Contessa Donatella

I wonder if it's happening because there is a need for it but no place for it. As to whether there's going to be a fight, clueless.

Never saw it as shown here. But the most common photo to go with articles about the first, albeit illegal, abortion use her cropped out of this picture! Have you seen this one of Doug Watson & Ira Cirker? Or this other one with Cirker in it?

As I said sorry we were being OT. And, yes, fascinating is one word to use for it. Many people consider the UnAbortion storyline that Megan McTavish wrote at AMC to literally be the single worst thing to ever happen on any soap. And, so, Kendall & Bianca suddenly had a grown brother getting into everything for a while!!!

Thanks. I didn't remember that he was.

Excellent. Michell Dru ATWT, TBD & AW; Angie Hubbard AMC, LOV, CITY; Rae all 4 ABC soaps AMC, OLTL, PC & GH & then Cass Winthrop AW, ATWT & GL. Hmm Mike Bauer & Hope Bauer were GL & AW so there's another. Anna & Alex Devane AMC & GH. Skye Chandler AMC & GH. Then Bianca & Babe AMC & OLTL for the baby swap & crossover where Paul flew the helicopter so he was AMC & OLTL, too. And, current day GH has added Jackson Montgomery AMC & Blair OLTL. Then this weekend I saw this. The SOD article talks about Alan Michael smashing up his car & when he got out to survey the damage there was a mile marker signpost showing Springfield, Oakdale & Bay City. I don't think we're doing the opposite as long as we're working toward a common goal of correct information. And this began with Y&R claiming that Ashley had the first abortion. Basically this thread is work product & what matters is the conclusion. Someone else was of the opinion that P&G would've downlplayed it while Agnes would've trumpeted it. Just because P&G was conservative & Agnes was progressive.

It is GREAT news! That day, the day of the memorial was a particularly bad day for her. They had this black dress for her to wear & she had a panic attack & said she couldn't deal with the dress so she just wore her own clothes & they were more for comfort than style, as you can imagine. It's just so good that things are looking up for her.

I'm going to share something. I hope you don't make me regret it. Kirsten Storms is on a weight loss drug & is losing weight & she is so pleased & in such a good mood, that she is letting the support people do their jobs instead of ignoring them or fighting them & so that makes them very happy. And, in a few weeks maybe we will be able to tell onscreen. So, if you've been praying for KS, alter your prayer to help her keep this up!

No, I'm sorry. It's an abortion from All My Children. We sorta began to have a meta thread about soaps in general. In talking about things that happened to ATWT we also began to talk about things that happened to a lot of other soaps, too.

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Predictable. But, also not unrealistic. It might be good if he begins to have vague images, that grow with time, until he's so close to seeing the whole picture. I was glad that Kayla & Marlena both today wondered if he could be faking memory loss. That would seem to be a real way this might go. Well, if I were her, I would not be sitting by his side, not at all. Having a panic attack doesn't mean you're not tough. Especially if claustrophobia is a possible issue. I thought today was another good DAYS. I figure I am just about as spoiled by these scab writers as it is possible to be! Over the weekend I read some posts I made about DAYS 2 years back. At that time I had what I called a Low Bar Policy. I would keep watching if nothing actually offended me!! Where we've been & where we are!

Well, typically people want to pile on & make unfounded assumptions. When people don't want to hear something there are many ways of sticking your fingers in your ears & saying, can't hear you! FTR, I adore NAC but that doesn't mean I'm not living in the real world. And, sometimes the old adage is correct. If there's smoke, guess what? Something's burning. I will only add one more thing & that is that it's sorta really on his people. He's a young kid. How could he know?

He certainly would not be the first or the last incredibly talented & good-looking young person with a vocal, active fan base, to develop an ego & an attitude & to want to jump ship & leave long before their contract date & well before they ever booked a second gig. Some people will see this while others may not. It's an old story. I imagine it is 99.99% sure that he had no knowledge of anything going on at the show. He would have no reason or rationale to not want to work with new writers.

Nice of them to leave us that clue that this was only temporarily dead! Totally realistic & the way it should be.

Well, they are definitely thinking in terms of the next Spencer. Just a matter of when they will make that move.

Totally agree about it being a diss to Brook Kerr who the show sorta considers a queen or a princess or something like that.

No actually it was impossible. She wrote that when Erica had her abortion her doctor took the fetus & implanted in his wife's womb & she carried the baby to term & he was born & Greg & his wife raised him as their child.

