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I don't think Ken had any involvement in what Albert put in that statement. I can see why Albert expressed those sentiments. His actions and attitude show that he is unaware or uncaring about how his work habits and leadership style affect others. All he sees is 20 years of hard work and success be negated. As his statement shows, he blames a couple of people for stirring up trouble. i'm sure many of us have worked for, or alongside 'difficult' people who blame others for being 'thin skinned' or 'unable to take a joke' I remember one co-worker prone to tantrums and crying fits stating 'that's just how I am , I can't change'

It seems unfair that Conboy was allowed to run riot with the budget and then others had to face the consequences. Wheeler must have been a lot cheaper than Conboy but I wonder if she took a salary cut along the way? How many execs who let Conboy do his thing took salary cuts? Is it only the actors who paid the price? They really needed someone who could restructure the show successfully and Ellen proved she was not the person for the job. The whole Ed debacle speaks volumes.

Do you mean Screen Gems?

Peter is happy as long a Peter is front burner. Even if it means a ridiculous back from the dead story. Danielle Unger ...ok... this woman is not earning her no doubt very large salary if she allows some of what happens in script and onscreen. I'd love to read her notes.

Alarr has worked at days for 20 years and obviously is a talented director/producer who has been able to work around the severe budget cuts Days has endured. No doubt he has an abrasive personality that probably came to the fore more often as his stature grew and the pressure to deliver those 5 eps aweek became more intense. Ken Corday just seems to want to put his faith on others to keep Days going as he has no real talent or deep investment apart from trying to keep Days alive as a tribute to his parents and the responsibilty passed on to him. Who knows what his personal and professional relationship is to Albert? I would imagine Ken tells Albert things have gone too far and he has no other choice-he'll pay out his contract and allow Albert the chance to save face by issuing a statement in his defense.

Definitely. The storyline was promoted as a '3's Company' set up. At the time 3's Company was a smash hit so they were looking for some of that impact in having 3 singles sharing an apartment. Don't know if the casting and writing really came together though.

Agnes Nixon thought when Loving in 1983 would debut at 1:30 sandwiched between AMC and OLTL Loving was slotted at 11.30 am in 1983 up against the second half of The Price Is Right on CBS and Dream House on NBC. It followed Too Close for Comfort sitcom reruns and was followed by Family Feud. That was terrible scheduling as soaps in the morning had never worked and it was completely isolated from the rest of the ABC soap lineup. it might have done better at noon leading into RH? It wasn't until Oct 84 that Loving was moved to 12.30pm.

Thanks for that. So around June/July, David and Ellen were married early June 66. Would they have brought a new older Dan on for the wedding? Or maybe David and Ellen went off on a honeymoon for a couple of weeks and a new Dan (and Susan ) were there upon their return? I'm sure we can solve this mystery....

Marcie _____ Vincente...Jeannie Carson...June 1970-71...crippled by polio, wife to Tony, who was indebted to her as her wealthy parents had financed his medical career. Cared for by possessive Agnes. Desperate to regain Tony's love and jealous of Jo who works with Tony at the Rec Center where he spends most evenings. Revealed to be faking her paralysis, thus paving the way for a divorce from Tony

Talk of Susan had me wondering when John Colenback took over as adult Dan. Soap Central says Jan 66 but I am doubtful on a lot of what is posted there. There is a CBS press release photo of Colenback on line from Dec 66, which leads me to believe that's when he took over. Does anyone know more? John Colenback was much older than Jeffrey Rowland so I wonder if Dan was offscreen for a while so the transition wasn't too difficult for viewers to accept?

Search dropping a bit but then back to #4 in December. So sad to see all that destroyed in coming years.

That video was pointless. AI generated?

@FrenchFan excellent work. So glad we are uncovering new information. What's interesting also is that Susan was introduced as Dan's girlfried with Connie Scott who was 16 at the time in 1966. The next Susan Diana Walker was 24. So I'm assuming that when John Colenback came on as Dan ,Walker took over as Susan as both characters went from mid teens to early 20's. I wonder if Dan and Susan were offscreen for a bit, maybe over Summer 66.

