operas, especially for "general hospital" which had the success with luke and laura's wedding. >> i remember when luke and laura got married because it was night time 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 you have an evil twin, and prime time stole from daytime. >> after "dallas" proved ewing oil was better for cbs, the networks rushed to give the public more. >> the great time time soap operas, "dallas" and "dynasty," they are all about excess. this is about being over the top, and stabbing each other in the back and going for the gusto and having fun. >> i know what is 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? >> you miserable bitch!