Very glad to see Julia Barr finally mentioned. I think she's one of the most underrated (even with her two Emmys) daytime greats.

Yes she was 100 times better on GL, and better yet on Loving.

Laura Wright: daytime's answer to the Law of Diminishing Returns.

I think its pretty universally known Laura Wright was hired at GH because they knew she was a lifer and felt the role was too critical to go through more upheaval, Me I have no idea why they didn't kill off Carly after Sarah left.

ATWT:

Best Actor: Ben Hendrickson

Best Actress: Kathryn Hays

Worst Actor: Hunt Block

Worst Actress: Susan Batten

The Young and the Restless:

BEST ACTRESS: Melody Thomas Scott. Runner Up: Jess Walton

WORST ACTRESS: Sharon Case

BEST ACTOR: Christian LeBlanc

WORST ACTOR: Eric Braeden

General Hospital:

BEST ACTRESS: Denise Alexander. Runners Up: Leslie Charleson, Kimberly McCullough, Rebecca Herbst

WORST ACTRESS: Laura Wright

BEST ACTOR: Stuart Damon

WORST ACTOR: Steve Burton. Runner Up: Maurice Benard

One Life to Live:

BEST ACTRESS: Judith Light. Runners Up: Erika Slezak, Robbin Strasser

WORST ACTRESS: Farah Fath

BEST ACTOR: Jerry ver Dorn

WORST ACTOR: Michael Easton

All My Children:

BEST ACTRESS: Debbie Morgan

WORST ACTRESS: Alicia Minshew

BEST ACTOR: Vincent Irizarry

WORST ACTOR: Thorsten Kaye

Days of Our Lives:

BEST ACTRESS: Suzanne Rogers

WORST ACTRESS: Molly Burnett. Runner Up: Alison Sweeney

BEST ACTOR: John Aniston

WORST ACTOR: Eric Martsolf

The Bold and the Beautiful:

BEST ACTRESS: Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, tie: Susan Flannery

WORST ACTRESS: Kim Matula

BEST ACTOR: Scott Clifton

WORST ACTOR: Ron Moss

Edited November 24, 201114 yr by SoapBoy94

The Bold and the Beautiful:

BEST ACTRESS: Jacqueline MacInnes Wood

What was that you said to weareclouds about putting down the crack pipe?!

Susan Flannery?? Heather Tom?? Kimberlin Brown?? Eileen Davidson?? Lesli Kay?? Jennifer Finnigan??

Edited November 24, 201114 yr by JellicleCat

LMAO, I was trying to keep it to the current cast!! I know Heather Tom and Susan Flannery are on the show now, and I definitely would put SF up there...but I've never really liked Heather Tom on B&B. She was great on Y&R, but I dislike Katie.

With the exception of GH, all of the choices I made for the other shows are people CURRENTLY on the show.

I'I'm mostly an ATWT fan, but I've sampled other shows, wspecially Y&R. But I keep seeing the names Charity Rahmer and Ronn Moss popping up for Worst Acting. First of all, wasn't Rahmer only on for a couple of weeks? How bad could she be, compared to that horrid Daisy girl on Y&R? And Moss has been on since B&B started, so he couldn't possibly be as bad as others (e.g. the first Thorne on B&B, or the awful Paul Ryan from the '90s on ATWT), could he?

LMAO, I was trying to keep it to the current cast!! I know Heather Tom and Susan Flannery are on the show now, and I definitely would put SF up there...but I've never really liked Heather Tom on B&B. She was great on Y&R, but I dislike Katie.

With the exception of GH, all of the choices I made for the other shows are people CURRENTLY on the show.

Umm, Judith Light?? When did she return to OLTL?

And how you feel about the character shouldn't really influence how you rate the actor. I loathe and despise Stephanie Forrester, but I still think that Susan Flannery is the best actor on B&B.

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood on the other hand is, in my opinion, only slightly better than her dear departed twin Mackenzie Mauzy and Teri Ann Linn, the dreadful first Kristen Forrester. I think, again just my opinion, that the reason they put an end to the Steffy/Bill/Katie triangle and went with Steffy/Liam/Hope instead is because Jacqueline was in way over her head against Heather Tom. Kim Matula is more on her level.

Edited November 24, 201114 yr by JellicleCat

Best Actress: Fiona Hutchison

Best Actor: Eric Braeden (I love the guy, sorry lol)

Worst Actor: Ronn Moss

Worst Actress: Renee Elise Goldsberry (I found her beyond wretched)

Umm, Judith Light?? When did she return to OLTL?

And how you feel about the character shouldn't really influence how you rate the actor. I loathe and despise Stephanie Forrester, but I still think that Susan Flannery is the best actor on B&B.

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood on the other hand is, in my opinion, only slightly better than her dear departed twin Mackenzie Mauzy and Teri Ann Linn, the dreadful first Kristen Forrester. I think, again just my opinion, that the reason they put an end to the Steffy/Bill/Katie triangle and went with Steffy/Liam/Hope instead is because Jacqueline was in way over her head against Heather Tom. Kim Matula is more on her level.

Haha, you're right. I fucked up bad. I meant to do all people that are currently on the canvas. however, i don't find hardly anyone on GH, other than those listed, to be very good. And Judith Light is obviously the best from OLTL.

I like Heather Tom, I do...But I don't think she shines in this role. She's definitely good, don't get me wrong. I just don't see what I saw on Y&R.

I'll amend it.

I am really shocked at all the votes for JPL as the worst.

I'I'm mostly an ATWT fan, but I've sampled other shows, wspecially Y&R. But I keep seeing the names Charity Rahmer and Ronn Moss popping up for Worst Acting. First of all, wasn't Rahmer only on for a couple of weeks? How bad could she be, compared to that horrid Daisy girl on Y&R? And Moss has been on since B&B started, so he couldn't possibly be as bad as others (e.g. the first Thorne on B&B, or the awful Paul Ryan from the '90s on ATWT), could he?

I'd completely forgotten about him. What was Bill Bell thinking when he originally cast the Forrester siblings (Ronn Moss, Clayton Norcross, Teri Ann Linn)? Yikes.

Edited November 24, 201114 yr by y&r_fan

How could I forget Benjamin Hendrickson? Probably my favorite actor on ATWT of all-time. I LOVED Hal and Hendrickson elevated every scene he was in, especially at the end.

Y&R: I was going to say Melody Thomas Scott, but then I thought Victoria Rowell. Then I thought, Tricia Cast. Then I thought Eileen Davidson. Then I thought Heather Tom. And Jess Walton and Jeanne Cooper and Tonya Lee Williams. And so on, and so forth. It says a lot about their female veteran cast. I can't choose but that's also because all these characters are (were) so vastly different between them.

With the guys, things are less gray. I think I would go with Doug Davidson and Kristoff St. John, mainly because I don't recall EVER seeing them fake it in. They always give it their best. Eric Braeden, Peter Bergman have often been brilliant but only when they feel like it.