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For 10 years, Luke Perry was best known for his portrayal of troubled rich kid Dylan McKay on the seminal nighttime drama "Beverly Hills, 90210." Since the show ended in 2000, Luke has steadily been shedding any layers of Dylan that might still be associated with him, taking on roles in the gritty prison drama "Oz," the family-oriented sitcom "What I Like About You" and even making fun of an exaggerated version of himself in "Family Guy" and "FCU: Fact Checkers Unit."
In 2008, he starred in "A Gunfighter's Pledge," an original movie for the Hallmark Channel, which just so happened to be his favorite genre of film: a Western. Luke is back in the saddle in another Western for Hallmark; this time playing circuit judge John Goodnight in "Goodnight for Justice," which premieres Saturday, Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. and re-airs all throughout the weekend (check local listings for times). I caught up with Luke recently, and he told me all about his latest endeavor with the Hallmark Channel.
Daytime Dial: Judge John Goodnight is a character that you created, although you didn't write the movie. What was the process of Judge Goodnight becoming the central character in the movie?
Luke Perry: I was reading a lot about Andrew Jackson. Before he was the president of our country, he was a circuit judge. I found the time that he was a circuit judge in the Carolina hill country in Tennessee to be really interesting, and this whole idea of traveling from place to place as judge, jury and sometimes executioner. I thought, "That's an interesting character." I developed the story. I wrote three or four pages of what I thought the story would be. Then I met Neal and Tippi Dobrofsky, who are a husband-and-wife writing team that Ira (Pincus), the other producer, put me in touch with. And they fashioned a screenplay out of the story.
DD: Was it Hallmark's idea to get Jason Priestley involved, or had you been wanting to work with him again?
LP: I like working with Jason a lot. There is a company involved in making this movie called Entertainment One. They work here in the United States, but they are based in Canada. So, if you are in business with them, you have to do your stuff in Canada, which means you have to have a Canadian director. And when they said Canadian, I thought, "I've got one of those." That was easy enough, and it was the right way to go because he's a smart director. It was great working with him on this. We got to prep the picture together and do the casting and all that stuff. We've had years and years of practice together, and it was just easy.
DD: Speaking of casting ... I felt the casting was superb. Everyone did a great job, whether they had a minor role or a major role.
LP: That's nice of you to say, because we read with every single actor. I was told that most producers and directors don't do that. We read with every single person that came into the room — every boy, girl, man, woman, child. It was fun for me. I mean, it was hard and made for long days, but it was so nice to hear you say that. It really is, because a lot of times those actors think, "Oh, Luke's in the movie and it's directed by Jason, and that is all anybody is going to notice or hear or talk about." And to hear you make an observation like that, that makes me feel good.
DD: In this movie you get to work with horses, which you have told me you love to do.
LP: Yes, I prefer them over people.
DD: And you didn't have to shave, so that was a bonus.
LP: Yeah, you just comb your face and get out there.
DD: How long did it take you to shoot the film?
LP: Fifteen days. We had exactly 15 days to do it, and that's a crazy-fast schedule. That's very much tribute to Jason and the crew, and how hard everybody was working.
DD: What are some things that you hope that the audience takes away from this movie?
LP: You hope that everybody has a sense of right and wrong. Sometimes I look at the stupid stuff that goes on in the world and I'm not so sure that everybody has a sense of right and wrong. You sort of want to give everybody the hope that if something bad happens to them, somebody somewhere is going to try to make it right in the right way. The law should not be about finding loopholes for guys like Bernie Madoff to steal billions of dollars, the guys at Enron, stuff like that. It's the lawyers who allow a lot of that to take place. When you strip away all of that and you get down to the basics, it's always about somebody trying to do the right thing. That's always a great place to tell a story from.
DD: I love in the very beginning when your character, John Goodnight, says, "Every man is ordinary until he does an extraordinary thing." It's simple, but it's profound.
LP: The best things in life are simple. I've always been a fan of the simple things. It doesn't have to be complicated; it can be that simple, right there, just a thought that sticks in your mind. You've got to do something extraordinary at some point in your life.
DD: With you and your career, I like that you pick roles that are right for you. You seem to be a bit choosier than other actors. That way we get to see you in these good roles that are sometimes a bit obscure.
LP: The trick is you really have to keep trying different things and taking chances. When you get so precious about your work, or the perceptions of your work, you die creatively. As an actor you'd be dead in the water.
DD: What's next for you?
