Paul Raven

Those 8 women surrounding Sonny-what is the message here?

And that story could be told today.

Totally agree-my comments re Sally were to highlight that ridiculousness. The way business stories are written, anything can happen as we don't see it on air. Sally could have easily landed a gig redecorating say Lauren's apartment , with everyone raving about how great a job she did w/o ever seeing it. It really puzzles me who is overseeing this. Does anyone at CBS or Sony review story or are they that disinterested that whatever Josh serves up they agree to as long as the shows get made on time and on budget? As for Mr Griffith himself, with so many directions to go in, he never fails to choose the least interesting or illogical path.

That's actually quite a daring move for Josh. Usually all business ventures are super successful from the get go.

The first appearance of Kings Row. This is when ABC started a block of soaps for the first time. They resurrected Against the Storm, Lone Journey ,Mary Marlin,Valiant Lady and stole When A Girl Marries from NBC. I guess we'll see those synopses in coming posts.

I thought the opening episode was a little shaky. Most jokes didn't land and that conflict b/w Darlene and Dan was contrived. John Goodman is the Eric Braeden of primetime with that lack of eye contact and line readings. Still too many characters for 20 or so minutes.

Obviously. Probably ranked #11. Hence all the BTS changes.

I have never seen any evidence that Edge of Night aired in overseas territories. Certainly not in Australia where other P&G shows (AW,SFT, ATWT) aired in the 70's. Did EON air in Hawaii? How did that work in the 60's/70's? before satellite transmission?

Yes I believe Y&Rs rating for those weeks were never topped again.

ATWT Melinda Grey Kim's niece, Frannie's half sister. She drowned in a boating accident in June 1980. Brad was suspected of being responsible for her death. Instead she is in a coma, regains consciousness and clears Brad (or maybe not) Perhaps she has a memory block at first and isn't sure. Anyway, she could hang around or leave town and perhaps return a few years later, giving Kim/the Hughes another character to deal with.

As The World Turns Lincoln "Linc" Lafferty James Wleck 90-92 half brother of Hutch R Lonnie McCullough ? - Nov 19 93 killed by Ned Simon Ned Simon Frank Converse 1992-March 22 94 David (Allen) Stenbeck Chris Browning ? 97 - April 30 1997 Danny Markel May 6 1997-98 Emmett that was involved with Molly Tom Ligon August 13 - ?1997 Frannie Hughes Crawford Julianne Moore April 1985-88; April 3 2010 Marie Kovac Mady Kaplan April 85 ex-fiancee of Kevin, murdered by Douc Cummings Suz ____ Becker Betsy Palmer Feb 10 - ? 82 friend, Ellen Stewart while David was presumed dead Melinda Grey Spencer Ariana Muenker August 77- June 80

Bingo. Y&R as an example. Day after day storyline decisions are made that further chip away at any remaining credibility. Billionaires wander around cafes/restaurants running businesses and mounting takeovers. A supposedly dead child is alive because her (never mentioned) crazy aunt somehow stole her from a hospital and raised her to hate her birth family (why?) An alcoholic woman with the resources to check into the best rehab facility in the country instead sneaks around boozing from a flask. The head of an international chain of department stores agrees to become an assistant to an alcoholic woman. An alpha billionaire is slumped in a chair reading his lines off a menu/phone etc Literally every plot Josh comes up with is ludicrous/ill conceived/poorly executed.

Why didn't Katherine just leave a letter for Jill? I think Katherine and Jill's relationship had progressed beyond this type of game playing at that point. And besides I distinctly remember a scene where out of the blue Katherine acknowledged face to face that Phillip loved Jill more and she was at peace with that.

Richard Kiley Radio The Guiding Light Ma Perkins Golden Gate was a pilot for a primetime soap.

Yes that's why I posted it.

I'm sure Gottlieb learned a lot that changed her perspective about revolutionalizing daytime. Bottom line is that you have to get one episode in the can a day and there is just so much you can accomplish. Like others eg Rauch, what Gottlieb was like as a person could be far away from what she was like as a producer.

Erika was not a Gottlieb fan. A lot of this comes down I'm sure to personality clashes. Maybe Linda didn't give Erika the respect she thought she deserved. Who knows? Did other actors talk about various producers? Would be interesting to read different perspectives. I'm pretty sure Clint Ritchie was also down on Gottlieb. Maybe other actors loved her...

I think Bill Bell might have something to say about that.

What exactly did that lead to?

Laurence Lau also appeared on ATWT as Brian.

Those mystery from the past storylines (a music box, piece of jewelry) etc that supposedly lead to some major story seldom ever amount to anything.

We've often seen actresses IRL present very differently from onscreen. So let's critique characters hair and wardrobe as that is what we see. Whether they look like that offscreen is a different story.

Cass came on in July 82 when Corinne Jacker was headwriter Felicia and Donna appeared Jan 83 the Robert Soderberg/Dorothy Ann Purser era.

MARCUS LOVETT AS THE WORLD TURNS Larry McDermott temp Aug 9, 10 and 11 1994

MICHAEL GALARDI AS THE WORLD TURNS Damian Grimaldi ( One day Temporary)1994