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From what I have read, Marland had already been at GH maybe 4 to 6 weeks before Monty taking over. Apparently, she was happy with his story projections and set about updating production. ABC agreed to scrap 4 60 min shows that had already been taped. Her first credited show was the first 60 min episode, Jan 1 1978. I believe that Bobbie was a Marland creation as Jackie Zeman had just been killed off at OLTL and went straight to GH. It's hard to get exact dates but it seems Bobbie debuted in Jan 78. All of the other major players were already onscreen and Marland wisely developed their stories rather than have another onscreen cast wipe out.

July 86 For the first time in years, daytime programming on the three commercial television networks is a three -way contest. At the end of the second quarter (ended June 29), ABC and CBS were in a dead heat for first in household delivery, according to A.C. Nielsen, each with an average 6. I rating and a 22 share. NBC was a competitive second with a 5.2/19. Compared to a year ago, NBC showed the greatest growth, 8 %, while ABC was up about 3% and CBS was flat. In key women demographics, ABC has maintained a lead over both CBS and NBC, but third place NBC made some inroads against second place CBS. In the women 18 -49 demo for all but two weeks of the second quarter, ABC averaged a 5.9 rating. up 5% from a year earlier. CBS was off 5% in the same category, averaging a 3.6, enabling NBC to tie it in that demo, for a gain of 3%. In women 25 -54, ABC was up 16% during the same period, averaging a 5.8. CBS held onto second place, climbing 8% to an average 4.0, while NBC was up 3% to an average 3.5. For women, 18 -34, ABC was off 2% to a 6.4, while NBC was flat with a 3.9 and CBS was off 16% to a 3.2. All three networks will make programming moves in the months ahead in efforts to strengthen their daytime lineups. CBS will introduce a new half hour soap opera in the first quarter of 1987. lt's being created by William Bell and his wife, WBBM -TV Chicago newswoman Lee Phillip, and will be produced by their company, Bell -Phillip Television Productions. Bell created CBS's Young and the Restless which went on the air in 1973 as a half -hour show and was expanded to an hour seven years later. Restless is now the second -ranked daytime program; it averaged an 8.4/31 in the second quarter, second only to ABC's General Hospital, which scored a 9.3/30. The CBS daytime programming vice president, Michael Brockman, said there has been no decision on whether the new soap will replace one in the network's afternoon serial block, or whether that block will be expanded by a half -hour. That decision will be made early in the fall, he said. The most vulnerable show in CBS's four -program serial block is Capitol (2:30 -3 p.m.), which is losing ground to both fifth ranked One Life to Live on ABC and Ilth ranked Another World on NBC. Capitol, which has been on the air for five years (a relatively short time for a serial), was ranked 13th in the second quarter with a 4.9 rating, down from a 5.2 a year earlier. "We are looking very carefully at Capitol," Brockman said. We are hoping it can show strength and the capacity to stay on the schedule." Of particular concern, he said, was Capitol's failure to take advantage of its growing lead -in audience from As the World Turns. That program, airing from 1:30 to 2:30 was the seventh -ranked program in daytime in the second quarter, up 3% to a 6.7/23. Brockman declined to provide details about the new serial. All that creator Bell would say last week was that the storylines will initially feature two familiies. Most serials revolve around one or more families. Bell said he was still a couple weeks away from hiring a producer but that he would proceed shortly with contract negotations with Los Angeles based Bill Glenn, whom Bell hopes to hire as head director. After those two slots are filled, the remaining staff and cast will be hired. According to Brockman, his main concern with the daytime schedule (he's also in charge of late -night and children's programing) is strengthening CBS's afternoon serial block, and the Bell project is part of that effort. Strengthening the game shows, he said, is the second priority. One move he made toward that end at the beginning of this year was canceling the game show, Body Language at 4 p.m., switching the faltering Press Your Luck to that time period and adding the New Card Sharks at 10:30 a.m. So far the results have been negligible, but Brockman says he will wait a while before making a judgment. As for Sharks, which averaged a 4.1/18 in the second quarter, Brockman said he'd like to see some improvement by the fourth quarter. And if the network can improve the station clearance rate above the current 83 % -84 %, he said the ratings will improve. The 4 -4:30 p.m. slot poses a special problem. The CBS affiliate body is split just about evenly on whether it wants the network to program that time period or not. As a result, CBS's clearance level at 4 p.m. is in the 50%- range, making it difficult for programs to survive for very long. Press Your Luck, for example, was ranked 25th of 26 daytime programs in the second quarter with an average 2.3/10. Brockman argued that success is "not dependent" on a solution to that problem. But he also said the network is not willing to cede the half hour to the affiliates just yet. Brockman acknowledged that he was "looking to see if we can get [a show for the time period] that is more attractive" than Press Your Luck.

