B&B: October 2009 episode count

[y&r_fan]

22 episodes in total.

Rank. Actor (Character) No. of episodes this month (Comparison to last month)

1. Don Diamont (Bill Spencer) 19 (+ 12)

*. Heather Tom (Katie Logan) 19 (+ 8)

3. Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan Forrester) 18 (+ 8)

4. Ronn Moss (Ridge Forrester) 16 (+ 5)

5. Jennifer Gareis (Donna Logan Forrester) 15 (+ 1)

6. Lesley-Anne Down (Jacqueline M. Knight) 14 (+ 3)

*. Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (Steffy Forrester) 14 (+ 4)

8. Brandon Beemer (Owen Knight) 13 (+ 1)

9. Susan Flannery (Stephanie Forrester) 10 (same)

*. John McCook (Eric Forrester) 10 (+ 2)

11. Jack Wagner (Dominick Marone) 9 (+ 1)

12. Hunter Tylo (Dr. Taylor Hayes) 8 (+ 5)

13. Alley Mills (Pamela Douglas) 7 (+ 2)

14. Rick Hearst (Whipple Jones) 6 (- 2)

*. Ashley Jones (Bridget Forrester Marone) 6 (+ 1)

16. Aaron D. Spears (Justin Barber) 5 (- 5)

*. Andrew Collins (Jarrett Maxwell) 5 (+ 4)

18. Drew Tyler Bell (Thomas Forrester) 3 (- 1)

19. Winsor Harmon (Thorne Forrester) 2 (- 2)

*. Bryan Genesse (Rocco Carner) 2 (+ 2)

21. Texas Battle (Marcus Walton) 1 (- 9)

*. Kyle Lowder (Rick Forrester) 1 (- 1)

*. Jim J. Bullock (Serge) 1 (+ 1)

*. Patrick Duffy (Stephen Logan) 1 (+ 1)

*. Edward and James Nigbor (Jack Marone) 1 (+ 1)

*. Robin Riker (Beth Logan) 1 (+ 1)

*. CeCe Tsou (Brio) 1 (+ 1)

Contract actor not appearing this month:

Lesli Kay (Felicia Forrester)

[MarkH]

And the triumph of the Y&R castoffs...esp Diamont and Tom...continues. [TGVN]This makes me so happy.[/TGVN]

[Sylph]

I wish Eileen Davidson never left B&B.

[MarkH]

She was so utterly wasted for most of her run, and I couldn't bear her in any scenes with Ronn Moss. So for me it is better that she has "come home".

I liked the sexy, confident character she played on B&B...but truly that's not really Ashley. Or at least, Ash always married that part of herself with a touch of psycho.

[Sylph]

That might be true, but for me - she is a much better fit for B&B than she is for Y&R. On Y&R she is insane, weak, pathetic, horrible, but on B&B she has a sort of feminine charm or something and could be written as a strong female. Could.

[MarkH]

Granted.

Although the Ashley of the last few days/weeks seems not weak, pathetic, or horrible. Sadly, she is still insane.

[NorrthCafe]

How is it possible for poor Winsor Harmon to have fewer scenes and still be on contract? I wish ATWT had a front burner storyline for him too! I think I could sit through an entire ep of AMC if he returned as Del!

[sheilaforever]

At least they bothered to give Thorne a real scene with Stephanie this month and instead of the usual FC dayplayer #1.

[y&r_fan]

The way they're treating Winsor Harmon and Kyle Lowder is appalling.

[Cheap21]

Rick needed to be backburnered. The show was heavily driven by him for far too long

[y&r_fan]

Yes, but now he's a little too backburnered. One appearance in the whole month is pathetic.

[Cheap21]

thats true but then again this is a recurring problem for B&B that they have never fixxed. They can never seem to balance a steady amount of airtime outside of the original 4

[sheilaforever]

The main problem is Brooke/Logans being the counterpart and as soon as that the writers have trouble to write for Brooke's TWO adult children at the same time. Either Bridget or Rick is in a story... It's as simple as that. (same reason always of the TRIDGE kids is having atsory - it's the limited canvas with a huge older set) And in case of Kyle Lowder, backburner fits him right.

[y&r_fan]

I disagree so very, very much.

[sheilaforever]

No prop, although I should admit that they already toned down my statement: unemployment would also fit him right...