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Everybody knows that TEON and SFT endured big blows after they switched networks from CBS to ABC and NBC, respectively. However, I believe that both shows would still have been cancelled long ago had they never switched networks.

In the case of TEON, I'm guessing that CBS would have cancelled the soap in February 1980, when Y&R expanded to one hour. Of course, CBS at the time chose to cancel LOL to make room for Y&R's expansion. Yet, TEON would probably have had even lower ratings (on CBS) than LOL in 1980, and would have been cancelled instead. (When CBS cancelled TEON in 1975, it was lower rated than LOL.)

SFT would never have experienced the massive decline in viewers (half of its audience left overnight) had the network switch failed to take place. Yet, I still believe that CBS would have cancelled SFT in March 1987 to make room for B&B. Remember, CBS cancelled Capitol (which would have never existed were it not for SFT switching networks) to make room for B&B, despite the fact that Capitol had respectable ratings. SFT on CBS would still have had decent ratings in 1987, but nevertheless been axed because the network was so indebted to Bill Bell (to the point that it would cancel its lowest rated soap in order to make room for his new creation).

In summary, even though the network switches heavily damaged both soaps, the irony of the situation is that TEON would have likely been cancelled nearly five years before ABC cancelled it (had the soap remained on CBS), while SFT would have lasted only three months longer on CBS than it lasted on NBC.

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No they would have been cancelled in 1975 and in 1987.

Both shows only switched networks because CBS chose to cancel them. CBS had already gotten rid of older show Secret Storm in 1974 and in 1975 they needed to get rid of another.

They were trying to battle against NBC which was making a surge in the ratings at the time and was battling them as the powerhouse in daytime that had previously belonged to CBS. CBS wanted to expand ATWT to an hour and EON had lower ratings so it was the sacrificial lamb. It would have gone no matter what.

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The bigger question to ask would have been how both shows would've fared had they not switched time slots. Edge was a killer show at 3:30 that pretty much destroyed everything in its path, with the exception of the game show You Don't Say (it ran a very respectable second to Edge in a lot of markets). Plus you had people home from school and a lot of men were home early from work that loved the soap's shoot-em-up format. When Edge moved to 2:30, you removed both the teenagers/college students and the men from the picture.

As for SFT, 12:30 was pretty much the slot that worked for the show for all of its run. Placing it in a hammock between ATWT and GL should have helped the show's numbers, but it cost the show a lot of viewers. (Of course, not as many viewers as moving back to 12:30 on NBC did.)

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I found an excellent resource for CBS daytime's past schedules. Looking through may give some insight into scheduling changes and the affects on ratings.

On Friday September 1, 1972, CBS's daytime schedule from 10 am - 4 pm ET looked like this:

10 am - Lucy Show reruns

10:30 am - Beverly Hillbillies reruns

11 am - Family Affair reruns

11:30 am - Love of Life

noon - Where the Heart Is

12:30 pm - Search for Tomorrow

1 pm - local programming

1:30 pm - As the World Turns

2 pm - Love is a Many Splendored Thing

2:30 pm - Guiding Light

3 pm - The Secret Storm

3:30 pm - The Edge of Night

4 pm - local programming

On Monday September 4, 1972, CBS premiered 3 new game shows and moved 4 of their daytime dramas. The schedule was now:

10 am - The Joker's Wild

10:30 am - The Price is Right

11 am - Gambit

11:30 am - Love of Life

noon - Where the Heart Is

12:30 pm - Search for Tomorrow

1 pm - local programming

1:30 pm - As the World Turns

2 pm - Guiding Light

2:30 pm - The Edge of Night

3 pm - Love is a Many Splendored Thing

3:30 pm - The Secret Storm

4 pm - Family Affair reruns (ended January 12, 1973; replaced with The Vin Scully Show (January 15-March 23, 1973))

None of the daytime dramas had to be moved to make way for the game shows so I have no idea why CBS would move The Edge of Night from a timeslot that it dominated, to one that would pretty much end the show.

