Members Chris B Posted June 27, 2018 Members Share Posted June 27, 2018 LOL! Tracy Melchior was so tacky with that but I did like her as Kelly in OLTL. It was an awkward situation bc Heather Tom was so good I can’t be mad at them but she was better than Tognoni when she returned and no longer seemed to fit the role. With that said, NO to her as Ashley. If anything bring back Brenda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted June 27, 2018 Members Share Posted June 27, 2018 Have a seat, Tracy. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members edgeofnik Posted June 27, 2018 Members Share Posted June 27, 2018 I wonder how much of this is tied to SONY ultimately casting Stacy Haiduk as Kristen on DAYS, which had been rumored for months. I find it hard to believe they are separate issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted June 28, 2018 Members Share Posted June 28, 2018 Whoever compared Mal to Goutman in the waning days of ATWT might be on to something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members detroitpiston Posted June 28, 2018 Members Share Posted June 28, 2018 I don't this is Mal because he's the first showrunner in ages to position Ashley as a leading lady, he loved Mishael Morgan too. Sony's just being cheap and that interview MM's manager gave might have opened some floodgates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roman Posted June 28, 2018 Members Share Posted June 28, 2018 well, I still think in the end he'll be an Abbott....if the family is still on the show. but I honestly don;t blame him for being pissed off. over 30 years of a father/son relationship thrown out the window for hotshot writing. bet that's why MY stopped answering Twitter messages....he's getting his ass ripped out over the writing and pacing of this show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taoboi Posted June 28, 2018 Members Share Posted June 28, 2018 THIS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajsp35801 Posted June 28, 2018 Members Share Posted June 28, 2018 If Y&R can't pay ED, then surely Days can't with an even smaller budget. That's why SH was cast in the first place. I can't see Days magically finding the scope in 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted June 28, 2018 Author Members Share Posted June 28, 2018 Yeah, I am sure SH came a lot cheaper to pay especially if they wanted the character of Kristen long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ranger1rg Posted June 28, 2018 Members Share Posted June 28, 2018 Eileen Davidson is one of the greatest actors in the history of daytime, and I love watching her. No one came close to her portrayal of Ashley. This is a huge blow to the show, especially with MiM leaving. What a disaster. Someone commented that these “big name” actors aren’t as important any longer. Tell you what: you’ll find out how important they are when they’re gone. Ratings are down and falling. Does anyone think ratings go up when two leading ladies are gone??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cat Posted June 28, 2018 Members Share Posted June 28, 2018 All of this comes back to the fact that ad revenues are drying up. Even revenue from abroad (France recently moved Y&R from a prime lunchtime post-news slot to mid-morning) is lower. TBH it is ridiculous to pretend that we still have one-worker households where housewives are at home from 12.30-4pm catching up over 'their stories' while doing the ironing. We are dealing with two-worker homes now. Other countries have cottoned onto this: the UK, for example, puts its Aussie soaps on at the lunch hour for the students and then repeats them around 5pm. UK soaps take over a pre-Primetime 6.30-8.30pm slot. Even then, time-slots are no guarantee, and UK ratings are down. People just do not watch TV the same way anymore. And in the US, networks have sold those slots to the affiliates and therefore cannot dictate when their soaps can be shown. So US "Daytime" as it stands must decide whether to keep its soaps. The other problem, of course, is that these shows have ceased to be relevant to either its target demographic or new younger viewers. They've lost the retro attraction of their 90s heyday, and they've turned these shows into a millennial-babyboomer mish-mash which appeals to neither group. Any big-issue SLs other than the ubiquitous baby-switch have to be watered down because of the time slot and increasingly conservative affiliates. I'm sorry to sound so pessimistic, but MM and ED leaving with more likely to follow feels like a death-knell as far as Y&R is concerned. A slow death-knell, of course. Without Y&R to prop it up, B&B is dead in the water too. Please register in order to view this content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted June 28, 2018 Members Share Posted June 28, 2018 Yeah, I thought maybe the network daytime soaps would just continue to putter along while TPTB mined these shows for more and more scrap metal, especially since there hasn’t been much buzz about replacing them. But it feels like someone jammed their foot into the accelerator this week, barreling towards the cliff. And @Cat, that millennial/boomer mishmash comment is so on point. Every single show is doing that right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Markjeh Posted June 28, 2018 Members Share Posted June 28, 2018 omg I love this haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cat Posted June 28, 2018 Members Share Posted June 28, 2018 You know what I mean? None of The Big Chill-style, self-reflective boomer dialogue of 1980s soaps! None of the succinct millennial references that get right to the heart of things in 20 words or less! Instead, Verbose Dialogue shagged Generic, Snappy Lines from 2007, and this is the resulting baby. A lot of Y&R dialogue is needlessly expository and empty -- especially noticeable when Jack mansplains something. Then we get Hillary/Phyllis/Abby dropping "across our social media platforms" phraseology. Please register in order to view this content Lord. Millennials aren't going to get excited just because you name-checked Twitter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mango Posted June 28, 2018 Members Share Posted June 28, 2018 Well said. This seems like a case of deja-vu. The dominoes are starting to fall. Eileen is brilliant, just freaking brilliant. I've always admired the charisma and strength she brings to Ashley. I think back to when Ashley was sick, and she made a video for Abby, in case she passed away and didn't see Abby grow up. I remember sobbing during those scenes. And then the Faith paternity reveal. At this point, I want to just shrug my shoulders, but this is just a sign of things to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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