Donna Mills has had a very successful career, she’s a good actress and of course Abby was a primetime soap legend.

But why is Madeline even a character we are talking about? Just another example of casting actors from other shows to play new characters and in this case building an entirely new family that linked to Dr.O, Nathan, Nina and now involves Franco.

Again, nothing against Ms. Mills, but she was brought on because RC was a fan and he wanted to see her on GH and then she was brought on to create this entirely new family. Why was she not brought on as a member of an existing family and tied to GH history? Why wasn’t she brought on and tied to Monica? She and Leslie Charleson worked together in daytime when they were both starting out. Oh yeah, then you’d have to see Monica and who would want that?

Well, the answer to that is a lot of viewers in the 18-49 demo who have left.

Soap Opera Network reports that that the bulk of W18-49 viewers for soaps are W35-49 and that #GH lows are from rapidly declining W35-49. Those viewers would have been teens and twenty somethings in the 80’s and 90’s.

GH is unrecognizable to them and like long time viewers of any soap, they want to see characters that they know and love. Without any consideration for actual math, people constantly post that veteran characters would only appeal to “old” viewers. The 35-49 portion of the all important 18-49 demo are people who would have been watching 20-30 years ago. They have left because they want to see GH and GH characters. Not vets from OLTL, Y&R, ATWT or Knots Landing, again absolutely no disrespect to Ms. Mills at all.

And it is a ridiculous argument when people claim that newer viewers wouldn’t enjoy veteran characters. Why not? They would be as new to them as any new character, they would be played by seasoned and talented soap veterans and they would see characters that have years of history, backstory, development and personal relationships.

And getting back to Leslie Charleson, Michael Fairman told Billy Miller that one of his favorite scenes was Jake and Monica. Billy told Michael that the best scene he’s had so far was with Monica. Billy just might know something about soaps and what works, Michael Fairman too.

Silas couldve lived…while Ric cheated on Nina with Madeline, Mad couldve cheated on Ric with Silas…i know Silas and Mad never really liked each other but that could seem to change…let’s say Madeline got trapped in a burning car meant for Nina and Silas rescues her…Mad is grateful to Silas for saving her life and even grows to like him, especially after he performs life saving surgery on her as well…Silas ostensibly has an affair with Mad hoping the ruse will get her to reveal how she and Ric are attempting to get their hands on Ninas money…when Mad learns Silas tricked her, we later see Silas stabbed…we could still have all the same suspects…however, unbeknowst to all Silas is alive but has no memory who stabbed him and the police have him in hiding…after the killer is revealled and despite nearly being killed, Silas and Sam join together as private investagators…Silas still remains a doc…working together, Silas and Sam redeveloped feelings for each other…Sam is now torn between two lovers Silas and Patrick…then Jason too!!!…lots of drama possibilities???…also, Silas and Nina’s relationship shouldve been shown in flashback the way Luke’s life was shown…they couldve got young actors playing Silas, and Nina showing their romance, his affair with young Ava, and Maddie putting Nina in a coma ect.,…maybe i couldve came to like the Nina character had she been better developed…maybe…lol…oh, well i hardly watch GH these days and tptb will not look here and listen to us fans on what we feel is wrong with the show and what could save it!!!

This was a pointless story with a pointless conclusion. Michael Easton was sacrificed for NOTHING.

I still like RC and don’t think he should have been let go. He gave such suspense. Fans are so inpatient now and I like a good drama and with the Jason story – sorry I loved Steve Burton but he was not given what he wanted and wanted perks and moved, and Jill gave it to him (don’t like him on Y&R either) but he has a right to want to do different roles and in this day and age (except for TG) – they don’t give them but Billy Miller is doing a good job and may make a new type of Jason. I like change and that is why I liked RC. I know everyone thought the stories were too long but the suspense made the conclusion way better. I have seen these two women writers before some good/somebad but I think they should have a man and a woman do the writing. Still love RC.

Quite honestly, I am so dreadfully tired of people saying that the main characters are gone from GH. Hate to break it to all you whiners but the majority of the characters from the 80’s and 90’s are either dead or so old now a story would consist of them mixing Metamucil and lamenting on love’s long vacation. General Hospital is telling some great story right now in the present day. Sonny’s family dealing with the after effects of his bipolar disorder and it being passed on to his own son. That is stellar storytelling. Maurice Bernard is flawless. The big reveal is coming soon with for Jason/Jake. It’s called patience. Immediate payoff is never worth it. I think that I agree with too many plot devices being employed to extend this reveal but all the actors involved are doing a great job playing it. I, i know in the MINORITY, am going to miss Ron Carlivati as a writer for GH. He brought humanity to the characters he created and his humor in writing was off the scales. I happen to like Nina and Franco and Madeline and Nathan and their family extensions. With Luke gone the old Luke and Laura stories are out of tune with modern times. Let’s face it, Luke is pushing 70 now, he can’t go out and woo Laura back. I mean I don’t think Laura much cares any more. All the olden golden characters of old can’t revisit the old stories. How about instead of bitching and whining because you can’t have your way you start to support a show that you allegedly love and remain a faithful viewer. The reason why soaps get cancelled is not because of bad stories but because viewers are fickle and are not loyal. I have watched great soaps go into the cancellation heaven above and they were great shows but they were cancelled because people couldn’t support them. I have seen Another World, Guiding Light, As The World Turns disappear and I know many people were loyal to All My Children and One Life To Live but gave up on them. GH has great actors. They have some of the best people in the business. They tell good story. They are fresh and they utilize the older characters. Tracy Quartermain is proof. She is great. I think they need to bring Monica back into the fold but seriously there is not a lot she can do other than react to the actions of the current characters in her sphere. I give my support to GH because when I watch I enjoy just about every minute. Out of the 4 remaining shows on daytime I watch 3 and I am glad I do. They each add something to the genre known as daytime and I don’t want to see any more shows go away to be replaced by cooking or inane talk shows with people sitting around the table feeding their faces and talking about how Miley took three men to bed last night. Viewership is down on GH…..let’s show ABC we value GH and are going to ride it through no matter what….cause they are worth it.