Because they don’t do a story! They name cast, write some crap, the person is gone, end of story, game over.

And no one is going to care about another character either. That IS my point. Too many actors on this show as it is — some BIG named actress like Donna Mill sure won’t bring me in. Gimmick as I stated. Again, this is only my opinion as you have yours AJ. There is zero continuity with these other storylines unless you are in the forefront. Hard to care about a story when you see it every 2 months (my point with Lucas & Brad).

Rosalie who?…lol

I got your back, Erica- classy lady-xox

Yep. second that.

You know what my friend? I read your post fully…and i would absolutely watch pointless gay sex scenes between Brad and Lucas…rather than watch ANY scene whatsoever with sonny Corinthos and ANY of his brood. So, yeah. When Brad and Lucas are more relevant and entertaining than Sonny and ANY of his family, I am on board bro!

I agree. GH didnt tell this story but are jumping to the wedding? Why bother. Miss Felix on the show regularly; guess they’ll just dust him off for the Nurses Ball.

Lol Ces…at first I thought you were calling Felix Miss Felix! I like him too…hoping with their seeming attempt to focus more on the hospital he’ll be one of the ongoing staff.

Oh, that is a fantastic idea. Great actress.

Hope not.

ditto much as i loved all my ABC soaps, Susan Lucci and her Erica was not on my favorites list.

Perfect for the great erika slezak to return to daytime.

Okay, I was bored with the query until someone said, “Erika Slezak.”
Now, I am excited.
Just please don’t let it be someone from some 80’s sitcom or series.
Please, just no Morgan Fairchild, Donna Mills, Meredith Baxter or Linda Cater–now, that would be stunt casting.

Perfect!

Nope…she first starred on The Doctors as Tony Fera in 1971 and played the role for about 6 years-then in 1977 was Gina Dante on GH…she also subbed for Maeve Kinkaid on Guilding Light…then she was Donna on AW.

@ CeeCee, yes Donna Love Hudson! I think there were a few more names, husbands….but I LOVED Michael & Donna!!!

Thanks, Jimmy.

@Jeremy.
Same here, Jeremy. I was so young (late 80’s-early 90’s), but some images just stay with you.
Yes, Michael Hudson, father of Donna’s twins’. Mary Sturt always delivers. ….loved her on AMC, as well.

Fading fast, galpal. Have tried to stand up to hate and it is a full-time job and not just one crazy I count 5 and love how others -“move on”

Anna Stuart. I apologize to Ms Stuart for calling her Mary. Mary Stuart was from SEARCH FOR TOMORROW…..all these names are circling in my head….some from my grandmother, some from what I remember.
Of course, there’s Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots(lol), and my Gran Fiona Stuart ( maiden name).

Guiding Light as Alexandra Spaulding.. The cast was so star struck and her portrayal Ora Alex was a bit of putting but I loved the show and character so I still watched.. It was just a bit jarring

She was, Alexis D J. Joan first appeared on Y&R as Gloria…Michael’s and Kevin’s mother. She looked like a completely different person. Her stint did not last long….never found out why she left, at least, I didn’t.
We can name all these great talents, but, it’s hard to pull one name out of thin air without knowing what role she is to play. More often than not, the actress needs to fit the character’s personality. Of course, a thespian who masters her craft can take on any role….so, it could be anyone. MARY STUART. I would love Susan Lucci, but, she already has a gig.

Um, JOAN VAN ARK was on Y and R for a time. Not Joan Collins. How can you mix those two up? Serious;hy. One is blonde, plays a nice heroine…the other is British, brunette, plays a bitch…

Jimh…you are great with your “soap history 101” for a lot of us. What a memory!

Besides, Susan Lucci is still thirty-nine and has been for almost thirty years now.

Instead of being bitter about her show being cancelled after 41 years…Susan Lucci should be grateful and feeling blessed that she was able to keep ONE job from the time she was a youth until the time she was a Senior citizen. A job that garnered her fame, recognition, accolades, widespread opportunities, countless Emmy nominations, and an Emmy. A job that allowed her luxury, and fame, and the ability to raise her family. A job that has led to many other jobs. For a television show to last 41 years is pretty much unheard of outside of the soap genre. By the time it ended, AMC and Erica Kane had pretty much become self parodies, and it was time for the plug to be pulled.

Susan Lucci and ABC have no issues-not too long ago she was named one of Disney/ABC/s Legends. She never came across as bitter for AMC being cancelled-she was upset at being blindsided- and for all the actors that sold their homes in a down market and uprooted to the West Coast for jobs that were already in the works of being taken away. Susan has always expressed sincere gratitude for those 41 years and to her many fans.

