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

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

This is where we disagree. I don't think AM has charisma at all. That's why in my opinion, she can't carry the show.

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.

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.

I wouldn't be surprised if Eva LaRue came back, anyway. Not full time, obviously, but for an appearance or two. Like she did for the anniversary.

I'm sure whatever problems SuLu and SMG had are done. It was 16 years ago. Unless someone murdered someone or slept with someone's husband, what could have gone down? And I wasn't suggesting SMG play Kendall, but rather a little wink to the audience-type short scene WITH AM.

And I don't think the network cares about pissing SuLu off....Did Brian Frons not lie DIRECTLY to her face about AMc being cancelled? And make her look like an idiot when she announced it on national TV? Yeah, that ships sailed.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Looks like they will be doing things like product placement, which I wish the soaps could have done more of.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This is where we disagree. I don't think AM has charisma at all. That's why in my opinion, she can't carry the show.

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.

Soap operas are an expensive way to program a network and unless you have General Hospital- or Young and the Restless-sized ratings, it’s really not a business,”

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

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.

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

How does she fall short? She brings it 100% of the time, At least she tries, which is more than I can say about most of the actors on the show who either look bored/phone it in. or never change expression

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.