April 13-17, 2009

[rhinohide]

You're right. BW does the crying very well. The day to day building of a character? Not so much. Why is it that everytime I see Jess these days, I think I'm watching Tess, pretending to be Jessica. She's so frackin' sweet! BW gets Tess. She doesn't get Jessica unless there's some tragedy to bawl about. FF has her weaknesses and the high drama is definitely one of them. But the day to day building of Gigi as a person/character? She's superior to BW.

[Daphne]

I'm gonna need to let this marinate for a bit . . .

[NYC123]

Toups WHERE ARE YOU!?

[Daphne]

I think part of the problem may be that the writing for Jessica is all over the map. I get the feeling RC doesn't know if he wants to keep Jessica crazy/unbalanced or mold her in the image of Viki. Viki's DID did a lot of damage, but she never came across to me as crazy or weak--2 things I see Jessica as. For me, Jessica has not been the same since the creation of "Tess." And I don't think that's a reflection of her mental illness. I think that's a reflection of RC not knowing what to do with her and possibly a reflection of BW not knowing exactly how to play her. By extension I'm on the fence about Jessica and Brody. It would help if I could see some chemistry there.

[oltl1]

OLTL will survive past AMC for simple economic reasons. 1 it comes in way under budget, so much so that they're able to shot so far in advance that the studio can shut down which must turn into massive savings for ABC as far as union and insurance dues are concerned. 2. They turn a profit regardless of their budget. Basically a double win because not only are they making money but their finding ways to save money without sacrificing cast or look of the show. That show will go nowhere as long as it runs well and makes money.

[DRW50]

I don't think Jessica has been the same since BW was cast. She's not believable as a good heroine. She's insincere and syrupy.

Stacey is the obvious one to blame for ratings loss, but I put a lot of blame on Todd. He did terrible things last year. And there was NO payoff. Half the time, they expected the viewers to see Todd as the victim. Todd is now playing mind games with Tea, and we're hearing Viki, who used to be the show's moral center, encouraging her sociopathic, rapist brother into a romance. Meanwhile Blair is sitting in a hospital bed, pouting and pining, while John angsts with Marty. Does anyone care about John and Marty? Is this why they brought Marty back?

Stories also have no payoff. What was the point of David being a Buchanan? What happened to Natalie's rivalry with Jessica?

[Jonathan]

Why don't you ever invite us over for dinner, Toups?

[Amity]

Wednesday is gonna be low in ratings for B&B and ATWT. The shows were pre-empted there in a lot of places that day.

[Gray Bunny]

Simple: Beemer, Gering, and Martsolf look better with their shirts off. I suppose the 3 ladies could show up shirtless but that would have to be on something X-rated, or at least NC-17

I've met multiple porn stars, and they're always very nice gentlemen. I'm sure the ladies are the same way

[ATWT_GL_fan]

It looks like the ratings wont be out until this afternoon

[dragonflies]

I think OLTL is safe because of how great it's budget is. The ONLY thing Pratt has done for AMC is stop the hemorraging of viewers, but that if last week is an indication didn't last long.

Even IF OLTL was cancelled, I don't see Frons putting anymore money into AMC, he would put most if not all of it into GH.

[Sylph]

That is all I'm saying. Instead of trying to improve them, nothing's really happening. The viewers just keep fleeing, and fleeing, and fleeing...

[rangethatrover]

I hope you are right!

[marceline]

He's probably wrapped up in a Slanket working on his night cheese.

[rangethatrover]

Good god! Marceline!

That sounds SO DIRTY. ROTFLMAO

So dirty.