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DAYS OF OUR LIVES

Dr. Marlena Evans

Bo Brady (Peter Reckell)

Hope Williams-Brady

Alice Horton

Jennifer Rose Horton (Melissa Reeves)

Maggie Horton

GUIDING LIGHT

Reva Shayne Lewis

Joshua Lewis

Ross Marler

Dinah Marler (Wendy Moniz)

Annie Dutton (Cynthia Watros)

Jenna Bradshaw

MELROSE PLACE

Amanda Woodward

Dr. Kimberly Shaw

Allison Parker

Megan Lewis (the only saving grace of season 6)

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GH: Robert Scorpio, Luke Spencer, Spanky Buns, Manny, Edward Quartermaine, Scott Baldwin, Lorenzo Alcazar, Lucy Coe, Stefan Cassadine, Kevin Collins, Ana Devane, Sean Donely, Tiffany Hill, Frisco Jones, Ric Lansing, Skye Quatermain, Zander Smilth, Marcus Taggert, Mary Mae Ward, Jeff Webber, Anthony Zacchara

ATWT: Craig Montgomery-Scott Bryce and Hunt Block, Steve Andropolous, Brian Bloom's Dusty, John Dixson, James Stenbeck, Lucinda Walsh, Lisa, Krk Anderson, Duncan McKechnie

Dark Shadows: Quentin Collins, Barnabas Collins, Willie Loomis

OLTL: Marco Dane, Carlo Hessor, Brad Vernon-Jamison Parker, Megan Gordon, Jake Harrison, Asa Buchanan, RJ Gannon, Mitch Laurance,

Gabrielle Medina Holden Holden Buchanan, Ray Montez, Lee Ramsey

AMC: David Hayward, Zach Slater, Adam Chandler, Billy Clyde Tuggel, Old Jessie and Angie, Jermey Hunter, Skye Chandler (Robin Christopher)

DOOL: Steve Johnson, Tony Dimara, Anna Dimera, Stefano Dimera, Victor Kiriakis, Jack Deveraux-Matthew Ashford, John Black (when first came on), Wesley Eure's Mike Horton, Alex Marshall

AW: Cecile-Nancy Frangione, Felicia Gallant, Jake McKinnon, Carl Hutchins, Iris Cory Carrington, Cass Winthrop, Donna Love, Rachel Cory, Mac Cory, Wallingford, Ryan Harrison

Guiding Light: Roger Thorpe, Lujack Lavonczek

Santa Barbara: Cruz Castillo

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AMC:

Dr. Angie Baxter Hubbard (Debbi Morgan)

Donna Beck Tyler (Candice Earley)

Yvonne Caldwell (Vanessa Bell Calloway)

Ross Chandler (Robert Gentry)

Skye Chandler (as played by Robin Christopher)

Liza Colby (as played by Marcy Walker)

Daisy Cortlandt (Gillian Spencer)

Nina Cortlandt Warner (as played by Taylor Miller)

Palmer Cortlandt (James Mitchell)

Tom Cudahy (Richard Shoberg)

Ellen Dalton (Kathleen Noone)

Mark Dalton (Mark LaMura)

Nick Davis (Larry Keith)

Brooke English (Julia Barr)

Myrtle Fargate (Eileen Herlie)

Jenny Gardner Nelson (Kim Delaney)

Opal Gardner (as played by Dorothy Lyman)

Verla Grubbs (Carol Burnett)

Jesse Hubbard (Darnell Williams)

Jeremy Hunter (Jean LeClerc)

Natalie Hunter (as played by Kate Collins)

Brandon Kingsley (Michael Minor)

Tad Martin (Michael E. Knight)

Barbara Montgomery (Susan Pratt)

Travis Montgomery (as played by Larkin Malloy)

Myra Murdock Sloane (Elizabeth Lawrence)

Greg Nelson (Laurence Lau)

Benny Sago (as played by Vasili Bogazianos)

Olga Svenson (Peg Murray)

Dottie Thornton (Tasia Valenza)

Edna Thornton (Sandy Gabriel)

Billy Clyde Tuggle (Matthew Cowles)

Dr. Charles Tyler (Hugh Franklin)

Mona Kane Tyler (Frances Heflin)

Phoebe Tyler (Ruth Warrick)

