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And then Passions took it to a whole other level.

That can only be a good thing. Maybe it was some contract thing that had to be honored before he finally left the building.

NBC ran Live & In Person over 3 nights Tues/Wed/Thurs/ at 10pm . This was to fill those slots for the week as the next week NBC had Baseball and the following week ABC had the World Series, so NBC didn't want to premiere shows and then have them off the next week and come back to face World Series. So Wk 1 was Live & In Person, Wk2 was Baseball. Wk3 NBC had a Greatest Commercials special on Tues and Candid Camera Wed up against World Series. Hill St Blues debuted that week on Thurs as it was World Series free night. Wk4 saw a pilot 'Bunco' air on Tues and I Love Men special Wed @10 Wk 5 finally saw regular program with the much vaunted 'Bay City Blues' debut Tues @10 and place 3rd behind Hart to Hart and the CBS Movie 'First Affair' and #72 overall. On Wed St Elsewhere debuted #49 behind Hotel #2 but ahead of CBS movie 'Happy' #65.

Wk 1 1983/84 season Thurs 8-9 CBS Magnum PI #9 22.7/37 ABC Trauma Center #43 14.1/23 NBC Gimme A Break #48 13.2/22 Mama's Family #47 13.5/21 9-10 CBS Simon & Simon #6 23.6/36 NBC We Got It Made #28/17.0/26 Cheers #19 18.4/29 ABC 9 to 5 #55 11.4/18 It's Not Easy #63 9.8/16 10-11 CBS Knots Landing #12 21.0/32 ABC 20/20 #33 18.0/27 NBC Live & In Person Pt 3 #57 10.7/18

Thanks @Reverend Ruthledge Hope they continue. That era of GL history is pretty much unknown/undocumented apart from general info.

Yes that's the one-back in 2017 I guess. Wonder why it seems to be a Winter thing? So it appears that old sets are being stored somewhere.

Programming any series against the #1 show is difficult. Obviously you counter program, which ABC had tried at the start of the season with Lottery. Masquerade had already failed up against strong competition so there was no reason to believe it would do anything more than mediocre numbers up against Dallas. And NBC was also going with action shows-The Master/Legmen. ABC should have split up Benson/Webster and moved Webster to 8pm and Benson till 9 against Dallas. Comedy would have been the best counter programming and Benson was familiar to audiences.

After flopping Thurs Masquerade was moved up against Dallas -then #1. Talk about out of the frying pan into the fire. ABC's March programming moves pretty much involved shifting things around with the faint hope that something might attract attention ratings wise. Automan moved to Mon, replacing That's Incredible. Masquerade to Fri replacing Blue Thunder and Lottery brought back to replace Masquerade. None of it worked. As for 9 to 5, after a shaky start Thurs @9 it was moved to the better slot following Three's Company where it did better. But then ABC moved it back to Thurs where it quickly flopped. Considering there were backstage problems (can somebody elaborate?) it was too soon to move it, ABC had already been burned moving Too Close for Comfort to Thurs@9 where is struggled a few seasons before.

From the outset they should have had major revelations planned for Nov/Feb sweeps . Have one or two stories move at a faster pace and others bubble along in the more traditional style. As we've said before BTG is many viewer's introduction to a daytime soap and they're most likely not watching in the traditional way. So they need to cater to that, at the same time introducing strong characters so that viewers get attached and willing to follow the journey, maybe at a slower pace than they're used to. I'm not sure about making Joey so prominent. Are we supposed to be charmed/intrigued by this criminal? Maybe if he were more a grey character, then he would be more appealing, but as it stands I'm not interested in following his exploits long term. Introducing Isaiah led me to believe we would be seeing him at work and the college would be a new setting, but that hasn't happened-all he does is hang out at cafes. Where's the complication in his relationship with Eva? We're past the introductory stage and need some obstacles. The same thing is happening with Shanice/Ted-they're happy together-but something needs to happen to cause problems. Maybe snarky Shanice needs to return and she starts boasting about being with Ted which he doesn't like. And Martin/Smitty, Andre/Dani-things are too stable and there are just minor misunderstandings. The whole June story could have been way more dramatic but it fizzled out and now she's just the quirky waitress. These are obviously my takes and I'd love to read other perspectives w/o snide reactions just b/c some posters have dec ided they will be against everything I post. Genuine engagement and exchange of ideas/opinions is much more interesting to me.

Rod Taylor, Parker Stevenson and Kirstie Allie were the stars. Guess they thought Cybill and Richard were more promotable? Automan/Masquerade were the mid season replacements for flops Trauma Center/9 to 5/It's Not Easy. Imagine getting a series picked up and then finding it was going up against CBS powerhouse Magnum/Simon & Simon. I'm sure as soon as the announcement was made, everyone started looking for their next gig.

This constant focus on ridiculous business stories has been going on for years and only getting worse. Like you just take over a company, change the name and sit in your office. It's awful. No hostile staff to deal with, reporters to answer to etc. Nothing remotely realistic or interesting. It's just there to give worn out characters something to do as most of them have no romantic options left. And the show steadfastly refuses to introduce the next generation. That and having psychos torment the rest of the cast.

