July 1991 Weekly

I was looking in a Digest from May 1995 and they said Lauren Koslow had a good shot of taking over as Kate.

That did happen, in early 1996 (February? March? I can't remember). I wonder if they asked her not to take any other big jobs until then, or if they auditioned people all over again in late '95.

Her first episode aired in January 1996.

From the February 1971 Daytime TV.

Thanks so much for sharing this. I would love to see Susan's work on DAYS.

You're welcome! I liked her very much as Laura. I didn't care for Susan Oliver in the role. She seemed too cold. I didn't hate Rosemary Forsyth and thought she came closer to portraying Laura's persona. Jaime Lynn Bauer seems like a different character altogether.

I marvel now when I think that when I first started getting hooked on Days the cast included Susan Flannery, Susan Seaforth, and Denise Alexander, three of my favorite (and in my opinion, among the best) soap actresses.

This an article from the January 1976 Daily TV on Margaret Mason, who played Linda Patterson (Melissa's biological mother). I loved Margaret Mason. It's a shame she's not better remembered today.

Thanks for sharing this. It's a shame only her Y&R work is around, mostly, and even that is hard to find. She was a beautiful woman, and in a real way, not plastic.

Daily TV Serials was a very high quality magazine. I wish it had lasted longer.

August 1990 Update

I want Gary Tomlin to read that first answer from Al Rabin.

I'm just glad to know someone read it at all...

I'm just glad to know someone read it at all...

LOL.

It's just sad how much of it even resembles today considering it was 23 years ago. And I mean sad in that so many things he's saying you shouldn't do are absolutely being done now.

What I took away most was how good DAYS used to be at creating couples, and wondering where that's gone. I realize that not all their couples were popular at this time, but even a couple like Roman and Isabella seem so much stronger than anyone on DAYS now, except a few of the vets like John/Marlena.

Rabin also seems to be speaking from the heart, instead of what he thinks people want to hear.

Edited January 3, 201312 yr by CarlD2

Exactly. It was a good interview with him.

And his comments about handling returning characters was spot on and that is why so many of the returns failed. Ultimately. We may have liked those characters being back but you cant bring someone back after 15 years and just expect instant success. I mean they do initially a good job but its the followup that fails.

Promo that starts around 4:35.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_PB5lwD5Vk