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Thanks for posting, Tara at #1 really? I'm all for using vets but Jack is that highup only because he was constantly wandering into Crimson Lights and Society and Chancellor Park putting in his 2cents worth over Kyle and Summer whereas Victor and Nikki didn't have one scene discussing their grandaughter. Meanwhile Nate languishes with 4 eps. Sean Dominic is the sexiest man on the show.They should be pursuing Nate/Imani for a start. Why bring on Moses and give him 1 ep? The balance is way off...

The casting of Rosemary Prinz put paid to Amy lasting longer initially, but I think she should have returned at some point. Maybe Amy could have returned played by Kathleen Noone when the show went to an hour and played some of those stories. Was Amy ever mentioned in the 70's after the first 6 months? Seems odd she never returned to see her family...

YES! The only story with any momentum is the Kyle/Tara saga. This is a classic soap story but Josh is not playing all the necessary beats and characters are being twisted to fit the plot. Summer is being made to look an idiot when by going along with Tara's threats instead of exposing her. If Tara had been a little more subtle then Summer wouldn't have the ammo to go to Kyle/Jack/Phyllis etc Everyone else just plays scenes that may or may not have any long term consequences. The costuming is atrocious for some of the women. Nikki is put in overly tight dresses that do not flatter, Lauren looks like a hooker, Tara in pale plain silky fabrics that wash her out, Nina in that hideous green dress etc The lighting is harsh and the set decoration super cheap.Every time I see that clunky sofa in the Chancellor living room I cringe. I could go on...

Delaware News Journal Oct 1981 'Guiding Light' actress is fired Kristin Vigard, Morgan on "Guiding Light," has been fired. Vigard, who had been a personal favorite of the show's head writer Doug Marland, was late to the studio one time too many. Jennifer Cooke is her replacement and will be on screen shortly. As for Marland, he says, "When Kristin was good she was very, very good, and when she was bad she was awful. John Wesley Shipp (who plays Morgan's husband Kelly) had far too many scenes with Kristin when he might as well have been playing alone. An actor can't do a love scene by himself, although John always did an excellent job. As for Jennifer, she's a beautiful girl and she'll be a wonderful Morgan." Marland, who is off to the Canary Islands to shoot some location footage for "Guiding Light" revolving around Mike and Alan, says there's no truth to the rumor that he's about to split from the soap opera: Soap notes "I have worked on a plot for a cable soap opera which is being marketed, but it has nothing to do with 'Guiding Light.' GL's my first love and I'm not going anywhere."

I would imagine both King and Mealor had to make the decision whether to stay another 3 years or make the break. Probably they were offered little financial inducement to stay. At their age they are probably at their most marketable right now and with so many shows being produced network and otherwise, they probably feel it's worth moving on. I think CBS/Sony are totally money driven and know the show will survive without them. I think that may be a factor in not casting Chance also. At this point the savings on a contract salary might help to mitigate the expenses incurred on COVID related measures.

David Hedison ABC AFTERNOON PLAYBREAK "Can I Saver My Children?" Clay Hollinger 10/17/1974

