Jane Espenson visits the set of an unknown daytime drama!

[Errol]

Boo, lol. I just notice it more at OLTL than AMC. AMC has the advantage of having a bigger studio though. OLTL is stuck in a small building in front of ABC Headquarters.

[brimike]

Hey, I never said I thought Days was high art.

Don't all four West Coast soaps have four contract directors?

[Sylph]

I don't know.

[dm.]

Ah, Buffy and Angel. The memories are just making me take out the DVDs and watch again....

[brimike]

I did that once the network TV season ended in May. Although I cheated and skipped Buffy: Season One. Sshh... don't tell.

[Errol]

While those shows were great, what made them great was the overall WB experience, IMO. My gawd, I loved that network to pieces. The started to suck in 2001-2002, but it was 2003-2004 I just stopped watching.

[BadZoe]

Jane's too good to work on a soap. Her humor would get lost in translation and re-writes. Her episodes were some of my favorites with the Buffybot one being at the top.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Y&R and B&B tape 4 days a week now, and since there's a mention of an hour long show, I'm more inclined to say Y&R.

I think GH is also tapes 4 days a week, but I'm not sure.

[Sylph]

Soap Encyclopedia is here, people!

[Ryan]

It could be GH. They go to a 4 day taping schedule during the summer. Last year during the first season of Night Shift, they shot the show on Friday's. I'm not sure how it's done this season. I don't even know when GH goes back to their 5 day a week schedule.

*Edit: Saw Alvin already said this....adds more*

[Y&RWorldTurner]

But I thought you were the all knowing one?

I think GH also tapes 4 days a week now, I've heard Kimberly McCullough and Jason Thompson say they tape GH from Monday to Thursday and then shoot Night Shift on Friday's.

[Errol]

The four day a week thing as mentioned above is all year-round though, which GH supposedly only does in the summer. However, considering that GH does pre-tape Maurice and Steve scenes where they can get 2 weeks off, and you wouldn't notice, it is a definite possibility there are conflicting elements in this report so you never really know unless they are directly revealed.

[Cat]

Oh, the MischaBot! What wonderful memories of Barton's interchangeable happy/sad/angry face. Yes, I gave up after Crazy Oliver. Got back in when Ryan's hot as heck brother showed up. Tuned back out when the show became a parody of itself.

Love Jane Espenson and the fact that she appreciates soaps (I suspect a lot of Buffy writers did). Thanks for posting this, Sylph. I am also mighty tempted by that ABC link...

[EricMontreal22]

I was thankful for the WB because they kept the shows on longer than a "big" network woulda but otherwise I gotta disagree--nothing about what network they were on (even when Buffy switched to UPN--I was one of the few who loved Season 6 though 7 was a mess) or the "network experience" influ8enced my viewing--in my part of Canada we didn't even get the WB (we did get UPN--woot :S ) for some reason so I had to watch it later in the week on Canadian stations--didn't make me love the shows any less...

[BadZoe]

Season 6 was my favorite because it was the most adult. Plus with that much Naked Spike, how could they go wrong. Someo thought Buffy was out of character but I thought she just grew up.