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Christine Ebersole...Mrs Peter Bergman #1. On wiki it says she suspected 9/11 was a government conspiracy... Semi Tough ABC aired Jan 6 1980' Cast Josh Taylor,Mary Louise Weller, Doug Barr Sitcom spin off of the Burt Reynolds movie.

Jean Mowry was 35?! Great to see a new episode resurface. That was Tom Pope talking to Chris-he would take an interest in Penny when Jeff was in jail,I think. Interesting that there would be a time jump to well into the next day during the episode. I always had the impression that 1 day would play out over several episodes. There was an SFT episode that used to be on Ytube from the 60's and b/w commercials there was a time jump from day to nightime, so maybe that was more common in older soaps than I thought.

'Executive in Charge'...really...in charge of what? the car park? It should state 'Exec in charge of Production' -typical Y&R -maybe they saved a few bucks leaving off extra words. I would assume Kent is basically the exec producer, replacing Anthony Morina. Josh had that title but surely it was in name only as he focused on the writing. Not to be ageist, but having two men of a certain age in charge means we are going to see more of the same- a sensibility that reflects their experiences.

What about when characters announce they are leaving for Europe or South America and no one asks 'What country?' Like they are countries.

Mini Series Ratings 1979-80 TV Season 1. Guyana Tragedy The Story of Jim Jones CBS 30.3/48 2. Scruples CBS 26.0/40 3. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do ABC 21.0/37 4. Flesh & Blood CBS 19.9/31 5. The Martian Chronicles NBC 19.7/29 6. The Last Convertible NBC 19.5/32 7. Salem's Lot CBS 18.7/31 8. Power NBC 17.0/27 9. The Golden Moment An Olympic Love Story NBC 16.7/28 10. Freedom Road NBC 16.7/28 11. The Awakening Land (rpt) NBC 16.6/30 12. Holocaust NBC (rpt) 15.5/26 13. Little Women NBC (rpt) 15.5/26 14. Moviola NBC 15.5/26 15. Jesus of Nazareth NBC (rpt)14.9/24 16. Women in White NBC (rpt)14.6/25 17. Backstairs at the White House NBC 14.1/25 18. Beggarman, Thief NBC 13.5/22 19. The French Atlantic Affiair ABC 13.1/22 20. A Woman Called Moses NBC (rpt) 12.4/23 The big winner was CBS with all 4 titles scoring well. Salem's Lot was placed on consecutive Saturdays during Nov sweeps to replace cancelled series so did very well in terms of the numbers they had been scoring. NBC as usual aired the most but got least benefit with duds like Moviola and Beggarman/Thief airing during sweeps and not delivering. Biggest flop was ABC's ' French Atlantic Affair' which was supposed to be the icing on the cake for ABC in Nov sweeps but failed dismally. It was a rare flop for Aaron Spelling and he admitted that the project was handed to him by ABC and production was rushed to get it on air. Maybe they should have delayed it till later.

I think all the networks ran their sitcom pilots under umbrella titles like 'Comedy Playhouse' in the Summer in the 60's and 70's. Later they just played as one offs jn Summer or like 'Marie' mentioned above, in a less important ratings period to fill in a timeslot. Found this comment on Where's Rodney? The awful, awful premise of Where’s Rodney? is that horrible blonde mullet-sporting protagonist Young Rodney can make his hero Rodney Dangerfield magically appear to lend him guidance when he needs it most. This in itself is idiotic. The Rodney Dangerfield brand was, if anything, too well established in 1990. It was rooted in sadness. It was rooted in failure. It was rooted in rejection. It was rooted in being the underdog, the little guy, the loser, the schmuck. It was most assuredly not rooted in being a font of wisdom, giving sound advice and helping other people succeed. Why on earth would anyone call upon one of comedy’s biggest, most poignant losers for timely advice on how to be a winner?

ONE LIFE TO LIVE Garry Maddox Himself Philadelphia Phillies player August 1 1984 Dylan Moody Christopher Douglas Aug 12 94- ? 97 Tyrone "Ty" Moody Casper Van Dien 1993 - Jan 14 94 Gladys ____ Mason Imogene Coca April 1983 - 84

The ghost story was definitely something created for the strike. There was a story in SOD at the time and someone (a producer?) talked about not knowing the forward story for Cass/Kathleen so they wrote something that would keep them onscreen w/o creating any long term complications that might interfere with the writing after the strike.

Is that Israeli promo photo just spliced together? Seems odd you would be using Julie,Roman and Kate as characters to promote the show.

