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I totally agree with you. I've watched AMC for 28 years and while this isn't the best it's ever been, it's certainly much, much better than it's been in several years. So, I'll hope with you that the ratings will rise next week when Pratt's work officially started airing (Aug 27th, for those who didn't know).

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Twenty years ago (heck, ten years ago) - there wouldn't have been a discussion about the 'editing'.

Soaps are trying too hard to be 'modern'.

Write a good story, get some good actors, direct them well, stop trying to be cool......and all else should follow (yes, even in this age of declining ratings and a bizillion other cable networks..)

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I agree. I'd bring back Jamie too for Brooke. I think the show needs more of Adam and Erica's families on canvas. Sometimes I wonder about recasting. It's been a while since we've seem any of them on screen. Would a recast work for any of those characters mentioned? A soap vet who could act? The only reason I ask is because I remember watching Ryan's Hope and remember then recasting almost all of the major characters several times with little opposition. Maybe it's because the writing was so good, you didn't notice as much, I don't know. Just thought I'd put that out there.

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Loving recast nearly every single Alden like 4 times it seemed...

Well the rumorus of Skye returning migth help this--Eden Reigel has said many times she'll return to the show whenever they want her--but maybe she just means in short term? It was odd that she said she'd love to return to see her mom in jail yet the show never took her up on it

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I was about to post the identical thing :lol: its minusing out and they just carry on like all's well so

I don't even see for GH trying to flip the script its the same deal. I mean do they even care? For me its

like someone is "designing" it to fail accidently on purpose (doesn't have to) They could be surprised that its still around its like every week

maybe if I do this I'll get another 30,000 to stop watching. The good news is for me they have stepped up their settings they are really nice

and wardrobe has been kind to some, others not as much. But the settings are really well done so Kudos to those set designers.

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