A (not complete) list of NBC daytime VPs over those years when NBC were operating a full schedule. Bob Aaron 61-66 later involved with launching Another Life on CBN Larry White 66-67 Bud Grant 67-72 head hunted by CBS as daytime VP then promoted to primetime . Oscar Katz Oct 69 as consultant - ex ABC daytime Clare L Simpson Jan 72 - Oct 73 Lin Bolen Oct 73 - Feb 76 revamped the gameshows, introduced 60 min DOOL and AW Madeliene David Feb 76 - Nov 77 Nov 77-80 Michael Brockman Nov 77-80 Lucy Johnson 80-83? Linda line Nov 79? vp serials Jeff Ryder? Brian Frons March 83- May89 Jackie Smith May 89 – May 91 John Miller interim

This is the only mention I have found so far of Greenburg, who I have never heard of before Feb 81 Earl Greenburg, VP for compliances and practices, NBC West Coast, named NBC West Coast VP for daytime programs. So that appointment doesn't cover the NY shows which at that time were Doctors,AW and Texas. So there would have been either an East Coast VP or an overall daytime VP. Perhaps NBC was operating differently in that era because details are murky. The time b/w Michael Brockman in 1980 and Brian Frons in 83 there isn't definitive info on the daytime VP.

Fred Silverman was president of NBC at that time. I don't believe he or Earl Greenburg were running daytime. Was it Lucy Johnson?

Jacquie did have her hair cut whilst on OLTL as seen in this photo. As for Pat being front burner, I'm sure she was seen regularly as her contract would have stipulated but in terms of story,Pat had no real prominence. .After her marriage to Tony he is sent to Beirut and months later killed off. I'm going by SOD synopses which I admit don't give a completely accurate picture, but Pat is hardly mentioned for months on end, even after Tony returns,which leads me to believe TPTB were not overly invested. Maybe the David Renaldi stuff was a final attempt to bring her back to prominence, but as I said I guess by contract time they thought better of investing in the character for another 3 years.

Did some checking-when the Adam Brewster romance was squashed, they went with the Pat/Maggie twin story, Clint had some interest in Pat at this time .Then in 1980 they went full steam with Pat/Bo. Asa wasn't happy and tried to break them up. Pat encountered Olympia and went into investigative mode, eventually leading to a break up with Bo, for most of 81 she was investigating Nicole/Olympia and close to Clint but just as friends. Tony Lord returned late 81 so he and Pat were involved and then married.Tony was written up so Pat was in limbo thru 82. So by the time her contract was up, it seemed pretty clear that there was little interest in Jacquie/Pat. She was not frontburner and probably on big money. With so many changes, they probably decided Viki and Dorian were enough in that age group and Jacquie was dropped. That butch haircut didn't help...

You really haven't made it until your first lawsuit comes along. Sounds like these gals want some $$$

Wow Search in 3rd place. A combination of Y&R lead in and the Corringtons writing. Competition was Ryans Hope and Password Plus. In Feb 80 Y&R moved slots and that affected Search's ratings. And the the writers roundabout began...

Lee Grant The Doctors and the Nurses Lillian Carroll Douglass Watson The Doctors and the Nurses Dr Clay Carroll

Slick, Curt Dawson was on ATWT in 1972 also. He is in the Nov 72 episode on YouTube.

Loving Roberta Flack Roberta Flack Jan 1993 sang Amazing Grace at Trisha's funeral.

Oct 67- April 68 1.ATWT 13.6 House Party 10.7 AW 10.2 Dick Van Dyke 10.0 TGL 10.0 SFY 9.9 TD 9.7 You Don't Say 9.7 To Tell the Truth 9.5 Andy Griffith 9.5 EON 9.4 SS 9.4 Match Game 9.3 LOL 9.2 Lets Make A Deal 9.2 April 22 – May 5 68 CBS 7.7 NBC 7.6 ABC 4.2 Days, The Doctors, Another World and You Don't Say were all timeslot winners 2-4 pm. Snap Judgement at 10 am also won its timeslot. That lead CBS to revamp Splendored Thing to hopefully boost its rating and retain more of the ATWT lead in as well as a flow on to the rest of the afternoon. The Lucy Show replaced Candid Camera as 10 am lead in SFT expanded to 30 min at 12.30, TGL was moved to 2.30pm displacing Art Linkletter, Secret storm was moved to 3pm to replace To Tell the Truth and Art Linkletter sent to 4pm. CBS was now all soaps in the afternoon.It also meant that for the first time all 3 networks programmed a soap in the same timeslot. At 3pm it was AW v SS v GH. By Nov 68 CBS 9.2 NBC 7.5 ABC 5.5 Love Is A Many Splendored Thing was now #2 in timeslot. and CBS had its biggest margin since Aug 67 with 7 7 of the Top 10

Never Too Young Musical guests The Miracles Nov 23 65 Marvin Gaye Dec 1 65 Chubby Checker Dec 14 65 Loving Spoonful Dec 15 65