Contessa Donatella

I can see that as being logical. It's so odd to me but also interesting that she & her husband had 2 different production companies but they sold all the soaps to ABC.

Isn't it the truth?!! Also rather disgusting. Do you have even an educated guess as to which 5 seasons were lost to a warehouse fire?

I knew I had another cite. Maloney, M., & Bell, L. P. (2012). The Young and Restless Life 0f William J. Bell. Sourcebooks, Inc. [beginning on pg. 70] Bill encouraged Bill and Susan's romance off camera, but he couldn't come up with enough obstacles to keep Doug and Julie apart on screen, not the least of which was having Doug marry Julie's mother, Addie! In fact, Susan Seaforth Hayes suspects that if Bill hadn't left the show after launching Y&R that Doug & Julie's October 1, 1976, marriage would never have taken place. "In retrospect, he was right not to marry us," Seaforth Hayes adds. "Only dull things happen to married people on soap operas." "Bill never would have married us," her husband concurs. The Hayeses are correct about Bill's feelings on wedded bliss and his characters. "I don't like marriages," Bill wrote in his story projection for DAYS in 1967. "That is, in serials," he hastened to clarify. "Too often, it closes doors rather than opens them."

A decent screencap of the Red Swan. In one of these clips, everyone & their brother is trying to buy the danged thing. Lucas wants it badly. Other people want it too. Rachel says to all, NO. it's the last thing I have from my husband.

Bingo!!!

An analysis of JFP's effect on the demo W18-49 at Another World in 1995-96. Sources: https://www.jason47.com/days/nielsens1995.html https://www.jason47.com/days/nielsens1996.html 4-22-96 AW 2.7 GL 2.5 ATWT 2.3 4-29-96 AW 2.6 GL 2.4 ATWT 2.1 5-6-96 AW 2.9 GL 2.5 ATWT 2.3 5-13-96 AW 2.7 ATWT 2.5 GL 2.4 5-20-96 ATWT 2.4 AW 2.3/14 GL 2.2/14 6-3-96 GL 2.5 AW 2.4/16 ATWT 2.4/16 6-17-96 ATWT 2.4/16 AW 2.4/15 GL 2.2 6-24-96 AW 2.4/16 ATWT 2.4/16 GL 2.2 7-1-96 AW 2.5/17 ATWT 2.5/17 GL 2.2 7-15-96 ATWT 2.6 GL 2.3 AW 2.1 7-22-96 AW 2.5/16 ATWT 2.5/16 GL 2.2 7-29-96 AW 2.8 ATWT 2.3 GL 2.0 8-5-96 AW 2.5 ATWT 2.4 GL 2.0 8-12-96 ATWT 2.6/17 AW 2.6/16 GL 2.2 8-19-96 AW 2.8 ATWT 2.4 GL 2.2 8-26-96 AW 2.6 ATWT 2.2 GL 2.1 9-9-96 AW 2.9 ATWT 2.1 GL 1.9 9-16-96 AW 2.8 ATWT 2.3 GL 2.0 9-23-96 AW 2.8 GL 2.2 ATWT 2.1 9-30-96 AW 2.7 ATWT 2.2 GL 1.8 This accounts for all the instances where AW rated better in the W18-49 demo when compared to ATWT & GL in 1996. There is only 1 week in 1995 where this occurs & as you will see, it is rather different. 9-25-95 AW 2.4/17 ATWT 2.4/16 GL 2.4/16 In the rest of the time covering May 1995 to Sept. 1996 AW was as low as 1.6 and as high as 2.7.

An analysis of JFP's effect on the demo W18-49 at Another World in 1995-96. Sources: https://www.jason47.com/days/nielsens1995.html https://www.jason47.com/days/nielsens1996.html 4-22-96 AW 2.7 GL 2.5 ATWT 2.3 4-29-96 AW 2.6 GL 2.4 ATWT 2.1 5-6-96 AW 2.9 GL 2.5 ATWT 2.3 5-13-96 AW 2.7 ATWT 2.5 GL 2.4 5-20-96 ATWT 2.4 AW 2.3/14 GL 2.2/14 6-3-96 GL 2.5 AW 2.4/16 ATWT 2.4/16 6-17-96 ATWT 2.4/16 AW 2.4/15 GL 2.2 6-24-96 AW 2.4/16 ATWT 2.4/16 GL 2.2 7-1-96 AW 2.5/17 ATWT 2.5/17 GL 2.2 7-15-96 ATWT 2.6 GL 2.3 AW 2.1 7-22-96 AW 2.5/16 ATWT 2.5/16 GL 2.2 7-29-96 AW 2.8 ATWT 2.3 GL 2.0 8-5-96 AW 2.5 ATWT 2.4 GL 2.0 8-12-96 ATWT 2.6/17 AW 2.6/16 GL 2.2 8-19-96 AW 2.8 ATWT 2.4 GL 2.2 8-26-96 AW 2.6 ATWT 2.2 GL 2.1 9-9-96 AW 2.9 ATWT 2.1 GL 1.9 9-16-96 AW 2.8 ATWT 2.3 GL 2.0 9-23-96 AW 2.8 GL 2.2 ATWT 2.1 9-30-96 AW 2.7 ATWT 2.2 GL 1.8 This accounts for all the instances where AW rated better in the W18-49 demo when compared to ATWT & GL in 1996. There is only 1 week in 1995 where this occurs & as you will see, it is rather different. 9-25-95 AW 2.4/17 ATWT 2.4/16 GL 2.4/16 In the rest of the time covering May 1995 to Sept. 1996 AW was as low as 1.6 and as high as 2.7.

