Robin Strasser Blasts Laura Wright Over "The Chew" Appearance

[SFK]

Meanwhile, if Dorian Lord was chewing up fresh Port Charles scenery, would we have heard a peep out of bird?

[Gray Bunny]

Mmmhmmm?

This whole argument she conjured up is pointless. Can you imagine if Eileen Fulton was ranting on like this?

[toml1962]

I would have to agree. Plots being recycled SO many times is another issue. Surely we had seen characters come back from the dead enough! If they HAVE to recycle, at least do it with some originality.

[toml1962]

Strasser expressed her opinion, which is NOT bashing anyone at all. ALL actors are business people. Strasser's point is well taken - why would you stand up for a situation where networks ditch hundreds of people's jobs - not because the shows were not making money - THEY WERE. Anyone who thinks not does not understand how things work. If the profits are not high enough, you chop the budget. THEY DID, and the show went on. OLTL's demographic was excellent. It had over 3M viewrs (at least) through TV and a few million more online. That is significant.

In the end, it IS all about greed, and Wright did not think things through. One thing to appear on the show - another to stand up and say "isn't this great." I do not know Wright's motives. Certainly to try and promote GH is great. But praising the existance of these new cheapie shows is NOT. Certainly when considering how they are coming about and why. More people need to stand up and speak as Strasser does, but few have the guts. Bravo Robin.

[toml1962]

In case no one is convinced about the ratings issue, take a look at ratings from a year ago on a daily basis:

Day-To-Day Ratings – HH/Total Viewers

AMC

Monday: 2.0/2,681,000

Tuesday: 1.8/2,438,000

Wednesday: 1.8/2,521,000

Thursday: 1.9/2,651,000

Friday: 1.8/2,608,000

B&B

Monday: 2.2/3,043,000

Tuesday: 2.2/3,053,000

Wednesday: 2.2/2,870,000

Thursday: 2.1/2,986,000

Friday: 2.2/2,986,000

DAYS

Monday: 1.8/2,562,000

Tuesday: 1.9/2,582,000

Wednesday: 1.7/2,405,000

Thursday: 1.7/2,377,000

Friday: 1.7/2,324,000

GH

Monday: 1.9/2,572,000

Tuesday: 1.8/2,532,000

Wednesday: 1.8/2,363,000

Thursday: 1.8/2,450,000

Friday: 1.9/2,627,000

OLTL

Monday: 2.1/3,020,000

Tuesday: 1.8/2,543,000

Wednesday: 1.8/2,647,000

Thursday: 1.9/2,853,000

Friday: 2.0/3,000,000

Y&R

Monday: 3.5/4,796,000

Tuesday: 3.5/5,002,000

Wednesday: 3.3/4,638,000

Thursday: 3.4/4,804,000

Friday: 3.4/4,651,000

OLTL came in higher than THREE soaps - AMC, DOOL and GH.

[marceline]

No. I actually can't imagine it. I'm trying and I literally can't form a mental picture of Eileen Fulton behaving this way. LOL!

And the people who are working on the replacement shows? Do their jobs not matter? Should their families be eating out of dumpsters just to make Strasser feel better?

[toml1962]

Also, ALL daytime TV viewing has been down for more than a year, not just the soaps.

http://www.studiobriefing.net/2011/03/ratings-for-daytime-tv-shows-tumble/

[ChitHappens]

She did more than express her opinion. She stated LW was WRONG, which means she's (Robin) " right". Robin should have nothing to say to another actress/businesswoman making a business decision. The decision to end soaps was not LW's, but she's decided to do what may be in the best interest of her business. Robin needs to move forward, and perhaps the problem is that she's burnt too many bridges to be asked to make an appearance on anything. It's not easy losing a job, but she needs to be handling this better. It's getting embarrassing!

And the ratings you posted look like hell! They are so irrelevant at this point!

ANDREA

[toml1962]

Just because YOU do not see the relevance does not make them irrelevant. AND, her opionion was that WRIGHT was wrong. THAT is an opinion...since when does anyone not have the right to say someone else is wrong? Please...

[SweetPea36]

I love Robin Strasser's outspokenness, but I think she should have chastised LW in private rather than taking it to twitter. I'm sure what LW did felt like a betrayal, and not only to RS.

[toml1962]

I can understand your feeling. But I have found that it is often better when it comes to this sort of thing to comment in public rather than in private. This way others will think twice about it in future.

[ChitHappens]

I'm sure LW thought about this long and hard, and in the end, she had to make the best decision for her business. The FB comments were not very kind (a few), and her husband stepped in and asked for positive posts. She had to know that some would see this as a betrayal, but in the end, it's simply too irrational. LW has to think beyond GH. She loves wine and GH, but only one of those passions has a chance at survival.

ANDREA

[JellicleCat]

Yeah, because I'm sure Laura Wright cares so much about what Robin Strasser says and thinks, that this will be in the back of her mind next time she's asked to do something similar....

[Eric83]

[marceline]

Oh yeah, THAT would've gone well. It pretty much would've ended with "Excuse me but which one of us still has a job?"

Not if they want to pay their bills, they won't.