AMC and OLTL Canceled!

[Mr. Vixen]

Is Brian Frons Catholic? If so, he should have given up talking for Lent.

[~bl~]

So are the actors being told, tell the fans don't boycott. That sucks...

[Y&RWorldTurner]

I totally agree. While La Lucci may not be the greatest actress ever, she has a certain screen presence where you can't take your eyes off her. I don't get that with Minchew at all.

[All My Shadows]

AM was fun to watch her first year when Kendall was babysitting Petey, letting JR cop a feel, and ordering weird drinks at The Valley Inn, but once they moved her into "star" position, the character just got way too serious, and AM could never make her personality shine through that.

[Cheap21]

Its unnecesary tension and I dont think SMG is worth the hassle. Its not like she's at her peak when she'd be more of a prize getting back. There are TONS of former actors/characters who have come nad gone from the show that I feel need to come back. SMG is not one of them nor do I see TPTB even considering her.

[Jonathan]

I remember Joel Siegel, the entertainment critic, saying in his review of Annie Get Your Gun that Susan Lucci had something that Bernadette Peters didn't have, and that was stage presence. Lucci has it, Minshew, not so much.

[Mr. Vixen]

The sad part is, I doubt many people will be brought back. Not with this time frame. We'll be lucky to get David Canary, Julia Barr, Kelly Ripa & Husband, and MAYBe Robin Christopher at this point.

[DRW50]

Product placement with a bunch of characters who are thugs, sociopaths, and who barely even shrug when a child is killed by a drunk driver? Good luck with that.

I realize GH's demos are similar to Y&R's, so they are close in ratings in the demo that counts, but the show is not a good performer, and if it were, then it would have been thisclose to being canceled. Frons is keeping it on because he has fetishized the show, and for no other reason, IMO.

[Khan]

Raise your hand if you thought just Kendall's very conception was symptomatic and emblematic of AMC's problems as a whole, regardless of which actress portrayed her? Just me? Okay, I'll shut up then.

[All My Shadows]

Word.

TPTB probably thinks SMG is unattainable, and even still, I don't think they'd poo poo all over AM like that. Regardless of our personal preferences, she's played the shrew for nine and a half years, and I see no reason why she shouldn't play her to end. Kendall is no longer the character SMG played, anyway, so there'd be no point.

[Mr. Vixen]

Frons is going to gun hard for GH and become even more controlling (if that's possible) of the show, because I think he realizes that when GH goes he becomes irrelevant and will effectively go with it.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

I'd agree, it's a very McTavish story, especially the rape aspect and the retconned past.

But something about the early McTavish years were a bit different than her other stints. Maybe it's becuase Behr and Nixon and a better staff of writers were there to ground her inane material.

[Jonathan]

I don't think Robin Christopher will come back, but everyone else you mentioned above will.

[Angela]

We disagree on that. I think she's fine for lead and has been fine in lead, but no one character should dominate the show, or no four for that matter.

I'm leaving the Kendall stuff in here. It doesn't seem completely on-topic for either this thread or the tribute thread. The "could SMG come back?" back and forth seems less inappropriate for this thread, so here it stays.

I'm sure the conversation will eventually become less and less about that and more and more about the topic. I hope, lol. I'll do my best to help with that effort.

Is he really boasting about GH's 1.1 to 1.2 in 18-49? Really?

[Juliajms]

Well, I agree with that. She does show up for her scenes, which is something I'm coming to appreciate in soap actors more and more as time goes on. That's something AM has in common with Lucci. I can't remember ever watching either of them and wishing they would wake the f*ck up. Considering that they really overused Kendall for awhile there (to the point where I just couldn't take it anymore), that's an accomplishment in itself.