I think that is absolutely correct. Bill Bell did not listen to the noise. He did what he wanted to do when he wanted to do it.
It worked out pretty well for him.
I watched a few episodes recently and was really shocked at how awful it is now.
But it still has a loyal audience and a cross-over would probably help out BTG.
That's the old-fashioned way of writing soaps. Harding Lemay mentioned in his memoir that that's how Irna Phillips taught him how to write a soap opera.
Sometimes the old ways are the best ways. It makes sense to have plot lines in its beginning stages, some at the middle phase, and at least one heading soon towards its resolution.
Obviously, this is one of the challanges of starting a new soap opera where all or most of the storylines are starting on Day One. But BTG has been on over a year, it should be settling into that kind of rhythm by now.
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