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I think NBC will want to hold onto that time slot, so get ready either for yet another hour of "Today," or "The Shepard Smith Show." 

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I feel like while Ken Corday has some money left, I would see if I could take DAYS from NBC and relaunch it for a streaming service. Now that Tyler Perry has that gigantic studio, I'd negotiate a deal with him. It's cheaper to film in Atlanta and due to the size of his studio they would have access to outdoor sets as well. Then put it on Hulu or something 3 days a week. I think it would be successful. People say no, but OLTL and AMC would still be on if Prospect Park had enough money to fund it. They got their OWN deal late, but ratings were good there and they also were among Hulu's highest rated shows. If they had money to film at least one more batch of episodes I feel it could've been a success. 

 

Y&R and B&B I feel will hang out possibly for another ten years.

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Here's a thread somewhat off, some deaths that happened in 2018,

a partial

In Memorium: Burt Reynolds died Sept. 6, 2018,

John McCain died Aug. 25, 2018,

Arthera Franklin died Aug. 16, 2018,

Mac Miller died Sept. 7th, 2018,

Jarry van Dyke died Jan. 5, 2018,

Verne Troyer died April 21, 2018

Stephen Hawkins died March 24, 2018

Dolores Riordan died Jan. 15, 2018

 

 

 

I think you're right. DOOL would be much better on Amazon Prime or on Hulu or on Netflix and scheduled three times per week. Heck, they could even put it on 6 times per week - morning & night! While they were doing it, GH could chase DOOL and they'd have a mini-mart of DOOL and GH on Amazon Prime M-W-Th ad ininitum!

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This is the Bullchit we are friggin talking about, @Donna B

 

Here's a thread somewhat off, some deaths that happened in 2018,

a partial

In Memorium: Burt Reynolds died Sept. 6, 2018,

John McCain died Aug. 25, 2018,

Arthera Franklin died Aug. 16, 2018,

Mac Miller died Sept. 7th, 2018,

Jarry van Dyke died Jan. 5, 2018,

Verne Troyer died April 21, 2018

Stephen Hawkins died March 24, 2018

Dolores Riordan died Jan. 15, 2018

 

 

Not soap related in a soap thread.

 

Can you read or are you just fu cking ignorant?

 

Inquiring minds want to know.  

 

And the Queen of soul's name is Aretha!

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Donna, please stop this nonsense. This has NOTHING at all to do with the topic of this thread. If you want people to respect you, then for God's sake, please respect the people posting here and the threads that they've created by not derailing the conversations with unrelated content. 

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