January 5, 1970 - September 2011

On 10/22/2025 at 10:35 AM, Jonathan said:

She was a scapegoat for low-ish ratings. I think this is around the time that Frons was assuming control and wanted his own people, which is how Julie Carruthers got the job. Julie was an outsider and not homegrown like Felicia Behr, Francesca James, or Burke.

Burke came from Loving and The City (where, all things considered including that "video tape to film" look, she did a great job) and went to AMC not that long after The City was cancelled, really.  Didn't Julie Hanan Carruthers basically replace her as soon as the soap she was EP at, Port Charles, was cancelled?  I thought, due to AMC not doing great in the numbers, it was done as a sort of "Well we thought you did your best with PC so here you go" present to Julie   But I agree with all the comments.  (Even if I wish Francesca James had had more time at AMC as EP--at least on paper the statements she made about how she saw the show sounded ideal.)

This architectural digest article on La Lucci's renovated home in Garden City makes me smile. She looks happy.

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/susan-lucci-long-island-home

36 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

This architectural digest article on La Lucci's renovated home in Garden City makes me smile. She looks happy.

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/susan-lucci-long-island-home

Thanks for sharing!  She did a great job, I love it. Very cozy and bright. I like the blue and green accents. 

1 hour ago, Jonathan said:

What a queen. Ah! 

How old would Miranda be in soap years? Bet she be a Kardashian type

6 hours ago, jasonminer1974 said:

How old would Miranda be in soap years? Bet she be a Kardashian type

She was born in 2005 so she'd be 20 year old. In soap years, I would keep her at 20. We can't make Erica a great grandmother. It's too soon 😛

1 hour ago, Jonathan said:

She was born in 2005 so she'd be 20 year old. In soap years, I would keep her at 20. We can't make Erica a great grandmother. It's too soon 😛

AMEN to that 😛

4 hours ago, Jonathan said:

She was born in 2005 so she'd be 20 year old. In soap years, I would keep her at 20. We can't make Erica a great grandmother. It's too soon 😛

2004. So 21?

Just now, DRW50 said:

DONNA AND PALMER! I've only seen 1988-1989 and had no idea they were involved. Thank you for posting!

9 minutes ago, Maxim said:

DONNA AND PALMER! I've only seen 1988-1989 and had no idea they were involved. Thank you for posting!

Someone else can go into better detail but she did genuinely love Palmer, even as his real love was his ex-wife, Daisy. After she and her ex-husband and great love Chuck had sex while stuck in an avalanche (I hate when soaps do that), it was all downhill. They also had a baby, who died in a fire in her dressing room just for an added morbid twist.

10 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Someone else can go into better detail but she did genuinely love Palmer, even as his real love was his ex-wife, Daisy. After she and her ex-husband and great love Chuck had sex while stuck in an avalanche (I hate when soaps do that), it was all downhill. They also had a baby, who died in a fire in her dressing room just for an added morbid twist.

Never knew that underneath all that perfect makeup and hair at the Glamorama... was so much prior drama. All I know her to be is Natalie's best friend. Thank you for the brief history.

P.S. I've noticed a lot of Sarah Michelle Gellar 1993 scenes are on youtube these days... I started watching them out of curiosity... which opened the Pandora's box of me wanting to get back to this show. Who wrote the show in 1993 at that time? Was it McTavish? I think I remember she wrote something about this in her disturbed unfinished memoir... but I'm not 100 percent sure.