mikelyons

After all of the grief I received from posting this scoop on this board and in my DMs, I'll keep my scoops to private from now on.

I can't say anymore.

From folks who know what's going on. That's all I can say.

Spoiler: JFP is back at Y&R.

I know how soaps are run, thanks. I've launched a few shows in my time in the industry. My comment is merely how friends help friends even when said friends have a record of tanking the show they work on. That's all.

Agreed. I've followed this news since it launched and these two hires are very uninspired. I know there are a ton of Guza fans and apologists, but he's responsible for one of the worst soap operas to ever premiere: Sunset Beach. His GH was a nightmare for viewers who loved the Labine/Riche era. As for JHC, she was a non-entity at AMC. A friend of mine worked on the show when it came to Los Angeles and JHC was more concerned with buying sandwiches at Costco, cutting them up, and putting them on trays than EPing that show. She ran PC, Night Shift, and AMC into the ground and now they think it's a good idea to give her The Gates? The Santa Barbara Crew was struck again. When will their hold on daytime cease?

Roy Winsor did not create Search for Tomorrow or Love of Life as is often stated in the press as well as soap history books. Agnes Nixon created SFT and wrote the original 65 episodes (13 weeks). Irving Vendig was called in to replace Agnes and her remaining script, but he couldn't write fast enough, so those ended up airing with his work starting afterwards. John Hess created Love of Life. He conceived, created, and wrote the initial scripts for LOL prior to it finding a sponsor. John Hess was screwed out of his on-screen creator credit by Roy Winsor. Erica Kane is not in the first episode of AMC; she debuts in Episode 10.

I dislike hijinks every time. Honour was becoming interesting, but then she up and left the village. Maxine has always been one of my favorite characters, however, I don't think her topical storylines are very well executed. I also loathe the way they gave her an insta-family when Trish left town. I didn't want it in 2009-10. I'm fully aware that they've had a massive cast overhauls, but this one feels different. Maybe it's because we're losing strong characters and good actors to relative nobodies. Lucy's been there a while now, she has her people in place, her vision is being fully executed, and the show is embarrassing to watch.

I've watched Hollyoaks since 2016 or so and, man, it's been a rough ride since Bryan Kirkwood stepped as down executive producer. Lucy Allen's tenure has been a boring, muddled, unfocused disaster. I think one of the problems stems from most of the storylining team and producers being fired when Lucy Allen took over. Goodbye to institution knowledge! I barely recognize the characters. We've been inundated with new characters Ethan, Dillion, Norma, Lexi, Dave & Co., and the insufferable Rayne. Endless cast exits (DeMarcus, Serena, Honour, Imran, Verity, Zara, Grace, Damon, Juliet, Celeste, etc.) paired with juvenile plotting, high jinx, and shenanigans have made it a chore to watch day after day. I fear the heart and soul of the show has been ripped out, never to return.

I came here to write this.

This. All of this.

"4,500 words of dialogue, 250 times a year: How ‘The Young and the Restless’ is made" LA Times article about the firing (link bypasses the paywall): https://archive.ph/jxep2#selection-2091.0-2106.0

It's awful.

Found one! Here's a breakdown and corresponding script from Episode 206 of Port Charles. Breakdown: https://www.mediafire.com/file/maakljcf47j61hi/PortCharlesStoryOutline.pdf/file Script: https://www.mediafire.com/file/pp8oewxaujjq1zl/PortCharlesScript.pdf/file

Fair City has been re-uploaded.