Thursday, October 11, 2007

Soap Power 2007, TV Guide lists the 15 Most Influential Players in Daytime

Soap Power 2007: The 15 Most Influential Players in Daytime:

http://tinyurl.com/ytga9g


Bradford Anderson mention (Under Tesch's brilliant casting..:) )

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Night Shift vs. GH - WTF?

Yep, I'm going to say that a lot in this blog. WTF? I have NO CLUE what to say about the apparent integration between Night Shift and GH. Granted, Halloween is my busiest season for my business and maybe I missed something somewhere that explains all this, so please comment if that is so - so I can stop saying WTF???

Did Bradford and others not state that Night Shift was an apparent "alternate universe" from regular GH? I'm pretty sure I didn't dream that! So if so, how are they planning to explain the following since it seems that many of the storylines have hopped from the netherworld into daytime TV:

1) During the dark of night, did Spinelli suffer from schizophrenia and forget his love for Lulu? How else can we explain his chase of Jolene and his subsequent virginity-losing romp in the O.R.? During the day, Spinelli seems to still be as in love as ever with Lulu, and if we ARE to assume the crossover of his bed hop with Jolene (which we would have to since she is now ON GH, wouldn't we?), would he not discuss his heartbreak with Lulu? Or did "Jolene's Spinelli" remain in the alternate universe? But if he did, how do we explain his discussion of Jolene's horrid deeds to her sister? Jolene's terror tirade on the patients and staff of GH crosses over but the romance between she and Spinelli DOESN'T? WTF? Which leads me to.....

2) Jolene's sister has shown up on the GH canvas (and conversely, we have no way of knowing that Jolene won't come out of the coma!), but Spinelli made no mention to the Angel of Death's sister that Jolene had saved his life. Does that mean the shootout in the E.R. scenario remains in the alternate universe?? How can that be if Jolene is in a coma? HOW did she get in the coma if we don't include the shootout?? Dr. Julian is still injured, so there MUST have been a shootout, right? WTF?

3) Getting off the Spinelli topic a bit here, but what about the rest of the storylines?? Does "Anna" the baby exist for Robin in the daytime GH universe? Or is there an "alternate Robin" still left out there in the ether? Robin and Patrick had similar reasons for breaking up on GH, but there was no mention of it being because of the baby storyline from Night Shift. WTF??

4) Will Touissant show up on GH? Or does he have just ONE being - that of Night Shift? So that means no romantic storyline for Epiphany? WTF????

5) If both shows are supposed to somehow "gel" (and I'm sorry, they DO NOT), when the hell did anyone sleep?? Everyone was working the night AND day shift! No wonder Robin and Patrick broke up! And how can SOME stories crossover but others NOT? WTF!

There are lots of WTF moments like this if they plan on trying to integrate these two shows, which I NEVER thought was the plan. The biggest question in terms of this blog is still - how are we supposed to justify all these actions for Spinelli?? Are we supposed to assume he banged Jolene at night and made breakfast for the blonde one when the sun came up? That he was chasing the "Angel of Mercy" and talking to Stone Cold about his feelings for her at night while pining away for Lulu during the day, heartbroken and dejected when he learns she is sleeping with Logan? Why would he care if he was doing the horizontal mambo with Jolene?

I sit and stare at the TV and wonder how they expect us to swallow all this. But then again, it's Guza. Why am I surprised? WTF indeed!