She was temporarily assigned to Days as a new love interest for Roman Brady/John Black -- I want to say -- 15 years ago. I believe she did lead to an increase in ratings, but they wrote her character off after a comparatively brief stint.
On Monday, April 4, 2011, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote: > As the daytime soap opera genre fights for pure survival against > networks who don't want to spend money and stations that would rather > run syndicated shows where they can sell more ads, I'm not sure if the > decision of Brad Bell, Sony and CBS to bring in Genie Francis (of the > Luke and Laura glory days of "General Hospital") to play a new > character on "The Young and the Restless" is going to make any big > difference: > > http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/03/31/genie-francis-joins-young-and-the-restless-exclusive/ > > Of course, I believe "Y&R"'s still the top-rated network program on > daytime TV. But as the Bell family sees their shows as the only > remaining soaps on CBS, "Days" (where William Bell spent many years as > head writer) as the only daytime show on NBC and "AMC" rumored to be > under the gun, I really don't know if a former soap queen is going to > do the trick, especially as the nets continue to demand those younger > demos. > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