July 72 ABC has an idea for juicing up daytime TV Special by Screen Gems, Cramer to test new formats to reach females and add diversity to time dominated by soap operas and game shows. A new concept that could bring more diversity to daytime viewing gets a trial on ABC -TV this month. It stems from Honeymoon Suite, a 90 minute special being produced by Screen Gems and the Douglas S. Cramer Co., Hollywood, targeted for daytime TV and the female audience. The taped special, to be presented under the umbrella title, "The ABC Afternoon Playbreak," is a development on two fronts: as a pilot for concept: as an on -air pilot for a regular daytime series. If the concept of doing a special program in the afternoon time periods on a pre -emptive basis is successful, ABC - TV may elect to do a regular 90- minute monthly or even weekly special appealing to women viewers. If Honeymoon Suite is successful as a comedy idea -the show contains a series of vignettes about various couples who, at various times, occupy the honeymoon suite of an elegant hotel -it could go as a first -run daily half - hour comedy series. Michael D. Eisner, vice president, daytime programming for ABC -TV, explained: "We anticipated about a year and a half ago that we'd be at parity at some point with the other networks. It happened sooner than we thought. And when it does happen you don't just stand there and watch. When you do that you start falling back again. This is a way of trying new forms, putting some interest into daytime, trying to create some excitement, something to promote and advertise." Honeymoon Suite, which stars Henry Gibson and Rose Marie (presumably they would be cast regulars if the show is turned into a series) and features such guest performers as Gloria DeHaven, Arthur O'Connell, Martha Scott and June Lockhart, is scheduled for pres- entation on July 26. The network, anticipating that viewers of serials would be antagonistic towards a pre -emptive show, has elected instead to program the special from 1:30 to 3 p.m. EDT, replacing three game shows: Let's Make a Deal, Newlywed Game and Dating Game "We're going to be selling this show tremendously with a lot of promotion and advertising" promises Mr. Eisner. The network also is committed to back a second 90- minute taped "ABC Afternoon Playbreak," probably to be presented in late August. Entitled Courtroom One: Mother vs. Mother, it concerns a father and son who practice law in a small California town where the courtroom is ruled by a woman judge. Produced as well by Douglas S. Cramer Co. in association with Screen Gems, this special also could be spun off into a daily half - hour dramatic series. Impetus for the programs, according to Mr. Eisner, is ABC -TV's success in producing the 90- minute filmed nighttime Movie of the Week series. But the "Afternoon Playbreak" shows are being produced on budgets of less than $150,000, or about a fourth of the money allocated to Movie of the Week. A number of other projects are being developed as possible daytime specials, with a third Doug Cramer show, The Haunted, among them. Neither Honeymoon Suite nor Court- room: One is being developed as an an- thology. Instead a serial concept is built into the shows. According to Mr. Cramer, Honeymoon Suite stories would run anywhere from one to four days, while Courtroom: One stories would sustain from three days to three weeks. "Honeymoon Suite would become the biggest user of writing and performing talent since NBC's Matinee Theater, points out Mr. Cramer. "We'd use 150 different stories a year, the equivalent of eight nighttime half- hours." Mr. Eisner, though, soft -pedals the notion that any of the daytime specials is immediately translated into a regular series. "I doubt if we will go to five days a week for a while," he says, "but we might go to a special once a week." He emphasized, though, that the network is not committed to actually producing beyond the first two special programs. Still, he indicates that a lot is riding un the outcome of these initial shows. "We're hopeful that we are able to break the mold of game shows, service shows and serials in the daytime," he says. "We're hoping that drama can come back to daytime television."

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Hunter King's contact should be up as she returned in June 2018 so perhaps she is in negotiations or she requested a break before returning. Does the fact that Nikki and Victor are due to head to Milan have any bearing on Summer moving to Milan also? Just saw the ep where Nate and Elena were getting it on...how can this happen when other characters are not allowed to touch?

Found some WTHI photos so thought I's skim through the thread to see if they'd already been posted.Several hours later... Diana Van Der Vlis Diana Walker/James Mitchell Robyn Millan/Greg Abels

Mike, Ben and Hope (Robin Mattson)

The only bomb that would need to go off at the baby shower would be something along the lines of a reveal that the mommy to be had been screwing around and lying about the paternity or she's faking a pregnancy etc...

Not understanding the story choices with Summer. Is this the same little blitch that blackmailed Kyle into marriage and banged Billy on a bet? OK. she could have matured since then but hardly to the point of having Tara run roughshod over her. Besides she has several sociopaths on call-Phyllis/Victor - who she could press into action to obliterate the competition. If for whatever reason they needed Summer out, they could have used her innate selfishness as a means of accomplishing this by her not being pleased about Tara/Harrison's inroads onto her 'perfect' life and needing some time away.

