The best part of Y&R lately was Judith Chapman’s scene-stealing scenes at Jabot. I especially loved it when she said that Summer needs a “timeout.”

The second best part was the closing credits the other days. They actually played the entire closing credits full-screen! When is the last time that happened on broadcast television?

I hate the way t…[Read more]

To give credit where it’s due, I like some of what I’m seeing on GH. The hospital has been more present, with employees like Kiki, Griffin, Elizabeth, Hamilton Finn, and Monica getting air time. Overall, the show feels more balanced in terms of the types of stories and division of air time among characters. It’s great to have Anna back, and excit…[Read more]

The Kiriakis mansion is really hopping these days!

The last few days have been very good. The scenes with Will, Kate, and Ted were excellent, as were the follow-up scenes with Will, Sonny, and Paul. So crazy that Will went to Kate for money so that he could pay Ted, but even crazier than Ted blatantly tried to directly extort the money from…[Read more]

Good call on mentioning that period where AW was 90 minutes! The show aired 2:30 – 4 for about a year and a half in 1979-1980.

This development is a perfect example of the “bigger is better” mentality that ultimately undermined the long-term viability of daytime serials. I think it’s unrealistic to expect a writing team to write 250 hour-…[Read more]

It seems that “Another World” was enormously popular in the 70s, ranking near the top of the ratings and giving the other networks a run for their money. But the ratings dwindled when the ABC lineup surged in popularity. The Emmy love continued into the early 80s, but then mostly disappeared except for the random nod here and there.

For the mos…[Read more]

Polly8, thank you for starting this thread. It’s a timely discussion on a topic that needs to be addressed.

Trying to look at this objectively, my take on this is pretty much the same as EmmyLoser’s. There is just no way to compare a digital soap with a broadcast daytime serial, for pretty much the same reason that daytime dramas do not com…[Read more]

Now that Ciara is showing a renewed interest in Tripp, the show is even more interesting! And, of course, I always love how others are impacted by a central story. For example, Marlena and Hope experienced conflict while discussing Ben. Days plays those beats better than any other soap. I think it’s because the characters on Days actually have a l…[Read more]

B&B has been focused almost exclusively on Hope/Liam/Steffy and I find it very boring. I was glad Steffy chose to be alone. Liam is very wishy-washy and needs to grow up.

It’s nice that Sally is back (although she has not appeared on screen for the last week and a half). But I just can’t get over the fact that she let Bill get away with all his…[Read more]

I’m not really enjoying Y&R. It’s all too dark. Almost everyone is nasty. Today they were talking about a situation getting “ugly.” That’s the way I’m starting to feel about the entire show. There is just no balance.

I want to see more of Jason Canella (Arturo). His scenes are almost always light and engaging. Although… I wish Arturo were i…[Read more]

Freeman: “None of it makes any sense.” GH stories often do not make sense because they are not presented in a coherent manner. In a recent Daytime Confidential podcast, Jamey Giddens used the word “byzantine” to describe GH’s insanely complicated stories, and I think that was a very apt descriptor.

Another issue mentioned on the podcast i…[Read more]

Sonny and Will’s story is interesting unto itself, but the history of the characters compounded by Will’s relationship with Paul, Paul’s history with Sonny, and the possibility of Will’s memory returning makes it intriguing. I’m thinking that Leo is still alive and he’s in on this scam to extort money from Sonny and Will.

Kassie Depaiva did…[Read more]

The best part about today’s episode was seeing that both Billy Flynn and Greg Vaughan are now clean-shaven. Now if we could just get Eric Martsolf on board.

The way that story is developing, I think Gabi is going to be single for a long time. Chad and JJ will not want anything to do with her when they learn of her deceit. Eli appears to be c…[Read more]

If there is one lesson we learned from Hilary’s death, it’s that we should put aside our petty differences and treat one another with kindness. It’s for this very reason that I found Y&R so distasteful today.

First, there was Devon calling out Nate for not doing enough to save Hilary. Where did that come from? That is so unfair and so not Devon…[Read more]

I have mixed feelings about the baby switch story.

On one hand, it’s more interesting than pretty much anything currently happening on GH. There is the potential for a lot of conflict involving characters that I like: Michael, Lucas, Brad, etc. I think that it will make for a compelling story.

The downside is that, in the end, Lucas and Brad w…[Read more]

One of the most interesting phrases from their letter was “transparency of the voting process.” How many times have we speculated about how some aspect of the competition works? I always assumed that the process, while shrouded in mystery to outsiders, was known to industry insiders. Evidently that is not the case.

Another interesting aspect is…[Read more]

Today’s episode was really good. I loved the ending. Is Brady about to come clean to Eric? How will Jennifer react when she finds out that why Nicole left town? Again, I have to compliment Days on the continuity of their storytelling.

I also loved the confrontation between Jennifer and Eve. We haven’t a showdown like that since the good old day…[Read more]

Hilary’s death has made for great drama. And in the short-term, it is certainly more dramatic for her to die than to lapse into a coma. But given the popularity of both the character and the actress, I cannot understand why CBS would close the door on a future return. If it were me writing, I would have definitely opted for the coma. That still w…[Read more]

Interesting today on GH how they crossed Nelle’s and Obrecht’s stories. I like it when storylines cross in unexpected ways.

I am curious about what happened with Brad and Lucas’s new baby. Hopefully Lucas is around the corner holding him. There does seem to be a bit of a mystery regarding the identity of the biological parents. Where is this…[Read more]

Sonny and Will’s story keeps twisting and turning, meaning that the characters are spending more time together reacting to the latest developments. So while Will’s dismissal of Paul may have worked in the short-term, it is becoming problematic as it stretches on for longer than expected. This was very evident when Paul walked in on Sonny and Wil…[Read more]

July 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26
The Young & the Restless
Outstanding Lead Actress: Mishael Morgan

Summary: Hilary and Lily argue. Their argument continues in Lily’s car, resulting in a crash. Hilary, hospitalized and in critical condition, has moving conversations with those closest to her. She finds out from Phyllis that she is not expected to r…[Read more]