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To be fair to Thaao - how many times did he actually *know* he was supposed to be playing Andre? Tony kept being retconned into really being Andre, so he basically had no chance to really create two separate characters; add that sometimes and sometimes not Andre was clearly supposed to be in for the long haul (until some producer decided they didn't like Thaao again), so he had to add likeable elements to the character. In all honesty, I think Thaao himself is understandably confused as to how to play Tony. I do like having him (and Anna) on the canvas though.

Oh wow - the original actor was born in 1917, then the first recast in 1934 and then the third 1948. That's some de-SORAsing for a character that ultimately didn't seem to be on the show to begin with (about a year).

She should've seen Samantha. Dee needs her Emmy for doing double duty.

Eh, I disagree here - I think at that point he'd already been overruled and the Melaswen mess were about to happen so he went for broke. IIRC that episode is odd because first floating head Tom chases Marlena out of the house and then it's like they added the part where she came back and murdered Alice.

Why are people even entertaining the thought that these "deaths" are real lol

Shouldn't we start getting more renewal talks soon?

I guess going to prime time, I'd say Catherine Harrington - only on for the first 20 episodes, but she kept casting a shadow long into the shows run as the resident Mother Monster despite Mary Anderson never appearing again even in flashbacks. Franky Doyle on Prisoner: Cell Block H - again only in the first 20 or so episodes, but clearly left a huge impact that she'd be brought up long after she was gone, clearly some characters were meant to be "the new Franky" (but never quite landed) and she was made a bigger character in the rebooted Wentworth, partly based on her popularity in the original.

Out on streaming platforms NOW: https://songwhip.com/sugababes/the-lost-tapes?fbclid=PAAaaSOJx8gu2Ls9Gh9-_DYlGwZ3WdkUaLAY35iW-73UTAyAgIM2-GGefcND4 Tomorrow a deluxe edition is coming out with a cover of Sia's Breathe Me (which is terrible) and Only You.

I had no idea Jackee was a Sugababes 1.0 stan - either way she got a shout-out since they finally released their much plagued comeback album:

It's been said for a while now that she was leaving, but because DAYS's shooting schedule it feels like forever...

I think the issue is that the writers just have never had any real idea what they wanted to do with Eric - JER might've had an early idea about what to do with him (I remember him stating that he wanted to position him on the canvas for a bit before moving into proper storylines a la how Mike took a while to take off as a character again). But when JER left, so did any plans and Eric has just been floundering around since.

IIRC, Salem / Harmony High were meant to be part of the Saturday morning line-up on NBC, probably replacing Saved by the Bell: New Class. So if they had managed to run beyond the Last Blast crowd, they probably would've replaced them with new cast members. Of course, NBC dumped the entire "teen NBC" line-up in 2002. Either way, they were never meant to be daytime soaps in the sense they'd run indefinitively for five days a week.

Since we're talking about opinions suddenly, the Martika version is superior to Carole's boring pretentious version. When it comes to Richard and Maggie - I'm sort of indifferent. It makes sense on paper - the fair-haired L'Oreal Queen and the Bad Poster Boy of the show gets together is sort of a trope, but they never did much for me. I guess it's better than being stuck with perpetual stick-in-the-mud Chase.

Except Carrie's "job" was basically a sham - it was always just a way for her to get money from Allen in an indirect way and by all accounts her column wasn't good or driving readers; that's why when Stephanie finally cuts her column she stays. She couldn't get another job where all she did was ramble about her nights out and get paid for it. She knew that Stephanie was basically hired to try and get her out of the magazine and cushy lifestyle; she didn't want to get another job where she had to, you know, work.

Allen pretty much hired Stephanie because he was unhappy with what was happening at the magazine - especially with his darling step-daughter's contribution (a column with a huge expense account and a large office); he pretty much admits to both Stephanie and Carrie that if she has to cut costs so that Carrie eventually quits her job because she's not getting the same benefits - oh well! He can't out-right fire her himself, presumably because of Linda and it would be a bad look publically. Rachel was pretty much instantly established as a social climber with a past that made her flee the over the Atlantic. She was never going to be satisfied with just being the fashion girl.

I kind of wonder if Deanna was meant to last longer, but they didn't feel Raver or the character worked - I know on Melrose Place / Beverly Hills 90210 they talked about how they used to sign recurring characters for three episodes at a time, extending their contract as they went along if they felt they worked. But I agree that there probably wasn't much more to play and was probably too disconnected from the other cast; introducing Kylie Travis's Rachel in the next episode was the right move as she was fully integrated in the mix.

Dat Peacock money going into expensive CGI I see.

RIP John Aniston. I'm glad he continued to work despite obviously not being in the best health. (PS look at those nice high-quality clips, sigh)

Hopefully NBC News Daily will go below the million again.

Stephanie and Chad will make it to the altar, but an alive Abby will show up with a baby in the tow. Want to bet against me?

This is a very smart move for Peacock and should be mutually beneficial to both DAYS and the Hallmark movies. I imagine there'll be a lot of synergy going on there.

Steven on Dynasty.

It was released on two tapes as a mini series in Europe as Long Island. The cover can be seen here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085027/mediaviewer/rm3779429889/ The video tape quality really dragged the show down to be honest. I did like how Craig Sheffer - who would go on to play Keith Scott in One Tree Hill - looked like a Steven recast in this despite looking nothing like it later in life.

Again, I think a lot of it might have to do with Tinker wanting to do more prime time spots and get a more flexible schedule, especially since that seems to be the driving factor behind Lamon, Saleisha and Marci's departures. Understandably, DAYS has seemingly cut down on actors who wants the show to adjust to their schedules - and to be fair, if that's the case here you'd still have a Sonny that wouldn't commit to the show full time and the writers writing him accordingly. I'd rather have Sonny and Will off screen until they can find actors willing to commit if that's the case here. Because it's either that or he's asking for a struggling daytime drama that's moved to a struggling streaming service for a big enough raise for them to let him go.