The fall 1974 schedule. Here's how things were going after 2 weeks in. 1. All in the Family 28.3/50 2. Chico and the Man 28.3/47 3. Rhoda 26.9/49 4. Sanford and Son 26.6/44 5. The Waltons 24.3/41 6. Maude 24.1/37 7. ABC Sunday Movie 22.8/39 8. Little House on the Prairie 22.7/38 9. MASH 22.7/35 10. NBC Mystery Movie 22.6/35 11. Medical Center 22.4/27 12. Mary Tyler Moore 22.1/38 13. Rockford Files 22.1/38 14. Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers 22.0/38 15. Streets of San Francisco 21.5/34 16. Kojak 21.4/33 17. Bob Newhart 21.3/37 18. Disney 21.2/39 19. Policewoman 21.0/38 20. ABC Tuesday Movie 21.0/32 21. NBC Saturday Movie 20.7/35 22. Good Times 20.7/34 23. Manhunter 29.5/36 24. NBC Tuesday Movie 20.5/32 25. NBC Monday Movie 20.5/32 26. Gunsmoke 20.1/31 27. Hawaii Five O 19.9/30 28. Police Story 19.3/34 29. CBS Friday Movie 19.1/33 30. Lucas Tanner 19.0/30 Day 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 Network Sunday Sonny Comedy Revue Movie ABC Apple's Way Kojak Mannix CBS Walt Disney Mystery Movie NBC Monday The Rookies Monday Night Football ABC Gunsmoke Maude Rhoda Medical Center CBS Born Free Monday Night Movie NBC Tuesday Happy Days Move of the Week Marcus Welby, M.D. ABC Good Times M*A*S*H Hawaii Five-O Barnaby Jones CBS Adam 12 Movie Police Story NBC Wednesday That's My Mama Movie Get Christie Love ABC Sons and Daughters Cannon Manhunter CBS Little House on the Praire Lucas Tanner Petrocelli NBC Thursday Odd Couple Paper Moon Streets of San Francisco Harry-O ABC The Waltons Movie CBS Sierra Ironside Movin' On NBC Friday Kodiak Six Million Dollar Man Texas Wheelers Kolchak: The Night Stalker ABC Planet of the Apes Movie CBS Sanford and Son Chico and the Man Rockford Files Police Woman NBC Saturday The New Land Kung Fu Nakia ABC All in the Family Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers Mary Tyler Moore Show Bob Newhart Show Carol Burnett Show CBS Emergency Movie NBC

July 86 At ABC, the daytime vice president, Jozie Emmerich, is taking steps to beef up 11 a.m.- noon, which has been plagued with low ratings and poor clearances. She confirmed last week that the network, pleased with the results of a two week trial run of the new Fame, Fortune & Romance, (11 -11:30 a.m.), has committed to 65 episodes (13 weeks) of the program. It will debut on Sept. 8, with repeats of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous continuing in the slot until then. Fame, Fortune & Romance is being produced by the TeleRep unit, Television Program Enterprises (concept by Al Masini, who also created Lifestyles), will look similar to Lifestyles and will feature the same host, Robin Leach. The difference, Emmerich, is that Lifestyles sticks pretty much to "possession and travel" themes, while Fame will also explore personal relationships. In its two week run last month, Fame was averaging a little more than a 3 rating, said Emmerich. In the second quarter, Lifestyles averaged a 2.4, which was an improvement over the 1.7 that Hot Streak had been averaging in that slot in the first quarter. ABC earlier announced that a new game show would debut at 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 18. Double Talk will replace New Love American Style, which was third from the bottom in the second quarter with a 2.3/10. Double Talk is a word game from Bob Stewart Productions, creator of $25,000 Pyramid on CBS. Emmerich reported that other game show pilots being considered along with Double Talk will be kept in reserve as possible replacement shows. They include Comedy Club, from Lin Bolen, Bamboozle from Chuck Barris and Catch Phrase from Marty Pasetta. Other game shows in "early development" said Emmerich, are A Question of Scruples from Columbia, based on the board game, and Funny Business from Group W Productions. Despite the changes in the morning lineup, Emmerich said most of the effort in daytime has been devoted to "keeping our serials strong." That seems to be paying off for the network's three hour long soaps, General Hospital, All My Children and One Life to Live, all of which were in the top five for the second quarter. But the network has one half hour soap, Ryan's Hope, that placed in the bottom five. Part of Ryan's problem is poor clearances (usually in the low 80% range), since many stations air a noon to I2:30 p.m.newscast that is more profitable. Emmerich told affiliates at their annual gathering in May that "we really believe in the future of [Ryan's]. Disappointing ratings are no deterrent to our commitment." Last week she stressed that for the time being, the entire five program daytime serial block (the fifth show is the half -hour Loving, which airs after Ryan's at 12:30) was "inviolate." In the coming months, she said, an effort will be made on all the soaps to get "back to basics," and away from some of the "wild and woolly" storylines that have unfolded lately. "We really want to get back to the heart and core," she said, which means focusing on "love, romance and hope." In addition, she said, all the serials will bring back some characters that were popular but left.

