There are MANY other things to fix...but here's a start.

1. Adam and JR throw Krystal and Babe out of Chandler Mansion.

Give the Chandler men back their balls! I may not be a Colby fan, but the fact that she's trying to get rid of the trashy Careys makes me like her a bit more. I'm so frakkin' sick of the whole Krystal/Babe=heart of gold & epitome of love crap. I can't believe that AMC thinks anyone wants to see Adam and JR being such wimps to those heinous women!

2. Opal and Palmer re-marry--with Petey's help!

I don't get why we have a teen story with Sean Montgomery, of all people, and still no teenage Petey. It's a crying shame Jill Larson was let go, and sadly, James Mitchell may not have a lot of good years left. Reunite the Cortlandts and make them a focal family again! Colby and Petey would be a good teen SL (if written right)...can you imagine Palmer and Adam's reactions if their children started dating?

3. Hey, remember Brooke?

Why in the hell doesn't a two time Emmy winner like Julia Barr have a juicy storyline? She's only one of the best actresses on daytime! Why haven't their been any scenes with Brooke and Jeff? They dated briefly before, let's try it again. Pump up the Brooke/Erica feud...Barr and Lucci are amazing fun together...we need more! Let's see Brooke running Tempo again. She was a top reporter--let's see that again. Actually, she should hire two of AMC's other "journalistic" characters, Simone and Del, to work for her. Speaking of Del and Simone....

4. Romance for women other than Babe and Kendall!

Simone and Del could be a fun, quirky couple. Besides, they are both so hot, love scenes between the two would be sizzling. Di/Aiden and Julia/Jamie both have potential...but there's no "urgency" to their SL's. It's just kind of "there"....And what about poor Dani? Maybe SHE could make a play for JR or Jamie or Josh...

5. No more Laverys!

They can all three go back to Cleveland or Canada or wherever. Even Erin, who started out okay, has fallen into the Lavery trap. They all three suck the life out of any scene they are in. HIT THE ROAD!

I love all those ideas.

Seriously though, AMC's problems go way beyond storylines and characters. It's organically dying.

Well you can forget about #3 for obvious reasons.

I would love to see the talented Bobbie Eakes return to B&B. Unfortunately that show needs a major overhaul in the writing dept.

1. Lots and lots of prayer.

1. Fire Brian Fons

2. Fire Megan McTavish

3. Fire the person who promoted Brian Frons

4. Bring on a writer who can restore AMC back to the great soap it used ot be

5. Make amends with the actors they've screwed over and beg for forgiveness.

1. Fire Brian Fons

2. Fire Megan McTavish

3. Fire the person who promoted Brian Frons

4. Bring on a writer who can restore AMC back to the great soap it used ot be

5. Make amends with the actors they've screwed over and beg for forgiveness.

That's the simplest list and the one that will fix all the probloems!

1. Kill the Carey hags for November Sweeps.

2. Backburn Kendall.

3. Send Colby Chandler to boarding school in Switzerland.

4. Give us some kind of vet story. Palmer vs. Adam...

5. Fire McT ASAP!

This show needs more help than I can list in five things. First, to fix not only AMC but ABCD as a whole, they have got to get rid of Frons yesterday. He is ruining the whole line-up. A new HW is a must because anyone that would re-write such a groundbreaking moment in history as Erica having an abortion has to go. MMT has single handedly blown this show to bits.

The only way to save AMC and bring it back to it's Glory day's is for ABC to offer the moon and Stars to Agnes Nixon herself to save this show. i"s say hire her for 18 months to fix AMC that should be enough time for Ms. Nixon and ABC to find a writer that won't destroy AMC the way Frons and MCHack did.

Robert

AMC is dead. It was a nice ride for along time. A very sad end to once BRILLIANT program.

