Oh, Tricia Cast.

They'd better bring her back for the Phillip story. How I miss her little heart-shaped apartment!

I agree. Y&R is a shell of it's former self and while I enjoyed the first few months of LML, from June on the show has been terrible and has only held my attention for John's death and for two weeks in December. It's deplorable to see what is happening.

I agree with Drew. Do not use the ratings to measure fan approval. The ratings mean nothing. They haven't been an accurate measure of quality in years. Sooner or later, if Y&R stays like this, they will fall just like Days did with JER and just like GH has done in the last year or so.

I was shocked the other day when I turned on Y&R and saw Adrienne Frantz on there. I must have been living under a soap rock. Her and that whole stupid storyline she's stuck in just SUCKS! And Leone? Oy. I enjoyed her oN Y&R for a while this summer, but I am slowly starting to realize that she stinks.

sheilaforever: "My interest in Y&R is close to zero these days. And this has never happened before, you could always rely on the show and its overall quality"

U think Y&R is crap, but you're a faithful viewer of B&B? Y&R has great script writers, a stellar cast, top-notch directing & very appealing production values.

U love incest? U love sexcapades? U love family-swapping? Well, I don't! To each his own is definately the term to use here!

I'd take LM Latham over JF Smith any time. K. Alden vs Latham? Hmmm.....

As I've said before, the last American daytime dramas that deserve to be standing are Y&R, GH & OLTL (only if D. Higley & F. Valentini are fired, if not: cancel it)

It's taken me a while to write all my thoughts down on the state of the The Young And The Restless over the last year because I thought Lynn Marie Latham would have opened her eyes to Y&R's strengths and build on it. But I feel that she has lost the show's vision and is turning it into a General Hospital type show that is continually airing shock-value storylines.

The Young And The Restless is about character-driven stories! The first time I watched The Young And The Restless was in 1988. I watched from an on again- off again basis since I was only in elementary school, but in the Summer of 2005 I was hooked and tried to never miss an episode. From then until now I can regergitate A LOT of Y&R history. Even the small stuff. I dare anybody to test my knowledge because I consider myself one of Y&R's biggest fans!

Getting back to my point though, the show's soul is gone. It's not the Y&R that I remember. I simply don't care anymore and I feel I'm not the only one. Core characters such as Jack Abbott are butalized to redeem villan such as Gloria, which by the way is one of the most insulting characters the show has. One today's episode, I almost puked in my mouth when Gloria was reading the riot act to Jack. This is an example of one of my big problems with the show. Villans being the good guys reminds be of General Hospital! Think Sonny and Jason! But remember this is not that show! This show is supposed to be above that. It's about telling stories about character's we care about.

LML take note: This is how we fix The Young And The Restless:

Get rid of:

Amber Moore: She serves no purpose to the show except for LML enjoyed her on B&B. She is an annoying character and her scenes are way too hard to watch.

Gloria Fisher: One of the most vile characters in Y&R history. She is two-faced and hypocritical. Unfortuntely, the writers keep writing her as a victim instead of making her pay for all her misdeeds. She is not an Abbott and I wish either Ashley or Jack eventully get revenge on her.

Kevin Fisher: Also serves no more purpose on the show. Boring since his storyline with Lily when he first came on the show. Also getting really sick of him getting away with everything from corporate espionage to attempted murder right alongside his mother.

Jana: Dead weight

JT Heldstrom: Boring and repetitive since Brittany was on the show.

Brad Carlton: Involved in one of the worst storylines in a long, long time! Also, somehow always comes out on top when he shouldn't.

Victoria Newman: Ruined because of this current storyline. This is not the character who was strong and independent.

Devon Hamilton: Annoying character that hopefully killed Carmen so he can leave the show.

Bring back:

Ashley Abbott: She's been gone like one day and already her presence is missed. She is a core character on Y&R that can only be played by Eileen Davidson. The Abbotts are the most important family on Y&R.

Nina Webster: One of the best character's in the show's history. Definitely could be used in the Katherine/Jill storyline. There is a lot of potential here.

Casey Reid: They should bring back Nikki's sister to be the show's doctor and also become a potential love interest for Jack.

Tricia Dennison: She can come back to wreak havok on the Newman family.

Billy Abbott: Bring him back to restore the Abbott and Chancellor families.

Mackenzie Browning: Needed to fill the void in Katherine's family.

Olivia Winters: Dru needs her sister. They need to address Lil Nate.

Nate Hastings: Needed to replace Devon and also to find out that Malcolm is alive.

Malcolm Winters: They need to have a Nate/Malcolm reunion.

I would like Latham to go back to writing more intelligent stories that take longer than a week to develop!

No more disease of the week!

Learn the history of the show!

Do not let Victor always win! It's not original or interesting!

Write for current viewers and not to grab new ones (Look at ABC Daytime)

Get Michael away for his mother and brother. Both Latham and Smith turned Michael Baldwin into the stupidest character on the show!

Bring back the Abbott family to the forefront.

Give Nikki a real storyline and stop her from following Victor around like Zappato does.

Wrap up the Carmen storyline now! A really bad murder mystery.

Break up Phyllis and Nick and give Phyllis her brain back.

While you're giving Phyllis her brain back, give Sharon's self-respect back as well.

Finish the reliquery storyline and let Don Diamont and Amelia Heinle go!

Bring back Eileen Davidson and give her the storyline of the year.

Explain where Paul's son has been for the last three years.

Give Peter Bergman better material than this. He is clearly the best actor on the show and deserves better than always losing to Victor and Gloria!

Jack Smith may have ruined the show, but not this badly! If changes aren't made I will be gone and so will thousands of other viewers! Bill Bell created the Best Soap in History here and slowly it will be just that, HISTORY!

After I got sick of GH one time I tried to watch this show since it had such a good rep, and I was bored completely out of my mind, not just with this show but with ALL of CBS shows, I just can't get into them. The stories may interweave well, but the characters never interested me nor the tedious storylines. I guess different views of things. I just never saw the appeal in this show.