Pretty Sorry State Right Now

summer always proves to be slow, and that’s on all soaps. Fall, naturally starts slow and then builds to November sweeps, as I think it’s doing right now. I don’t know how many other boards anyone else reads, but I read boards on 3 soaps, Y&R, DOOL and GH (don’t watch B&B — never did); but I can honestly tell everyone that they are the same on all of them. People think stories last too long, too much wash, rinse and repeat, in other words, the same complaints for all. Right now I’m seeing a greater pick-up from the fans of GH, which I watch and will admit is getting better; however, there are storylines on all soaps that have the same complaints.

DOOL is beginning to get interesting for me, now that summer is over and certain storylines are coming to a head, certain cast members are either moving on or being replaced, and new storylines are in the works. Some of the upcoming storylines will be very exciting, but, like all soaps, will never be able to please everyone.

I’m looking forward to Rafe and Jordan getting closer (slowly, but surely), and Kate’s reaction to it. I think Nick is going to go off the wall very soon, and with some of the young (and some not so young) stars leaving, there will be a huge November sweeps that will only be able to be compared to the DAYSaster. Hang in there, friends. Better DAYS are coming.

The one thing I do find bad about DOOL is their 4-month ahead schedule. No other soap does that, and it’s very difficult to make changes when the writing is that far ahead. I know it’s due to budget, but c’mon, no other soap’s writing schedule is that far ahead. Maybe that’s what’s causing these stars to “burn out.” Sometimes they have to memorize 70 or 80 pages of script at a time in order to keep up with the taping schedules. I don’t know if that’s NBC or SONY or Corday, but that needs to be addressed by someone.

Other than that, I’m enjoying the show still, and look forward to the action getting stronger and better each week going into October, and exploding during November sweeps and, hopefully, beyond with the holidays. It’s not like prime-time; it’s a soap opera, so I don’t expect it to be good every day.

where no taping takes place at all. That’s when they do their planned events.

but DOOL is more like 3-4 months in advance. Right now they are probably shooting February sweeps. That’s why most of these actors cannot say what’s going on in fan interviews; they honestly don’t remember, because they are shooting so far ahead of what we are actually seeing on our screens.

It also has to be said, when we watch an episode of DOOL, the scenes therein do not necessarily mean that everything that is on your screen considered to be an “episode” has been shot in one day. Did I make that too complicated??? In other words, the scenes that we see in a full episode may have been shot over several days and then pieced together when needed. It’s all very complicated….and costly….

Seems to me they should be looking more into cost production and the reasons why DOOL has to shoot so far in advance.

but I do read a lot and these are the same questions that are often asked and answered by people who ARE in the know on other sites, whether they be actual media sites, or message boards such as our own. There are actors, writers, producers, people who are behind the scenes of a show who absolutely ARE the integral part of that show, and who have been asked to answer the same questions we ask on this board and on others I read. Sometimes their answers are extremely interesting and explain a lot that I might not understand. If I have a question, I google it and usually I find my answers.