Maybe I'm completely out of touch with today's fashions but the women's clothing is horrible.

KT Stevens Matinee Theater A Woman Named Ruby 4/25/56 Dorothy Green Matinee Theater The Red Sanders Story 12/26/55

As The World Turns additional characters Gar Kramer real estate agent who gave Natalie a job at Jay's bequest 1976 Stan McKellar Susan Stewart's lawyer in Emmy's custody battle 1975 Delores Graves friend of Joyce who testified at her trial for killing Greg Paget 1975 Dr Fisher Jennifer Hughes doctor 1974 Mrs Rusconi nurse at hospital where Joyce gave birth to Teddy 1975

July 1986 At NBC, the network's daytime ratings for the second quarter were the best in seven years. "Three years ago," said NBC vice president of programming, Brian Frons., "we were in fourth or fifth place," referring to when NBC was three rating points or more behind its two competitors. Now less than one rating point separates the three networks. But NBC has problems in daytime, including its loss of the rights to repeats of Family Ties which have been getting its schedule off to a fast start at 10 a.m. Ties goes into syndication in January and will leave NBC's daytime schedule then. In the second quarter, the program was tied in its time period with CBS's $25,000 Pyramid, with a 4.5/19. (The 10 -11 a.m. period is programed by ABC affiliates.) Frons said he is still considering what to do once Ties is gone. Among his choices are several game show pilots he revealed to the affiliates at their meeting last month, along with three others in earlier stages of development. But Frons also said he was exploring the use of another hit cornedy from the prime time lineup as a shortterm solution for 10 a.m. But that alternative, he noted, means that "sooner or later you have to replace it" when that show goes to syndication. If he can come up with a hit game show, said Frons, "we could be set for 10 years." NBC's serial block is in its best competitive position in years. Santa Barbara, only two years old and competing against two top 10 programs from 3 to 4 p.m., General Hospital and Guiding Light, grew almost 20% in rating and 16% in share in the second quarter. Days of Our Lives, (I -2 p.m.) is making a serious run at ABC's All My Children for first place in the time period, having beaten or tied its rival for the last five weeks. A real question mark among NBC's serials is Search for Tomorrow, the oldest soap on the air which celebrates its 35th anniversary later this year. Compared to a year ago. Search is off both in rating and share and is third in its time period (12:30-1 p.m.). Frons admits the program's situation is "dicey." But, he said, Search has rebounded from an 8 share last December when a new executive producer, David Lawrence, came on board, almost back to where it was a year ago-a 12 share. One of its problems is a clearance rate in the low 70% range. But Frons says he won't consider canceling the program unless "it dives to a 7 or 8 share and stays there." But the key to how things take shape in daytime in the coming months, suggested Frons, is the 2 -4 p.m. time period. That's where the biggest HUT (homes using television) levels in daytime appear. ABC dominates that period now, with General Hospital, which was up almost 7% in rating in the second quarter, and One Life to Live, which was up almost 12 %. The gains of NBC's Another World and Santa Barbara appeared to come at the expense of CBS's Capitol and Guiding Light. Another World (2 -3 p.m.) was up a tenth of a rating point, while Capitol (2:30 -3) was off three tenths of a point. Santa Barbara was up almost 20%, while Guiding Light was off 9% in the same 3 -4 time period. Sustaining the momentum, said Frons, is something NBC must do to remain competitive and close the gap further. "We can't stop. We must keep growing." What he comes up with to replace the popular Ties at the top of the schedule next January may be an important factor in NBC's future momentum.

November 1974 Rhoda (CBS -TV Monday 9:30 -10 p.m.), one of hit new shows of fall season, chalked up its biggest numbers so far when it went to 60 minutes Oct. 28 (preempting Maude at 9 -9:30) for show titled "Rhoda's Wedding." It hit 35.1 rating and 51 share, compared to 18.2 rating and 26 share for first hour of Pittsburgh- Atlanta football game on ABC and 18.1 rating and 26 share for first hour of Burt Reynolds movie, "Shamus," on NBC The producers wanted to hold back on Rhoda getting married but Fred Silverman wanted big numbers for the November sweeps - a 1hr wedding ep with the Mary Tyler Moore cast included.

Sounds more like a Russ Meyer movie!! I do remember Jill bringing the girls back in the day, but I'll have to rewatch old clips to experience the b(r)est of Y&R... You forgot to mention the fresh flowers (supplied by Lee Bell's brother) that featured throughout.