Artsda January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 I was just telling Paloma (Jonas), my wife. I left work yesterday, and I was just like, loved my job. I was so excited to go back. I was kind of bummed that I had today off. It’s been a really fun couple weeks here. I’m excited about keeping it going. I bet he didn't make these comments at the end of his GH work day. 1 Link to comment
HeatLifer January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 I've heard that same "true, loyal fan" comment from pretty much every showrunner/writer/exec from every TV show I've ever watched. True fans love the whole show and love all the characters and pairings and don't complain and accept whatever and never stop watching! It's like, whatever. I like what I like and if I get it, great. If I don't, I'll bitch about it or stop watching or watch something else. No one has to prove their fandom to anyone or are obligated to be devoted to something forever. It's a TV show. Not a marriage. 10 Link to comment
Francie January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 I especially love the part where he says that "true fans " will just seem to "eat it up" and "sit back and watch". So.. because we actually care about the quality of what we are watching - what we have been watching for years- we are not real fans? Okay. Good to know how ABC feels. The phrase "eat it up" is beyond disparaging. It's more the same. These executives and show runners have absolutely no concept of what makes a good show, and what people want to watch. 6 Link to comment
dubbel zout January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 Way to alienate a giant portion of the fans, Nathan. You go! 7 Link to comment
Francie January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 (edited) I can so imagine his mother at the beauty salon now: "What's new with you?" "Oh, my son is still working on General Hospital. Such an important man he is!" "That's good." Seriously, I have not heard general soap discussion in public in years now. Empire? The Bachelor? Real Housewives? Orange is the New Black? Downton Abbey? Yes. But GH? Y&R? Days? B&B? Nope. The last thing I've seen is SNL skewering soap fans a week or so ago, where the older lady is talking about her favorite soap, that she says she's watched every day for 40 years, and she can't name a single person on the show. She can't even name the show! "It's the one on before the other one." And it has "Moustache Man" and "SexyPants" and "Skinny Ninny." Oh, and another thing, I don't know about SID, but SOD's sales are down to about 200,000 per year. 200,000 thousand!! So, we all know that there's a good shot that Nathan's mom subscribes, again, because her darling son "works on the show." Oy. Nathan, man, you're trying to make a name of yourself. But this, truly, is not the way to go about it. Edited January 20, 2016 by Francie 6 Link to comment
tvgoddess January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 It's just a stupid comment to even make. If social media isn't important, then why have actors live tweet the episode? Why have Nathan himself putting out spoilers on HIS Twitter and FB accounts? It just doesn't make sense. He's talking out of both sides of his mouth. 10 Link to comment
TeeVee329 January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 To be fair, he wasn't talking about his own mother, but the mother of a friend of his. It's just so stupid. Did he think the quote wouldn't get online, that telling it to SID meant only SID readers would see it and feel flattered they are the "big, true fans"? 1 Link to comment
Asp Burger January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 Oh, and another thing, I don't know about SID, but SOD's sales are down to about 200,000 per year. 200,000 thousand!! I haven't even looked at any of the soap magazines in so long, but I see them in the checkout line and it's so sad. SID still is broken up by network, and I think, "What does ABC Soaps in Depth have to cover? General Hospital and nostalgia pieces on all the canceled ones?" My rhetorical question just made me go to Wikipedia, and I see that it's essentially a General Hospital magazine now, with some off-topic coverage of Days of our Lives, because NBC lost its magazine in the series years ago. Freudian finger-slip: I first wrote Soaps in "Death." 1 Link to comment
jennifer6973 January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 Actually SID ABC is mostly GH, but it also has stories and interviews from all the other soaps also. But SID CBS covers Days, B&B and Y&R. I honestly don't know why they don't just go to one magazine weekly. 1 Link to comment
