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It does bring up a question about B&B - did Sony “steal” Scott back, or did Brad Bell let him go and Sony caught wind of that lured him back to Y&R? I do think B&B’s licensing fee was likely hit by their recent renewal by CBS and we may be seeing some effect of that now. That said, Y&R has way too many producers on their staff. I wonder if any of these people will be let go and relieved of producing duties. Griffith and Beall likely just have these titles as names only, but the rest? - Josh Griffith (EP) - Jonathan Fishman (Producer) - Vivian Gundaker (Producer) - Elizabeth LeBrun (Producer) - Matthew J. Olsen (Producer) - Amanda L. Beall (Producer)

I don’t know, occasionally they’ll bust out some old cues at random. The recent Sharon flashback episode had a few, I believe.

Owen Renfroe recently talked about the Sharon episode where Heather dies and how much creative license he had a director to push himself and how great work can still be done in daytime. He and Sally are the best on that directing team and I can see Scott producing great/aesthetically pleasing episodes with them.

My guess is Scott will be the lead producer running things in the studio day to day and overseeing the various departments and finances. Griffith and Kent aren’t technical producers and aren’t in the studio every day to manage production.

Guys, B&B is proof that you can have talented people on your producing team, but the show will continue to be crap as long as a creatively inept mind like Brad Bell is in charge of the creative output.

The production values are going to improve, and I can see him producing aesthetically pleasing episodes with great directors like Owen Renfroe and Sally McDonald (obviously he worked with her before). But story-wise? Griffith needs to go and things won’t get better creatively until he and Kent are gone. Also, this should be in the main forum. It’s not a show spoiler. @Errol @Toups But maybe this is an indication that Griffith may be on his way out soon? Perhaps CBS gave Sony a mandate to improve things with the upcoming launch of Beyond The Gates. There has to be more to the story here.

It’s not common - when the late Meg Bennett wrote for Y&R and still acted on the show, Bill Bell made it clear she couldn’t write or contribute to material involving her character to avoid the conflict of interest issue. Brad Bell may have a similar arrangement with Heather Tom. I think Rowell wanted to specifically write for characters in Dru’s orbit or advocate for her character or those closely tied to Dru. That would have been a clear conflict of interest if she was on the writing staff, IMO. Granted, she did contribute ideas like the Devon’s foster care storyline, but she wasn't involved in the writing of the actual material.

They were estranged for many years (especially since he wrote a cash grab tell all about her), but they were incredibly close before that and he was a major contributor to her creative output during the first 15 years or so of her career. RIP. She recently lost her step-mother and her other brother died a few years back as well. But I know this one probably hurts the most for her.

Yeah, most new soaps need at least 3-6 months, or hell, even a full year (or more) to really "find" themselves. Some never do (Loving), or some only do when a steady hand comes in, but ultimately its too late (like Generations when Jorn Winther came in to Executive Produce Sally Sussman Morina's lackluster material).

It would be hilarious if AH and DZ have zero chemistry when Lulu awakes and they rush to bring Lulu and Dante back together.

Ron Hale was very underrated and gave so much to his characters on RH and GH with little appreciation, even when the writing just wasn’t there. RIP

Even if the lawsuit is found to be baseless, I do hope KM sues for retaliation and the press is so bad that ABC is forced to fire Valentini. It's time and he needs to go. That's me and my crusade to get Valentini fired at any cost...

If it serves up enough drama to get Valentini fired, I’d be all for it. Wishful thinking,I guess…

lol, he wasn't ready for any GH questions.

I agree, HW might have been fine as kid actor, but a lot of his recent scenes as he got older and into being a teen were cringey and badly acted, IMO. Maybe he has room to improve, but Jake can be recast with a stronger actor if they ever need him or want to write for him.

Honestly, Lucky's first few weeks have already put me off this return and I do not care to see him interact with anyone else, and I still think Liz deserves better (which the show won't do, but here we are).

Y&R director, Owen Renfroe, recently did this Q&A session with some aspiring actors. I feel like he’s talking about the 9/26 episode when he talked about a recent episode that was a challenge he loved and loosely inspired by Ripley on Netflix.

I’m not surprised Owen Renfroe and Sally McDonald directed these two episodes. They’re usually the ones who can almost make Griffith’s material slightly passable and usually direct the major episodes. Case is a pro as a usual.

This is really shocking and sad. My condolences to his family, friends, fans, and coworkers. While I can’t say he was the greatest actor, he was always committed to the role of John Black and to DAYS, which is more than you can ask for these days. RIP.

Do you mean first Lead Actress Emmy? Case won for Supporting in 1999.

Van was OK in the beginning of his time on ATWT, but I grew tired of him and his ticks after a while.

I know some on Social Media are criticizing him for not taking a definitive stance on whether or not he believes Erik and Lyle's account of things, but he's done a good job making it clear that this was just a job for him and his job was to make the scripts he was given believable. CAA representation is major, and this should hopefully spiral into other avenues for him.

Not just Jason, they have no idea what the hell to do with Anna too.