Members soapfan770 Posted January 28, 2023 Members Share Posted January 28, 2023 After reading some comments about the amount of families Guiding Light introduced between 1977-1987, it made me think about a who’s who of new families that successfully were integrated into the show. On the flip side, I can easily think of the number of families that arrived into a show’s town already DOA. Some successful new families I can think of include: ATWT: Snyders, Carly/Rosanna/Molly/Gwen AW: Love/Hudson B&B: Spectras Days: Bradys, Reeds/Roberts GL: Spauldings, Lewises Y&R: Abbotts, Barber/Winters Unsuccessful families include: ATWT: Kasnoffs (except for Mike) B&B: Ramirez family Days: Scofield family GL: Santos family Y&R: Rayburn family, Rosales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Franko Posted January 28, 2023 Members Share Posted January 28, 2023 Successful: GH -- Quartermaines; Bobbie, Luke & Ruby OLTL -- Buchanans Unsuccessful DOOL -- Chandlers GH -- Eckerts I think the key is that a good new family should come gradually, 1-2 members at a time if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted January 28, 2023 Members Share Posted January 28, 2023 Successful GH: Quartermaines, Cassadines Unsuccessful DAYS: Hernandez family(even though Rafe/Gabi survived) OLTL: Rappaports Y&R: Dennisons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sapounopera Posted January 28, 2023 Members Share Posted January 28, 2023 Are the ATWT McCalls considered successful or unsuccessful? Nobody hated them (except perhaps the father), but they were gone within a few years. Y&R really tried it with the new families in the early 80s, but only the Abbotts sticked around. Was the Williams family a success? Steve left really soon, Patty stayed for a few years, Todd never showed up and Carl vanished. B&B also tried it with the Marrones, but I wouldn't call them a success. Then there was a time where Lorenzo Lamas and Sydney Penny showed up as a new family unit. Linda Gray was part of the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AbcNbc247 Posted January 28, 2023 Members Share Posted January 28, 2023 Successful AW: The Frames Days: The Bradys really do own the successful part of this thread, if you think about it. GH: The Webbers Unsuccessful AW: The Sheas, The Gregorys OLTL: The Fords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted January 28, 2023 Members Share Posted January 28, 2023 Successful: AMC: Santos, Cambias, Montgomery to name a few lol B&B: Avants, Spectras & Finnegan's Unsucessful: GH: Eckert's OLTL: Ford's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted January 28, 2023 Members Share Posted January 28, 2023 Although not technically introduced as a family, Y&R Newmans would be considered successful I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted January 28, 2023 Members Share Posted January 28, 2023 Unsuccessful SB The Perkins -John, Joe, Marissa, Jade, Amy Y&R Laurences - Robert, Claire, Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soaplovers Posted January 29, 2023 Members Share Posted January 29, 2023 Perkins had potential...but only Amy was accepted. I always saw Bell realizing the Laurences were a bust and fixed his mistake by replacing them with the Fenmores. Successful GL: Coopers Failure: GL: shaynes (only Reva had long time potential) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted January 29, 2023 Members Share Posted January 29, 2023 Y&R Success- Prentiss family - Vanessa, Lance and Lucas and Leslie/Lorie as in laws. Flop- Bill Bell tried with the Stevens-April, Dorothy and Wayne and then twin sister Barbara but then quickly dumped them all. SFT Kendalls -flop? Lloyd, Steve, Michael, Estelle,Chase, Alec,TR So many recasts, story changes meant that family never really took off. They were never on the canvas at the same time. AW Holloways -flop Taylor,Miranda,Amy, Rick,Kit .The show dropped many more familiar and long running characters to focus on this clan but they were soon dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Liberty City Posted January 29, 2023 Members Share Posted January 29, 2023 And the same could be said for the Andrade family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Planet Soap Posted January 30, 2023 Members Share Posted January 30, 2023 Unsuccessful: Rosales family Y&R Successfully: The Buchannans OLTL in 1979. We're OLTL's Rapparports considered successful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted January 30, 2023 Members Share Posted January 30, 2023 No. They were despised. Lindsay only survived based on Cat Hickland's performances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Broderick Posted January 30, 2023 Members Share Posted January 30, 2023 The Williams family kinda "morphed" into the Detective Agency Family. In one of his reviews during the 1980s, John Kelly Genovese remarked (wisely) that Y&R had basically three structural components -- the Jabot/Abbott storyline, the Victor/Nikki/Kevin/Kay storyline, and the Young Detectives storyline (which was comprised of Paul, Andy, Amy, Jazz, and Kong). Paul Williams still had parents of course, and he still had a sister until about 1984, but his storyline was most often centered around his "work crew" with Andy, Amy, Jazz, Tyrone, and Nathan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wendy Posted January 30, 2023 Members Share Posted January 30, 2023 (edited) Days: The Johnson Family was successful. Steve and Adrienne - and Jack, tied to them as a biological Billy Johnson but raised by a corrupt wealthy politician in Harper Deveraux. The Reeds reminded me of a bargain-basement version of the Johnsons: Lucas, the child of wealth/privilege, despising his half siblings (for a long time) in Austin/Billie. Kate losing Austin/Billie just as Jo gave up Steve/Billy (Jack). And Earl Johnson and Curtis Reed terrorized their wives and sexually molested their daughters. Edited January 30, 2023 by Wendy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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