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All a sign that The Cheatin' Heart is making a comeback. Roman's pub quiz starts scaring off customers because he gets really oddly anal about it (just look at how much he had to explain a simply concept) and Bonnie buys the old Cheatin' Heart to reopen, kicking off #PubWars2026.

TBH, it felt like season 13 really torpedo'd the shows chances of doing that with the short-term thinking of killing off Steve and particularly Linda. The killing off Steve also meant that Claudia had kind of crossed a line it never felt she recovered from. Linda of course felt really like a modern character for the 90s and would've fit right into the Melrose Place era.

#BringBackCheatinHeart

I want to watch this lusty bold series!

I think that was also supposed to be their initial "conflict" when Jacobs imagined it as a "No Down Payment" / "Scenes from a Marriage"-esque show; Richard was meant to be the status-seeker always wanting more with Laura as the more grounded and practical one, thus him feeling like she was holding him back.

The fact that she mentions actually watching soaps helps. I feel a lot of people behind the scenes aren't even fans of the genre, so they end up taking the cynical shallow approach to producing them (ie quick thrown together stunts, no long-term planning and rewards etc).

"Carol & Company" had a really novel premise, but I could see why Carol herself elected to end it. The show debuted high, but fell out of the top 30 after the initial episode order. That's why it ended. That Carol herself wants to save face and claiming she choose to end it is another matter...

David Boreanaz has had a similar run, starting with Buffy (1997-1999), Angel (1999-2004), Bones (2005-2017) and SWAT (2017-2024). This year is the first time he's not had a lead role on a television series in 27 years!

Considering his family was involved with Mike Horton in the past, I feel like they'll make him Mike's son and Jeremy's half-brother. Just my guess, and unfortunately it makes me wonder if we're in for another Charlie / Tripp situation where it'll end up being a case of mistaken identity. Just my gut feeling and not based on spoilers.

Anyway... Kristen should have a prison lesbian story arc. And then come out and become obsessed with Marlena so we can move her on from the Brady nonsense. Is that secret room still in the DiMera mansion?

Thanks @DRW50! I don't think I've seen the properly cut episodes before, just the Homestead version.

I mean, unless soaps start paying equal to prime time, then doing a soap when you've made it above that pay grade will always be seen as a step down. I think it's probably easier to at least step up from doing soaps these days, but everyone knows that someone whose done prime time and goes back to soaps only does so because work have dried up.

CBS was in such a state in the 90s that they were basically at this point trying to recapture what had worked 20 years earlier - ie Larry Hagman (Orleans), David Jacobs (Four Corners), the Dallas movies and Knots mini series... they were really lucky that NBC cancelled JAG and they then landed CSI.

Oh yeah. Painted Dreams will be a 100 years old in October, 2030 (!). That's definitively something that's worth planning for.

I'm not a huge fan of recasting, but I agree. Neither really "popped" on screen and it made all storylines with them kind of DOA. While Nicolette wasn't Emmy material, you can see why they started leaning into her character. And also, obligatory whining over them killing off Linda, who was just getting started as a young 90s vixen, only to be killed off and then replaced by Vanessa who just wasn't very charismatic.

I just assume it's the same deal with Deidre and her suit jackets - it's something she's comfortable in, likes and is at the age where she DGAF.

Peter Stormare has the most random career ever.

Pre-taped or is an event actually being held today?

Hoping that the gala will finally bring some oomph to the writing.

If Corday Productions kept DAYS, you'd wonder if they kept Morning Star and Paradise Bay? I guess there was that fire mentioned, so they could've been unlucky.

I mean, it's realistic from how blackouts actually tend to look irl unless they're prolonged for days/weeks 😅 But I agree, they need to get better at creating dramatic tension and amp it up. I actually appreciate most of the things they're doing with the overall writing - ie characters actually having grounded real emotions and conversations, but they need to bring it all up a bit. If people like Ron goes way too far into space, they're right now playing it far too conservative.

I feel like Krista is a bit too glamourous for Jan, plus would likely require a higher salary than your average recurring character.

I do enjoy how there seems to be an entire subplot of Leann Rimes being a nasty mother to the hot stripper and wants him to scam his father (the firefighter) for money. I'm guessing there's more to that but still, writing it out makes it sound sort of ridiculous.

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This has to be the genuinely dumbest thing I've watched today, and I've been watching Days of our Lives. So, you have hot male stripper, who happens to don a firefighter suit during his shows, happen upon a person in need and then the real 9-1-1 crew happens upon him and it turns out to be his long-lost father and brother. Also there's a tornado. That's not mentioning all the other campy trash that is happening here. Yet I sort of want to watch this, despite never having watched anything from the 9-1-1 franchise. I know it'll go to hell because it's from Ryan Murphy, but this might actually be good for about 13 episodes before it goes into the depths of absolute plot convoluted hell.