Marie ABC TV aired Sat Dec 1 1979 Cast Marie Osmond, Telma Hopkins, Zan Charisse,Ellen Travolta Concept Aspiring actress from Nebraska comes to NY to pursue her dreams, sharing an apartment with 2 other women (Hopkins/Charisse). Ellen Travolta is her dance instructor.

If she did, I doubt it would have been Blake. Wasn't strike Blake making mysterious phone calls and when Pam Long returned they decided to make her Christina?

But wasn't Lily already working with Billy, so wouldn't she be up to speed with his 'vision'?

Bottom line is The Gates has to make a profit and attract the desire demographic (s). So hopefully a financial structure is being put in place that doesn't mean the only way for the show to be in the black is a bare bones production model.

@janea4old Your reminisces remind us of a different era. As you say, no outside info unless you went searching, just immersing yourself in the 'story'. However, that is still the case for a lot of viewers today. Here we are online discussing this, that and the other while there are thousands of viewers who tune in for whatever show, watch,enjoy and that's it. The vast majority really.

I meant it was the first time they went on location to tape a series of sequences. I remember the brief scene of Steve and Carolee and the helicopter but missed the Sara park scene.

Days had a very specific vibe happening at that time and AW was a completely different type of show. Had AW been able to come up with a hot story or couple, they might have attracted some Days viewers. Also, by that time Days had been outrating AW for years so viewers were conditioned to switching off.

Days Maggie - Mickey and Victor OLTL Larry - Meredith and Laurel

I believe there was some BTS stuff that went down at OLTL that saw Quinlan fired. I remember Doris Belack left over ABCs refusal to give her a pay rise. It seemed odd that Kathy Glass also left as she seemed popular. Anyway Glass was already at TD when Quinlan arrived. Only Belack and Pinkerton were Quinlan hires.Not sure about James Storm. That remote was TD's first.

Thanks @DRW50 for the extra info and reminding me of that website. Dennis' life story would make for an interesting TV series - from porn star to soap star and everything else that went with it...

Variety reported June 79 that Dennis Parker (Derek) tested for a leading role in 'Can't Stop the Music' at that point titled 'Discoland Where The Music Never Stops' Parker was involved with Jacques Morali, who was behind the Village People and produced Dennis' album 'Like An Eagle' So maybe Jacques pushed for Dennis to get an audition? Seems likely.

One of many problems with the show. There's obviously the belief that what worked 20 - 30 years ago has to be used today. Or the 60 plus viewer might switch off.

Beach Patrol ABC aired as a TV movie May 79. 4 police officers keep the peace at a stretch of California beaches. Starring Robin Strand (Keith Timmons temp on Santa Barbara) Jonathan Frakes (ex The Doctors) Richard Hill (who went to Days in 81)and Christine DeLisle( later Pam Warren on Y&R) ABC decided to go with a similar show -240 Robert- in it's Fall schedule.

Sorry but the Rosales were a dud. The idea was fine, the execution not so much. PS Y&R is MINE- I will however be agreeable to having some consultants on board-no promises that your ideas will be accepted.

Came across this article detailing a new daily soap that premiered in Spain earlier this year. It's a period piece, examining current issues through a vintage lens. Includes regular location work. Interesting in light of the upcoming debut of The Gates. If Spain can successfully produce something of this scope, surely CBS could look at this and other models as inspiration https://dramaquarterly.com/sweet-dreams/ Some highlights Why was Antena 3 interested in launching a new soap? Even with the rise of streaming platforms bringing so much choice to viewers, daily drama continues to work well on linear TV. This kind of programme builds audience loyalty and guarantees a high-performing slot for the broadcasting channel. This trend has influenced all of Spain’s main television stations to produce a series with daily episodes, to safeguard their audiences. Why might a new soap still be of interest in the modern age of streaming television? The way people watch TV has changed: whereas families used to gather in the living room once a week to watch an episode of their favourite series, now it is more about the individual viewer deciding how, when and where they watch something. This has encouraged binge-watching, where instead of leisurely watching a series across the span of a month, viewers are able to finish an entire season in a single afternoon. The broadcasting of a series showing daily episodes guarantees there will always be something new to watch – which is why this format fits in well with the new way of watching TV. How do you balance studio scenes with those filmed on location? The series is mainly recorded at our film studios in Madrid and in two fixed locations in Toledo and El Escorial. Several scenes are filmed in the De la Reina household and factory where, depending on the storyline and shooting schedule, we combine studio sets, exterior locations in Toledo and filming on the streets of Madrid and Toledo.

Thanks for that. Seems odd that she stayed in the credits for so long. Especially as Conner Floyd was out immediately. Somebody was asleep at the wheel.