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Sloan recast, I'm calling it!

That makes sense since they shot material for several episodes in one go (think how DAYS does it) and they probably did leave a lot to the editing process. Even in these later telenovelas I've noticed the episode lengths are a bit over the place, ranging from ~37 minutes to ~42 minutes. Add in that the beginning recap can be up to five minutes long and an opening sequence and you end up with sometimes barely 30 minutes of actual material in the episode! Not that I mind since it makes a quick watch, but it does show inexperience of those involved in producing the shows. This also wasn't in the streaming age, so most networks had a pretty set standard on how long an episode would be, but I guess they had wrapped the production before editing the material and being cheap productions they couldn't very well call actors back to film "filler" scenes.

I think as other people have mentioned that I get the vibe that she was going to be JR's daughter via rape, explaining why Val and Gary ran off. Obviously, once JR got more and more popular they probably shied away from it.

I've been geekily checking this a few times more than I'd like to admit. Maybe @Errol could try and verify if this is a real plan in the pipeline or not?

I don't think so - ratingswise Knots was pretty stable during season 12. It was really season 13 that killed it. I think it ending up at #10 had more to do with major shows having reruns that week. It just shows you how little room these soaps had to have a bad season.

Finally!

Oh that's interesting. I've never watched AMC, but It'll admit I've been tempted.

I wouldn't mind a new role tbh. Or some obscure Horton that we've never/rarely heard about.

I suspect she was initially cast because she was so tiny as it provided a good juxtaposition between Lucy and the "adults" at Southfork. It became a bit obvious once they moved her into "adult" storylines.

Is Sal Stowers returning? Elia was basically her "replacement", so it would make sense to lift her off contract as they might not feel they need two characters largely playing the same role.

The Mar-Clones. Surprised Ron never revisited it.

I don't think this is surprising since Aaron was well-known for delivering a product that came in under budget. I'd assume that meant long hours and if you were an actor just starting out, a salary that might've been lower than the average (see Catherine Oxenberg being fired for wanting a 2k raise).

I mean, I'd watch.

After only having watched Fashion House in full when it aired and a little bit of Desire, I decided to go backwards and check out the last soaps - Saints & Sinners and American Heiress. And I'll say it's a shame they didn't air first, especially Saints & Sinners because it really seems like they started finding their groove even if it was too little too late. Fashion House was too bogged down by flashbacks and was very delayed in getting the action going since Morgan didn't appear until a few weeks in; these just get straight to the point and there's been no long flashbacks in each episode. They're actually very easily digestible and maybe if these had aired first (or Fashion House had been seriously reworked), they might've found some traction.

From memory, the first season that aired on NBC had a lot more serious tone than the camp with T&A that would come later. They probably should tonally try to stay there with a dash of camp, rather than full-on. Then again, maybe that was what they tried to do with Rescue Hi-Surf and that flopped, so maybe they should just go for camp...

Yup. But a messy website and also a soap that had been off the air for 40+ years it was always doubtful it was ever going to have much impact. It seems like they've gone back to just putting it on It's Real Good TV and RetroTv: https://www.getafteritmedia.com/the-doctors With that said, something like The Doctors would just benefit a lot from a FAST channel and trying to get it on so many platforms as possible first. B&B has already been building their online profile via YouTube, streaming on Shout! etc.

If that were to happen, then Gosling would clearly not be doing it for the money. I doubt James Franco was paid a massive amount for his General Hospital appearance, but I might be wrong.

God I want so badly for DAYS to do this. We know they've kept tabs on their inventory with Cady McClain of all people dropping that they have all seasons except the second one.

To be fair, the first episode of Masquerade on Fridays did get a 15.2 rating, which was the highest rating it had scored. Of course, Dallas was off and the following week it just bombed out. But they might've seen it as counter-programming - a show that's just fundamentally different than Dallas might get people who don't want to watch it tune in. Simon & Simon (in combo with Magnum PI) aired on CBS on Thursdays, which seemingly would target the same audience as Masquerade. But the best option would've just to have put it on another day alltogether from the beginning, especially with the price tag attached.

I think Luke Perry was choosing between doing this and 90210 and was advised to pick 90210 since he was told Paradise was on its last legs.

By all accounts, they had written a series finale and a "classic" season finale when they were cancelled in February '99. I think the season was always going to turn out the way it did. Hell, you can even see strands of a season finale in series finale.

Fox currently has a lot of "limited" series since their scripted time slots are so few and far between. Only "Doc" seems to score orders higher than 10-13 episodes. Since they're already starting filming, then the majority of the order will be filmed before it hits the air.

I remember stuff like the earthquake episode at the end of the NBC run and I guess stuff like that would fit well into the current 9-1-1 era. But yeah, the writing definitively wasn't a priority, especially once it moved to syndication. There was definitively a lot of camp. And hey, if this is successful maybe they can revive Pacific Blue?

Brandon Call has been retired from acting for almost 30 years now. Jeremy Jackson... well, no. If they were going to center it around Hobie they would've always had to have recast.