I have no idea how Y&R stays up..
this past year was horrible in every way..
and B&B, both with CBS– I think somehow the counting of the two has its’ way to keep the numbers up because sure was not a good year for Y&R..

guess the gawkers have tuned in to check out the 3 replacements..

Days has got a few good things going for them right now – mainly the fact that they’ve made John a cop again & things seem to be on the mend for him and Marlena. Their other storyline is Hope & Aiden – his secrets are coming to light and blinded-by-love Hope is standing by her man thus far, despite the protests of Kayla as well as other evidence that should set something off in the cop-side of Hope. I just want to see this storyline play out – there’s a good chemistry there (not of Bope proportions, but since PR isn’t coming back at this point, it’ll do) and see some serious working towards each other for Hope & Aiden without his “secret” being a fizzle-out eyeroller.

However, Days needs to review some storylines that aren’t working. First and foremost, Paige/JJ/Eve. Sorry not sorry, but Paige is about as interesting as a glass of mud. There’s nothing to root for with her character nor sympathize with since – for whatever reason – the powers that be put her on the frontburner without giving the viewers a chance to know her, and now, it’s too little, too late. JJ & Eve is going over like a lead balloon and without Jack there, the involvement of Jennifer in her of-age son’s sex life is creepy at best. They also need to STOP forcing relationships that aren’t working – Daniel/Nicole, Serena/Eric, Brady/Melanie (they’re too brother & sister-like to root for as anything more than friends).

I’ve read on plenty of boards, tweets, facebook posts, etc – that Days needs to PICK UP THE PACE of storylines because they’re boring. Boring storylines, boring characters & unrootable pairings are NOT the way to go, Days. Please wake up and capitalize on what you have that does work – namely John & Marlena and Hope & Aiden, and scrap what doesn’t work — before it’s too late.

GH is amazing as always …what i am pleased about is the success of Bold without Brooke and Hope!!! Brad bell should now understand that he has better options than the logans!! Brimg back Steffi, Taylor and Thomas and let the ratings soar!! Hope should stay away and IF Brooke must come back it should be to be reunited witn Eric, her only interesting match..

Ive said it hundreds of times: Bill(Jerry Ver Dorn) and Laura(Erika Slezak) and have Bill the new cheif of staff when Kayla steps down to help mom Caroline who is seriusly ill…have Laura unstable and jealous of Kate, thinking Kate and Bill have resumed their affair…pair Clyde with Eve but have Clyde become obsessed with Kate…Kate thinks Laura is stalking her but its Clyde…Clyde rapes Abigail after Ben leaves town because she rejected his marriage purposal…Clyde is shot dead by Jennifer who has mental collapse just like her mother and his hospitalized…someone secretly watches Jen and Eve…could it be Jack or Frankie…Kate is now seeing Steve Olsen(Stephan Schnetzer) a playboy con artist who plans to trick Kate out of thousands of dollars and her company but in the process falls genuinely in love with her…however, Kate dumps him after learning his schemes before he can tell her how he feels…Kate and Roman become a couple…Brady and Theresa Tad and Melanie could work…Kayla becomes attracted to Abe as does Maxine but Abe is dating Valerie Grant(Debbie Morgan) who turns out to be Maxines cousin…Valerie has never stopped loving David Banning, Julies son…Kayla starts dating Rafe…J.J. turns to alchol and in a drunken stupor beds a willing Bev who becomes preggers…Paige learns mommy dearest slept with jj and develops an edge, vowing to destroy Eves new relationship with Peter Blake(James Depaiva) who is fighting with Chad over Dimera Enterprise…Aiden attacks and nearly kills Doug after Doug learns Aiden murdered his first wife for the insurance money…Aiden ties up Hope, Ciara and Julie in the Horton garage and leaves Jens car running so the fumes will kill them…a motorcycle approches the Horton house and its Bo to the rescue!!!

I’m glad that soaps ratings are up but for the life of me I can’t understand why…they arent avant garde taking risk redefining the genre. The storytelling is sloppy with open ended story that is never written to a satisfying close/stopping point..

The GH Variety Show is the worse with a huge cast and GH original favorites playing back up to new cast… and its some times a campy mess. But give them props for writing for Alexis…even though most story for women is basically pairing driven no dick no story. Kudos for NLG new show..its good for soaps. Hope to see Michael Fairman on there one day. You deserve it for all you do for us.

Elizabeth Webber with a huge fanbase is still treated like a red headed step child with no family although I give Carlintini props and kudos she’s written much better than in the past. But she isn’t getting the kind of attention Nina Ava and Sam McCall get. They have family on the show…

Right now B/B is real soap opera IMO and they are only on 19 minutes.

Days has definitely hit a major bump in the road. Two years ago it won best drama at the Emmy awards what happened??? It doesn’t even put me to sleep anymore, because I just don’t bother tuning in until the last 15 minutes and I get the idea of what went down. I am loyal to the last four soaps because I know when one of them goes, the rest will most likely go too, so I try to be supportive, but honestly Days isn’t getting unbearable to watch, not just stories but the look.

They downsized the sets again in reducing the two mansions in town to two little rooms. And when I saw Will meet Paul in that office that has been used for every office for years with tiny tweaks in it, I wanted to scream. That ugly white couch that used to be in the town square until they made the square smaller, magically shows up inside the campus of Salem U, which simply was the hallway of Salem high, with new paint and minus the lockers. It is getting silly and it is ruining my enjoyment of the show— sets are important to the success of a show and Days is missing the mark by going on the cheap with them.

Everyone has been complaining how bad Y&R was, but honestly Days right now is far worse than Y&R ever was and the numbers are showing it. They need a major shake up behind the scenes otherwise this show’s 50th year will be it’s last.