6 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

 

Bell liked to tell noir stories and Gothic mysteries when he could. From what some here have said, Nina Arvesen's performance captivated him and he wrote and wrote for her (I think he may have changed plans that would have had her as her husband's killer). Bell loved writing for complicated heroines and anti-heroines. He certainly wasn't flawless, by any means, but I'd say he and Henry Slesar are the two male writers in daytime who moved knew how to write for women and knew how to make them such fascinating characters. It's never been the same after he had to retire - characters like Ashley were quickly gutted like fish.

Completely agreed Not to mention Bell loved writing his femme fatales. A few years later Mari Jo would be on the scene filling that role as well.

 

Always interesting to know that Amy came back briefly in early 1990. I wonder if it was to simply close out her era or if they even attempted to offer Williams a permanent gig since Dru shows up next month.

Interesting WJB went from one villain to another. First Adrian then David followed by Shelia. He never had them coming back from the dead business until Sheila became his favorite villain.

5 minutes ago, FrenchFan said:

I was talking about CBS.com. They put the first three classics but not Friday episode. Don’t know why

Oh....surprised it hasn't been posted.

Canadian posters, is Global posting them online?

 

WARNING: Just noticed my DVR wasn't set to record B&B today or tomorrow. It's listed as "Becoming Bold & Beautiful" (some sort of documentary) and is considered a different show. I caught it in time to set it to record. (figured more chance of this being seen here than the B&B thread)

Cassandra reminded me of those film noir shady ladies. The murder mystery story started good but it dragged on too long; I remember it going on for about a year.

On 4/25/2020 at 11:20 PM, kalbir said:

CBS Daytime on the whole was so awesome in the late 1980s/early 1990s. There was the game show block and all four daytime dramas were amazing to watch.

 

OMG, I can't believe we get to see an early 1980s episode!

 

An all Victor week should include EB's first episode, Victor sees Nikki at the Bayou, EB's first scenes w/ TL and ED.

 

I never thought much of Mark Derwin's acting on Y&R and then a few months after his role on Y&R ends he shows up on Guiding Light as a detective. Talk about contrasts in characters LOL. It was surprising to me how he became so popular on GL, with winning a 1993 Soap Opera Digest Award for Hottest Male Star (he beat Antonio Sabato Jr. for that award) and being nominated for Lead Actor at the 1993 Daytime Emmys.

 

Yes I loved him on Guiding Light! The name of his character is on the tip of my tongue but its not connecting to my brain at the moment but he and Harley were so hot! I never liked Harley enough with anyone else

2 minutes ago, Michele Soap Writer said:

 

Yes I loved him on Guiding Light! The name of his character is on the tip of my tongue but its not connecting to my brain at the moment but he and Harley were so hot! I never liked Harley enough with anyone else

 

AC Mallet.

2 minutes ago, Michele Soap Writer said:

 

Yes I loved him on Guiding Light! The name of his character is on the tip of my tongue but its not connecting to my brain at the moment but he and Harley were so hot! I never liked Harley enough with anyone else

A.C. Mallet. Probably one of the first couples I ever liked. His acting could be a bit stilted at times, but I thought that was the perfect role for him.

10 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:

Completely agreed Not to mention Bell loved writing his femme fatales. A few years later Mari Jo would be on the scene filling that role as well.

 

Always interesting to know that Amy came back briefly in early 1990. I wonder if it was to simply close out her era or if they even attempted to offer Williams a permanent gig since Dru shows up next month.

Not sure about Amy. Stephanie Williams booked the role of Simone on GH this year. According to an article, she first taped on February 1st. She might have been brought back earlier by WJB before that and it was cut short because she had a better offer on GH and then he created Drucilla. Don’t know really.

Dru, Olivia, Sheila arrive in May 1990 and Mamie is recast that same month. Dru and Sheila's first episodes were online years ago, but I don't think Olivia's first appearance has surfaced online.

4 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

 

AC Mallet.

 

Thanks! I didnt want to look it up I wanted to wrack my brain I was thinking Ace but I knew that wasnt completely correct. I was close

8 minutes ago, ironlion said:

 Phil Murphyyyyy!!! Is it really in the best interest of ratings to pre-empt programming EVERYday?

 

 

 

Unfortunately, it comes down to how the affiliates handle it. The ABC affiliate in NYC seems to now cut coverage of the press conferences short to allow General Hospital to air on time instead of preempting. Last week, there were several times that Murphy started his conferences in the mid-afternoon and right before it was 3pm - the local anchors would come on and provide a brief summary before introducing GH. When they did cut into GH because of weather related coverage, they at least aired the episode on their partner network. 

 

I mean doesn't help the CBS soaps numbers when the biggest TV market in the US keeps preempting their soaps. 

2 minutes ago, kalbir said:

Dru, Olivia, Sheila arrive in May 1990 and Mamie is recast that same month. Dru and Sheila's first episodes were online years ago, but I don't think Olivia's first appearance has surfaced online.

I’ve seen Olivia’s first scenes online years ago before, she visits Mamie and meet & befriends Ashley right from the start as they learned they belong to the same sorority lol.

5 minutes ago, kalbir said:

Dru, Olivia, Sheila arrive in May 1990 and Mamie is recast that same month. Dru and Sheila's first episodes were online years ago, but I don't think Olivia's first appearance has surfaced online.

 

Why was Mamie recast?

6 minutes ago, GLATWT88 said:

 

Unfortunately, it comes down to how the affiliates handle it. The ABC affiliate in NYC seems to now cut coverage of the press conferences short to allow General Hospital to air on time instead of preempting. Last week, there were several times that Murphy started his conferences in the mid-afternoon and right before it was 3pm - the local anchors would come on and provide a brief summary before introducing GH. When they did cut into GH because of weather related coverage, they at least aired the episode on their partner network. 

 

I mean doesn't help the CBS soaps numbers when the biggest TV market in the US keeps preempting their soaps. 

Plus as of 1:37, WCBS is the only local station still airing the press conference. 

 

Welp, hopefully someone posts in in decent quality online before it gets deleted.

Edited April 27, 20205 yr by ironlion

3 minutes ago, GLATWT88 said:

 

Unfortunately, it comes down to how the affiliates handle it. The ABC affiliate in NYC seems to now cut coverage of the press conferences short to allow General Hospital to air on time instead of preempting. Last week, there were several times that Murphy started his conferences in the mid-afternoon and right before it was 3pm - the local anchors would come on and provide a brief summary before introducing GH. When they did cut into GH because of weather related coverage, they at least aired the episode on their partner network. 

 

I mean doesn't help the CBS soaps numbers when the biggest TV market in the US keeps preempting their soaps. 

They reaired B&B overnight a couple of times, but I'm not sure if they're doing that for classics.