Ratings.

I find it to be strange because while I like Billy MIller, I've never thought of him as this huge ratings draw.

As far as I know Stafford did not affect ratings one way or another beyond her debut. If they had 2.1 and 2.2 episodes before her, they have them after her. He will be no different. I can't even think which Y&R star could juice up ratings, maybe VR, maybe if Victor the character crossed over to GH to do battle with Sonny. After that I don't see any of them doing anything for ratings that anonymous soap actor number three couldn't do.

Edited September 3, 201411 yr by quartermainefan

Michelle stafford brought great ratings in June. GH has been steady all summer long. It's shocking how stable it is. September will definitely be one to remember.

Michelle stafford brought great ratings in June. GH has been steady all summer long. It's shocking how stable it is. September will definitely be one to remember.

Her first week, sure, but nothing sense. Folks are always curious. However, she's been featured 4 days/week at about 12 minutes/eppy and the numbers have declined since her arrival. Don't take my word, just go look at the trend in the archives. Not that one person controls any show, but featuring one person so much when the character is a very poor concept coupled with an aging overrated diva is bound to turn folks off and it has!

It's turning off viewers because MS's material isn't substantial enough to warrant so much airtime. If there actually was story for her and it was good, I think things would be different. (My guess, anyway.)

It's turning off viewers because MS's material isn't substantial enough to warrant so much airtime. If there actually was story for her and it was good, I think things would be different. (My guess, anyway.)

Yep!

BM's smirky one note acting along with his scene chewing. arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

ME,MS, RH already eat the show. Now this jackhole. We'll never see the rest of the cast.

JB BM isn't an icon. Beverlee McKinsey, Douglass Watson, Eileen Fulton, Erika Slezak and Susan Lucci are icons. BM is an over-hyped, smirking dim bulb of an actor. ICON MY *SS!

Who said he was an icon? I didn't see anybody on the GH Twitter page calling him one. Being happy that he's back on soaps is different than calling him an icon.

Who said he was an icon? I didn't see anybody on the GH Twitter page calling him one. Being happy that he's back on soaps is different than calling him an icon.

Daytime Confidential, Nellie Oleson, Michael Fairman and that group have been calling him an icon since he first smarmed onto Y&R. He was the best. He saved Y&R. He was Terry Lester reincarnated. He was going to be a huge film and television star. On and on and on.

Daytime Confidential, Nellie Oleson, Michael Fairman and that group have been calling him an icon since he first smarmed onto Y&R. He was the best. He saved Y&R. He was Terry Lester reincarnated. He was going to be a huge film and television star. On and on and on.

Yep yep!

Daytime Confidential, Nellie Oleson, Michael Fairman and that group have been calling him an icon since he first smarmed onto Y&R. He was the best. He saved Y&R. He was Terry Lester reincarnated. He was going to be a huge film and television star. On and on and on.

That's the majority of the reason, to me, why David Tom never stood a chance during his short return

I found the Terry Lester stuff very disrespectful (and I don't put that on Billy Miller - he didn't say it), and it's one of the things that upsets me the most years later.

I found the Terry Lester stuff very disrespectful (and I don't put that on Billy Miller - he didn't say it), and it's one of the things that upsets me the most years later.

Who said it??

That's the majority of the reason, to me, why David Tom never stood a chance during his short return

The Fangurl press and wacko stans depress me!

The Fangurl press and wacko stans depress me!

I know.

Who said it??

DC/Fairman/Nellie all blur together for me. May have even been commenters. I don't know. Maybe I imagined it. I just remember seeing this pushed around 2008-2009-2010 and it bothered me, because it's a slap in the face to an actor who passed away so young to go around talking about how someone is just like him, especially when many saying it likely never seen saw his soap work and just wanted to seem cool.

Miller might want the steady paycheck. Heck Justin Hartley is doing y and r now. Prime time is a tough biz unless u are Julianna Marguules or marg helgenberger or some huge prime time star u are competing against prime time heavy weights for roles. Prime time tv has a low success rate as 90 percent shows are cancelled after season 1.