Paul Raven

They really don't seem to care. Michael just walked into Victor's office. Now they could have Victor talking to a secretary/assistant-'Micheal Baldwin, yes send him in.' Or an extra sitting at the desk outside Victor's office. They can have a few extras in restaurants so why not there? But they show Michael walking past the empty desk into Victor's office through an open door. He could have easily come in through the closed door in a tight shot so we didn't see the empty foyer. But they can't be bothered. Morale among the cast must be low. Surely they are aware of how standards have dropped.

Back to the set situation. The Hamilton living room still wins hands down as the ugliest set. And why did Jacob and Naomi get a bedroom? That space could have been used as small living room set with a door or archway etc to suggest a larger space.

So Izaiah will be a university counsellor. Hope they have a set for this or will he join Derek, Naomi, Vanessa and Martin in not having a workplace?

Maybe they blew the budget on the plastic maze and the train set... The set situation seems to be worse than ever. My only thought is that there is some studio issue at the moment and they are limited-that it's a short term thing. They are still at Television City right? Is some redevelopment underway that means they have less space? I thought that the Newman Ranch and Abbott House were permanent so why not make more use of them? Or maybe they are saving money for new sets for the upcoming 'LA Noir' story? Whatever the case it is an untenable situation-made worse by Josh's idiotic business stories.

Dr. Carolyn _________ Chandler Baldwin ...Augusta Dabney July 75- March 76 Widow of Jack Chandler, mother of Bobby, mother in law of Samantha(Sammi), old school friend of Lee Baldwin. Ran an adoption service that placed Augusta's child with new parents. Concerned for Bobby's health, unaware he had a fatal blood disease Married Lee Feb 76. Left for New York with Lee, Bobby and a pregnant Samantha, to support Bobby who had been misdiagnosed and would now receive correct treatment.

Terri Webber Arnett Bobbie Jordan April 1976 - Sept 77 sister, Rick; half sister, Jeff; singer, ran Terri's Place night club. Involved with Mark Dante, who was trapped in a marriage with disturbed Mary Ellen, who recovered and plotted to keep Terri and Mark apart, going so far as to try to murder Terri. It all became too much for Terri, who left for LA.

Gerald Gordon pg. 33 GENERAL HOSPITAL Dr. Mark Dante September 1976 - July 1978; 8/16/1982 - 8/2/1983

Susan Pratt pg. 16 GENERAL HOSPITAL Nurse Annie Logan November 1978 - June 1982

Well this kidnapping was over in a day? So by the time Pamela heard about it, Chelsea would have been safe. So probably a text to support Dani. Dani had too much on her mind to be updating Pamela.

It's just being down to get Y&R/ B&B viewers to sample BTG. Which at the moment is not happening to the extent they want.

Isn't Pamela mostly out of town?

The show is just not working with minimal sets and characters. Tuesday teaser was Daniel and Tessa singing in the park-riveting. Them Ms Sad Sack Mariah arrives to once again explain that she's suffering. Finally the shocking reveal -she ALMOST killed a man, At Crimson Lights for Claire/Kyle and his ridiculous $5mill contract not to hurt Claire. Then back to the other fake outdoor set for Nick and Phyllis to discuss dastardly Cane. Honestly Phyllis is useless. This woman was running a hotel and now is grovelling for work from Cane. So just 3 sets and 7 characters for the entire episode.

I mentioned months ago that Anita could have been somewhat supportive of Hayley-seeing her as misguided and somewhat of a victim of Bill- to give another flavor to her character but that ship has sailed. Intentionally or not, the Duprees come of as sanctimonious and hypocritical.

Dorothy Malone was captivating, hair and all. So beautifully dresses in those chic suits. And in movement, she didn't as much walk as glide. Yes, early PP was shaky. They soon realized and admitted that bringing in new characters not connected to the town was a mistake eg the Schusters. There really was too much story for 2 half hours. So sometimes characters like Connie were not seen enough.

