Oh cool! I'm glad you found it! I love this interview. I loved the way he compliments Michael Zaslow and Charita.

OMG MY GOD.......Gary Tomlin is coming back to OLTL as............

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Just kidding. He's joining OLTL as a Script Writer. Last time he wrote was for SB in 1990.

Here are the latest updates:

OLTL:

- Gary Tomlin IN (as Script Writer)

- Jeanne Marie Ford IN (as Script Writer)

- Victor Gialanella OUT

- Mark Christopher OUT

ATWT:

- Lisa Kohn IN (as Script Writer....right now on a trial basis)

- Cheryl Davis passed her trial period and is now on contract

You are awesome, Sylph!! Thank you very much.

You're welcome! I'm glad I was of some help!

Toups you had me going there for a sec. (If it was to happen I'd have mixed feelings, but I'm not a fan of the current EP of OLTL either)

How is Tomlin as a writer anyway? I know he wrote for AW in the 80s.

Seems like two writers who were brought on by Higley are out. Now that Victor Gialanella is out I wonder if he make his way to DAYS.

Seems like two writers who were brought on by Higley are out. Now that Victor Gialanella is out I wonder if he make his way to DAYS.

I expected better from Hogan - but he seems to obey the staff incestuousness rule as well... He brought no one new and fresh to the industry and was a script development executive over at Dreamworks.

How is Tomlin as a writer anyway? I know he wrote for AW in the 80s.

No idea. He hasn't written for soaps since 1990, so he could be a little rusty. But Tomlin's a pretty talented guy, so who knows.

Seems like two writers who were brought on by Higley are out.

Yup, as we all suspected.

There was no way Victor and Chris were going to stay with the show after the way Ron/Frank treated Dena. No way in hell.

Now that Victor Gialanella is out I wonder if he make his way to DAYS.

Doubt it.

OMG, Tomlin is definitely a coup! I'm surprised he's coming to an ABC soap though. Does anyone remember his remarks where he essentially bashed Frons and company, after he was fired from OLTL in 2003?

Oh, and Tomlin's written for Search For Tomorrow, Days, AW, and SB.

Gary Tomlin also wrote for TEXAS, as well as for GL, briefly co-HW'ing w/ the Cullitons shortly before Pam Long arrived for the first time, back in '83. Together, the three - the Cullitons and Tomlin - wrapped up alot of the ongoing stories, including the Mona Enright mystery, which had started w/ Douglas Marland, some four headwriting regimes before.

As a head writer, Tomlin's track record is hit-and-miss. He, along w/ Richard Culliton, did some fine work on ANOTHER WORLD during the '84-'85 season; but his year-long stint (w/ Michelle Poteet Lisanti) at DAYS - which, IIRC, came right after Nina Laemmle, and right before Pat Falken Smith - was unsuccessful (though, it did introduce some elements that would eventually become the Salem Strangler storyline).

Aside from his scriptwriting gig at SANTA BARBARA, Tomlin's best work as a writer, IMO, happened at SEARCH FOR TOMORROW, where he "cut his teeth," writing dialogue, alongside Millee Taggart and Courtney Simon. SEARCH was never the most consistent soap on the air, but it always employed the best dialogue writers - not just those three, but David Cherrill, Nancy Ford, Juliet Law Packer, and Ralph Ellis & Eugenie Hunt, as well.

IIRC, Tomlin also served as HW at SEARCH twice: once, during the early-'80's; and again, after Paul Avila Mayer and Stephanie Braxton quit/were fired, and before Long and Addie Walsh came aboard to finish the show off. Among other things, he was responsible for Sunny Adamson's date-rape (even writing the actual event himself), Jo's kidnapping (by Vargas, who developed a creepy, Norman Bates-esque obsession w/ her - a story, btw, which supposedly lured a half-million fans back to the show), the one-off live episode, and the flood which nearly decimated the entire town of Henderson.

Thanx for the info Khan.

Toups, I am so happy to hear about Tomlin. Not so much Ford though. All in all, Hack Christopher and Victor G( aka, the honorary Higley) are GONE!!!! I'm loving it.

OMG MY GOD.......Gary Tomlin is coming back to OLTL as............

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Just kidding. He's joining OLTL as a Script Writer. Last time he wrote was for SB in 1990.

Here are the latest updates:

OLTL:

- Gary Tomlin IN (as Script Writer)

- Jeanne Marie Ford IN (as Script Writer)

- Victor Gialanella OUT

- Mark Christopher OUT

ATWT:

- Lisa Kohn IN (as Script Writer....right now on a trial basis)

- Cheryl Davis passed her trial period and is now on contract

Ummm...who is Lisa Kohn? And Cheryl Davis hasnt even appeared in the credits. And Judy Tate, Ford, Whitesell are still in the credits. Could you be mistaken Toups about them leaving?

Toups, I am so happy to hear about Tomlin.

I thought you didn't want "old people" writing for OLTL? LOL

Could you be mistaken Toups about them leaving?

There was no way Victor and Chris were going to stay with the show after the way Ron/Frank treated Dena. No way in hell.

I take it you can't really elaborate on this can ya?

I'm not familiar with Jeanne Marie Ford. Wher was she before?

I take it you can't really elaborate on this can ya?

I'll get in major trouble if I did, so my mouth is shut!

I'm not familiar with Jeanne Marie Ford. Wher was she before?

She worked her way up at DAYS. She was recently writing scripts (which are still airing) for ATWT.

Khan, I'm so glad you found this thead! I love reading about what you know.

Thanks for the Gary Tomlin news. Any chance he will be quickly promoted to another position?