1. Eliminate the dead weight: Julia, Jamie, Del, Sean, Erin, Amanda, Jonathan, Lily and Colby.

2. Give the vets stories that don't involve propping their kids (David, Brooke, Erica).

3. RESPECT history (that means you Josh!)

4. Return to socially-conscious storylines that made AMC special in the first place.

5. FIRE upper management (Frons, MMT, and whomever else is responsible for this drivel).

1. Fire anyone newly hired after 2003 (except Di). This does not include people who returned to their roles (Livia, Dixie). For anyone hired between 1996-2002, have them write a memo as to why their character is important to the show, and how useful he or she would be to the new/old format.

2. Fire Frons and McTavish.

3. Retcon the un-abortion.

4. Shift the focus from young people lusting after another to multi-generational family drama and socially-relevant storylines.

5. After all that is said and done, get a damn good writer and give him these instructions from Douglas Marland, with notes by me:

1. Watch the show.

(Well, I wouldn't recommend watching anything from the past 10 years as that's not a true depiction of what AMC truly is. So watch the old stuff, but if it's necessary to watch anything recent, stick with 1999-2000 and the summer of 2003.)

2. Learn the history of the show. You would be surprised at the ideas that you can get from the back story of your characters.

3. Read the fan mail. The very characters that are not thrilling to you may be the audience's favorites.

(These days it's also good to read the internet boards, though it's hard to weave through what's serious discussion and what's shipper-gushing)

4. Be objective. [When I came in to ATWT, the first thing I said was], what is pleasing the audience? You have to put your own personal likes and dislikes aside and develop the characters that the audience wants to see.

5. Talk to everyone; writers and actors especially. There may be something in a character's history that will work beautifully for you, and who would know better than the actor who has been playing the role?

6. Don't change a core character. You can certainly give them edges they didn't have before, or give them a logical reason to change their behavior. But when the audience says, "He would never do that," then you have failed.

7. Build new characters slowly. Everyone knows that it takes six months to a year for an audience to care about a new character. Tie them in to existing characters. Don't shove them down the viewers' throats.

(Amen.)

8. If you feel staff changes are in order, look within the organization first. P&G [Procter & Gamble] does a lot of promoting from within. Almost all of our producers worked their way up from staff positions, and that means they know the show.

9. Don't fire anyone for six months. I feel very deeply that you should look at the show's canvas before you do anything.

(See, all the firing would be done before my new headwriter comes along. It'll give them a nice clean slate to start with)

10. Good soap opera is good storytelling. It's very simple.

(Amen again)

Al

People think firing the "dead weight" will save a show, but that dead weight could actually become INTERESTING if in the hands of a competent head writer. They need focus and definement. None of them have that. So instead of trying to fix it, it's not realistic to just axe them all and think the show will be instantly better.

Frankly, I'd fire Erin.

I'd keep Julia Barr and start a slow developing quadrangle between Jackson/Erica/Jeff/Brooke.

I'd bring back Petey and put him in a quadrangle with Sydney (RECAST) and Sean and Colby. Or I'd throw Dani in there and get rid of Sydney.

Di/Aiden and Jamie/Julia need badly to be re-focused and if that doesn't work ...

Simone and Del could be hot and fun.

Kendall and Zach would be backburnered for a bit (sorry Zendall fans ... but I'd give them lots of romance scenes).

I'd get rid of Babe. Have JR become a single dad for a while; have him really struggle with it.

Dixie and Tad would get Kate back and try to make a relationship work.

I'd write Krystal a little better and try to salvage her (just because of Bobbie Eakes).

Palmer and Opal would reunite.

It's not that hard to write a good soap.

Kendall and Zach would be backburnered for a bit (sorry Zendall fans ... but I'd give them lots of romance scenes).

Don't be sorry At least you are giving them lots of romance scenes. Hehe

My list:

1) Get back to character-driven stories. No more of this plot driven nonense

2) Stop using characters to prop other characters/couples

3) Either give Sydney, Colby and Sean a meaty storyline or sent them off to college

4) Either fire McTavish or get her a co-headwriter

5) Backburner the Lavery family. I have had enough of Ryan, Jonathan and Erin. I would rather see the Martins/Kanes/Chandlers