LP: Well, what to do … I don't know. I've got two more of these circuit-judge stories I'd really like to tell that I hope Hallmark will be willing to do. We are talking about that again next week, actually. But I'm definitely going to be getting back to work, I know that. I haven't been doing much the past two or three years, and I feel good and rested and ready to go.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Interview: Catching Up With Luke Perry
For 10 years, Luke Perry was best known for his portrayal of troubled rich kid Dylan McKay on the seminal nighttime drama "Beverly Hills, 90210." Since the show ended in 2000, Luke has steadily been shedding any layers of Dylan that might still be associated with him, taking on roles in the gritty prison drama "Oz," the family-oriented sitcom "What I Like About You" and even making fun of an exaggerated version of himself in "Family Guy" and "FCU: Fact Checkers Unit."
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Days: Such a Tease!
Nicole suspects that Taylor has an ulterior motive.
Maggie encourages Melanie to give Nathan another chance.
Carly (Crystal Chappell, pictured) tells Bo that she can't stand in the way of him and Hope.
Kate is euphoric over an opportunity to get Parker away from Chloe.
EJ tells Stefano to go ahead tonight with their plans for Rafe.
Thursday – Daniel holds Jennifer's life in his hands.
Friday – Rafe and Johnny return from the hospital.
Days: Such a Tease!
Nicole questions EJ about the noises coming from the basement.
Kate tells Melanie that she must put her child first.
Hope is concerned that so many of her loved ones are danger.
Chloe (Nadia Bjorlin, pictured) makes a desperate attempt to get Daniel back.
Vivian tells Maggie that she can't hide behind Victor's marriage any longer.
Thursday – Sami and Rafe have an argument that leads to disaster.
Friday – Carly reveals to Jennifer that the prison is selling body parts!
Y&R: Such a Tease!
• Sharon is arrested for murder. Will she lose custody of Faith?
• Daniel is blindsided by the realization that he could be holding his daughter in his arms.
• Will Jill accept Colin's offer to elope with him?
• Will Nick (Josh Morrow, pictured) go forward or put on the brakes with Diane?
• Nikki finds comfort in Deacon's arms.
B&B: Such a Tease!
· Stephanie (Susan Flannery, pictured) takes a firm stance with Nick about his addiction.
· A surprise proposal of marriage is made.
· Jackie is shocked to learn of her son's health predicament.
· Brooke lays down the law to Thomas.
· Tawny puts the pressure on Amber to take action with Liam.
ABC Sneak Peek February
Beginning Monday, February 7th and running throughout the month of February (for four consecutive weeks), viewers of ABC's three daytime dramas "All My Children," "One Life to Live" and "General Hospital" will get the first-ever opportunity to watch a sneak peek clip of their shows on the award-winning website www.abc.com. The clips air weekdays starting at 7:00 p.m., ET/PT, before it airs on the network.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Interview (Being Erica): The Transformation of Erin Karpluk
The critically acclaimed and highly rated series "Being Erica" is finally back on SOAPnet for its third season. Erin Karpluk and cast are ready to start another round of time-traveling psychotherapy Jan. 26 on SOAPnet at 11 p.m. ET/PT. Erica has graduated to group therapy, which means the introduction of some new cast members (as well as a few visits from some familiar faces). I spoke with Erin recently to get the scoop on the new season.
Daytime Dial: Without giving too much away, what can fans expect for season three?
Erin Karpluk: It's the same show, but we just went deeper into everything, into all of Erica's different relationships and into her therapy. The new season is about transformations. There's a character, Adam, that's introduced, and Erica and Adam end up with a very strong connection to each other. There's a new doctor, Dr. Arthur. We have characters that return: Kai returns; Cassidy returns; Erica's sister, Sam, gets a boyfriend, Lenin. Barb (Erica's mom) goes through some serious life changes. And there's Erica's budding business with Julianne. They're trying to get 50/50 Press up and running, and it's just the humps and bumps of being young entrepreneurs and starting a business.
DD: What is it like working with the new actors, especially in the group-therapy sessions?
EK: It was great. We have been very fortunate on the show that every actor that has come on board has been very professional and has had a really good grasp of their character. It's interesting for Erica to have companions going through the same thing. I think it makes it more interesting than to just watch Erica grow and go at it alone; you have other people's takes on it. We explore other characters' pasts as well; it's not just about Erica.
DD: What can you tell me about Adam and Erica's relationship?
EK: They develop a very strong connection, and I don't think that it's what the audience might think it's going to be. The relationship evolves throughout the season. With people who have watched it here (in Canada), they never really anticipate it. Adam Fergus, who plays Adam, is from a place just outside of Dublin, Ireland. He came on board, and within the first week of shooting, all the crew had his number and were inviting him to barbecues. He just has a super-good heart and gets along so well with the cast and crew, and there's a lot of laughs on set with him. He also brings a certain masculine vibe to the show.
