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Date Posted: 10:37:35 01/16/03 Thu
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In reply to:
"CCCapwell"
's message, "SB: A Decade Later" on 14:14:45 01/15/03 Wed
Geez, ten years ago I was 8 Years old. LOL. I wanted to be a meterorologist. LOL.
I think I would have a lot more respect for the NBC network if they admit they made a mistake by cancelling Santa Barbara. Instead, Passions is their biggest success story in decades.
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I agree with most of what you said, although I don't consider The City a "failure". The City wasn't given time to grow, even AFTER they brought in a new diva(Jane Elliot's Tracy Q, which is MUCH more recogizable to the ABC audience.) If Santa Barbara were on for a year and NBC suddenly got rid of it, would we even have the fond memories of it?
Every time I think about The City, I get pissed at ABC and how they had their chance to boost that half hour time block. The acting was solid, and the show had the right feel. Perhaps with a different set of head writers(that KNOW the genre, unlike those talentless hacks), the show could have become an instant hit?
And even though I loved Sunset Beach, it didn't do so well in the Nielsens and towards the end, NBC sabotaged their baby, so maybe Sunset Beach needed it's cancellation?
Port Charles and Passions I have absoultely NO respect for! Port Charles had more than enough chances to redeem itself and the constant revamp isn't helping. Watching talented actors like Thorsten Kaye and Nolan North with FANGS in their mouth is SICK! If this stuff wasn't cartoonish, I would actually consider watching it.
As with Passions. The family connections are there, but it's not fun to watch. It's a shadow of what a soap opera SHOULD be.
I think the next step for soap operas is Eastenders-type of drama. Where it doesn't matter if the actors are pretty models and the shows focus on realism. It may take several years to get back to this, but I think that is the next wave of daytime drama.
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