On Monday March 26, 1973, CBS premiered 2 new game shows and a new daytime drama. The schedule was now:

10 am - The Joker's Wild (ended June 13, 1975, replaced with Spin Off (June 16 - September 5, 1975), Give and Take (September 8-October 31, 1975))

10:30 am - The $10,000 Pyramid (ended March 29, 1974, replaced with Gambit (April 1, 1974 - August 15, 1975)), The Price is Right (August 18-October 31, 1975))

11 am - Gambit (replaced with Now You See It (April 1, 1974 - June 13, 1975), Tattletales (June 16 - August 8, 1975), moved back August 18, 1975)

11:30 am - Love of Life

noon - The Young and the Restless

12:30 pm - Search for Tomorrow

1 pm - local programming

1:30 pm - As the World Turns

2 pm - Guiding Light

2:30 pm - The Edge of Night

3 pm - The Price is Right (replaced with Match Game (August 18 - November 28, 1975))

3:30 pm - Hollywood's Talking (ended June 22, 1973; replaced with Match Game (July 2, 1973 - August 15, 1975), Tattletales (August 18, 1975))

4 pm - The Secret Storm (ended February 8, 1974; replaced with Tattletales (February 18, 1974 - June 13, 1975), Musical Chairs (June 16 - October 31, 1975))

Moving The Secret Storm to the 4 pm "death slot" was pretty much the end of the show.

The first show on CBS to expand to 1 hour was not a daytime drama, but a game show. Monday November 3, 1975 was the first permanent 1 hour episode of The Price is Right (there had been a trial week from September 8-12). The schedule was now:

10 am - The Price is Right

11 am - Gambit

11:30 am - Love of Life

noon - The Young and the Restless

12:30 pm - Search for Tomorrow

1 pm - local programming

1:30 pm - As the World Turns

2 pm - Guiding Light

2:30 pm - The Edge of Night

3 pm - Match Game

3:30 pm - Tattletales

4 pm - Give and Take

Four weeks later, As the World Turns became the first CBS daytime drama to expand to 1 hour. On Monday December 1, 1975, the schedule became:

10 am - The Price is Right (moved to 10:30-11:30 am (May 2 - November 4, 1977), replaced with Here's Lucy reruns (10 am, May 2 - November 4, 1977))

11 am - Gambit (ended December 10, 1976, replaced with Double Dare (December 13, 1976 - April 29, 1977))

11:30 am - Love of Life

noon - The Young and the Restless

12:30 pm - Search for Tomorrow

1 pm - local programming

1:30 pm - As the World Turns

2:30 pm - Guiding Light

3 pm - All in the Family reruns

3:30 pm - Match Game

4 pm - Tattletales

To make room for the expansion, CBS dropped its then-lowest rated daytime drama The Edge of Night, but it replaced the game show Give and Take with reruns of All in the Family. (To most game show fans, Give and Take was seen as a time filler until CBS was certain that an hour long TPiR would work.)

CBS had room on the schedule for The Edge of Night, but I feel it got dropped because it probably drew an older audience (CBS has a history of doing that) compared to Another World and Days, which were rising in popularity in the mid-1970s.

A little less than two years later, Guiding Light expanded to 1 hour. On Monday November 7, 1977, the schedule became:

10 am - The Price is Right (moved to 10:30-11:30 am (April 3, 1978 - April 20, 1979), replaced with Pass the Buck (10 am, April 3 - June 30, 1978), Tic Tac Dough (10 am, July 3 - September 1, 1978))

11 am - Match Game (replaced by Tattletales (December 19, 1977 - March 31, 1978))

11:30 am - Love of Life

noon - The Young and the Restless

12:30 pm - Search for Tomorrow

1 pm - local programming

1:30 pm - As the World Turns

2:30 pm - Guiding Light

3:30 pm - All in the Family reruns

4 pm - Tattletales (replaced by Match Game (December 19, 1977 - April 20, 1979))

Monday April 23, 1979 saw a key change in the schedule. The Price is Right moved to it's current timeslot, one that it pretty much owns.

10 am - All in the Family reruns (replaced with Beat the Clock (September 17, 1979 - February 1, 1980))

10:30 am - Whew! (became Celebrity Whew! (November 5, 1979))

11 am - The Price is Right

noon - The Young and the Restless

12:30 pm - Search for Tomorrow

1 pm - local programming

1:30 pm - As the World Turns

2:30 pm - Guiding Light

3:30 pm - M*A*S*H reruns

4 pm - Love of Life

Moving Love of Life to the 4 pm "death slot" was pretty much the end of the show.