DD: What can you tell me about Kai's return?
EK: I was only told to say that Kai does return — dot, dot, dot. It is lovely having Sebastian (Pigott) back. You know, when you work with an actor that intensely, when they come back, it's just like riding a bike. It's very nice to fall into that relationship again, certainly for Erica, because she doesn't know if she's ever going to see him again.
DD: What would you say to encourage new viewers to watch the show?
EK: The show has such a universal theme: regret. Regardless of where you are in the world — your age, your race, your class, your anything — everybody has regret. And I think that just that magical element of being able to go back and relive your regrets or try to fix them is enough of a hook that people would want to go in. Plus the nostalgia of the music of the '90s and the clothes and the fashion whenever Erica time-travels — who doesn't love that?


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Multiple streams, since they are statistically independent, can be used to verify the precision of a simulation. For example, a set of independent streams can be used to repeat a Monte Carlo simulation several times in different MATLAB sessions or on different processors and determine the variance in the results. This makes multiple streams useful in large-scale parallel simulations.
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The other day Girl #2 said she had lost her humor. I'm so glad that she found it again!
In a few days I'm going to visit her, stay a few nights, dirty up the bathroom and come home covered with dog hair from her chic sofa. But who cares! We will do and talk non-stop genealogy.
As for the bedroom (guest) and clean bedding ... I have always had clean bedding. I think! However, a few months ago Girl #2 was visiting me when her hubby became mentally unbalanced for the day. He decided that Girl #2 had her little cubby of genealogy goodies, computers, files, scanner and printers. He wanted HIS cubby in the house. Geoffrey dismantled "my" bed and carried it up three flights of stairs to the family room. They have a split level house which means several twists and turns. Was this a project to gain a cubby of his own? Or was it an attack against Girl #1 and Girl #2?
When Girl #2 returned home, there was the bed smack dab in the middle of the family room. And there it remains to this day. That's right folks, I sleep in the family room. Look on the bright side. I have a fireplace and a television and should I decide to curl up in a chair and read, there's plenty of those. And Geoffrey has his cubby.
Girl #2 is a good cook, when she cooks. I know it's better than she gets here. She is forced to eat popcorn, tuna casseroles and toast when she visits me. Who has time for gourmet meals when genealogy is at the top of the list? She keeps coming back, so I assume she enjoys the entertainment.
I'm getting Li'l Red ready so I can go sleep in the family room and share the chic sofa with the dogs. What fun!
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A former music teacher working in Spring schools is accused of sending nude photos to a 12-year-old boy on Facebook, according to the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office.
Derrick Allan Gossett, 32, has been charged with three counts of possession of child pornography, and one count each of online solicitation of a minor, promotion of child pornography, and online impersonation, investigators said.A warrant has been issued for Gossett's arrest.
An undercover probe by the constable's High Tech Crimes Unit determined that Gossett impersonated a juvenile female on Facebook to encourage the boy to send nude images of himself, according to a press release from the constable's office.
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In the last months, I got the infamous "it's by design" answer for many bugs/issues/irrational behaviors I posted to Microsoft. For most of them I used the Connect web site, in a couple of cases I opened a formal incident to Microsoft support.
There are a lot of story (in and outside Microsoft) about the "it's by design" excuse and most of them are myths and urban legends. Unfortunately, today I received a notification about a bug closure with the "by design" comment that has the consequence to invalidate Microsoft documentation (ok, a small part of...).
The bug is related to SQL Server. One customer wrote me about a strange issue of the ODBC international date constant syntax {d 'yyyy-mm-dd'}. I never used that, since I prefer the yyyymmdd syntax, but Microsoft effectively suggests using this in the "Writing International Transact-SQL Statements" of SQL Server 2005 Books Online.
As a consultant, I was a little bit shamed because I never used it and I wasn't aware of the issues raised by changing the language settings (you know, this syntax should be used just because it's language neutral...). I double checked the whole thing (I always assume it's my fault before suspecting it's a product bug...) and then I posted this bug on the Connect web site. For the lazy of you, this is the repro code.
