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Interesting. Jen Lilley already was already committed to several movies on the same network (great american family) so that's why she couldn't commit to anything longterm on DAYS.

WHILE the investigation into the abusive fired EP was going on, today's episode was taped, and in this episode, a character sexually assaulted another character. The script was written by the firedguy's wife. I read the spoiler article from the actress on the SOD website, so I was forewarned, and then I checked for recaps before watching today. It did air so I chose not to watch. According to several recaps: Gil tries to rape Ava, and she barely stops him, and then Gil debates the definition of rape and says it wasn't that? How the heck did this air? Oh right, because Kenny left the firedguy in charge. (and because Ron)

Sheri was an advisor when Ron first started but that didn't continue. Per Jason47, Sheri was credited as "story consultant" for episodes airing July 19, 2017 - Jan. 17, 2019. Then Ryan Quan became Ron's story consultant after that. But Ron has his own ideas. What's airing now is the last several weeks of material written by Ron/Ryan and team -- before the writers strike material begins airing. As to what Sheri was (or was not) doing during the strike, see my post here: https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/65382-days-of-our-lives-november-2023-discussion-thread/?do=findComment&comment=1879666

Agree. We posted at the same time. Colleen clarifies the timing in SOD, see my post just above yours. Also she said in that SOD interview that she's been trying to learn how to navigate her way around the CBS studios building. Plus lots of Y&R and B&B cast continue to post pics of themselves inside and outside the CBS studios building.

There was no context to what Colleen said in the soaps.com(soaps.sheknows) interview. It could have been interpreted either that she started taping in August, or that she began discussing it in August. It was unclear. But NEW article out this morning (Nov. 20) on SOD website: She got an email from JG in early August, and phoned him within 15 minutes. But she specified that "Jordan is pretty intense. I’ve been playing her for five-and-a-half weeks". https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/colleen-zenk-dishes-about-her-young-and-restless-experience/ In that new SOD interview, she says she lives in Florida, but hasn't been back since she started taping at Y&R. She brought her dogs with her to L.A. She will be in Florida at Christmas (but did NOT say when/if she finishes at Y&R). She says she has a daughter in L.A. so she told Maura West she was in L.A. to see her daughter. She couldn't spill that she was on Y&R until now.

I don't tweet but you could tweet the Y&R composer/music supervisor https://twitter.com/RCCates and he'd tell you what the song is.

Thanks for providing the donation link. And everything that Errol said is legit. Here is the full description (which is the same info) on the UTexas website, if anyone needs the university's page for their records: https://moody.utexas.edu/news/endowment-created-honor-actor-and-radio-television-film-grad-billy-miller

Actress Suzanne Rogers has myasthenia gravis in real life, and that was written into her character Maggie. However she (the actress) was in remission for a long time. She(the actress) had another flareup in 2021.

RE: Claire the spoiler is: Nikki is still captive at Jordan's house. Nikki may not be the only member of the Newman family who is being targeted. Claire returns to Genoa City and pretends to accidentally encounter Victoria at Newman, and says "omg I just got a call that there's been an accident with Nikki at my aunt's house" https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/exclusive-yr-preview-nikki-falls-off-the-wagon/ RE: Cole the spoiler is: Cole "has a surprise reunion with ex-wife Victoria" https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/j-eddie-peck-returns-to-the-young-and-the-restless/ The spoiler pics show Cole on the set of Jordan's house. I wonder if he is there to be creepy and help Jordan? Or does Cole arrive voluntarily/innocently, lured there under false pretenses and doesn't know why? Does he instigate surprising Victoria? Or are both of them surprised?

more views of the set

Interesting. I was watching back then when Nikki was married to Kevin, and she was pregnant, and confiding in Kay, and unaware of the paternity. I remember all that! But I didn't know (or hadn't paid attention) to how Victoria got her name. Back in those days I didn't have a VCR or soap magazines -- so if I missed something, I couldn't find out what I missed. I must have assumed that Nikki named Victoria after Victor because she loved Victor, even though she was married to Kevin.

Victoria is named after Victor and Nicholas is named after Nicole (Nikki). I thought it was as simple as that.

