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Brandy Sheloe journalist who had an affair with Justin, causing Jackie to divorce him and give up her baby years before arriving in Springfield to pursue Justin again,causing a rift between him and Sara, eventually gets Justin to sleep with her and begin a casual relationship but he won't commit so she leaves Springfield. Briefly involved with Alan Spaulding Sandy Faison 1977 JoBeth Williams Dec 1977-Oct 78 Georgene Belmont Granger Angry that Rita received Cyrus' inheritance, comes to Springfield for revenge.Gets a job at Cedars,begins stalking Rita -throws her down a stairway,sets fire to Rita's apartment almost killing Evie, Finally holds Evie and Rita at gunpoint before admits to killing Cyrus and Malcolm - arrested Delphi Harrington Sept 1976- March78

I wonder if ABC didn't promote their daytime lineup during primetime in 78,especially in Summer when there was availability as primetime was in repeats. ABC was #1 so a lot of viewers would be alerted to the daytime shows.

Keith Charles Pilots/Proposals Side by Side Dick Stern serialized sitcom about 4 couples living in cul de sac CBS aired 7/27/76 Barbara Luna Pilots/Proposals Side by Side Carmine Rivera serialized sitcom about 4 couples living in cul de sac CBS aired 7/27/76 Don Scardino Pilots/Proposals Side by Side Billy Joe Pearson serialized sitcom about 4 couples living in cul de sac CBS aired 7/27/76 Dennis Holahan Dallas 'Jock's Trial' Feb 1980

Just one?

Guiding Light Nurse Peggy Scott Dillman Fletcher Thorpe Fran Myers 1965- May 77; Nov 77 April 78 - April 1979 Patti Sue Cosgrove Gwynn Gillis Oct 1978 model, ex of Dr Mark Hamilton Dylan ??? August 79 Alan's pilot. Crashed plan with Alan and Hope on board. Died shortly after. Roger Thorpe Joel Fabiani (temporary) 1991 Dennis Parlato 1997-98 Michael Zaslow 1971- ? May 78- April 80; 1989-97 Gordon Middleton Architect; Amanda's first husband. worked with and attracted to Hope Bauer Marcus Smythe Sept 1978- Sept 79 Jerry McFarren Ben's trouble causing younger brother Peter Jansen Oct Nov 76 Mark Travis May 1978 returned for Ben and Eve's wedding Dr. Clark Roy Poole Dec 79 medical examiner exhumed Roger's body confirmed it was not Roger at all Dr. Johnny Fletcher Erik Holland 1967 Jan 73 Ann ___ Jeffers Mike's secretary; lost son when her husband stole him; allowed Jimmy to stay with adoptive family; dated Mike, Justin, Ross, Joe Bradley and Andy Norris; became friend and roommate to Diane Ballard which didn't last when Diane showed interest in Ann's true love, Mike. Maureen Mooney Aug 1975-June 80

Thanks for posting. Hope you have more. That was really the end of an era Early 78 AW at #1 ATWT at #2. Within months AW had tumbled and GH taken over dominance of the 3pm slot. Surprising that ATWT began to drop as nothing really changed in terms of storytelling or characters. It just seemed like viewers suddenly found ATWT not to their liking and switched off. Look at The Doctors ahead of Days.

Re Search expanding to an hour I think they just got lost in the rush. Expanding ATWT was easy as they could keep the traditional timeslot, pushing GL back a half hour. Then when GL expanded again it kept its timeslot. I think CBS wanted an afternoon of soaps. SFT playing traditionally at 12.30 and expanding would take the 1pm timeslot that for decades had belonged to affiliates and there was a lot of resistance. The 45 min expansion of SFT and ATWT never got of the ground because of affiliate resistance. Moving it to 12pm would have dislodged Y&R which was never going to happen as there was nowhere to move that show.. They planned a 3.30 move but it never happened. It was only when Y&R expanded that SFT got moved and did OK at 2.30. So it was timing and scheduling that held SFT back from expanding as well as softening ratings.

