Paul Raven

Are you talking about the fictional Port Charles hospital or the show itself? Cos I'm leaning towards the latter...

The article says last year and Charlane was new to Days late 91 so Mapa's appearance in Jan 90 tracks.

Charlane was on days from July 91 to March 92.

That's not the way daytime works. Actors are on 13 week cycles and can be dropped anytime, but have to be paid for that cycle. That is the condition they agree to on signing a contract.

Still watching. Onya is the obvious winner , mainly because there is no true competition. I do find her a little limited in that she always goes for the sassy black woman persona in challenges-the rusical,acting challenges etc,. She does it well but I would like to see more range from a winner. The only other possibility is Sam Starr. How Lana managed to stay so long is a mystery. Nice persona but ...

There have been plenty of times a new role has been quickly recast and a few instances where an actor cast for a new show never made it to air eg Mary Grover as Leslie on Y&R. As for a recast on a new show , Santa Barbara replaced Dane Witherspoon as Joe after 3 months. On Sunset Beach Adrienne Frantz lasted about 4 months before being replaced. Going way back, ATWT, AW and AMC made quick casting adjustments. But in 'modern times' BTG sets a record announcing a replacement after 4 weeks.

People saying it is no big deal that the role was recast... Sure that happens in daytime, but in the first month? and a recast that no one was calling for? When there are there are others eg Martin, Diego,Derek that need a recast before Ted. Maybe in time Maurice will say more.

Exactly. But focusing on the gorilla was evidence of what ultimately caused the cancellation.

Sorry , but anyone who thought having a 'gorilla' as part of the finale after 35 years was a fitting tribute...

Some of the original Y&R and B&B performers were very green but they stuck with them and for the most part the actors improved and the audience accepted them. Only Judith Baldwin was quickly dropped as Beth on B&B. Hopefully Maurice was on good terms with TPTB and it was mutual. Because if they were making changes on who wasn't working a few others would be ahead in the line.

Who is the fur clad woman on the Victor plate supposed to be?

With Jeri we expected some sort of triangle but it went nowhere and turned out to be filler to give Cole and Victoria some 'conflict' for a short time. The downside of Bill Bell trying things out on-screen.

The only hope for Y&R at this point is a new EP and headwriter. The show is still salvageable.

If Ashley and Derek were written out suddenly, as well as cheers there would be jeers, with the naysayers claiming that the show is flailing. It wouldn't be a good look to dump the leading white characters and open themselves to reverse racism claims. Really they just need to tweak the story and hope the actors improve.

@VelekaCarruthers That is amazing! Thank you for your generosity. Can't wait to dig in.

I'm surprised to read that actors had headwriters phone numbers and could call to talk(complain) about story. Always read that the writers and actors were kept at a distance to avoid this type of situation. Or was it only the likes of Lucci that demanded and received access?

Hayley having a trashy momma turn up would be fun. And Hayley have her pretend to be her maid.

I agree but something happened along the way.

Capitol Jon Cypher was originally to play Sen Mark Denning but Ed Nelson was chosen at some point.

BTW Richard Lawson is now married to Tina Knowles ,Beyonce's mom.

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@dc11786 Thanks for the link to a fascinating article.

@DRW50 Thank you. I only watched a few minutes but it seemed pretty basic. Pamela Brull was on DOOL a few years later.

The only returning character Billy could play is Scott but that might be a poisoned chalice. And Y&R desperately needs new characters with no connections to freshen the show. But he needs to be used wisely and not stuck on a merry go round with Sharon, Phyllis and Victoria. Maybe Sharon's half brother?

The taping schedule is insane. Pretty hard for them to deliver any kind of quality. Might be quite stressful for some actors. Is there some kind of union ruling on how much actors can be asked to do?