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What happened to co head Cathy LePard?

John Aprea has died https://nypost.com/2024/08/18/entertainment/the-godfather-star-john-aprea-dead-at-83/

Tired. Mash up of Ashley's DID story and Aunt Jordan/Nikki. This show is run by washed up/no talents.

People on social media can say anything without facts or evidence....

Is she dead I hope.

Jamey Giddens back in Days credits as of 2 August listed with breakdown writers.

Giddens back as breakdown writer as of today's episode

UPDATE: Taylor wrote 8/6 script. Rebecca Taylor may be out at Y&R as she hasn't written a script since 18 July. Just looked at Aug 1 and 2 episodes posted on YouTube which were written by Brown and Ryan respectively. The regular rotation of script writers has been: James Brown Madeleine Phillips Marla Kanelos Dave Ryan Susan Banks

RE Guza and Carruthers: Uninspired, disappointing hires. Vets (ages 64 and 70) who are relics of the a bygone era in daytime. Out of commission since 2011/2012. Both had large, forgettable periods in their respective soap careers i.e. Guza/co-creator of one of the worst soaps ever (Sunset Beach) and a failed Loving co-head gig at Loving. He also turned GH into the Sopranos (copy cat/lazy) which haunts (and ruined) GH to this day. Carruthers' Port Charles was a dumpster fire and AMC was a sad shell of itself upon cancellation after her 8 year EP term where the show had had 6 head writing teams including Megan McTavish's longest stint (4 years).

So was 70 something Mulcahey who moved up to WA state and was living in a trailer with his husband on wooded property for the last several years.

If you read what I posted above I mentioned the possibility of Gaza and Phelps coming back. Phelps would replace Frank.

So with Rick Hearst news and Errol's cryptic comment about the August pending news (that he's happy about part of it), I wonder if Guza and Phelps are in....half would be good news.

There was no reason to replace Behr and Broderick. Dumb. And to have Goutman hire Laiman from AW where she created that dumb plot with Prince Edmund from Guiding Light. Terrible. Broderick was finding her footing. I was meh about Behr but she had tons of experience but both were probably more costly than the incompetents we go in 2000.

It's pretty bad and those computer generated exterior shots alone should get the EP fired. Terrible. Maybe Ron can redeem 7 long terrible Scooby Doo years by having (soon to be psycho) Bobby kill off half the cast so Jeanne/Paula start fresh.

Today's episode (on YouTube) features plots revolving around Bobby and Paulina. Script by Sonja Alarr...

I wonder if Wendy Riche will be coming in as a consultant (she is 80 after all) and they promote one of the senior producers to EP, like Jennifer Whittaker-Brogdon? That could be interesting. But the change at the top is needed. They can play musical chairs with the writers but it won't make much difference until there's a visionary at the top. I've always thought that Frank would be a perfect fit at Y&R re sets, lighting etc. Frank and Ron can reunite in Genoa City under Steve Kent.

Lloyd Gold last listed as GH outline writer on 6/21. 20 episodes later....I think we can safely assume he's gone, no?

Thanks who wrote Friday's show?

Days was renewed through September 2025 which means that the new writers material airs for about six months before then. I wonder if Peacock has already decided not to renew passed then and these new writers are there to write the exit while Ron takes over Y&R head writing duties. Just speculation.

THANKS! Who was the head writer at this time?

I still contend he's going to Y&R. Someone above said Ron isn't "friends" with Steve Kent, but Steve ran both Y&R and Days for Sony for many years and clearly had a say in Ron's tenure on the show. Steve just joined YR as "executive in charge" and already one days writer was hired (Dave Ryan) and Marla Kanelos returned after 12 years. We know Y&R must improve if they want The Gates to succeed. It's hard to believe they won't oust Griffith. Execs love Ron because he can write a compelling bible; it's just that his book only has about four chapters that he rotates. Back from the dead. Wigs, drag, doppelgängers, baby switches. Given the Days new HW stories start airing in April, when does Days current Peacock contract expire because it's possible Ford and Paula are there to write the end of the show. They have to be cheaper (pay scale) than Ron. Ford lives in Maryland and has children and as far as I know teaches. She's never been a HW before.

Thanks, Jason. We were speculating that while Ron's contract started Jan 2017 and probably ran through Dec 2024, it would make sense that he left or was fired at the end of his mid year cycle and the end of June. My speculation is that Sony/Steve Kent moved him over to Y&R to retool that show before The Gates premieres.....we will see

So was his half year (26 week) contract up at end of June and the announcement is just coming out now....that would be my guess given the production schedule (section below) from Jason47 website. The show has been dark since mid June Week of 6/10/24-6/14/24 # 15056-15065 (airing 2/18/25-3/3/25) Week of 6/17/24-6/21/24 DARK WEEK # 9 Week of 6/24/24-6/28/24 DARK WEEK # 10 Week of 7/1/24-7/5/24 DARK WEEK # 11 http://www.jason47.com/days/productionschedule.html I noticed the Errol didn't say "and Ron isn't going to Y&R either"

My wildcard guess is that Steve Kent puts Ron in charge of Y&R. But I guess it's possible he quit to go back to GH. I doubt it unless Varni is gone

My guess is that it was Ken who tried to get her fired.