With what we are seeing now, was the way it was back when it first started with Alice & Tom & their some-what-of-a-thief granddaughter, Julie. This century’s Alice & Tom are Doug & Julie, John & Marlena, & Maggie, for that matter. So is it so wise to throw away Hall & Hogestyn all because of money, when the only time they are shown was when Gabi & Stefan created the illusion that Kristen hit her daughter, with what’s going on with Tate, & somewhat with Constantine & when they remembered The Pawn Story, with the actors willing to do their craft for half of their salary & that they are featured when it comes to the story that pertains to them, they end up getting the shaft, with how much viewership they are losing, they are willing to lose more & more & more of them, by getting rid of these two from this show, is this show in anyplace to lose more viewership?