Paul Raven

How could there be any spoilers, when she is lucky to be seen twice a month?

I believe Kristoff was recurring also but still listed in the credit cast. Obviously Kate Linder is in the same boat.

I though Ashland had his moments but the writing undermined the character.He became Victoria's yes man after awhile. Let's see how RN handles things.

Days of Our Lives 1980 Following a few years of soft ratings and writer changes following Pat Falken Smith's departure they decide to revamp. Within weeks familiar characters die/leave town and a slew of new arrivals hit Salem. ratings slide further and by the end of the year new writers attempt to undu the damage. 1993 James Reilly buries Carly alive and the ratings jump back into the Top 5 in a week. The template is set for years to come.

Excellent ideas. A new family that can shake things up. Larissa Locke (the daughter) She could interact with Nick, Adam or Jack Carson Locke (the son) to try and forget Victoria he could pursue Phyllis, Sally or Chelsea Michael is recurring so they're not going to use him much. There was some talk of CLB playing in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' somewhere so maybe that is back on.

AW 1975 Another World expands to an hour with ratings success and other shows soon follow. 1979 The show expands again to 90 mins and Harding Le May departs as head writer. The ratings drop and the show is never recovers.

Yes OLTL had only one primetime episode due to some sport preemption I think. Gh had one 'Twist of Fate' which aired on Sat night. AMC had an a 20th anniversary special, but no nightime episode. Loving got the 2hr movie prem and Capitol a I hr debut behind Dallas. GL got an anniversary special. Days and Y&R got several annual eps in the 80's. Prior to that Return to Peyton Place got a half hour ep on Sunday night at 10.30 dealing with the murder of Benny Tate.

The 1996 primetime episode aired on a Wed night and ranked 41st -8.1/15 It was lead in for the Daytime Emmys which ranked 14th - 11.4/19

By that time most soaps were west coast and he said he would only relocate for a long term contract role.

And all this talk of Victoria and the problems with that character leads me to thinking about her brother. But let's not go there...at least not on this thread.

I guess Doug and Julie would have continued in the parental role. I think they were still on 3 days a week before they left so they would go down to once a week to worry about Hope . They were told that D&J would not have a story. Maybe they would throw in a few subplots like Julie getting a new job, or Doug having business problems etc. Had they decided to stay maybe things would have imporoved down the track and David, Dougie or Steve might have come back to give the Williams more to do.

I do not dislike Amelia, I don't know her. I do dislike her lackluster portrayal of Victoria as compared to Heather Tom.

Ron sure seems happy to kill off /write off Horton family members. But not so interested in nurturing that same family. I might be missing a few, but off the top of my head, offscreen Hortons that could be used in some capacity Tommy (is he really dead?) Sandy (and any children she may have had) Marie Jessica Blake Mike Jeremy Steve Olsen Spencer Olsen Melissa Scott Banning Nathan Hope And any other children those offscreen characters may have.

Nanette Sargent Judy and Jane Vivian Masquerade Baby Michael Secret Diary Elsa Morgan 1938 Right to happiness 1941 Road of Life 1944 Guiding Light 1946 Presenting Michael Scott (Local Chicago daily serialization) 'A Tale of Two Cities' Madame De Farge/Manette

Any legitimate gripes Brenda may have have been derailed by her erratic behavior over the years. Her book was apparently an erratic mess full of typos and exaggerated /false claims.

Mike was SORASED because of the Bill/Laura story and I guess they needed an older actor to play the angle of the son with mixed up parentage. Couple that with the need for a next generation of family esp after Y&R put the focus heavily on the young 'uns. Viewers at that time knew Mike and David were roughly the same age so they wouldn't have bought David being years younger than Mike. Wes Eure and Richard Guthrie both were popular so TPTB probably were happy with the decision. But long term it backfired. My solution-age up Mike and David less drastically so maybe they would be 12 or so by the mid 70's. A competent actor could play the necessary beats in the Mike and David's stories. In terms of young male characters my solution ,as I've stated before, would be to have Richard Guthrie as Julie's brother Steve, with Julie taking on a motherly role. Steve could be involved with Brooke, Valerie etc. Wesley Eure could have been Maggie's brother that she raised, who is welcomed into the Horton clan. He can have the romance with Trish and Margo. That leaves Mike and David ready to take over in the early/mid 80's as new male Horton leads.

