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TVFO's Daytime's Best & Worst Of 2006

Best Baby Names

1. Lila Rae Alcazar, GH

2. Sarah Randall, GL

3. Spencer Cassadine, GH

4. Ethan Snyder, ATWT

5. Claire Brady, DOOL

Worst Baby Names

1. Spike Lavery, AMC

2. Fenmore Baldwin, Y&R

3. Zane Cramer, OLTL

4. Brennan Buchanan, OLTL

Best Character Development

1. Lulu, GH

2. Starr, OLTL

3. Stephanie, B&B

4. Luke, ATWT

5. Fancy, PSN

Worst Character Assassination

1. Katie Peretti, ATWT

2. Ric Lansing, GH

3. Dixie Martin, AMC

4. Nick Maroni, B&B

5. Dillon Quartermaine, GH

Best Recast

1. Laura Wright, Carly, GH

2. Marcy Rylan, Lizzie, GL

3. Adrianne Leon, Colleen, Y&R

4. Jeffery Meek, Craig, ATWT

5. Adrian Bellanil, Miguel, PSN

Worst Recast

1. Christina Chambers, Marty, OLTL

2. Spencer Grammar, Lucy, ATWT

3. Matt Cavenaugh, Adam, ATWT

4. Brandon Beemer, Shawn, DOOL

5. Mark Wystrach, Fox, PSN

Best Storyline

1. Laura awakens, GH

2. Reva’s cancer fight, GL

3. Stephanie’s Abuse, B&B

4. Zach’s death, DOOL

5. Luke Comes Out, ATWT

Worst Storyline

1. Josh the Unabortion, AMC

2. The Mermaid, PSN

3. John’s Death, Y&R

4. Spencer’s Reign of Terror, OLTL

5. Reva Hides Her Cancer, GL

Best New Character

1. EJ Wells, DOOL

2. Nick Fallon, DOOL

3. Ashlee Wolfe, GL

4. Vienna Hyatt, ATWT

5. Emma McDermott, AMC

Worst New Character

1. Zarf, AMC

2. Jade Taylor, ATWT

3. Annie McDermott, AMC

4. Willow, DOOL

5. Vincent Jones, OLTL

Best Return Of A Character

1. Laura Webber Spencer, GH

2. Simon Frazier, ATWT

3. Steve and Kayla Johnson, DOOL

4. Bianca Montgomery, AMC

5. Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald, PSN

Botched Character Return

1. Robert Scorpio, Anna Devane, Holly Sutton, GH

2. Dixie Martin, AMC

3. Carrie and Austin, DOOL

4. Marty Saybrooke, OLTL

5. Lucy Montgomery, ATWT

Hottest Love Scene

1. Elizabeth and Jason, GH

2. Robin and Patrick, GH

3. Kate and EJ, DOOL

4. Carly and Simon, ATWT

5. Nick and Phyllis, Y&R

Best Couple

1. Zach and Kendall, AMC

2. Robin and Patrick, GH

3. Dinah and Mallet, GL

4. Sami and Lucas, DOOL

5. Michael and Marcie, OLTL

Best Triangle

1. Carly/Simon/Katie, ATWT

2. Nash/Jessica/Antonio, OLTL

3. EJ/Sami/Lucas, DOOL

4. Sam/Jason/Elizabeth, GH

5. Luis/Fancy/Sheridan, PSN

Most Overused Set

1. Brooke Logan’s Bed, B&B

2. The Docks, GH

3. Shawn and Mimi’s Couch, DOOL

4. Main Street, GL

5. Llanview Jail, OLTL

Most Touching Moment

1. Laura Wakes Up, GH

2. John Abbot’s Funeral, Y&R

3. Goodbye To Hal, ATWT

4. Josh Holds Reva On Deathbed, GL

5. Zack Brady’s Funeral, DOOL

Most Tragic Event

1. Decimation of Veterans, All Soaps

2. Decimation of Abbott Family, Y&R

3. The Distribution of Brooke, B&B

4. Ryan’s Osmosis Offspring, AMC

5. Spineless Women, All Soaps

Year End Show Rankings (Our Ranking Based On Quality)

