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Charlie Goose 12-08-09 11:15 PM
Re: RIP: CBS's As the World Turns!
 
Wow, major soaps used to be bulletproof. Imagine spending your entire acting career with a steady job and losing it

Boba Fett 12-08-09 11:46 PM
Re: RIP: CBS's As the World Turns!
 
Originally Posted by Charlie Goose (Post 9879476)
Wow, major soaps used to be bulletproof. Imagine spending your entire acting career with a steady job and losing it
Eric Braeden mentioned recently that the people who have found themselves in control of the soaps seem to want to kill the genre completely.

Additionally, an actor with a steady job on a soap for decades should easily be financially set, provided they aren't a moron when it comes to money.

andicus 12-09-09 02:21 AM
Re: RIP: CBS's As the World Turns!
 
Originally Posted by Superman07 (Post 9878197)
I think my mother has watched this longer that I've been alive. :(
My mother, too. She's watched it since the '50s. I used to watch it with her when I was younger. I felt bad having to call her with the cancellation news.

Xbox69 12-09-09 03:45 AM
Re: RIP: CBS's As the World Turns!
 
This was one of the shows interrupted with the first bulletins out of Dallas upon the Kennedy assassination, 11/22/63.

R.I.P. :sad:

Sonny Corinthos 12-09-09 07:06 AM
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:( I hate to hear this.

Double_Oh_7 12-09-09 07:26 AM
Re: RIP: CBS's As the World Turns!
 
Originally Posted by riley_dude (Post 9878585)
I keep hearing that Days is in trouble too.
Days actually has more viewers than it did a year ago. I think it is safe... for now.

mnementh 12-09-09 10:01 AM
Originally Posted by LiquidSky (Post 9878704)
I wonder what the extras will be? :lol:
Commentaries for every single episode.

Palaver 12-09-09 02:09 PM
Re: RIP: CBS's As the World Turns!
 
Originally Posted by Superman07 (Post 9879184)
Right, so I always caught some of this here and there in K-6 during the summer and for some reason I vaguely remembered this guy and his plot. Fast forward to college and one day this is on and the guy pops up. I turn to my mom and say, "Didn't that guy die like 15 years ago?!" She promptly responds with a, "Yeah, but he's back. Faked his death." Badass! :lol:
Found this clip.



Liked the end where they were asking if the coffin locked from the outside. :lol:

riley_dude 12-09-09 05:25 PM
Re: RIP: CBS's As the World Turns!
 
Originally Posted by Double_Oh_7 (Post 9879689)
Days actually has more viewers than it did a year ago. I think it is safe... for now.
Probably because they brought some old favorites back like Carly and Vivian.

Double_Oh_7 12-09-09 09:35 PM
Re: RIP: CBS's As the World Turns!
 
Originally Posted by riley_dude (Post 9880773)
Probably because they brought some old favorites back like Carly and Vivian.
Yeah, but they got rid of big-time favorites like John and Marlena. Go figure. :shrug:

Double_Oh_7 12-09-09 09:39 PM
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It's a shame all these shows are dying. They really are a piece of Americana and connect generations of viewers. No other TV shows will ever again run 50+ years.

writer106 12-09-09 10:47 PM
Re: RIP: CBS's As the World Turns!
 
Originally Posted by Charlie Goose (Post 9879476)
Wow, major soaps used to be bulletproof. Imagine spending your entire acting career with a steady job and losing it
Originally Posted by Boba Fett (Post 9879513)
Eric Braeden mentioned recently that the people who have found themselves in control of the soaps seem to want to kill the genre completely.

Additionally, an actor with a steady job on a soap for decades should easily be financially set, provided they aren't a moron when it comes to money.
I feel for the veteran actors of ATWT and the actors of the recently canceled Guiding Light. There are several soap actors who have done well financially and have had steady careers from being on soaps. I remember reading an article in Soap Opera Digest that about a few unnamed actors who didn't manage their finances well. With the soap genre slowly dying there will be lesser springboards for new actors and actresses. Soaps have been a great start for many people.

Bill Needle 12-10-09 02:18 AM
Re: RIP: CBS's As the World Turns!
 
Originally Posted by Xbox69 (Post 9879620)
This was one of the shows interrupted with the first bulletins out of Dallas upon the Kennedy assassination, 11/22/63.

R.I.P. :sad:

Not surprising to hear Comrade Cronkite implicate right wing conservatives within the first 15 minutes of the gunfire.


Originally Posted by Septemberbaby (Post 9878442)
It's been a really long time since I watched.. but I fondly remember the Steve and Betsy storyline. :wub: :wub: :wub:

http://soapoperadigest.com/InWeekly/...tsywedding.jpg

I too fondly remember a college summer break of the then adorable Ms Ryan.


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