Members Pest Spray Posted August 21, 2007 Members Share Posted August 21, 2007 DAYS: Deidre Hall. Is she even on the show? Also, Drake Hogestyn, Peter Reckell, Kristian Alfonso, The Hayes'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ZaraB Posted August 21, 2007 Members Share Posted August 21, 2007 It seems to me that other than a very select few cast members, most soaps are focusing their stories younger and younger, even moreso during the summer. Y and R has a lot more talented cast and worthwhile characters, but right now it should be renamed Amber's antics. ATWT spent most of the summer focusing the heaviest storyline on Will and Gwen - neglecting worthwhile characters and talented cast as well. OLTL just showed what it could be for two episodes before moving back to McBain madness. AMC has spent so long looking for the next hot young actor/actress it no longer knows whose child it is. DOOL may have budget woes, but major draws for years have all but disappeared (and the audience with them). Even GH unwittingly acknowledged how selective it was by showing it had the strength for a spinoff with underutilized characters. B & B is known for hiring and firing very talented cast within a matter of months. Someone else will have to verify for Passions and GL, since I rarely if ever follow those at all. It's almost a rule. If you are over 40, you are being wasted. It may be as low as 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sheilaforever Posted August 21, 2007 Members Share Posted August 21, 2007 What message do you want us to send with this, probably? ICAM!!! Well, Patty Weaver not really but the rest is AMEN-worthy. The age-restraint coming up is very true: Y&R and B&B used to be above this but the first is no more. It's probably not that LML hates older people or does not WANT to write for them - like ABC does and can't afford like ATWT and GL - but besides Peter Bergman and Eric Braeden they just aren't her ditzy types and hence get nothing to write home about. B&B on the other has always had THE oldest cast of the all where actors in their 50s play romantic heroes in their late 30s and their parents in their late 60s meddle all the way... The only one getting the shot cut is John McCook and Lesley-Anne Down because their story is for some reason never really been told. That's probably the burden when you have such a strong force like SUsan Flannery so much front and centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaysFanatic777 Posted August 21, 2007 Members Share Posted August 21, 2007 This is actually hard because there are so many. I stay so busy I've lost track of GH, B&B, GL, and ATWT. I can comment on Days though: Susan Hayes: IMO, the biggest waste. People who don't remember the 70's and 80's have been robbed of a chance to see this woman at the top of her game. I still get chills remembering her tell Doug "I went to Mexico to divorce you, my dear." She can melt your heart one minute, and have you cussing your TV the next. Suzanne Rogers; Why aren't we seeing more of her right now. Hayes does big drama well, but no one tops Rogers in sentimental moments. (remember Bo's birthday last year when she brought him a cupcake...classic). She can take a marginal family scene, and make it something to remember. LeAnne Hunley: Anna is a Days Icon. She is everything good about the show from the 80's. She personifies the supercouple era and brings a historic dynamic to the show that no one else can. She isn't a sterotypical good or bad girl. She's both, and it's amazing. She reminds me of an era when characters were more than plot devices. The rivalry between her and Marlena was brilliant and fun. If revisted just slightly, it could bring a few characters back to life and give Marlena that fiesty dynamic I miss so much. Matt Ashford: Talent, need I say more? I'm not a huge J&J fan (l like them, but not as much as some couples), but he has not been given a decent chance at a storyline since the early 90's. Ashford is a great actor, better than a lot of newer viewers realize. He's gone from the canvas, but the show wasted him so horribly in the past, I found it fitting to include his name. Thats my list. I based it on who gets the least amount of airtime, and on who can bring the shows personality back into focus. The charactres above, IMHO, could re-establish it as a family, character driven drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ponz Posted August 21, 2007 Members Share Posted August 21, 2007 I love this post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members d_wsb Posted August 21, 2007 Members Share Posted August 21, 2007 GH Nancy Lee Grahn Robin Christopher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members darraholic Posted August 21, 2007 Members Share Posted August 21, 2007 DAYS: -Peggy McCay -John Aniston -Suzanne Rogers -Renee Jones -Leann Hunley -Julie Pinson -Deidre Hall -Drake Hogestyn -Kristian Alfosno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted August 22, 2007 Members Share Posted August 22, 2007 Exactly. All the vets have been/are wasted. On a show that once had the best cast in all of daytime to be what Y&R is now? Terrible. Absolutely terrible. AndPatty Weaver's got chops, she's just been unfortunately