From what I can find, Tim was datie Evie but got a job offer out of town that was too good to pass up and left in Nov 76. No mention of Pam and no reason I could see that a marriage would be mentioned later. I just checked Soap Central and there is an entry stating Evie left town and Pam and Tim were married. Not so.This is not the first false entry I have come across at that site. Someone takes delight at posting false info.

Deborah __- Mehren Janet Mason's BFF; Sara McIntyre (later Thorpe)' s secretary Olivia Cole 1969-71 Still appearing as of Dec 72 Claudia __ Dillman Grace Matthews 1968-69 Marty's overbearing mother Still appearing as of Dec 72 (possibly different actress?) Professor Alex MacDaniels Keith Charles September 1975 Married, older Professor involved with student, Hope Bauer in California. Hope's father Mike instructed Alex to break up with Hope under threat of exposure. He did, upsetting Hope deeply. Hope Bauer Spaulding daughter of Mike and Julie Jennifer Kirschner 1963-65 Paula Schwartz 1968 Elissa Leeds (AW 1966) 1968-73 Tisch Raye Sept 1975- Jan 76 Robin Mattson April 1976- July 77 Katherine Justice May 78-? Elvera Roussell March 1979-83

Guiding Light Pam Chandler....Maureen Silliman July 74 - June 76 Orphaned unwed mother of Samantha (born Feb 75) Had difficult pregnancy and birth. Worked for Sara Werner on research project bringing her into conflict with headstrong Dr Tim Ryan who delivered her daughter. Lived with Bert Bauer. Attracted to Tim and jealous when he dated Rita Stapleton. Assisted Andy Norris in writing his novel. Became a waitress at Metro restaurant. Dated Ben McFarren in an attempt to be noticed by Tim. After being contacted by David, her daughter's father, left Springfield in the hopes of re-establishing that relationship.

That whole stint is shrouded in mystery. Marland didn't get on air credit from what I can gather and there was no official announcement at the time in contrast to 1980 when there was big to do about the Dobsons going to ATWT and Marland to GL. It seems it was some sort of caretaking arrangement as Marland made no major cast or story changes. So it seems the plan was for him to take on GL and perhaps there were issues with the Dobsons moving to ATWT sooner so he was given the ATWT stint. Who knows?

No Travis was involved with Victoria and his ex Michelle turned up who knew Ashley. Once Sally arrived he disappeared immediately w/o an exit scene. Rather than Cane having drunk sex with Juliet. I would have had an old flame of his arrive searching for her teen daughter who has discovered Cane is her father. She has gone missing after hooking up online with someone claiming he would help her locate her dad. Cane/Lily's world turned upside down as they have to help this woman. Neil could become involved with her and when the girl is found she could create more trouble for Cane/Lily as well as getting involved with Reed, thus negating the need for the ridiculous twins SORASING.

Search for Tomorrow Sylvie___ Descartes...Maureen Anderman...? 81-Dec 81 ..manager, Zack killed by a sniper Dr. Barbara __Moreno...Olympia Dukakis..April - December .83...+Stu... mother of Angela and Josh Janet Bergman Gardner Walton Collins..Millee Taggert...71- June 82 Married Bud Gardner (widowed),Dr Dan Walton,(widowed) Feb 72 Dr Wade Collins (widowed) Aug 77 almost married fortune hunter Chance Halliday,(1978) involved with Ted Adamson. Daughter of Stu and Marge,mother of Chuck (forgotten) by Bud ,Gary,Liza and Danny (by Dan) Jennifer Pace Phillips Wyatt daughter of Walter; pursued by Gary; married Scott; went to prison; married John; killed Eunice, institutionalized ...Robin Eisenmann. November .73-? ...Morgan Fairchild...73- March 77 John Wyatt...Val Dufour... October 72 -79 Married Eunice, Jennifer and Stephanie. Killed in a struggle over a gun with Ted Adamson. Kathy Parker PhillipsPhillips Taper...Courtney Sherman Simon...71- Dec 78,82-84 lawyer ...Nicolette Goulet...79- June 82 Married Scott (divorced) Garth (widowed) stepmother to Eric, mother to Dougie (by David Sutton)involved with Sam Hunter and Tom Bergman. Mitch Farmer ??? March 74 dated Paula Markham

