Another article about soap resurgence

[allmc2008]

Exactly! Not just for saving money on the networks part but who is home for the holidays?? I don't think ANYBODY ever watched soaps during the holidays so I feel sorry for the actors when the soaps were live.

[~bl~]

When I was growing up the week between Christmas and New Year was the one time other than summer, I could stay home and watch soaps. We usually would have our holiday events over the weekend or at night.

[Errol]

I do think more people are tuning in to the shows, so if that's what a resurgence is then yes. The threat of cancellation has really helped some of these shows get their acts together and tell stories that will have fans tuning in. They've also learned that diversity is key to success. Whether it be black, latino or gay, you can't continue to tell stories about pasty white people.

[SFK]

[chicklitsandfantasies]

I really don't see any great diversity being shown. I mean I see some on Y&R right now but not the other soaps.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

A "resurgence" to me is what Monty did at GH in the late 70's, or what Reilly did at DAYS in the mid 90's.

This does not compare or come anywhere close.

[SFK]

If soaps were cable stations, it's like the family of viewers got their cable cut off and now they only have the big four to watch. I'm sure plenty of people have stopped watching altogether, but others couldn't drop the habit and set their focuses on what's left.

With the exception of HBS on B&B, have B&B and DOOL picked up any other AMC or OLTL cast members post their cancellations?

[chicklitsandfantasies]

Days should no better not to try that after how badly picking up people from Passions went over with fans. And on B&B you're lucky if you see all the people in the opening during a month of watching the show.

[Errol]

LOL, I meant all the time.

[Errol]

Writing be damned, but GH now has a contract black male character who is gay, DAYS has two gays (and a baby, lol), Y&R has more black model types and B&B just hired some black GL stars and has a lesbian pairing. That's better diversity than a year ago.

[Eric83]

How'd it go over badly when 2 of the 3 actors are still on the show almost five years later?

[chicklitsandfantasies]

GG is only still here because DAYS keeps getting people who used to work production for Passions on his team but no one cares about the Hernandez family. It sure didn't benefit them around the time when they were trying to turn DAYS into Passions. Brady's just a non factor and a little bit of a different case because he came on playing a recast of a character.

Ah so we should just ignore that the writing is no better than last year.

[Errol]

No, but that doesn't take away from the fact that these shows are more diverse then they were a year ago.