Page 2 - Blockbuster Mentality News Today

I pronounce that they are husband and wife. you may kiss the bride. [ cheers and applause ] your wedding was seen by an astonishing number of people -- 16 and 19 million viewers. how do you account for that kind of popularity? oh, i cant. i cant. the way its grown, its just -- its amazing to me. connelly: it did appear in the 80s that it was a good time for daytime soap operas, especially for a show like "general hospital," which had that huge success with luke and lauras wedding. duffy: i remem...

Every single move she makes in public will be recorded and observed. a very difficult life indeed. well be back in just a moment with some closing observations and one final look at what has justifiably been called the wedding of the century. >> by the authority of the state of new york, i pronounce that they are husband and wife. you may kiss the bride. >> your wedding was seen by an astonishing number of people -- 16 million to 19 million viewers. how do you account for that kind of popularity...

Of popularity? >> oh, i cant. i cant. the way its grown is just amazing to me. >> it did appear in the 80s that it was a good time for daytime soap operas, especially for a show like "general hospital" which had that huge success with luke and lauras wedding. >> i remember when luke and laura got married because it was nighttime newsworthy. >> the soap opera discovers the blockbuster mentality, the sweeps month mentality. like, what can we do to get even more people watching? you have a wedding....

Of new york, i pronounce that they are husband and wife. you may kiss the bride. >> your wedding was seen by an astonishing number of people. 16 and 19 million viewers. how do you account for that kind of popularity? >> oh, i cant. i cant. the way its grown is just amazing to me. >> it did appear in the 80s that it was a good time for daytime soap operas, especially for a show like "general hospital" which had that huge success with luke and lauras wedding. >> i remember when luke and laura got ...

Success with luke and lauras wedding. >> i remember when luke and laura got married because it was nighttime newsworthy. >> the soap opera discovers the blockbuster mentality, the sweeps month mentality. like, what can we do to get even more people watching? you have a wedding. you have a kidnapping. you have an evil twin. and primetime stole from daytime. >> after "dallas" proved that ewing oil was better than real oil for cbs, the networks rushed to give the public more. >> the great primetime...

Nighttime newsworthy. the soap opera discovers the blockbuster mentality, the sweeps month mentality. what can we do to get even more people watching? you have a wedding. you have a kidnapping and prime time stole from daytime. >> after dallas proving that ewing oil was better than real oil for cbs, the networks rushed to get more. >> the great prime time soap operas of the 80s, dallas, dynasty, theyre all about excess. this is about being over the top, and stabbing each other in the back and go...

For a show like "general hospital" which had that huge success with luke and lauras wedding. >> i remember when luke and laura got married because it was nighttime newsworthy. >> the soap opera discovers the blockbuster mentality, the sweeps month mentality. like, what can we do to get even more people watching? you have a wedding. you have a kidnapping. you have an evil twin. and primetime stole from daytime. >> after "dallas" proved that ewing oil was better than real oil for cbs, the networks...

That it was a good time for daytime soap operas, especially for a show like "general hospital" which had that huge success with luke and lauras wedding. >> i remember when luke and laura got married because it was nighttime newsworthy. >> the soap opera discovers the blockbuster mentality, the sweeps month mentality. like, what can we do to get even more people watching? you have a wedding. you have a kidnapping. you have an evil twin. and primetime stole from daytime. >> after "dallas" proved t...

At what has justifiably been called the wedding of the century. >> by the authority of the state of new york, i pronounce that they are husband and wife. you may kiss the bride. >> your wedding was seen by an astonishing number of people. 16 and 19 million viewers. how do you account for that kind of popularity? >> oh, i cant. i cant. the way its grown is just amazing to me. >> it did appear in the 80s that it was a good time for daytime soap operas, especially for a show like "general hospital"...

Astonishing number of people. 16 and 19 million viewers. how do you account for that kind of popularity? >> oh, i cant. i cant. the way its grown is just amazing to me. >> it did appear in the 80s that it was a good time for daytime soap operas, especially for a show like "general hospital" which had that huge success with luke and lauras wedding. >> i remember when luke and laura got married because it was nighttime newsworthy. >> the soap opera discovers the blockbuster mentality, the sweeps m...