Soap stars in worse circumstances with ABC or the other networks have come back to their show before (maybe the worst at ABC was Michael Nader, but he doesn't quite count since he only came back to AMC 2.0 on Hulu though I'm very glad he did). Roscoe Born was blackballed for awhile for walking out on AMC. Then of course we have Missy Reeves v. Ken Corday.

I can maybe see Ingo and ABC mending fences years from now, but I'd just as soon recast given how toxic he's become and I don't think they'd get much pushback on it. They're just trying to avoid giving Ingo more cause. IIRC the Kari Wuhrer situation had them gunshy for a long time too.

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48 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

Give us Jerry back. 🤣

Hate Jerry! No thanks. He was the villain that lasted so, so long. Someone is threatened and might die? Tied to Jerry of course. Who was basically a lovable scoundrel in 1998

Yeah, they ruined Jerry quickly despite an excellent recast. There was no way to easily dig him out of the hole Roche started in (the death of Alan Quartermaine), and they really, really failed to even try because Guza was still hellbent on 'his' hardcore original version of Jerry after being pissed at Riche's more charming and cuddly iteration in the '90s (Julian Stone).

25 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Hate Jerry! No thanks. He was the villain that lasted so, so long. Someone is threatened and might die? Tied to Jerry of course. Who was basically a lovable scoundrel in 1998

I could not understand the obsession with Jerry. He was like Sidwell before Sidwell down to the accent.

I hope ABC locks out Ingo forever. He's a POS right wing freak and a troublemaker.

Cullum really is out here looking all the way like Droopy Dog.