Soap Opera Ratings For Dec 20th-24th No One's Watching ON BREAK!!

Good GOD...I know it was only 3 days-- but you'd THINK some people home from break would tune into their fave soaps like the olden times.
Sigh..not to be.

Read 'em and weep: Soap Opera Network reports low numbers across the board.

Total Viewers
1. Y&R 4,712,000 (-414,000/-211,000)
2. B&B 3,049,000 (-121,000/-197,000)
3. DAYS 2,586,000 (-42,000/-224,000)
4. GH 2,379,000 (-178,000/+9,000)
5. AMC 2,358,000 (-75,000/-300,000)
6. OLTL 2,355,000 (-134,000/+101,000)

GH
Monday: 1.7/2,450,000
Tuesday: 1.7/2,390,000
Wednesday: 1.7/2,297,000
Thursday: 1.1/1,445,000 (repeat - did not count)
Friday: 0.9/1,316,000 (repeat - did not count)

HH
1. Y&R 3.2/9 (-.4/-.3) <- new low
2. B&B 2.1/6 (-.2/-.2) <- ties low
3. DAYS 1.9/6 (same/-.1)
4. AMC 1.7/5 (-.1/-.3) <- ties low
4. GH 1.7/5 (-.1/-.1) <- ties low
4. OLTL 1.7/5 (-.1/same)
It's going to be a telling tale in the next few weeks. The whole glimmer of S&B is settling down, the Bus Crash hooey will be done...holidays are finished. It's the run up to Feb Sweeps. 

Bus Crash Puzzlements: OR....WTH were they thinking?!

General Hospital's EPIC Bus Crash. SO many holes...so many laughable moments. I have to pause a bit to ponder some MAJOR storyline holes. Here we go:

When Lucky finds out about Cam, his reaction is so underwhelming, his Irish Girlie has to tell him it's ok to "go" because children come first. Uh..how about WHY the hell didn't he know Cam was on a bus for an overnight trip? Liz is forever saying how Lucky's their father and such. She was blabbing all over the hospital about his first skiing trip--yada yada. She didn't even bother to call Lucky yesterday.
I think they stuck that Luke stuff in there--Tony hasn't taped most of December. He's off until February sweeps. I'm sure Luke  "scenes" might be inserted in now and again. 
Today Lucky and Liz finally talked, although he was still sitting his butt at the PCPD.  I'd be in a squad car!!! OR a helicopter! Or...a range rover!!! Mac Daddy was there at the PCPD too. Oh the agony.

Speaking of calling, in this day of cell phones,everyone and their brothers would have been texting, calling--doing whatever. Alexis and Sonny rush to GH--but don't call Ric or Sam  or anyone else for that matter.  We know Alexis is obsessive. Don't tell me she wouldn't have been trying every 2 seconds. That phone would have been glued to her hand.  If she's dating Mac, wouldn't she have called him yelling to find them? She also would have driven right over like Jason did.

Speaking of driving, Carly runs out in her sleeveless dress, grabs a coat and is teetering on heels. Er....... ok. She makes it DOWN THE MOUNTAIN in heels..and her pantyhose are perfect.

I'm still mad no one called Sam. LOL She was finally at the hospital so Alexis could tell her in person. You'd think Jason would have let her know about Kristina/Molly.

The bus crash itself. 
*Sigh*
Makes no sense. Those kids weren't hurt enough to be hurled down a dang mountain and thrown from a vehicle. I know this is a soap-- I know I know. Defy and put aside reality but COME ON!! If you don't have it in the budget to at  least  TRY---then have the bus hit a tree, or skid off the road.  Plunging down a mountain and not having many people hurt is stupid. Not having a smoldering bus there ?? They didn't even blue-screen it. 


Love the kids standing around trying to build a fire.  LOL..I don't know, just made me giggle a bit. Speaking of kids...throw them in there after we haven't seen most of them in ages. Can't get them together for a Christmas Story but they can be on a death-bus. hahahahaa!! 