How would you describe your working relationship with Head Writer Sally Sussman? Young: Oh, it’s great! It’s total trust.We are similar in a way; we’ve both been immersed in our soaps, but we’ve also got a lot of differences and that’s always good because you could both bring strengths to the table. There’s a mutual respect, there’s no politicking between us. Both of us just care passionately about making the best show possible, and we both like to talk and we both like to have a laugh, so that’s good, isn’t it? We talk about the vision of the show, and it’s our vision now, and hopefully it’s one that the fans will agree with. Not all of them will, but I hope enough of them will say, “Oh, this is fun, this is great.” The fans have got a hell of a Christmas and New Year coming up, and they’re in for a treat when Sally’s stuff hits. I think that takes us through the next phase in the life of the show. What have you learned from your past efforts that you’re incorporating now? Young: I think the big thing that I’ve learned over the years is that these shows are huge machines and you have to be very visible and accessible to the whole team in front of and behind the camera. You have to be the principal of the school one day, and keeping everyone to the rules, but you also have to constantly engage and inspire people to give their best creatively What can you tease about what’s coming up? Young: Well, there’s some really cool twists and turns, quite unexpected ones, coming up in the Sharon, Dylan and Nick triangle, which is good fun. The GC BUZZ set has been very successful for us; the people have responded very well to us giving Hilary and Devon a whole new journey, and Mariah getting involved with that. We can do stories that reflect the way we watch TV now and we watch gossip shows, and the way media is a part of our lives. The GC BUZZ story can reflect that. We’ve got a good twist with Victoria and Travis. Travis’s past is just about to come in and hit them over the head. I can’t say too much about that right now, but you won’t see that one coming. And you’ve got Jack on his new journey going back to the old Jack. He’s not going to get messed with, he’s much tougher, much colder. So he’s really going to be driven to destroying all his competitors, including Victor. He’s going to try to take down everyone, including his brother, because his brother’s working for Victoria’s company, but under the same roof, and that’s going to give us lots of problems. Expect lots of fireworks, I can definitely promise that. I know Y&R is the No. 1 show, but if there are people who have tuned out, what would you tell them is the reason they should tune in again? Young: I would say, “Come back and just try an episode and see the changes, and where the show is going, the new characters that are coming in and the new stories.” We have got some great new characters coming in, but we’re also going to elevate a lot of the legacy characters. I think that a lot of the fans who may have tuned out are going to be very pleasantly surprised, particularly when Sally’s influence comes to bear because she goes back years with this show,and Kay Alden [story consultant] is now involved. The three of us have been talking a lot about how to respect and celebrate the past as well as move the show forward. So I think those people who wandered off will come back and want to stick around They needed to drop GC Buzz immediately. What was that supposed to be? An internet show, or syn dicated? Shown locally, or nationally? Why would anyone be interested in what's happening in Genoa City? I hate it when soaps try to have it both ways. When it suits the Newmans,Abbotts etc are well known across the country and at other times quite the opposite. Mal should have dialed back as much as possible on the mega rich aspect because it was out of date anyway and the show didn't have the budget to depict that lifestyle. Most of Sally's stories were duds. Scott Grainger return, Jack/Nikki revisit, Juliet/Cane, SORASING of Charlie/Mattie etc

It might have been interesting as a part of the build up Sharon hears that Grace has died in an acciden (actually caused by Cameron) Cue Nick and Sharon talking about Grace to remind old viewers , educate new viewers with a few flashbacks thrown in. Then Sharon gets a visit from a friend/partner whatever of Grace who says she mentioned Sharon's name before dying. Sharon puzzles about what it could mean...

That was one of the more plot driven stories that Lemay chose (was pressured to?) write . It worked for the ratings and was AW's last successful period. But once it was over, there was no fall out and ratings began to drop. I think it worked because it was unexpected. Unlike other shows eg Search, where there was an annual murder story, Lemay had shied away so it really had an impact.

