ALL: Best/Worst 2006 (You Be The Critic)

December 11, 200619 yr

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let me add another....

Worst Storyline Decision...Resurrecting Felicia, B&B. Yes, I know why it was done, and arguably, Lesli Kay deserved the reprieve. BUT, letting Felicia live ended up killing nearly every storyline direction the show had going at the time. And, she's been stuck in subpar story since.

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Best Ensemble Cast: - ATWT

Best Breakup Scene: - Michael Park & Maura West, As The World Turns

Best Wedding - Frankie and Jennifer, DAYS

Worst Wedding - Will and Gwen, ATWT *vomit*

Best Storyline - Laura's brief return on GH

Worst Storyline - Dusty/Craig/Paul/Emily/Meg/Lucy mess.

Best Couple - ......

Worst Couple - Will and Gwen, ATWT

Best Triangle - ......

Worst Triangle - ......

Best Recast - Brandon Beemer

Worst Recast - Spencer Grammer, Laura Wright

Best Limited Run - Genie Francis, General Hospital

Best New Character - Jade, ATWT

Worst New Character - Willow, Days of Our Lives

Best Returns - B&B

Worst Returns - Simon, Damian (ATWT).

Best Family Oriented Story - Jennifer dies, ATWT.

Most Entertaining Character - Janet Rachel Green, AMC

Best Villian/Villianess - .......

Most Entertaining Storyline - The Oakdale Slasher, As The World Turns

Best Stand-Alone Episode - Laura returns to her catatonic state

Most Rejuvenated Family/Character - Dimera

Most Improved Show - DAYS

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Best Ensemble Cast: - EastEnders

They pick actors/actresses because of their acting skills not because of their looks I don't know any US soap that would have cast Phil Daniels or June Brown but they can act better then any of their US collegaes(sp?)

Best Breakup Scene: - David Spinx& Gerry Cowper (Keith and Rosie,EastEnders)

Rosie leaving Keith was heartbreaking you could feel that she still loved him but just couldn't be with him any longer

Best Wedding - Billy&Honey,EastEnders

They actually had three weddings and they were all good the third one was the best tho with Honey going into labor and her aunt Carol waiting for her boyfriend

Worst Wedding - Katie and Mike ,As The World Turns

I couldn't care less about this couple and I actually FF most of their scenes including this one

Best Storyline - Billy and Honey's daughter being born with Down Syndrome

This storyline was done really well by all the actors/actresses involved.Perry Fenwick as the new dad who can't understand why the new mother can't accept their daughter,Emma Barton as the confused mother,Barbara Windsow as Peggy who's prejudice against baby Petal and Steve McFadden as Phil welcoming Petal into the new family

Worst Storyline - The Icestorm,ATWT

It was badly written and set in the wrong time of the year I wonder what they have planned for Xmas.A heatwave?

Best Couple - Patrick and Yolande,EastEnders

I simply love this couple I really enjoyed them throughout the Pat and Aubrey affairs.They're like all couples should be human beings who can make mistakes and forgive others who make them as well.It's bad Patrick isn't Denise father that would have been a great storyline with loads of potential for any future ones

Worst Couple -Mike and Katie ,ATWT

Sorry I just don't see the chemistry.I used to love Katie with Simon and even with Henry but now that she's hooked up to the most boring male character of the show she has lost her spark

Best Triangle - Martin/Sonia/Naomi-EastEnders

James Alexandrou alone made this storyline interesting

Worst Triangle - Ian/Jane/Grant-EastEnders

Jane and Grant were afwull together although Laurie Bret and Ross Kemp are both very good actors they just didn't go well together and not even Adam Woodyat could save this storyline

Best Recast - None

EE didn't have any re-casts and the ones from ATWT were all crap IMO

Worst Recast -Jeffrey Meek-ATWT

That's not Craig but just a younger version of James Stenbeck.Hunt Block's Craig sizzled of the screen Meeks Craig makes watching grass grow entertaining

Best Limited Run - Nicky Henson,EastEnders

He was great as Honey's dad especially in his first scenes with Billy and I liked his short affair with Peggy.