@Harry and Dylan.
Awwwww, you guys. Susan Lucci is a wonderful, sweet and altruistic person. She has a very sick grandchild with a debilitating disease. Very, very charitable, believe me. Many of us have do much in common with her as we champion any scientific discoveries to helping these unfortunate kids and families.
She has her reasons ( good, reasonable and healthy ones) for feeling the way she does; if at all…..only speculation. You know what the media and dome people do with one WORD. Frame it and put it on display in the museum of natural liars.
So, do not believe everything you hear. And, Harry. Susan knows exactly how old she is….proud of it and wears it well. IT IS CALLED CLASS. TaTa. LOL.

Hi gang. The point of my post was not to slam Susan Lucci. The point is that everyone knew that moving the show to California was a LAST DITCH effort to save the show money and stave off cancellation. Two soaps had recently been cancelled. The cancellation may have seemed sudden to fans, but I doubt it was a huge shock to some of the higher tier actors like Susan. Yes, she was a tireless ambassador for the show and for soaps. She always came across as gracious and appreciative, as well she should have…as well she should have…that was my point. I love watching her on Devious Maids, and I am sure she is enjoying a less stress filled life at her age without the daily grind of a soap opera, which is some of the most intensive work around!

ABC employed her for 41 years, and made her a Superstar! WHY would she hesitate to work for that corporation again? IN a frickin’ heartbeat?!!

Thank you, dav.

Hi, Norma.Carol Burnett is in her 80’s. But, I do love both Erica and Robin would kill any role. Love anyone from OLTL.
they would have to come in as different characters and different names, independent of characters in OLTL. Prospect Park does not won them, just their character’s name. I hope!! Lol.
I was also thinking of Susan Lucci…..my neighbor, by far and wide, LOL.
OK, she’s 70, but looks 68. Lol. No, seriously, she’ beautiful; very classy and youthful-looking.
I would love for Susan to play the part of Anna’s sister; either Alex or Lindsey. But, there is that Prospect Park thing.
How about if the new casting is Hayden’s mother? You know, Raymond Betlin’s wife?

This is my second ‘submit’. Something is wrong with this thing…or cable or whatever. Ugly day outside….sometimes affects air waves…. Wearing winter coats. I wish it were as warm here as it is in upstate PC…..so balmy up there. So, I apologize if this turns out to be a double-sent.

As Eunice…lol

Entertainment

Leslie Charleson plays Monica on GH. Jaclyn Zeman plays Bobbie Spencer. They are both on sometimes. Valerie Bertinelli is not old enough. I don’t think Debbi Morgan is either.

Since we bring back actors, Donna Mills with her service Ostrich!

That last line made me laugh…she was on the show before-but that was nearly 40 years ago…ME has played four characters in just a few short years. Did you know Miss Smith was once offered a soap role way back in 1968-she was offered to replace Alexandra Moltke as Victoria Winters on Dark Shadows-she was dating Roger Davis who was playing Jeff Clark on that show.

She was, my Shay? Well, if Michael Easton can come back as several different characters, so can Mary Stuart. And, as someone already said, she did play Greenlee’s ( Hayden) mother on AMC.

@jimh….Miss Smith later married Roger Davis ..he was “Hubby#1.” As for Alexandra Moltke, also later known as “Isles?” She had her own famously romantic entanglements as Claus Von Bulow’s former girlfriend…..seems to me her last public appearances were at his trial? And Miss Stuart, who I best recall as Donna Love back in her AW days, was often referred to in the soap press as ex-Dr. Gina Dante on GH….that’s why I remember her as such!

I first watched her as Toni on The Doctors back in the 1970s…go on youtube and look up Home Memorial March 1971 and see her as a 23 year old with long hair…after this show she played Gina on GH-on AW there were few characters i liked in the 1980s-Donna, Jake, Viki/Marley, Cass, Frankie, Sharlene, Wallingford Mac, and Rachel., Ada and Liz..AW was one of my favorites back in the 70s when it was about the Mathews, Perinis, Frames, Cory and Carringtons but like GH they killed off vets and wrote out the others…in the 1980s it became a different show with too many cast changes ect.that i would gradually uloose interest-AW ratings fell due to too many changes…some good moments and characters in the 80s but not like the shows early years-AW was most popular and at its best from the late 60s to 1979 until they killed off John Randolph-i was so mad-same feeling like when Alan was killed off GH-AW slowly went downhill after that!!!

Hope-not home-lol

@jimh….I rarely watched AW, just occasionally peeked in to see what Felicia Gallant was wearing! However, I do remember Cecile’s ’20’s themed wedding, and many of the characters you mentioned. Quite honestly, what got me to take a longer look at the show was when Charles Flohe/Grant took on the post-Preacher role of Evan Frame, so we’re speaking of the late ’80’s into the ’90’s. Still, even that didn’t turn me into an avid watcher….

LOLOL. Oh Patrick!! Your posts amuse me!!!!