I can see that Brooke driving off the road scene. Her turning the wheel and the camera jolting to fake the swerve. We've seen it so many times in soaps. Wonder if there was footage off a car going off a cliff? That was an Ann Marcus decision to drop Brooke. I wonder why?There was plenty of life left in that character/story. As evidenced by Elizabeth Harrower bringing her back. And then they killed her off again in another car crash. Bizarre!

Didn't Leslie get into the Country Club by funding a new sports center or something? Has that been mentioned again? I am a little disappointed in Nicole of late with the antics of her 2 bf's. I was hoping originally that she would be forgiving of Ted and try to make the marriage work, and over the months we would go on that journey. With other stuff happening that would see her ultimately deciding on divorce. Maybe meeting Kiall while still married but vulnerable and having feelings for him that would make her realize whatever there was with Ted has gone, but also facing the fact that just like Ted many years back she fell for someone else. And that unlike Ted's brief fling, she has deeper feelings for Kiall. And Kiall saying that he's there for her when she leaves the marriage. Which gives Carlton a chance to make his play. And Ted and Carlton should become sworn enemies.

We know it was in 76 and I would assume maybe Oct/Nov as she would have signed a 3 yr contract which expired in 79. She then signed for a further year and departed in Nov 80. However earlier in 76 Holly left town for California, and seemed to be off air for several weeks. So was this Lynn Deerfield's departure? Holly then returns. BUT it was reported at the time that reports of Lynn departing were wrong and she would continue so another possibility is Lynn's contract was up-she was getting married- so she planned to leave, but agreed to appear until a replacement could be found? Maybe other posters have a definitive timeline.

Patrick must have been drunk when he agreed to do this. I'm sure they didn't have any money to pay him. BTW, that's Joe Hasham who played gay lawyer Don on Number 96.

Gary and Val could have always been in each others circle as they shared children. A pity Lucy was a non starter as far as Knots was concerned. But keeping Val and Ben together would have been difficult also.

11 sitcoms 3 'dramas'1 newsmagazine. Only 2 CBS sitcoms and only Mon as a sitcom block. Every 8-9 timeslot had strong sitcoms except Sun where CBS dominated with MSW. So it was hard for them to develop new comedies as all timeslots were taken. Fri 8-9 was probably their best chance. The 9-10 slots available for sitcoms were Tues and Sun. They tried Sun 9-10 with Designing Women/Nothing Is Easy, hoping the MSW lead in would help but it was a disaster as those sitcoms they were up against Feb Sweeps movies/mini series. And DW was a new show w/o much of a following at that point.

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GUIDING LIGHT Neil Sedaka Neil Sedaka July 13 1982 Musical Performance at Wired for Sound Madame Varda Ann Shropshire June 8/9 1994 Taffy Pamela Lewis Dec 7 1994 hooker Eleni Andros Spaulding Cooper Wendy Kaplan Dec 9-15 1994 (Temporary) Cece Lalli Cece Lalli June 11 1994 Modern Bride magazine writer appeared with Blake/Eleni Walter Aarons ???? July 1985 Attorney, Kurt Corday assisted with Kurt obtaining Green Card Shad Baxter Patrick Johnson July 1985 - 87 snobby friend of Philip District Attorney Molly Hayes Caroline Lagerfelt Feb - ? 1985 DA re Andy Ferris shooting attracted to Ross Daphne the landlady Chelsea Lagos Sept 14 2001 innkeeper at B&B Reva visits Alan Spaulding (temporary) David Bailey Nov 78

Didn't realize the Park Cafe set actually appeared years ago

Are we considering the brick wall to be a new set? My worry with Deanna is that like Donnell, Samantha and Tyrell they will turn up once in a while. They need to have a steady storyline for some/all of them. Deanna arrived with a bang but she's already out of the picture. Having Vanessa deal with her kids might give her more nuance than wannabe mob queen.

Lauren is giving MAGA face. This non story about Lauren going to work at Newman...just filler. Nick/Adam's hotel room looks very familiar. OMG there were double the amount of extras at CL -2 instead of 1. So Diane goes from frantic about Jack to walking out b/c she saw him with Patty. He was obviously drugged and the whole situation was so bizarre but she's quick to judge-which is laughable as she was forgiven for faking her own death.

The Hamilton living room Yes it's supposed to be flashy/tacky to represent Hayley. I've seen many a mansion in magazines that look showy and gaudy but this room just looks cramped and cheap. The table and chairs crammed up against the bookcase. The styling of the bookcase. The floral arrangement and sconce lights that are always on.That basic artwork. It's pretty bad from all angles. And they didn't include some doors in the room or corridor to suggest other rooms in a supposedly sprawling mansion. We now know that Hayley is world's worst con woman but surely she would be trying to imitate the Dupree style. And Bill after all these years would know from quality. His office is quite restrained so he obviously knows that flashy isn't the best direction to go in. But I guess he let his darlin' have her way with design. The flipside is Nicole's house that is supposed to look restrained and elegant but comes off bland.

There are probably more 70's out there. Directors/actors etc from that time would have kept some tapes. We can only hope they come to light.

Oh the drama is real in GC. Nikki has just discovered that Victor, of all people. has had Jack kidnapped. This is a step too far for her. Why she even told him off! Don't worry though. No doubt, she'll calm down once Victor explains he did it to save their family! But Nikki's no pushover. She warns Victor if he ever pulls a stunt like this again., the marriage is OVER!!