21 minutes ago, Forever8 said:

@DRW50 You wouldn't have Christine's exit interview would you?  

 

I probably have a scan somewhere. If I ever find it I'll put it on here, if no one else has. 

48 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

 

I probably have a scan somewhere. If I ever find it I'll put it on here, if no one else has. 

Thanks

2 hours ago, slick jones said:

LISBY LARSON

 

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW       Victoria Parker    1979

TEXAS              Paige Marshall (Carrington) Wheeler  1980-82

ANOTHER  WORLD     Paige Marshall   1980

THE CATLINS   Vanessa Mahoney Crane Lockwood   1983

ONE LIFE TO LIVE    Annabelle (interviewed Tina)   1984 or 1985

GUIDING LIGHT      Calla Tyler Matthews       1985-87

ANOTHER WORLD       Pippa Palmer      1990

AS THE WORLD TURNS       Mary Hopkins Campbell   1993-94

LOVING     Bonnie ___ Rescott Davis          1994

ONE LIFE TO LIVE    Leigh Malone          2000

                                    Eve McBain     2006

 

Larson bounced around.

 

Wow she did get around. Thank you @slick jones

I think ABC would have canned LOVING anyway & was gonna replace it with a new soap. Maybe they felt spinning multiple LOVING characters into a new show would at least draw in viewers more easily then a whole brand new soap would

The whole thing seemed lazy to me. The City should have been a brand new show without any ties to Loving.

 

Bless Debi and Darnell, but that last scene of Loving is a hell of a lot more crass and disrespectful to fans of the show than Paul Rauch stomping out his cigar as the last shot of Santa Barbara’s finale. 
 

It was basically, “f.uck this loser show, but come watch us on The City next week y’all!”

7 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

The whole thing seemed lazy to me. The City should have been a brand new show without any ties to Loving.

 

Bless Debi and Darnell, but that last scene of Loving is a hell of a lot more crass and disrespectful to fans of the show than Paul Rauch stomping out his cigar as the last shot of Santa Barbara’s finale. 
 

It was basically, “f.uck this loser show, but come watch us on The City next week y’all!”

That last scene was stupid

Next batch of uploads are posted. If my calculations are correct, the show returned from repeats on Friday, Oct. 13 (part #66). As of right now, we're up to Part #68/Tuesday, Oct. 17.

 

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We've got Jeremy's funeral, Trisha and Ava's departures, the big reveal and the wrapup over the last 18 episodes.

 

4 hours ago, BetterForgotten said:

Bless Debi and Darnell, but that last scene of Loving is a hell of a lot more crass and disrespectful to fans of the show than Paul Rauch stomping out his cigar as the last shot of Santa Barbara’s finale. 
 

It was basically, “f.uck this loser show, but come watch us on The City next week y’all!”

 

It always cracked me up. I already loved Debbi and Darnell and was happy about the ending, but when Angie crowed 'livin' for the sit-tay!" and they shooped outta frame I remember thinking 'man, if I watched Loving a long time I'd be pissed,' lol.

 

I didn't mind the link between shows. But to me TC was incredible stylistically and production-wise but largely a huge waste of creative potential. The concept worked. If they'd done that show right it might still be standing today.

Edited April 18, 20205 yr by Vee

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I found the killer's Facebook Page. She now lives in Florida with her family.

https://www.facebook.com/christine.newman.

 

Edited April 19, 20205 yr by Forever8

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Part 75 & 76 is the reveal and is up

 

Edited April 19, 20205 yr by John

One has to wonder why this show was managed so poorly behind the scenes. Unlike her other soaps, Agnes Nixon maintained ownership of Loving, it was never owned by ABC outright.

 

Either she didn’t have the business acumen to manage a business operation on her own, or she wasn’t equipped to manage against network interference. Even for daytime, the BTS turnover on a soap that lasted just 12 years was excessive. I wonder if we’ll ever know the full story.

 

I remember when Laura Wright first went over to GL in 1997. She said she was shocked at how much better the morale and working conditions were on GL vs. Loving/The City (even though it was more work to do a hour long soap than a half-hour one).

13 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

One has to wonder why this show was managed so poorly behind the scenes. Unlike her other soaps, Agnes Nixon maintained ownership of Loving, it was never owned by ABC outright.

 

Either she didn’t have the business acumen to manage a business operation on her own, or she wasn’t equipped to manage against network interference. Even for daytime, the BTS turnover on a soap that lasted just 12 years was excessive.

 

I think it goes back to the show's number-one problem, which was its' inability to define itself.  When no one knows or understands what a series supposed to be about, BTS interference and turmoil is probably inevitable.

Edited April 19, 20205 yr by Khan

I wonder if the working experience Agnes had in its early period, and whatever went on with Marland and with that other man who was originally involved, meant that she was hesitant to go back and the show was rudderless as a result. Didn't it take her almost a decade to want to return? 

 

It seems like it was mostly just the health of the ABC lineup and merchandising opportunities (and maybe the massive popularity in Italy?) which helped stretch through those years.

Agnes also started focusing on projects outside of daytime by the mid-80’s and returned in some capacity to AMC in the late 80’s when it was in a bit of a creative turmoil.
 

When she left OLTL, she has mentored Gordon Russel and fully supported him to step in and creatively guide the show, the same with Wiser Washam at AMC. At Loving, there didn’t seem to be that foresight or much of a plan after Marland left. True, it was a much newer show, but it certainly coasted for such a long time. Perhaps her heart wasn’t fully in it, despite her business interests in it?

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I got to Clay's death and man it is sad that they were only a handful of Alden's left on canvas. I did like Steffi confessing to Isabelle about her being pregnant with Cooper's baby. I love Curtis eyeing the irony of his grandfather finally giving Clay acceptance. Since Curtis and his father had their own tumultuous  relationship with Clay. I get what @dc11786 is saying about Alex being trigger happy about trying to nail down Curtis as a suspect. I hope they at least play out their history as Father/Son. But something telling me that characterization might come last. Was the show in the process of cancellation at this point?