Doug Davidson is like the Frank Dicopoulos of Y&R. He's been there for years but no one really cares about him. JMO.

Doug Davidson is like the Frank Dicopoulos of Y&R. He's been there for years but no one really cares about him. JMO.

And yet... they both seem to be able to stick around when characters better and worst than them have come and gone.

maybe something big is happening with the Abbots being written off maybe they are bringing back a former leading family....

^HA. Latham is putting her stamp on the show. Come on doooown Kaplans!

Rebecca is not a major character and has no potential to become one. Has everyone forgot the Fishers? Latham has yet to bring on a family or even an array of new characters taking away from the cast we already have. Characters like Ji Min, Professor Cowbell and Jana are used to interact with veteren cast members, not to replace them.

If Latham is doing anything to put her stamp on the show I'd say it's by reinventing some of the characters. Like Sharon, Dru and their friendship. Also she has been bringing back old families, like the Chancellors. If Katherine is dreaming about a boy this means we could possibly be getting another son for her. That means one more member of a core family.

And lets not forget that the changes like lack of flower/waiter shots, fast pace, etc. were done completely by Barbara Bloom, Bill Bell Jr. and Steve Kent. When I reposted the original interview where it's revealed Latham had absolutely nothing to do with those changes. The change she did make was adding the break room.

Alriht I have had enuff. LML pump ya brakes honey. You doing the mot right now. Dont get big headed. She is goona ruin Y&R. Dont she know the reason Y&R is still no.1 is beaause of THE STABLE CAST> THAT IS A MUS AND SHE GONE MESS IT UP> THE END OF DAYTIME IS UPON US!!!

Backstage sources say more heads are set to roll among the cast. One vet is on the chopping block because the character's profession is redundant.

Yawn. Give us something new LML, and write something interesting for these fuc*ing characters.

My guess, Paul.

I am VERY UNWARE about this. Where are The BElls? Have they lost kontrol of the show or what.

I can't blame all the casting changes on LML because she has people over her head that make the final decisions. I think she gets too much blame for the backstage stuff because she's the name everyone knows. Eric Braeden even said that LML was NOT the one that fired Eileen Davidson.

what i see on screen is majic and I will credit LML and her ABC croonies for that but i depend on this show not hving all these cast changes so fast. like devaetta sherwood i am still angry about that.-->

I completely disagree. Several actors have spoken out while Latham has been here and nothing was done. Hell, Jeanne Cooper complained and now she's in a huge frontburner story which landed her the cover of CBS SID. Latham (and the actors) have made it clear that she is very collaborative on every story, so again I say there is no evidence to prove she's this Nazi everyone says she is.

As for Jack Smith, I disagree. Did you forget Heather Tom, the biggest disaster in a long time? Oh and tell me...where are Olivia and Mamie, two long running characters who didn't even get an exit? What happened to Paul's mom and secretary? Did Latham write all these people off? Did she re-write history to make Jill Katherine's daughter? Or Malcolm Lily's father? I guess so.

And lets not forget Eric Braeden and Jess Walton who were both going to leave the show had Smith stayed in charge. I still have the SOW where Braeden clearly states that he wouldn't re-sign his contract if he's not going to be used. He completely blasted the show. Then JS replied saying he had a huge story for Victor and Nikki starting last Fall. Did they ever happen? NO. Because he is a liar. At least with Latham she promised Cooper/Walton a story and they got it.

In addition you have Kristoff St. John and Victoria Rowell whose fates with the show were seriously in doubt when JS (who didn't write for them) didn't bother to start contract negotiations until well after they expired. I recall St. John saying he had absolutely no idea if he'd be sticking around because he didn't know if they wanted him. LATHAM is the one who saved him with the Carmen story.

So this is what bugs me about all the talk that Latham is destroying the fabric of the show. All the potential exits I mentioned would be HUGE for the show. Doug Davidson has not been relevant since his story with Eva Longoria. Besides, most people complain when they DO use him. Latham has brought so many characters to the forefront, not the opposite.

I don't think Latham and her team gets any credit for anything positive she does and everything else is blown out of proportion. It's not like they fired Brad Bell, they fired two headwriters who were causing the ratings to drop and on this board (and many others) people couldn't stop talking about how much they hated the show.

I would highly recommend you checking out the Television Without Pity thread from the beginning. It's about two years old and you can see the day to day comments to see what I mean. But of course now that there is an outsider running the show everything is forgotten and she's the devil no matter what.