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TOTB: Take Off The Backburner!


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Characters To Take Off The Backburner

For far too long, characters portrayed by actors have been subjected to wasted talent, potential & appeal. Imagine if they were used adequately, what would their respective show's ratings be like! :angry:Which characters would u like to see TOTB?

THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS

Ji Min Kim

Gina Roma

Esther Valentine

Vincent

Mary Williams

Mamie Johnson

Traci Abbott

Doris Collins

GENERAL HOSPITAL

Dr. Monica Quartermaine

Tracy Quartermaine

Edward Quartermaine

Dr. Lainey Winters

Comm. Mac Scorpio

Bobbie Spencer

Dr. Lesley Webber

Det. Cruz Rodriguez

Audrey Hardy

Epiphany Johnson

Coleman Ratcliffe

Anna Devane

Mike Corbin

Diane Miller

Mayor Garrett Floyd

Ned Ashton

Dr. Kelly Lee

Stan Johnson

Robert Scorpio

Helena Cassadine

Jane Jacks

THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

Sally Spectra

Shane McGrath

Stephen "Storm" Logan Jr.

Kristen Forrester Dominguez

Clarke Garrison Sr.

Steffy Forrester

DAYS OF OUR LIVES

Caroline Brady

Victor Kiriakis

Maggie Horton

Celeste Perrault

Dr. Berman

Julie Williams

Doug Williams

AS THE WORLD TURNS

Lucinda Walsh

Dr. Bob Hughes

Dr. Susan Burke Stewart

Tom Hughes

Kim Sullivan Hughes

Dallas Griffin

Emma Snyder

Lisa Miller Grimaldi

Kevin Davis

Jessica Griffin

Nancy Hughes

Cass Winthrop

Daniel Hughes

GUIDING LIGHT

Dr. Rick Bauer

Dr. Mel Boudreau Bauer

Blake Thorpe Marler

Lillian Raines

Alexandra Spaulding

Vanessa Reardon

Matt Reardon

Holly Norris Reade

ALL MY CHILDREN

Dr. Joe Martin

Palmer Cortlandt

Opal Cortlandt

Myrtle Fargate

Stuart Chandler

Marian Chandler

Ruth Martin

ONE LIFE TO LIVE

Nora Hannen

Lindsey Rappaport

Roxy Balsom

Matthew Buchanan

R.J. Gannon

Carlotta Vega

Renee Buchanan

Rev. Andrew Carpenter

Gov. Harrison Brooks

Addie Cramer

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DAYS

Maggie

Doug

Julie

GL

Holly

Blake

Rick

Frank

Alan-Michael

Alexandra

Vanessa

Lillian

ATWT

Lisa

Lucinda

Bob

Kim

Susan

Tom

Margo

Barbara

Jessica

Emma

Henry

Luke

Lily

Holden

Maddie

PSNS

Ivy

Tabitha

Rebecca

Julian

Sam

Eve

Paloma

Simone

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[GENERAL HOSPITAL

Dr. Monica Quartermaine

Tracy Quartermaine

Edward Quartermaine

Dr. Lainey Winters

Comm. Mac Scorpio

Bobbie Spencer

Dr. Lesley Webber

Det. Cruz Rodriguez

Audrey Hardy

Epiphany Johnson

Coleman Ratcliffe

Anna Devane

Mike Corbin

Mayor Garrett Floyd

Ned Ashton

Dr. Kelly Lee

Stan Johnson

Robert Scorpio

Helena Cassadine

Jane Jacks

DAYS OF OUR LIVES

Caroline Brady

Victor Kiriakis ( I don't think Victor's on the back burner any longer, Thank you Hogan Sheffer!)

Maggie Horton

Celeste Perrault

Julie Williams

Doug Williams

AS THE WORLD TURNS

Lucinda Walsh

Dr. Bob Hughes

Dr. Susan Burke Stewart

Tom Hughes

Kim Sullivan Hughes

Emma Snyder

Lisa Miller Grimaldi

Jessica Griffin

Nancy Hughes

Cass Winthrop

Don't watch ATWT any longer but all of these should be featured more IMHO.

ALL MY CHILDREN

Dr. Joe Martin

Palmer Cortlandt

Opal Cortlandt

Myrtle Fargate

Stuart Chandler

Marian Chandler

Ruth Martin

ONE LIFE TO LIVE

Nora Hannen (Nora is moving from the back burner thankfully)

Lindsey Rappaport

Roxy Balsom

Matthew Buchanan

R.J. Gannon (per Scotty RJ's coming back soon, thankfully. Now hopefully he'll get more airtime.)

Carlotta Vega

Renee Buchanan

Rev. Andrew Carpenter

Gov. Harrison Brooks (no longer on the show, hasn't been in almost a year, however I did think Andrew Masset's Brooks was a good match for Dorian)

Addie Cramer (Addie thankfully is returning soon)

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For the three that I watch...

Days:

Caroline

Victor, but I agree with Mulder that I don't think he's backburner that much anymore, but they could use him more.

Billie! I want to see a REAL story line with Pinson already!

Celeste

Maggie

Passions:

Ivy

Julian

Eve

Simone

Noah

GH:

Monica

Bobbie

Alan :(

Robin/Patrick....we still don't get to see enough of these two!

Edward

Epiphany(i just love her)

Kelly Lee

Helena

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Are half those characters even on a burner? I think that Mary, Mamie and others are long gone. They'd fit better into a "Who should return?" category than a topic about backburner/frontburner, unfortunately.

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Um... how TF is Victor on the backburner when he's integral to one of the central stories on the show right now? Sorry if his airtime was cut down in the past month, but that hardly warrants this topic, IMO, :lol:

And Dr. Berman has never been a viable character to begin with, so he's not really on a burner. He's just there.

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ATWT's Colleen Zenk-Pinter is not backburnered per se, but she's not on as much as she used to be. Barbara needed a rest after she became insane, and they've humanized her, but now that that's over I think she should be frontburner again.

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