2 hours ago, DeeVee said:

Viewing GL back in the day was a little bit lonely for me because my friends were all into General Hospital. I appreciate you guys. 😊

2 hours ago, kalbir said:

I can so relate! I was the only CBS fan among the soap fans in my friend group/classmates. They were mostly Days fans and some General Hospital/All My Children fans.

I think that was the case for me and my immediate peers as well. Those who did watch soaps tended to watch DAYS or the ABCD shows. I personally didn't know of anyone else (besides my mother and grandmother) who watched the CBS shows, let alone the ones P&G sponsored.

It is the thing I think I miss most since the shows were canceled, discussing it with other fans.

1 hour ago, Khan said:

I personally didn't know of anyone else (besides my mother and grandmother) who watched the CBS shows, let alone the ones P&G sponsored.

As the World Turns and Guiding Light unfortunately had the reputation of being grandma shows, at least among 1980s kids/1990s teens that became soap fans.

15 hours ago, kalbir said:

I can so relate! I was the only CBS fan among the soap fans in my friend group/classmates. They were mostly Days fans and some General Hospital/All My Children fans.

I was very surprised when I went away for college so many people in the dorm were into ATWT and GL, and the CBS lounge (back in the day of three networks different floors of the Student Center had different lounges tuned to a particular network) was always full (I remember a football player would yell out at the screen "Jame F*CKING Stenbeck..Barbara girl you in trouble NOW" and when Brown first appeared on ATWT, "Nola Reardon's in town!" ..if only it was Nola and not depressing Iva.) It was the original SON as everyone would make fun of the show at time but still come back for more.)

15 hours ago, DeeVee said:

Bridget and Matt's dad Sean could have been a cop. Better than...whatever the heck he was supposed to be. Used car salesman?

In my headcanon NotLana is a former flower child and suspicious of cops. Which would be a good conflict between her and her brother.

What a waste of a Reardon...they had references for years about Sean borrowing money from Ed and Mo...but they could have made him a cop who had money trouble...and cast him better then that sleevy looking guy they got who looked no way like the siblings they had previously cast.

If only you were head writing...I love the idea of NotLana being a flower child that got involved with Alan and secrelty had the REAL Spaulding male heir before Phillip (letting some air out Phillips ego.) I would want a flashback of NotLana smoking a joing on the Boardinghouse porch!)

34 minutes ago, Mitch64 said:

I would want a flashback of NotLana smoking a joing on the Boardinghouse porch!)

I know they would NEVER have allowed it back in the "Just Say No" era, but I can envision a flashback of her persuading Alan to get high. And telling Alan Michael about it when he got in trouble for drugs! 😂

2 hours ago, Mitch64 said:

I was very surprised when I went away for college so many people in the dorm were into ATWT and GL, and the CBS lounge (back in the day of three networks different floors of the Student Center had different lounges tuned to a particular network) was always full (I remember a football player would yell out at the screen "Jame F*CKING Stenbeck..Barbara girl you in trouble NOW" and when Brown first appeared on ATWT, "Nola Reardon's in town!" ..if only it was Nola and not depressing Iva.) It was the original SON as everyone would make fun of the show at time but still come back for more.)

OH....I would've been falling down laughing to witness that!

When I was growing up in the Chicagoland area in the 80s/90s... All My Children, General Hospital, & Days of our Lives were what were talked about when I was a kid and into high school.

My late mom watched CBS live, but she taped Days of Our Lives & Santa Barbara to watch on Friday nights and Saturday with me. So I picked up All My Children in the early 90s in order to find something to talk to my peers about.

When I was in college in the early 00s, everyone watched Passions.

P & G soaps were always what grandma watched though because I was exposed to GL as a kid, I did have a soft spot for it.