Francie January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 I always love that TPTB and ABC execs vacillate between these two points all the time: A) We don't understand why viewership is down. What are we doing wrong? Is it us? Or something external. B) True fans simply watch the show and don't complain. It's like all the complaints and criticisms vanish into thin air. 3 Link to comment
HeatLifer January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 It's just a stupid comment to even make. If social media isn't important, then why have actors live tweet the episode? Why have Nathan himself putting out spoilers on HIS Twitter and FB accounts? It just doesn't make sense. He's talking out of both sides of his mouth. In "defense" of Varni, I'm pretty sure he was probably referring to the nasty fans on social media (unfortunately, they're a louder and larger group) who probs fill his mentions with ridiculousness. I don't think he was saying it's not important. Link to comment
dubbel zout January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 (edited) You can't take the good without the bad. I get it can't be fun to read all that vitriol, but suck it up, buttercup. It's your job. Edited January 20, 2016 by dubbel zout 8 Link to comment
HeatLifer January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 You can't take the good without the bad. I get it can't be fun to read all that vitriol, but suck it up, buttercup. It's your job. True. It's his job. I don't envy him, though. I personally had to limit reading what GH fans were saying on social media this past year because of all the nonsensical shit directed at KMc. I can't imagine if it was in my mentions and essentially unavoidable. 1 Link to comment
Oracle42 January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 Yeah but Varni doesn't care enough about the show to know the character's names so I doubt very much that he's invested enough to be bothered by anything except the people pointing out that the show is crap right now 4 Link to comment
HeatLifer January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 Yeah but Varni doesn't care enough about the show to know the character's names so I doubt very much that he's invested enough to be bothered by anything except the people pointing out that the show is crap right now It's not about being invested in the show, though. If something bugs someone, whether it's legit to us or not, it's annoying to have to see it every single second of every single day. And I've also seen people straight up insulting Varni personally. And that'll be the end of me defending Varni, it's really not my intention, lol. 2 Link to comment
Chairperson Meow January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 I'm friends with VBag on Facebook. Dude gets paid to go to dinners and Disney etc. That's part of his job. Not dressed up, just chilling at Disney, eating. I'm sure Mickey Mouse pays him well, so if he has to sift through some not so nice comments about GH and chooses to ignore them and whine instead, well... then... hmmm. I don't feel sorry for him. 2 Link to comment
Cheyanne11 January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 Congratulations are in order for Jason Thompson (Billy, Y&R) and wife Paloma Jonas, who are set to become first-time parents in May. "It’s just another crazy change in the world of my world changing," the actor, who recently made the leap from GH to Y&R, tells Digest. "I'm very excited about it." http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/yrs-jason-thompson-be-dad-im-very-excited 4 Link to comment
Francie January 21, 2016 Share January 21, 2016 I'm sure Mickey Mouse pays him well, He probably does have a cushy job. That pays decently. But one thing about the Mouse. It doesn't pay well, comparatively speaking, at all. 1 Link to comment
ulkis January 21, 2016 Share January 21, 2016 I thought they already announced that JT's wife was expecting? Or maybe not. I know it was already out cause Chad accidentally recorded JT talking about it on one of his . . . what are they called. Those video chats, lol. Link to comment
HeatLifer January 21, 2016 Share January 21, 2016 I thought they already announced that JT's wife was expecting? Or maybe not. I know it was already out cause Chad accidentally recorded JT talking about it on one of his . . . what are they called. Those video chats, lol. I believe this is the official announcement. The Chad Periscope thing was never confirmed by JT. Link to comment
Badsamaritan January 21, 2016 Share January 21, 2016 NV getting messy again on Twitter.... https://twitter.com/KSmoov90/status/689965439087165440 1 Link to comment
ulkis January 21, 2016 Share January 21, 2016 Periscope! That's it, heh. Thanks. NV getting messy again on Twitter....https://twitter.com/KSmoov90/status/689965439087165440 This guy depresses me. Link to comment