https://moody.utexas.edu/news/endowment-created-honor-actor-and-radio-television-film-grad-billy-miller The University of Texas at Austin Moody College of Communication by Mary Huber Communications Coordinator November 13, 2023 Endowment created to honor actor and Radio-Television-Film grad Billy Miller Scholarship fund will help students with financial need studying radio-television-film Billy Miller began his love affair with movies in the 1980s, after seeing his first film in the theaters, “ET.” He was secretly passionate about acting, something he kept hidden from his family and friends until after his graduation from The University of Texas at Austin. BJ, as his family called him, earned his bachelor’s degree in radio-television film in 2002, before heading to Los Angeles, where he worked in the mailroom of a prominent entertainment production company. On a dare from friends, he decided to try his hand auditioning for roles. Miller hit success and went on to star in the daytime soap operas “All My Children,” “General Hospital” and “The Young and The Restless” and took home three Emmys. He died in September at 43, surrendering his life to bipolar depression, which he struggled with his whole life. “I hope BJ is remembered for the kind-hearted, silly, funny, goofy, generous, beautiful soul that he was,” his sister, Megan Hubbell, said. “His megawatt smile, deep belly laugh and gorgeous mug were gifts on screen, but his true-self was a bright light that will be carried with us forever.” Miller’s family and friends are raising funds to honor him by creating the William John Miller II “Billy Miller” Memorial Scholarship, a permanent scholarship endowment that will help UT radio-television-film students with financial need. They hope the endowment will be a legacy to his life and love of acting. “We want something positive to be held in his name in perpetuity through the University he loved,” Hubbell said. “He would be honored to know that even in death, he can help someone else realize their dreams.” Miller was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and raised in Grand Prairie, Texas. His family said he had his pick of schools, and UT was his first choice. He started in the zoology program before switching to radio-television-film, where he felt he belonged. Miller was one of just 20 students at the time accepted into the department’s prestigious production-sequence program. “BJ was extremely proud to be a Texas Longhorn and always remembered his time there fondly,” Hubbell said. “The time he spent at UT allowed him the space to explore who he wanted to be and what he wanted to accomplish.” Miller’s first TV performances were in national commercials for the Sims video games and JC Penny’s before landing his roles on “The Young and The Restless” and “General Hospital”, the former of which earned him three Daytime Emmys for his portrayal of Billy Abbott, a spoiled rich kid with a gambling problem. He received additional Emmy nominations for his work on “General Hospital,” where he played twin brothers Jason Morgan and Drew Cain in nearly 600 episodes spanning six years. “I always admired the guts it took to go after a dream in Hollywood that so many people tried to discourage,” Hubbell said. “He heard, ‘You’ll never make it’ more times than I care to count, but he used those comments as fuel and said, ‘Watch me.’” In addition to his soap opera roles, Miller also appeared in the TV series “Suits,” “Ray Donovan” and “Castle.” His family, in his death, encouraged people to take stock of their own mental health, which Miller would have wanted. “BJ would want anyone struggling with intrusive thoughts to seek professional help,” Hubbell said. “Do not suffer in silence or try to muscle through on your own. Mental health is vitally important and shouldn’t be spoken about in silos behind closed doors but rather in open forums with open arms. Shame has no place in the discussion to seek help.” We invite you to give a gift in Billy’s memory. Link for donations to the scholarship: https://give.utexas.edu/?menu=OGPCOWJM

Claire refers to Jordan as her "great aunt". What if . . . . Claire is NotDead baby Eve, the original Eve Howard (Margaret Mason) is her grandmother -- then Zenk's Jordan could be the younger sister of the original Eve? ? ? ? ? ? ?

I don't know what originally aired. But per the above tweeted clip, what Victoria said in 2015 is that she never got to hold Eve and only saw her once through the NICU window.

^ The clip of Victoria in the green sari talking to Nick -- is from Nov. 6, 2015.

This was already posted in the Zenk thread, but I'll add it here, too: She references the movie "All About Eve"... it could be simply that Aunt Jordan has some manipulative qualities like Bette Davis' character, and the direct quote from the movie about seat belts. But maybe she's hinting this Y&R storyline is All About (baby) Eve.

Ah... interesting.

Sadly, Sheri Anderson didn't take over for Ron as nonunion headwriter during the strike. It was said that the firedguy began coordinating the scriptwriting during the strike, which is a way of saying he put himself in charge of everything and tried to be the showrunner. Unknown if there was actually a headwriter or he just ran things. The strike began May 2 and he was fired Aug. 4 so there are three months of him being in charge that will air into early spring. Sheri may have been on the DAYS staff since the WGA website states she went ficore in 2023. But she could theoretically also been writing for some non-soap project. One clue is that on May 15 she changed her "sheriawriter" facebook banner pic to a vase of flowers with a little hourglass next to it. You can see only the top of the flowers in the banner but the May 15 post shows the whole picture. I mean that could be a coincidence but the strike began May 2 and she uploaded that pic May 15. **** speculation only *** maybe firedguy was in charge of story direction and other crap but perhaps she was writing dialogue? We might not learn what actually happened, since nonunion writers probably won't be credited. And then there's two more months of writers strike writing after firedguy left. Who knows who was in charge then? That stuff could air into late spring. We'll see Ron's stuff up through the Christmas 2023 episodes. Then strike material through May. Episodes taped with Janet being co-EP would start airing in April. But the writing would be by nonunion people. Episodes taped with Janet as co-EP and written by Ron and union writers ... probably won't air until late May? Who knows what the shape of the show will be in by then? (disclaimer that I might be off by a month or two but that's sort of the basic idea)

Mon Nov. 20, Tues Nov 21, and Wed Nov 22 will be all new episodes (No details since this is nonspoiler thread). Thurs Nov 23 will be repeat of #8654 from Nov. 24, 2021 recap of that here: https://web.archive.org/web/20210101000000*/https://soaps.sheknows.com/the-bold-and-the-beautiful/recaps/615964/bold-beautiful-deacon-sheila-miss-hope-finn-thanksgiving/ Friday Nov. 24 is entirely preempted for college football.

Historians -- soapoperaNews.net is saying Feb. 4, 1993 was episode #5044. Does anyone have an episode number chart from that time period? I remember reading a French chart here a few years ago but I wouldn't know where to find it now.

The closing credits from Feb. 4, 1993: Produced by David Shaughnessy Written by Bill Bell, Kay Alden, Jack Smith, and "Eric L. Roberts". (I gather "Eric L. Roberts" refers to the triad of writers @Broderick described on page 819 of the "Y&R: Old Articles" thread.)