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Alex is very different from Ben. He has bangs and glasses.

Had never heard of it before, the description (written by a crew member on IMDB?) is interesting: This was the first Showtime produced series. Based on a true happening in Dallas TX, where a bunch of housewives were hooking out of a bar. The series was intended to be an "x" rated series but ended up as an "R" rated top less series. The series was released after a change in management at Showtime and though the show earned the highest ratings the network had received to date the show was not picked up and was buried to try to make the old management not look good. WALT GILMORE Unit production manager/1st asstant director Seems like it was only a pilot that never went to series? Promo:

Can we discuss The Josette Conundrum and how she's an example of the show being a child of its time? When we first hear of Josette we think of her as this grand character - the sort of woman that would make a man absolutely lose his mind. Barnabas ends up confirming that - he's absolutely bonkers and would do anything to get her back to him, including brainwashing the local waitress. Then we travel back in time and Josette is... an ordinary woman and quite frankly boring and plain. This ends up working because it provides an unintentional subtext that maybe Barnabas, being a romantic and an idealist, has a completely warped perception of her. Of course, this was probably unintentional by the writers as it probably wasn't a conscious decision as much as dictated by the standards at the time. And this also is an example why it can't be rebooted - The Josette Conundrum of being an utter bore would present an issue for current day writers who would surely write her as more exciting and nuanced, which would take away from Barnabas's romantic and idealistic nature.

Oh wow, I'm actually finished with the show. The final episode is kind of a trip - first they wrap everything up, then they do a cliffhanger only to have Thayer David do a narration where he's basically "lol no that wasn't an actual cliffhanger" I already miss it.

I'd imagine it would be like turning Peyton Place into a soap - ie pick liberally between elements that they want to have on the show, while entirely dismissing others and creating something that's essentially something new under a recognizeable name.

By cutting cast members and using those that remain more. That way you wouldn't be cutting their episode guarantuees.

It was produced by Harold Faltmeyer between Laura Branigan's Self Control and Axel F, so yeah, of course it's good. The single cover is hilarious though:

That's interesting - I never knew that. She did initially feel like one of those characters that are recurring one season and then fade away, so her being on it for four years and almost 100 episodes is impressive in hindsight. It's interesting to see how the ratings sank and then shot up again after being moved back to 10PM in season 8 - makes you wonder if it was worth doing the harm to The Colby's after all, which never recovered: http://tvtango.com/series/knots_landing/episodes?page=4

Yeah, pretty much. Even if it does survive beyond September 2023 (big if, yes), there's really no sense in producing 200+ 40 minute episodes per year. Add that even if they continue to produce episodes for somewhat regular consumption for several times per week, I don't think they need to be more than ~21 minutes; the reason why they expanded soaps in the first place was because it was more cost effective to fill airtime, but creatively, soaps do better with a shorter format imho.

Realistically, they could do what other shows have done re: music rights - straight out remove it and replace it with cheap elevator music. With that said, I doubt they'll suddenly add every episode even if there's some vague plan to do so - it's just not viable endevour to add 14,000 episodes at once. With that said, I hope they start adding the first few weeks, select storylines, episodes etc. That is probably more realistic (aside from not doing it at all and all this is just a big fat lie, which is the most realistic thing to happen).

I think the issue here is the suddenness of the move - it doesn't seem planned or well-thought out; we won't get a broadcast finale that will point viewers towards it going to streaming. It'll just unceremoniously make the move. It doesn't seem to be driven by affiliates having had enough of airing DAYS on broadcast but more of a desperate move to attempt to save Peacock as a streaming service - something that's quite the burden for DAYS to bare and arguably the chance seems bigger that DAYS will sink along with Peacock rather than act as catalyst for new subscribers to save the flailing streaming service. We'll see how it works out. As I said, it's already exclusively on streaming in some markets and I've always gotten the impression that DAYS always had a much younger demographic following than the other soaps, which is part of why it fell quickly to the bottom of the ratings as they already consume the shows in patterns that isn't on broadcast. I do think DAYS is probably the soap that could possibly thrive on streaming for that reason alone, but the hand its been dealt in the Peacock move isn't great. I don't think it's a death sentence, but it's an uphill struggle. If it gets renewed next year I do think they should reduce episodes to ~20-22 minutes and cut the cast. Soaps work better in the half hour format any way.

Doing daytime might not have been seen as glamourous, but it was steady day-to-day work that usually meant that you were home by the time kids came home from school and gave a steady income. It wasn't seen as a complete career killer.

Found on Reddit:

Well, hopefully it'll stay in production long enough for us to get bare ass shots.

DAYS has been online where I live since 2015 - here they dump a week worth of episodes on Mondays at 9AM and has presumably worked out well since they've kept it there and even when the streaming service was bought out by PlutoTV. It's pretty much the show that seems to keep the streaming service afloat - I'm not saying that the same thing will happen to the dwindling Peacock (and of course, there's a big difference between just licensing it vs producing it), but there is precedent to DAYS going entirely online in other markets.

Yeah, the contract is still the current one that applies to broadcast, so presumably, any changes to the cast and format wouldn't be affected until a year from now (if they order more beyond the current order). Of course, we don't know how long they've known they're moving.

Boom. I'm not surprised DAYS is the first one to move online directly from broadcast.

I've said it before, but I don't like the rapid SORASing and prefer it when they do it like they did with Will or Shawn D - slight SORASing, but nothing too drastic. Belle and Brady comes to mind; earlier than that Mike Horton and David Banning. It becomes a bit odd since they also like to keep characters vaguely in their 20s/30s/40s for so long in order to keep them "viable" for the canvas (which is how you end up with Kristen giving birth to her step son's baby in her late 50s).

Depends on how much tolerance you have for 1960's produced soap operas - I personally like pre-Barnabas Dark Shadows and wasn't put off by the slightly slower introduction. But if you're more of a monster fan... start with the Barnabas episodes. Maybe try watching the first two weeks of episodes and if it doesn't bite you, skip to Barnabas.

Kids on DAYS either seem relentlessly SORAS'd or they're sent off screen like Arianna (who should be on screen). Hopefully, in wanting to keep Chad in the younger group they might not want to rapidly age up his and Abby's children, then again, I could also just see them sending them off screen for the next couple of years.

Again, The Nanny had fallen hard in the ratings, all the way down to #84, when it was cancelled. Les Moonves is a jerk, but he also turned CBS's fortunes around with stuff like CSI and Everybody Loves Raymond etc. The only show that were slightly shocking among those listed was Dr Quinn because it was actually rising in the ratings (but it was on Saturday nights, which in itself was dying when it came to original programming).

I'm guessing Murphy Brown and Dr Quinn? Though MB had declined massively in its final season (going from #34 to #86) - Dr Quinn is probably the one show that got cancelled despite not declining in ratings (in fact it increased in its final season); I'm guessing though that since that show was in its sixth season cast contract might've been up for renewals and another season would increase costs.

Yes, I think that the advantage that Grey's has is that culturally, there hasn't been as big of a change between now and 2005. Compare it to 1979 and 1993. Knots did well to survive the 70s into the 80s and into the 90s. I can't imagine it going much further than the season it ended though.

Reddit isn't all trash: https://old.reddit.com/r/BeverlyHills90210/comments/wbhbpd/jim_walshmuntz_erotic_fanfiction_part_2_he_came/ii6qajm/

Erm, I'm assuming it's more of a set-up for when Stephanie comes on the show soon-ish. I assume she might end up living in the Kiriakis mansion for... reasons.