9 minutes ago, TEdgeofNight said:

Disagree. JFP took credit for HER work, not Robert Calhoun's. The best was yet to come. The blackout week was brilliant and had nothing to do with Calhoun. Calhoun's ratings speak for itself. Not that great.

Despite Guiding Light ratings during Calhoun's run (remember that time slot rival General Hospital was 2nd for most of Calhoun's run), I think he left the show in pretty good shape when JFP took over. Yes JFP got the ratings up but as we are seeing in this thread, the ratings rise is overlapping with General Hospital tanking.

3 hours ago, beebs said:

Beyond gimmicky, it was MEAN. The energy in a lot of scenes and confrontations just had such nasty energy to them, I've felt a visceral discomfort watching them.

Thank you, @beebs, ICAM.  In fact, I was going to add that to my last post, but time got away from me.

But, yes, it seemed like every other scene would climax in a shouting match between characters.  In the past, AMC always had been about the "brotherhood of man," with a community of people who loved and cared for one another, even when they might have been at odds.  With Megan McTavish as HW, however, Pine Valley became a cold and dark place to visit.  Lorraine Broderick restored some of the show's warmth and humanity when she came back as HW, but it never was the same.

4 minutes ago, kalbir said:

Despite Guiding Light ratings during Calhoun's run (remember that time slot rival General Hospital was 2nd for most of Calhoun's run), I think he left the show in pretty good shape when JFP took over. Yes JFP got the ratings up but as we are seeing in this thread, the ratings rise is overlapping with General Hospital tanking.

You also have to take into account that Pamela K. Long was the HW for most of Calhoun's run and that, aside from some major storylines, the magic with her might have been gone.

Edited December 10, 20232 yr by Khan

20 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 12/9/91-12/13/91 & 12/16/91-12/20/91:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 12/23/91-12/27/91 & 12/30/91-1/3/92:

 

3 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/6/92-1/10/92 & 1/13/92-1/17/92:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/20/92-1/24/92 & 1/27/92-1/31/92:

12/9/91-12/13/91:
GL you have an 18 share, SOW has 19

 

Rest is good!  

22 hours ago, kalbir said:

Despite Guiding Light ratings during Calhoun's run (remember that time slot rival General Hospital was 2nd for most of Calhoun's run), I think he left the show in pretty good shape when JFP took over. Yes JFP got the ratings up but as we are seeing in this thread, the ratings rise is overlapping with General Hospital tanking.

Yes, Calhoun did leave GL in good shape. And JFP took off from that and made it even better. 

23 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/6/92-1/10/92 & 1/13/92-1/17/92:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/20/92-1/24/92 & 1/27/92-1/31/92:

Wow, the week of Jan 13th - 17th saw better numbers nearly across the board than the usual holiday highs of the last week of December. Wonder if there was a big snowstorm on the east coast that week? 

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/3/92-2/7/92 & 2/10/92-2/14/92:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/17/92-2/21/92 & 2/24/92-2/28/92:

3 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/3/92-2/7/92 & 2/10/92-2/14/92:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/17/92-2/21/92 & 2/24/92-2/28/92:

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4 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/3/92-2/7/92 & 2/10/92-2/14/92:

Y&R February 4, 1992 Randy Brooks debut.

Y&R February 12, 1992 Traci gives birth to Colleen.

Coming soon:

Friday, March 13 -- Bo (now played by Robert Kelker-Kelly) is back on Days of Our Lives.

Friday, March 20 -- Will is killed on All My Children.

Interesting to see OLTL already starting to rebound during early Gottlieb, even if I suspect a lot of that is down to AMC's growth, as OLTL's in some major transition at this point.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/2/92-3/6/92 & 3/9/92-3/13/92:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/16/92-3/20/92 & 3/23/92-3/27/92:

6 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/2/92-3/6/92 & 3/9/92-3/13/92:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/16/92-3/20/92 & 3/23/92-3/27/92:

Y&R March 9, 1992 Barbara Crampton last episode until her 1998 return.

All My Children not that far behind Y&R and pulling up the rest of ABC's big three.

8 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/2/92-3/6/92 & 3/9/92-3/13/92:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/16/92-3/20/92 & 3/23/92-3/27/92:

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On 12/11/2023 at 8:33 PM, Franko said:

Coming soon:

Friday, March 13 -- Bo (now played by Robert Kelker-Kelly) is back on Days of Our Lives.

Friday the 13th.  In retrospect, probably the first, big clue that hiring RKK maybe wasn't the best idea.

2 hours ago, kalbir said:

All My Children not that far behind Y&R and pulling up the rest of ABC's big three.

That's probably why ABCD kept hiring Megan McTavish and re-hiring her, but her career trajectory definitely proves that the law of diminishing returns is no fluke.

We know by now how Victor Miller and Wisner Washam felt about working with her, but I'd love to know whether others - Agnes Nixon, Lorraine Broderick, Felicia Minei Behr, etc. - felt the same way.

Edited December 13, 20232 yr by Khan

On 12/10/2023 at 2:55 PM, Khan said:

Beyond gimmicky, it was MEAN. The energy in a lot of scenes and confrontations just had such nasty energy to them, I've felt a visceral discomfort watching them.

She did that to GL too..besides the infamous Brent/Marion (killing yet another Mom and making jokes about it..making a dumb girl believe she is HIV positive) Roger and Holly lost all their nuance and he became EVIL (even wanting to drug Dinah and murder her) Amanda an amoral madame, Josh hating Reva when she returned, AM resenting Phillip when he returned..Phillip thinking anyone in his family, including Alex, who always supported him, could frame him...and just generally all connections between the interconnected families of GL were downplayed...Bridget stopped being involved with Uncle Ed, never talked to Chele, Chele called Nola her aunt "Mrs. Chamberlin" and the same with Vanessa, her Mom's best friend..hell, McTavish even made Nola, a manic depressed loser!

 

On 12/11/2023 at 1:02 PM, TEdgeofNight said:

Yes, Calhoun did leave GL in good shape. And JFP took off from that and made it even better. 

That is why I never understood why and how she screwed herself and the show later...she saw what worked and what was successful..why ruin it?

 

11 hours ago, Khan said:

We know by now how Victor Miller and Wisner Washam felt about working with her, but I'd love to know whether others

Id love to see what they had to say, she seems such an odd person/writer.