ATWT: Former GH/Days actor joins cast...

[Wendy]

From SZ:

Wally Kurth (ex-Ned, GH; ex-Justin, Days) will be joining ATWT for a brief stint as a newly-created character named Sam. This is in the new SOD:

http://soapzone.com/boards/read.php/gh/main/9097010

[jcar03]

I wish he would come back as Justin on DAYS.

[Soapsuds]

Sounds interesting. Wally would make a great Scott Eldridge recast. It would give Lisa and Tom a storyline. I hate when they create a new character for a brief stint....

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Wow, he seemed so loyal to GH, even though he was recurring. If he went anywhere else, I thought it would've been Days. Anyway, it's only a brief stint, and we knew Jean Piss can't write for new characters anyway.

[Soapsuds]

Jean Piss cant write for any characters Alvin.

[P.J.]

Hmmn....not really excited. We've got plenty of characters now that don't have anything to do.

[Tishy]

He will always be Ned Kiriakias to me

No, I am happy he's working. He's to talented to not be. He should have a hot affair with Lucinda!

[winterguy125]

Ok I will say that I like the actor, because I watched GH way back when, when Ned was on the show, so no problem there the guy can act. My problem NO MORE NEW CHARACTERS For the love of it all are we even going to have any of our cast left by the time they are done hiring more people.

[Shawn]

Good for him. Hopefully the stint is short and Justin Kiriakis will come home to Adrienne

[dragonflies]

Just wondering did you say the same when Noah(a NEW character) joined the show?

Anyways love Wally, glad he's going on ATWT where I can watch him

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Who wants to bet that Frons and JFP are seriously pissed now? When Brad Maule started recurring on Y&R, when he still recurred on GH, they started using him lesser than usual (and he was already used poorly).

[winterguy125]

Nope, I did not, then again he was the only new character at the time, in the last month or two, I think we have added atleast 6 new characters some have not even started airing yet. And there is atleast a point to Noah, some of these people I don't see point to yet (Sofie and Cole) for example. Plus I think Bonnie and Chris are not going to go well, or the Evan character.

[P.J.]

These big name hires only seem to get used sparingly anyway. I was kind of excited to have Robin Mattson come on the show, and if she had a total of 20 appearances, I'd be surprised. I don't really get why TIIC are doing this. It kind of feels like false advertising. KWIM?

[stenbeck212]

I hope this "Sam" turns out to be Evan Walsh III. I'm still annoyed at the idea of Evan IV coming on board with no family connections for a quickie story.

[WorldTurner]

I think it's rather early to judge what Bonnie and Chris are going to do. It also sounds like Bonnie has only been brought on as a recurring character. I do think there is a point to the character of Chris. I think it is very important to have a young Hughes on the canvas since the show is so focused on youth. Without a younger Hughes, that family will just disappear even more than they have now, so I think there is a major point to Chris. And while I am happy that Luke got a story and a love interest, I do think Noah gets a pass in a lot of ways since that is the role he was brought on the show for. If it had been any other purpose, I think he would have been judged a lot more harshly. Evan is a 13 week contract and who knows if we will see him any more than we did Elwood.

I don't mind characters being brought on for short term stories as long as they don't dominate airtime. I think the problem is when they are well known like Wally and everybody expects them to get major airtime. I saw it happen with Robin, in that a lot of people thought she was being wasted, when she was only brought on for a small role. We have plenty of other characters being wasted without worrying about short term well known actors. I think some short term characters are needed in some stories, but they shouldn't dominate the story.