wasted for the longest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JenC Posted August 22, 2007 Members Share Posted August 22, 2007 DAYS: John Aniston Suzanne Rogers Deidre Hall James Reynolds Renee Jones Julie Pinson Lauren Koslow Leann Hunley Peggy McCay ATWT: Helen Wagner Don Hastings Kathryn Hays Eileen Fulton Elizabeth Hubbard Colleen Zenk-Pinter Kathleen Widdoes Martha Byrne Jon Hensley Ellen Dolan Scott Holmes Cady McClain Marie Masters PASSIONS: Juliet Mills Andrea Evans Kathleen Noone Ben Masters Kim Ulrich Cathy Jeneen Doe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted August 22, 2007 Members Share Posted August 22, 2007 DAYS Suzanne Rogers Renee Jones Lauren Koslow John Aniston HELLO DAYS: these are you're best kept secrets. These performers have the chops and they are being wasted horribly. Y&R Jess Walton Jeanne Cooper Melody Thomas Scott Eric Braeden Peter Bergman Patty Weaver Doug Davidson HELLO Y&R/SONY/CBS/LML: these actors built this damn show into being number 1 for coming up 20 years. Without them this show is nothing. It will be dead in a matter of years if all of these actors aren't brought back front and center fast! B&B Lesley Anne Down John McCook HELLO BRAD BELL: honestly Bradley...you should know better. These 2 are amazing talents! Use them! Especially Ms Down. With the passing of the irreplaceable Darlene Conley B&B has been in desperate need of an accented diva, Ms Down IS that diva. GH Jackie Zeman Leslie Charleson Constance Towers Nancy Lee Grahn John J York HELLO FRONS/GUZA: you owe the success of this show to these actors and yet there they languish on the backburner. May you both rot in ageist hell for what you've done in the name of demographics. AMC Jennifer Bassey Susan Lucci HELLO ABC: Ms Lucci IS playing supporting isn't she? Erica Kane...supporting? Pathetic. Ditto Ms Bassey who is seen like 4 times a year? Pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpiritualJunkie Posted August 22, 2007 Members Share Posted August 22, 2007 ATWT Jesse Soffer Colleen Zenk-Pinter Marie Masters Days Jay K. Johnson Lauren Koslow Julie Pinson (hmm..sensing a pattern here) Martha Madison GL Tina Sloane Marj Dusay (although I'm happy to see that they are starting to appear on a regular basis on the show) Nicole Forester Robert Newman John Driscoll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RuAsRuAnAu Posted September 23, 2007 Members Share Posted September 23, 2007 GL Maureen Garrett Elizabeth Keifer Kurt McKinney Tina Sloan Maeve Kincaid Y&R Vail Bloom Veronica Redd Kristoff St. John Doug Davidson Tracey E. Bregman Susan Seaforth Hayes Patty Weaver Kate Linder DOOL Suzanne Rogers Renee Jones Leann Hunley Susan Seaforth Hayes Tanya Boyd ATWT Marie Masters Helen Wagner Don Hastings Kathryn Hays Eileen Fulton Elizabeth Hubbard Colleen Zenk-Pinter Kathleen Widdoes Ellen Dolan Scott Holmes B&B William deVry Eileen Davidson Lesli Kay Winsor Harmon Lesley Anne Down John McCook GH John Bolger Kent King Barbara Tarbuck Rachel Ames Denise Alexander Jacklyn Zeman Leslie Charleson John J. York Minae Noji Ron Hale Blake Gibbons Constance Towers Genie Francis Adrian Alvarado OLTL Patricia Elliott Patricia Mauceri Hillary B. Smith Robert Woods Ilene Kristen Timothy D. Stickney Robin Strasser AMC James Mitchell Eileen Herlie Ray MacDonnell Lee Meriwether Jennifer Bassey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Harleyquinn Posted September 23, 2007 Members Share Posted September 23, 2007 ICA! Most especially Roger Howarth. OLTL- Erika Slezak, Robin Strasser, Patricia Mauceri, Hillary Smith, Timothy Stickney, Patricia Elliot, Robert Woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NYC123 Posted September 23, 2007 Members Share Posted September 23, 2007 AMC: Jill Larson James Mitchell Ray MacDonnell Jennifer Bassey Susan Lucci Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted September 24, 2007 Members Share Posted September 24, 2007 Y&R: Eric Braeden (he rarely appears anymore) Melody Thomas Scott (somehow, having sex with David and making bitcy comments about and to Sharon and Phyllis is not ideal ) Kristoff St. John (the opportunities when Dru "died" went wasted) Peter Bergman Tonya Lee Williams (HAS to come back) Jeanne Cooper Jess Walton Doug Davidson Christian LeBlanc (only thing he does is take part on other people's storylines Still exquisite, though) Tracey E. Bergman (hasn't had anything to do in so long) Shemar Moore (HAS to come back, although it's not happening) Ashley Browning (bring the first Mac Back!) Thad Luckinbill (he's so good, and we see him twice a month) Don Diamont (has to be written differently than he is) Heather Tom (she HAS to come back.) Focus on them, and de-focus on the youngsters. They are ALL (who still are on the show ) SERIOUSLY underused. B&B: Lesli Kay Ashley Jones John McCook (although he now has a storyline, with Donna) Lesley Anne Down (she can be so good) Katherine Kelly Lang (yes, I know, she's front and center, but, after the rape/custody storyline, she proved she can be damn good. However, the material she has been given for years is terrible, therefore she is underused ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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