A little over 9 months later, Y&R expanded to 1 hour. The schedule on Monday February 4, 1980 was:

10 am - The Jeffersons reruns

10:30 am - Celebrity Whew! (ended May 30, 1980, replaced with Alice reruns)

11 am - The Price is Right

noon - local programming

12:30 pm - Search for Tomorrow

1 pm - The Young and the Restless

2 pm - As the World Turns

3 pm - Guiding Light

4 pm - One Day at a Time reruns

Monday June 8, 1981 saw another key change in the schedule:

10 am - The Jeffersons reruns

10:30 am - Alice reruns

11 am - The Price is Right

noon - local programming

12:30 pm - The Young and the Restless

1:30 pm - As the World Turns

2:30 pm - Search for Tomorrow

3 pm - Guiding Light

4 pm - One Day at a Time reruns

In the 1980/81 season, Y&R was lower rated than Guiding Light and As the World Turns (Y&R's lower ratings may have resulted from a combination of the expansion to 1 hour, time slot change that placed it head-to-head with then-#2 All My Children, phasing out of the original characters, and introduction of several new characters), but in 1981/82, Y&R would become CBS's 2nd highest-rated daytime drama, and by 1982/83 it's highest-rated. Despite the time slot change, Search for Tomorrow still remained CBS's lowest-rated daytime drama and middle of the pack overall. The early 1980s was when ABC was riding high with the whole action/adventure/young love craze. Compared to ABC, most of CBS's lineup was outdated and probably drew an older audience. So Search for Tomorrow was dropped and replaced with Capitol, CBS's attempt at a daytime Dallas.

Even if the time slot changes hadn't taken place, I feel The Edge of Night and Search for Tomorrow would not have made it on CBS past the 1980s. I believe The Edge of Night (along with Love of Life) would've ended in 1980 to make way for an expanded Y&R, and Search for Tomorrow would've ended in 1987 to make way for the premiere of The Bold and the Beautiful.

After having seen clips of The Edge of Night and Search for Tomorrow from the CBS years and ABC/NBC years, the ratings decline and eventual end can be summed up by:

1. CBS changing the time slots.

2. CBS dropping the shows and their moves to ABC/NBC, where they were given time slots (4 pm ET for The Edge of Night, and 12:30 pm ET for Search for Tomorrow) that were more likely to be filled by the affiliates with local/syndicated programming as opposed to network programming.

3. ABC/NBC trying to make the shows more like the more popular ones on their network in the 1980s (ABC tried to make The Edge of Night more like General Hospital and All My Children, and NBC tried to make Search for Tomorrow more like Days).

For completion, other pivotal dates in CBS daytime history.

Monday March 29, 1982:

10 am - One Day at a Time reruns (replaced with $25,000 Pyramid (September 20, 1982))

10:30 am - Alice reruns (replaced with Child's Play (September 20, 1982 - September 16, 1983), Press Your Luck (September 19, 1983 - January 3, 1986), Card Sharks (January 6, 1986))

11 am - The Price is Right

noon - local programming

12:30 pm - The Young and the Restless

1:30 pm - As the World Turns

2:30 pm - Capitol

3 pm - Guiding Light

4 pm - Tattletales (January 18, 1982 - June 1, 1984, replaced with Body Language (June 4, 1984 - January 3, 1986), Press Your Luck (January 6 - September 26, 1986))

Monday March 23, 1987:

10 am - $25,000 Pyramid (ended December 31, 1987, replaced with Blackout (January 4 - April 1, 1988), returned April 4-July 1, 1988, replaced with Family Feud (July 4, 1988 - January 11, 1991))

10:30 am - Card Sharks (ended March 31, 1989, replaced with Now You See It (April 3 - July 14, 1989), Wheel of Fortune (July 17, 1989 - January 11, 1991))

11 am - The Price is Right

noon - local programming

12:30 pm - The Young and the Restless

1:30 pm - The Bold and the Beautiful

2 pm - As the World Turns

3 pm - Guiding Light

Monday January 14, 1991:

10 am - Barbara DeAngelis (ended April 26, 1991, replaced with Family Feud (April 29 - May 24, 1991), Designing Women reruns (May 27, 1991 - June 26, 1992))

10:30 am - Family Feud (replaced with Designing Women reruns (April 29 - May 24, 1991), returned May 27, 1991)

11 am - The Price is Right

noon - local programming

12:30 pm - The Young and the Restless

1:30 pm - The Bold and the Beautiful

2 pm - As the World Turns

3 pm - Guiding Light

Monday June 29, 1992:

10 am - Family Feud Challenge

11 am - The Price is Right

noon - local programming

12:30 pm - The Young and the Restless

1:30 pm - The Bold and the Beautiful

2 pm - As the World Turns

3 pm - Guiding Light

Tuesday September 7, 1993:

11 am - The Price is Right

noon - local programming

12:30 pm - The Young and the Restless

1:30 pm - The Bold and the Beautiful

2 pm - As the World Turns

3 pm - Guiding Light

Monday September 21, 2009:

