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I don't feel the show's in as bad a situation as you--Rylee aside (OK and Ricky) they've actually built up a lot of decent B level stories and situations. I know OLTL and AMC fans always measure to see who's is bigger, but I think even in three months there's more to establish Pine Valley than there is for Llanview.

Cuz OLTL has so many places to go except Vicki/Clint, Todd killing nuTodd and the Ford bros posing shirtless?

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Why don't I believe this fully or perhaps people are still stunned or in denial?

krisalderson Everyone is in super high hopes at the studio. We still have 7 months together & 7 months to share great stories w/characters you love about 3 hours ago via web

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Someone named LaLucci fan on twitter (no it's not me :lol: ) wrote to Rosie O'Donnell about Brian Frons:

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@Rosie Was Brian Frons horrible to work for during your time at The View? He treats soap actors like crap

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@LaLucciFan - not at all - i enjoyed him

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Definitely, but I think its very hard to pin down any specific moment that sealed this show's fate. Combination of OJ in 1995, recycling visions of writers over and over again (namely Megan McTavish), incompetent executives, changing dynamics within the demographics, evolving mediums.... etc.

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When Michael Malone left for the first time. Even I have to admit the show fell apart completely when Leah Laiman & Jean Passanante succeeded him as Co-HW's (w/ Peggy Sloane), and I'm not even a MM fan!

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I think all the soaps jumped the shark between the mid to late 90s.

AMC ratings definitely crashed on the OJ trial combined with the surge of DAYS and James E. Reilly. So many shows were trying to copy the DAYS formula back then and doing it so poorly. It was just a horrific and sad situation. What fit DAYS was a fit for DAYS not for any other soap. AMC never fully recovered. Daytime never fully recovered. There were so few creative surges for any of the soaps once the 90s ended.

McTavish kept AMC in the top 4 in 18-49 through half of 2007. AMC fell out of any type of real grace in 18-49 with B & E in 2007.

The mid to late 90s. OJ's trial brought cable TV and news to a new level. The internet was hitting its young stride around then, too. Reality TV was emerging. Too many other options. And with that too many PTB's thinking how do we copy this formula to get those viewers? how do we copy that formula to get hose viewers?

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