Members BetterForgotten Posted June 27, 2024 Members Share Posted June 27, 2024 Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members janea4old Posted June 27, 2024 Author Members Share Posted June 27, 2024 Yes, June 27! I mentioned it mid-thread but will edit the opening post to clarify. This is what seems to have happened: He recorded that goodbye video on his final taping day, and he held onto it. Then he posted it on June 26, which he expected to be his final airdate. However there was an insert/filler episode that moved his final airdate to June 27. It seems that he inadvertently leaked his exit one day early. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Liberty City Posted June 27, 2024 Members Share Posted June 27, 2024 Would not surprise me... but given his social media posts, the lack of involvement in the press key art... I suspected an exit was coming. And I'm not surprised; it's long overdue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members janea4old Posted June 27, 2024 Author Members Share Posted June 27, 2024 (edited) That and Jophielle (Violet) mentioned in a recent interview that she "still sees Michael" which seemed to indicate that either he, or she, or both, were no longer on set. And yeah the social media thing was a giveaway, since Roger H started an IG page several weeks before his exit, so when Easton suddenly had an IG page ... Edited June 27, 2024 by janea4old 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted June 27, 2024 Members Share Posted June 27, 2024 Stop it! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Liberty City Posted June 27, 2024 Members Share Posted June 27, 2024 Yup, and both posting clips, either from their time on the show or past projects. It was a dead giveaway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted June 27, 2024 Members Share Posted June 27, 2024 If anyone at GH actually expects Jonathan Jackson, or Burton, to revive ratings, they are foolhardy, as both (especially Burton) were prominent over periods of ratings decline. Jackson came into the show as part of a package deal which did nothing for the ratings. I would like to believe these types of returns are more about the show having building blocks again, as both Jason and Lucky have ties to many characters, have kids on the show, etc. It's hard to know what will bring in ratings. When people kept going on about how Mulcahey's material had lowered the ratings, I was surprised, because all I'd ever really heard from fan commentary over the previous year or so was how bad most of the show was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted June 27, 2024 Members Share Posted June 27, 2024 Also elsewhere I have posted about his not taking part in the photo shoot & that he was taken off contract on April 8th. (Both personal notes & a post in my FB forum.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j swift Posted June 27, 2024 Members Share Posted June 27, 2024 (edited) I was just pondering that given the unlikelihood that Michael Easton will get cast on another soap, this may be his last regular role on television. He's had a long career, spanning 22 years. Yet, history teaches us that not many leading soap actors in their 50s wind up with significant roles in nighttime TV or film. So, at the age of 57, this could mean retirement for him. Luckily, it seems like he has many other interests, and I guess the bright side is that he'll no longer need to dye his hair. Please register in order to view this content Edited June 27, 2024 by j swift 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taoboi Posted June 27, 2024 Members Share Posted June 27, 2024 If anything Jason's return...BTS manipulation or not...should be a lesson to use when they get to Lucky's return. No stalling. No detours cuz it might make FV's Friend look funny. Just tell the tale. I agree. I think it is totally possible to get the ratings back up. Just focus on the characters viewers want to see. Or write the ones they don't better...which PM proved with his brief run. But the former now methinks, not the latter. Yep. Ready for that change as well. Speak it out and shame the devil. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted June 27, 2024 Members Share Posted June 27, 2024 What do you mean here? Were some people speculating on some kind of nonsense going on behind the scenes relating to Jason's Return?! I imagine his lovely classy IG farewell was tagged to drop yesterday & no one realized that the pre-emption had pushed things off a day. Fortunately, it really didn't spoil anything. For a week at least people have seen the signs of an imminent exit, and that is how it should be, when story lets you know what to expect to happen! Am I correct that it was the solar eclipse that threw it off? Just curious. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members janea4old Posted June 27, 2024 Author Members Share Posted June 27, 2024 (edited) These are the most recent things that moved airdates: Mon. April 8 preemption for solar eclipse Tues. April 16 insert episode #15447A Wed. May 22 insert episode $15472A GH doesn't tape far ahead, so I think it was likely the May 22 insert episode that caused Easton's final airdate to shift from June 26 to June 27. Edited June 27, 2024 by janea4old 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted June 27, 2024 Members Share Posted June 27, 2024 I disagree. I think it's obvious what will bring in ratings, but ABCD and Frank simply won't do it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted June 27, 2024 Members Share Posted June 27, 2024 Okay, thanks!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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