I think the Cricket/Lifetime bucks would cover the cost of pool maintenance. The big bucks rolled in from the inheritances. And I'm sure Bill and Lee were generous along the way.

No definitely Alan Castner mentions the role in a Broadway resume. That's a bit of a mystery as the other roles for Tom Cannon were in the 80's so seems like a different actor. Would Anthony Cannon be doing what seems like a bit part in 1969?

You're probably right. Speaker of the Chancellor mansion, the first change occurred when the aspect changed from the '4th wall' now facing the entrance doors to the living room, rather than the fireplace. Don't know why that change was made but I'm fairly sure it was around the time that Billy and Chloe were married. Then when Billy redecorated in blue, the entire set was rebuilt and shrunk as well as some structural changes. Then came the restoration of the yellow paintwork and a similar wallpaper on the stairway, but otherwise everything else was new. I believe a couple of original pieces were placed in the bookcases. ATM the Chancellor living room has not been seen for months. Bit like the GCAC it could return.

Search for Tomorrow Zack Anders...Shawn Stevens...80- Dec 81...singer, Liza's kidnapping killed in a struggle with Sylvie Ringo Altman...Larry Fleischman...August 82-84.. cohort, Warren C involved with Rhonda Sue Stuart Thomas "Tom" Bergman Jr. Stu and Marge's son, a lawyer involved with Cindy,Kylie,Sunny,Kathy ...Peter Broderick...68-71 ...Richard Kim Milford...71 ...Ray Bellaran... December 1971 (age 12)-77 ...John James...Sept 77-78... ...Mitch Litrofsky...81-Sept 82.. ...Robert LuPone..March .83.. Amy Kaslo Carson...Pamela Miller (DesBarres) 75 ...Anne Wyndham...75- June 78 Bruce Carson ..ward, Jo , +Amy +Jennifer ...Joel Higgins...75- June 78 Clay Collins...Brett Halsey...April - November 75...briefly married Stephanie; Wade's brother; killed by Karen Karen Dehner Kate Dezina June - November 1975 Wade's ex; took an experimental drug and overdosed; developed split personality escaped Dr. Newman's and killed Clay to "save" Janet from him. attacking Janet Karl Devlin...David Ford..April 73- August 20 73...magazine editor, went insane; guilty of Ross and Malin Murders Aja Doyan...Susan Monts.. Jan 82- April 83...uptight scientist killed Rusty Kristin Carter Emerson...Susan Scannell May 82-84 Sarah Fairbanks...Susan Sarandon.. May .72...mugger Sunny Adamson Garody...Marcia McCabe...October 78- December 86 reporter daughter Ted,sister Laine Donna Davis Halliday...Leslie Ann Ray..Nov 77- August 78..drunk, lost child, +Lonnie,+Bruce,+Scott P. George Joslyn...Kipp Osbourne...May 72...mugger w/Sarah F. Steve Kaslo...Michael Nouri.. Feb 75- August 78...singer+Liza... Leukemia treatments began in 75 Liza Walton Kaslo Sentell Kendall... ...Kathleen Beller... July 72-74

