Sam, I read over your thesis. Job well done.

Jay, I appreciate the kind words. Feel free to pass it along to others who you think might be interested, and put them in touch with me if they have anything they want to share, argue, criticize, etc.

I am going to blog about this issue sometime tomorrow at the Convergence Culture Consortium Weblog, the marginalization of the 50+ baby boomer audience, and I've written before about how it's hard for a show to take a transgenerational approach when the industry is obsessed with only a particular demographic...

That's awesome, it has seemed to me for a while that advertisers severely underestimate the buying power of the baby boomer generation. I can't quite blame the soaps for catering to the youth demo when that's the only thing the advertisers will reward them for.

Actually I decided this post wasn't what this thread was about to begin with, so ... please ignore!

Edited May 14, 200718 yr by billyjill

I won't pretend to know a lot about the writers and stuff behind a lot of the soaps and randomly pick someone but I do think that a few changes need to be made. ATWT has a lot of potential. It just takes the right person to please the different "fanbases" or w/e. Theres the gay fanbase whos all obsessed about Luke. The Willen fanbase whos all obsessed with Gwen and Will. And the vetran fanbase whos all obsessed with vets. Not to mention, CarJack and other couples on the show. Bottom line is that there are a lot of "fanbases" and the key is finding a way to please them all. Right now the writing really isn't that bad. Nor is the acting IMO. The dialogue that is being spoken between the characters is very on point, real, and makes sense. The overall themes and storylines might not be a hit with some of you but I happen to like them. So if they do make changes I hope things are tweaked for the better and that I can still enjoy the show I've watched for the last 8 years.