Liked Scrubs today

They totally cut out something between Alexis and Sonny being in the office together...where did that come from? Dante and Brenda were kinda thrown into the hospital too. Taking her to the mountain was just stupid. 

Michael's on super-double parole and he gets special dispensation to go on a SKI trip?! Nice judge! And, note his jacket switches from black to yellow from yesterday to today. heh. 

Brante in the car..making S&Ber and Lante fans pissed. Why did Brenda have to go? He's guarding her so he takes her to the mountain in the snowstorm? WTF?!


Michael gets directly dispatched to Lucky at the PCPD??!! It's a miracle!! 
How the hell did Abby hear about the bus crash? Stripper Twitter?! 


Why oh WHY has all TV evolved from the cheesefest of the '70's in the area of disasters BUT soaps?? It's just so...so...tiresome.

Lisa LoCicero's tweet about yesterday's show: 
and how much did I enjoy @teenystweeting response to Olivia being rescued yesterday! Such unbridled joy from such a foxy little whippet! 
Teenystweeting is Kirsten Storms (Maxie)

BTW, January 19th...GH is reairing a 1996 show  with Sonny, Carly and Lily and Brenda. Carly and Jason are going to hit the sheet. SARAH BROWN'S CARLY!! "hot hot like a parka"!! I'd rather see ALL of 1996 than GH now for the most part. :/

WHO SAW OLTL??  David Vickers!! woooo hoooo!!! ahahhhaaa. David drew Dorian in his cell  with chalk and a guard erased it by throwing water on it. HEH.  AND I HAVE NO CLUE if Marty is really dead?!! IS SHE DEAD?!! Don't tell me, I'm spoiler free.  WOW. I LOVE OLTL.  I have to find some sources over there and just switch my whole life over to that show. LOL

Maurice Benard Canceles East Coast Dates This Week

If you have tickets to Maurice's shows on the East Coast this week, please go to his Official Page for dates/cancellations, and some options for the  NY and NJ shows. Some will be rescheduled, some have Steve Burton/Chad Duell standing in. 

The Incredible Evaporating BUS!!

Wow...that BUS just disappeared. like THERE IS NO BUS!!  ahahahahhahaha...Now, come on-- if they all got thrown out DOWN A CLIFF, they'd all be dead! Or at least body parts hanging off. I can't even talk about the "Aftermath" without laughing. It's just so..so....ahaahahahaha!  I still think the fact they had no explosion is just a hoot. They just flew out of that bus and most of them ended up in the same place. ON A MOUNTAIN!! ahahahaha1!

Luke and Lucky, I so wish they would  have gone on an adventure-sigh Written by the guy that writes "Breaking Bad" --or as someone suggested on Twitter: "Son's of Anarchy!"

LOVED Sexis!!! Liked the Balkan talking creepy to Sonny--YOU TELL HIM! "What if it were your son killed in such a brutal fashion"??? PLUS Conan was there!!! WHEE!! 


Brooke Lyn just stood there with nothing to do--LOL. Yep, that's about it. Why the hell didn't Liz call Lucky!???! 
Brante was on today, huggin' 


Wow, underwhelmed today. Really, REALLY underwhelmed. 

New Scoops and a GIANT New Rumor

If it's true, it will be a good one..who might be Jax's sister? Can you guess? Heh...

No, it's not Brender.

Check out The Wubs Net for some new scoops (who's arrested?), a new photo of the new doc and a rumor to have you think that GH isn't lost forever. I personally think they should have skipped this bus crash to actually FURTHER THE STORIES but who am I??

General Hospital: Sunday Surgery--Rescheduled

Ever had a surgery rescheduled? Pain in the ass, isn't it? Well, seems GH has enough of it's OWN rescheduling to drive anyone to need pints of plasma!! Connie Towers (Helena) was reported to be taping end of year, then it was pushed to Mid January and now?? Who knows...rumor has it she's taping a pilot in Canada for American TV. What does this mean for the story arc of Aiden? Well,  I guess we'll have to hang on a bit longer.

