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: There doesn't seem to be explanations for
: their choices at all. Some of the talent
: they have hired from other shows surely get
: paid considerable amounts of money. Why
: don't they invest in their own history and
: appeal to the audience that has been with
: them for 50 years? Is she aging out for the
: advertisers who want younger consumers?
: Have they checked out who is paying for
: advertising space. It seems to me that
: soaps have been advertising drugs and other
: things that would appeal to an older
: audience. Dummies! Just who do they think
: is available to watch continuing dramas or
: any TV in the afternoon? The young moms are
: working. Teens are in school. The
: available audience is mostly senior. Senior
: characters are interesting too, and senior
: talent is generally more gifted and likely
: to remain with the show. I don't see any
: reason why they want to dump older folks,
: and to do it with so little preparation or
: explanation is tragic.
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: In having some time to digest what has
: happened over at GH with Genie, I couldn't
: help but want to share with y'all something
: that happened at our local Nashville
: station. I know it is not quite the same
: but nevertheless jaw dropping. Our local
: NBC station got new management. The first
: thing they did which really upset me was
: move our beloved morning weather guy to
: weekends. He has since gotten another job
: in North Carolina as I'm sure he did not
: like what he saw happening. The biggest
: blow though was when the new management did
: not renew the contract of an award-winning
: veteran newscaster who had worked at the
: station for over 30 years as the evening
: news cohost. No explanation. Nothing.
: Gone with no "thank you", "we
: appreciate your years of service to the
: station". Nothing. Middle Tennesseans
: are livid and devastated at this outrageous
: treatment of a beloved local icon who made
: the station what it is today. As an aside,
: 3 other employees- two reporters and another
: weatherperson- were let go earlier last year
: and have filed an age discrimination suit
: against the station. Outcome is yet to be
: determined, but reportedly, the management
: was making age related comments about the
: cohost I spoke about earlier. Keep in mind
: though that she looks great. According to
: what has been said, management is trying to
: attract teens and 20 somethings. Newsflash:
: this demographic is not going to watch a
: news broadcast much less a local one! They
: will get their news from Twitter or some
: other online source. Genie's situation just
: reminded me so much of all of this local
: drama. I work in a high school. No kids
: watch soaps anymore- at least that I know.
: They are all watching Netflix and other
: streaming services. My niece is in college.
: She has never watched soaps. She loves
: great soapish shows like Downton Abbey,
: Grey's, etc, but has never watched daytime
: soaps. I hate that management at my local
: news level and the GH level do not seem to
: understand their audience. If they do
: understand the audience, then they are
: choosing to disregard what the audience
: wants. I thought we, the audience, were the
: consumer?? It is baffling and makes me
: exasperated. I don't buy the whole money
: thing. There are plenty of people on
: contract with fewer ties to the history of
: the show and desires of the audience who
: could be let go to keep Genie. Basically,
: it just seems like GH execs are doing
: exactly what our local execs did: what they
: want without regard to their audience. I
: can not believe that GH is so stupid as to
: pull this again in light of everything that
: is going on now with sexual harassment, etc.
: I'm sure they will have something to use
: to say that age didn't play a part in their
: decision for Genie and maybe it really
: doesn't (which is even more unbelievable),
: but man, removing her from contract now was
: such a stupid move. I hope this backfires
: so bad on them! More than that, I just hate
: this whole thing for Genie. They have been
: such a roller coaster for her over the years
: and have never given her the respect she
: deserves. Where is that big storyline they
: promised her in 2015 anyway? I thought they
: were finally going to give her something
: challenging and fun with the run for mayor,
: but no. Instead, they just axe the story
: and drop her. Brilliant! Selfishly, I want
: her there as Laura, but they don't deserve
: her.
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