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She's still in her 20s.

April 2006 NY Daily News article...

For some reason I think I remember seeing two different ages for her.

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OLTL is sticking to its formula so I'm actually hoping AMC will make some changes. Those familiar faces weren't cutting it before. Maybe a few new faces could be good.

Characters like Bianca Kendall and Greenlee should they choose to keep them already have been recast once or more. Long term vets make no sense. Anyone else is open game IMO.

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"Talking news" and "talking food" are entirely different things. They call it news because it's new every day. Food is food. Talking about it for an hour a day is going to get old, AS THEM RATINGS FROM LAST WEEK SHOW.

Yet more people watch soaps, which are at their worst. Get the f!ck.

That quote of Elliot's is so idiotic. People are not moving to cable because it's reality tv, they're moving to it because it's one of the few places where the creators of shows are largely free to write what they want, without network mandates. I find it all the more ridiculous now that I know he's the host of that flop talk show in the 90s.

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I am not against recasts, but I do think that recasting a rack of characters would be a mistake. It would be really dizzying at first, which we'd all get used to, but even moreso, I think it would imply that all of these characters were working so damn well that they just *had* to be salvaged, and I disagree with that. I'm actually quite disappointed with the same sh!t, different format news we're getting about OLTL. We need change. Anyway... if we lose RB as Greenlee, well, they *could* recast her but they could just as easily put Ryan with a new female lead. This show bends over backwards for Ryan, ain't nothin' but a word. I might even balance out Greenlee's loss while boosting Jack's worth by bringing on a new young vixen in the form of a recast Ava (Jack takes her in out of his loyalty to her sister) and perhaps a recast Reggie (Ava and Reggie end up screwing under the same roof). I hope there's a lot of thinking outside the box going on. These shows need to move forward, not sideways.

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Short article about Agnes Nixon. I like this:

http://www.northwest...n-of-soaps.html

Agnes seems to have been kinda revitalized by all this. A few years ago, it actually worried me whenever we'd see her on tv, she seemed so weak, but this past year she really seems to have recovered some of her strength. Even comparing her '08 OLTL cameo to her most recent one on AMC.

I agree, with the character how she currently is. But PP could explore her and give her some purpose outside of Frankie.

I don't know if she's up for the challenge. She has improved as an actress (from the tiny bits we see), but... Still, I am glad if it means PP is hiring non-white actors as well.

Randi serves no purpose even with Frankie. She's probably the most dull character to hit PV since Juan Pablo and the Del Henry recast a few years ago(although Griffin now holds that honor with her)

I will forever be thankful to Juan simply because he was so much better than his brother Carlos. But I agree (except for your Griffin hate, but I've gotten used to that :P )

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Characters like Bianca Kendall and Greenlee should they choose to keep them already have been recast once or more. Long term vets make no sense. Anyone else is open game IMO.

I have my preferences for characters and actors but for me the bottom line is even in the best case scenario, these shows will lose at least half their audience. If they're going to recast then now is the time to do it.

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I'll be the first to admit she has no acting talent but since when has that ever stopped anyone from being succesful in Hollywood? She's gorgeous beyond belief, the right age, knows people like Russell Simmons. I think people like Denise Vasi or Natalie Colby has a bigger chance of having a successful post soap career than a Melissa Claire Egan or other talented actresses that has left soaps. It's not fair but that's how it is.

I also think sometimes actors who suck on soaps, can do much better on primetime or in movies where they have the luxury of memorising less, more retakes, shorter scenes, etc. (After his OLTL stunt I never though Brandon Routh would be a decent movie actor, and he is). Natalie Colby (aka Natalie Hall :P ) is a really strong Broadway talent, who can sing (not that AMC made that clear) and dance like crazy. I saw her in the tour of A Chorus Line where she was fantastic.

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I am not against recasts, but I do think that recasting a rack of characters would be a mistake. It would be really dizzying at first, which we'd all get used to, but even moreso, I think it would imply that all of these characters were working so damn well that they just *had* to be salvaged, and I disagree with that. I'm actually quite disappointed with the same sh!t, different format news we're getting about OLTL. We need change. Anyway... if we lose RB as Greenlee, well, they *could* recast her but they could just as easily put Ryan with a new female lead. This show bends over backwards for Ryan, ain't nothin' but a word. I might even balance out Greenlee's loss while boosting Jack's worth by bringing on a new young vixen in the form of a recast Ava (Jack takes her in out of his loyalty to her sister) and perhaps a recast Reggie (Ava and Reggie end up screwing under the same roof). I hope there's a lot of thinking outside the box going on. These shows need to move forward, not sideways.

Agreed completely (as much as I seem to be the only one on here who loves RB as Greenlee--at least when she's not with Ryan).

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Agreed completely (as much as I seem to be the only one on here who loves RB as Greenlee--at least when she's not with Ryan).

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I have my preferences for characters and actors but for me the bottom line is even in the best case scenario, these shows will lose at least half their audience. If they're going to recast then now is the time to do it.

There is no way these shows will get 1 million people watching online. Now maybe on a cable network like Bravo with some good companion programming but Dirty Soap is barely hitting 700k viewers. But then that is the E network and I don;t know how well the network does and thats also an unestablished reality show.

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Seriously they should just lose some of the characters like greenlee where the actors don't want to move on. She really doesn't have any major ties to the canvas and they could bring on a new female and tie her to the Martins, Tylers(with Brooke around) or the Courtlandts(with Nina on canvas too.

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There is no way these shows will get 1 million people watching online. Now maybe on a cable network like Bravo with some good companion programming but Dirty Soap is barely hitting 700k viewers. But then that is the E network and I don;t know how well the network does and thats also an unestablished reality show.

I don't think they'll get a big rating either but I'm not sure Dirty Soap is a gauge. The show is warmed over and overedited bites with several not all that likeable C-listers in the soap world. It's also at a time when people seem to be losing interest in reality stuff.

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Agnes seems to have been kinda revitalized by all this. A few years ago, it actually worried me whenever we'd see her on tv, she seemed so weak, but this past year she really seems to have recovered some of her strength. Even comparing her '08 OLTL cameo to her most recent one on AMC.

She didn't look to good on The View. She still seemed really distraught that the show was leaving broadcast TV.

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