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Post by Sir Woodrow on Nov 24, 2011 15:53:58 GMT -5
At least Young and the Restless is still very popular, especially among the college crowd. Dude, Y&R is going to outlive television. Thousands of years from now alien archaeologists are going to assume that Victor Newman is some kind of god You mean to say he isn't?
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Post by The Line on Nov 24, 2011 15:55:58 GMT -5
Dude, Y&R is going to outlive television. Thousands of years from now alien archaeologists are going to assume that Victor Newman is some kind of god You mean to say he isn't? touche
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Post by darbus alan on Nov 24, 2011 16:02:18 GMT -5
At least Young and the Restless is still very popular, especially among the college crowd. Dude, Y&R is going to outlive television. Thousands of years from now alien archaeologists are going to assume that Victor Newman is some kind of god "Are you implying that I am not a god? Who the hell do you think you are?! GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE, YOU PUNK!!"
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Nov 24, 2011 16:15:36 GMT -5
Are British soaps daytime soaps too? General Hospital could be cancelled too to make way for Katie Couric's talk show. Some are speculating why one character's fate is going this way. {Spoiler}Robin Scorpio will die from AIDS. The actress wants to leave to direct but if the show was going to be around, she could just be written out like she was before. ABC denied it's cancelled but it's a matter of time. Talk shows used to be what people would kill Soaps but it's really cooking shows. I saw a part of the Chew and other cooking shows and they're not in a studio or with a studio audience. It's filmed in a regular kitchen and that's all you need. It's got to be dirt cheap even with the much lower ratings.
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Post by wildojinx on Nov 24, 2011 18:51:59 GMT -5
Maybe the soaps need to go back to the ultra-cartoony plots again. Gorillas, underground cities, evil businessmen determined to take over the world (of course!), etc.
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Post by The Line on Nov 24, 2011 18:53:19 GMT -5
Maybe the soaps need to go back to the ultra-cartoony plots again. Gorillas, underground cities, evil businessmen determined to take over the world (of course!), etc. Passions?!?!?
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Post by MCMGM on Nov 25, 2011 1:12:03 GMT -5
No more General Hospital?
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Post by Cam on Nov 25, 2011 1:17:34 GMT -5
Are British soaps daytime soaps too? There's a couple of daytime soaps. Doctors airs on BBC One during the early afternoon, as did The Royal Today on ITV. But mainly they air in the evening. EastEnders airs at 20:00, Coronation Street airs at 19:30, Emmerdale at 19:00 and Hollyoaks at 18:30.
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Nov 25, 2011 1:51:37 GMT -5
No more General Hospital? Nahh it is safe for now but it has been suffering when it comes to ratings. They drove quite a few of the female demo away when they made it more about Sonny being a big mob boss. Despite not getting huge ratings it has a very hardcore fanbase. There is a reason it wasn't cancelled while One Life To Live was despite getting higher ratings. Back in the 80s General Hospital ruled daytime television. Soap Operas really need to evolve. They just might completely die out here soon. I'm afraid the same will happen to wrestling in a few years. The funny thing is there are actually a bunch of similarities between pro wrestling and soap operas.
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