Advertising Age: Daytime TV's New Entries Push Soaps Toward Drain

[alphanguy74]

Here's my question, with Chen, Osborne, and Darlene Conner on this CBS gabfest, who's gonna be the uptight conservative bitch to be the grain of sand in the oyster?

i'd be at your front door with popcorn in hand.

[OldSchoolSoapFan]

Forgive me for being out of the loop, but what the hell has Darlene Conner done on TV since "Roseanne" and "Sadie & Simpson" (or whatever the heck that Lifetime movie was titled)?? I take it they couldn't get Laurie Metcalf??

Perhaps the token conservative will be Bo Derek??

And I've got the peanut M & M's so come on in!!

[marceline]

She was on ER for a little while and now she's on HawthoRNe on TNT. That's all I can remember off the top of my head. According to IMDB she's worked pretty steady.

[alphanguy74]

The last thing I saw Laurie Metcalf do was a public service commercial for a hunger organization. She seemed far more earnest than Sally Struthers ever dreamed of being. it was kind of odd.

[Gray Bunny]

Good Lord, ain't that the truth... and some will be arguing what could've/would've been some 5 or so years after the last soap (Y&R) airs its final eppy.

[Gray Bunny]

What I find odd is that Laurie Metcalf never seemed to shed that neurotic, odd Barney Fife-ish persona after "Jackie," and Metcalf had her baby in 1994. I'd love to see her in a role where she isn't such a whack-job.

[All My Shadows]

I just want a talk show where no one pretends to be objective or polite or courteous or respectful or anything like that.

You know what?

[marceline]

I saw her on some procedural as the mother of a missing son a few years back and she was quite good but you're right. She did seem to stay stuck in the role of Jackie.

ETA: It was "Without a Trace."

[Soapsuds]

Here is the Nate Berkus show's timeslots for his syndicated show

http://thenateshow.com/NATE_by_STATE_7-15-10.pdf

[marceline]

Ugh. I hate reality tv. Even "positive" reality tv hosted by attractive gay men. But if this is what we have to go through to get to the next round of soaps let's get it over with.

[Soapsuds]

I hope it does well. I was hoping it would be shown in the afternoon but it will on in the mornings here so I'll have to DVR it. Interesting it will be on my CBS affiliate and not NBC where Oprah is on here.

[marceline]

It's going into GL's old timeslot here so it's Nate Berkus vs. Sonny Corinthos. LOL!

[Soapsuds]

Hahahaha...I'm a sucker for a hot gay male....swoon

It goes up against Regis and Kelly & the third hour of Today show....geesh....so much of Today....lol

They still so far have LMAD vs Sonny Corinthos/Brenda Hour here.