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I think there is still a fanbase for serialized drama - there are so many dramas that have obsessive fans - but the current soaps are not in any shape to channel any of that. If they were, then there would be a way to make some money even with low ratings, through sponsor deals and so on.

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The ratings system isn't perfect, and it doesn't give a totally accurate depiction, but the results that show that viewers are leaving this genre at an alarming rate are true. Serialized daytime dramas have been in trouble for decades, but no one has done anything to correct so many of the problems that they have, so now it doesn't matter. Nothing that anyone can do can repair this genre's bad image, and it's that image that will keep the genre from growing, so it can't continue in its current form.

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Robin is an amazing actress, but she also comes across as a shrew and a diva onscreen. So much that what we hear about her offscreen doesn't surprise me. Some of the stuff that she's said on her own hotline is just disgusting. In many ways, Robin seems almost exactly like Dorian. Dorian is a legacy character, but she comes across to me as extremely entitled and obnoxious.

As for JPL, I can't blame him. When I was in college, I kissed up with literally every job interview that I got. Since so many say that JPL is a Frons favorite, that really is more reason for him to praise Frons. Just about every actor and actress, no matter how talented or untalented they may be, are going to need all the help they can get.

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I'm gonna choose to believe him. Because...I just want to. I want to believe that no actor is that much of a sycophantic douche and given how completely weasely that sentence is I'm going to officially sign on to it as sarcasm gone bad.

John-Paul, I hereby unpunch you in the throat. Don't make me regret it.

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