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<blockquote data-quote="Monzo" data-source="post: 424121" data-attributes="member: 19949">I feel like I&#039;m the only regular BTG watcher who isn&#039;t enthusiastic about the soap. Either people don&#039;t watch it at all because they don&#039;t like it, or they&#039;re enthusiastic. There doesn&#039;t seem to be a middle ground, which may be because the four established soaps already have enough viewers who now watch more out of habit than out of enthusiasm (like in the good old days), and therefore don&#039;t need a new soap that&#039;s just okay.I&#039;m surprised that I don&#039;t find the signature of creatives whose work I liked on other soaps on BTG, like Ron Carlivati, Robert Guza Jr., and Phideaux Xavier, who was my favorite director on GH, but on BTG, it makes no difference whether he directs or someone else.At first, I thought BTG wasn&#039;t a good fit for CBS at all, but now I see things differently. The Duprees are constantly praised just like Y&amp;R&#039;s Newmans, except that viewers have seen the entire Newman history happening and know what&#039;s true and what isn&#039;t, whereas on BTG, everything is simply claimed and not shown. So far, none of the Duprees have accomplished anything since the premiere; everything they&#039;ve accomplished happened before the show started; you just hear about it constantly. It&#039;s the typical &quot;show, don&#039;t-tell&quot; problem in soaps. B&amp;B is also somewhat similar to BTG in its episode structure. Some conversations on BTG seem to be the same as in the previous episode, they are actually just a summary. Moreover, characters talk a lot about what others have just done or should be doing, similar to what has happened on B&amp;B for decades.I&#039;m curious to see how BTG will fare at the Daytime Emmys. Will the love that fans have for BTG be just as great among Emmy voters, and will BTG dominate all categories?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Monzo, post: 424121, member: 19949"] I feel like I'm the only regular BTG watcher who isn't enthusiastic about the soap. Either people don't watch it at all because they don't like it, or they're enthusiastic. There doesn't seem to be a middle ground, which may be because the four established soaps already have enough viewers who now watch more out of habit than out of enthusiasm (like in the good old days), and therefore don't need a new soap that's just okay. I'm surprised that I don't find the signature of creatives whose work I liked on other soaps on BTG, like Ron Carlivati, Robert Guza Jr., and Phideaux Xavier, who was my favorite director on GH, but on BTG, it makes no difference whether he directs or someone else. At first, I thought BTG wasn't a good fit for CBS at all, but now I see things differently. The Duprees are constantly praised just like Y&R's Newmans, except that viewers have seen the entire Newman history happening and know what's true and what isn't, whereas on BTG, everything is simply claimed and not shown. So far, none of the Duprees have accomplished anything since the premiere; everything they've accomplished happened before the show started; you just hear about it constantly. It's the typical "show, don't-tell" problem in soaps. B&B is also somewhat similar to BTG in its episode structure. Some conversations on BTG seem to be the same as in the previous episode, they are actually just a summary. Moreover, characters talk a lot about what others have just done or should be doing, similar to what has happened on B&B for decades. I'm curious to see how BTG will fare at the Daytime Emmys. Will the love that fans have for BTG be just as great among Emmy voters, and will BTG dominate all categories? [/QUOTE]

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