On 11/17/2023 at 3:57 PM, Errol said:

Why oh why, can't some network executive wake up and realize that only soaps will thrive in today's markets? The second highest-rated talk show (syndication) is Kelly Clarkson with just 1.3 million viewers. GH, B&B and Y&R get over 2 million DAILY.

Truly - when you look at what networks and streamers are spending on programming, for dwindling returns, the soaps are clearly the most durable investment. They out-rate most of their competition and are produced for less than their competition and generate content 365 days a year - only news programming can claim the same. 

Christian LeBlanc posted this. They got a jail set up.

6 minutes ago, lucaslesann23 said:

Christian LeBlanc posted this. They got a jail set up.

Oh I had forgotten that both Colleen and Christian had been on ATWT at the same time. Anyone remember if they had scenes together on ATWT?

14 hours ago, dragonflies said:

I don't care what anyone says, Hayley Erin has been great as Claire 

She plays crazy good I think. She's got those eyes when staring at Nikki lol

On 11/17/2023 at 4:45 PM, Errol said:

Guiding Light could have survived a few more years but the Peapack nonsense would have to have been scrapped sooner rather than later. Some web series have better productions and I'm talking early iterations of web series. That said, Paramount+ couldn't save it no more than SoapCity.com with its pay per episode plot could. Sadly.

@DRW50 and I or others have hashed this out many a time over the years, but given the recent Hallmark TV movie/series boom - even on cable instead of streaming - I would argue there is more of a place for a reinvented GL than ever with a progressive glow-up like that content (I'm not saying Hallmark movies are good or works of genius, but they occupy a specific niche and are doing so very successfully). If there's one soap that reminds me of the Hallmark branding it is GL at its best.

Sadly getting execs to consider stuff like this (let alone P&G letting go of control of their dead brands they have zero interest in) is, as you have said, Errol, an uphill climb at best. ABC didn't even make a real effort to reexamine AMC and OLTL at the height of the streaming boom, and CBS/P&G are far less likely.

Edited November 19, 20232 yr by Vee

On 11/18/2023 at 9:31 AM, dragonflies said:

I don't care what anyone says, Hayley Erin has been great as Claire 

i've always thought she was one of the better younger actresses on soap, and she used to hold her own really well up again MW on the regular. I was gagged GH let her go. The acting on Y&R in general is really weak, to say the least, and Hayley's been shining imo. 

10 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Oh I had forgotten that both Colleen and Christian had been on ATWT at the same time. Anyone remember if they had scenes together on ATWT?

They probably did since Barbara was engaged to Brian and Kirk was Brian’s little brother, not to mention the fact that Barbara’s younger sister Frannie was once the love of Kirk’s life, but we’re unlikely to see those scenes on YouTube since so much of 1984 and 1985 episodes are missing.

2 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

They probably did since Barbara was engaged to Brian and Kirk was Brian’s little brother, not to mention the fact that Barbara’s younger sister Frannie was once the love of Kirk’s life, but we’re unlikely to see those scenes on YouTube since so much of 1984 and 1985 episodes are missing.

You'd think so, but Barbara is in such a bubble in any episodes from that period. As you've said, we'll never know.

 

 

 

37 minutes ago, dragonflies said:

 

 

 

QUEEN! LEGEND!

3 hours ago, DRW50 said:

You'd think so, but Barbara is in such a bubble in any episodes from that period. As you've said, we'll never know.

Maybe in ‘84 but by early ‘85, Barbara was seemingly all over town complaining to Kim and Lisa and anyone who would listen about Brian and apparently how insensitive he was. I remember that weird incident that happened before the infamous costume ball (too bad most of those episodes are not on YouTube) where Barbara and Brian had broken up for five minutes and Brian asked out his colleague at the Argus and oops, Barbara decides to accept Brian’s invitation to the ball and promptly announces that Brian asked her, right to the crestfallen colleague’s face, then proceeds to blame Brian for mishandling the situation.

 I wouldn’t be surprised if in previous years, Barbara was in a bubble because James kept her pretty isolated for awhile, and even her storylines with Gunnar seemed fairly self-contained. At least with Brian, that seemed like the beginning of her world expanding. 
It just doesn’t seem like there are that many episodes with Kirk on YouTube though. Although again, Barbara and Lisa were business partners and Kirk spent a good amount of time at Lisa’s when Marcy lived with Lisa. And didn’t Marcy also work at the boutique?

4 hours ago, dragonflies said:

 

 

 

Anyone know the song title?

1 hour ago, BoldRestless said:

Anyone know the song title?

This one is hard to crack. I love this kind of music.

It sounds like the lyrics are....

And you aren't done, coming for you

Then Colleen speaks...

I thought it might be the group Mazzy Star but it's not them.

Edited November 20, 20232 yr by Soapsuds

Actually I think the singer says

And your are not gone, coming for you

I don't tweet but you could tweet the Y&R composer/music supervisor
https://twitter.com/RCCates  and he'd tell you what the song is.