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2 hours ago, cassadine1991 said:

Didn’t Frank ALREADY do that as soon as he showed on GH??

 

Hasn’t mostly every soap fan been wanting new blood for YEARS?

Scriptwriters don't determine story, plot or direction of the show. They write scripts from breakdowns that originate with the head writer(s) and outline writers. If you're looking for "new blood" with the potential for changing the direction of a soap, it won't be with  "newly hired/inexperienced" scriptwriters. Just saying. 

8 hours ago, Jermsie said:

I know writing scripts for a soap opera is extremely taxing on the brain, but I read somewhere that Henry Slesar was head writer of Search For Tomorrow,  The Edge of Night and Somerset simultaneously one year.  And I read Harding Lemay was head writer of Another World and -- at one point -- Lovers and Friends also.  I'm amazed that they were able to keep storylines separate!  Slesar, of course, was fond of the dark storylines on his shows involving crime syndicates, psychos and mysteries.  His tone and story is evident even during his time as HW on Capitol and One Life To Live.   How difficult would it have been for Paul Rauch whwn he served as EP for Texas and Another World together or Another World and Lovers and Friends? 

Mr. Slesar did indeed write The Edge of Night and Somerset simultaneously. He also wrote The Edge of Night and Search for Tomorrow simultaneously. But never the three shows at once. Bill Bell did the same for years, penning The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful daily as head writer for both shows. 

And the writers have been giving Ridge dialogue that’s extremely offensive in regards to both Justin and Carter (more or less calling both men “boy”). 

CURIOUS? What "extremely offensive" dialogue would that be? I can't recall a thing Ridge has said that would lend such an interpretation. 

And they had a scene with her basically performing as a singing mammy.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Paris volunteered to help quieten the baby. Steffy didn't ask her to; neither did Finn. She was a colleague and a friend who sang a lullaby to soothe a crying kid. That's all, IMO. How you go from that to a "singing nanny" is what's offensive to me. 

This is a travesty. Y&R's music is legendary. JFP, as usual, is focusing on all the wrong things, while lying to Y&R fans initially that she was only going to tinker with the show. The woman is a disaster as an EP. Josh is no better as a head writer. Both should be gone yesterday. But Steve Kent from Sony cast his lot with them. He's not going to give them the ax, unless his own job is threatened. Incompetence reigns supreme!