More from Mal You are making wardrobe changes, as well. What is your ideal look for the show? Young: This is supposed to be a very rich world and we enjoy the insight into the world of these characters who live these amazing lives in Genoa City. I think the wardrobe can say so much about the characters before they even open their mouths. I felt Devon was always in a suit, just looking like every other guy in the show, but you should be able to walk into our wardrobe department and see all the costumes hanging up and tell me who that character is, because they say as much as the script says, probably more because it’s visual. So Devon’s had a bit of an overhaul. We’ve used the GC BUZZ story and his new venture to take him into a much cooler, rarified world of show biz, and he’s looking great. And I’ve talked to [portrayer Bryton James] about bringing in his own taste to Devon, and the same with Hilary [Mishael Morgan], now that she’s embarking on this new adventure. * Devon went more casual but the clothes appeared very generic, not high end labels. Just black T shirts and hoodies. Hilary usually looked good but a lot of her stuff seemed similar to what Phyllis and Victoria would wear. And GC Buzz should have been quickly dropped. As far as the sets, was the restoration of the Chancellor mansion any response to fan outcry or was that something you wanted to do? Young: It’s a funny one, that. We’re working so far ahead of what the fans are seeing. We do obviously listen, and I particularly do to the fans all the time— I want to know what their responses are — but it’s usually to what you’ve already done, not what you’re just about to do. With this particular change in the Chancellor mansion, we decided we wanted to bring Jill back, and Jess [Walton] was available and it worked out great. I adore her and the fans do, and she’s so good and so inventive. She comes into a scene with all this energy, which is just infectious. And, as with all the best stories, they’re the ones written by the character, because we all sat in a meeting and went, “Jill would hate this house!” And we were picturing, “Well, there’s the story. She makes him change it. It will be hilarious but it will be real.” And it coincided with the fan outcry, because by that point they were seeing it on the air. But we just allowed the fictional character of Jill to make that decision for us, funnily enough. *some spin there from Mal. Wasn't it thatJFP remade that set and them Angelica McDaniel saw it and demanded it be changed back?

Secret Storm Frank Carver.....Robert Loggia...February 1972- April 27 1972 Amy Ames Rysdale Britton Kincaed. ..Jada Rowland (54-58; 60 or 61-67; May 1968-71;April 73- Feb 74) ..Lynne Adams... Sept 21 71-73 Alan Dunbar...James Vickery...57-67...politician, MIA Vietnam,affair with Ann ...Liam Sullivan... April 9 71-Dec 15 71...back from the dead Carmen...Madeline Sherwood...72- March 73...Pete's diner owner, Joanna Morrison Jessie ______Reddin...Frances Sternhagen... ? 73- April 15 73...fell on pitchfork... . Joanna Morrison (possibly Landers??).(+) Doug Winthrop, Robert Landers ..Audrey Landers...Sept 71 -73... Jill______Stevens Claybourne...Irene Bunde ...68 Friend Amy +Ken,+Hugh ...Audrey Johnstone...68-69 ...Barbara Rodell... Sept 69-70 Kate Lodge Ames...Polly Childs...March 61-64...married Jerry Nurse Martha Ann_____ Ashley...Audrey Johnstone..? 72...April 10 72 helped Dan's campaign Mike...Devin Goldenberg...? - July 15 72

Noah has to be one of the most wasted characters in Y&R history. SORASED way too soon and treated poorly ever since. Meanwhile, after waiting decades for a revisit to the Keemo story,Allie is tossed aside.

What did you think was working well? Young: Actors. That was the first thing that attracted me to the show when I was first asked to be involved. I think we’re blessed with a hell of an ensemble of quality performers giving really high-class performances. Really great people who just want to be challenged all the time. They love it when I talk to them and give them notes and talk about their characters and push them into areas that they might feel uncomfortable in. Speaking of your cast, were there characters that you felt needed storyline attention? Young: There were some that from the moment I really started to watch the show in detail, I felt were being underserved and were just not on-screen enough. Ashley [Eileen Davidson], I adore. I just think, “What a great character, what a great actress portraying her. She can do comedy, she can do heavy, she can do everything! Romance!” And I was frustrated about that, so she needed attention. And Mariah [Camryn Grimes]. Big fan. She’s one of those great performers who sometimes can kind of be underrated or undervalued by the audience, who kind of think, “Oh,it’s just Mariah.” She’s brilliant in this latest storyline with the baby; she turns in some quite amazing performances and then in the next scene does pure comedy!She’s terrific. I felt she was really underutilized.So, I think those two, mainly. * Sure the rest of the cast were thrilled that he singled out just two. Way to endear the cast to you Mal! Interestingly Eileen left under his watch and the vibe I got was that she wasn't happy with the story for Ashley. Mal said something along the lines that it was a short break and Eileen reiterated that she wouldn't be back. As soon as Mal left Eileen began reappearing. I'm sure Eric loved Mal talking and giving notes about his portrayal. Mal did try to move away from Victor the omnipotent and Eric no likey.