the story requires. i just think they need more imagination and ingenuity to deal with the set situation. Y&R have always had permanent sets like the Abbott mansion,CL etc and then other sets that came and went. They have more permanent sets now because of the crew situation.

That set might be used for a couple of weeks to justify putting it up, but overall the set situation remains a mystery. The tack house returned for a few eps for Mariah/Tessa as did Sharon's cottage during the Cameron story. But they refuse to do any office sets for say Sharon's business, Devon,Summer etc Jack/Diane got a bedroom set but others have to have sex in their living room. Office/bedrooms only have to be a couple of walls and some furniture. Very puzzling...and annoying.