L.A. Diaries - Episode 1

[RogerNewcomb]

http://www.cbs.com/daytime/specials/la_diaries/

The Young and the Restless and As The World Turns come together in a storyline crossover through characters "Amber Moore" played by Adrienne Frantz and "Alison Stewart" played by Marnie Schulenberg. Set in sunny California, L.A. Diaries explores the complicated and intriguing lives of these characters before their arrivals in Y&R's Genoa City and ATWT's Oakdale.

Watch as Amber and Alison's stories unfold to reveal a darker side to their pasts and explain more about where these girls have been.

Daytime Digital: L.A. Diaries premiered on Thursday, February 22nd and will run until Tuesday, March 27th.

Check out brand new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.

[Actor87]

And...class, what do we call this?

Re-tard-ed!

Very good, boys and girls!

[Taraija]

Ditto.

And I'm not just saying that. I actually watched because I wanted to laugh at the ridiculousness of it.

[RogerNewcomb]

I actually liked it. It wasn't the best soap I've ever seen or anything, but I think it's a cool way to show the backstory for Alison.

I would have loved this same thing with Adam, who is completely different now for now reason (he was also in LA during the time coincidentally).

At least the apartment was a new set and the bar and beach were real places.

I hope it does well because I would like to see more of these, just with different subject matter.

[Actor87]

Right. Like....y'know...when they bring on a recast character (ATWT) so J.P. can ruin them before our very eyes. That way, we can kind of see some little hint of the reasoning behind that character's sudden change in personality before they come on the show.

[Josh]

OMG!! SHAME should rain down on LML/JP and CG!!!! This is the dumbest thing I have ever seen. What little respect and like I had for Amber has been shot to hell!!!

[sungrey]

At this rate, maybe Daniel will come back in a few months aged 18 and an axe murderer.

[KLN]

Oh, Christ almighty. Lame!

[Chris B]

Why waste your money on a spin-off for a new character and a fricking recast? Why npt use already existing characters on ATWT and Y&R that we actually care about?

This is just so stupid! Like we need more Amber, she's the fricking star of Y&R.

[RogerNewcomb]

Having this web soap doesn't influence whethere JP will ruin a recast like she always does. It's just an extra, cool addition to the show. Since there so many fewer sets these days, I thought it was refreshing. I wish it wasn't about two girls who look like they will get into porn or something, but I'm just talking about the concept.

I would love to see one of these with Bob and Kim and Nancy. Maybe they would even get their house back. InTurn did well for CBS so I think they are going this route more and more.

I would love to get Adam's backstory this way. He's already ruined with zero explanation so at least it would explain WHY he is the way he is.

Alison was a teenaged girl who was all over the map in her three years on the show. Yes, she had grown by the end, but the point of LA Diaries is to explain WHY and HOW she got to where she is today. Since ATWT never bothers explaining this stuff on the show, I welcome a chance to finally understand why a character has changed.

The alternative is for Alison to show up like a new person with zero explanation.

[sheilaforever]

Saw it by accident on the CBS homepage.

Blah! Whatever! Why did they get to shot at Venice beach and Y&R and B&B can't afford such standrads regularly anymore!?

That said, it was BORING. And so LAME. LMAO that people complained about Amber taking over B&B. Now on Y&r she gets her own spin-off...

I don't care for ATWT, BTW, and don't think that the Bell shows should do crossovers with the P&G soaps. This is ABCish. I see the reasoning behind it but still don't like it. It doesn't help that Amber's story on Y&R is totally dreadful either.

[sheilaforever]