Alfred Vanderpoole (Bill Timoney)

Langley Wallingford (Louis Edmonds)

Dr. Cliff Warner (Peter Bergman)

Hillary Wilson (Carmen Thomas)

... and of course, Erica (Susan Lucci)

GUIDING LIGHT:

Diane Ballard (Sofia Landon)

Bert Bauer (Charita Bauer)

Dr. Ed Bauer (Peter Simon)

Hillary Bauer (Marsha Clark)

Hope Bauer Spaulding (as played by Elvera Roussel)

Mike Bauer (Don Stewart)

Rebecca Cartwright/Mona Enright (Leslie O'Hara)

Henry Chamberlain (William Roerick)

Quinton McCord Chamberlain (Michael Tylo)

Vanessa Chamberlain (Maeve Kinkead)

Eleni Cooper (as played by Melina Kanakeredes)

Silas Crocker (Benjamin Hendrickson)

Jackson Freemont (Michael Wilding)

Simon Hall (Shawn Thompson)

Will Jeffries (Joseph Breen)

Billy Lewis (as played by Jordan Clarke)

H.B. Lewis (Larry Gates)

Joshua Lewis (Robert Newman)

Melinda Sue Lewis (as played by Krista Tesreau)

Trish Lewis (Rebecca Hollen)

Blake Lindsay Marler (Elizabeth Dennehy, Liz Keifer, and Sherry Stringfield)

Brandon 'Lujack' Luvonaczek (Vincent Irizarry)

Helena Manzini (Rose Alaio)

Jackie Marler (as played by Cindy Pickett)

Dr. Justin Marler (as played by Tom O'Rourke)

Ross Marler (Jerry verDorn)

Dr. Sara McIntyre (Millette Alexander)

Gracie Middleton (Lori Shelley)

Lesley Ann Monroe (Carolyn Ann Clark)

Dr. Kelly Nelson (John Wesley Shipp)

Barbara Norris (Barbara Berjer)

Holly Norris (Maureen Garrett)

Katie Parker, R.N. (Denise Pence)

Beth Raines (as played by Judi Evans)

Bradley Raines (James Rebhorn)

Lillian Raines, R.N. (Tina Sloan)

Dr. Claire Ramsey (Susan Pratt)

Bea Reardon (Lee Lawson)

Dr. Jim Reardon (Michael Woods)

Maureen Reardon Bauer (Ellen Dolan and Ellen Parker)

Nola Reardon Chamberlain (Lisa Brown)

Tony Reardon (Greg Beecroft)

Mrs. Violet Renfield (Beulah Garrick)

Jennifer Richards (Geraldine Court)

Morgan Richards Nelson (Kristen Vigard and Jennifer Cook)

Kyle Sampson (Larkin Malloy)

Suzette Saxon (Frances Fisher)

Reva Shayne Lewis (Kim Zimmer)

Annabelle Sims Reardon (Harley Jane Kozak)

Sonni/Solita (Michelle Forbes)

Alan Spaulding (as played by Chris Bernau)

Alan-Michael Spaulding (Carl T. Evans and Rick Hearst)

Alexandra Spaulding (as played by Beverlee McKinsey)

Amanda Spaulding (as played by Kathleen Cullen)

Elizabeth Spaulding (Lezlie Dalton)

Phillip Spaulding (Grant Aleksander and John Bolger)

Rita Stapleton Bauer (Lenore Kasdorf)

Maeve Stoddard (Leslie Denniston)

Adam Thorpe (Robert Milli)

Roger Thorpe (Michael Zaslow)

Carrie Todd Marler (Jane Elliot)

Lucille Wexler (Rita Lloyd)

India von Halkein (Mary Kay Adams)

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AS THE WORLD TURNS:

Neal Alcott (Mary Kay Adams)

Ariel Aldrin (Judith Blazer)

Greta Aldrin (Joan Copeland)

Steve Andropoulos (Frank Runyeon)

Rosanna Cabot (Cady McClain and Yvonne Perry)

Darryl Crawford (Rex Smith)

Douglas Cummings (John Wesley Shipp)

Andy Dixon (Scott DeFreitas)

Dr. John Dixon (Larry Bryggman)

Dusty Donovan (as played by Brian Bloom)

