Contessa Donatella

Thanks for clarifying. Can you comment on Nielsen losing its accreditation & NBCUniversal mounting what sounds like a campaign to find new metrics systems. https://mountain.com/blog/nbc-breaks-with-nielsen/

Nothing new has happened to or with Tracy or Gregory.

To me it feels organic, authentic, character-driven, etc. They seem almost all of the time to be having characters say things that if they'd been thoughtful or intentional before, would have been saying these things. Now they are. It also almost always seems to me that they are either building something or positioning things. I imagine Patrick, with too many characters, trying to connect everyone to each other & to everything in some sort of soap opera everything all at once at the same time! I enjoy the ride every single day. The characters I used to hate I now only dislike a bit. On Saturday I wish there was a new episode. I feel like I used to feel about soaps. And, tomorrow Happy Birthday to Another World! I'm hoping they will go by the rule of thumb, either 6 months or 2 Sweeps periods. But, who knows?!! ABCD/Disney own it & that makes a difference. The show is doing well on Hulu & that counts. Errol tells me that The View is #1 in HHs/Total Viewers, GH is #1 in Demos, GMA3 is #3 period, nothing else is worth mentioning & that those positions are regular & continuing. I believe Disney is interested in how it does against the rest of the day rather than against CBS or Peacock.

Well, since you asked. Nielsen doesn't do Sweeps periods anymore. Haven't done so for, I think, 4 years, maybe 5. However, the shows continue to program for the same 4 Sweeps periods, including Peacock which wouldn't be under Nielsen scrutiny even if they did do the old 4 weeks 4 times a year. A few things. Sonny's not doing rage this time. He's doing paranoia. He has a real reason to be paranoid. Someone IS trying to kill him. Hmm, I guess that's just one thing.

OMG. I didn't even think of that.

Irna Phillips has been called the mother of daytime drama. She created many radio soaps. She created or co-created many TV soaps including Guiding Light, As the World Turns, The Right to Happiness, The Brighter Day, These Are My Children, Days of Our Lives, Our Private World, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, A World Apart and Another World. She had two amazing proteges - Bill Bell & Agnes Nixon. She was a mentor to Ted & Betty Corday. She taught Harding "Pete" Lemay how to write a soap. Sometime in 1963 NBC indicated to P&G that they'd like Irna to create a new soap for them. It is a common misconception that it was only on NBC because CBS had no room for it. There are at least two other misconceptions. It was created as neither a sister soap nor a spin-off of As the World Turns. Agnes Nixon did not put a bunch of characters on a plane & have them crash or explode. It simply never happened. Agnes Nixon did save the show from an early cancelation. She did it by being its 3rd Headwriter & the single story element that was the most famous part of its being saved was an iconic romantic triangle - Alice, Steve & Rachel. The show debuted on May 4, 1964. It is a little oddity that P&G did not own it until sometime in 1967. Prior to that it was owned by Irna Phillips, Bill Bell (who helped some & so gets a co-creator credit), Rose Cooperman (Irna's secretary who typed up every script) & Arno Phillips, who is Irna's brother who was her original typist. I asked AI if it would write me a story about the beginning of this, my favorite soap. In the quaint town of Bay City, the residents were abuzz with excitement. It was a special day, a day that marked the beginning of a new chapter in their lives. The sun was shining brightly, casting a warm glow over the familiar streets and houses. At the Cory mansion, the wealthy family was preparing for a grand celebration. Rachel Cory, the matriarch of the family, was overseeing the preparations with a smile on her face. Her children, Amanda and Matthew, were busy helping out, eagerly anticipating the arrival of their guests. Meanwhile, at the hospital, Dr. John Hudson was making his rounds, his mind occupied with thoughts of the new nurse who had just joined the staff. He couldn't help but feel a flutter of excitement at the prospect of getting to know her better. In the heart of the town, the residents of the local diner were gathered around, sharing stories and laughter. Ada, the owner of the diner, was busy serving up her famous pies, her face beaming with pride at the happy chatter of her customers. As the day turned into night, the town of Bay City came alive with music and laughter. The debut of "Another World" had brought the community together, forging new connections and strengthening old bonds. And as the stars twinkled in the sky, the residents of Bay City knew that this was only the beginning of many more adventures to come. Happy anniversary, "Another World"!

An example of a really classy statement by a young actor!