I agree with every word in your first paragraph here. But, I am an avid trader & collector of digital files, IOW, episodes, clips or edits. Sometimes I just give away. I do not sell. I will not buy. But, trading, to me, is fun & also you meet a lot of interesting people. I've had one guy, who does sell & hoard, give me outright the intro to MISS SUSAN. I've had people go out of their way to find Anne Heche things for me. In like fashion, I have done similar things for other people. It is a community. This is not like what Maxim does. Nothing wrong with either way. The only thing to me that is wrong is these people who hoard. IMO the ultimate goal is to share this media as widely as possible among fans. And, that reminds me, if I have anything your heart may desire & you have nothing to trade, hey, it's not a problem. Gifting is also fun.

Uh, yeah, she & Contessa are one.

[This doesn't exactly fit here but maybe it's close enough. The URL for this went from valid to an eror code as I was trying to post it.] SOAPnet Turns 25: Remembering the Channel That Brought Daytime Dramas to Primetime Dan Clarendon, TV Insider Jan 20, 2025 Updated Jan 20, 2025 For countless soap opera fans, the dawn of the new millennium 25 years ago brought a new way to watch their favorite shows. On January 20, 2000, Disney launched SOAPnet, a basic cable channel devoted to daytime dramas. While the decline of soap operas had already begun — the number of daytime dramas on American broadcast TV was down to nine in 2000, half as many as were on in 1970, per Ad Age — SOAPnet still served a useful role for fans. The idea was that those who worked during the day could watch soap repeats during primetime and over the weekend. “When SOAPnet launched, it was back in the videocassette-recorder days and you really could only record one episode at a time and you had to deal with all those cassette tapes,” soap opera expert Ed Martin explained to the Los Angeles Times in 2013. “SOAPnet made it easy to follow multiple soap operas at the same time.” Initially, SOAPnet stuck to soaps from corporate sibling ABC, including All My Children and One Life to Live, but in time, it added sudsy programming from other networks, including NBC’s Days of Our Lives and CBS’ The Young and the Restless. Then it added primetime soaps, too, including hits from the 1980s (Dynasty, Dallas), 1990s (Melrose Place, Beverly Hills, 90210), and 2000s (The O.C., One Tree Hill). And SOAPnet even offered original programming, including the talk shows Soap Center and SoapTalk and the reality competition I Wanna Be a Soap Star. One of the most high-profile originals came in 2007 with the premiere of the short-lived spinoff General Hospital: Night Shift. SOAPnet became a “big moneymaker” for Disney, according to the Los Angeles Times, since it attracted new fans, brought in more advertising revenue, and reaped programming fees from cable and satellite TV operators. The channel eventually reached 75 million homes and peaked in ratings in the 2008–2009 season with a primetime average of 353,000 viewers, according to Ad Age. After nearly half of U.S. households with pay television started using digital video recorders, however, SOAPnet fell out of favor with its corporate parent. In 2010, Disney announced plans to replace SOAPnet with Disney Junior. “The launch of Disney Junior in the U.S. is the next step in our global preschool strategy, which began 10 years ago with the premiere of our first dedicated preschool channel in the UK. The decision to ultimately transition SOAPnet to accomplish this was not arrived at lightly,” Anne Sweeney, then the co-chair of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney–ABC Television Group, said in a statement at the time, per Soap Opera Network. “SOAPnet was created in 2000 to give daytime viewers the ability to watch time-shifted soaps, before multiplatform viewing and DVRs were part of our vocabulary. But today, as technology and our businesses evolve, it makes more sense to align this distribution with a preschool channel that builds on the core strengths of our company.” As it turned out, the transition from SOAPnet to Disney Junior took years, as cable and satellite TV operators were “loath to drop SOAPnet, realizing that it was a favorite among the most dedicated fans,” the Los Angeles Times reported. “SOAPnet had a great run,” Ben Pyne, then president of global distribution for Disney Media Networks, told the newspaper in 2013. “It served an audience of super-soap fans. And when given the opportunity, all of our affiliates kept the channel up and running.” But SOAPnet finally went dark at midnight on January 1, 2014, after one last rerun of General Hospital, per Soap Opera Network. A message on SOAPnet’s Facebook page — which remains online, more than a decade later — thanks fans “for over 13 years of soapy drama.” In a 2024 Reddit thread about SOAPnet’s demise, one viewer observed that the channel was just a victim of changing times, coinciding with the decline of soaps, the uptake of multiplatform viewing, and the advent of on-demand streaming. “I liked SOAPnet, too, but I also enjoyed renting movies from a [brick-and-mortar Blockbuster] store,” that viewer wrote. “Not all business concepts are made to last forever.”

