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Now, now, ladies, there's plenty of Khan to go around! [/porn star]

At this point, it's probably a losing battle, but I refuse to blame David Hayward for everything unless it's proven he was directly involved and/or forced (through threats and intimidation) others into committing outrageous and unspeakable acts. Otherwise, it's just a variation of the whole "Coopers GOOD! Spauldings BAD!" mentality that (IMO) led to GUIDING LIGHT's downfall and eventual cancellation under David Kreizman's watch.

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You don't even have to look that far. It's just another variation of Martins=Good, Chandlers=Bad.

Not to mention "That house is TOXIC! We must get [Colby, Babe, Marissa, Emma, AJ, Fabergé egg collection] out of that house! That house will RUIN them! They never stood a chance the minute they entered that house!"

And there could very well be enough of you to go around, Khanny... but who says I like to share? <_<

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That, too.

One thing I won't miss about today's soaps is the insistence on painting characters all one way or the other. Viewers aren't that simple-minded.

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To think, there was a time when AMC knew how to keep their audience riveted w/o resorting to stunts like this.

I won't say I'm not sorry to see this show go, but I won't act like I'm surprised about it, either.

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Yeah but it didn't have to be this way. It really didn't. The foundation is still there for a very good show.

And it still bothers me that AMC could've had more time if S&K's lousy writing hadn't driven ratings down so fast that they decided to kill this show along with OLTL. They've officially earned the label "showkillers."

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ITA. Unfortunately, execs have never understood that you cannot turn around an entire soap opera virtually overnight. It takes time, getting the canvas back in decent shape, and getting the audience to "trust" the show again. In 1977, ABC gave Gloria Monty 13 weeks to salvage GH. I wonder how much time they'd give her now.

Now, what's that supposed to mean?

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