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That was such a SHAME. The show was on fire with them at the helm. Their power struggle was the beginning of the end. I believe if ES and KA had teamed up it would not have been so easy for Sony to get rid of them. Scott's attitude ended up damaging both his and KA's position.

LOL I remember that! Dru was often being temp-replaced by Kent Masters King during that storyline.

[soapfan770]

Heh I forgot about King as Dru. I do remember they did bring back Adam Lazarre-White of all people as Nathan for a heavenly sequence for a couple days after Olivia flat-lined.

[DeeeDee]

Alex was fired because Ed wanted to get rid of any threats to MTS & Nikki.

He knew he couldn't get rid of Eileen so he chose to fire the easier option in Alex.

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You're right! I forgot all about it. So I gather he was the first Nathan? Wasn't the last one available?

Whoah I can't believe it. I don't see how AD would be a threat to MTS. I mean MTS has been the show's dame (after Jeanne) for decades. If this was the actual scenario I will love Ed Scott a little bit less from now on

[DramatistDreamer]

Wow, reading about all these behind the camera power struggles and some petty decision making, I guess it becomes less of a mystery how soaps have landed in the position they're in now.

It would've been great if people could've put egos aside for the greater good and went with what was best for the show and the health of the show. I guess TPTB never planned on times when things wouldn't be so flush.

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You're right, no one could have ever thought that the show would be reduced to what it is today. I mean, I know I didn't. Otherwise I would have saved every single tape! LOL

You know, what really pains me here is that there was this man, Bill Bell, who worked hard to make his 'baby' soap so interesting and successful (I don't care that it's just a soap, when you are writing and producing something, especially for so long, it becomes like a child and those in the showbusiness know this) only to see the show get completely dismantled by selfish, short-sighted morons once he was sick and later dead. This is the worst part.

[DramatistDreamer]

I feel the same about ATWT, how I wish I had saved my tapes from the mid-late 1980s!

But I can see why a lot of series these days only last for 7-10 years. Shonda Rhimes is already talking about how she knows how Scandal will end, which sort of reminds me of J.J. Abrams planning for the end of LOST. I think show runners in primetime don't want to risk having to hand over the creative reigns to others who might ruin what they've painstakingly created and constructed. They'd rather have that measure of control over the show's direction, even if it means that the show ends within a very finite period of time (of a few years instead of decades). I can't say I blame them.

[BoldRestless]

Hi guys,

I've been watching Y&R since the early 90s and have been lurking on this thread for a while (working my way from the beginning)... I used to post episodes on youtube under this name but they deleted all of them... I decided to start uploading again... for now here is the 1994 primetime ep... hope you enjoy!

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLunzHzP4vQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xa4YoLSpK8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndVmwdfEJ0M

Also, not mine, but I just found these

http://www.youtube.com/user/donna515

This user is uploading Mac & Billy (David Tom's) storyline... yay!

And another user has put up a very rare and cool episode with Gisele MacKenzie subbing for Jeanne!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K73ux-vBDV8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B_s6euIa5M

[YRBB]

Thank you so much BoldRestless and YRFan23 for continuing with the episodes.

[DRW50]

Thanks for sharing this with us. I never watched any of the primetime episodes. Do you have the 1995 or 1996 one where Don Diamont and Peter Bergman showed their asses?

[BoldRestless]

Yes lol. I'm going to work on getting them up eventually.

[YRBB]

I will eternally be grateful to him for doing that

Edited January 3, 2014 by YRBB

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I'm sorry the videos were removed. Thank you so much for taking the time to post them again! I enjoyed the episode you posted a lot.

Y&R has the best score in daytime. Seriously.

I can't believe how slutty Nikki came off while flirting with Cole! I don't know much of Cole's history, but he was her daughter's dream husband! There's something that I wanted to ask you guys - I've seen clips of Cole & Victoria dating back to 1993 and others dating back to 1998 (the two of them were in a triangle with Shari Shattuck's Ashley, I think). Does it mean Vicky and Cole were an item for that long? Where did Ryan fit in all of this? From the flashbacks I saw in 2000, I thought Ryan was Vicky's longtime/endgame love... Can someone fill me in on the timeline?

I had to laugh seeing Cricket going all 'Rambo' in the gym LOL

So Paul's house later became Olivia's house. Did they explain it on screen? I loved that set.

Aunt Jack was at his best. He really looked like Nikki's gay best friend when he said he knew her so well. God only knows I've said that myself to a lot of my female friends too LOL

How cool was Drucilla stealing the key from Nate's apartment? Loved it. Loved the show. I'm in full Y&R nostalgia mode these days.

[BetterForgotten]

I definitely prefer the early 90's over the late 90's (though both good). It's almost as if you could cut the 90's in half as somewhat unique eras for the show. I guess you could say that for any show though.

[YRfan23]

So glad you finally joined SON!

Thanks so much for the 94 Primetime episode! (The airdate is March 3, 94 btw!) I always was curious on how it was different then the afternoon show.....It seems like nothing is different except the scenes are longer, the music is a bit different and of course when we see the 95 episode they were allowed to show some "skin"...LOL

I love seeing Victoria stand up to Victor like that....I especially liked the clip they showed before the episode began during those "recap" clips! It gulls me that this is the same character that doesn't own a brush......

Loved Jack giving Hope a tour of Jabot and Victor's jealousy of it.....the lab looks a lot different. I guess they had to use more equipment because it was a nightime show.....I also loved Jack and Nikki scenes. It seemed rare for them to have scenes since they were or were about to get divorced soon.

Robert was a real scumbag, and that phone call with Heather and the hidden sexual innuendos in it were really creepy..... I really wanna see the episode where April stabs Robert.....I bet that was coming up soon.

This Olivia story is so strange, what brought this cancer thing back up here? I know she almost died in 2000 but what exactly happen here? the obsession with Nathan not giving back Baby Nate were weird, but well acted......You can sort of see how Nathan was becoming more of a slimeball himself.....It's easy to see how he could cheat on Olivia here....and that unfeeling look he gave her when she fainted......great ending!

Thanks again so much! can't wait for the others.....

Btw, I posted a topic on this on the video fourms but once again they went after my videos! Since this it the third time this happen I am going to just do what I said I would do before and make them unlisted and post them on here.....I actually have the first

2 parts of an episode from November 8, 1993 ready to share......I apologize for those who were keeping up, that I am going out of order because I had already posted November 3 and 4 1993 on here, but I really just wanna be able to share "new" stuff right away.

Enjoy! will post rest later tonite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tovnq6oWQKU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8H_FKmSLyk