Paul Raven

No point in showing ATWT and GL as part of a CBS Daytime to Remember - it would just make viewers sad/annoyed they were dropped.

What would be great to see is a properly curated look back at classic Y&R. eg the Katherine/Jill story with comments from Jess and other actors, fans, critics etc ,selected important scenes etc played out over one or 2 weeks,

Similar 'mini series' dealing with Jack, Nikki etc

@kalbir If only the show had have kept to that timeline and not messed up the ages.

Looking at Billy the other day, he looked almost as old as Jack.

OK My 2 cent about mid 80's AW

-Commit to the Love and McKinnon families. Bring back Ben to mix it up with Marley/Vicky/Jake. No hooker story for MJ. No Cheryl.

- Kathleen not killed off,simply breaks up with Cass offscreen. He returns alone and later a recast Kathleen or Julie Osburn returns,

- A better telling of the Reg/Mary story, if at all.

-Philece Sampler as Nicole,not Donna

- Strengthen the Corys. Laurence Lau as Dennis. Try to get Bekins back as Jamie, a writer. Bring on Pam, Rachel's half sister. Nancy comes back.

- Have  the Matthews have some presence. Liz ,her grandson Ricky, Mike Randolph, Russ w/a daughter.

-Keep Zane around for longer before the inevitable death.

-No Mitch/Felicia. Maybe Mitch/Pam?

-Keep Maisie and have her marry Vince as a  new tentpole couple.

-Build a family around Quinn by having Thom return, divorced. Have quinnget involved with a divorced/widowed father of teen kids.

No need for Paulina, Cali Timmons and Judi Evans could be other characters.

Not sure how to classify this one:

ABC Spenser for Hire.

After a couple of well regarded but low rated seasons in various 10 o'clock timeslots, ABC moves it to the prime  8pm Sunday up against MSW and Family Ties. It was certainly counter programming but very odd nonetheless.

Especially when ABC was launching Dolly @9. Of course, SFH provided no lead in numbers to Dolly and by mid season Dolly has flopped and SFH is sent back to 10 o'clock Saturday.

So is Days 2nd only to GH as the longest running scripted show in terms of number of episodes?

22 hours ago, janea4old said:

The show graciously had me bring in a few to choose from when Traci comforts ailing sister Ashley with a quilt

In other words the budget is so tight they're encouraging the actors to bring stuff from home.

'That coffee cup you saw at Society was part of a set I got as a wedding present'

'The laptop I'm using in work scenes at Crimson Lights was left in his room by my son when he went to college'

AW Matthews Family final appearance

Granny June 64

Janet June 66

Bill July 69

Mary March 75

Mike Dec 79

Pat Jan 82 guest appearance 89

Marianne Feb 82

Jim April 82

Alice May 85 guest appearance 89

Susan Dec 82

Julia Aug 84

Olivia May 92

Russ Nov 92

Liz May 94

Josie June 99

Thom Sesma

ALL MY CHILDREN Carlo Valdez

ONE LIFE TO LIVE pre 1991

Silver Spoons-Penthouse A

The Fall Guy-The Fall Guys

Three's A Crowd-Byrd's Nest

Jennifer Slept Here - 817 Hollywood Drive

For Love and Honor - Bravo Brigade

Diff'rent Strokes NBC/Webster ABC. Cute black orphan taken in by benevolent white family.

The Fugitive ABC. 1963/Run For Your Life NBC 1965

Although the premise for each show was different The Fugitive had a man on the run from the law, and Run For Your Life had a man given a death sentence through illness, the similarity was that they moved all over the country encountering new people in new situations.

The lead actors David Janssen and Ben Gazzara were similar laconic personality types.

I think that not giving these characters an exit was deliberate.

The same happened for Doug and Julie. Giving them goodbye scenes would have alerted viewers that they would no longer be seen which might have annoyed them. Whereas just not seeing them, maybe the hope is that viewers wouldn't notice at first in the midst of all the stuff happening onscreen and keep watching.

And then later realizing that they haven't been seen for weeks etc, but as viewers having 'moved on'

In the case of Jed Allan, I think his contract was up, he was offered recurring, which he refused and had already taped his last scene so that was that. They chose not to mention Don had left town.

They could have stated that Marie got news that Jessica was pregnant and decided to be with her daughter during the pregnancy, thus giving the character a believable exit and setting up a future character, rather than having to invent one later.

Even have Alice get a call when the baby is born, share the news and she and Tom visit offscreen.

It's called nurturing the core family.

So millionaire (billionaire?) Victoria has to move to the Tacky house?

Like there are no other options for her?

As for mentioning Newman security, how many times has that inept team made a mess of things?

