I LOVED Scott Clifton back in the day, but when he came back to mourn Georgie I was totally distracted by how lousy I thought he looked -- like he's been sitting in dark bars all day not working. Part of his charm before was that he was funny and yet slightly everyman-attainable in appearance, but there was a lot of bloat and some skin problems there this time around, I felt.

And because that's mean to say, I will try and repair my karma by pointing out again that overall I love Scott Clifton and hope he IS working.

I was far too distracted by his hair to notice anything else. If anyone wanted greater proof that GH's hair people are on crack, look no further than SC's hair.

Aw, I didnt think he looked THAT bad. His hair is always horrible though.

I dont know, I hope he gets work. He'd do well if he got in with the Apatow gang somehow. Maybe he can try to befriend McLovin.

I *heart* Scott Clifton, but his hair has always been appalling. One of my favorite things about him coming back for Emily's funeral was Maxie's "I never hated you, Dillon, just your hair." crack. Hee.

So I assume that everybody who still cares about the pile of crap that is All My Children has heard that Rebecca Budig is coming back. If so, I assume you've also been witness to how heinously ABC has handled recasting their Greenlee recast with the original actress. The ABC Daytime homepage is chock-full of ads proclaiming the return of the "Real Greenlee," with an official minute-by-minute countdown. They're currently running a promo during both daytime and primetime also proclaiming the Real Greenlee's return. All of this while the recast still has episodes airing. How freaking tacky is that? I know not to expect a whole hell of a lot from the people who replaced Genie Francis with a wig on a stick and killed off Dixie Martin via poisoned pancakes, but this is just so mean-spirited. Thanks for all your hard work, Fake Greenlee! Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out!

I happen to like Sabine Singh and I hope she finds other work and classier employers in the future. I wish I could be there when Frons & Co find out that St. Rebecca isn't going to single-handedly save their show.

Yeah, thats horrible. I love Rebecca Budig but Sabine Singh is not the problem with Greenlee. The horrifying writing and the insistence of pairing her with Ryan, forgetting about Leo (I LOVE YOU LEO!!11), and taking the character away from everything that made her awesome is the problem. Sabine was just fine and deserved better. Heres hoping she ends up on Guiding Light or something.

Cady McClain has an awesome interview up here about her horrendous treatment both on AMC and ATWT. Basically unless your one of the big three (Susan Lucci, Kim Zimmer, and Erika Slezak) if you speak up...they'll phase you out/ruin your character. Seriously. Rebecca Hearbst publicly said she thought it was shit what TPTB did to the character of Alan...Liz is no longer Liz. Ric Hearst basically snarked on the show during his Emmy speech...Ric does something unforgivable once again. Its crap. And I blame Frons. It especially makes me mad if the rumors are true and Cady got screwed because she said the treatement of Julia Barr was horiffic. It was. Also if I have to hear Tad talk about the horror of keeping a parent from a child, or someone say that JR is JUST now becoming a good dad, I will smack someone. I will.

Aw, I love Cady, maybe they can find a place for her on OLTL which is kind of rocking right at the moment. The Addie Awakenings storyline in particular is wonderful. I would love to see Cady paired up with Bo, to save me from another Bo/Lindsay redux, cause Lindsay and RJ are about a thousand times more interesting.

I'm still hoping for Bo/Nora redux. I realized right around the time that they paired her with Sam that while I love Hilary Buchanan, that the only time I've actually liked Nora is when shes hanging with Bo or a Gannon brother. Fucking Rappaports. Well, not Lindsay. Shes always rocked. The other ones. Getting in there and messing up my ships, like Jessica and Christian and particularly Todd and Blair. Especially the second time Sam/Blair hooked up and he practically bullied her into it. "Come on! You know you want to! Come on!"

The bitchy part of me kind of wonders if Cady McClain isn't a big pain in the ass behind the scenes. Not that that would justify the idiotic way Dixie was killed off or any bad treatment she/her character received on ATWT (I know absolutely nothing about that show other than it has a gay couple and lots of ABC Daytime refugees), but I do wonder. A lot of the things that people hated about Dixie's most recent return were things she apparently insisted on doing, and I'm sure that her shows get tired of her "I'm leaving"/"I'm coming back!" back-and-forth.