11 am - The Price is Right

noon - local programming

12:30 pm - The Young and the Restless

1:30 pm - The Bold and the Beautiful

2 pm - As the World Turns

3 pm - The Price is Right reruns (new episodes from September 28-October 2, 2009)

Monday October 5, 2009:

11 am - The Price is Right

noon - local programming

12:30 pm - The Young and the Restless

1:30 pm - The Bold and the Beautiful

2 pm - As the World Turns

3 pm - Let's Make a Deal

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The Edge of Night's timeslot change to 2.30 ,came about at P&G's insistence of having all their soaps-ATWT,TGL and TEON in a block

CBS were also seeing their dominance in daytime being eroded as DOOL,AW and The Doctors were making the first serious inroads on CBS ratings and they made a lot of changes around 72.Their audience was obviously aging along with the shows,whereas the NBC shows were all less than 10 years old.Their newer shows LIAMST and WTHI had not been big hits and were not showing signs of growth.

As for the cancellation of Edge by CBS I wonder why the show wasn't moved back to 3.30 and given another chance,as it's ratings decline was completely due to the previous timeslot change.

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The Doctors began broadcasting in 1963; Another World in 1964; Days of Our Lives in 1965. So, in 1972, yes, they were under 10, but, just for one example, my mother's own favorite personal block was made up of As the World Turns, Another World & Days of Our Lives. But, as soon as they were all hour long shows, then, she had to give up one, or watch half of two. There was so much greater possibility for fans to watch more shows, of their own choice, with half hour shows. Sometimes I think we miss this in analysis of what happened.

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QUOTE (Donna B @ Aug 19 2008, 02:58 PM)
The Doctors began broadcasting in 1963; Another World in 1964; Days of Our Lives in 1965. So, in 1972, yes, they were under 10, but, just for one example, my mother's own favorite personal block was made up of As the World Turns, Another World & Days of Our Lives. But, as soon as they were all hour long shows, then, she had to give up one, or watch half of two. There was so much greater possibility for fans to watch more shows, of their own choice, with half hour shows. Sometimes I think we miss this in analysis of what happened.

I agree without a doubt. Half-hour shows would be just so much easier to get into and watch, even if the show wasn't so great. If ATWT was still a half-hour show, even in its current state, I'd still have no problem watching everyday. It's just the idea of wasting a full hour of my day on something I may or may not enjoy....it kills me.

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ITA about the half hours. I'm currently watching old EONs on the TruVideo site. Primarily, I started because I had heard EON was "different" with its attention to mysteries, and being watched by more males than other soaps. In checking out this difference, I have found myself hooked. I'm in the middle of Draper and the train wreck and the whole Gault fiasco, while thorougly enjoying Raven attempting to get her child back. :D At the end of the day, it's twenty minutes sans commercials, and I usually watch two or three in an evening in about the same time span I would watch a current hourlong. Does anyone think this could be a possible answer to the ratings decline--reducing soaps to half hours in order to save them? IT would be radical, but they once WERE half hours...

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Thanks so much for giving this information. I have been trying to look it up for some time now. I think CBS dropped Edge and SFT due to disputes with P&G and they were the ones that moved them to other networks. I wish SFT had stayed on CBS longer.

I don't understand why CBS put Love of Life at 4pm in 1979 instead of 3:30 after Guiding Light. Instead M*A*S*H aired in between. Love of Life should have aired at 3:30 with M*A*S*H at 4pm.

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I'm of the belief Search for Tomorrow would have been around for much longer had it not been moved from CBS to NBC. Note that most of the shows that were rating above it before the switch are the ones still on air today. CBSD was able to hold ground despite the dominance at the time of ABCD.

Edge of Night saw its ratings dive sharply with the timeslot change, and continued to do so after the network switch. It hit rock bottom by the end of the 70s and only the rise of ABCD coupled with the NBCD collapse prolonged it five years longer than it would have. From 1982 onwards, however, it was doomed.

Also remember that the mid-70s wasn't good for ABCD, with only AMC performing well in the ratings while GH and OLTL were in the toilet for a couple of years- just as SFT's move coincided with the worst years of NBCD.

Love of Life had also pretty much hit rock bottom following The Secret Storm's cancellation in 1974, but it enjoyed a brief revival in 1975-76 before falling away again.