1: USE tempdb2: GO3: IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sysobjects where name = 'ProblemDate') BEGIN CREATE TABLE [dbo].[ProblemDate](4: [DateA] [datetime] NOT NULL ,5: [DateB] [datetime] NOT NULL6: )7: END8: GO9: IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM ProblemDate) BEGIN INSERT INTO [ProblemDate] ([DateA],[DateB])10: VALUES ({ d '2004-09-15'} ,{ d '2004-03-30'}) END 11: GO12: SET language english13: go14: -- The select run correctly15: SELECT CASE WHEN ProblemDate.DateA > {d '2006-11-21'} THEN 'y' ELSE 'x' END16: FROM ProblemDate17: WHERE ProblemDate.DateB={d '2004-03-30'} 18: GO19: SET language italian20: GO21: -- The same select, got an error22: SELECT CASE WHEN ProblemDate.DateA > {d '2006-11-21'} THEN 'y' ELSE 'x' END23: FROM ProblemDate24: WHERE ProblemDate.DateB={d '2004-03-30'} 25: GO
If you were able to say that line 22 will generate a date conversion error before running the code, I'd be ready to offer you a pizza everywhere you are in the world.
Now, it seems that I need to prepare a delivery of pizzas to Redmond, since the bug has been closed as "By Design". Unfortunately, there are no comments to explain such a decision.
I can make several hypotheses:
I don't know. However, the issue I described is not the real problem; it's just an example to illustrate what happens on the Connect web site. In this case, the answer "by design" has been posted 3 month after the bug submission. Sometime I haven't seen an answer for many more months. However, it really depends on the team, there are other guys who typically answer in a few days (or some week in the worse case).
I really don't like writing this kind of posts, but I know that many people in Microsoft monitor blogs like mine and this is a message in a bottle for them. Guys, the whole Connect site isn't very useful if you will continue to answer with "by design" / "we don't have resource now" / "it's not on our plan for the next release (!)". The last one is my nightmare, because it means that this necessary feature/bug/whatever will be implemented/corrected in a production code that won't be released until 2011 (assuming that the 3 years gap between SQL Server releases will be maintained).
Posting on the Connect site has a time cost. To me (writing) and to Microsoft (reading and -sometime- answering). I typically post on Connect only after a search in newsgroups and web sites, only when I'm able to describe a repro of the issue. Until today, I submitted 44 comments (bugs and suggestions) for SQL Server 2005 - I'm not the first, but considering an average of 30 minute per post (and I'm not calculating the time to discover the bug of to recognize the need for a feature/change) it means 22 hours of work. Most of my posts are still active. Many don't have an answer, but I know that Katmai should have improvements covering some of my suggestions. A better update of these submissions would be appreciated...
I think that the Connect web site is a great resource, but it's not comparable to the kind of support that is offered by some ISV (I use other third-party tools related to SQL Server and .NET programming and they are years-light more responsive). I know, the small size of a company might help in being very efficient in customer support, but I can't believe that a company like Microsoft is not able to improve the Connect efficiency. In the last 7 days there were 48 new bugs and 31 new suggestions for the whole SQL Server platform (which includes SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, SSNS, SSBS). Are these numbers big? I don't know. I would say "no, they are not so big for a company like Microsoft".
Finally... I know, probably there are other priorities. But, in this case, please don't abuse the "by design" way to fix your bugs.
UPDATE - This bug has been fixed in SQL Server 2008!
Hi Marco
though I really agree with you that Connect could be a better site and that closing a incident just saying "it's by default" is really not a nice thing, I fear that in this case the "bug" you report isn't a bug at all.
In BOL is state quite clearly (not so clearly, anyway) that the only format that is not dependent from international settings is the ISO8601 format:
"this format is not affected by the SET DATEFORMAT or SET LANGUAGE settings."
Even in the BOL link you posted ("Writing International Transact-SQL Statements
") is documented that "Applications that use other APIs, or Transact-SQL scripts, stored procedures, and triggers, should use the unseparated numeric strings. For example, yyyymmdd as 19980924."
And thus the behaviour your customer encountered is expected.
In addition in this case the fact that the formato yyyy-mm-dd is not handled as the format yyyymmdd as it should be, since from the ISO 8601 point of view they should be identical, is "by design", again documented here
I'm not trying to defend Connect or MS, but this time I don't think they faulted. Of course a better explantion (as the one I just gave) would surely by better that a simple "it's by design".
Hi Davide (manowar),
as you know, I disagree from your point of view.
I can understand that the {d ...} syntax is broken in SQL Server. The point is that here (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191307.aspx) Microsoft includes, in a page titled "Writing International Transact-SQL Statements", says that "ADO, OLE DB, and ODBC applications should use the ODBC timestamp, date, and time escape clauses [...]". In a following point, they are talking about applications that are using "other APIs".
