Jeff Giles
@jefito
Director of Curation and Editorial for @harmonic.fm. Proprietor of Jefitoblog. Writer, editor, author of several books. Podcast host. More info here:
Last week's #GH featured some "War of the Roses"-type black comedy, a disastrous recast, and a truly absurd display of post-paralysis muscles. Breaking it down for Diagnosis Daytime here: diagnosisdaytime.blogspot.com/2026/08/crit...
Last week's #GH was stuffed with fluff, but we did get an intriguing recast and a Friday cliffhanger out of it. I go over the highs and lows in my latest for Diagnosis Daytime: diagnosisdaytime.blogspot.com/2026/07/crit...
Last week's #GH proved that while the show still has narrative momentum on its side, the writers haven't learned enough from mistakes of the past. My latest for Diagnosis Daytime breaks it down: diagnosisdaytime.blogspot.com/2026/07/crit...
There are a number of important things #GH is doing right — and there's at least one crucial area where the show is well and truly screwing everything up. My latest for Diagnosis Daytime: diagnosisdaytime.blogspot.com/2026/07/crit...
Last week's #GH was an action-packed doozy that ended a major storyline in a way that sets the stage for several others to advance. My latest for Diagnosis Daytime offers two thumbs up: diagnosisdaytime.blogspot.com/2026/07/crit...
A busy weekend delayed this edition of Critical Diagnosis, but (hopefully) better late than never, here's a rundown of last week's #GH: diagnosisdaytime.blogspot.com/2026/06/crit...
Last week's #GH found the show taking a breath after a burst of action, which means a lot of what happened was kind of inessential — but it still had its moments. My latest for Diagnosis Daytime breaks it all down: diagnosisdaytime.blogspot.com/2026/06/crit...
For the second week in a row, #GH served up a (mostly) full buffet of the good stuff. My latest for Diagnosis Daytime gives credit where it's due: diagnosisdaytime.blogspot.com/2026/06/crit...
Last week's #GH was a lot of fun! Dare we hope for more of it? My latest for Diagnosis Daytime breaks it all down: diagnosisdaytime.blogspot.com/2026/06/crit...
It was a short week for #GH, but there was still enough room for an out-of-the-blue development that I found objectively funny yet also rant-worthy. My latest for Diagnosis Daytime: diagnosisdaytime.blogspot.com/2026/05/crit...
Its current major storyline has finally reached the stage where people stop keeping stupid secrets, which helped make last week's #GH fairly fun. My latest for Diagnosis Daytime: diagnosisdaytime.blogspot.com/2026/05/crit...
My latest Blindspotting column offers a first-timer's perspective on Iggy Pop's "The Idiot" — an album I ultimately found easy to respect, but hard to enjoy: www.jefitoblog.com/blindspottin...
Last week's #GH was pretty skippable overall, but it had its moments. My latest for Diagnosis Daytime breaks it all down: diagnosisdaytime.blogspot.com/2026/05/crit...
My latest Nielsens column looks back at what we were (and weren't) watching this week in 1986, including a certain all-star sequel miniseries led by one Patrick Swayze: www.jefitoblog.com/the-nielsens...
This #GH column was delayed by Mother's Day, which is fitting, because last week's show was driven by a lot of mom-related action: diagnosisdaytime.blogspot.com/2026/05/crit...
In which the mighty @milesklee.bsky.social points at the Coca-Cola Freestyle machine like Donald Sutherland in the closing moments of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and eloquently, persuasively argues that it is "a reminder that we are not meant to play god": flaminghydra.com/issue-559/
It was a scattered week of random asides and wheel-spinning on #GH, but things look like they're about to pick up. My latest for Diagnosis Daytime: diagnosisdaytime.blogspot.com/2026/05/crit...
Monday being a little rough with you? Take the edge off with my latest Let's Get Soft column, which takes a hard look at Air Supply's "The One That You Love" album: www.jefitoblog.com/lets-get-sof...
Last week's #GH sent a couple of young lovebirds to New York for "Aladdin" on Broadway, but in all other respects, these episodes were not a whole new world. My latest for Diagnosis Daytime: diagnosisdaytime.blogspot.com/2026/04/crit...
Have you ever wondered what happened to Louie Louie after he scored a Top 20 hit in 1990 with "Sittin' in the Lap of Luxury"? Probably not! But I'm here to tell the story anyway: www.jefitoblog.com/the-one-afte...
Last week's #GH included some tearful blackmail, some sloppy spy work, and a baby. My latest for Diagnosis Daytime breaks down the highs, lows, and many in betweens: diagnosisdaytime.blogspot.com/2026/04/crit...
Soap fans know that whenever someone gets behind the wheel of a car, an accident is about to happen. Last week's #GH indulged in that trope, as well as a few others: diagnosisdaytime.blogspot.com/2026/04/crit...
Last week's #GH forced us to reset the show's "Days Without a Long-Lost Twin Incident" counter back to zero. Read all about it right here: diagnosisdaytime.blogspot.com/2026/04/crit...
Last week's #GH was close to perfect. My latest for Diagnosis Daytime urges you to see for yourself: diagnosisdaytime.blogspot.com/2026/03/crit...