For me the mistake was killing her off in the first place and to fix that mistake they NEED to bring her back alive. They are basically saying she is going to be a ghost which is a terrible idea. If Uncle Robert could fake Jesse's death, he could have faked Dixie's death too (and he is Tad's uncle - he could have more of an agenda with him). Also Babe survived having the drug injected direcly into her and did not receive immediate medical treatment (unlike Dixie) and she was thought dead but wasn't. So, there is no excuse why they don't bring Dixie back alive. That is what I want to see - NOT A GHOST!

I'm sorry, but I don't want Dixie back at all. I was never a Dixie fan anyway, and after the mess that was her last return, I can't stand the thought of her. Let Tad find Kate some other way, any other way, just don't bring back another over-inflated ego to further suck the life out of what's left of this show!

I was never a Dixie fan, especially the last time she came back to PV and inserted herself into Zach and Kendall's life. TPTB finally got a clue and reunited her with Tad and they should have allowed them to pursue their search for Kate. That could have been a good story. If her return as a ghost brings closure and Kate is reunited with her father, I have no objections. However, I think bringing people back from the dead even as angelic entities should stop. Bring on new characters and new stories instead of rehashing old ones ..... e.g. regressing existing characters four years back because of someone's amnesia.

So Dixie is coming back? So what. I was never a Dixie fan, I always thought she was a hypocritical self righteous witch. I'm not happy. Bringing her back to help unite Tad and Kate isn't what this show needs; it needs good writers who can tell a story. Stunt casting isn't going to improve things unless they find more talented writers, or should I say writers that have talent.Just keep her ghost away form Zach and Kendall.

Quote:So Dixie is coming back? So what. I was never a Dixie fan, I always thought she was a hypocritical self righteous witch. I'm not happy. Bringing her back to help unite Tad and Kate isn't what this show needs; it needs good writers who can tell a story. Stunt casting isn't going to improve things unless they find more talented writers, or should I say writers that have talent.Just keep her ghost away form Zach and Kendall. I so agree with this post. Well said.

Quote:For me the mistake was killing her off in the first place and to fix that mistake they NEED to bring her back alive. They are basically saying she is going to be a ghost which is a terrible idea. If Uncle Robert could fake Jesse's death, he could have faked Dixie's death too (and he is Tad's uncle - he could have more of an agenda with him). Also Babe survived having the drug injected direcly into her and did not receive immediate medical treatment (unlike Dixie) and she was thought dead but wasn't. So, there is no excuse why they don't bring Dixie back alive. That is what I want to see - NOT A GHOST!
I agree, we need to have MMT's bad writing redone. We need Dixie back and of course it was boring with Kendall and Zach crossing Tad and Dixie's storyline.
They are way too boring and not worth my time to watch.
Who cares if Kendall lusts after all 3 men. I don't. GET IT OFF MY SCREEN
We need Dixie back as we need more than just Angie and Jesse for the viewers to come back.
Zendall and the boring six are making the ratings the worst they have ever been.
We want the AMC that drew 8 million viewers, heck even the 3 million who watched Dixie back at Mardi Gras before MMT ruined it. More viewers than now.

all i'm going to say is, this has better be the BEGINNING of her new s/l...coming back ultimately ALIVE. she better not just come and remain as a ghost. i wasn't campaigning for her return almost a full year, all to get a crumb tossed my way. i want the whole damn pie, PTB!!! i mean first i had to endure a whole year of hack story telling. then when finally it was getting somewhere, the rug was ripped right from underneath us! therefore, you mean to tell me, all to get this little compromise, instead of the resolution we've (the fans) been clamoring for! which is Tad and Alive Dixie having, finding, and raising (about the only super couple who hasn't) their first biological child together. it's what was promised/shamefully promoted for months...also a s/l in the making for some who have waited 18 years! not this BS that i'm smelling a mile away!!!!! i better be wrong and there's more to it or the letters, calls, and emails will never cease and desist.Deliver what was promised and make up for all that horror last year...fill in the wholes and undo what you have to undo, writers! be creative!