Now, if my customer is using a SSIS package with a OLE DB connection to SQL Server, I suppose that reading this page he could use the {d...} syntax (he understood that this syntax is the safer one!).
If we want to move this bug in a documentation bug... it's ok, but I still can't understand why in the same SELECT statement there are two constants that are intepreted in two different ways, with two different results under the same LANGUAGE setting!
Anyway, the whole point of my post is not to claim on this bug, but to make evidence of the not-so-good use of Connect site that Microsoft is doing, in my opinion.
Finally: if I would try using the "by design" excuse with my customers, this would be the result...
Customer: "Marco, this is a bug, fix it!"
Marco: "It's not a bug, it's by design"
Customer: "What? So, your design is broken, fix it!"
Marco: "..."
I'm not a customer, I'm a technician, I can understand technical issues... but I'd like a better Microsoft's approach to this kind of issues (I described only one example) without the abuse of the "by design" answer.
But if you use this statement:
SELECT CASE WHEN ProblemDate.DateA > CONVERT(DATETIME, { d'2006-11-21' }) THEN 'y' ELSE 'x' END
FROM ProblemDate
WHERE ProblemDate.DateB={d '2004-03-30'}
always works fine.
I think that problem is related just to
statement that doens't works fine with {d '2006-11-21'}
and not regarding how specify the date.
Try this:
SELECT { d'2006-11-21' }
So I'm not totally agree that this bug is closed "by design" too.
Added: it looks like a problem with the "Implicit" conversion done into CASE statement
Hi, Marco
After looking into more details, i think there is a misunderstanding regarding the closure of the defect as 'by design'.
The 'by design' indeed refers to the request on making the 'yyyy-mm-dd' format to be language setting non-deterministic as same as for 'yyyymmdd' and/or {d'yyyy-mm-dd'}. From that perspective, it tried to tell the truth in particular from the backward compatibility concern for the existing applications. As a side note, just want to let you and others be aware, the new date/time types (i.e. DATE, DATETIME2 and ..) being introduced in the upcoming new SQL Server release WILL have it adjusted (not for existing datetime/smalldatetime).
As i tested for the failed statement, the issue seems mainly on the value in the WHERE clause (WHERE ProblemDate.DateB={d '2004-03-30'}) rather than something purely to do with the CASE statement itself. In another word, it's a very strange one and being data related (or combined with the CASE statement).
'2004-03-30' seems a magic number here as i tried by giving other values (i.e. 2004-03-28, 2004-03-20, 2004-03-31 and ..) which all seem working fine.
BTW, sorry for the confusion. I'll make sure the bug being re-opened and looked at by corresponding developer.
Thank you Michael.
I see that the message in a bottle reached the destination :-)
Have a nice week-end.
Hi Everyone!
I used SHOWPLAN_XML to have detailed information on what's happening behind the scenes.
The date conversion in the CASE clause is done with a CONVERT_IMPLICIT operator:
<ScalarOperator ScalarString="CASE WHEN [tempdb].[dbo].[ProblemDate].[DateA]>CONVERT_IMPLICIT(datetime,'2006-11-21 00:00:00.000',0) THEN 'y' ELSE 'x' END">
which behave just like the normal CONVERT operator, and in fact if we write
CONVERT(datetime,'2006-11-21 00:00:00.000',0)
we obtain the same error.
So, from my point of view the datetime conversion is working as expected.
Anyway I found a strange behaviour and, as Andrea suggested, I suspect there is something tricky with the CASE operator. This query, in fact, works perfectly:
SELECT {d '2006-11-21'}
and, strange enough, EVEN THIS WORKS:
SELECT CASE WHEN ProblemDate.DateA > {d '2006-11-21'} THEN 'y' ELSE 'x' END
WHERE ProblemDate.DateB={d '2004-11-21'}
so, seems that at the end a bug exists, but in the handling of CASE statment!
Almost two years ago I wrote a post about the abuse of the "it's by design" answer Microsoft gives to


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Transformers 4: Age of Extinction
This film will have a full-length trailer released today — but for now, here's a new teaser video and poster. [Slashfilm]
Batman Vs. Superman
Talking to the Los Angeles Times, Zack Snyder raves about seeing the Batsuit and Superman suit together. And he defends this movie's controversial casting choices, like Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor and Ben Affleck as Batman, saying they fit with the way those characters are depicted in this movie's script:
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[The movie] literally takes the "Man of Steel" and "Batman" universes and explodes them. You're not as tied to the mythology. In "Man of Steel," we had to create an origin story, a mythology, and there's a lot of energy into that, which we love doing. Don't get me wrong. But when you think about how fun it is too — now that you've got these characters — to now let 'em loose. That's fun!
