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GRADE YOUR SOAPS!

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AMC-B+: Maybe I am in the minority here but I like Ryan, Kendall, Zach, Aidan, Greenlee and Annie. I also like Erica and the budding "romance" with Samuel Woods. And of course Jesse and Angie are great.

GL-B: I like the fact they are trying something new and I like Cyrus & Harley and the story with Bill, Lizzie and Jonathan.

Days-B+: This is the best sweeps they have had in years. I think its a stroke of genius making John a DiMera and a Brady.

Y&R-C+: What I saw of the show I liked. I didn't watch every episode during sweeps but I liked the B&B crossovers.

B&B-B: I missed Bradley Bell. Ashley needs a storyline and I hate Rick & Taylor together.

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AMC: D+

Jesse & Angie's returns have been fantastic and I'm glad Erica finally has a story that doesn't revolve around either of her daughters. These three characters prevented me from giving it an F.

The rest of the show has been lacking since there are no long-term storylines. What happened last summer with Greenlee stealing Kendall's son has been dropped completely and now they're friends? Kendall & Aiden's fling was a plot device that made no sense, as was the novel that she suddenly wrote while her husband was missing. Richie has potential as fun bad guy, but he did nearly kill Zach although I have a feeling the writers don't think we remember that. Unfortunately, Richie is wasted in a dull triangle with Babe & JR, who are just one of several couples that imo have no chemistry (along with Zzzzendull, Ryan/Annie, Greenlee/Aiden, Krystal/Tad among others). This show desperately needs a headwriter who can plot stories based on the characters and how they would naturally react to each other instead of more plot devices (although I am grateful that February was B&E's first sweeps month without a car accident).

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Okay I'm truly SHOCKED anyone would give AMC a grade higher than an F

I am utterly and truly shocked, just wow :blink::mellow::huh:

I am shocked posters are giving GH a B and OLTL an A. :lol: So whats your point ZendallFan? ;)

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B&B.....F. For returning for another round of BrICK. Steph's shooting ended with a thud, and the thought of Ric/Taylor skeeves me out. Ditto Eric/Donna.

ATWT....B. It's probably a little generous, but the Parker storyline is good. Craig's goodbye, and Henry and V finally emerging from the basement.

GL...D. Too much Jon, too much Harley/Cyrus/Marina.

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I have to say it's nice to see that some people are liking the changes at GL - RocketMan, UCLAN and skiman. Even though I am not one of them, at least it's working for others....

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(No offense intended here) You hate the format after three days????? I know that E.W., CBS and P&G have stated numerous of times that they will be tweaking the new format over period of time which goes along the line of "practice makes perfect".

I've been an avid viewer of GL since summer 1989, and the last few years I've been a reality show/cable show junkie which makes me understand the new format of GL and I love the new format for its realism. I take it any day over the over-exposure of Beacon Hotel/Main Street set crap or the awful hairy arms opening credit.

Granted soaps are not like what it was in the past and just like from radio to television there will be transition as we will be seeing traditional taping to digital filming/internet in the next decade. Kudos to GL to think innovative, technical and to survive the competition in thousands of television channels as it reaches out to new generations of people which bears the question in my mind, what are the other soaps doing to survive in this genre--seriously what ARE they really doing? Writing alone is not going to salvage the soaps look at OLTL for an example, so yes GL is not perfect but others are not perfect as well, in fact, some of them are so unwatchable nowadays AMC, GH and Passions.

What's interesting is that people always complain and they have complained about GL going from radio to television in the 50s, they've complained GL about the pairing of Holly/Roger (rape) in the 70s and time slot shuffling when Y&R debuted; they've complained about the loss of Reva in the late 80s, they've complained about the Jill Farren Phelps changing the show's landscape, killing of Maureen and Reva's cloning storyline in the 90s, and the pairing of "kissing cousins" of Jonathan & Tammy in the 2000s--it's obviously an endless thing about GL.

GL will be GL despite of the evolutionary change of the show since 1937 and by goodness, they've lasted over 70 years with DECADES of rumors that they would be cancelled. In my book, GL is by far one of the better soaps in the history and even still today, furthermore, all shows (daytime, primetime, cable) goes through rough patches through writing and quality which is part of a vicuous cyclical process. GL will truly shine through in the long-run with this new format which is the future of television.

Word.

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For February

B&B: B-

Y&R: B

Right now both shows are at a C at best. They either have some good and bad stuff (Y&R) or are just missing a knack (B&B). They aren't unwatchable but there's nothing to go crazy about.

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AMC: F------

This show is at it's all time worst, IMO. The Jesse/Angie stuff started out GREAT, loved the reunion, the lovemeking, but now that we're in to the actual storyline, I'm bored out of my skull. DM and DW are fantastic actors, but even they can't save the inane, nonsensical writing they're being given.

Don't even get me started on the Sextet from Hell (Ryan/Annie/Greenlee/Aidan/Zach/Kendall). All the stupid, forced, contrived situations they are put in, the lame, painfully repetetive dialogue, the fact that the Kendall/Aidan one night sexfest hasn't been revelaed yet, the complete lack of chemistry between every one of these characters (except Zach and Kendall, of course... :) ) Ugh. It's a big ol' clusterf*ck.

JR/Richie/nuBabe....ridiculous story, like something out of a bad sci-fi novel, complete with no chemistry between any of the characters. Awful.

Ryan's amnesia....soooooooo lame. Does anyone think that Ryan will NOT get his memory back? No! So therein, there is no suspense. He is acting like even more of a self-important blowhard than usual. Seriously, whoever thought this story with this "actor" was a good idea should be taken out back and shot.

I am this close to tuning out and never tuning back in. And it pains me to say that.

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DAYS - B-

GH - F This whole week I had no clue what was going on because they were jumping all over the place.

Y&R - C+ Improving and getting back to basics. A little tweaks here and there and the show should be soild again.

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Okay I'm truly SHOCKED anyone would give AMC a grade higher than an F

I am utterly and truly shocked, just wow :blink::mellow::huh:

We are just doing it to piss you off Angie :)

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Y&R-A

I'm still really enjoying the show as a whole. Can't think of one character I don't like...can't think of one story I'm not enjoying

B&B-B

Getting tired of Ridge, Brooke and Nick

GH-B+

Tired of Claudia. Tired Liz and Jason. Tired of Lulu's drama. Tired of the mob drama. Ric and Marianna bore me. Plus comes in because of Patrick/Robin, Jerry/Alexis, Nikolas/Nadine, Lucky/Sam and Maxie/Spinelli

ATWT-B-

Only finding myself interested in Matt, Henry & Vienna, Brad & Katie and Lily & Holden

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