IMO AMC has a bigger problem on hand and bringing Dixie back isn't the solve, it's a bandaid fix. Just like IMO the bringing back of the realgreenlee, Jessie and Angie. They can keep bringing characters back and it still won't help the ratings if they can't write a decent s/l that is character based and not plot driven. We have been subjected to poor writing, since the reign of terror by B&E and bringing Dixie back isn't going to solve a thing. First of all they could have gotten Kate back to Tad without the ghostly intervention. Adam could have stepped up and done the right thing and told Tad. My goodness he almost lost Colby, guilt of losing his child could make him spill. They are bring Dixie back only because they need the temporary bump to their ratings, IMO given how she affected the ratings at her last go round and how the others affected it this time, I doubt it will do any good. The fans that left aren't looking for Dixie to come back, they are looking for the writers to be gone as well as JHC and Frons. They want AMC to be the show it once was and bringing Dixie or anyone else isn't going to do much at all for a long run fix. What they are doing is strictly short term and not very effective.

Quote:Quote: Who cares if Kendall lusts after all 3 men. I don't. GET IT OFF MY SCREEN...The boring six are making the ratings the worst they have ever been.
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As a huge Zendall fan, I could not agree with you more. The boring six is the stupidest plot device since Dixie ate poisoned pancakes. I love Zach and Kendall, they are the only reason I have kept on watching the travesty that used to be a great soap and even I can't watch that garbage.

I personally want good writing back..for everyone. I am not a Dixie fan but if they give her a good storyline that makes the Tad Dixie fans happy, I am all for it. They have jerked enough fan bases around this past year.

I am all for new writers who respect everyone and keep characters to who they are and in storyline that are meaningful....and makes everyone happy. I expect to see a storyline that is worthy of what TK and AM as Zach and Kendall can do so they can shine as we have seen them shine.....and I am sure all fan bases expect the same for their favs as well.

Quote:I agree, we need to have MMT's bad writing redone. We need Dixie back and of course it was boring with Kendall and Zach crossing Tad and Dixie's storyline.They are way too boring and not worth my time to watch.Who cares if Kendall lusts after all 3 men. I don't. GET IT OFF MY SCREENWe need Dixie back as we need more than just Angie and Jesse for the viewers to come back.Zendall and the boring six are making the ratings the worst they have ever been. Interesting that you felt the need to bring Zen up in a thread that has nothing to do with them.

I was once a huge Tad and Dixie fan. I loved Dixie and watched throughout the years as she fell in love with Tad. However I do not want Dixie back, dead or alive. CMc wanted a darker Dixie when she came back in 06 and with that portrayal she lost me forever as a fan. Instead of working with Tad to find her daughter and to reunite their family all she wanted was to lust after Zach trying her best to wreck that home. That Dixie completely disrespected the history of the character. So what will it be this time?? Frankly I could care less.

I am THRILLED that Dixie/Cady is coming back!!! I stopped watching once they fed her the stupid pb pancakes, but I will start watching again on May 2nd. I want REAL LOVE back in the afternoon on AMC and Tad and Dixie are PERFECT for that! I've waited a very long time for Tad, Dixie, and Kate to be together and if AMC is smart, they're going to give it to us T&D fans this time around.I'm also hoping Dixie's not really a "ghost" or an "angel" but maybe appears as Tad's conscience or something. Cady and MEK are great at playing light-hearted comedy and fun! Then once Dixie's "spirit" helps Tad find Kate, then we can get onto the business of Tad finding a very ALIVE Dixie in a coma somewhere and the true reunion can begin!!!Thanks AMC for bringing Dixie/Cady back! I'll be back as a viewer too on May 2nd!

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I commend you for your comment as I also believe that everyone has their favorites and that good writing should be given to all s/l s.
I had liked Zendall until my favorite couple was attacked beyond belief over an affair that never happened but much worse has happened in that s/l now, with affairs, flirtation.
Seems as AMC wants to ruin couples, yes affairs are part of the s/l's but most get back together.
Not show hatred and then kill someone off. It just breeds negativity.
AMC used to write resolutions to stories, not a slap in the face to our mentality.
Kendall and Zach were mentioned in this thread before I posted. Comment about Dixie entering the Zen zone.
I agree , it was a stupid ploy for MMT to ruin Dixie's character by involving her as Zach's friend.
I think Frons and MMT tried to ruin her return, make her hated.

