Something in contrast I have to SOD's Best and Worst of 1997 is SoapDish's Best and Worst list dated 1/05/1998: 

 

Best Couple: Adam and Liza AMC

Worst Couple: Dmitri and Gillian, AMC

Best New Character: Jack ATWT

Worst New Character: Gillian AMC

Best Triangle: Reva/Josh/Annie GL

Worst Triangle: Nola/Buzz/Jenna GL

Best Quadrangle: Ridge/Taylor/Thorne/Brooke B&B

Worst Quardrangle: John/Sharlene/Michael/Felicia AW

Worst Couple that Catch a Break!: Kevin and Lucy PC/GH

Best  Mystery: The Death of Dr. Pierce Dorman GH

Worst Mystery: Who really killed Diego Santana on ATWT???

Best Recast: Sandra Nelson as Phyliis on Y&R

Worst Recast: Shawn Batten as Connor on ATWT

Best Wedding: Jake and Vicky, AW

Worst Wedding: Lily and Diego ATWT

Best Death: HB Lewis GL

Worst Death: Gabe dies, AW

Best Psyhco: Annie Dutton GL 

Worst Pyscho: Allie Doyle, AMC

Best New Couple: Jack and Carly, ATWT

Worst New Couple: Tad and....Gillian??? AMC

Best Affair: Cole slept with Olivia on Sunset Beach

Worst Affair: Cole and Ashley  Y&R

Most Devastating Story: Nina shoots herself  Y&R

Best Soap Premiere: Sunset Beach

Worst Soap Premiere/Worst Crossover: Port Charles

Funniest scenes: Forrester vs. Spectra on B&B

Most devastating Moment: Stephanie's discovery about Lauren's affair with Eric  B&B

Unfunniest scenes: A nasty, unsympathetic Ruby bossing Liz Webber around on GH

Most Unnecessary Story Part I: Amanda in Alan's sister, GL

Best Cliffhanger: Brenda left at the altar GH

Best Disaster: The Jungle Story Days

Worst Disaster: The Hurricane  on AMC

Best High Speed Chase: Cole on Sunset  Beach

Most Unnecessary Story Part II: Sami can't hack into computers anymore, Days

Best Story: The Secret Room on Days

Worst Story:  Patrick the terrorist on OLTL

Most Improved Show: GL

Most Disappointing Show: OLTL

Worst Show: ATWT

Best Show: GH 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 4, 20205 yr by soapfan770

I grew to just adore Gillian on AMC.  I was so upset when they killed her.  The only time I liked Ryan.

13 hours ago, soapfan770 said:

 

Most Unnecessary Story Part II: Sami can't hack into computers anymore, Days

 

 

LOL... what? 

 

Didn't she hack Salem University's computers in the summer of '97 to switch the blood results to show Austin, not Lucas, as the father? 

Worst Couple: Dmitri and Gillian, AMC

 

Uhhh weren't they cousins? They had a real hate on for Gillian. I adored her.

 

Worst Soap Premiere/Worst Crossover: Port Charles

 

Damn, how bad was it?

Edited May 4, 20205 yr by Darn

IIRC they did emergency surgery on Audrey Hardy with a power drill, so...

2 minutes ago, Vee said:

IIRC they did emergency surgery on Audrey Hardy with a power drill, so...

 

Oh god I remember reading about that now. In an elevator right?

PC in general was a waste of network airtime . I know it has its fans, but I never thought it was anything good both pre and post the supernatural telenovella-style arcs.

6 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

PC in general was a waste of network airtime . I know it has its fans, but I never thought it was anything good both pre and post the supernatural telenovella-style arcs.

 Was that the year PC was nominated as Best Show at the Emmy’s? I thought it odd that was the only ABC soap nominated that year. I wanted B&B to win but ATWT won for the spa material LOL.

2003, and many had pegged it as the favourite too. LOL! Not long after, it was cancelled/put out of its misery.

10 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

2003, and many had pegged it as the favourite too. LOL! Not long after, it was cancelled/put out of its misery.

LOL I didn’t watch any ABC soaps but I definitely recall it was getting hyped up as a late night soap since so many ABC stations aired late night and even airing special one hour episodes, with Michael Logan at TV Guide even saying something along the lines how refreshing PC’s supernatural storylines were so much better than Passions.  

8 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:

LOL I didn’t watch any ABC soaps but I definitely recall it was getting hyped up as a late night soap since so many ABC stations aired late night and even airing special one hour episodes, with Michael Logan at TV Guide even saying something along the lines how refreshing PC’s supernatural storylines were so much better than Passions.  

 

They were better than Passions (but so are most things) however they weren't very good.

2 hours ago, Gray Bunny said:

 

LOL... what? 

 

Didn't she hack Salem University's computers in the summer of '97 to switch the blood results to show Austin, not Lucas, as the father? 

They complained that Sami had so pulled off seamlessly at age 16 that this time around it was too obvious and pointless to redo the story.

There was a hurricane on AMC??

35 minutes ago, Pine Charles said:

There was a hurricane on AMC??

 

HurriKane Erica...sorry bad joke. 

I don't get their Gillian hate. Loved her! Different strokes I guess...

On 5/4/2020 at 1:34 PM, Darn said:

Worst Couple: Dmitri and Gillian, AMC

 

Uhhh weren't they cousins? They had a real hate on for Gillian. I adored her.

 

When Gillian first came on the show she was making moves on Dimitri to get his money. She was written as a hollow bad girl. McTavish, before she took it too far and made Gillian into a constantly suffering victim, did a lot to round out the character.