GH is where it is, there has been no measurable or notable difference the past few weeks.

The numbers are down significantly from this time last year in total viewers and demos. Down below 500,000 in 18-49 at 495,000, it was 620,000 last year. 460,000 18-49 numbers are what got RC fired and that was June & July when the numbers would be lower than Feb sweeps.

GH has it’s audience that will watch Julian and Julexis and Franco the funny hero who loves kids and who feels all paternal and squishy with Kiki.

Last week was a week that should have had an increase in viewership if the direction chosen for this show was the right one, a direction that would attract viewers who cared about what was on screen.

The big Julexis wedding. I mean Julexis is a huge deal with a squish name and a hashtag on twitter right? They’re so hot and sexy. Everyone is into their “love story” and journey. Julian leaving the mob for Alexis makes us melt. We don’t care that Julian is a whitewashed, marginal character from 25 years ago. We don’t care that he had Duke killed. He has Abs! And we love that Lucas, the son of Tony Jones calls him dad. We love that Sam is close to him and that Ric and Sonny’s daughters were all squee over the wedding. Or maybe we don’t.

Kiki got shot. Ava went to pieces. Franco was there for them. Three characters we all love and care about right? It’s so dramatic and compelling because we care so much about kiki. We care so much about Ava and Franco’s pain don’t we? Maybe we don’t.

GH has decided to focus on these new characters. We are supposed to love them. If not we are supposed to sit around like Siskel and Ebert and rate performances. Maura nailed it. Only Roger could do that. That’s what we get, that’s who the show is written and produced for. fans of actors who can say how great they think they are, how Emmy worthy their performances are. Couples with squish names that are hashtagged. Ship wars and fan baiting.

And what does that have to do with GH? Nothing.

This is how far you get with a show called GH that isn’t written to attract GH fans. This is the ceiling for that show.

And now Michael Easton is coming back,..

even with all the action last week,GH’s ratings still didn’t rise much. they are focusing too much on newbies. not surprised about Days going down,the show is not in very good shape,it is way too dark. Y&R has been watchable,their still strong at around 5 million

Days– each of their dark stories by themselves would have been okay, it was because they did one right after the another that it got a bit too much for daytime and that is the key, daytime is different than prime time. If in August the new writing team wants to pull a Dallas and make the whole last year a dream that would be fine by me. Usually Days has the best Feb sweeps, but this year they were dead last, no pun intended.

GH– it is very uneven these days, when it is good it is very good and when it is not, it is very blah. Again I will say I wish there was a way to marry the wit and twists of RC with the character focus and dialogue enriched style of JP and SA– if we could do that GH might very well top Y&R.

B&B- loving the Quinn and Liam story-can’t wait for Liam to realize what Quinn did to him. BUT– honestly Brad how realistic is it that Steffy would fall out of love with Liam and want to marry Wyatt in what a month? I find that part of the story a bit hard to believe. Please can’t we have Wyatt find his own woman without always wanting his brother’s ex’s. And I am glad they are finding giving Heather Tom something to do, unfortunately it is a repeat of her depression story with the added bonus of addiction. I know Ms. Tom wasn’t won a Emmy in a while and might be going into withdrawal, but do we always have to see poor Katie crying all the time, just so Heather can have a great reel to submit.

Y&R– OMG right now every character on the show is like nails on the chalkboard for me. They all irritated the hell of me. The acting is fine, the stories are not great, but not horrible, but every character whenever they open their mouths annoy me to no end. I don’t know if it is dialogue or the fact each character is merely a shadow of their former glorious selves, but I really don’t like one person in GC right now and when you don’t like a character it is hard to invest in their story. I am watching more out of habit than enjoyment and praying they get new scene writers and give the characters something to say that won’t make my ears bleed

Watched clips of gh during its adventure days yesterday and just and was reminded of the unity the characters shared. There was always a big common threat the good guys would take care of. Bring back the adventure!!! It’s not just about bringing legacy characters back it’s about giving the show a dose of what made it special in the 1st place. It’s so normal now.

I certainly understand why Days is losing viewers. TPTB had made multiple boneheaded moves:
1. The boring elephant statue story they gave Melissa Archer.
2. The one note character they gave Kassie DePaiva. Kassie and Melissa are very talented, compelling actresses who can carry complex stories. Both deserved better stories to tell. Please don’t make the same mistake by wasting the talent of John Paul Lavoisier and Vincent Irizarry.
3. Destroying Will and Sonny. Yes, Freddie Smith decided to leave and no one liked Guy Wilson. If you didn’t want to recast, you could have a least sent them off canvas to work on their marriage. Killing Will was absolutely unnecessary.
4. Killing Aiden. You really missed the boat by dumping Daniel Cosgrove. There was tremendous potential for stories with the marriage of detective Hope to attorney Aiden.
5. Firing Kassie DePaiva. I really liked Eve and Justin together and was looking forward to seeing how their relationship would play out. It was a chance for Eve to finally move on from her vendetta against Jennifer. Likewise, where are Lucas and Adrienne? They are another interesting couple that I’d like to see. And didn’t Adrienne have some kind of health problem? What became of that?
6. Firing James Read. Read is a terrific actor who did a superb job with Clyde. It would have been interesting to see some kind of redemption or reform in Clyde after Ben went off the deep end.
7. The casting of new teens. I certainly understand wanting to SORAS the characters. Unfortunately, you picked the wrong people for the parts. The little blonde girl seems to have potential and maybe the boy playing Theo. As far as Ciara, Chase and Joey, either issue an URGENT casting call or send them off to boarding school.
8. Please dump the park. It is so silly watching everyone sitting in that pitiful park while discussing their most confidential and emotional topics.

I want to know where is the drama is in GH. There is not one couple I care about. Can’t the show bite bullet and break a couple up. For Days of our lives. I just don’t find Andre scary. Why did the show have to give Abby a baby at her age.

If you watch Friiday’s episode with those talent free actors that play Claire & Ciara & Theo & Chase you’ll get a good indication as to why the ratings are down. Seriously, I thought Guy Wilson was the worst daytime acttor until these terrible, awful teen actors came aboard. What is wrong with Corday and his casting director???