Paul Raven

That is 1000% more interesting that what Griffith is serving up.

I'm watching mid 67 and Steven and Betty are at odds because of her 'sordid' past in NY and the fact that Martin Peyton has left everything to Betty if she marries Rodney. Both stories are stretching credibility. And Rodney is back in Betty's life-the Rodney/Sandy and Rodney/Rachel connections are being downplayed. Meanwhile Rita is bedridden, which is boring. I'm looking forward to the arrival of Adrienne played by Gena Rowlands in coming episodes.

I wonder if James Pritchett ( ex Matt The Doctors) would have worked as Gerald.? Or Robert Milli ( ex Adam GL) Although he had been on AW years before. Ed Bryce? Wayne Tippit?

Yep b/w 80 and 85 we said goodbye to Tommy, Marie, Sandy, Steve, Julie, Marie, David, Bill, Laura, Jessica. Along with Trish, Margo, Doug, Renee and Joshua who married into the family. The Hortons were clearly no longer a priority.

The actors are having to deal with limited rehearsal and scripts that are recycling past stories. It must be difficult to bring something new to scenes that are repeats of past events eg Sharon being tormented, Victor vowing revenge, Phyllis trying to gain power, Jack under threat, Kyle professing his undying love to a new woman etc The direction is now pretty much 2 people talking at a restaurant table-no movement, group scenes.

I think Hawaii 5-0 was on it's last legs in the final season and CBS saw the writing on the wall. They knew The Waltons was also winding down and that Thursday would need a revamp. They had to find a place for Knots and Thurs @10 was the most suitable slot. Sun -Trapper John had just premiered, Mon- Lou Grant was established there, Fri was Dallas. Tues/Wed were movie nights and their attempt to go with series on Sat was a disaster-Big Shamus/LittleShamus and Paris. So Hawaii was moved to place a familiar show in difficult timeslots and they figured Barnaby would do just as well as Hawaii @9. Jack Lord filmed a pilot M Station Hawaii but it was not picked up and CBS went with Magnum to use it's Hawaii based production locale.

Victor and Nikki should be strong supporting characters stepping up onto the main stage when necessary. But constantly making Victor a lead character is not working. And as for Nikki running a corporation...

I get the feeling that Y&R will farewell a main character this year. Will it be goodbye to Nate, Holden or Audra or Daniel?

@Reverend Ruthledge Thank you so much. This is amazing in details that I have never read before. Hopefully you can continue into 1941. The thing is most of this could play today with some tweaking. TGL should be relaunched using these stories and a multi ethnic cast.

BTG Some extra sets eg Jacob/Naomi living room, Banecker U., Martin's office etc More location taping taking advantage of the studio surrounds. Some actual hospital business rather than gossiping at the desk.

Devon was, is, and always will be deadly dull. They should have recast at the time Bryton was hardly appearing. As for making him Katherine's grandson, that was idiocy on a grand scale.

Yes to all of the above. The quality of the writing and production is an embarrassment at this point.

Thanks as always @DRW50

Reading this article got me to thinking how none of the original Y&R cast who left when on to have much success in primetime. Janice Lynde was all pumped for her 'Roxy' pilot that wasn't picked up and by 79 she was back on soaps on AW. Trish Stewart landed a series Salvage 1 but it was short lived and she pretty much disappeared. William Grey Espy never seemed to want to move to primetime and only found work at AW. James Houghton did OK with KL and The Colbys. He was the first of the originals. to depart. Did he have a shorter contract? Tom Hallick had a few pilots but then nothing. I wonder if any of them had regrets, or they took it in stride that being a hot daytime star didn't mean much out of that sphere. The Journal 20 November 1977 Tom Hailick TV Actor Wants More BY DICK KLEINER HOLLYWOOD — According to most polls, Tom Hallick is the number one male star of daytime television. Whether popularity is measured in terms of fan mail or viewership or whatever, the handsome Hailick hits the high figures. He's one of the big reasons CBS' The Young and the Restless is a top-rated soap opera. He plays Brad Eliot on the show and both of them are winners. But it isn't enough for Hailick. He enjoys being where he is because there's nothing wrong with the atmosphere at the top.. Even so, he wants more. In the first place he wants more money. "I have to say that I like the security of a weekly paycheck," he says, "and that's what you get with a soap opera. But I recently played a part on a TV pilot, 'The Return of Captain Nemo,' and I made doing that pilot than I made all year on The Young and the Restless. "I work very hard on the soap — I believe it's the toughest work there is for an actor — but compared to 'Nemo,' I make nothing. And on 'Nemo,' all I had to do was say 'Up, periscope' a few times." So there is the inducement of more money that beckons Tom Hallick to broader horizons. There is also the hope to attract more fans to his banner, although there is quite a crowd there already. "Actually," he says, "the make-up of the public who watches me is surprising. The show is a big hit on college campuses for example. It's almost a cult thing with the collegians, ahd I have a lot of teenage girl fans, too." Still, he'd like to become better known among the bulk of the public, those who go to movies and watch nighttime television. So he's branching out. He's done a couple pilots lately. One of the aforementioned, "The Return of Captain Nemo." Another one is a new Irwin Allen proposed series, Time Travellers. And a third pilot was for a syndicated variety series with Dan Rowan and Michele Lee called The American Flyer. "I think I can do both a nighttime series and the daytime series," Hailick says. "I want to have my cake and eat it too. I want that regular paycheck plus the other money. And most important, I like working hard." He has a clause in his contract which permits him to take time off from The Young and the Restless to do other things, provided he gives the show sufficient notice. He says it took six months to work out the details of that clause, but now it's proving its value. Tom began acting as a first-grader — "The Reluctant Dragon" was his first role — and never really deviated from the acting dream. "I did go to law school for a while, but that was mostly because I had, no idea how to become an actor." It was a long struggle working in Buffalo,in Florida, as a page for NBC in New York. Then he came to Los Angeles and things began going his way. Now he's number one — but is that enough?

Agree. Just add it to the end of an episode.