That is of course, unless Franco's coming back to have something to do with that in February. He did kidnap the kid. See, if I were writing this, I wouldn't have dropped the entire story like they did. Franco's on a plane, Lucky gets the kid back--they know he's not dead, and after the Brenda "Face" mention, we never heard about him. Wouldn't it bode well  to have him, I don't know, say--send some weird toys to Aiden anonymously? Or have Jason open up a Christmas  Card with a Santa in a Hawaiian Shirt signed : CO77x?? Why the hell can't we keep some history in a "memory pattern" ?? No doubt hints will be dropped in Feb-- we'll pick it back up and that will be that. Will Franco know the Balkan? Maybe he's his Daddy-- we can have a "Harry Osborne Revenge" thing when Jason finally slays the big bald meanie.  Spiderman Redux. You know it might be coming.  LOL. 

                   
Are you looking forward to the bus crash aftermath? My only saving grace is it will be in the hospital... and we'll see more than the usual 2-3 people in a room. I think it's going to last awhile. 
I also think it's going to propel Lisa into more of a "likable" character..or at least make it seem that way. I keep forgetting she murdered that poor nurse girl.  Everyone else seems to as well. Abby is featuring in as a player now, don't be surprised if Andrea Bogart got a contract out of this soon. They like her. Foe for Carly. Lover for Michael...future Sonny conquest ?
Did I say that?!


Genie Francis rumors still abound. Obviously nothing has been said by ABC. Would they do a giant "comeback"thing like they did for Brenda/Vanessa? Hmmm. Who the hell knows. 
I'll be interested to see ratings in the next 3 months. Will  people come back for a hoped for S&B wedding?? Will they leave because they are tired of The Balkan ?? Hmmm. Not that they can go much lower. GH had a lot of 1.7s this year-- ouch.  When it hits 2.0 I'm surprised.


On another note, Sebasatian Bach is up for grabs. Happy 2011! 
So is John Melloncamp!!

Happy 2011!!

Happy New  Year!! Wubber Alfred suggested I post this FUN You Tube video of Monica and Bobbie's Food Fight over Alan. Heh..it's a fun clip-- great  to ring in the new year. 



I did a non-scientific Twitter survey yesterday, asking people to pick their ONE fave character of 2010.  Spinelli won, Sonny was 2nd and Jax was third. Scrubs would have won if two people could...the Scrubbies had to split their votes. LOL... So I guess that makes them the top couple. My ONE fave character to make fun of? You know tis "Siobhan" Der Oyrish Lassie. Heh.  One of my tweets mocking her even made it into SID this week  (page 67)~!! All I need her to do is cook up some stew and clog dance at Jake's!!


Last night was weird here as it RAINED... we went from 15 degree weather to 50 in about 2 days. What the hey!! I watched BRAVO's bizarre yet hilarious show, the ABC ball drop, MTV Snooki sheeze and a little bit of CNN. Kathy Griffin, god love her... but her schtick is getting old with Anderson Cooper. I was flipping all over. NeNe told the Beverly Hills Housewives they were dull and not interesting.  Heh. Ellen Barkin was pretty loaded up. Over on ABC I cringed when Ke$ha was performing,  I loathe that girl...her songs are fine but looking at her? BLUE lipstick? See,  I like The Gaga but not her. Go figure. Dick Clark has dysarthria, meaning his speech is labored but he has no word finding problems--it's hard to watch but he's not hiding somewhere.  Brave Guy. CNN's thing was interesting. Oil Spill, Miners-- Meat Dress,  crazy politics. I guess the "00's" are gone..on to the "Teens". Weird huh? Wait until we hit the "20's" we'll think of flappers. LOL


Hope you had a great New Years, had a little bubbly and kissed someone fun. See you tomorrow for Sunday Surgery!