9 minutes ago, sheilaforever said:

I didn’t hate either of them and Sandra Nelson was even delicious as Phyllis. Different from The Stafford but a fun Phyllis

 

why didn’t you like her?

She was so bland and looked too old for the part. She was a totally different character.

 

11 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

How about a 'they started on Y&R ' theme show. Scenes of Tom Selleck, Hasselhoff, Shemar , Eva Longoria, Paul Walker

Is there any one else that could be included?

That pretty much covers it. For whatever reason Y&R isn't exactly known for discovering breakout talent and launching primetime/film careers.

 

23 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Shari as Ashley...ewww

Worst recast ever. The nepotism made awful even worse.

 

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I think this is my favorite LLB look. She’s gorgeous with that shorter hair.

 

 

I always preferred Susan Walters as Diane instead of Alex.

18 minutes ago, kalbir said:

 

That pretty much covers it. For whatever reason Y&R isn't exactly known for discovering breakout talent and launching primetime/film careers.

 

Worst recast ever. The nepotism made awful even worse.

 

 

I liked her as Ashley. Honestly I have liked every actress who has played Ashley. I dont know what it is about Diane but yuck! Dont see what makes her appealing to Victor or Jack. This Phyllis wasn't bad. Not as good as MS but she wasn't bad

9 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

I always preferred Susan Walters as Diane instead of Alex.

 

Ok now you've gone TOO far!

34 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

She was so bland and looked too old for the part. She was a totally different character.

 

I think she made a good phyllis but I do agree with you that she did look too old for the part

Even back in 98 I never liked the giant collared white blouse look on Christine! LMAO!

Victor and Nikki are so boring in this episode. The highlight was Katherine and Jill.

20 hours ago, Chris B said:

I think this upcoming week is a good mix of episodes. I’m glad 3 are from before 2000. I don’t mind the two later episodes because they’re giving us a good balance. I think that’s fair. If they keeep peppering in older episodes I’ll settle for two modern episodes a week. 
 

Also, Toups posted the ratings and I was stunned that Y&R is still#1 with a week of repeats that are so old. If this doesn’t tell them this stuff should be streaming then they simply don’t care. The value and demand is clearly there. 

 

This is honestly a weird view because of the extenuating circumstances. I have found the ratings for all the soaps during this pandemic pretty awful. People are FORCED to stay home. Nobody is working, stay at home orders are in place in almost every state but a few - and even when soaps were showing new episodes ratings were down from the previous year. 

 

Meanwhile, cheaper to produce talk shows are able to provide new content during the entire pandemic and a lot of them are seeing better ratings than they have in years. 

 

I get being optimistic, but when people actually go back to work and things are back to normal, what is the expectation for soap viewership? People were shut in and forced to stay home and still not watching soaps in signigicantly large or increased numbers. 

Alex was so regal as Diane; Sandra was great as Phyllis, she’s the same age as Stafford so I don’t find her old and she brought her own fierceness to the role. Her and Michael were so much fun together. 
 

Jill and Katherine are definitely tHe highlight of the episode loved how their feud was heating back up again at this time. 

Just now, soapfan770 said:

Alex was so regal as Diane; Sandra was great as Phyllis, she’s the same age as Stafford so I don’t find her old and she brought her own fierceness to the role. Her and Michael were so much fun together. 
 

Jill and Katherine are definitely tHe highlight of the episode loved how their feud was heating back up again at this time. 

 

Agree. Also Sandra Nelson never felt like a clown to me the way Stafford often does. Some of her and Michael's antics were OTT but she never felt like a straight up joke. 

 

Alex was the only Diane IMO.  

It's so great seeing Alex as Diane. Recasting her and then killing off the character was such a mistake. She could have been rested and then brought back in when useful for story.

 

Jill and Katherine are always the highlight. Their scenes are so easy to get sucked into.

Victor was so sweet to Nikki when he put makeup on her. EB was so handsome here 🥰

 

The Katherine/Jill feud was reigniting and the attic fight was not long after this. Can't wait for that episode next week.

 

At least the editing for this episode was better than the previous two. 

I much preferred Stafford (at the time), but Sandra was an ok recast. 
 

How good did everyone look in that episode? Faces beat to the gods, flattering lighting...

Todays 1998 episode was perhaps the best one this week! As much as I like 90s early 00s Michelle Stafford, I'm prepared to say Sandra Nelson is my favorite. I saw shades of her in Gina T.'s portrayal.

 

When they exhaust the theme weeks, a cool concept might be to do storyline weeks. Example, one week of the most critical episodes from the Nina/David Kimball saga.

 

I'm impressed that y&r actually is airing all episodes unlike B&B where we can barely get something pre 2015. 

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