I also loved the actress who played Bert's ex-wife Evie

Best New Character - Bert Atkinson,EastEnders

I actually didn't like him at first but I've grown to love him over the last few months.I love his straight forward attitude but also his kindness to Martin when Sonia left him and his scenes with Evie were the most touching ones in EE this year

Worst New Character - Sean Slater,EastEnders

He was introduced as the new Dennis Rickman but he's more a panto version of Nick Cotton

Best Returns - None

Worst Returns - Grant-EastEnders

It started out promising with Grant and Phil going after Johnny Allen but it all went wrong when Grant was hooked up with Jane

Best Family Oriented Story - Pauline's fake brain tumor-EE

For the first time in many years we have a storyline that includes all the (remaining) members of the Beale/Fowler family who are the familY EE was basicly build on.

Most Entertaining Character - Bert Atkinson-EastEnders

Bert is from Nothern England and his accent alone makes him the most entertaining character of the show but apart from that I love his way with women and his oneliners

Best Villian/Villianess - Pauline Fowler/Macer EastEnders

Lying to your son and husband that you have a brain tumor just to avoid your son getting back with his ex is pretty mean in my book but it's great as well since Wendy Richard really shines in this storyline

Most Entertaining Storyline - Pat and Patricks affair-EastEnders

The scene where Patrick in in Pat's bed wearing only a hat is already a classic in my book and it was great to see Pat in topform

Best Stand-Alone Episode - Billy on the tube-EastEnders

This was an episode that only had really good dialogues and it really didn't need anything else I was gripped the whole episode thanks to Perry Fenwicks performance

Most Rejuvenated Family/Character - The Wicks' EastEnders

This family is brilliant they even make Deano Wicks bareable to watch.

Most Improved Show -EastEnders

2005 was probably the worst year in EE history ever especially after Den Watts was killed off but 2006 was great with new additions such as Bert and Bradley and weaker characters such as Johnny,Ruby,Little Mo and Jake all leaving.

Best Overall Young Cast - EastEnders

Megan Jossa and Charlie Jones are the best young actors I've seen in years and they were even outshining Steve McFadden and Ross Kemp who play their dads

Best Young Actors - Charlie Jones/Ben Mitchell -EastEnders

He's doing a very good job he looks adorable but still you can see he's evil

Best Young Actresses -Megan Jossa

The reason why Grant's return wasn't a complete failure

Best Supporting Actresses - Petra Letang/Naomi Julien-EastEnders

She was fantastic as Naomi who came between Martin and Sonia.Her break-up scenes with Sonia were great and I love her as the Minty/Garry sidekick

Best Supporting Actors - Cliff Parisi/Minty Peterson EastEnders

His fling with SJ wasn't the best storyline of the year but at least he stayed the same character throughout it it would have been worse if Minty had changed for this storyline.I just love the naive Minty I hope he never changes

Best Lead Actresses -June Brown and Emma Barton/Dot Branning and Honey Mitchell

Emma Barton is great as Honey Mitchell and not only her daft side but also as the mother who can't cope with a baby with Down Syndrome.June Brown is the uncrowned queen of EastEnders I loved her in every storyline she was in especially the one where she finds out that Nick has cancer and Jim didn't tell her I hope they bring back John Altman soon Dot needs to have scenes with Nick.

Best Lead Actors - Perry Fenwick/Billy Mitchell-EastEnders

There's no other actor that had me gripped the last year the way Perry has as Billy Mitchell.Perry Fenwick can do comedy and drama without being to pathetic or to funny

Best Show (ranked in order for the year):

1) EastEnders-The most realistic storylines and the best cast additions

2) ATWT-It was crap the whole year with to much focus on to few characters,the miss casts of Craig and Lucy and the most unbelieveable storylines

I don't watch any other soaps so that's why the list only has two on them

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Schemering in his Soap Opera Encyclopedia (and I've heard others say this) did say that in the 1970s AMC always looked cheap and it wasn't until a big overhaul a bit after they went to an hour (and ABC bought the show) that the sets by the 80s were up to snuff.