And as much as I hate how Sabine Singh's been treated, that same bitchy part of me isn't really unhappy to see her go. My biggest problems with the Greenlee character have everything to do with the writing and nothing to do with the actress, but I do ultimately think that SS is a pretty weak actress. I definitely think she was miscast as Greenlee. Again, none of that justifies the shitty treatment she's been on the receiving end of. She could have been let go more gracefully. I could be seeing ads promoting the return of the Original Greenlee rather than the Real Greenlee. I truly don't understand how ABC gets away with the way it treats its female actors. How are they not sued more?

I have to say I've started to feel the same way about Cady. One show screws you over, yeah that's sucks, they're wrong. Two shows on two different networks screw you over...I'm started to wonder if it's you, not them, you know? Plus I haven't liked Cady since pitched a fit over Hunt Block's ATWT character being recasted. Lady he was a recast his damn self. Shut up.

I remember the thing I hated most about Dixie's return was the emphasis on her having scenes with Zach and less scenes with Tad and JR. And I think even Cady hinted in her own blog that she wanted more Zach stuff.

Don't even get me started on that Real Greenlee bullshit. Fake, real, I still hate Greenlee, AMC, a change of actresses isn't going to fix it.

I will third the fact that I've always gotten the impression Cady McClain was a little crazy and a LOT of a pain in the ass. When she left the first time I feel like all the interviews her co-stars gave were sort of... careful. Like they were trying not to be like, "THANK GOD." She comes off kind of nutty on her blog also.

That said, ABC is out of its mind lately, and its treatment of Julia Barr WAS awful.

I just want to say that whoever put together the Jesse and Angie Returns! promo did an excellent job. It's the best soap promo I've seen in years and such a contrast to the REAL!Greenlee promotion. I didn't watch AMC when they were on but that promo makes me want to tune in to AMC to see them for several reasons:

1) They seem so adorable together. I love the "Will you marry me, Angie?" clip. I love the clip of Angie holding their newborn son. (Debbie Morgan has the grea-*test*-('") dimples in the world.)

2) Minorities in substantial roles. Someone on TWoP put together a list of all the awards that Darnell and Debbie won and I was truly shocked that Darnell had won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor. When was the last time a minority actor or actress was nominated for a lead role on daytime? Are there even any minorities in lead roles or good supporting roles anymore? Most of the soaps just pay lip service to diversity in their cast and any minority actor or actress tends to play a minor role in major storylines or play one note characters. I always felt sorry for the actor who played GH's Taggert because he basically had one scene and most of his dialogue was a variation of "This time you're going down, Sonny." I was relieved to hear that he did a lot of theater because I was able to fanwank that he only did GH to pay the bills and build up his retirement fund.

3) Jesse died onscreen in the view of his doctor wife. If anyone was dead, Jesse was. Plus, I happen to know his spirit has visited Pine Valley since his death to counsel his friends and even to turn back time and save Tad's life. (I bet Jesse regrets doing that now considering what Tad has become.) So how are the writers going to explain Jesse's resurrection? That's a minor point though because soap viewers are rather flexible when it comes to death and as long as there's some explanation, viewers will accept it because Jesse and Angie seem to have a lot of goodwill. I hope the writers treat those characters right for their fans' sake.

This gives me hope that Gillian was a faux ghost as well! Woo hoo!

No joke. Come back, Gillian!

I'm in love with that promo. It aired during Ugly Betty tonight and I totally hit stop and rewind in the middle of the commercial break. It has me all excited, and I've never even seen these people before. Well, except for Ghost Jesse. Who apparently never existed since Jesse was never dead.

Yes, Gilly come back and save Ryan from his Ryassness. And can Leo come back too?

I think the saddest indictment of the lack of respect for minorites on Daytime was that Darnell was on GL for two weeks a few months ago playing a one note kidnapper. It was haled as a "Return to Daytime" but they wasted him. And it was so sad. He is hugely popular, an emmy winner...thats the respect he gets?

And I love Jesse. I only really saw him as Ghost!Jesse, but damn my stepmom has tapes of him and I LOVED his relationships with Tad, Angie, and particularly Jenny. I hope if he does come back he tells Tad that hes disappointed in him and Jenny would be too.

Although...didnt he get shot in the head?