1. As The World Turns

2. The Young And The Restless

3. General Hospital

4. Days Of Our Lives (Most Improved)

5. Guiding Light

6. The Bold And The Beautiful

7. Passions

8. One Life To Live

9. All My Children

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As the world turns doesn't deserve to be #1 as far as quality goes. The last half of the year was awful. Once again Simon is used as a prop. He and Carly wern't all that hot, the triangle was a total mess. They totally forgot Jennifer's death, that should have gotten mention because that was one of the most saddest moments in daytime last year and the show written at its best and IMO, the show hasn't been that well written since that point.

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Worst Recast

4. Brandon Beemer, Shawn, DOOL

Hottest Love Scene

3. Kate and EJ, DOOL

Best Couple

1. Zach and Kendall, AMC

2. Robin and Patrick, GH

4. Sami and Lucas, DOOL

Interesting ...

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Best Storyline

4. Zach’s death, DOOL

No!

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Worst Storyline

1. Josh the Unabortion, AMC

Best New Character

1. EJ Wells, DOOL

2. Nick Fallon, DOOL

Worst New Character

4. Willow, DOOL

Best Return Of A Character

1. Laura Webber Spencer, GH

3. Steve and Kayla Johnson, DOOL

Botched Character Return

2. Dixie Martin, AMC

3. Carrie and Austin, DOOL

Most Touching Moment

1. Laura Wakes Up, GH

5. Zack Brady’s Funeral, DOOL

Most Tragic Event

1. Decimation of Veterans, All Soaps

2. Decimation of Abbott Family, Y&R

5. Spineless Women, All Soaps

Yes!

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How can they be right about EVERYTHING on the list (in regards to Days) and so wrong about Brandon Beemer?

He's lightyears ahead of Jason Cook!

I'm so sick of the teeny-bopper fans that Days lured in from 1999 - 2001 acting like Jason Cook and Kirsten Storms were the sh!t. They SUCKED. The only thing that makes them still 'look good' is that retrospect is always rosier than the actual occurance. When the Princess Gina mess was happening on Days, fans HATED it. Now, years later, all I hear is people talking about how great it was. Same for the teen scene.

"There will never be a better Shawn than Jason Cook." WHAAAT? Jason Cook was a mishap -- a mistake. He couldn't force a tear if someone drenched his ass in gasoline and lit a match. I'd rather the scrumptiously cute Colin O'Donnell come back as Shawn before they ever let Jason Cook near the show again. Of course, I'm thrilled with the current casting of Brandon Beemer. He's a gem, such a find!

"There will never be a better Belle than Kirsten Storms." WHAAAT? People say (on other boards) that her Belle was 'fun.' That's just it. She had no depth. She was cutesy-wootsy 'fun' and that was all. She couldn't play drama, she couldn't play heroine. Just mousy. She would be the world's biggest failure as a grownup Belle. Thank God for Martha Madison... who, IMO, is the best actress in daytime right now.

I've been quite wowed with the Days casting department over the last five years. The show that used to cast for looks alone is really going with which actor/actress suits the character best... and I just wanna hug them for it.

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They did have storyline in 2006 though and the 2006 stuff was more substantial (and sucked more) than the bitty bit of stuff they got in 2005. When this list would come out last year there wasn't enough time to evaluate their return. Now we can though. I think the 2005/06 thing with C&A's return is just a technicality.

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When I do a Google search for TVFO - TV Fans Online comes up. So I guess that is it.

I think alot of these are right.

As to Brandon Beemer, as I said last night in the Random Thoughts thread - I love Brandon Beemer but my teenage daughters don't. They can't stand him at all. I think he is world's better than Jason Cook but they think he is terrible. But they hated Kirsten Storms as Belle and prefer Martha Madison.

My youngest daughter gets up and leaves the room when Beemer comes on. He is a mixed bag for most I think. I look around on other boards and just as many of us that like there is an equal number out there who can't stand him.

And as to the Spike name I have never liked it. I don't like it for a name on Passions and can't stand it for a Baby Name either.

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