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300: Rise of an Empire
Here's a video that goes into the background of the new characters in this "sidequel":
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"Heart of the Matter" was written by Jenny Kao and Katie Wech and directed by David Boyd.
Here are interviews with Brina Palencia (Sophia) and Grey Damon (Grayson):
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Here's a season 3 poster. [SpoilerTV]
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I'd like to clarify my tweet from the other day. As you know, you're only allowed 140 characters so basically all you have is the punch line and not the set-up. The tweet was my conclusion that there would be no ATWT tribute and here's why. I think it would be too costly for P&G to do it considering there is no real return of investment in doing so. They have to arrange all the cast, transportation, flights, hotels, etc. on a show that is going away or possibly gone by the time the Emmys would air. The Academy has no hand in this until they know the arrangements can happen. Then they decide to do it. So, ultimately it's not really our decision.
The fact is that I don't see a tribute this year because of that, first and foremost, but I can't rule it out either as nothing is yet carved in stone. The event for television so far this year isn't even a reality as no agreements have been signed. When, or if, we have something definite with NATAS, I would like to be given approval to reach out to P&G as I absolutely would love to see this great series honored on television while there's still a Daytime Emmys for TV to talk about. Talking, I said…
But there is also that issue of AMC's 40th anniversary and this is a show that is current, had some major positive changes overall, and is looking ahead. And I don't want to cheapen either show by doing each half-assed. Believe it or not, there are no decisions on that either. This is mainly because no decisions have been made between ATI and NATAS. We're working on it. We've provided what we think is a topper to last year. But ultimately NATAS has to do what's in its best interest. So, we'll see.
So if fans are going to scream about an ATWT tribute, then they have to stand behind me because if nobody hears me scream, then TPTB sure as hell won't hear anyone else. If it makes sense with all on board creatively and financially and can be done effectively in the confines of the show, then great. If not, then no. For me, the most important thing is the big picture. And that big picture contains two main ingredients: Celebrate all of Daytime TV and provide an entertaining show.
So, my apologies for not delivering my intended message in under 140 characters! God forbid we should need 141 characters…
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Daytime Emmy Update From Jim Romanovich
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Ehh I get what he's saying but I still don't really agree, for one thing ATWT is now the longest running soap, and it is leaving the airwaves forever we should be honoring that show and not celebrating the continued life of another show it's just tacky.ReplyDelete
Great. P&G is finally showing its true colors. They don't care about their soaps at all and it was always their plan to get rid of both fo them (remember how they used to tell us they were looking for a new network for GL?)ReplyDelete
I can see ATWT getting snubbed in the nominations like Guiding Light did last year. Oh and let's forget about Crystal Chappell, Jessica Leccia or anyone else connected to the Otalia storyline getting any nominations this year! [/ends bitter rant]
I enjoyed your rant lol because I'm right there with ya, but not only that it seems like tptb over the Emmy's want to quickly forget about them as well. Even though we all know that Otalia (both CC and JL) should get nominations and dare I say it even writing noms also but they wont AMC will get them all (insert eyeroll)ReplyDelete
Oh please, lets face facts. The audiences for afternoon soaps aren't as big as they used to be and they are relatively expensive programming.ReplyDelete
We should feel lucky we have the 7 (soon to be 6) soaps we have.
It is well known P&G were losing money on both ATWT and GL for year, hence GL's radical production model.
The answer is too get more people watching, simple as that!
As for Crystal Chappell and Jessica Leccia, I think several other actresses deserved emmy nominations, but on the day, the best actresses won. Just because it was a lesbian storyline, doesn't mean automatically it should win awards. Sigh, other shows had interesting stories too.
You ask that we face facts, but I believe that you one very important fact wrong in your comment.
You say it is 'well-known that P&G were (should probably be was) losing money on both ATWT and GL..'
I don't believe that is true. In fact, I believe that is patently incorrect.
Procter and Gamble, to my knowledge, weren't making as much profit on the shows. However, I believe that there was still a profit being made. I don't think P&G (or anyone) has ever claimed that those shows were LOSING money.
***that should read:ReplyDelete
"You ask that we face facts, but I believe that you have one very important fact wrong in your comment."
The first sentence in my last paragraph should read:
Procter and Gamble, to my knowledge, WASN'T making as much profit on the shows.
Dear Scott Please see the following quote:ReplyDelete
"But the bottom line, Leahey (being Lynn Leahey, editorial director of Soap Opera Digest) said, is " 'As the World Turns' just isn't making money.""
