Capitol (TV series)
"Capitol" debuted on CBS in 1982 in 8th place in the ratings, roughly the same as "Search for Tomorrow" had done. "Capitol" remained in the middle of the ratings pack throughout its five-year run ranking between 7th and 9th, with its best ratings points of 6.4 achieved in the 1983-1984 television season, in which it ranked 8th. In 1985, ratings fell slightly from a 5.8 to a 5.1, prompting some CBS affiliates to drop the show. CBS subsequently canceled the show and replaced it with "The Bold and the Beautiful" on March 23, 1987. However, CBS put "The Bold and the Beautiful" in the 1:30/12:30 timeslot, bumping "As the World Turns" to 2/1. "The Bold and the Beautiful" became both CBS' and America's second-highest rated soap opera, but its ratings never surpassed "Capitol" ratings peak.
Candace Kirby
Kirby was born in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and majored in Government at Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1996. She then moved to New York, New York to work in public relations. Kirby earned a master's degree in Marketing Communications at Northwestern University in 2000 and subsequently moved to Los Angeles to launch a career in writing. She became a television writer for the CBS soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful" in 2004, where she worked for 92 episodes before segueing into humorous online writing in 2006.