@Kansas Guest….I agree with you about the uncanny resemblance between the young Susan Pratt and RH’s Liz. When I first tuned in to see the character of Liz and heard she was Jeff’s daughter, my initial thought she also had to be Anne’s. It took a long while to ascertain she supposedly was not, since few specifics were ever mentioned as to the woman who actually birthed Liz. This has long been a real oversight in the backstory of Nurse Webber, and yes, I have also mentioned that at least Jeff should return to Port Charles. He not only has Liz and her boys as family, but two ex-wives in Monica and Heather, and what excellent comedic possibilities that fact would create! (As far as Anne, last we heard she was dallying with Noah Drake in Portland. Now, he is in Berkley with Patrick and Robin, so what has happened to Anne?)

Oh, Shay, and Kansas Guest!!!!! Your posts made my day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And where were what was left of the other Spencer’s beside Lulu to help her adjust to her new life in Port Charles? They were MIA.

The character of Valerie is possibly, and arguably, the most pointless character in soap history, second to Jan Speers from DAYS. She was a product of a storyline that was completely rewritten and botched, thereby invalidating a legacy character’s history. She is played by an actress with less than, um, acting capabilities. She was written as a murderous psychopath two days after her onscreen arrival. She has NO chemistry with any co-stars. Her storyline is absurd….a rookie cop having an affair with a senior officer being assigned to cases with him?? Yeah, okay!! CUT THE LOSS!!!

Not that I owe YOU any explanation, he wrote the great Luke storyline prior to Tony Geary’s exit, which was all based on GH history. That’s one storyline for you. CHECK! He’s watched the show for years before becoming a writer.

I was simply making a statement, not asking for some debate fueled by your anger. Jeez!

What do you mean, Dylan? Rachel is THE Rachel Berlin, daughter of Raymond Berlin, and apparently, Naomi Dreyfus Berlin. What more do you want or need to know???? (LOL….) And oh, you’re welcome for the Anne Logan post!!!

LMAO!!!! So….they hire a popular daytime vet……drag out her identity for a year, and then make her a nobody. Kind of seems to be the standard with this regime. I had a hard time believing in the past that soap writers got royalties for new characters they create, as soaps dont go into reruns and syndication like primetime soaps, so they dont earn royalties as such. But there must be some form of financial compensation for them when they do create pointless newbies, or else why would they do it?? These four remaining soaps are on life support, so why are the writers so hellbent on ignoring the wishes of fans, and flooding these shows with people who have no connection to the core of the show? Any one of these new characters could have had the last name Hardy, Webber, Ward, Quartermaine, Scorpio, Baldwin, etc. Same with DAYS. They keep casting big name female actresses in these absurd throwaway roles that go nowhere. Madison, Serena, Summer, etc. Etc. I will use Sarah Brown as a prime example. In 1996, she burst on the scene as Carly. Thanks to layered, intelligent, sophisticated writing that utilized beloved veterans to facilitate her character, she soared!!! She won Emmys, critical acclaim, and accolades! When she left GH, soaps were chomping at the bit to grab her, but had no plan in place. ATWT cast her as some nobody named Julia, and she was gone within a year. Bold and Beautiful snagged her to play a nobody named Aggie….terrible name too…and she faded away in a year. GH brought her back as a mob moll…well, we all know how that ends on GH…a violent end. Then DAYS brought her on as another nobody named Madison. Again, within a year, she met her maker. Soaps have proven time and.time and.time and.time again that a big name from another show does not make one bit of difference if the writing is not there. The old saying If it aint on the page, it aint.on the stage is SO true!! Fans have been clamoring for the character of Sarah Horton for SO long.on DAYS, it doesnt even matter that at this point the character should be about 50. Fans would accept any actress over 30 playing this.part. She is almost the modern day equivalent of Bobby Martin from AMC, who went upstairs to wax his skis and was never seen or heard from again. Kassie DePaiva should have been cast as Sandy Horton, and she could have had some.longevity on the show as a member of the core family. She could have been bestie cousins with Hope and Jen, she could have had any number of children, and any kind of history. I knew Kassie would bring her A game to Eve, but I said from the get go it was woeful miscasting, and that she wouldnt last. First of all, she is two years older than the actress who played Eve’s mother back in the 80’s.… Read more »

So well put, my eloquent Dylan! I’ve little to add, except since you mentioned Kassie de Paiva, I’ve long thought that she would have made a much more palatable Nina on GH….less OTT, more subtle and generally easier to take overall…..just a thought. Oh, and you sound like a wonderful server….hope you get the big tips!

I first saw Judith on the Dallas reboot. OMG…what a performance. She would even bring Carly and Sonny to their knees. Agree…give the role to the great day-time ladies who have been bringing it to their roles for years.

Some of us still ride the old trains and don’t need a conductor.