Not only did the network move halve SFT's viewership, some NBC affiliates didn't pick it up at all while many more dropped it after a couple of years. Similarly, TEON was doomed once more ABC affiliates began dropping it like flies. Of course, Capitol and AW were in considerably healthier condition ratings-wise prior to their cancellations although Capitol's numbers had dropped a fair bit from its 1982-84 levels.

Considering that most soaps created after Y&R ended up being cancelled, B&B can count itself very lucky indeed. I really believe the only reason B&B was able to get decent ratings from the start was not only starting on a strong network (CBS) but also being sandwiched between the two highest-rated shows on that network at the time, Y&R and ATWT. It wouldn't have fared as well in any other timeslot.

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I think Steve basically said it in his post. The fact of the matter is...when EON switched networks in 1975, it was because CBS had canceled it and ABC decided to pick it up, and same with SFT with NBC in 1982. It wasn't a situation where CBS only dropped the shows so that ABC/NBC could pick them up. CBS were dropping them no matter what, so EON would have last aired in December '75 and SFT in March '82.

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CBS did have room to schedule The Edge of Night, however I disagree they dropped it because it was skewing an older audience.

The Edge of Night was known for attracting kids home from school late in the afternoon and men home early from work on the east coast. This contributed to a large majority to their ratings and success. When Edge was moved to 2pm in 1972 when P&G insisted all their soaps air in a block, that was basically the kiss of death for the show because it would lose it's main following.

CBS could have moved it to 3pm instead of airing All in the Family reruns but they didn't. Although the "main" reason is unknown, I believe that if had CBS moved the show to 3pm EST instead of dropping it, the ratings would have picked up again and the show would have regained it's large following. In the back of my mind, I kind of get the impression, (just looking back on all of this) that CBS decided to cancel TEON because they placed the blame of the show's declining audience on P&G and in a way were saying "This is your fault, so deal with it" by dropping it. CBS knew it would never recover on another network. However, they neglected the fact that they already knew that in a late afternoon time period, the show was a ratings success.

This also leads me to say that if CBS decided to move it to 3pm (after Guiding Light aired at 2:30 EST) after ATWT expanded to one hour and then to 3:30pm after GL expanded to one hour in 1977, Edge would have been major competition for General Hospital and there is no telling what it could have been like today on CBS. It could have become a major powerhouse for them especially in the 18-49 demos. When you look at General Hospital in demos 18-49 in the 1990s and 2000s Edge could have been major competition and blew Sonny and Jason out of the water.

If P&G didn't insist that SFT remain at 12:30 EST when CBS moved it between ATWT and GL in 1982 to allow Y&R to air at 12:30 to 1:30 EST, I firmly believe that SFT would have lasted on CBS until 1987. Capitol would have never aired on CBS and SFT would have been cancelled to make room for B&B. It would have been clear that because SFT was behind all other CBS soaps in the ratings, it stood to reason to cancel the aging soap and make a fresh start with something that could attract a younger following.

Out of Search for Tomorrow and The Edge of Night, if things were done differently, I believe that Edge would still be on the air today. The Bold and the Beautiful would have sealed Search for Tomorrow's fate.

Lastly I'm just making an assumption here, in the 1980s CBS's daytime line up could have been like this:

12:30 The Young and the Restless

1:30 As the World Turns

2:30 Search for Tomorrow

3:00 Guiding Light

4:00 The Edge of Night

Remember that CBS didn't give up control of the 4pm time period to its affiliates until 1986.

After Search for Tomorrow is canceled to make way for The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS could have done this:

10:00 The Price is Right (great lead in for Y&R)

11:00 The Young and the Restless (Would run unopposed since NBC and ABC did not have network programming at this time)

12:00 Local News (Y&R would be a great lead in to CBS affiliates local noon news cast.

12:30 The Bold and the Beautiful

1:00 As the World Turns (competes with AMC)

2:00 Guiding Light (competes with OLTL)

3:00 The Edge of Night (could expand to 1 hour)

or...

10:00 The Price is Right (great lead in for Y&R)

11:00 The Young and the Restless (Would run unopposed since NBC and ABC did not have network programming at this time)

12:00 Local News (Y&R would be a great lead in to CBS affiliates local noon news cast.

12:30 As the World Turns (lead in for B&B)

1:30 The Bold and the Beautiful (could contribute a fresh demo to GL?)

2:00 Guiding Light (competes with OLTL)

3:00 The Edge of Night (could expand to 1 hour and rival GH)

What does everyone think?

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After Search for Tomorrow is canceled to make way for The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS could have done this:

10:00 The Price is Right (great lead in for Y&R)

11:00 The Young and the Restless (Would run unopposed since NBC and ABC did not have network programming at this time)

12:00 Local News (Y&R would be a great lead in to CBS affiliates local noon news cast.