Or Scott Templeton, maybe this quote from Bradley Bell in an interview with Michael Fairman ...... " For me there was no surprise that ATWT was cancelled. Their business model wasn't working. I had [prior to the cancellation] spoken to people at P&G and they were very free with the information that they were losing money and they wanted to either find a way to make ATWT profitable or get out of the game. So they had to pull the plug and CBS had to pull the plug. P&G is a big company and they're more focused on selling their products and less concerned about their shows. They certainly care about their fans…but it was time."ReplyDelete
By the way, Stella said, "I can see ATWT getting snubbed in the nominations like Guiding Light did last year". What Daytime Emmys did you watch? I saw Jeff Branson tie for a win for the Best Supporting Actor Emmy , and both Daniel Cosgrove and EJ Bonilla get nominated..... Thats not a snub at allReplyDelete
I think were all complaining about the wrong thingReplyDelete
Just because p@g have given up on atwt doesn't mean everyone should
And also CC and JL deserve awards because they did amazing work and many feel the actresses og gl were
Snubbed last year.
Actually a lot of other Non-GL actresses did amazing work as well. Just because Crystal Chappell and Jessica Leccia did not get nominated does not mean GL actresses got snubbed.ReplyDelete
Also I think the general public has largely given up on ATWT. If more than 2.5 million watched it and it had decent foreign sales it would still be on. It was loss-making for P&G and they were/are still making it. CBS cancelled it! Lets get our conspiracy theories right here
P&G are apparently shopping it around to try and keep the brand going, CBS has cut it loose. I assume if P&G manage to get it elsewhere it will have slimmed down cast and be cheaper(ie no older, less characters,etc)
The fact is the ratings aren't that good. I am not saying anything about the quality of ATWT, I watch it ( I'd prefer more Bob, Kim and Lisa), but the numbers are declining, it is not a profitable show for P&G and CBS can get a cheaper product on air and get roughly similar rating ie Lets Make a Deal.
But it isn't p@g that's saying this its tptb over the emmys so we really can't say what p@g would do. I do find it sad that the emmys seem to be writing off atwt and gl. I'd add beth chamberlain and the actor that plays Buzz to the list I would love to see nominated.ReplyDelete
I agree with you Katie. As much as AMC hitting 40 is a big thing, ATWT is leaving the air. There should be a tribute to it. Where do we complain to the Emmy people? Does anyone have an address/email?ReplyDelete
PS, Justin Deas who played Buzz has won 6 Emmys....I think 3 for Buzz. I has actually thought he had stopped putting himself up for Emmy recognition
Not that I don't love a great debate about soaps, but the point here is that there is not going to be an ATWT tribute at the Daytime Emmys.ReplyDelete
I don't expect every cast member to go to California for the show, but one iconic actor, like Lisa Fulton, introducing a well-done clip retrospective would still be a tribute. For the PTB to say there will not be a tribute because P&G won't foot the bill is ludicrous.
Sorry = "Lisa Fulton" should have read "Eileen Fulton"ReplyDelete
(now where could I have gotten 'Lisa' from?)
Mo, I agree. But not just Eileen Fulton but Don Hastings. Both will soon have 50 years of service up.ReplyDelete
I can't believe that the Emmys don't have time for a tribute....Seriously I think some campaign to get this needs to be started.
By the way, a flight and hotel room and a limo, how much could it cost?
Ummm, I know I don't drink the cool aid, but how did CC and JL become part of this conversation? Not everything revolves around them (shocking, I know).ReplyDelete
I read Jim's tweet too, and was confused, so I'm glad to see him get a chance to clarify. I think ATWT is a lose/lose regardless---I just hope they learned a bit about what a tribute should really be and not be (cause even the longer version of that GL video last year was NOT a tribute) when it comes for a the montage.


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Hello Deadspin readers! My name's Foster. This is my last weekend writing for Gawker. I've written for you jockstrap-sniffing cretins before, but this will be maybe my last chance to do so. So while AJ's over there, here're some words:
The University of Utah Will Never Play In a Championship Bowl Game, and Shouldn't:
I dropped out of the University of Utah after three semesters, because I studied one too many Pyrex cylinders. Also because Jewish kids from Las Vegas don't exactly "feel" Salt Lake City, if you "feel" me. Try not to. I then moved to New York to live amongst Jews and Money and eventually get a professional blogging gig, which I did, so fuck you for doubting me, haters. But I was at Utah from 2003-2005, which if you'll remember (which you won't) is the period over which Utah became the first school to have players as the top first-round draft pick in both basketball and football (ten-foot marsupial Andrew Bogut and Alex "Going Pro Made Me Lose My Sense of Depth Perception" Smith, respectively). It was also right before Urban Meyer defected to Florida, who then won national championships in football and basketball in the same year, before Urban Meyer decided to recruit from Pat Robertson's Football Camp. ANYWAY. There was a big uproar when Utah had two undefeated years, and at the end of the second one, played
Penn Pitt (WHATEVER) and kicked the kidneys out of them 35-7...in the Fiesta Bowl. Because they were probably the best team in the nation! Or at the least, they could've played against USC that year and put up a better fight than Oklahoma, who lost to USC that year 55-19. Utah's whined about the BCS like everyone else over and over again, but it doesn't matter how good they are, because they'll never ever play in a BCS game. Why?
