From: stapleto@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Kathy Stapleton)
Subject: DOOL -- SOM's tidbits on DAYS and its "changes"
Keywords: Ken Corday
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 17:24:06 GMT

     According to SOM, Ken Corday reveals that he is aware of DAYS'
slipping ratings and volumes of fan mail and it is because "We strayed
from the two main families," admits Corday.  "The Hortons have been in
Salem since day one, and the Bradys arrived 10 years ago.  They're the
pillars that hold up the house.  In the last year or so, a lot of
outside characters came into the show while we should have been
centering on these two families.  The emphasis was wrong."
     ..."Primarily, viewers are keen about first love, first romance,
first marriage.  You can rarely achieve that high-water mark a second
time around with any character.  Viewers will always compare Bo and
Carly to Bo and Hope or John and Isabella to John and Marlena.
However, in these two cases, we've overcome the problem."  [Ed. note:
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Oh REALLY?!?!?!?!?]

     Also, Ken Corday revealed what DAYS has planned for some of the
couples.

     Roman and Marlena :  "They'll be dealing with his daughter
Carrie's problems and their own professional ones.  We'll also have
Marlena dealing with people's emotional problems, not running around
with a spy organization, or in the jungle."

     Bo and Carly:  "While there's a fall wedding planned, there's
also the obstacle of her son, who is alive. [Ed. note:  Why can't it
be just so simple as to have her son dead????  And not have Days of
Carly's Lives?????]  They will overcome that, but it's going to be a
passionate, hot summer."

     John and Isabella:  "John is dealing with being an Alamain as
well as a Brady.  Isabella's first baby turns her head away from
John's problems.  Many viewers should be able to identify with the
romantic problems of first-time parents."

     Jack and Jennifer:  "Her baby will be born sometime around Labor
Day and reunify that couple.  Jack will tighten his belt and
reestablish himself as a man of strength.  He's a husband and father."

     Molly and Tanner:  "There will be a hot summer story line for
them as they explore their values and a loss of innocence.  She's
dealing with a difficult sexual issue and he's coming to grips with
his mother's suicide."

     Kayla and Shane and Kimberly:  "The viewers never bought it when
Kayla and Shane fell in love.  [Ed. note:  They can say *that* again!]
It had been only three weeks after Kimberly divorced him, and only as
long after Kayla's husband died.  There was never a proper grieving
period.  And a certain amount of needed chemistry was never really
there.  There will never be another Patch for Kayla, not like it was.
They fulfilled a certain kind of story with a beginning, middle, and
end."..

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Apparently, Patsy's staying in Salem does not depend on Shane's
staying on DAYS.  Also, in another article, General Hospital is trying
to get both Stephen Nichols *and* Mary Beth Evans to their
show...knowing that it was success for DAYS at one time long ago..

That's all for now.

     Canty :)



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