GH: Brenda Marathon

[JackPeyton]

This will be the best day ABC Daytime has had in over a decade

Cant wait.

[Toups]

I can't wait to see the old episodes and flashbacks (hopefully someone will upload the eps on Youtube since I don't have SoapNet). But pre-empting AMC/OLTL is a bit much. Frons is basically saying, this Vanessa Marcil is more important than AMC/OLTL. What a slap in the face.

I'm happy to see my beautiful Leslie Horan (Miranda) again, though she only appears at the end of the episode, right?

The Jason/Brenda wedding is hilarious - great choice!

[dragonflies]

That he is, AMS, he and others are stuck in a time warp.

[Mr. Vixen]

I am personally going to watch this [!@#$%^&*]! Well, I will be at the beach, but I never mind a little Vanessa Marcil in MY day.

[Cheap21]

You gotta F-ing be kidding me?

[yr9190]

This sounds exciting!, however since im still new to GH, i cant really express the same excitement as long time viewers would. I will still probably catch the episodes though, I hope if Victoria Rowell ever returns to Y&R, we get the same treatment of classic episodes of Y&R as GH is getting, since she was a big deal and all.

[dragonflies]

Apparantly ABC learned NOTHING from the "Real Greenlee" overexposure promotion

Way to turn people off her before she even returns GH

[Angela]

25 day marathon is insane but acceptable. Pre-empting the ABC Daytime line-up is just plain ridiculous. I didn't think VM was going to pull in as much of a gain as 2002/2003 BEFORE word of this massive campaign and I don't think she is going to do it after this massive campaign (though I do suspect SN will get some gains as they are showing actual classic episodes of a soap). Why is that? The characters on GH have been damaged considerably more than they were damaged 8 years ago and it's hard to attract viewers from that.

Here's the ratings from the last really "successful" return in daytime, Vanessa's...

6/10/02.....*3.....3.5.....11.....2) 2.6/17

6/17/02.......4.....3.2.....11.....2) 2.5/18

6/24/02.......4.....3.3.....11.....2) 2.6/19

7/1/02.........4.....3.4.....11.....2) 2.4/17

7/8/02.........4.....3.4.....11.....2) 2.5/16

7/15/02.......4.....3.3.....10.....3) 2.5

7/22/02.......4.....3.3.....11...*2) 2.5

7/29/02.......4.....3.4.....11...*2) 2.6/17

8/5/02.........4.....3.2.....11.....2) 2.5/17

8/12/02.......4.....3.2.....10.....3) 2.4/16

8/19/02.......4.....3.4.....11...*2) 2.6/17

8/26/02.....*2.....3.5.....12.....2) 2.7/17

9/2/02.........2.....3.6.....12.....1) 2.8/16...Vanessa Marcil's Return and Laura's Exit.

9/9/02.........2.....3.6.....12.....1) 2.8/18

9/16/02.......2.....3.8.....13.....1) 3.3/20.....New Season.....Brenda/Sonny see each other.

9/23/02.......2.....3.8.....13.....1) 3.1/19

9/30/02.....*2.....3.5.....13.....1) 2.6/17...Jax/Brenda see each other.

10/7/02.....*2.....3.5.....12.....1) 2.6/17

10/14/02.....3.....3.7.....12.....1) 2.9/18

10/21/02...*2.....3.7.....12.....1) 2.9/18

10/28/02.....3.....3.6.....12.....1) 2.7/18

11/04/02.....3.....3.5.....12...*1) 2.6/17

11/11/02...*2.....3.7.....12.....1) 2.8/18...Sonny and Brenda got heated and rescued.

11/18/02...*3.....3.6.....12.....2) 2.7/18...Brenda and Jax make love.

11/25/02.....3.....3.6.....12.....1) 2.9/17

12/2/02.....*2.....3.6.....12.....1) 3.0/18

12/9/02.....*3.....3.4.....11.....1) 2.9/18

12/16/02...*3.....3.3.....11.....3) 2.6/16

12/23/02...*3.....3.6.....10.....2) 2.7/15

12/30/02.....3.....3.8.....11...*1) 2.9/16

1/6/03.......*2.....3.7.....12.....1) 3.0/17

1/13/03.....*3.....3.6.....12...*1) 2.8/16

1/20/03.......4.....3.7.....11.....2) 2.8/16

1/27/03.......3.....3.7.....11...*2) 2.6/15

2/3/03.........3.....3.6.....11.....1) 2.7

2/10/03.......3.....3.8.....12.....1) 3.0/17......Sonny/Brenda kiss!

2/17/03.....*2.....4.1.....12.....1) 3.3/17......Brenda say Buh-bye this week!

2/24/03.......3.....3.7.....11.....2) 2.9/16

3/3/03.........3.....3.6.....11.....1) 2.9

3/10/03.......3.....3.4.....11.....1) 2.7/17

3/17/03.....*3.....3.2.....10.....3) 2.4

3/24/03.......3.....3.3..............1) 2.6

GH would maintain #1 in 18-49 until September (I credit VM a lot for that, it was left over juice).

[sheilaforever]

She actually had a recurring part on WITHOUT A TRACE but the show got cancelled.

Her storyline was left open - MArcil had great chemsitry with Eric Close but wasn't too convincing as a bad girl on the show...

[Cheap21]

This is friggin riduclous. She's not even back and I hate her already. To think she used to be my favorite character once upon a time. Vanessa Marcil is the MOST overrated actress in daytime. Why does every outlet in daytime treat her like she's the f-ing Queen of Sheba?

[dragonflies]

I don't think VM is that great of an actress, but she does have charisma and that's what's worked for her all these years

[Soapsuds]

Imagine what this queen is feeling now

[AllMyDaysatGH]

Omg I am livid that it's Pre-Empting AMC & OLTL on August 10,

UGH.

[Jonathan]

I didn't realize that.

[marceline]

La Lucci will still be on vacation then right? Otherwise they wouldn't dare.