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Daysgal if I was rude I am sorry but you stated you don't even watch the show. That wasn't an assumption but something you said. I never lumped you in with Bo and Hope fans. I simply stated my reasons for disagreeing with you based on the fact that I have watched the show every day, not read summaries no matter how good they are. If you enjoyed Beth, that is fine. My point is you say everything is ho hum and then say it is overrun with newbies and base all that on watching the live show every now and then. That was my point.

What would Vivian add to the canvas? I love her and Sorel but what would they do with her? They had nothing for her to do but crazy stuff towards the end of her run anyway. EJ and Benji are the future of the Dimera's and Days is trying to rebuild that family. That is why those two are necessary. Nick is a love interest for Chelsea so we don't go the incest route again and he is connected to a core family. That is his purpose. Willow I agree with you and Grey Bunny on but I understand Hogan's motivation to bring in new blood. The only character being featured alot is EJ so if you have a beef there fine. Whether they are needed or not is a matter of opinion.

If anything, they should bring Kristen back to help move the Dimera's. I am not opposed to a Vivian return but she is not the first person that comes to mind when I think of who can add to the canvas. Anna Dimera is another option.

I never said your point about Beth wasn't valid, Grey Bunny. It just came off as wanting Hogan canned after a month. Now that you explained yourself it's all good. I welcome opinions but it's kind of hard for me to buy into them when you aren't a regular viewer, someone who watches everyday. That is why Grey Bunny's points, now that they were explained, I can understand even if I don't agree with him or her.

Daysgal-I just read an interview with Peter Reckell and he said that Bope's problems will not be "slept under the rug" so maybe you should wait and see on that. I wasn't making assumptions and if I did I spoke out of context. It's just some of the things you said went along the same lines of some hard core couple fans that are upset. I apologize for that. Sometimes things are taking the wrong way on boards like this and I am afraid I did that.

I am sorry Daysgal. I am not belittling you but if you aren't watching much of the show right now how do you expect me to react? Again, if I was rude I am sorry but it's just hard for me to accept your opinion based on that fact. We'll just all have to agree to disagree because we all have different tastes and, hopefully, we all will get pleased in the long run. My apologies again if you felt I was rude and now back to GL :lol:

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Clearly you missed the point with this storyline! This ISN'T ABOUT Kayla actually DYING, it is about character movement for Steve & Kayla. It is about THEIR LOVE and BUILDING them back to what they were and if you ask me I think Hogan did a DAMN good job with this one. However I want to stress that this was NEVER about Kayla actually dying, it was about Steve's love for her and him trying to remember his past to help the women that he LOVES.

As for Beth Milstein, yes she was a great as interim headwriter, BUT DO NOT FORGET that she had the luxury of coming in and getting to finished up HOW MANY storylines? I mean every previous story was wrapped up by her...and when Hogan came in it was transition time and that is what we are in.

Milstein is STILL on the writing staff so any disdain you have for stories should be directed at the ENTIRE staff and not just Hogan IMO.

He cannot turn this show around overnight and he cannot make every fan happy RIGHT OFF THE BAT. November is going to be a big month, he is laying ground work for many different storylines and we just have to be patient. I would rather him take his time and build some great stories with a beginning/middle/end then poorly planned storyline with a crappy beginning/crappy middle and mildly entertaining ending (which is what we got with JERk).

At least be happy that the dialouge, acting and generalities that have been missing from this show for YEARS are finally back.

Also MANY of his "new characters" IMO are absolutely relevant. WHO ELSE is the show going to pair Chelsea with? We should be happy that at least he didn't build a new family like previous HW did...at least his new characters are connnected to CORE families (minus Willow, you are absolutely right about her).

People are jumping ship and [!@#$%^&*]ing WAY to soon....DAYS is not super super exciting at the moment...but I would take what we are getting RIGHT NOW over any MINUTE of the last 2 years!

