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Trigger warning:  One character commands another character to shoot himself.

This was in the promo for week of Feb. 5th.
They put that in the promo without any hotline info.

This scene airs in episode of Mon. Feb. 5.
They don't go through with it, but still...

Here is crisis hotline info if anyone needs it:

Dial 988
https://988lifeline.org 

Crisis Text Line International
https://www.crisistextline.org/ 

USA text HOME to 741741

United Kingdom – Text SHOUT to 85258

Canada – Text CONNECT to 686868

Ireland – Text HOME to 50808

3 minutes ago, jcar03 said:

We wait until they are officially removed from the end credits.

Ah thanks.  That makes sense.  Especially since there is always the possibility of an exited actor reappearing via flashback.

47 minutes ago, jcar03 said:

CONTRACT DEPARTURES (0)

Avery Pohl's last day was Jan. 31st.

Danielle Unger is the person in charge of Y&R (at CBS)

July 2023 interview with Peter Bergman via Michael Maloney,
about Jack and DIane
https://soaphub.com/young-restless/news-yr/peter-bergman-reveals-why-yrs-smilin-jack-abbott-is-all-smiles/

In November 2021, Bergman was recuperating from an eye injury but any discomfort he was feeling was soon alleviated after receiving a phone call from head writer/co-executive producer Josh Griffith and Danielle Unger, Director Current, CBS. “They wanted to talk to me about this person they wanted to bring back,” Bergman says, referring to the decision to resurrect the role of Diane who would once again be played by Walters.

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December 2023 interview with Brad Sanders ("Clarence updates")
https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/exclusive-brad-sanders-on-bringing-clarence-back-to-the-young-and-the-restless/

According to comedian/actor/writer Brad Sanders, it was his idea to bring his alter ego, Clarence — his street-talking persona, who offered a daily rundown of Y&R starting in 1986 — back to the soap, which celebrated its milestone 50th anniversary earlier this year. He explains, “One of the radio stations said, ‘Look, man, you need to be a part of the 50th anniversary. You should be there!’ And I said, ‘Yeah, let me call!’ So I  called [Vice President, Daytime Programs, CBS] Margot Wain and she called [Director at CBS] Danielle Unger and they were like, ‘Yeah, it sounds great!’ And they set it all up.”

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Linked-in profile of Danielle Unger:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-unger-87130626a/

Quoting her Linked-in:

Danielle Unger
Director in Current Programming for CBS
May 2022 – Present

As a Director in Current Programming for CBS, I oversee The Young and the Restless.
I cover all aspects of the show including reading and giving notes on all scripts, outlines and long story documents. Watching the production feed and giving notes and feedback. I maintain relationships with the Executive Producer and Head Writer, Producers, Writing Staff, Publicists and other key Creatives. I also collaborate with various divisions on the show, at CBS and at Sony including PR and Marketing, Casting, Program Practices, Research, Scheduling, Legal and Business Affairs to ensure communication is maintained across all divisions.As a Director in Current Programming for CBS, I oversee The Young and the Restless. I cover all aspects of the show including reading and giving notes on all scripts, outlines and long story documents. Watching the production feed and giving notes and feedback. I maintain relationships with the Executive Producer and Head Writer, Producers, Writing Staff, Publicists and other key Creatives. I also collaborate with various divisions on the show, at CBS and at Sony including PR and Marketing, Casting, Program Practices, Research, Scheduling, Legal and Business Affairs to ensure communication is maintained across all divisions.

_ _ _ _ _

Danielle Unger
Manager in Current Programming for CBS
May 2020 - May 2022

As a Manager in Current Programming for CBS, I oversee The Young and the Restless.
I cover all aspects of the show including reading and giving notes on all scripts, outlines and long story documents. Watching the production feed and giving notes and feedback. I maintain relationships with the Executive Producer and Head Writer, Producers, Writing Staff, Publicists and other key Creatives. I also collaborate with various divisions on the show, at CBS and at Sony including PR and Marketing, Casting, Program Practices, Research, Scheduling, Legal and Business Affairs to ensure communication is maintained across all divisions.As a Manager in Current Programming for CBS, I oversee The Young and the Restless. I cover all aspects of the show including reading and giving notes on all scripts, outlines and long story documents. Watching the production feed and giving notes and feedback. I maintain relationships with the Executive Producer and Head Writer, Producers, Writing Staff, Publicists and other key Creatives. I also collaborate with various divisions on the show, at CBS and at Sony including PR and Marketing, Casting, Program Practices, Research, Scheduling, Legal and Business Affairs to ensure communication is maintained across all divisions.

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47 minutes ago, Errol said:

The role of Stone Cates II, or Stone Cates Jr., was played by the late actor Cameron Bryce (Disney’s “Jessie”)

You meant 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Boyce

not
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Bryce

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

but kudos to Frank for not deciding to cast her as Hannah whatever her last name was

1 hour ago, carolineg said:

Hannah Scott?  Sonny's old girlfriend?

