‘Guiding Light’ Wasn't Canceled, it was Murdered, very Slowly and Very Brutally

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by Retro4Life

Yes, because the world honestly has benefited from the wisdom of Koda Hotb.

Not to mention Kathie Lee.

[Retro4Life]

Originally Posted by catlover79

Not to mention Kathie Lee.

Agreed, sometimes I just like to use the person with the oddest name for an example

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by Retro4Life

Agreed, sometimes I just like to use the person with the oddest name for an example

[megamanj2004]

Originally Posted by catlover79

Yes, they have, but so has everyone else's ratings. So it's all relative. What did JFP do to get kicked off Santa Barbara? Her infamous reigns at GL and AW have already been well-documented.

Another reason why CBS was smart enough to never hire her again after she started GL's ratings funk.

GH (which once upon a time was the #1 Soap in daytime) under JFP has been in the ratings basment for awhile now, thanks to her killing off the Quartermines little by little and those god-awful mob storylines.

As for Days, NBC needs that show more than anything for their daytime line-up. It's only so much they can do with 3-4 ear-bleeding hours of Today that they might as well not even have a daytime line-up if they get rid of Days.

Paul Rauch, (the same man that brought AW to the top in its heyday and the same guy that brought in one of OLtL's best intro themes (IMO) and also brought OLtL to as high as #3 and #4 in the '80s)) was brought to GL to help the ratings. In the beginning it appeared that way but long-term it got even worse, especially with those b-s cloning stories.

John Conboy (the EP of CBS's "Capitol" and the early days of the "Young and the Restless") took over for Rauch and already was doing his own share of damages when he brilliantly decided to downsize seniority among senior cast members and what not.

[Schmoopie]

Originally Posted by MickeyMac

If Days is the next one to get cancelled then NBC will have no soaps left.

Sad, isn't it? I remember when there used to be "Another World" then "Days". I forget which other soaps they had, but I have a feeling that more and more soaps are going to tank within the next ten years.

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by megamanj2004

Another reason why CBS was smart enough to never hire her again after she started GL's ratings funk.

GH (which once upon a time was the #1 Soap in daytime) under JFP has been in the ratings basment for awhile now, thanks to her killing off the Quartermines little by little and those god-awful mob storylines.

As for Days, NBC needs that show more than anything for their daytime line-up. It's only so much they can do with 3-4 ear-bleeding hours of Today that they might as well not even have a daytime line-up if they get rid of Days.

Paul Rauch, (the same man that brought AW to the top in its heyday and the same guy that brought in one of OLtL's best intro themes (IMO) and also brought OLtL to as high as #3 and #4 in the '80s)) was brought to GL to help the ratings. In the beginning it appeared that way but long-term it got even worse, especially with those b-s cloning stories.

John Conboy (the EP of CBS's "Capitol" and the early days of the "Young and the Restless") took over for Rauch and already was doing his own share of damages when he brilliantly decided to downsize seniority among senior cast members and what not.

It seems that the only show Paul Rauch DIDN'T do stupid sci-fi plots in was AW and (so far) Y&R. On AW he had a wonderful headwriter in Harding Lemay who specialized in realistic storylines.

[megamanj2004]

Originally Posted by catlover79

It seems that the only show Paul Rauch DIDN'T do stupid sci-fi plots in was AW and (so far) Y&R. On AW he had a wonderful headwriter in Harding Lemay who specialized in realistic storylines.

Y&R hasn't been subjected to cloning stories b/c co-EP Maria Arena Bell was not gonna allow it one bit.

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by megamanj2004

Y&R hasn't been subjected to cloning stories b/c co-EP Maria Arena Bell was not gonna allow it one bit.

Good - let's hope it stays that way!!

[browneyes106]

Originally Posted by ZKS

Anyone wondering about Jeffrey and Edmund, from SOD.com:

http://soapoperadigest.com/news/breaking/

I also wondered about Jeffrey and Edmund. I guess Josh and Reva will marry and Josh will raise Colin as his own.