Members ranger1rg Posted April 18 Members Share Posted April 18 I'm confused here. So ABC and Disney actually want a bloated cast that costs a lot more and takes a larger portion of the budget? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted April 18 Members Share Posted April 18 I doubt they would put it that way but they like the show the size it is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ranger1rg Posted April 18 Members Share Posted April 18 But why? For what reason? Why would a budget-conscious media titan want a show to have an enormous cast? Look at primetime -- successful and popular dramas trim their casts all the time, either cutting actors or giving them fewer episodes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted April 18 Members Share Posted April 18 I have absolutely no idea. But, I'm sure that they are happy with the budget & the way Frank manages it or they'd be mandating other things. Just because they're conscious of budget doesn't mean there's a problem. Perhaps that is because salaries & benefits for people who work in soaps are so much less than they once were. But, that is only supposition. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members janea4old Posted April 18 Members Share Posted April 18 Do shows give benefits (such as medical) to noncontract cast? Or does the union pay that? Because if the show doesn't have to pay benefits, that might be why they keep recurring actors. Disclaimer that I have absolutely no idea. Just asking. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted April 18 Members Share Posted April 18 AS of now a performer has to make over 27k a year to have their SAG AFTRA Health Insurance kick in 4.18.2024 HW(s): Patrick Mulcahey & Elizabeth Korte BDW: Shannon Peace SW: Scott Sickles DIR: Jillian Dedote Another good episode of character moments What is Ava's plan? John jagger is def into Carly 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted April 18 Members Share Posted April 18 So apparently the drug name they showed us was a made-up name, not a real drug name & it was just close to the name of a muscle relaxer. And so, these are his bipolar meds & they have been tampered with but now we have no idea how long he's only been getting 10 mg instead of 50 mg. Now, we get to wonder how much of this new insight (or reminder of) into Sonny's personality is the result of his being undermedicated. Today, with the last moment we can wonder if we're about to see one of his rages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted April 18 Members Share Posted April 18 There is no chance I believe ABC or Disney have any interest in this size of a massive cast. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ranger1rg Posted April 18 Members Share Posted April 18 I don't either. Not for a second. It makes no sense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members titan1978 Posted April 19 Members Share Posted April 19 Yeah that’s Frank, it’s been his style on this show since nearly the beginning when the show was on the chopping block still. He cut his teeth on GH with Ron telling heavy recurring character stories, and kept it up after RC left. That’s how they told the 50th, it’s just way too much now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ranger1rg Posted April 19 Members Share Posted April 19 That "outdoor location" scene today with Dex taking tests to be a police officer while Chase held a stopwatch.... Yikes. This is the new GH??? Because that was LOL stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carolineg Posted April 19 Members Share Posted April 19 What's wrong with the outdoor set Dex/Chase were using? It looks like a parking lot and I am pretty sure it was supposed to be a parking lot lol. It's more unbelievable that Michael Corinthos knows how to fix a stove, tbh. I have a hard time believing Abc/Disney/Frank/GH wants to have this large of a cast especially when quite a few bring very little to the table. So I am unclear still. Was Ava taking bi-polar medicine not made for her to sleep? Or did she just get his bi-polar meds analyzed? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted April 19 Members Share Posted April 19 I agree with all y'all, lol. At the end of the day, ABCD/Disney is a corporation, and what are corporations about? The bottom line. Producing a daily, one-hour (with commercials) drama with a cast of 20-25 actors is a helluva lot cheaper than producing one with a cast of 60 or more, lol. No, I tend to think GH's current cast size (on- and off-contract) is all Frank Valentini's doing. I don't know what reason he has for keeping so many on the payroll, though, unless he's just so darned loyal and hates to see anyone out of work? If Ava is taking bipolar medication, she should be freaking the hell out: convulsions, hallucinations, whatever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carolineg Posted April 19 Members Share Posted April 19 Oh, definitely. I am just confused as how Ava got from point A to B here and I suppose it doesn't really matter. Did she take muscle relaxers/sleeping pills and they didn't work so she tested those? Or did she just make the leap to test all Sonny's pills? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted April 19 Members Share Posted April 19 She took 3 & she took some more & had them analyzed. I thought the Sexy Dexy scene was fine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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