Hannah Scott, played by Lisa Vultaggio. The actress is married to Jonathan Jackson.  Hey maybe they could get JJ back if they brought her back too?

Kidding, sort of, but I do want JJ.

7 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

what I like about Audra has everything to do with Silver and nothing to do with how she’s written

Same!

More random casting from Valentini:
Game show contestant appears as a waitress.  The way this is worded, it's apparently for only one episode.
 

from soaps.sheknows Feb. 2nd episode recap

13 minutes ago, John said:

Jagger will now being going by his birth name of John

https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/adam-harrington-joins-general-hospital/

Interesting.

24 minutes ago, janea4old said:

screencap from his first episode

At least he doesn't look as yellow-blond as the IMDB photo in the opening pic of this thread.

8 minutes ago, John said:

I tried to find one that showed him currently not back in 1996 when he began acting

Oh I understand.  He's using that same IMDB picture as his instagram profile pic. 
 

Here are some more photos of him, with various haircolors and hairstyles
https://www.instagram.com/adamjharrington/

^ screencap from his first episode.

At least he doesn't look as yellow-blond as the IMDB photo in the opening pic of this thread.

Cameron visiting for Spencer's memorial service.  I wonder if it's just a few days or longer?

13 minutes ago, Vee said:

Many, many casting choices at GH since 2012 emulate Frank's preference for 'trainable' hunks and vague young blondes and brunettes.

LOL

Ron's writing ideas aired only into second week of December.  None of his ideas have aired since then.

The shift in focus was likely from the firedguy who was giving supervision to the nonunion writers.

That was implied by Deadline here: "writers strike, which has shifted some of [firedguy]’s attention to keeping scripts being generated"
https://deadline.com/2023/07/days-of-our-lives-misconduct-investigation-albert-alarr-1235417732/
From the way Deadline worded that, it seems that firedguy was unofficially headwriting.

We will have another two months of stuff the firedguy oversaw in writing, that was written before he was fired and taped after he left.  The only hope for changes in that would be if Janet nixed prewritten scripts.

Statue of Liberty:
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me"

Republicans:  No.

11 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Per Michael Fairman ..Steve Burton starts taping next week.

Fairman got that from the first few minutes of the Jan. 31st episode of Burton&Anderson's podcast/youtube show. Link  (ignore/cancel any dailydrama popup suggesting that you subscribe to their podcast)
 

3 hours ago, dragonflies said:

I read it was filmed in November 

yes November 2022!

This was filmed in 2022!
NBC simply never got around to airing it.

I love Audra.  She's been the best soap character in a long time. 

Free her from the annoying Tucker!

9 minutes ago, Khan said:

There's a real "Donna Martin graduates" vibe to all the talk about Stephanie's love life.

ROFL

24 minutes ago, ranger1rg said:

The thing is, I'm fine with these boxes being checked. I love seeing old storylines revisited, seeing characters from years ago brought back.

The problem is that Josh Griffith introduces them with fanfare, and then the follow-through is PFFFFTTTT.

Agree.

Griffith has revisited a lot of old storylines in the past 10 months for the 50th anniversary and beyond. For example: Mamie/Jill, Victor/Eve, Victoria/Cole,  Devon/Harmony/Tucker, Cameron Kirsten, Daniel/Lily, the horrid Christine/Danny/Phyllis triangle, etc. and now Ashley feeling gaslit.
And one-or-two-day tributes of the Winters remembering Neil and the Abbotts remembering John.

Some of these storyline revisits worked, and some were bad, and some were merely checking off boxes.

As I mentioned in an above post:

"I wonder who got Griffith to pivot Sharon to be out on her own?  And to actually put some of Sharon's individual character personality jnto her company - by making it give donations to underage drinking education, and  showing her warmth at her company's launch.  And in today's (Jan. 30th) episode when she tells her employees over Zoom that they need to focus on service.  I was like wow, Sharon is being written as a person and not the usual Y&R interchangeable executive."

They keep showing Nick admiring Sharon for what she's doing with her company.  First at her Jan. 15 launch party.  And now today Jan. 30 Nick stands in the background observing her doing her Zoom meeting with her employees. 

Well, upon pondering this further, my random speculation is that Griffith feels he has to revisit Shick and is checking off that box. 

But it doesn't feel that organic to me.

8 minutes ago, dragonflies said:

thanks, I found it on twitter. didn't know where it originated 

No problem!  I totally understand!  You wouldn't have known if the tweet didn't credit SON.

Ashley seems to be being gaslit by Tucker.  Or is she?

Does this explain why the two recent New Year's classic reruns were about Kevin setting Gina's on fire?  Because those episodes included Ashley's mental breakdown after the death of her stillborn son Robert Carlton.  

Are they revisiting Adam gaslighting Ashley, only this time with Tucker?
Or is Tucker telling the truth, and Ashley is having a mental breakdown for an unexplained reason?

I don't like Tucker at all.  TSJ's portrayal is so smug.

I hope they write Ashley as strong and intelligent here.  I'm glad Traci is supportive.