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That just gives me a headache trying to figure out who (if anyone) was on set since there are so many badly photoshopped in.

I think refreshing things are usually fine when you consistently tour and allows things not to go stale for both the artists and the audience... but I agree. If you're having a one-off reunion concert after 30? 40? years it's pure nostalgia bait.

They originally wanted Barbara Stanwyck, so I guess the wig was a choice to make Angela look more like her. Wisely, they ditched it (or Jane Wyman made them do so lol). Interesting that the Vintage Years pilot got an early trailer preview. I guess they must've decided to scrap it entirely when the show was moved to a mid-season premiere.

See, I keep saying this. Any change could be for the worse.

Besides X-Files, I've always loved his Pasadena theme:

I think in general, this week is just likely lower in the ratings. I noticed that with DAYS it's gone from being consistently in the top 5 for the past few weeks to being in the lower top ten on Peacock. I assume lower viewings levels worried them, but it's likely unnecessary. Daytime is a marathon, not a sprint.

I think it's been said they were using Ron's outlines until the fall, which seems silly to me. But who knows? Maybe they had already booked certain people and didn't want to change it. Or they just wanted to let his stories wrap naturally and focus on what's next. Either way, I'd hope they'd change some of the typical Ron missteps at least, even if they ended up following his general outline (which I can get in regards of things like "Who Shot EJ?" since clues would've been planted before they took over).

Well, at least Beyond the Gates bounced back in viewers.

Same thing when there's been references to Sami and Belle's past. DAYS arguably has the worst cases of SORAS, especially since some of those characters share pivotal history when one of them were infants.

Leo and Javi getting Sophia's kid make me vomit (not because of the gay adoption angle, to be clear, but because Leo needs to fall into an elevator shaft), but there's things in there that looks good. I doubt they'll bring back Stefano, so it'll be interesting to see where that story goes.

It might have to do with how they measure their charts. Peacock and Hulu seems to do a 24 hour rolling chart, which means that new episodes of DAYS and GH can sneak into them. Paramount+ might do a 7-day rolling chart, which means that single episodes of Y&R, B&B and BTG are unable to make it into them. ETA: Flixpatrol seems to have a "top ten overall" that they track via Amazon channels - BTG was #2, Y&R #6 and B&B #8 on that chart on Friday: https://flixpatrol.com/top10/paramount-plus/united-states/2025-06-27/ Individual pages: https://flixpatrol.com/title/beyond-the-gates/ https://flixpatrol.com/title/the-young-and-the-restless/ https://flixpatrol.com/title/the-bold-and-the-beautiful/

I agree this would be a better idea than just repeats. I'd also say they should've done a push to get viewers to catch up via streaming.

I need to go and find less.

There probably isn't-

Andrew sure has hard nips.

Okay, why are Paulina and Abe sleeping like that?! I'd take a screen grab if I wasn't lazy, but come on.

Per Flixpatrol, it's been at 4-4-5 (June 3rd to 5th). https://flixpatrol.com/title/days-of-our-lives/

To be honest, moving Murder, She Wrote to Thursdays probably did seem like a good attempt at counterprogramming (they did the same thing with some success with Diagnosis: Murder the next season). They had hoped it would appeal to a different audience to the Friends juggernaut and wouldn't crash in the way it did. They also programmed Mary Tyler Moore's new show after it, so they clearly went with a "vibe" for the evening. With that said, I think MSW just have that end of the weekend vibe. Something you'd cosy up on Sunday evening while preparing for a new dreaded week.

She had two Hannah Swensen movies and a Christmas movie released since this was recorded in September (?). So yeah, I'd assume Alison was just booked and busy when these episodes were recorded sadly.

So, Barbara is Florence Ballard, Sharon is Mary Wilson, Anita is Diana Ross and I guess Tracy is Cindy Birdsong? Though I guess Supremes technically was a quartet at first, before Barbara Martin left. I wonder if this will lead to Anita having a hand in releasing some of Barbara's recordings like how Florence Ballard's career got re-assessed in the early 2000s. Though... could Barbara have any vengeful children hanging around?

Since they've said Sami and Sidney are on their way, I wonder if there's any chance we'll see Sidney this time around?

I guess RTPP looked worse because it followed Another World, but it's a shame they didn't give it more time especially considering how the shows that were put on following it fared.

It's a shame she only appeared in three episodes for the purpose of being written out - I thought she was quite good in the little we saw. I liked her vibe better than Durkin that never seemed to quite capture Victoria as a character.

He did a lot of romance novel covers, so that might've just been enough for them to get their panties in a twist.

I'd assume he was all over the show helping to set things up, but likely didn't dictate as much as showing them the ropes and giving inputs on things like long-term story projections. I never assumed he'd stay on for long as it's not his passion project and he's at an age where he could retire.