Paul Raven

When the Colbys played after Dynasty on a few occasions, the ratings were much better . The Colbys Wed at 10 and Hotel moved to Thursday at 9. I feel like Hotel would have been sturdy counter programming to NBC' s comedies. As for Aaron Spelling,I know at one point he had an exclusive contract with ABC with the guarantee of at least one pilot per season and there were years where he got a show picked up every year. Most of them were hits. I think that deal expired and there were management changes at ABC. The thinking was he was too expensive and the type of shows he was doing were now looking outdated compared to LA Law, Miami Vice etc

Tina is about 15 years older than JLB.

Many thanks. And the beauty of it is that it only takes a few minutes out of your day. So Josh Griffith has a lot of time to pursue other interests like Wordle and Cosplay.

Jack discovers that Keemo is dead and he has a grandaughter Allie. She's angry at her father and Jack, who seeks advice from Phyllis who tells Jack Allie will adjust and grow to love Jack because he is a wonderful guy. Traci befriends Allie and lets her know how wonderful Jack is. Allie softens when the Abbotts throw a welcome to the family bash at Society. Allie befriends Chloe and Sally at Crimson Lights and they offer her a job. Jack warns Adam to treat her well. Allie is attracted to Noah and helps him get over his Tessa obsession. Allie and Noah begin dating-drinks at Crimson Lights, dinner at Society etc But Allie is hiding a secret that she feels will destroy her future in GC. Finally it's revealed - she once cheated on an exam. Jack forgives her and all is well. THAT'S how you write a Y&R story.

Cosby did the same for Family Ties. It's ratings were average until Cosby became the lead in.

Maybe over drinks on a Friday night. There seems to be no long term plan. This Keemo story is a perfect example. Jacks place on the show had run down to nothing. Out of the blue the Keemo story begins. This should have been planned months ago. Jack should have made references eg just dropping in a mention when Jack was befriending Tara and they were talking about family. Some mention at Christmas etc Viewers who've been watching for a few years would wonder if this is a retcon.

Search for Tomorrow Nigel Roberts He was the ship's doctor on the QE2 .He appeared as an extra when the show taped on location there.

Charles Irving Backstage Wife 1942 Arnold Grimm's Daughter Paul Martell Hollis Irving RADIO My True Story 1955

Thanks for alerting me to that blogspot-a lot of interesting stuff there. Maybe there just wasn't the quality of sitcoms for NBC to choose from but some of those Thursday comedies were poor. They also tried to do too many comedy nights. Better off focusing on Thurs, Tues and maybe another hour somewhere as they were spread too thin.

I think it was both of those. Also, John was not a business competitor. Victor may have had a different opinion if John tried to muscle in on Victor's territory.

Thursday May 20 1993 CBS 7.2/11 64th Movie Special The Color Purple FOX 7.3/11 38th The Simpsons 10.1/16 77th America's Most Wanted: Inside the Criminal Mind 4.5/6 ABC 7.9/12 51st Matlock 2hr Special 9.1/14 76th Primetime Live 5.5/8 NBC 36.7/54 3rd Seinfeld 21.3/34 2nd Cheers-The Last Call 39.6/56 1st Cheers Finale 45.5/64

Y&R would have no interest in recasting Keemo. That ship has sailed on many levels. However a 20 something child would be more viable story wise.

Golden Gate was a 1981 TV movie pilot for a nightime soap based around a San Francisco publishing family. Soap Hoppers in the cast Mary Crosby Natalie Kingsley John Saxon Monty Sagar Peter Donat Richard Byrne Robert Rockwell ?? Don Keefer ??

CBS got the first successful TV soaps on air with SFT and LOL. Brought the first soap over from radio with TGL and followed with Brighter Day. Introduced Secret Storm and then the first half hour soaps ATWT and TEON. In the mid 60's ATWT was huge, outrating many nightime shows. Y&R was hugely influential in the 70's and #1 till this day. Although they faltered in the 80's they were still competitive throughout.

I posted this w/o checking and some of those roles are already included so I will edit.

Peyton Place The following hoppers had uncredited roles at some point during PP's run Meg Wyllie Walter Mathews

As we've discussed in The Colbys thread the basic structure of the show was wrong. Charlton got a couple of years work and made a shedload of money (did he need it? maybe) so was probably relieved the whole thing was over.

So that's my opinion...

Don Diamont was pretty raw as Carlo on Days but by the time he got to Y&R he had upped his game and kept on improving.

I know during her reign of terror, Sheila didn't make it to the opening credits. Was that because they were not updated in those years? Are there any other significant characters that didn't get to pose at the start of the show?

Why bring back Summer so soon? Just so Sally can continue to be punished and Phyllis can obsess about her dotter? Re Kyle -maybe Michael Mellor has agreed to return, otherwise having both K&S as recasts screams disaster. Remember Mac & Billy? If Summer is coming solo,then Kyle and Summer would have to have split, which is another crappy storyline decision. They never should have married in the first place, especially as happened offscreen. Why not have them move to Milan to readjust to their new life, instead of making it the greatest love story ever told.? Much easier to say they couldn't make it work without a needless marriage to deal with.

And with the low budget and threadbare production values it's easier for the show to depict the lives of the have nots. It wouldn't take much for one of the 'suites' at the Grubby Parrot to be redressed as low income housing. Wonder if the Abbott set will get some airtime?

If this is the next story for Jack, it's about time . But as stated previously the groundwork needed to be laid. Maybe at Xmas,Jack could have spoken about the years he had an investigator on the job trying to track Keemo, without success until he decided that it was a lost cause. Mention Mai and that she has had no contact either. Or previously when Traci did the Abbott family history book, something could have come up. Or when Dina came back in 2017 she may have had some contact or knowledge of Keemo/his children. But obviously Josh plots the next 2 weeks only.

that was what the article claimed not my statement. That was true of soaps also. Many younger viewers enjoyed the older characters as much as the young 'uns. interfering snobs like Palmer and Pheobe, or nurturing types like Alice Horton fed their fantasies of either evil oldies who stood in the way of young love or supportive grandmas they may not have had in real life. But the networks ignored that and tried to phase out anyone over 50 to keep the focus on the hot youngsters, cos that's why the desired demos watch soaps.