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Love how Kirk has the steering wheel spoke in the vertical position. In reality he would be driving in circles. And Nathan Lane as a young newlywed in the Dinner Classics commercial. Poor wife is in for a short lived marriage and a lotta heartache.

As The World Turns Patricia Bruder had pregnancies written in but I'm confused as to actual dates Wikipedia says she has 2 children born 1965 and 1968. Annie and Dee were born 1967 and 1969. So I would assume Dawn( Dee) was the 1968 pregnancy but was Annie onscreen only? Can anyone clarify?

Ropers was a smash in it's short run the previous season, but that was on Tues following 3's Company/Taxi . I wonder, once it was picked up were their new writers? Did they use scripts from the original 'George & Mildred'? The same thing would happen a few years later with 'Joanie Loves Chachi' which was an instant hit following Happy Days, but a new timeslot and writers and the show bombed.

'Matt Clark' is the new 'Alexander Dumas' in terms of the number of times Nick and Sharon say his name. Why don't they alert the police if they are convinced that's who he is? Last time I checked, faking your death was a crime.

There are some dissenting voices who feel Andre/Ashley are a destiny couple. God knows why.

That Jaws rating put it at #2 of movie premieres to that point, only beaten by Gone With The Wind 3 years before, It also placed #14 of overall ratings behind 7 episodes of Roots, 3 Superbowls, a Superbowl pre game show and the two parts of Gone With the Wind. Mork and Mindy was the lead-in with Jaws starting at 8.30 pm. Salvage 1 #61 /13.1/21 was placed at 7pm replacing failed sitcoms Out of the Blue and New Kind of Family. NBC programmed a 2hr Disney-20,000 Leagues Under The Sea 7-9 16.2/24 and Part 2 of the movie MacArthur 9-11 10.6/15 #65 lowest rating show of the week. CBS put up a good fight with their usual schedule 60 Minutes #3 Archie Bunker #11 23.5/34 One Day at A Time 22.4/31 Alice 21.3/29 Jeffersons 19.4/27 CBS New Special about Teddy Kennedy #63 12.9/20. As well as Sunday ABC won Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Mon ABC 240 Robert/Football CBS White Shadow /MASH #4/WKRP #9/Lou Grant NBC Little House #6 Freedom Road Pt. 1 19.1/31 Tues ABC Happy Days/Laverne & Shirley/3's Company #2 /Taxi #8 /Hart to Hart CBS The Baby Makers 12.4/20 #62 (pre-empting California Fever)/One on One 17.3/29 NBC Casper 19.1/31 /Witches Night Out (pre-empting Sheriff Lobo)19.1/30 /Freedom Rd Pt 2 14.2/24 Wed ABC Eight is Enough 18.0/30 /Charlies Angels 19.5/30 /Vegas CBS Bugs Bunny Halloween 14.9/25 /Raggedy Ann 14.4/24 (pre-empting Last Resort/Struck by Lightning) Two Worlds of Jenny Logan 16.1/28 NBC Real People 20.3/33 /Diff'rent Strokes 19.2/31 /Hello Larry 17.2/28 /Best of SNL First time Eight/Angels had been beaten. Thurs ABC Laverne & Shirley/Benson/Barney Miller/Soap/20/20 CBS Waltons/Hawaii Five O/Barnaby Jones NBC Buck Rogers 16.3/25 /Quincy/Kate Loves A Mystery 15.1/26 NBC running 3rd at 8 and 10 ( even though Quincy was beating H 50) Fri ABC Battle of Network Stars 18.9/32 Guinness World Records #58 13.7/23 (Fantasy Island had move back to Sat after a disastrous run Fri @8. CBS Hulk/ Dukes #10 /Dallas #5 NBC Shirley #60 / Other Side of the Mountain #59 13.7/23 Sat ABC Ropers #57 13.8/24 /Detective School #64 11.5/20 / Love Boat/Fantasy Island CBS Race for your Life Charlie Brown /Avalanche #56 14.1/26 NBC Chips/MacArthur Pt 1 15.6/28

For my own sanity I should ignore this interview, but anyway, a breakdown of Joshie's comments. “I wanted to do a big suspense story with Sharon and Nick at the center of it." OK that's a choice, rather than a love story or family story. “I was [thinking]. ‘I’d love to take it outside of Genoa City.’ Why? The show is set in GC. Just so what little money there is could be spent on sets that can't be used again? Or will the bar, like the Cane train, somehow come to town also? And I started thinking, ‘L.A. noir,’ [that] I wanted to do like an L.A. noir. So then I thought, ‘Well, is this a femme fatale that Nick’s been involved with? Femme Fatale is pretty intrinsic to Film Noir. So at the first step, Josh admits there isn't one of the fundamentals of that genre, but still calls it noir. And I said, ‘No, it needs to be tied to the history.’ So I looked into the history, and there was Matt Clark, the great nemesis he was, and as is always the case, just because he’s dead doesn’t mean he has to be dead!” Just ignore a death because it suits the plot despite once again defying logic. He already did it with Diane. And we're meant to accept it. At this point he can make up anything to tell a story. Such integrity and respect for storytelling. And he rambles on ... Did meeting Noah bring back all his anger and all the past, and he set THIS TRAIN WRECK OF A STORY in motion because of that?’” There you have it -from the horse's mouth. While both Sharon and Nick will go up against Matt, “Really, the protagonist/antagonist battle is coming down to Nick and Matt,” the scribe teases. Of course, it comes down to a man to man conflict as Nick protects Sharon and his son. It becomes a nightmare, not just for Nick and Sharon, but to the whole Newman family.” And the viewers. FIRE JOSH!

I don't think videotape was advanced enough at the time to be suitable for location work? Video tape required special cameras that weren't available? There is some sort of technical explanation that is beyond me.