Also the sextet is one of the main s/l s right now with Angie and Jesse. I am sure even the Zen fans have to agree, get the affair confessed so the healing can begin. 3 couples are better than couple musical chairs where all of them will end up hurting.
We Dixie fans just want resolution, not a joke
Also in the soap opera interviews, the actor is encouraged to love their story like it or not.
I believe that s/l was all MMT as an actor has no control over what is written.
AM, Cm, WW, DC had all spoken against their s/l.
Even RB has spoken out recently after all the promo hoopla.
So Cady, I am sure was going along with MMT;s crap just as she absolutely loved being killed by pancakes as she had to state in her exit interview.
Her blog later showed her true feelings as She was told no more s/l s and thought MMT was being uncreative.lol
Now we see why MMT was fired.

I personally do not think we will ever know the reason why Cady was let go last year..or why McT was ultimately let go. We can guess all we want but I am sure there is a lot that we dont' know on all counts.

Cady is only going to say so much on her blog, ABC is only going to say so much, and MCT has been totally professional and not said much of anything. I was not a fan of McT's writing for the most part but I appreciate her professionalism in not whining about what went wrong when she was fired.

Show business is a business. People get fired and lose their jobs all the time. And frankly, as a fan, its really none of my business why. And I am certainly NOT going to make any judgements as to why something happened..when I don't personally know the truth. You would have to have spoken to ALL parties and get everyone's side to the story to come to any real conclusion. I doubt strongly its as simple as the gossip columnists make it sound.
I just wish everyone the best..

I am excited to read Cady's blog as it still gives me hope that this s/l can possibly be done better this time.MMT was just total chaos in anything she touched last stint she did.I am doing my share of writing in, callin in.

Don't get me wrong, as I was once a BIG fan of Dixie and Tad and Dixie. But all the coming and going with Dixie is rather frustrating, and after so many times it sorta looses it's excitement. Let's hope TPTB don't screw it up this time like they have before.

I agree. MMT did such terrible writing for Dixie last time that i was totally convinced she was pulling the same thing she did to Edmund.Take a well-liked character,make him out of character, doing totally opposite things.Then have them murdered in stupid ways by serial killers. WTH?If MMT hadn't been writing this BS Dixie's return never would have been wasted.

I'm not normally one for the rehashed "Back from the Dead" sl but for characters like Dixie and Jesse I would make the exception.

I'd only seen a few months of Dixie back in 2001 when I started watching the show. I didn't have much of an opinion of her other than disgust at how stupid David acted around her. When she returned, I was optimistic because I liked Tad and I had read so much about their long history together. I was even willing to sympathize with her plight, even though it was contrived. I even enjoyed reading Cady's blogs.How much was my optimism crapped upon? Di, a character I was enjoying despite her shaky morals, was made to look even worse. David once again turned stupid. Dixie lusted after Zach (don't really blame her) and severely tested his relationship with Kendall. Dixie went BSC over Emma, one of the Cutest Little Girls in the Universe and traumatized Annie. In order for Kate to finally enter the parallel universe of Pine Valley, her adoptive parents were killed in one of the most gruesome ways possible (Father Clarence, you sly dog!). And then finally, FINALLY when Kate is within spitting distance of her parents who were close to reconciling, Dixie is killed off in one of the most ridiculous ways possible (hey Father Clarence, did you put the bug in ACS's ear?).Do I think reparations should be made? In an ideal world, yes. But I have no idea how it could be done that wouldn't tick Dixie fans off even further. And considering the way that the show is being written these days, I think they stand the chance of alienating the entire audience.

Well, I hope they don't mess it up. The sure messed up Dixie's return the last time, and a big reason I stopped becoming a regular AMC viewer was the continual parade of botched character returns.

Cady starts taping next week so I have been calling and writing in to support a full return