Well Donna was the original veteran set to be killed off during the stalker storyline, and all the seeds of that were in place. However, when word got out, fans were outraged so JFP & Depriest had to change the intended victim. Rumour had it that they went to a focus group where Paulina and Frankie were scored the lowest and I guess Frankie was chosen by Depriest. Also there was talk when backlash was set to eropt over killing Frankie that JFP tried to have it so that Frankie would be persumed dead but Depriest was dead set on killing her.

What I don't get about that is how Jill didn't get the final say seeing as she is EP. Unless MADD, who was over the P&G soaps at the time, was backing the death of Frankie. Jill should've wielded her power and forced Margaret to change the ending. Frankie wasn't my favorite and I wasn't upset with her dying. Just how she died. Her begging and pleading was disturbing at that time. And then for them to try and undo it '99 made me . I was already invested in Lila and Cass by then and the show was going off the air. No need to have brought Frankie's doppelgänger, who was really supposed to be her, back.

Sometimes, I think they would've done Donna justice if they would've killed her because they didn't give her anything to do in the last three years of the show. Love Donna but she was criminally underutilized towards the end. The only story she had was when Marley caused her to go mute, which lead to the sh*tty Lumina/Jordan Stark story. And when that was over, she was back to doing the usual--scolding and advising Vicky about her love life. I'm sorry but Donna was too fabulous and too lively to be consumed with Vicky's love life. Donna should've been dating or working--something! I remember them trying to get Donna to run for mayor or some public office but I never saw Donna as one to want to run for her office. Be first lady, yes. Not be a government official. That's a story I could've seen them giving to Michael, which is what they should've did. Had Michael run against Grant and for Grant [and Cindy] to bring Matthew back to woo Donna, thus resulting in a big political scandal during the campaign. It would've prevented Grant and Cindy from doing the same slapstick antics they did in the final years and given Michael something to do instead of quickly being killed off.

I liked Robyn & Lisa as Maggie. Both did bitch well. Wasnt Feeling Jodi at all and I think its best she left for Nash Bridges. She was also 17 at the time and too young for Maggie who was I believe 21 then

I did not like Lisa Brenner whatever her name was. I did like Robyn Griggs and she was fired due to her friendship with Kato Kalin (Oj simpson), from what I have read

I thought it was her friendship with John Bobbitt going public that cost Robyn Griggs her job - I still remember seeing the tabloid headlines about it at the checkout stand.

John Bobbitt could've been a big draw for AW at that time, especially if he'd been a victim of the Bay City Bobber! Ripped from the headlines, just like LAW & ORDER!

Yeah I'm pretty sure Robyn Griggs was dating John Bobbit or spending a lot of time with him. Didn't AW think it was too much bad press or something so they didn't want her on the show. I remember being annoyed that they let her go for that because AW needed all of the press they could have gotten at the time. Not that I liked Robyn's Maggie...but ....

Jodi Lyn O Keefe was 16 when she was cast and I feel that was one reason she was let go. That and booking Nash Bridges but I thought Lisa Brenner was a good Maggie. Im surprised they never brought the character back

Yeah I'm pretty sure Robyn Griggs was dating John Bobbit or spending a lot of time with him. Didn't AW think it was too much bad press or something so they didn't want her on the show. I remember being annoyed that they let her go for that because AW needed all of the press they could have gotten at the time. Not that I liked Robyn's Maggie...but ....

It was John's porn career that P&G didnt like. They never have been supportive of their soap stars having porn in their pasts

But wasnt there aP&G soap star in the 70s who did gay porn

I think you're talking about Dennis Parker, who played Derek Mallory on EON (a fellow P&G soap).

Ok Thanks. Didnt he do porn and EON at the same time?

It was John's porn career that P&G didnt like. They never have been supportive of their soap stars having porn in their pasts

But wasnt there aP&G soap star in the 70s who did gay porn

Dennis Parker who played Derek Mallory on Edge of Night had quite a porn past as Wade Nichols (as well as a brief disco singing career after he changed his name to Dennis Parker) in the 1970s that included both gay and straight porn. He became ill with AIDS & left the show a few months before the end of the series when he became too ill to work & died within months of the final episode. You really should look up "Like an Eagle" by Dennis Parker on youtube. It's quite a campy disco experience. lol

What I don't get about that is how Jill didn't get the final say seeing as she is EP. Unless MADD, who was over the P&G soaps at the time, was backing the death of Frankie. Jill should've wielded her power and forced Margaret to change the ending. Frankie wasn't my favorite and I wasn't upset with her dying. Just how she died. Her begging and pleading was disturbing at that time. And then for them to try and undo it '99 made me . I was already invested in Lila and Cass by then and the show was going off the air. No need to have brought Frankie's doppelgänger, who was really supposed to be her, back.

Sometimes, I think they would've done Donna justice if they would've killed her because they didn't give her anything to do in the last three years of the show. Love Donna but she was criminally underutilized towards the end. The only story she had was when Marley caused her to go mute, which lead to the sh*tty Lumina/Jordan Stark story. And when that was over, she was back to doing the usual--scolding and advising Vicky about her love life. I'm sorry but Donna was too fabulous and too lively to be consumed with Vicky's love life. Donna should've been dating or working--something! I remember them trying to get Donna to run for mayor or some public office but I never saw Donna as one to want to run for her office. Be first lady, yes. Not be a government official. That's a story I could've seen them giving to Michael, which is what they should've did. Had Michael run against Grant and for Grant [and Cindy] to bring Matthew back to woo Donna, thus resulting in a big political scandal during the campaign. It would've prevented Grant and Cindy from doing the same slapstick antics they did in the final years and given Michael something to do instead of quickly being killed off.

Anna Stuart said if the show hadn't been canceled, she wasn't going to renew her contract anyway.

I just wish they'd put Donna and Matt back together at the end.

Interesting but.didn't she appear on ATWT as her AW character?

Anna Stuart did play Donna on ATWT. Donna was always one of my fave characters, mainly because of Anna Stuart's portrayal.

I wish Donna could have kept the snotty edge she had in the beginning where she acted better than everyone else because of her status. I think they made her too weak once Reginald came on. I always hated how Donna was so frightened of her father when she was a grown woman! They could have shown her intimidated by Reginald without making her seem like such a weak little girl and then her breakdown.

It's too bad that she would have left if AW had stayed on the air. I thought the show was starting to come around (except for the stupid Lumina story with Jordan Stark). I really liked Amanda/Cameron, Lila/Cass and then Alice Barrett coming back. It would have been a blow for Donna to leave even though she hadn't been used that well.

I never understood why they didn't put Donna and Matt back together at show's end. Both characters were unattached and neither had much of a story up to that point, so what a wasted opportunity not to have them ride off into the sunset together.