who would have thought 10 years later these would all be stars on soaps?

who would have thought 10 years later these would all be stars on soaps?

Certainly not me. I thought JKJ would be in Primetime and the rest would be long forgotten, sans the occasional Disney movie for Storms.

ALL MY CHILDREN

Alex and Anna are twins!Bianca is gay!And that Libidozone-we want some!

There were plenty of big stories and big payoffs in 2000.AMC has a cast to die for,and this year,many of them did their best work.Though some stories were clunkers,for the most part,life in Pine Valley was engaging and interesting again,causing us to question the reliability of the Nielson ratings system.

Josh Duhamel's Leo has chemistry with everyone,including the new pet on the canvas,Happy.

David went fromErica to Dixie.Gillian went from Ryan to Jake to Ryan to Jake to Ryan.Adam had Liza,then Arlene,then Liza again.

The only Pine Valley residentwho had areally bad year was Edmund.He lost his girl to his brother ,then lost his mind.

HITS

Newcomer-Eden Riegel

Storyline-Bianca comes home,then comes out.

Couple-Leo and Greenlee

Breakout Performance-Josh Duhamel

Most Shocking Twist-Eliot killed Laura

Triangle-Dimitri/Alex/Edmund

Surprising wedding-Adam and Arlene

Guilty Pleasure-David/Dixie

MISS

Storyline-Stuart's disappearance.

Couple-Jake and Gillian

Show Me the Story-Hayley and Mateo

Show Us the Reason-Erica and David

OTHER

Most Bad Mothers Per Capita

Part We're Glad We Were Not Invited To-Bianca's party

2000 was SOO schizo for AMC It was the year Agnes Nixon, after coming back very late 1999, started off basically writing full time and then soon was sharing writing duties with Elizabeth Page and then Jean Passanante. By the Summer or maybe earlier it seemed we'd have stories liek the amazingly well done Bianca stuff--which Agnes clearly did--some great character stuff that was reminescent of old AMC like Marian's social climbing desires to get invited to a party with the Queen and Adam (it sounds lame but was wonderful social comedy) and then disasters like libidizone. I still find it bizarre that Agnes allowed that story while she was co HW (she came to the show of course to put it back on track after Megan McT's disastrous second stint.

Nixon created Greenlee and Leon and all that in 99 I think originally she thought Greenlee would be to Becca kinda be what Erica was to super good girl Tara. Unfortunately in that respect Nixon was wrong--the time for angelic heroines like Tara/Becca had passed I think--but Greenlee and Leo became pretyt great.

Even Anna/Alex started under Nixon and had some potential--although as much as I LOVE the actress I felt she played both roles the same. Under passanante with Dogboy (her son? nephew?) etc it became a confusing mess of awfulness--made worse becuase of Dmitri's firing.

Ironically Agnes couldn;'t handle writing a soap full time and when she left and Passanate took over the show IMHo became even somehow worse than it was under MCTavish in 97-99. very sad, yet Agnes gave us enough great great stuff there to make me oevrall pleased with the year...

Edited April 8, 200916 yr by EricMontreal22

Certainly not me. I thought JKJ would be in Primetime and the rest would be long forgotten, sans the occasional Disney movie for Storms.

Me too.

But Farah is pretty much the star of OLTL; Kirsten is half of one of GH's most fan faved couples; Jason gets an episode a month on GH, lol; Nadia & Jay are both starring on days - in separate storylines no less; and Kyle is currently the star of B&B.

And that right there explains DOOL's stabilization in the ratings nine years later. I can almost see a new fan posting this same comment about last week's episodes.

True. I guess it all depends on when you start watching the show. Who knows, maybe if I tried watching DAYS now, I would like it.. lol But if it's still heavily Sami's DAYS, then I don't think so.. lol

And yeah, it's amazing how all of DAYS 2000 Teens are still on soaps. Unlike Y&R 2000 Teens. And I loved Y&R teens much more... David Lago, Ash Bashiom, David Tom, Alexis Thorpe... even Lauren W.... and the only one I didn't like (Thad L.) is still there...

Really? I loved 2001. as well. That was the year with Matt and Tricia, Ryan's death, Matt's death, good business stuff between Jabot and Newman, Billy and Mac were still awesome, didn't Raul's diabetes happen in this year as well? David Lago was AMAZING during that storyline..

