A while back someone in the GL thread mentioned that Maureen Garrett was accepted quickly by fans, in spite of Lynn Deerfield being in the part for half a decade. It still makes me wonder of other recasts who were liked by the audience, even in cases where they were not replacing, say, Charity Rahmer.
Another from GL would be Barbara Rodell (Leslie Bauer #3), who was so well-received by the audience that they seemingly struggled to accept Lynne Adams when she returned to the role she had originated.
Daniel Hugh Kelly as Frank from Ryan's Hope would be another as I believe Andrew Robinson did have some fans in the part, the network just had weird issues with him.
It's probably too early to throw him in there, but an honorable mention to Rory Gibson as Michael on GH, who seemed to win over viewers almost immediately, which was a surprise to me (and Gibson himself, and presumably a number of people at GH who were probably expecting the same Twitter torches and pitchforks that some other recasts received).
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