12:30 The Bold and the Beautiful

1:00 As the World Turns (competes with AMC)

2:00 Guiding Light (competes with OLTL)

3:00 The Edge of Night (could expand to 1 hour)

or...

10:00 The Price is Right (great lead in for Y&R)

11:00 The Young and the Restless (Would run unopposed since NBC and ABC did not have network programming at this time)

12:00 Local News (Y&R would be a great lead in to CBS affiliates local noon news cast.

12:30 As the World Turns (lead in for B&B)

1:30 The Bold and the Beautiful (could contribute a fresh demo to GL?)

2:00 Guiding Light (competes with OLTL)

3:00 The Edge of Night (could expand to 1 hour and rival GH)

What does everyone think?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Ding Ding Ding - we have a winner here! As soon as I finish my time-travel device (currently it allows me only to step through paintings, move to parallel time, or zaps me to some island in 1977), we'll go fix things <g>

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I can add some insight here. Procter and Gamble used to have an unwritten rule that said no soap of theirs would go up against one of their other soaps on a rival network. Of course, since all the P&G soaps were for the most part on CBS, that never happened much.

Where P&G ran into trouble was scheduling Another World at 3 and then Somerset at 4. That pretty much prevented CBS from moving Edge to 3 because it would have gone up against AW. P&G largely forgot the rule when it moved Edge to 4 on ABC in December 1975 (although NBC scheduled a second feed of Somerset in the non-programmed 1pm slot, largely for those affiliates that had no noon newscasts in the Central time zone).

The buzz was that Somerset did very well at 1pm in the markets where it ran. What might have been...