1. Because the BCS just sucks. Like you didn't know this already.
2. Because theiir big rival is BYU. Beating BYU is a wonderful thing, because BYU just thinks they're so much holier-than-thou (literally) than U of U fans, who—even though 50% of them or something are LDS (read: Mormons)—they think will burn in the eternal fire of hell, or something. But would you ever want to watch BYU play in a National Championship game? No. Never. Their fans don't drink. I don't even think Zoobies wear shorts. Not letting Utah play in a National Championship game prevents BYU playing in a National Championship, which prevents some of the most self-righteous people on earth from cheering in the BYU game. BYU fans make Red Sox fans look brilliant. They make Yankees fans look modest. And they're sober. SOBER!
3. Because even Utah fans are pretty sober. It's a chore to drink in Utah. The University of Utah is a dry campus. They're never going to produce serious superstar NFL talent anybody cares about because it's just not a fun school, and superstars just don't go to un-fun schools. In a state where the beer is 3.5% alcohol by weight, do you know what getting drunk is like? It's—pun unintended—a mission, and at the end of that mission, you're not even that drunk, you just need to piss really, really badly. Also: take the major state schools in the country, and rank where you'd want to see them in the championship bowl game, excluding any you have an allegiance to. Utah will always rank at the bottom, because U of U fans absolutely suck. Jazz fans aren't so bad. Anyway, the point is, Utah's full of horsefuckers and hicks and fans who don't drink. Utes are in the minority but still in that sum population. You wouldn't watch those people in a Bowl Game if an especially funny rerun of CSI: Miami came on unless you really, really, really love college football, in which case, I'm sorry. And the BCS is about people making money from watching the game. Which they wouldn't if Utah plays in it. I'd rather watch your school play football.
4. Rick Majerus. Rick Majerus has nothing to do with any of this, but I just felt like pointing out what a fat asshole he is.
Why You Should Like Stephen A. Smith
BECAUSE HE TALKS LIKE THIS AND EVERYTHING HE SAYS IS IMPORTANT. DON'T ACT LIKE YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT SHIT WAS COMING. Also, he was once on General Hospital. For those of us who enjoy typing in caps, he's a blessing.
How To Win In An NCAA Pool
Step 1: Don't watch college basketball until March. Try to erase any knowledge of college basketball you have.
Step 2: Pick all the first round games with the higher-seeded teams as winners except for exactly 1/4th of the games.
Step 3: Show your significant other or a friend (possibly a friend with benefits, but make sure they don't know dick about sports) all the mascots of all the teams of the 1/4th of games you have yet to pick. Tell her or him to pick their favorite mascot.
Step 4: Repeat Step 2 for the following rounds all the way through the Final Four.
Step 5: Don't be a dumbass. You know who's going to win the championship game. Pick them.
Step 6: Pretend you have some idea of what the final game score will be, and as you're about to give it to the person in charge of the pool, act like you forgot to fill that in. Look at the paper, casually shrug, and fill it out as if you're a great authority on what this number should be. Hand it over.
Step 7: Collect your money. Buy your spouse something nice so they let you keep betting your money in consequent years, you pussywhipped/cockwhipped sucker.
Step 8: Spend the rest of it selfishly. Buy yourself a nice bottle of bourbon, maybe Blanton's.
Step 9: Drink that shit, you victorious bastard. You earned it.
Step 10: You're now "that guy."
Step 11: Write a list of shit everyone knows that just generally irritates them the more they hear it.
The Best Sports Movie of All Time
Whatever it is, it isn't Hoosiers.
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PS. Hey AJ, call your mother. Also: stop being a pussy. Ha. Pussy.
Foster Kamer will start writing for the Village Voice on Monday. He doesn't know dick about sports. You're all a bunch of pussies. I mean, you're cool. But the rest of them are overcompensating pussies.