[aMLCproduction]

http://www.thewrap.c...g-restless-9110

[Lucid]

yeah who didn't see this coming a mile away.

[aMLCproduction]

There is a GOD!!!!

Sony got cold feet

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Surprised he didn't choose to announce this in another interview...

Well, they definitely just dodged a bullet. Too bad the writing of the core characters on this show is off and horrendous.

This post has been edited by Y&RWorldTurner: 23 October 2009 - 07:43 PM

[Vee]

I'm going to need a better source, though this is essentially what I've been expecting to happen.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

aMLCproduction, on 23 October 2009 - 08:38 PM, said:

There is a GOD!!!!

Sony got cold feet

Can Sony kick Maria and her band of hacks off this show too then when they're already filled with surprises?

This post has been edited by Y&RWorldTurner: 23 October 2009 - 07:40 PM

[Zendall Fan]

So did EB cave then? So what was all his sputtering to the press about then

[Daphne]

What (if anything) does this mean for MTS? I wonder if she still has to take recurring or nothing at all even with EB back?

[aMLCproduction]

Not with a 3.8 rating in HH's

Y&RWorldTurner, on 23 October 2009 - 08:39 PM, said:

Can Sony kick Maria and her band of hacks off this show too then when they're already filled with surprises?

[CarlD2]

So now that he's back for good will we be returning to the horrible "Victor is the god of us all, bow in his presence" garbage we got last year when Sabrina was killed? They only started making him look slightly bad when they thought he was leaving, and even then, we still repeatedly had Jack get as much blame for what happened to Mary Jane/Patty.

I wouldn't be surprised if they still try to dump MTS, especially if they want another Victor/Ashley (blech) reunion.

This probably means goodbye to Jess too.

This post has been edited by CarlD2: 23 October 2009 - 07:54 PM

[aMLCproduction]

I think MTS will stay. Now that Victor is staying maybe now we can get some quality storylines and ones that don't begin every 26 weeks. Well I can hope right? Victor came back right?

Daphne, on 23 October 2009 - 08:50 PM, said:

What (if anything) does this mean for MTS? I wonder if she still has to take recurring or nothing at all even with EB back?

[Lucid]

Vee, on 23 October 2009 - 08:39 PM, said:

I'm going to need a better source, though this is essentially what I've been expecting to happen.

from SudsReport Twitter

Eric's PR, Charles Sherman, CONFIRMS to SUDS REPORT that Eric just re-signed this afternoon with SONY

[lmfan]

aMLCproduction, on 23 October 2009 - 08:51 PM, said:

Not with a 3.8 rating in HH's

This week. Next week it can be 3.4. The ratings are inconsistant just like the writing. Signing EB helped them considerably. Hope this means MTS will be kept on contract because recurring actors, no matter how long them have been on the show, mean nothing to this team and MTS knows that.

[CarlD2]

Watch all those soap press types who didn't give a sh!t when MTS and Jess Walton were in the crosshairs, who were even going around coming up with names to replace Jeff, creaming over the news of EB staying.

[aMLCproduction]

Is this good enough yet?

Lucid, on 23 October 2009 - 08:55 PM, said:

from SudsReport Twitter

Eric's PR, Charles Sherman, CONFIRMS to SUDS REPORT that Eric just re-signed this afternoon with SONY

[Ann_SS]

Told you all that he would cave in and take the pay cut. Who else would pay him all that money? A million dollars. Unbelieveable.

I can't believe that people are claiming that Sony caved. Braeden is the one who cut off negotiations and ran his mouth. Sony knew that he would come crawling back. Sony even made sure everyone knows that he took the pay cut so he like MTS cannot pretend that he didn't take one.

[aMLCproduction]

MAB and team won't be canceled until they hit a range of I'd say 3.2 or 3.1 for weeks on end

lmfan, on 23 October 2009 - 08:55 PM, said:

This week. Next week it can be 3.4. The ratings are inconsistant just like the writing. Signing EB helped them considerably. Hope this means MTS will be kept on contract because recurring actors, no matter how long them have been on the show, mean nothing to this team and MTS knows that.

[Ann_SS]

Braeden's ego must have been dented and threatened by the published casting rumors about William Russ and William Devane. Sony knows how to play hardball.

It really is too bad. Y&R would have been better off without him.

This post has been edited by Ann_SS: 23 October 2009 - 08:04 PM

[Zendall Fan]

I wouldn't be shocked if the Suds report got it from that site(the one listed in the OP) LOL.

This post has been edited by Zendall Fan: 23 October 2009 - 08:09 PM

[MarkH]

Lucid, on 23 October 2009 - 08:37 PM, said:

yeah who didn't see this coming a mile away.

I didn't. I really didn't.

aMLCproduction, on 23 October 2009 - 08:38 PM, said:

There is a GOD!!!!

Sony got cold feet

No. EB got cold feet. Or something.

CarlD2, on 23 October 2009 - 08:52 PM, said:

So now that he's back for good will we be returning to the horrible "Victor is the god of us all, bow in his presence" garbage we got last year when Sabrina was killed? They only started making him look slightly bad when they thought he was leaving, and even then, we still repeatedly had Jack get as much blame for what happened to Mary Jane/Patty.

I wouldn't be surprised if they still try to dump MTS, especially if they want another Victor/Ashley (blech) reunion.

This probably means goodbye to Jess too.

No, TGVN / Ashley is done. But now the followup story can have some resonance.

I think they no longer need to villainize him so...maybe we'll finally see the "Change of Heart" story I was expected. I kind of hope so...

aMLCproduction, on 23 October 2009 - 08:54 PM, said:

I think MTS will stay. Now that Victor is staying maybe now we can get some quality storylines and ones that don't begin every 26 weeks. Well I can hope right? Victor came back right?

Losing Nikki is/was a much bigger fear for me than losing Victor. (Though I want to lose neither).

For many reasons, though, I'm sure we're stuck with short-arc plotting. The 26-week arcs are here for good...until they become 13 week arcs.

Ann_SS, on 23 October 2009 - 08:58 PM, said:

Told you all that he would cave in and take the pay cut. Who else would pay him all that money? A million dollars. Unbelieveable.

I can't believe that people are claiming that Sony caved. Braeden is the one who cut off negotiations and ran his mouth. Sony knew that he would come crawling back. Sony even made sure everyone knows that he took the pay cut so he like MTS cannot pretend that he didn't take one.

I don't consider $1Million a lot of $$ for a marquee player like Braeden.

It makes me uncomfortable (just me...not judging you!) this language of "crawling back". It all seems so inhumane. Where is the sense that these are employees who have brought great value to the organization. We can take some kind of a proletariat view of "how dare he complain about making only $1 million/year?"...but a 33% pay reduction is a significant one.

Moreover, Braeden's expressed complaint was about the nastiness and the inhumanity.

My guess is that -- again -- an intermediary did some "goodwill ambassador" work. Was it Les Moonves? Was it the Bell family?

Who knows, but I'm glad that saner heads seem to have prevailed.

Ann_SS, on 23 October 2009 - 09:04 PM, said:

Braeden's ego must have been dented and threatened by the published casting rumors about William Russ and William Devane. Sony knows how to play hardball.

It really is too bad. Y&R would have been better off without him.

I deeply disagree about "Y&R would have been better off..." And I have a hard time applauding the manipulative strong-arm tactics of mentioning these big names. It's all so un-adult.