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    • 1976 Pt 5 Tony is summoned to the reading of the will in the Llanfair library,as he’s a principal in the will. He tells Joe there’s not a chance of coming to terms with Dorian, as he is sure she brought about Victor’s death by torturing him emotionally when he was her helpless prisoner after his stroke. Ironically, Chapin hand delivers to Viki a letter her father wrote before his stroke, praising Dorian and asking Viki to befriend and support his widow when he was no longer there. Viki feels a responsibility to her father’s wishes and vows to try with Dorian. Victor’s will leaves the expected amounts to members of his family and staff, with the lion’s share of his stock and property going to Dorian. Victor’s will explains that his son Tony expressed the desire that he not be “bought from the grave,” and, in keeping with his son’s wishes, the only bequest to him is the knowledge of his father’s love and respect. Tony is deeply moved. Dorian’s first attempt to use her new power is the recommendation of Peter as head of the Merideth Lord Wolek hospital wing, claiming that naming Larry would be virtual nepotism. Peter, who has devoted considerable time and effort to helping Jenny get over Tim’s death with gentle, affectionate support, is happy at this suggestion, but Jenny points out Dorian is merely using him to hurt Larry. Viki disregards Dorian’s ingenuous assurances that she’s not trying to wield her new power but is merely putting Peter up for consideration for a future opportunity, if not this one, and tells her she won’t be able to fulfill her father’s desire that they be friends unless Dorian stops interfering. Larry, fully understanding Dorian’s personal motives, warns her he’s going to fight for the appointment no matter what. Realizing that she has made a tactical error, Dorian announces that she won’t even attend the board meeting but will give her proxy to Jim. She admits to Matt McAllister, still her confidant, that this was humiliating, but it was a necessary protective tactic. Dorian manages to win her next round at Joe’s office when, after he praises her decision to yield on appointing Peter, she expresses concern for Viki “at a time like this.” Joe, of course, jumps on her words, and Dorian, pretending great distress at having mentioned something she shouldn’t have, is “forced” to explain that she knew about the congenital heart condition Megan had and that any child of Joe’s is likely to inherit it. She overheard the doctors discussing it at the time of the accident, she continues, and naturally assumed that Joe already knew.  Joe arranges a meeting at home with Viki and asks her how she could live a lie like this; how she could go through their lives as if everything were fine while every moment was a lie. He is further upset when, in trying to explain that it was out of her love for him that she kept the truth from him, she mentions that Jim and Larry also know but Cathy still hasn’t been told. Viki tells Joe that Dorian deliberately told him this way to hurt their marriage, and she is very upset when he starts toward the door, pleading that they have always talked things out in the past. Joe coolly points out that she didn’t do that when she learned about Megan and continues out the door.  A tearful Viki is shaken and when Joe later returns, having spent several hours in a bar drinking only soft drinks,she breaks down, crying that she was convinced he’d left her. Joe assures her they can get through this despite everything, because their relation is based on love and mutual respect. 
    • If you think about it, DALLAS and DYNASTY grew stale right about the same time, even if the ratings were slow to reflect that.  FC and KL, on the other hand, tried to stay fresh, but KL was way more successful at it, I think, than FC.  (That [&#33;@#&#036;%^&amp;*] with The Thirteen does not hold up well, lol).
    • GH 1976 Pt 8 Heather takes advantage of the situation by asking Jeff to come and look at Tommy. She uses sympathy, compassion, and her own feminine wiles, together with his misery and his pills, to lure him into bed. Later, sober, he apologizes. Learning from Pearson that Monica has seen a divorce lawyer, Jeff confronts her, and she insists it’s a lie. Avoiding his attempts to kiss her, she musses her hair and tears her blouse, then rushes to Rick’s, claiming that she can’t stay with that maniac any longer. They wind up in Rick’s bed, and after making love he confesses he always loved her. Rick replies to her question of whether he wants to marry her by saying he has to talk to Jeff. Monica insists that Jeff not bear any pressure from their problems. As she leaves, Rick gives her a key to his apartment. Jeff, having spent the night drinking, misses his surgical assignment, and Steve, informing him that his personal life can’t interfere with his profession, puts him on suspension. Rick can’t persuade Steve to reverse his decision, but Mark, sensing what’s at the heart of Jeff’s problem, convinces Steve to lift Jeff’s suspension and transfer him to Mark’s service. Rick asks for his key back, telling Monica they can’t do anything as long as she’s under Jeff’s roof. So she has a duplicate made and moves into intern’s quarters, explaining that Jeff’s violence drove her out. She tells Jeff she needs privacy to work things out, and tells Rick Jeff wanted her out. Thinking that this is the preliminary to a divorce, Rick tells her she can come to his place. In New York, Leslie’s abortion is delayed by a mix-up in scheduling, and she calls Terri to commiserate. Rick overhears Terri’s conversation and forces the whole story from her. He flies to New York to stop Leslie, feeling responsible for pointing out how evil Cam was, and arrives to find that she has decided she can’t deny her child the right to live. Monica, meanwhile, expecting that Rick will be home, uses her key to let herself into his apartment and is shocked to find Mark there; knowing that Mark was uncomfortable at the hotel, Rick offered Mark use of the apartment in his absence. Monica is upset to learn that Rick is in New York with Leslie, and Mark doesn’t know why. Mark does advise Monica to play fair with Jeff, but she resents his interference. The next day, while covering for Leslie at the clinic, Monica discovers Leslie’s lab test report and jumps to the conclusion that the baby is Rick’s. When Rick and Leslie return, Monica wastes no time in accusing him. He is dismayed to see that she is still as suspicious and possessive as she was before he went to Africa, and points out that her making a duplicate  key proves she hasn’t changed. Terri encourages Leslie to see Rick in a romantic light and then suggests to Rick that Leslie is interested in him. Rick likes