Didn't know where to put this. I decided to make a thread out of it.

 

Edited July 13, 20232 yr by Soapsuds

Thanks for posting. A pity it was only half hour with too many guests to really get into anything. Maybe one actor from each network would have been enough and more in depth questions. A lot of the audience asked variations on the same question.

I think the mistake the soaps made and continue to do so is underestimate the popularity of the older characters with all age groups.

Older characters don't necessarily need a story but just a point of view and a valid presence on the show.

“Soaps are too explicit”

If only they knew what was to come 😂😂😂

I feel like VW got put into the "older" category too soon. She's obviously a good bit younger than the others on the panel. I wonder if it's because of her pairing with DW or that they SORASED Jamie so early.

The network people have always gotten this completely wrong!
 

As a kid I loved Alice and Tom Horton on DAYS, Katherine and John Abbot on Y&R, Asa on OLTL, and several older characters on GH. Lee and Gail, Dr Hardy (never much cared for Audrey), Jessie, Ruby, and especially Edward and Lila Q. Some became more like a talk to- but many of them were integral in their own ways, just not always the lead.

Edited July 17, 20232 yr by titan1978

17 hours ago, 1974mdp said:

I feel like VW got put into the "older" category too soon. She's obviously a good bit younger than the others on the panel. I wonder if it's because of her pairing with DW or that they SORASED Jamie so early.

She’s younger than Linda Dano, which I don’t know if I realized. I guess Felicia didn’t have the burden of being a family matriarch, and Felicia had a younger, more stylish vibe, of course.