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I'm so glad GL passed AMC and OLTL. I gave up OLTL months ago to watch Days during the day instead of at night on SoapNet. I really don't know what to say for ABCD. GH can't even maintain a 2.7 with Laura back and I know why. NO ONE wants to see the mob everyday Frons, Phelps and Guza! I wish they would get half a clue. I think Frons might take notice when the network wants to pull the life support plugs on AMC and OLTL.

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OMG! OMG! OMG!

If the number after the / represent shares it would mean that DAYS and ATWT actually out performed GH!

A shares is the percentage of people watching a show divided by the number of people with their TVs on.

Ratings are the percentage of people watching a show divided by everyone that has a TV.

DAYS and ATWT had 9s where as GH only had an 8! And this was GH's big SL lead of Laura's return!

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1. Y&R 4.4/16 (same/+.3)

2. B&B 3.2/11 (-.2/-.1)

3. GH 2.6/8 (-.1/-.1)

4. DAYS 2.5/9 (same/same)

4. ATWT 2.5/9 (-.2/-.2)

6. GL 2.4/8 (+.1/+.1)

7. AMC 2.3/8 (same/-.2) <----------- ties low rating

7. OLTL 2.3/8 (-.1/-.2) <----------- ties low rating

9. PSNS 1.5/5 (same/-.2

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Y&R is really on a roll right now for me. I am really loving the Who Killed Carmen story, and it is nice to see Kristoff & Victoria at the heart of the story too. I love both of them and glad the story is revolving around their family in many ways, but it also involves a large chunk of the cast.

I think some are saying the show has been boring but I have not seen it at all - at least for 3 or 4 weeks now. To me they deserve it.

So I agree about it being their week after seeing the categories, but GL deserves great praise too for breaking into the 2.4 area again.

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Y&R is definitely a few notches above the rest. No other soap is doing as well as consistently as Y&R.

MONDAY, 10/30

1.(1) Y&R: Monday, 10/30: 4.3/5,633,000 (-447,000)

2.(2) B&B: Monday, 10/30: 3.3/4,324,000 (-120,000)

3.(4) ATWT: Monday, 10/30: 2.7/3,578,000 (+169,000)

4.(3) GH: Monday, 10/30: 2.7/3,482,000 (-176,000)

5.(6) GL: Monday, 10/30: 2.4/3,332,000 (+225,000)

6.(7) DAYS: Monday, 10/30: 2.4/3,279,000 (+218,000)

7.(5) OLTL: Monday, 10/30: 2.4/3,115,000 (-82,000)

8.(8) AMC: Monday, 10/30: 2.4/3,110,000 (+156,000)

9.(9) PSNS: Monday, 10/30: 1.5/2,022,000 (+173,000)

TUESDAY, 10/31

1.(1) Y&R: Tuesday, 10/31: 4.3/5,706,000 (+73,000)

2.(2) B&B: Tuesday, 10/31: 3.2/4,259,000 (-65,000)

3.(4) GH: Tuesday, 10/31: 2.6/3,420,000 (-62,000)

4.(6) DAYS: Tuesday, 10/31: 2.6/3,357,000 (+78,000)

5.(3) ATWT: Tuesday, 10/31: 2.4/3,192,000 (-386,000)

6.(7) OLTL: Tuesday, 10/31: 2.3/3,127,000 (+12,000)

7.(5) GL: Tuesday, 10/31: 2.4/3,062,000 (-270,000)

8.(8) AMC: Tuesday, 10/31: 2.2/3,018,000 (-92,000)

9.(9) PSNS: Tuesday, 10/31: 1.6/2,069,000 (+47,000)

WEDNESDAY, 11/1

1.(1) Y&R: Wednesday, 11/1: 4.6/6,336,000 (+630,000)

2.(2) B&B: Wednesday, 11/1: 3.3/4,350,000 (+91,000)

3.(4) DAYS: Wednesday, 11/1: 2.6/3,274,000 (-83,000)

4.(3) GH: Wednesday, 11/1: 2.6/3,219,000 (-201,000)

5.(5) ATWT: Wednesday, 11/1: 2.3/3,134,000 (-58,000)

