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<blockquote data-quote="Ray&amp;amp;Donna" data-source="post: 15117" data-attributes="member: 42">It seems pretty obvious that when Carlivati was fired from the show and the new headwriting team was brought on, ABC gave them the directive to push Sonny/Carly and their myriad offspring to the forefront of the show again...even at the expense of ratings and quality.I like this idea, though soaps have a difficult time remembering when they&#039;ve disabled a character.&nbsp; See Philip Kiriakis, who lost his leg while in the armed forces, but seemed to grow it back depending on which actor was playing the role. Yes.&nbsp; It may just be a daytime form of &quot;method acting&quot;, but I would swear he is reading off cue cards at times, what with the way he glances toward but not directly at the cameras. Billy Miller was so good on Y&amp;R no matter how bad his story, or the show, became, that it makes his miscasting here all the more obvious.Definitely.&nbsp; For a show with so few veteran actors left (thanks again, JFP), it is definitely important to utilize them.&nbsp; I also like that Laura is being given a storyline independent of her family, though I wish they hadn&#039;t jettisoned Spencer. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what?&nbsp; &nbsp; o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ray&Donna, post: 15117, member: 42"] It seems pretty obvious that when Carlivati was fired from the show and the new headwriting team was brought on, ABC gave them the directive to push Sonny/Carly and their myriad offspring to the forefront of the show again...even at the expense of ratings and quality. I like this idea, though soaps have a difficult time remembering when they've disabled a character. See Philip Kiriakis, who lost his leg while in the armed forces, but seemed to grow it back depending on which actor was playing the role. Yes. It may just be a daytime form of "method acting", but I would swear he is reading off cue cards at times, what with the way he glances toward but not directly at the cameras. Billy Miller was so good on Y&R no matter how bad his story, or the show, became, that it makes his miscasting here all the more obvious. Definitely. For a show with so few veteran actors left (thanks again, JFP), it is definitely important to utilize them. I also like that Laura is being given a storyline [I]independent [/I]of her family, though I wish they hadn't jettisoned Spencer. o_O [/QUOTE]

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