Gee I wish that a) Josh Griffith is fired and b) Sony/CBS etc would pour some money into the show so that garbage like the above didn't happen.

Nick has no house.Victor/Nikki have a room,millionaire Tucker lives in a hotel room-it's embarassing.

TV Censored Bloopers NBC begat Foul Ups Bleeps and Blunders ABC

Knight Rider NBC 1982 Michael Long recovers from a fatal gunshot wound in the face. With a new look, he assumes a fresh identity as Michael Knight and wages a war against criminals with his indestructible supercar, KITT.

Street Hawk ABC 1984  Jesse Mach, a former motorcycle cop who was injured in the line of duty, is recruited for a top-secret government mission to ride Street Hawk -- a combat motorbike designed to fight crime.

ABC placed 9 to 5 b/w 3's Company #6 and Hart to Hart #17 for Fall 82. It finishes #15.

So for Fall 83 ABC moves it to Thurs @9 up against Simon & Simon # 5. It's yanked off a few weeks into the season.

Did ABC really think it was worth moving after just one season?

me

Laugh In revolutionized TV comedy with it's fast pace and edgire humor and was a smash for NBC.

They quickly commissioned Soul, a black version from the same producers which aired as a pilot, but wasn't picked up.

And ABC aired the infamous 'Turn On' which lasted one episode (and on some stations, not even that as local managers took it off the air during the show)

ABC also aired "What's It All About World?' which had Laugh In influence but was short lived.

CBS went a more traditional route with Hee Haw, a rural knock off which was a success.

Y&R introduced the Williams as the new core working class family when the show went to an hour in 1980. Built around Paul, there was Carl, Mary,Patty, Steve and Todd (not seen) April married Paul and Heather was their child.

Bit one by one they were dropped and a few years later it was back to Paul and Mary,

Carl, Patty and Todd reappeared in short stints as did April but basically to play off Paul who finally disappeared himself.

Heather is currently onscreen but she could pretty much be anybody.

To have Neal suddenly appear as Mac's nephew was odd. as stated I don't believe there was any exploration of his history/connection to Mac,just a quick way to tie a newbie  to established characters.

As for Adam replacing Neal,there was a writer change and they probably decided to go with a 'hotter' actor. Lupone was definitely a character actor, not a leading man type. Surprised he was also cast as Tom Bergman on SFT.

I guess this was the after effect of Tony Geary's success on GH.

At that point, having Mac's grandson Dennis return would have been a more logical move. He was an established character with a history and connection to the show but had been away 5 years (maybe more in soap time) so there was an opportunity to modify the character a little if need be.

The Dennis/Jamie friendship could be utilized -maybe a Jamie/Dennis/Vicky triangle?

2 hours ago, DRW50 said:

I wonder why the show decided to get rid of Johnny (although if they hadn't we never would have had Roger Thorpe, probably).

Johnny could have stayed around . Did the actor want to leave? Johnny could have got involved with someone else and still be tied to Peggy through Billy. Some characters stay on for years and others are written off to soon. 

I'll repeat that Kelly Nelson could easily have been Billy Fletcher, thus continuing a family that started back with Paul in the 50's. I'm sure Bernard Grant and Fran Myers could have made appearances. For older viewers it's a reward for watching and new viewers would just enjoy Billy as a new character to them.

Same with bringing Emily Norris on,Holly's niece -a blend of old and new.

Still watching, although a few eps behind.

Amazed that somehow Mhi'ya Aman Le Page hung around week after week. It's not RuPaul's Flip Race-that was all she brought to the show.

No personality, B Grade costume and make up etc.

Love Plane Jane - she knew exactly how to play the game-she did the villain but had the talent to back it up. 

Somehow Sapphira didn't grab me- I acknowledge her professionalism, talent etc but i just couldn't connect. Just me.

Steve and Liz should have been back for the 50th, if not before.

Patty Weaver should return as Trish as she and Doug interacted at his club.

Kristian obviously. Pretty much anyone else connected to Doug have already passed on.

That line about Papa Bauer being sick was probably a budget thing as there were quite a lot of cast in that ep. Truthfully they could have had Bruce at the hospital for that ep at least, as he had few lines.

I don't think that was Phillip Sterling as George Hayes. I believe George came later as the lawyer who mentored Mike and that was where Mike met Julie, who worked as George's secretary.

By the time Paul left in 1970 he had been on 14 years and maybe Bernard Grant was ready for something different and the writers (the Soderbergs,I think) were more interested in other characters.

Paul had been widowed twice, but his son Johnny was still on at that point.

Did his OLTL character Steve work with Gillian Spencer again (Vicki) or was she already gone by then.?