stabbing each other in the back, going for the gusto, and having fun. i know what's wrong with you. the empty armed madonna. mourning the baby that she couldn't have and the baby that she almost got to adopt. that is it, isn't it? oh, you miserable bitch! yost: there was a bigness to the stories. and that they could afford to do on a network, if you're doing one episode a week. now you can't do that if you're doing five episodes a week for a daytime show. so just the production value gave it that pizzazz. reporter: if you can't have it, watch other people with it. or so say the three networks who are programming nearly 40% of their prime-time fare with series about the very rich. and the public is devouring it at such a rate that make believe money has become ratings gold. [ screams ] hart: the characters were larger than life. they were more evil and more cunning and manipulative.