TeeVee329 January 21, 2016 Share January 21, 2016 (edited) Dude...stop. Edited January 21, 2016 by TeeVee329 3 Link to comment
WendyCR72 January 21, 2016 Share January 21, 2016 Judging by how great he was with all of the babies/toddlers and Brooklyn who played Emma, I think JT will be a great dad. Congrats to him and his wife! 5 Link to comment
Chairperson Meow January 21, 2016 Share January 21, 2016 Has he learned nothing from Ron? GH... where the drama offscreen is better than onscreen. 2 Link to comment
Francie January 21, 2016 Share January 21, 2016 NV getting messy again on Twitter.... https://twitter.com/KSmoov90/status/689965439087165440 I feel like Ron is the emperor to Nathan's Luke Skywalker, urging him to give in to the dark side. 3 Link to comment
Chairperson Meow January 21, 2016 Share January 21, 2016 I feel like Ron is the emperor to Nathan's Luke Skywalker, urging him to give in to the dark side. I always knew the kid who played Spencer was a Sith Lord. Link to comment
tvgoddess January 21, 2016 Share January 21, 2016 Nathan's av on Twitter is Mo. Enough said. 4 Link to comment
peachmangosteen January 21, 2016 Share January 21, 2016 Nathan's av on Twitter is Mo. Enough said. WOW. Link to comment
Chairperson Meow January 21, 2016 Share January 21, 2016 Nathan's av on Twitter is Mo. Enough said. My heart just pooped it's pants. 2 Link to comment
SlovakPrincess January 22, 2016 Share January 22, 2016 My heart just pooped it's pants. I don't even know what this means, but I'm dying laughing ... #GH-WhereYourHeartPoopsItsPants 3 Link to comment
Chairperson Meow January 22, 2016 Share January 22, 2016 It's a Tina Belcher quote. It's that moment of supreme and utter disappointment, like way past despair. Link to comment
TeeVee329 January 22, 2016 Share January 22, 2016 Soaps In Depth ABC @soapsindepthabc Jan 20 "Franco gets results." Kevin's endorsement here is actually very smart. It helps the audience accept Franco in this career path. #GH Not this audience member, it only pisses me off that Kevin was trotted out for Franco propping. 12 Link to comment
dubbel zout January 22, 2016 Share January 22, 2016 In fact, it shows how poorly Franco is being received if he needs Kevin to prop him. Why don't writers understand this? 12 Link to comment
tvgoddess January 22, 2016 Share January 22, 2016 Oh, Richard. Can it with your Franco love. 2 Link to comment
ulkis January 22, 2016 Share January 22, 2016 lol no it doesn't. What the fuck is he talking about? Yeah, some guy who has been on a handful of episodes since, what, 1997? Will really endorse Franco! 2 Link to comment
tvgoddess January 22, 2016 Share January 22, 2016 (edited) https://twitter.com/bryan_craig/status/690599780821512193 Heh heh heh. Edited January 22, 2016 by tvgoddess 5 Link to comment
OnceSane January 22, 2016 Share January 22, 2016 Though Oscar talk is not politics, it is off-topic for this thread. Please continue the conversation in the Small Talk thread. Thanks. Link to comment
ulkis January 22, 2016 Share January 22, 2016 https://twitter.com/bryan_craig/status/690599780821512193 Heh heh heh. if the modeling world seduces Brydog away from us at least we'll still have the musical talents of Roger Patford Wallins? 3 Link to comment
TheGourmez January 22, 2016 Share January 22, 2016 Oh thank god. I had to come by this thread because Tumblr decided I'd want to see a bunch of GIFs of Connie Falconeri today and nearly gave me a heart attack of worry that Kelly Sullivan was coming back. So, so happy to see no news of what might be my last straw. 3 Link to comment
OnceSane January 22, 2016 Share January 22, 2016 Ratings: http://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2016/01/47329 Every show dropped viewers, but GH lost the most. Link to comment
GHScorpiosRule January 22, 2016 Share January 22, 2016 Is this after Robin and Patrick left? Link to comment
HeatLifer January 22, 2016 Share January 22, 2016 I just.... http://giphy.com/gifs/laughing-bill-hader-stefon-lZDW0NNoKqRuo 1 Link to comment
ulkis January 22, 2016 Share January 22, 2016 Is this after Robin and Patrick left? Yeah. 1 Link to comment
Francie January 23, 2016 Share January 23, 2016 if the modeling world seduces Brydog away from us at least we'll still have the musical talents of Roger Patford Wallins? That boy has too much time on his hands. 4 Link to comment
Chairperson Meow January 23, 2016 Share January 23, 2016 I hope Justin Bieber kicks his ass. Wtf is he doing hanging out with the homeless? Did he feed them after? Link to comment
mybabyaidan January 24, 2016 Share January 24, 2016 Is Greg just trying to be funny, or is an announcement coming?? Greg Vaughan @greg_vaughan 1h1 hour ago Greg Vaughan Retweeted Martha MadisonTalk about being a LUCKY guy this afternoon @Marth27 @afterbuzztv Link to comment
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