Scott Eldridge (as played by Joseph Breen)

Sierra Esteban (as played by Finn Carter)

Jessica Griffin (Tamara Tunie)

Orlena Grimaldi (as played by Claire Bloom)

Karen Haines (Kate McNeil)

Frannie Hughes (as played by Julianne Moore and Mary Ellen Stuart)

Kim Hughes (Kathryn Hays)

Nancy Hughes McCloskey (Helen Wagner)

Tom Hughes (as played by Justin Deas, Scott Holmes and Gregg Marx)

Royce Keller (Terry Lester)

Angel Lange Snyder (Alice Haining)

Henry Lange (James Rebhorn)

Brock Lombard (Greg Beecroft)

Niles Mason (Charles Keating)

Craig Montgomery (as played by Scott Bryce)

Cricket Montgomery Ross (Lisa Loring)

Lyla Montgomery Peretti (as played by Anne Sward)

Margo Montgomery Hughes (Margaret Colin, Ellen Dolan, Glynnis O'Connor and Hillary Bailey Smith)

Hal Munson (Benjamin Hendrickson)

Jennifer Munson (as played by Jennifer Ferrin)

Dr. Reid Oliver (Eric Sheffer Stevens)

Tonio Reyes (Peter Boynton)

Ernie Ross (Marshall Watson)

Barbara Ryan (Colleen Zenk (Pinter))

Paul Ryan (as played by Scott Holroyd and Andy Kavovit)

Gunnar St. Clare (Hugo Napier)

Jordan Sinclair (Chris Beetem)

Aaron Snyder (Agim Kaba)

Caleb Snyder (as played by Michael David Morrison)

Emma Snyder (Kathleen Widdoes)

Holden Snyder (Jon Hensley)

Iva Snyder (Lisa Brown)

Josh Snyder (William Fichtner)

Meg Snyder (as played by Jennifer Ashe)

Seth Snyder (Steve Bassett)

James Stenbeck (Anthony Herrera)

Dr. Annie Stewart Ward (as played by Mary Lynn Blanks)

Betsy Stewart Andropoulos (as played by Lindsay Frost and Meg Ryan)

Dr. David Stewart (Henderson Forsythe)

Dee Stewart (as played by Jacqueline Schultz)

Ellen Stewart (Pat Bruder)

Emily Stewart (as played by Melanie Smith)

Susan Stewart (Marie Masters)

Carly Tenney (Maura West)

Marcy Thompson (Marisa Tomei)

Connor Walsh (as played by Allyson Rice-Taylor)

Edwina Walsh Cabot (Rita Lloyd)

Lucinda Walsh (Elizabeth Hubbard)

Lily Walsh Snyder (as played by Martha Byrne, Lucy Deakins and Heather Rattray)

Dr. Jeff Ward (Robert Lipton)

Julie Wendall Snyder (Susan Marie Snyder)

Jeremy Wheeler (John Dauer)

... and Lisa (Eileen Fulton)

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True, but so much of her run was under Goutman and company, I figured that would render anything before that null and void.

Of course, I have my favorites from various shows over the last ten years (you know, the years I've actually watched on TV), especially from ATWT, but I guess I kinda left them out simply because I didn't want people giving me "that look" through their screens.

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Not entirely. Like Carl said, Carly (and Rosanna) was before those three -- and I tend(ed) to like their stories more before they got their hands on her. But, yeah, as amazingly awful as G/S/P were overall, even they lucked out and created the occasional good or interesting character. Notice, however, that w/o exception, they ran those same characters into the proverbial ground; and in Jennifer and Reid's case, they snuffed 'em out with tons of story potential left for them.

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Characters I've liked over the last ten years:

AMC: Danielle Frye, Simone Torres, Frankie Hubbard, Annie Chandler, Joshua Madden, Reggie Montgomery, Zarf

ATWT: Aaron Snyder, Jade Taylor, Bonnie McKechnie, Reid Oliver, Jennifer Munson Donovan, Will Munson, Casey Hughes

OLTL: Kyle Lewis, Jared Banks, Markko Rivera, Brody Lovett, Layla Williamson, Matthew Buchanan

I absolutely agree, but then again, that's the way it's been for all of these shows the last few years. Wasted potential, wasted characters, wasted story opportunities, over and over again.

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