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B&B: Unbold & Ugly?


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B&B has been in a ratings free fall since about March 2007. The quality of the show, or lack thereof, is not helping matters, along with its small cast & crew. What happens if Susan Flannery's condition worsens? She'll either spend a bit more time away or much more time. With the state this show has been under for several years now, it will no doubt negatively impact its ratings because Flannery is the star of the show; she drives the "better" stories. Lower ratings for B&B equals lower ratings for ATWT, which in turns equals lower ratings for GL. The slide is slippery, and once it starts, it's difficult to reverse. Case in point: Another World in the 1990s.

If Bradley Bell were smart, he should offer Kay Alden and Janice Ferri Esser to head write the show, and hire new writers (particularly playwrights and novelists) & directors for the show. His writing talent, if it can be called that, is extremely underwhelming. Is Bradley Bell his own worst enemy?

Week of September 10-14, 2007

Total Viewers (Last Week/Last Year) (Same Week: 2003)

2. B&B 3,673,000 (+32,000/-390,000) (-816,000)

Total Viewers: Same Week 2003

2. B&B 4.489 million viewers

Household Ratings: 2007/Same Week 2003

2. B&B 2.8/3.3

At the rate they are going, several key crew members will eventually be burnt-out. :o

2007 Credits by Toups

6 consecutives eps

January 2- D: Michael Stich

January 3- D: Michael Stich

January 4- D: Michael Stich

January 5- D: Michael Stich

January 8- D: Michael Stich

January 9- D: Michael Stich

6 consecutives eps

August 10- D: Deveney Kelly

August 13- D: Deveney Kelly

August 14- D: Deveney Kelly

August 15- D: Deveney Kelly

August 16- D: Deveney Kelly

August 17- D: Deveney Kelly

5 consecutives eps

July 4- D: Deveney Kelly

July 5- D: Deveney Kelly

July 6- D: Deveney Kelly

July 9- D: Deveney Kelly

July 10- D: Deveney Kelly

4 consecutives eps

May 31- D: Deveney Kelly

June 1- D: Deveney Kelly

June 4- D: Deveney Kelly

June 5- D: Deveney Kelly

July 16- D: Deveney Kelly

July 17- D: Deveney Kelly

July 18- D: Deveney Kelly

July 19- D: Deveney Kelly

August 23- D: Michael Stich

August 24- D: Michael Stich

August 27- D: Michael Stich

August 28- D: Michael Stich

August 29- D: Cynthia J. Popp

August 30- D: Cynthia J. Popp

August 31- D: Cynthia J. Popp

September 4- D: Cynthia J. Popp

September 4- SW: Tracey Ann Kelly

September 5- SW: Tracey Ann Kelly

September 6- SW: Tracey Ann Kelly

September 10- SW: Tracey Ann Kelly

September 17- D: Deveney Kelly

September 18- D: Deveney Kelly

September 19- D: Deveney Kelly

September 20- D: Deveney Kelly

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I don't see any point in your posting, sorry.

B&B is in the best shape it has in quite a while and 2007 has definitely been a very good year so far - way better than anything out in soap-land.

Those multiple directing gigs stem from B&B's taping schedule. They do 2 episodes a day and often directors stay in for two days of taping. Voilà!

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Yeah, and Y&R which is super sh*t is doing pretty good in the ratings... Your point is?

The ratings are bleeding because B&B lost its lead-in. Loyal Y&R viewers were pushed away leaving CBS daytime in free fall because those ABC/NBC refugees now watching Y&R don't like the rest of the line-up. Plus, CBS was pretty staedy in recent years whereas ABC and NBC already took the nose-dive into ratings hell.

Ratings don't equal quality and B&B has tried a lot of things to attract viewers this year; quality writing, teens, a summer concert, music; which did not work unfortunately. Still I refuse to believe that daytime TV has to be as dumb as Y&R to still find an audience.

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>> So, RuRu, how much is Latham paying you for posting threads like this about EVERY soap BUT Y&R?

And how come she can't pour that money into the hair stylists' budget instead? I haven't seen so many Bad Hair Days among the cast in my life!

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