I just read that interview and there are no words. The level of delusion...I think Josh channels Phyllis when writing. And that LA Noir tag he keeps throwing out -LA yes Noir no.

I love SSH-she is soap royalty. But why the Granny outfits from the Traci Abbott outlet mall? The ugly print longline tops, chunky necklaces, slacks and comfy sandals all the time.' I'd love to see her in something more stylish and contemporary.

I thought bringing Cole back was a good idea. Not that he was the most exciting character but JEP improved once he settled in after so many years. The reason for that is after so many marriages and romances, it really stretches credibility that Victoria would once again be falling in love (especially when the show usually goes with the character being sooo in love-see Kyle/Lola/Summer/Claire.) So an old romance returning is more acceptable. But they did little with Cole after the nonsense intro with clown villain Jordan. Just have Cole return and him and Victoria rediscovering each other and using Cole's many years away as a springboard for story that would complicate things. Instead we got coughing Cole followed by corpse Cole and those possibilities were DOA. But of course with Josh's writing Cole could be back from the dead anytime.

Why was it necessary to make RH Matt Clark? Another BFTD story and landing him with a villain/rapist character? Why not just make him a new character with an agenda against Noah? So far, everything could play the same w/o having to accept that Matt somehow is alive. The Mariah/Tessa 'story' has been going for months and nothing is happening.

Kicks aired Monday March 11 1985. A wealthy man with a penchant for living on the edge and engaging in dangerous, life-threatening activities becomes romantically involved with a female university professor who has the same proclivities. It ranked 50th for the week 13.2/21 share. 3rd in it's timeslot.

I can see Laurence Lau as Dennis. And if they brought in Dennis and Iris earlier, Vicky involved with Dennis and going up against Iris would have been fun. Jamie suffered from the recasts .First Stephen Yates and then Laurence Lau. And making him a doctor was pointless. They should have tried to get Richard Bekins back to provide much needed continuity. Jamie had possible romances with MJ and Nicole to keep him busy.

When Lucille was murdered Doug Marland stated that Lucille was always intended to die. Whether he meant in his projections or that the Dobsons had mentioned this in long term story projection, I'm not sure. But it seems likely. The soaps always liked a murder story from time to time. If that was the Dobsons I wonder who they intended to be the killer? Ben ? Amanda? Eve? Also wonder what plans they had about Amanda's real parentage. As soon as Marland arrived, Jane Marie Stafford(Jennifer) was mentioned.

Ed Prentiss' association with soaps went back to the 30's and his role as Ned Holden The Guiding Light. He had several small roles on Days. I wonder why the change was made to go with MacDonald doing the voiceover?

Roy never landed a hit series (like many others). The closest he got was The Invaders which has a cult following-pretty much like any sci fi series. And of course he was married to Lynn Loring for many years.

The Cane/Dumas story that promised so much (none of it to my liking) has petered out and now it's all about LA Noir. I feel sorry for Billy Flynn stuck with this character/story. Cane created this ridiculous alias for no apparent reason, threatening to somehow take over GC companies then backtracked and was indirectly responsible for two deaths due to his delusions of grandeur.

@Xanthe Thanks for the response. Makes sense. I recall a soap actress (can't remember who) saying they made a considerable amount from a national commercial that ran for a few years.

That's why Roy was so popular as Phil on GH and quickly departed to work in primetime.

Can't identify the actresses. Wasn't it the case that many performers were primarily commercial actors as it was a mini industry in itself and landing some good commercials guaranteed a healthy income? So any other acting jobs they might land was merely extra income rather than their primary goal?

Yes the Steve BFTD story was a bust from Day One. The show had changed so much from 75 that his return didn't have the gravitas it needed as most of the cast would have no idea who he was. Alice had been recast 4 times since Steve's death and all of his siblings were gone. Yet most of the viewers would have been hold outs from that time so it would have been wise to better explain his absence and maybe bring in Willis and some other siblings for a few episodes to tidy up that aspect of the story . What was the motivation for Steve deciding to reveal himself at that particular point? How many soap years were supposed to have past since his presumed death? Was it because Diana's mother had died? Do you think the story would have been better had George Reinholt returned?

All of those shows had well and truly had their day by the time they were axed. CBS just didn't develop a new set of shows. They tried a couple of times to bring in a new comedy to the Sunday lineup eg Gloria and Stockard Channing but they didn't work. By the time The Four Seasons and Maggie Briggs were placed on Sunday the schedule was falling apart. And Trapper John coasted along Sunday @10. CBS never put another show there to try and build a new hit and refresh the lineup. Not even a 6 episode show that could be tested, like the did with Nurse and The Mississippi Fri @10.

Yes MacDonald Carey was a movie star, not up there with Clark Gable or Cary Grant but did appear in some prestigious movies eg Hitchcock's Shadow of A Doubt. He was the first star of that calibre to do daytime, even though his movie star days were long over, so his name would at least draw some publicity.

I disagree. Marland wanted to introduce a new family of have nots. He was clever in having Nola and Bea introduced through the Roger story and not moving them to the front burner straight away. Unlike other shows, that within weeks moved the focus onto the new characters and leaving viewers confused and resentful. Marland had long term plans and slowly changed the focus w/o completely decimating the cast. Roger was already on the way out. He eliminated a few minor Dobson characters like Greg Fairbanks (who may have always intended to be short term) Ann Jeffers, Mark Hamilton and Peter Chapman. I don't think he was very inspired by Holly so she was dropped . As for Elizabeth, did Lezlie Dalton want to leave? If so maybe they didn't want to recast and decided to rest the character for a while. And the decision was made to kill off Lucille. He introduced Morgan and Jennifer, Bea and Nola, Kelly, SORASED Tim, Vanessa and Henry, Derek and Andy.