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But if it was advertiser, why did they not threaten to pull their ads from OLTL and GH if their headwriters were not fired as well. All these shows have the same advertisers.

I often read Frons pretty much has a free hand at ABCD. Unless it involved significant revenue impact, I can't imagine anyone at ABC interfering for anything other than that. I mean there is nothing more offensive about AMC than GH in terms of show content. Maybe Lucci only agreed to follow AMC to LA if Pratt was axed.

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We may never know the truth about what happened with Pratt. I hope this move cuts the budget substantially for AMC and OLTl because those ratings are not good. Although OLTL like GH has lost just over 10% of its overall viewers compared to AMC only losing 3%.

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By Maxim · 34 minutes ago34 min
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I agree. One of my initial complaints... and they are still doing it too much... Lazy writing.

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1000% agree. Don't just tell me, show me!

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The storyline with Madison feeling unsupported by Chelsea with her mom is actually interesting because it's different and topical without being overly political, but maybe it would have been nice to like, show it? They are getting to be like Y&R, too much narrating. We should be seeing the dynamics of dinner with her mom instead of being told. It could be done at a restaurant if creating a house set is an issue.

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I can't find the book in Canada - Amazon and Indigo/Chapters doesn't have it, and google didn't help.

By Toups · 2 hours ago2 hr
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