6.(7) GL: Wednesday, 11/1: 2.3/2,981,000 (-81,000)

7.(6) OLTL: Wednesday, 11/1: 2.2/2,818,000 (-309,000)

8.(8) AMC: Wednesday, 11/1 : 2.2/2,655,000 (-363,000)

9.(9) PSNS: Wednesday, 11/1: 1.5/1,893,000 (-176,000)

THURSDAY, 11/2

1.(1) Y&R: Thursday, 11/2: 4.3/5,887,000 (-449,000)

2.(2) B&B: Thursday, 11/2: 3.1/4,065,000 (-285,000)

3.(4) GH: Thursday, 11/2: 2.7/3,431,000 (+212,000)

4.(5) ATWT: Thursday, 11/2: 2.5/3,284,000 (+150,000)

5.(8) AMC: Thursday, 11/2: 2.5/3,195,000 (+540,000)

6.(6) GL: Thursday, 11/2: 2.4/3,058,000 (+77,000)

7.(7) OLTL: Thursday, 11/2: 2.4/2,980,000 (+162,000)

8.(3) DAYS: Thursday, 11/2: 2.4/2,969,000 (-305,000)

9.(9) PSNS: Thursday, 11/2: 1.5/1,852,000 (-41,000)

FRIDAY, 11/3

1.(1) Y&R: Friday, 11/3: 4.2/5,753,000 (-134,000)

2.(2) B&B: Friday, 11/3: 3.2/4,255,000 (+190,000)

3.(4) ATWT: Friday, 11/3: 2.6/3,412,000 (+128,000)

4.(3) GH: Friday, 11/3: 2.5/3,387,000 (-44,000)

5.(6) GL: Friday, 11/3: 2.4/3,106,000 (+48,000)

6.(8) DAYS: Friday, 11/3: 2.4/3,072,000 (+103,000)

7.(5) AMC: Friday, 11/3: 2.3/3,043,000 (-152,000)

8.(7) OLTL: Friday, 11/3: 2.2/3,019,000 (+39,000)

9.(9) PSNS: Friday, 11/3: 1.5/1,905,000 (+53,000)

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Y&R might have the best numbers but I think this is definitely GL's week.

That show hasn't gone beyond a 2.3 in forever and only a couple of months ago, it was sitting at 2.1, 2.2. The fact that the show had a 2.4 everyday for last week except Wednesday (which did really well amidst all the backlash that episode got) speaks volumes about what people think about the storytelling: consistently good all week. For months, people have been saying, "if GL had managed a 2.3, it would have tied so and so"...well, last week, they managed to go .1 higher and BEAT the soaps it would have tied had AMC & OLTL not gone down like they have these last few weeks. You gotta remember that GL has one of the crappiest budgets on daytime and have basically been viewed as being in an infinite rut so for them to gain what they have lately is HUGE.

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Thanks for that Rugrat. GL did very well this week. Even better than I thought.

They beat AMC 4 out of 5 days.

They beat OLTL 4 out of 5 days.

They beat Days 3 out of 5 days.

It was definitely GL's week. Way to go. It thought they had just tied Days those 3 days, but when you add the viewers into the picture, they actually beat them.

Considering that GL has been near the bottom of the barrel for so long, it is just so good to see "the little engine that could" climb the hill just a little.

Way to go, GL.

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Unless this has suddenly become a board for only those who love DAYS - why is it anyone who dares to be critical of Hogan Sheffer(previously James E Reilly) is bashed and made to feel very unwelcome here?

I thought all views on the soaps were allowed here! :rolleyes::rolleyes:

OK, to be fair, I won't offer any opinions about DAYS currently. I haven't watched since Matt Ashford & Missy Reeves were written off the show. I read the spoilers, and nothing happening currently makes me want to turn the soap back on. :(:rolleyes:

Another point: why so little commentary on BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL? It's consistently the 2nd most popular show, yet you wouldn't know it from reading this board.

I for one am kind of bored seeing all the DAYS related threads - there are other soaps out there. :lol:

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