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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Michael Torrance" data-source="post: 219814" data-attributes="member: 719">I think the half hour format worked in favour of B&B, which tends to feature some stories non-stop and forget about other characters--but that is also why it frequently makes big name hires and wastes them. All the actors and actresses it hired and dropped through the year would easily make another (or two) glamorous soap. While other soaps have always had the three-part format of storytelling (some stories are at their beginning, some are midway, and some peak), B&B tends to go with one story all the time. This does not mean it is fast track--all of Los Angeles knew of Beth's identity except for Hope--but it does feature one story and set of characters at the expense of others.</blockquote>