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Jacquie Courtney was on OLTL for years with no mention of difficult to work with (of course there was the matter of sleeping with the boss...) The shakeup at Days is fascinating in the choices made. By writing in all the new characters in a matter of days and then pretty much pivoting the story towards them seems a recipe for disaster. Really Kellam and his assistant Max should have been introduced and left the audience wondering what their motives might be. Have them connect with various characters over the course of a few weeks. then bring in either Tod or Liz. If Donna had have stayed around she could have met Tod and the audience wouldn't know for a while that he was Kellam's son. Slowly bring on the newbies while keeping known characters front burner. Maybe some exits should have been delayed eg Bill and Laura so they get a proper goodbye. Perhaps Jordan could have been revealed to have a connection to the Chandlers. He'd been around for a while and not much was known about his background and audiences might have been more interested than atotal newbie like Joshua. The other puzzling thing to me was making Kellam and Max roughly the same age and therefore adding two more over 40 characters. Why not have Max be a hotshot younger guy? Same with Joshua- Stephen Brooks was 38 - why not make Josh 28? Liz could have been younger also. Days needed younger characters at that point, especially that Laemmle ignored Mike and David pretty much

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Melissa was back March 21, April 7, 9 and 17th Laura returned March 24 and 25

Exits Bob March 28th Phyllis April 9th Jordan April 10th Donna April 11th Bill April 11th Samantha April 18th Entrances Nina Laemmle first episode April 21st Joshua April 21st Max April 22nd Kellam April 24th Liz April 25th Leslie May 5th 4 new characters in her first week!

Kings Crossing debuted on a night when NBC had one of the lowest rating nights in recent network history at that time. But it was CBS that took advantage airing Disney 'Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang' at 8 and ranking 10th for the week (23.6/37) And its movie 'Help Wanted Male' ranked 3rd (28.6/47) NBC aired 2 specials Alice at the Palace (with Meryl Streep) 5.2/8 ranking 69th and 'Caruso Remembered' 3.3/5 70th and lowest ranked for the week. In the middle was the 90 min Kings Crossing premiere on ABC 17.1/27 and a 90 min Fantasy Island rpt 16.3/27 So not a bad sampling but viewers were not interested and the ratings fell each week. ABC had a history of poor performance in that timeslot despite Love Boat and Fantasy Island dominating the 9 and 10pm timeslots. They had better luck with Kings Crossings replacement TJ Hooker.

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Some storyline synopses that give a sense of the plot Meg's refusal to marry Bill Cooke sends him off on a drink Ina spree. Maggie is told by Kit that her mother was responsible for her father's early death. Ralph Marquez suspects he is being used by Kit, and Jim Gavin makes a confession to Maggie. Jim Gavin's sister pleads with her mother not interfere in Jim's life. Barbara Gavin tells her husband she will not give him a divorce Bojalian's wounds, as result of his fight with Marquez, prove to be not serious, but Kit remains dazed and incoherent. Mrs McClure, Kit's grandmother, identifies Kit as Maggie's real daughter. Maggie learns that Kit's mental condition is very serious and leaves for Florida with Kit's grand mother Jam Gavin's wife Barbara is told some distressing news. Gavin's wife Barbara is found dead. The police discover that Barbara Gavin's death was homicide. Mike becomes the prime suspect in the murder of Barbara Gavin. Belle Mere announces that she was the last person to see Barbara Gavin bfore her death and tells how she died. Jim Gavin flees to Mexico. The romance between Maggie and Jim Gavin draws to a stirring climax

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Search for Tomorrow Some more characters with no actors attached. Mrs Jackson - prison employee when Jennifer was incarcerated Sgt Burns Sgt Dorene Mathews Chuck Stearns - Tourneur Instruments employee from Louisiana Dog Evans - former boxing opponent of Brian Dr Hitchcock - testified at Janet's trial

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"By Kathleen Norris" a Radio Heaven for Thesps; Plenty $$ NEW YORK, Sept, 28.-Juiciest radio plum to fall to dramatic actors in many a moon is By Kathleen Norris which debuts Monday (30) On both the Columbia Broadcasting System and the National Broadcasting Company. Program is nothing short of a radio actor's heaven, with cast drawing down at least $250 a week from this show alone and having plenty of time left for afternoon and evening shows. Set up as follows: Program airs four times daily (counting two repeats) four times a week. Actors get about $57 daily per minimum; as per American Federation of Radio Artists, and organist about $300 per week. Program will be on the Columbia Network 10 - 10.15 am with repeat broadcast at 11.15 am and on NBC's Red network 10.15-10.30 am with repeat at 11.30 am. These periods will leave the actors free for additional work In the afternoon and evening hours. First program to be aired is 'Mother' with Irene Hubbard playing lead with support from John Brewster, James Meighan and Anne Tiernan. Jay Hana directs. Show will he piped front studios of WHN indie station.

That was such a bland opening. I agree re the characters talking. But they weren't even consistent with that - Doran Clark wasn't gabbing.. Marilyn Jones...butch much?

I get that for various reasons, certain Horton family members might need to be offscreen but TPTB should have taken the time to keep them alive in viewers memories, either as a reminder should they return or just to keep long term viewers happy. John Lupton seemed happy enough to return so why not some Xmas visits or have him around when Sandy finally returned. Same with Lisa Trusel. When Marie leaves in 85 have her visit Jessica who has just given birth. Doug and Julie return from their cruises saying they had a fabulous time with Robert and Dougie or met up with David. Just a few mentions or visits.

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Final Dates Linda/ Melissa March 6th Robert/Dougie March 14th Donna March 6th one day return March 20th Debuts/Returns Tony Kingman March 12 Tommy Horton one day return March 7 Laura Horton March 7, 10 and 19.

Chris was offscreen from 31 Jan till Feb 26 . Earl last seen on the 12th Stephanies last day Feb 15th Cathy and Terry last seen Feb 19th Mimi exited Feb 21st Marlena gave birth on Feb 25th but Samantha got to see her nephew as her last day was the 27th.

I get what you are saying and agree that sometimes longer scenes are necessary to dig deeper into character and motivation. However, sometimes those longer scenes were underwritten and a throwback to the live/live on tape days when scenes had to be a certain length regardless. Once VCRs were available the temptation to fast forward took hold. Nowadays scenes are often of the blink and miss 'em category which is quite annoying. I think a balance between the two is ideal.

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If that clip is any indication, one reason for Days doldrums is those overlong scenes. By now GH was now using editing for shorter scenes, giving the illusion of more pace while Days would have seemed draggy in comparison. When did other shows begin to follow GH's lead and begin tape editing?

Bob dying could have been the spearhead for new drama for the Andersons with Stephanies identity revealed, and battles b/w her and Mary. Add Linda,Alex and Chris into the mix and possibilities are endless. The Sam kidney story got a Daytime Emmy award for Hugh McPhillllips as Hugh Pearson in the guest performance category, beating out (amongst others) Joan Fontaine and Sammy Davis Jnr.

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I think Sam was brought back just as a complication for the Craigs in their newly married phase. Andrea Hall was only ever recurring and did short stints. The whole kidney transplant thing keeps getting played but goes nowhere. Harrower only has a short time left so just about everything gets modified or tossed aside.

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