this idea and tells Mark he’s growing ‘unwilling to cope with Monica’s unreasonable demands. But Monica immediately recognizes the threat Leslie represents and decides to attack. She goes to Leslie and tells her flatly that she and Rick are having an affair and he’s her exclusive property. Leslie, who realizes she has been falling in love with Rick, is hurt, and Rick is mystified when he feels Leslie pulling away from him. Monica’s big moment comes when she brings Rick a housewarming gift and seduces him into letting her stay overnight. She is in the bedroom when Leslie stops by to apologize for refusing his dates, and makes a dramatic entrance into the living room draped in Rick’s bathrobe. Leslie turns and runs out. Rick later informs her he’s disappointed in her, because she prejudged Monica and him rather than giving him the benefit of the doubt. Heather tries to arrange another tryst with Jeff, but he replies that he still loves his wife. Heather decides there’s only one way to get Jeff to be pregnant with his child. She manages to overhear Monica putting Jeff down by telling him he no longer turns her on and should look for someone he does. Heather goes to Jeff and tells him that she heard Monica and that she is the one he’s looking for. She manages to get him into bed again, and sweetly assures him this is right. She then sets the stage for future meetings. Steve, meanwhile, offers to help Monica and Jeff work out their problems. Jeff is willing, but Monica turns the idea down. Instead, she presses Terri to convince Jeff to end the marriage. Terri now knows that Monica isn’t a good wife for Jeff and promises to try. But Jeff makes it clear to Monica that he still loves her and won’t let her go. She is bitter and upset, as she has already implied to Rick that she will soon be free. Audrey is upset to find that Florence Andrews has been inquiring about Tommy and herself. She goes to Florence’s home and finds she’s away now. Florence has gone down to Mexico to sign a sworn statement that she purchased a false death certificate for Tom, to protect his son after his wrongful conviction. Tom, learning from her that Steve and Audrey are to be married and Steve is planning to adopt Tommy, tells  Florence not to do anything, as there’s still no assurance that he’ll ever get out. But the judge does accept the statement, and, ironically, on the day that Steve  and Audrey are married, Tom is released from prison.
    • 1976 Pt 12 Final part Laurie agrees with Stuart that Peggy is rushing into marriage to prove that the rape didn’t ruin her life.  She points out that the only way Peg can be sure is to make love with Jack before the wedding. Stuart admits she’s right but points out that he can’t suggest that to Peggy. As the wedding approaches, Peg seems happy that Jack’s become close to the family. However, her happiness is shattered by a nightmare in which her loving bridegroom turns into a leering Ron Becker, forcing her to cancel the wedding. Jack reassures her he’ll wait as long as it takes, and Chris confides that she and Snapper didn’t consummate their marriage on their wedding night because of her own rape experience, but Peggy tells Chris she might never be ready.  Despite her desire to keep Karen as her own daughter, Chris helps a police artist create a sketch of Nancy so it can be printed in the newspaper as part of a search for her. When the attempt proves fruitless, however, Chris asks Greg to file application for permanent custody of the child. Greg points out that adoption is the only way to prevent Ron from returning and claiming the child, and that it will take quite a while. Meanwhile, a nurse in the psychiatric ward sees a resemblance  between the newspaper drawing and her autistic patient, Mrs. Jackson, but since “Fran” doesn’t respond to the name Nancy and no one else sees the similarity, she fears she’s mistaken. Jill is horrified to overhear Kay, when brihging baby Phillip a Christmas gift, telling the child she remembers the night he was conceived. Kay has to then admit to Jill she saw her with Phillip in the bunkhouse that night. Jill is aghast to realize that Kay new the truth all along and put her through such agony in spite of it, denying her baby his father’s name. Lance tells Laurie they’ll marry on Valentine’s Day. He laughs that it’s corny but agrees, secretly wishing it were sooner, as Vanessa has vowed to prevent it. Indeed, Vanessa makes an unprecedented venture out of the house to visit Brad, telling him to rebuff any advance Leslie might make to him, as she’s reaching out to him only from a sense of duty. But Laurie then makes a concerted effort to reach Vanessa. Without being sure why she’s trying so hard, she tries to assure the woman she’s not losing Lance and she, Laurie, will help her find a plastic surgeon somewhere who can help her. Grudgingly, Vanessa seems to be reconsidering her view of Laurie, and Laurie is delighted when Lance offers her a choice between two diamond necklaces, explaining that her preference will be Vanessa’s Christmas gift. Learning from Les about Brad’s blindness, Stuart tells Brad he could have turned Leslie away only out of great love. Knowing that Les is going to see Brad again, Laurie warns him not to bring the baby into their discussion, as Leslie will come back only she’s convinced he loves her, not for the babies sake. Leslie finds Brad disheveled and sloppy, and proceeds to straighten the apartment, stating that she can't respect him if he lets himself go. Realizing that neither Brad nor Les will make the first move, Laurie hurries things along by refusing to help Brad with his grooming, saying he should ask his wife. Then, having learned  that Brad offered Les the use of their piano, Laurie untunes the Brooks' piano forcing Leslie to accept his offer. By refusing to cater to his  blindness, Les manages to get Brad to stop wallowing in pity, and by the time Leslie’s Christmas braille message of her love and her need for him arrives, they are husband and wife again Lance takes Laurie on a business trip on New Year's Eve, and tells her, on board his plane, she won't be  won't be able to call him “Mr. All Talk and No action” after tonight. When Laurie protests that waited this long and will continue to wait until married, Lance delights her by instructing his pilot to land in Las Vegas, where they are married immediately.
    • Yeah, not sure why Jack and Jen didn’t rush to Marlena - or even Carrie - to offer their condolences. A few flashbacks would've been a nice touch too. Instead, we got a whole episode of them talking about Chad and Abby? Come on. On the bright side, I loved Anna’s scenes with Marlena and Carrie - sweet and heartfelt, felt like a real 80s throwback.
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