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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 160595" data-attributes="member: 27">I obviously was not there and have no reason not to believe her version of the situation....but I think &quot;blaming the focus groups&quot; is a ridiculously over-used excuse that producers fall back on when they don&#039;t want to own up to their own mistakes or failings.&nbsp; The focus group members are faceless, nameless entities that they can dump all the blame on while keeping their own hands clean.&nbsp; Every time some producer brings up focus groups I want to ask, &quot;Aren&#039;t YOU ultimately in charge of this show, or does the focus group sign your paycheck?&nbsp; Can&#039;t you over-rule anything the focus groups suggest, if you are the show-runner?&quot;Speaking of OG Cristal and her mysterious departure, I was daydreaming at work today about this latest business with Amy Sutherland and her recent social-media postings.&nbsp; If she is campaigning for the permanent role, I wish her all the best.&nbsp; But if she loses the role to some other actress, I kind of hope she will &quot;pull a Nathalie Kelley&quot; and reveal all the spoiler-y info on the recast, the plans for the character, and (if she knows) whether there was more to Sheridan&#039;s departure than we know.&nbsp; She might not have snagged the part, but she would be our forum heroine for a little while.<img src="http://yoursmiles.org/ssmile/love/s0308.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hugs:" title="Hugs&nbsp; &nbsp; :hugs:" data-shortname=":hugs:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 160595, member: 27"] I obviously was not there and have no reason not to believe her version of the situation....but I think "blaming the focus groups" is a ridiculously over-used excuse that producers fall back on when they don't want to own up to their own mistakes or failings. The focus group members are faceless, nameless entities that they can dump all the blame on while keeping their own hands clean. Every time some producer brings up focus groups I want to ask, "Aren't YOU ultimately in charge of this show, or does the focus group sign your paycheck? Can't you over-rule anything the [I]focus groups[/I] suggest, if [I]you[/I] are the show-runner?" Speaking of OG Cristal and her mysterious departure, I was daydreaming at work today about this latest business with Amy Sutherland and her recent social-media postings. If she is campaigning for the permanent role, I wish her all the best. But if she loses the role to some other actress, I kind of hope she will "pull a Nathalie Kelley" and reveal all the spoiler-y info on the recast, the plans for the character, and (if she knows) whether there was more to Sheridan's departure than we know. She might not have snagged the part, but she would be our forum heroine for a little while.:hugs: [/QUOTE]

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