The show that I most enjoy right now is General Hospital. Over the years, I have often been critical of the show, so I find myself trying to figure out what I like about it these days.

For starters, I am engaged. The show holds my interest. I start watching and the time passes quickly. This is in stark contrast to The Young and the Restless,…[Read more]

Thanks, Freeman! It’s a great list… and probably a lot better than the upcoming Emmy noms.

EmmyLoser: “I would have preferred them to wait until April or May and really get their lead time down to something reasonable.”

I completely agree with EmmyLoser. In fact, I would take it a step further and schedule the return for August. As producer, I would start a new model where episodes were filmed just a week in advance. I would facilitate…[Read more]

Y&R has become unwatchable. It is so boring. There is not one story that I am enjoying. The worst is the story of Adam, Chelsea, and Connor. In a close tie is the story of Billy’s alternative personality. I have become so disengaged. This is the worst the show has been in years.

Days took a gamble with the Time Jump, and I think it was a good move. I am enjoying the show and the many of the stories since the fateful November 8 episode.

The only story about which I have major reservations is the Stefano/Princess Gina insanity. It reminds me a bit of the Franco/Drew story on GH. But in GH’s story, the circumstances, a…[Read more]

Y&R, for me, is somewhere around the intersection of boring and implausible. Not one story has me engaged right now, and few of the characters have rooting value. The show is being written (or so it seems) with the expectation that we will somehow care about characters who are, for the most part, self-absorbed, shallow, and unkind. Days and GH…[Read more]

Sean, Liz is legally right if you accept the notion that Franco is mentally unfit. However, I do not agree with that assessment.

It’s great that we disagree! That’s what makes this story so interesting.

I may be in the minority, but I am enjoying the story where Franco now has Drew’s memories. It has provided compelling, complex drama. Friends Liz and Kim are now pitted against one another. And Roger Howarth is doing a great job in that his Drew feels like a totally different person than Franco.

Another interesting aspect for me personally is t…[Read more]

I feel like Days has really gone off the rails. We have not one but three criminally insane women – Kristen, Vivien, and Jordan – running wild in Salem. Additionally, we have Dr. Henry, who has suddenly undergone an inexplicable character transformation, kidnapping Jennifer.

Aside from that, Brady’s draw to Kristen is absurd. Eric is too angst…[Read more]

When Mal Young was writing Y&R, my biggest complaint was the lack of veracity when writing for certain longterm characters. Unfortunately, I still have that issue with Josh Griffith’s writing. His character misses are a bit more subtle than Young’s, but he definitely focuses too much on negative behaviors and unpleasant relationships. Rooting val…[Read more]