Y&R November 2019 Discussion Thread

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44 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:

The strange thing is CBS has CBSN now but they don’t seem to utilize it well at all.

Agreed. All 3 major networks are planning on pre-empting - even though NBC has MSNBC and all the cable networks are covering it and it’ll be streaming on the web. It’s not like anyone who really wants to watch it, can’t find it somewhere. CBS thinks it’s going to help Norah O’Donnel’s disastrous start to CBS Evening News - it won’t.

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1 hour ago, soapfan770 said:

The strange thing is CBS has CBSN now but they don’t seem to utilize it well at all.

I'm not even sure this so much about CBS failing to properly utilize their streaming news channel (CBSN) as it is about the network making a conscious choice based on their belief that these hearings will get better ratings than any of the daytime soaps currently on their network roster. They're making a conscious decision based upon their beliefs. Their opinions of the soaps are not that high despite the fact that they recognize that these shows have some value for the network but they appear to believe that these hearings have more.

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So, assuming DAYS bites the dust...or if the Contract-free cast members are free agents for awhile...LET’S POACH THE CAST!

Deidre Hall IS Dr. Casey Reed!

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Drake Hogestyn as Dr. Snapper Foster?

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Kassie DePaiva IS Nina Webster!

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Kristian "I'll have a mint for dinner" Alfonso as Rebecca "I'll split that with you" Herbst's never seen mother on GH. Peter Reckell as Jeff Webber.

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Eric Martsolf as Brooks Prentiss.

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Susan Seaforth Hayes back as Lauren's mom, Joanna. Remington Hoffman as her husband, Keemo Abbott, Jr.

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4 minutes ago, Franko said:

Eric Martsolf as Brooks Prentiss.

A first for Mr. Martsolf: a role he actually originates! (Child actors who played Brooks in years past don't count.)

Arianne Zuker as Sharon's long-lost half-sister (by the same daddy).

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3 minutes ago, slick jones said:

Susan Seaforth Hayes back as Lauren's mom, Joanna.

That's a given. Y&R should snatch her up.

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15 minutes ago, slick jones said:

Kristian "I'll have a mint for dinner" Alfonso as Rebecca "I'll split that with you" Herbst's never seen mother on GH. Peter Reckell as Jeff Webber.

Or...Kristian Alfonso as Jabot's mysterious, new head of marketing (who makes an instant connection with Peter Bergman's Jack).

Matthew Ashford as a new Jabot lab tech/possible love interest for Eileen Davidson's Ashley.

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Eric Martsolf as the new from the dead Brad Carlton.

Chandler Massey as the new Noah Newman.

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51 minutes ago, antmunoz said:

Deidre Hall IS Dr. Casey Reed!

No, bring her back as Barbara Anderson. However, she could be someone's grandmother, raising the possibility that Brad Elliot has a grandson or granddaughter in GC.

2 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Eric Martsolf as the new from the dead Brad Carlton.

NO MORE RESURRECTIONS. Let the dead stay dead.

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7 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

That's a given. Y&R should snatch her up.

I was sort of joking when I mentioned this on twitter but now that we are on a role....Billy Flynn as Scotty Grainger??

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Melissa Reeves as a reformed, stable Patty Williams.

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Agreed, I think Blake became a woman who learned from her mistakes and grew up. I too wanted them to be the core couple after the Tori thing, as a matter of fact, around Wheeler after Simon left I wanted them to move into the Bauer house..( I would have Blake say that this is the closet thing she knew as a home )SORAS the kids, and bring Sam back..Dinah would have a very contentious relationship with her, as she would be jealous of Ross and Sam's relationship, and Blake and Dinah would have that tension (ya, know cause she killed his brother) it would be a core family that had some fissures leading to good drama. But now, Wheeler and company though the Coopers should be the core.

By Mitch64 · 1 hour ago1 hr
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Agree that great minds can think alike :)
In terms of Derek, I see the show doing one of two things based on the most recent episodes that featured him.
1) They do the gradual fade-out of the character until he stops appearing and is occasionally mentioned by Jacob (i.e. still living and existing in town, just not being seen). We saw some evidence with him having a group of co workers he's friends with, plus a female co worker interested in him... so possibly we see him regain his walking and go back to his life with the Fire crew and eventually we stop seeing them on air.
2) His mentioning to Jacob that he hopes to win Ashley back signals that perhaps the dark side we saw glimpses of has been hidden and will rear itself if she appears to be moving on with a new guy.
In terms of Ashley, the show seems committed to keeping her character on the show especially since she was shown in the Thanksgiving episode having a quiet day with Jan and Mona as they discuss Black Friday shopping, food, and other day to day matters... so I think delving into her backstory in terms of who her father is would be a good place for the show to go while keeping her as a good friend to Naomi, Shanice, and a good nurse during medical stories.
Perhaps one of the children of the handsome new doctor could be her love interest down the line.

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Re: 1978. I'm glad the unedited version of the episode complete with commercials is available. The one that has been posted several years ago had several segments missing. I like Barbara's long hair here. Dr. Steven Farrell didn't last very long I take it since she is re-connecting with Tom (Tom Tammi) by 1979. The actor playing Steven (Phil Peters) was the real-life husband of Lenore Kasdorf (Rita GL).

By SoapDope78 · 1 hour ago1 hr
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Oh, how I wish we'd gotten to see Ross deal with his teenage sons. I loved his relationships with Phillip and Sam, but he really deserved to be seen with his own kids (other than the horror that became Dinah). The boys simply disappeared off canvas after either the Nursery Stalker or the affair with Tori.

By P.J. · 2 hours ago2 hr
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What I liked about Bloss is that I liked how they grew to be the stable couple- the closest to an Ed and Mo in their prime. Especially after the Tori story when their extra-marital exploits were in the past. I wanted them to SORAS the three kids, along with Dinah and with Phillip's family as Ross's extended family would really be solid core family material.
With that said, I was rooting against Bloss in 1999 as I really liked the Ross/India pairing-- but that just turned out to be a waste of MKA.

By Spoon · 2 hours ago2 hr
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They did reveal Austin's shooter...about a year and a half later.

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By te. · 2 hours ago2 hr
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They did actually resolve who shot Austin over a year later (it was Cyrus, as part of his hasty exit story). That was a last minute save though clearly when they forgot lol.

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Talkin' 'Bout TV Movies

I love those old TV movies, especially the ones from the 70's and 80's. The ABC movie of the week had a ton of them. Like
Satan's School for Girls (1973)
All My Darling Daughter's (1972)
Gidget Gets Married (1972)
The Girl Who Came Gift Wrapped (1974)
The Two Worlds of Jenny Logan (1979)
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976)
Death Cruise (1974)
Here is the 70's ABC opening. The theme music "Nikki" was composed by Burt Bacharach and named for his daughter with Angie Dickinson.

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The return of sitcoms' popularity in the mid-'80s was a real thing, but the crash of the wealth-based nighttime soap genre was resonate and self-induced.

There was an effectively grim finality to the mood of the cliffhangers in the Spring of 1985: Bobby's death, the Moldavian massacre, the return of Val's babies... and they felt as if they could have ended right there (and perhaps they should have, although I would have sorely missed S10 of Dallas, S6 of FC, and Season 9 of Dynasty , and the next five years of KNOTS as they singularly maintained quality).

But, wow, these shows just fell apart post-Spring 1985. They stopped being character dramas after a while, and just started trying to "impress" viewers in some superficial way and to "fake it" somehow.

What a painful, unnecessary slide it was. But once these shows seemed to lose their identities, their sense of self, their momentum into the dung heap couldn't be slowed.

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