Any thoughts on Bert Bauer? I don't recall her ever favoring Mike over Ed or vice versa.

Everytime I watched Gina as Phyllis, I wished she had have been cast as Victoria.

Cathleen Cordell Second Husband Diane Lockwood Search for Tomorrow early 50's

Nov 1983 'Guiiding Light’ axes Hope as 'old guard’ is written off By JON-MICHAEL REED NEW YORK — It happened without warning She was in Springfield one day securing a divorce and then on to New York the next. It has to rate as one of the quickest exits by a major soap character in quite a while And one of the sloppiest The lady In question is Hope Bauer Spaulding played by Elvera Roussel on “Guiding Light" A few years ago when the show began rating among the top three or four daytime soaps Miss Spaulding was enmeshed in a "juicy” love quadrangle with Alan Spaulding and Rita and Ed Bauer. That particular story was largely credited with renewing viewer interest in the three-decade-old serial. A succession of writers and producers diminished the importance of three of the characters (The actress who played Rita had the foresight to move out of her own volition before she could be “wasted”) But none of them seemed to have pursued an apparent goal of ridding 'GL' of its former character image other than the current regime. Miss Spaulding is merely the latest casualty of what must be a plan to beget a new "GL" with story focus moved from familiar core characters to recently introduced ones. What's left of the “old guard” receives storyline scraps. Like many other soaps these days continuity familiarity and family ties have become dirty phrases. The show's leading man Philip Spaulding Marler as attractive and good as he is as played by Grant Aleksander doesn’t have a family (his father and daddy's lady love were shipped out two months ago) The only other young folk on the show with any familial ties to long-running characters — Rick Bauer and Kelly Nelson — may as well be fatherless and uncleless respectively. There isn't an evident bond to link them to the past There is no sense of succeeding generations which is one of the strongest viewer-responsive aspects of soapdom. On “GL” lately the prime stories have involved people who are not merely unrelated to the show’s core but who are virtually strangers. The mystery of Annabelle Sims' traumas was excruciatingly drawn-out but the problem wasn’t just a laggardly paced story. The problem was compounded by the fact that the audience didn't know this lady. How can' one empathize with a soap character who has no past or links to people already established? The resolution which supposedly affected almost every Springfield resident with the name of Bauer Reardon Chamberlain or Lewis seemed tagged on as an afterthought. An essentially Intriguing story lost its impetus by disavowing time-honored soap opera principles The newcomers are taking over the town. Even Nola and Quint who only a year ago were at an exciting story forefront have lost their luster. Miss Roussel remains optimistic however “After five years it's time to go to move on I loved everybody on the show but in a way 1 feel a sense of relief" she says.

Lots of intense scenes at Crimson Lights. They'll hash that out at Society. Meanwhile the whole Devon gets custody thing has happened with no input from Nina, Ashley or Victor? Really? And if Devon is so into families and fathers maybe he should get in touch with Tucker (or is he still 'off grid' ?)

Yes it was odd that Doug and Julie never had a child. Doug went off and fathered Dougie but that has never been referenced. Perhaps they felt that Julie being a grandma around that time would be jarring if she had a child. Also the fact that Bill and Susan didn't have children may have been a factor. It would have been refreshing if it had been addressed with Doug and Julie making a conscious decision not to have children for a variety of reason. That could have led to some plot points. Maggie could think Julie selfish when she was unable to have a child with Mickey. Tom and Alice could have different viewpoints and Hope might be upset not to have a sibling.

Julie was aged when she became mother to an adult son and grandmother in her 30's . In some 70's shots she looks like Helen Wagner! Overall,Susan did retain a youthful look and was looking good in her 90-93 stint. I know she is in her late 70's now-but with the floral overjackets, slacks, clompy sandals, chunky necklaces and cropped grey hair she does present as a granny. Suzanne Rogers has a much more stylish look and isn't much younger.

Camryn doesn't give off slutty kitten (Summer) or barbie bimbo(Abby) vibes so she's sent to the back of the line.

Crystal! And it's revealed she and Nate have been having an affair. He was feeling too much pressure from Elena over home decor.