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Maybe I am misunderstanding you? Are you suggesting that her success at GL should have an asterisk next to it because she was smart enough to exploit a weakness in the marketplace to gain ratings? Note: Try not to take this personally—I’m not accusing anyone of being consciously misogynistic. I’m simply proposing that the origins of certain ideas about Ms. Phelps—such as claims that she was unprepared or a poor manager of her writing staff—may be rooted in misogyny. Perhaps, with the benefit of hindsight, it's worth reconsidering those opinions. At the very least, imagine being one of the few women in the room while a male network executive tries to decide what women want to watch during the day. That context has certainly led me to reassess many of my own long-held views. -
By Paul Raven · Posted
Through 78 and 79 under Marland and Pat Falken smith GH was still heavily hospital based with a mix of storylines. The Doctors would have been fine had they followed that template. Once GH went with Ice Princess all bets were off.Who knows how much TD would have copied that direction? And OLTL, DOOL went in that direction quite heavily while other shows dabbled in far out stories. The thing is that TD was well set up for an expansion. -
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Aaron Spelling still had clout with ABC in Fall 1984, as I think they knew he was going to pull out all the stops for Dynasty to get to #1, which he did. That's probably why ABC kept Hotel as Dynasty lead out. Fall 1985 with the sale to Capital Cities and Brandon Stoddard arrival, Aaron Spelling would lose his clout with ABC. -
Correction, July 1991 to May 1995. JFP got the ratings up during her first year, but it also helped that ABC big three were tanking at various times during that year and Days was in their post-supercouple/pre-Reilly mess era. It will always disappoint me that the ratings during the Calhoun/Long/Curlee era did not reflect the quality of the show.
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April 2025 Episode Rankings A total of 22 Episodes aired this Month Thanks as always @jcar03! 1.) Jacqueline Maclnnes Wood (Steffy Forrester Finnegan) : 17 2.) Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan Forrester) : 14 3.) Scott Clifton (Liam Spencer) : 13 *.) Lawrence St. Victor (Carter Walton) : 13 5.) Thorsten Kaye (Ridge Forrester) : 12 *.) Tanner Novlan (Dr. John "Finn" Finnegan) : 12 7.) Murielle Hilaire (Daphne Rose) : 11 8.) Sean Kanan (Deacon Sharpe) : 10 *.) Annika Noelle (Hope Logan) : 10 10.) Kimberlin Brown (Sheila Carter) : 9 *.) Dr. Taylor Hayes (Rebecca Budig) : 9 *.) Laneya Grace (Electra Forrester) : 9 *.) Crew Morrow (Will Spencer) : 9 14.) Heather Tom (Katie Logan) : 8 *.) Lisa Yamada (Luna Nozawa) : 8 16.) Cassandra Creech (Dr. Grace Buckingham) : 7 *.) Sophia Paras (Kelly Spencer) : 7 18.) John McCook (Eric Forrester): 6 *.) Delon de Metz (Zende Forrester Dominguez) : 6 20.) Ashleigh Brewer (Ivy Forrester) : 5 21.) Ashley Jones (Dr. Bridget Forrester) : 4 22.) Don Diamont (Bill Spencer) : 3 *.) Lauralee Bell (Christine Blair) : 3 *.) Jennifer Gareis (Donna Logan Forrester) : 3 *.) Heidi Montag (Herself) : 3 *.) Spencer Pratt (Himself) : 3 *.) Markell Washington (Himself) : 3 28.) Romy Park (Poppy Nozawa) : 2 *.) Dick Christie (Charlie Webber) : 2 *.) Naomi Matsuda (Li Finnegan) : 2 31.) Samantha Cutaran (Nurse R. Rose) : 1 *.) Kitty Davis (911 Operator) : 1 *.) Emily Kasprzyk (Paramedic #2) : 1 *.) Jordan Jamal Mayfield (Paramedic #1) : 1 *.) Jake Osgood (Waiter) : 1 -
Perhaps. But would anyone have wanted The Doctors to turn into what General Hospital ultimately became? Dear God in Heaven... -
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Thanks @EricMontreal22 that must be one of the last issues. Probably the best soap magazine. -
By soapfan770 · Posted
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Agree with you both. I am also going assume that while Hotel may had some big numbers the first 2 seasons BUT the demographics weren’t great. Reason I say this is I distinctly remember my parents watching St Elsewhere and/or The Equalizer after Dynasty. I still don’t get Hotel’s designation as a primetime soap opera either lol. ABC should have aired Paper Dolls in the 10/9 slot on Wednesdays in the fall of 1984 to give that show some more legs. Obviously ABC was eyeing a double bill night in the same vein as Dallas & Falcon Crest and that might have worked better than leaving Paper Dolls to the wolves in an untested timeslot. -
I tend to stay out of EP discussions, simply because I rarely know who EPs when. And they all have their good and bad sides. But how are we supposed to judge JFP on anything other than what we see? I didn't know she was a director or a music director. (and unlike say, Chris Goutman, I never saw her credited as anything other than an EP) Specifically in the matter of casting Crampton, she took credit for it (or at Crampton gave her credit for it, whatever) and it was arguably, one of the worst recasts of the '90's (and either as bad or worse than the actress she fired). She lost two important actresses in '92 and still decided to kill Maureen. She had a wildly uneven tenure at GL. It's no wonder she's polarizing. But it kind of proves a point--great soap is always a that rare combination of everything clicking at the same time. And believe me, if I could bring myself to watch her male successors who were responsible for bringing back Reva and allowing her to eat the show again, or hiring Hunt Block, or being too chicken to stand up to stans who and hamstrung the show with boring couples stuck in the same repetitive stories (Vanessa/Matt, Chelle/Danny or Richard/Cassie, take your pick) not to mention San CristoHELL....I'd be more than happy to roast them on open spits. I guess we end up talking about JFP because she's in a period we can nominally agree was one of the last "best" periods of the show.
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