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A friend just posted on TwiX about what Finola said last Saturday at the event in NJ ...

Very funny. Drew & Carly definitely a stopgap couple. Nina & Sonny, well Mo counts for a lot & then Nina fans were for whatever Nina was doing that week. I don't see anyone pining for it. Fans are engaged in Nina & Drew, some hate it & a great many are loving it even if they think it's perverse. Similarly, Sonny fans are absorbed in what in the heck is up with Ava, although I've seen a fair amount of people wondering why Sonny didn't bed Natalia. When Ava & Sonny hit the sheets, I think those people will be sufficiently distracted. Also though many people felt like they saw real electric current flow between Drew & Jordan. Brick & Jordan is really beneath contempt.

Personally I had no doubt in my mind that GregV was exaggerating either to drive a point home or to be humorous.

I don't know about going that far but I do think they are heading in the direction of diminishing Lucy's role considerably & Maxie stepping into a leadership position. Yes, some things are on the rise & some things are definitely not. Rising: Team Q, Team Jason, Team Maxie, Team Kids, Falling: Team Cassadine, Team Sonny, Team Lucy, And a whole bunch of question marks!

#DAYS Fri., 5-3-24 WOW. Zounds! I cannot believe it! Actually, an excellent day on DAYS! Baby Steal Reveal, come to me, mama! In process, with fine writing & excellent acting & direction & staging! What a fine day to be a fan of DAYS OF OUR LIVES. Great work DanF, GregV, GregR! If you are trying to decide whether to watch today or not, do so! I'm trying to think how long it's been since I had an unqualified compliment for a whole episode. It's no use. It's been too long. So, am I wrong? Was today as good as I think it just was? I actually liked drunk Leo today. Sympathy? No, but I think I'm incapable of that. However, I did at least have an appreciation of the drunk remorseful persona that the writing showed. And one thing I can believe is that this has weighed on Leo for some time. What route do you mean? Putting Eric & Nicole & baby Jude together as a unit?

I checked the post in my forum where Scott said 8 episodes per week & it was June 15, 2023, so almost a full year ago, not several months as I had previously said. I'm now thinking that perhaps they changed as part of Janet taking over? I can provide the link & a copy of the post if desired.

The last time I discussed this with the director Scott McKinsey he said they taped 8 per week & that he could not imagine that they could possibly tape more than that. ......... so, in a matter of months they have increased.

A poster has just said it was Palos Verdes, CA.

Thanks so much! A friend & I have even asked Bing & Google to compare the landscape, of the cliff & the beach below & suggest a real life location, to no avail, so far.

Oh, I think it is egregious. I understand how they got in this fix & I do think it is a problem, not an asset. Over the years, we are told, trying to deal with NBC & literally avoid cancelation, they cut their budget by half. Now that they are better placed where they are, it seems to me this should be a huge priority to try to right this wrong. And taping 8 months out ahead of the writing somehow "advanced taping" sounds too tame for what it is. Being completely out of touch with the seasons, with fashion, with your audience, to me it's just way too much.

I just re-watched DAYS 11-23-84, full episode. Now mostly I have just looked at a clip from it. Stefano & Roman fighting on the cliff. A shot rings out. Roman is hit. He falls to the beach below where later he dies in Bo's arms. Or at least we thought he died. Does anyone know what the name is of that island? Either fictional name or real location? But so much more is going on. Trapped on the island, hoping to be rescued are : Eugene, Calliope, Liz, Carlo, Anna, etc. On another part of the island there is an island woman & both Tony & Andre, in matched linen safari suits, fighting with huge long staffs & they knock themselves into quicksand. Stefano appears in the same linen safari suit, laughing & not acting like he's going to get them out of the quicksand. I believe Andre dies. Oh, Bo & Hope are flown there, in a helicopter & jump off to the island & then get into a speedboat where they go around & see Roman fall, etc.

Talk about damning with faint praise! I prefer almost anyone over Charlotte & Violet!

Uh, they claim that it is every day in those promos. But, you know that! 🤪😜🙂🙃 I am still of the opinion that they are throwing Lynn under the bus. I find it hard to watch. She is a vet as much as many others there are, too.

HUH?

We sure do!!!! And, yes, to Johnny having his eyes open wide at that news!!!

I love James!!!! Donna is almost as good as James, to me, which is saying quite a lot! Also, I love Leo.