For the record Street Hawk never aired Mon @8. ABC decided to launch Call to Glory instead following the Olympics. It launched to big numbers after a lot of promotion but soon fizzled once the regular season got underway. ABC was on shaky ground as witnessed by the timeslot changes that soon went into affect. The Thursday 8-10 lineup was dropped after a few weeks for movies. Jessie was dropped. Glitter moved to Tues @9, Paper Dolls to 10pm and so on. Luckily for them Who's the Boss was rescued. A possible schedule Mon Hawaiian Heat/Football * HH compatible with football and good counterprogramming to Scarecrow/Mrs King and TV Bloopers Tues 8-9 Foul Ups/People Do Craziest things *Foul Ups had done OK against A Team and People Do was complimentary 9-10 Hotel * Time to give Hotel a shot as a 9pm show. Good familiar alternative to Riptide and CBS Movie. And season 2 opened with Elizabeth Taylor as guest star so plenty of publicity there 10pm Jessie * Best option for that slot. Wed 8pm Fall Guy 9pm Dynasty 10pm Paper Dolls * Use that timeslot to establish a new soap. Thurs 8pm Street Hawk *Good counterprogramming to Cosby and Magnum in a killer timeslot 9pm Call to Glory * Tough timeslot opposite Cheers and Simon & Simon. An alternative with 'quality' overtones 10pm 20/20 Fri 8pm Webster/Who's The Boss *Webster was ready for 8pm as had already begun to outrate Benson. Boss given good timeslot. 9pm Benson/Three's A Crowd *Go with comedy opposite Dallas. 10pm Matt Houston Sat 8pm TJ Hooker 9pm Glitter *Time to freshen Saturday as Love Boat was failing. A similar type of show and easy viewing on Sat night. 10pm Love Boat What do you guys think? What do you like/dislike? Any alternatives?

I agree. If any of the other primetime soaps proposed around that time went ahead, Lola Albright would have been great casting.

Re Allison's return on Peyton Place. A recast Allison just would not have happened in the original show. Recasts were used twice and only as temps due to illness. In RTPP a recast was acceptable because the cast was pretty much all new and recasts were part of the daytime genre.

Well the Devon/Y&R crossover was as exciting as wet toast, so I can't imagine this being any different.

Will Jacob's brother hang around the police station, Orphey's and Uptown? Or chat to his brother in the bedroom? Hopefully, this will lead to a living room set for the Hawthornes.

Well to be honest it doesn't even sound good/interesting on paper. This Sharon/Nick thing is touted as LA Noir- we know it will be awful. Zero faith in anything Josh Griffith can write. I think the detective role will be short term, for the LA Noah mystery.

The closer set of stairs have been seen in BTS shots-it's merely a short railing and a few steps. I don't understand that chair sitting at the base of the stairs-looks awkward and hazardous. With Bill and Danni bonding over the kidnap,this would have been the time for Hayley to announce her pregnancy and the fake it-more motivation than before.

Well worth watching for the cinematography alone.

That was such a smart move by PP to have Alison just disappear. It drove story for years after. Surprisingly, daytime never used that twist when a popular actor decided to leave-they either recast, killed them off or gave them a lame excuse to depart.

Odd take on the show. She mentions Nixon/Marland revamping Loving after 6 months. The thing is that revamp did nothing to improve the show or the ratings and set the stage for constant reboots over the life of the show. Sure BTG needs a few tweaks but recasting/cast culls and change of direction is not needed.

Things were in such turmoil at that time that Larry was now considered a veteran character. There was room for him and Clarice as sort of tentpole characters-him being a cop suited the stories of the time and Clarice was a good talk to, running a restaurant/coffee shop. And they had Cory waiting in the wings to be SORASED. But TPTB had other ideas and I guess longer running characters are more expensive and Clarice and Larry weren't really vital to the structure so...