I'm an old school L&L fan, but none of these couples have pulled in 30 million viewers for their wedding episode. so yeah it's obvious WHY L&L will be #1

Tad and Dixie will be on the list too. I think Adam & Brooke should be on it

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Victor and Nikki are my #1, but I'm pretty sure they'll be among the top 5. Can't believe Ridge and Caroline aren't on the list

You just gotta kill my hope like that? Way to harsh my mellow dude!

But I still gotta disagree---Craig and Sierra were all that back in the day. Maybe not on this cockamamie "best of all time" list.

And way low blow bringing up Kate and her manwhore.

Any chance to bring up Matie..... If I were only to include couples that I got to watch myself, they'd be in my own personal top 50. To me, it was the deepest and far most interesting pairing either character ever had on the show, though I guess that isn't saying much. I connected to them though and was invested enough in them as a couple that it made their various stories work for me. Would I place them higher than CarJack? Certainly not. But imo, they kick the crap out of Lilden, Tom/Margo, and Craig/Sierra,

I enjoy them and think they should have been top 50 for sure, but they're clearly not gonna make the list at this point. Unfortunately, it was decided Tom & Margo would be the highest ranked ATWT couple and I for one am disappointed. I'd have LOVED to have seen Bob & Kim, Dan & Kim, or Jeff & Penny been given that honor.

I've also noticed that this last has been more about the popular cookie cutter couples and far less about the tortured, more psychologically complex and interesting pairings. Maybe that would make an interesting list all its own. I'd LOVE to read more in depth analysis about couples like ATWT's Dan & Susan, AW's Jake & Marley (underrated in their own complexity and interest at their peak), B&B's Thorne & Brooke, DAYS's Bill & Laura, GL's Roger & Holly, OLTL's Max & Gabrielle, and SB's CC & Sophia.

This is why I hate these kinds of lists. Bo & Hope at number ten? Impossible!

Agreed. They were truly only compelling in their first run. I'd have rather seen Roman & Marlena in the top 10 than them, but again, DAYS destroyed Roman over the years so it's hard to put them on a list like this.

I hold out hope that perhaps tentpole couples like Tom & Alice and ATWT's Chris & Nancy can still pull out a placement. I expect to see Doug & Julie of course but I wouldn't be unhappy to see things trend that way for #1- #6.

Yes it is. The list blows.....and if Katie and Mike are in the top 10....I dont know what Ill do...lol

I think we both know that ain't actually happening though.

If they love DAYS, why are Bo & Hope number 10? Overall, they should be in the top 3, hands down. Unless we're about to see a bunch of Shawn/Belle, Phillip/Chloe, Chloe/Brady, Shawn/Mimi, Belle/Phillip, Mimi/Rex crapola?

Bo and Hope should be in the top 5

This isn't an SOD list so I'd doubt that. There's A LOT of tunnel vision among DAYS fans, moreso than any other current soap on the air. As fun as DAYS may have been to watch in the 90s, it was all surface compared to what had come before it. The least you could have done was throw in Austin & Carrie or Jack & Jennifer or even Lucas & Sami, couples that at least may have had a shot.

Bope could be considered top 5 when it comes to DAYS couples (it's arguable), but #10 on a list like this is generous IMO. They have not had the impact in their 2nd run that they did in their first, it's just the way it is. And that second run has last run for nearly 20 out of the past 22 years. Their main presence is from people who remember them from back then. Maggie & Mickey could have topped them and it would have made sense.

#6 Roger and Holly http://www.welovesoaps.net/2012/08/roger-holly-from-guiding-light.html

That sound you heard? Alvin (Y&RWorldTurner) dropping dead at the sight of them actually making the list.

This isn't an SOD list so I'd doubt that. There's A LOT of tunnel vision among DAYS fans, moreso than any other current soap on the air. As fun as DAYS may have been to watch in the 90s, it was all surface compared to what had come before it. The least you could have done was throw in Austin & Carrie or Jack & Jennifer or even Lucas & Sami, couples that at least may have had a shot.

Bo and Hope deserve top 5 for longeivity alone. Not many supercouples have lasted like they have. They're the last of Days's super couples since J&J were destroyed as were Patch and Kayla and Shane and Kim aren't around

Actually, I'd put Bo & Hope at number two, after (okay, why not) Luke & Laura. True, those two haven't had a decent storyline together since the end of the Reagan administration. However, the purity of their original romance and courtship, IMO, was nothing short of heart-stopping. I mean, come on -- Bo & Hope on the motorcycle? That's one of THE moments, if you ask me.

So, there are 5 spots left. My guesses:

Luke and Laura (GH)

Steve and Alice (AW)

Doug and Julie (DOOL)

Victor and Nikki (Y&R)

Who gets the other spot?

So, there are 5 spots left. My guesses:

Luke and Laura (GH)

Steve and Alice (AW)

Doug and Julie (DOOL)

Victor and Nikki (Y&R)

Who gets the other spot?

Jesse and Angie!

Jesse and Angie!

Ah! That would be the last one! I will be surprised if these are not the last 5 spots.

That sound you heard? Alvin (Y&RWorldTurner) dropping dead at the sight of them actually making the list.

I'm surprised, but very happy. They are the definition of the anti-supercouple, which I assumed would hurt their chances on this list. I'm happy they placed in the top 10, very deserved.

Count on Tad and Dixie being in the top 5

Count on Tad and Dixie being in the top 5

They are already on the list at #24.

#5: AW's Steve & Alice.

http://www.welovesoaps.net/2012/08/steve-alice-from-another-world.html

Steven and Alice will always be number one in my book.

I'm surprised that Bill and Laura from DAYS have not been mentioned. They were hugely popular in the 1960s and '70s, and their tortured romance, so beautifully written by William J. Bell and Pat Falken Smith, lasted for years.