I kinda think 2002. is when it went a bit bad... but not that much. I still loved corporate storylines a lot, also Malcolm's death happened in 2002... But yeah, 2002. was not as good as 2000 or 2001. to me.

I'm sorry, I meant that 2001 was the last good year for me [and yeah, Matt/Tricia ROCKED. And there is no doubt in my mind that it was all Bill Bell's doing. I don't believe for a moment that KA would be capable of creating such storylines]

2002 started good, but when Ed Scott stepped down, the show started to get unrecognizable for me.

Yeah, 2002. was def less fun than 2000/2001. But 2002. is when I was LOVING Days... Sami and Austin's Vegas wedding, Nicole and Austin's short friendship or whatever you wanna call it, Baby Switch ending, Stefano's will.. Brash and Cwikly were great. Too bad they couldn't stay.

Edited April 8, 200916 yr by Manny

Yeah, 2002. was def less fun than 2000/2001. But 2002. is when I was LOVING Days... Sami and Austin's Vegas wedding, Nicole and Austin's short friendship or whatever you wanna call it, Baby Switch ending, Stefano's will.. Brash and Cwikly were great. Too bad they couldn't stay.

My fave days scene ever is austin leaving sami at the alter.

i wish i could find a youtube clip of her faling to the floor in her amazing elvis-esq wedding dress. it was so over the top, it was far too much, yet it was so 100% sami brady and days of our lives. that ish was perfection. it was also the climax of years and years and years - at least 5 - of her lies and schemes coming out like they never had before. girl lost EVERYTHING.

My fave days scene ever is austin leaving sami at the alter.

i wish i could find a youtube clip of her faling to the floor in her amazing elvis-esq wedding dress. it was so over the top, it was far too much, yet it was so 100% sami brady and days of our lives. that ish was perfection. it was also the climax of years and years and years - at least 5 - of her lies and schemes coming out like they never had before. girl lost EVERYTHING.

I know. Finally the ENTIRE truth was out.

Oh and I remember when photos of Sami in a wedding dress came out... She was so HOT! I loved her look.

Too bad I despise Sami now and I couldn't care less what happens to her now.

I know. Finally the ENTIRE truth was out.

Oh and I remember when photos of Sami in a wedding dress came out... She was so HOT! I loved her look.

Too bad I despise Sami now and I couldn't care less what happens to her now.

yup.

she was hot.

Hogan's run at days really made me hate sami. However now shes back to amazingness so i love her yet again. Perfect mix of adult sami and scheming sami.

Yeah? Is she crying? Cause back when I was watching, there couldn't be an episode with Sami in it, in which she wasn't crying at least once. It was unwatchable.

Edited April 8, 200916 yr by Manny

Yeah? Is she crying? Cause back when I was watching, there couldn't be an episode with Sami in it, in which she wasn't crying at least once. It was unwatchable.

Nope, shes not.

Shes had a few tears, but nothing more than the normal women on soaps. And when she does now its not all over the top. Its rather reserved, like Will lashed out at her and she had tears and was crying, but wasnt sobbing. She has shed a few over her baby drama, but thats about it. Its really nice. lol.

Well that certainly is a change. Like I told you, I am rather enticed to check DAYS out again... lol

AS THE WORLD TURNS Most Improved Show

ATWT experienced an exciting renaissance this year,thanks to the continued leadership of executive producer Christopher Goutman and the inspired hiring of daytime newcomer Hogan Sheffer.This team is taking risks that are paying off:stalled stories were jump started,giving fans a wild ride.

Knowing they had a lot to celebrate,ATWT threw a helluva party-or two-this year.Who can forget Katie's very public downfall at the Endicott awards?Or Molly glimpsing her lover's dead wife at Craig's '20's themed Halloween bash?

New characters like Simon,Rose and Henry fit in so seamlessly,it's like we've known them for years,while established characters like Lily,holden and Julia transformed before our eyes.

Right now,Oakdale is the place to be.

HIT

Storyline-Rose takes over Lily's life

Newcomer-Paul Leyden

Breakout Performance-Martha Byrne

Couple-Jake and Molly

Welcome to the Dark Side-Katie

Recast-Craig(Hunt Block)

Shocking Twist-Vicky haunts Molly

New Character-Rose

Triangle-Jack/Julia/Carly

Comic Relief-Henry

MISS

Storyline-Lily and Simon on the Island

13 Weeks and Counting-Celia

Couple-Chris and Abigail

Show Me the Story

Craig's microchips