By EricMontreal22 · 7 minutes ago7 min
1970s Trends

RH was kind of in a league of it's own because it took place in NYC so they introduced a lot of topics and attempted some form of diversity in the late 70s... but seemed more focused on religious diversity with Pat.. an Irish Catholic dating Nancy.. a Jewish girl... and Maeve and Sibohan having a debate about it in the kitchen as they're washing dishes.
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So, the plagiarism lawsuit actually is going to get dropped.
And I think that's too bad because, despite how clunky this storyline was, it really was one of the most compelling and interesting on Days right now. I liked the way that so many characters and their own smaller storylines were weaved into it. It could've had huge ripple effects across the canvas. But I'm still curious to see what's going to happen for everybody in the aftermath of all this.
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5 years later and I finally found a mention about True Story in an 1959 interview with Wes Kenney.
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COURIER-EXPRESS WEEK OF DEC. 21 to DEC. 27 1980
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By JERRY BUCK LOS ANGELES (AP)
After 37 years as an actress, Jean Simmons has agreed to star in her first television series. Miss Simmons, star of more than a score of movies here and in her native England, and a nominee for an Academy Award for her performance in The Happy Ending, finally said yes to “Golden Gate.” A two-hour pilot movie has just been completed and will be broadcast early next year by ABC.
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By Paul Raven · 3 hours ago3 hr
All My Children Tribute Thread

Pre VCRs and I would have been a pre-teen or early teen, so school would have interfered with my viewing habits, but I remember Ruth Martin, a nurse?, on the verge of having an affair with a doctor played by the Principal in The Breakfast Club many years later. I don't k ow if they actually "did it" if they did I missed it.
A lot of AMC was cheap looking in those days. Phoebe's then mansion seemed cramped with a few attempts to look wealthy, like the cheap clock embedded in the fireplace mantle but it felt more like a suggestion of prosperity.
The big gold snd black IN GOD WE TRUST sign in every courtroom scene was also a bit tacky.
But it didn't really matter in the long run.
Not when rich snobby former jet-setter Iris on AW had a trashy above ground pool on her patio.

By Stevel · 3 hours ago3 hr
1970s Trends

Loved Christina Pickles as Elena and loved Dennis but I never found that story credible with Mike Hammet as Dennis. At first I did not like when Jim Poyner replaced him, but came to embrace Poyner quite quickly. The new Jamie Frame was another story. He was awful. ( but my friends said he looked like me) but then Richard Bekins came along and blew every other Jamie away.

By Stevel · 3 hours ago3 hr
All My Children Tribute Thread

Only recently was I reminded about some of the drama when Fickett retired from AMC. I think it was shortly after the anniversary week at the start of 1995 (when it felt like literally dozens of past characters came to the homewarming of the Martins new home, after the previous one was destroyed in the fire.) I believe shortly afterwards was when Lee Merriwether took over the role, and then from my bad memory, Fickett DID come back in a recurring status for a while, before Lee took over permanently. I feel very guilty admitting that I didn't... well mind Lee in the role, even if it really wasn't the same (for the most part AMC seemed to do well by their vets, and it does seem with Fickett it was her decision not to return again.) It is tragic how she seemed to be pretty incapacitated (with Alzheimer's and other health issues) for the final years of her life, and died IIRC just days before the ABC finale for the soap which was dedicated to her.

She was only in her early 40s when she started playing Ruth, which I suppose says something about how the age of actors (and age of people in general) has changed over the past 50 years, although for the first decades of AMC, although we don't have a lot of remaining episodes to easily check out, they certainly gave her a lot of her own stories.

By EricMontreal22 · 4 hours ago4 hr

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