2007: The Directors and Writers Thread

[Dr. Jay S.W.]

So now OLTL has 2 spots to fill. The Breakdown spot that Ron left, and Mark's spot.

[aMLCproduction]

I wasn't aware GL was doing a mass firing of writers. Whats the reason Toups?

[jfung79]

I know you were asking Toups, but my understanding from reading earlier posts is that GL had to cut three writers in order to stay within the small budget given to it by the network.

Toups probably has more context and more detailed and accurate information. For instance, I am not sure about the 3 number.

[aMLCproduction]

oh, ok, thanks for the insight. I just haven't seen nothing since I read the above post. And I know Toups knows all the goings on of writers, ep etc.

[Toups]

It was posted here: http://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/index.p...806&hl=team

I guess SOW forgot to mention Jill Hurst.

[Kubla Khan]

Jenelle Lindsay is kind of random choice for Y&R. She worked on PC, but long after Latham had left.

Perhaps Jill Lorie Hurst decided to leave on her own? Who knows, she could end up elsewhere. She'd probably get a much better deal working on another soap.

[Sylph]

Thank you, Y&RWorldTurner, for the list!! I guess Janelle is replacing Janice. Interesting.

[ClassicsSoapFan]

Correct me if I am wrong,but wasn't Jill Lorie Hurst Guiding Light's Story Editor? I seem to have remembered reading that. She has been with GK for a long time!

[RavenWhitney]

There are and will be lots of changes in the writer's rooms of all the shows.

Word still is that Corday's getting Cwikly back to co-headwrite in the fall. Meg Kelly will remain as a scriptwriter.

Jill Hurst was not on the announced list of fired writers; she's friends with Kriezman and has been with the show many years, first as a production assistant/writer's assistant, then Brown/Estensen promoted her. She's been a breakdown writer, script writer, script editor and currently a breakdown writer. My guess is she left on her own to join AMC's dialog writing staff. Brown/Estensen will probably hire others to replace the hack scriptwriters at AMC. AMC should hire Smilow and Miller. While GL stories stink, the dialog is usually top notch for daytime.

Alden is NOT going to B&B; Brad Bell and she don't get along. Brad wanted her canned before; but instead he installed Smith with her as co-head. That was the time she almost got hired by ABC to write AMC (as she stated in Logan's column at the time in TvGuide).

The other rumor is that Latham got rid of Ferri and demoted Cwikly to pay the large salary her husband, B. Lechowick, commands. She wants to (and Bloom is supportive) to make Bernie the co-exec producer and co-head, which he is already. He edits scripts, writes breakdowns and scripts and is creative consultant..How much more power does he need.

Word is that Bloom wants Griffith to exec produce/headwrite ATWT, but Griffith wants to stay in CA and he's working on a bible for a new soap.

[Sylph]

Oh, RavenWhitney, I really want to trust you, but could you please tell us all how do you know this? Just don't tell me "if you want to believe it, then believe it, if not, ..."

The only thing I'm certain about is the Bradley Bell / Kay Alden â€" it was so obvious from her Q&A over at MIT, the way she spoke about B&B and so on. I wrote about that back then.

[Chris B]

Yes Raven, do give us an idea of why we should believe you. Not attacking you, I actually do believe what you wrote. Whenever they credit these creative consultants, it leads to a HW. Thats what happened to Latham at Y&R, Ron at OLTL and wasn't that how Alden was credited at AMC before turning them down?

I am not liking that despite the nose dive the show has taken they're letting Latham fire more people and the solution is to hire her husband? WTF? These people clearly don't know how to write a soap opera. It's very strange.

The Josh Griffin/ATWT thing is promising because I don't think anyone thinks they will make any changes. Even if he turns them down, at least they seem to be looking.

[Toups]

Raven, isthere any reason why we should believe what you say? You don't even say that it's a rumour, you say it as if it's really going to happen.

April 4: "Sheffer will be fired after summer ends. Esensten/Brown will take over with Milstein as co-headwriter.

You heard it here first."

December 6: "Peter Brash, a friend of Cwickly, will surely show up on Y&R as a writer, if he's been canned by Sheffer (as has been reported by Jason47). Brash lives in LA now and will be scooped up by Latham....."

September 29: "This is major news, people. Huge shakeup...biggest ever. Brad Bell wants Smith and will probably get him as CBS prepares to turn that show into an hour program. Alden is a different matter. Brad Bell wanted her replaced by Smith in the first instance. So she ain't going to B&B. The next big bombshell is that ABC has finally landed her to take over AMC, which is why you haven't heard about Burton Armus for a while. Agnes Nixon has wanted Alden for years, and now will get her. Armus is going to OLTL. Guza's staying on GH through next summer. ABC wants to pull up AMC and OLTL and thinks GH ratings will improve without a HW change."

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Brad Bell has no say in what goes on for Y&R, thus he has no power there. However, Bill Bell Jr. who runs Bell Productions, does have power and was the one along with Barbara Bloom who instigated the changes at Y&R.

[IMissDrusilla]

This is to TOUPS and CHRIS B,

Is "raven whitney" also 'sposed to be [s.W.S.N.B.N.]? She/he talks a helluva lot about Burton Armus.

I just want to know since I'm new around here and personally know [!@#$%^&*] and know for a fact that

she's never posted on this board before but some people on here said she has.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Oh dear, this board has gotten too many "insiders" lately.