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Cheers, the daytime soap opera opening iteration. I never watched the show because I was too young, but when someone shared this opening here on SON not too long ago I couldn't believe this was the opening, not just for a soap opera, but for a soap opera that's supposed to have been cutting edge with its inclusion of Black families and characters.

This is by no means taking away from the show itself and what it represented, but that opening literally had me not surprised it got canned so quickly. We're talking about an era where even a theme song could make or break your show. These days, openings are 15 seconds (more if we're lucky). Back then, themes were EVERYTHING!

That's interesting because the cut I saw from the first ___ episodes (I didn't say anything!) shows the same opening with 12 actors. Unless they opted to extend it with more people for when the show premieres on TV?

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At best, it was NBC overplaying GENERATIONS' historical importance within the genre.  At worst, it was sabotaging a new show (that only certain people at the network really believed in) before it even had a chance.

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I'm calling it! Anita is the one with a long-lost son, either put up for adoption or believed to have died. No way she just has two daughters. No spoiler. No inside info. Pure gut feeling.

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