Heck, me, too. The info that she did is widespread. Maybe even ubiquitous. Like that rumor that Agnes Nixon loaded AW's core family onto a plane & crashed it & them, all dead. Also apparently Micheal Easton, at a fan event this weekend, was telling fans that GH has been either gathering their data incorrectly or interpreting it wrong. Speaking of online platforms, whether it is stroke tally or not allowing for bots or multiple accounts, etc. and it caused them to show that Peter August was a success & also that Finn is popular, So, now they know something's wrong but aren't sure how to fix it. If anyone else hears an account of this, please confirm. And, last but not least, new information about NAC. Instead of being yes he is gone or no he is returning, the latest info - all new & different - is that they don't know. (WHAT?!!) It is up to them but they can't decide. Jesus, Mary & Joseph, they've been trying to decide "their Cassadine problem" for months now. Maybe it's good because now PM will have input. Some want to go ahead & recast & get underway with the new guy. Some want to squeeze as much out of NAC as they can.

Natalia 2-26

GH Kraze Okay, a primer. Kristina's mother is Alexis, father is Sonny, sisters are Sam (with Dante) & Molly (partners with TJ). She is bisexual. Also called Krissy. Bartender. Altrustic. Starting a center. Blaze is her stage name. A singer. Prior history, an abusive male manager. Allyson is gay but has never come out of the closet & has just decided to do so. Natalia is her mom, very traditional & religious, Latin values. Look for fireworks. Also goes by Allie. To see prior scenes, YouTube Teriah Tiger. #GH #Kraze

Where did such an idea come from?

No worries! Best words this side of (((HUGS))) 👌🤞😉

Oh, crap. Yes I meant Les Moonves. Totally ruined a halfway clever line. Thank you for the heads up! I'm choosing to laugh at this. I apologize. I exaggerated. Please forgive. Mea culpa. I knew you weren't giving them a pass. I was feeling whimsical. My fault, entirely. Many people do add him & it.

Hyatt, W. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Billboard Books. Schemering, C. (1987). The Soap Opera Encyclopedia. Ballantine Books. "Faraway Hill" was the first televised soap opera but it was one of only 3 on the DuMont network. That was 1946. "These Are My Children" was the first televised soap on a major network. That was NBC in 1949. And, according to both of these sources it ended on Feb. 25, 1949, making today its Endiversary. To all who celebrate I raise a glass! It's just a crying shame that "Television World" printed this in its review, "There is no place on television for this type of program, a blank screen is preferable." And, "Variety" stated "this type of hausfrau fodder will have extremely hard sledding on the medium ... Acting of any of the principals won't win any awards." It aired M-F 5-5:15 pm. It was out of Chicago & it is noted that it was the shortest-lived TV soap.

When Nancy talked in the Locher Room about Jimmy throwing his lot in with her & Stephen, I had to laugh. Great thinking about a HW triumvirate pitting themselves & their words against the suits. I am for it!

They're just totally different birds. Reilly is more like Monty. They did things that some people loved but they damaged the genre in the process. McT not only had the UnAbortion but she had the lesbian be raped, horribly & then later she had the lesbian's baby be stolen & her told her baby had died. And, she created Kendall, whose birth was completely against Agnes's canon for Erica. And, at GL she nearly destroyed one actor's life while telling an appalling story that included the heinous murder of Nadine. So, it's just an agree to disagree situation. So you give them a pass because someone had the sense to fire them. That's kind of cute. I don't agree but it is amusing & not threatening. You still have your values intact! I do so miss the New York soaps. If I could have my druthers of an all classic soap streaming service it would be showing AW, ATWT, GL, Santa Barbara (I know Disney owns them, this is make-believe.), PC, Texas, AMC & OLTL. No question about it, from 1995 on, the single most damaging thing to ATWT was so many changes, so many different HWs, so many different EPs, too, but HWs is absolutely egregious. And, ATWT fans in this thread, I'm sorry that my replies have talked about so much more than ATWT. And don't even get me started on Goutman. When he told Jennifer Lenhart that he did not want to hear what the fans thought because he knew what was right for the show & then she gave him a chance to keep that statement out of the Q&A, inquiring if he was sure the really wanted to say that, he did not take it back, no, he told her to print it. Well, that was an incredibly dark day for ATWT, for soap fans, etc. After giving AW the most hated finale in all of soaps, he progressed to make the ATWT set no longer the happy place it had been for 4 decades.