2 hours ago, Maxim said:

Nothing against TK. But Ridge is a hard pass for me. BTG don't need that chauvinist pig energy coming even for a visit.

Who needs a chauvinist pig when Misandry is the order of the day at BTG LOL

 

34 minutes ago, Soaplovers said:

Who needs a chauvinist pig when Misandry is the order of the day at BTG LOL

 

😂

Oh please no.

 

Beyond the Gates ruined. 

Thorsten Kaye is not a draw for BTG, and I can't think of a character I want to see less.

It'll have as much impact on story as Devon did: NONE. The show continued to run promos of Bryton's appearance even after it was over, which made no sense. I don't know why they flew him to Georgia for that.

It would make more sense to send a young designer to meet with ChelseaKat, or have a designer -- again, YOUNG -- meet with Dani over some modeling gig.

Is Ridge even considered a popular character? Who would possibly tune in for this?

 

5 hours ago, TEdgeofNight said:

Why?? Beyond The Gates is desperate. They can’t stand on their own. 

Agreed

So is Ridge going to confuse Dani with Maya?

41 minutes ago, BoldRestless said:

Is Ridge even considered a popular character? Who would possibly tune in for this?

 

No one.

1 hour ago, ranger1rg said:

Thorsten Kaye is not a draw for BTG, and I can't think of a character I want to see less.

It'll have as much impact on story as Devon did: NONE. The show continued to run promos of Bryton's appearance even after it was over, which made no sense. I don't know why they flew him to Georgia for that.

 

Same

Most of us here don't like Ridge, but if there's one thing CBS Daytime is always gonna do it's these goofy crossovers with the various soaps. That practice goes back decades, it's not some 'desperation' throw for BTG specifically. They've been doing it with Y&R and B&B solo for a long time too. And whether I care about B&B or not (I don't!) it does get people in the general audience to turn their eye to another show, those who have somehow internalized watching unwatchable B&B for years.

It's cross-promotion, as Vee said.   Y&R and B&B do this with some of the CBS primetime reality shows -- for example BigBrother houseguests sometimes appear as single-episode U/5s on B&B or Y&R --- with almost nothing to do but maybe bring a main character coffee or a file folder --- but CBS promotes the heck out of those appearances.

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Lol so now it’s desperate for BTG to have synergy with the other soaps like the networks haven’t been doing this for literally decades. The only desperation I see is the concern trolling from people that don’t even regularly watch BTG.

A crossover with B&B hardly speaks of desperation. Nothing against Thorsten Kaye, but he's not even one of the MVPs for B&B itself so he'd hardly be a draw. If anything CBS is trying to draw BTG viewers to the other soaps since it is developing a following independent of Y&R and B&B.

10 hours ago, janea4old said:

Just no.  Beyond The Gates is excellent.  B&B sucks.

B&B has higher ratings than BTG. I personally much prefer B&B than BTG. 

B&B has been on the air for 38 years so it's no surprise it has higher ratings than BTG. BTG is bringing new soap viewers and buzz to the soap genre. I love/hate B&B as much as the next person but BTG IMO is far superior to the majority of the soaps still around. 

1 hour ago, skiman12082004 said:

B&B has been on the air for 38 years so it's no surprise it has higher ratings than BTG. BTG is bringing new soap viewers and buzz to the soap genre. I love/hate B&B as much as the next person but BTG IMO is far superior to the majority of the soaps still around. 

I would say that GH is doing a better job this year tbh