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<blockquote data-quote="tommie" data-source="post: 420244" data-attributes="member: 370">I agree with this - I think a lot of soap fans tend to subscribe to the what-soap-is-beating-the-other mentality of past when we had a full daytime line up of just soaps. But the truth is that ABC will look at the overall health of their daytime line up and GMA3 is looking worse even if it&#039;s cheaper than General Hospital. Then again, The Talk was cheaper than Beyond the Gates, but what ultimately likely killed it is that it had no streaming value; BTG apparently improved something like 7000+% over The Talk in that metric. General Hospital is frequently seen inside Hulu&#039;s top ten during the week and ABC fully owns the show. I wouldn&#039;t be worried that the shows are killing each other; though hopefully it will lead to ABC to invest a bit more in it. As for BTG - it&#039;s moving along nicely storylinewise. There&#039;s still a bit of clunky dialogue, green actors and it&#039;s obvious that the writers are mainly invested in Bill / Hayley / Dani and Leslie&#039;s revenge plot, with all other storylines kind of taking a backseat (with Ashley / Derek / Andre sort of floundering a bit in the writing). I also feel the ages are kind off for some characters, especially Martin - he would&#039;ve made far more sense as Anita and Vernon&#039;s youngest son both from an age perspective and where his storyline is heading.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tommie, post: 420244, member: 370"] I agree with this - I think a lot of soap fans tend to subscribe to the what-soap-is-beating-the-other mentality of past when we had a full daytime line up of just soaps. But the truth is that ABC will look at the overall health of their daytime line up and GMA3 is looking worse even if it's cheaper than General Hospital. Then again, The Talk was cheaper than Beyond the Gates, but what ultimately likely killed it is that it had no streaming value; BTG apparently improved something like 7000+% over The Talk in that metric. General Hospital is frequently seen inside Hulu's top ten during the week and ABC fully owns the show. I wouldn't be worried that the shows are killing each other; though hopefully it will lead to ABC to invest a bit more in it. As for BTG - it's moving along nicely storylinewise. There's still a bit of clunky dialogue, green actors and it's obvious that the writers are mainly invested in Bill / Hayley / Dani and Leslie's revenge plot, with all other storylines kind of taking a backseat (with Ashley / Derek / Andre sort of floundering a bit in the writing). I also feel the ages are kind off for some characters, especially Martin - he would've made far more sense as Anita and Vernon's youngest son both from an age perspective and where his storyline is heading. [/QUOTE]

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