Oh, okay. That is different then. You see why I thought ... never mind. Doesn't matter. False alarm. Move along folks nothing to see here. 🤨😉🤣🤣

$400?!!! For one episode?!!! Obviously, this market is so far gone & out of reach, it's no wonder some greedy people are taking advantage. That price, is, frankly, outrageous. If someone prices something one is interested in so high that should be a red flag suggesting that something is wrong about this transaction. Do you see what I mean? There is too much profit.

I realize I was not very clear. Sorry about that. What I meant to say was the part that had to be thrown out was about the anniversary of Cory Publishing which corresponded to the personal anniversary of Mac himself. That, of course, would have left room for the Red Swan mystery to stand, to some degree at least, as it had already been written. Probably only having to be tweaked.

I recall it being said that the plan was to celebrate the anniversary of Cory for the following 18 months & then on May 1 when Doug dropped dead of a massive coronary they had to scrap everything they had written, outlined, etc. I always thought that the writing was so bad because they were scrambling to find something to write in the place of what they had to throw out,

This person is IMO doing such a fine thing. Scammers, like the other person you describe are the lowest of the low! And, your advice is sound. Always, if you have the space to do so, download an episode. You never know. You might be saving an episode that otherwise would vanish.

Good times indeed!!!

Another page from the Collectors Edition: WE KNEW THEM WHEN ... These are just a few of the many GL actors who moved on to primetime and movie stardom. Kevin Bacon ex-Tim Matt Bomer ex-Ben Taye Diggs, ex-Adrian Michelle Forbes, ex-Sonni/Solita Allison Janney, ex-Ginger Melina Kanakaredes, ex-Eleni Nia Long, ex-Kat Hayden Panetierre, ex-Lizzie Brittany Snow, ex-Daisy/Susan Sherry Stringfield, ex-Blake Cynthia Watros, ex-Annie Ian Zierling, ex-Cameron

So, I looked & looked & looked some more. Finally, posted in the wrong one, but A ratings topic where Jason47 has been posting & wouldn't you know it, he has the numbers that I need! Looking at W18-49 in 1995 and 1996 I was able to find 17 weeks when AW was the highest of the 3. I have a bunch of numbers to type up. I'll be back. But this is not Jill's usual pattern. More later. Basically she took a very long time before she got them up, but then she was able to keep them there. In case you're interested before I can get this typed up. https://www.jason47.com/days/nielsens1995.html https://www.jason47.com/days/nielsens1996.html

In that same interview she said that Jane hated things like the red carpet, but that it was okay, because Tracy didn't hate them at all!

Awwwwwww. For my mother?

It's like that for me, too, only it's my mother. But, it's true, I miss her, each & every day. And, she got me started on soaps, on AW, on DAYS & on ATWT. She watched AW & DAYS from their first days.

Another way of saying that would be that it is the only good part of it!!! But, I was never sure if I loved the ending or I was just filled with relief that it was finally over!!! 🙄👏👏😉🤣🤣 Major OOPS. Didn't it begin with - trying not to spoil - that thing that happened in Maine? If so, they had no idea at first what to write & had to throw out all they had written. You, sir, are a fan of exceptional abilities to suspend disbelief. She really spent a whole lot of $$$$. Wait, I thought that the last thing she posted was that she was in recovery. I could be mistaken, but I hope not.

Soap Jesus, what she means is ANYWHERE. We will take it, any way we can get it! (Although I always say Pete, which I have done since I read how he didn't like Harding & it was only from his family or official docs.)

Jason, my god, when I think I'm at a no hope place, like today when I'd been looking all over, off & on all day, you just go poof & magically make information appear! As always, thanks for all you do!

Do you have a t-shirt?