Members Adam Posted July 17, 2007 Members Share Posted July 17, 2007 You aren't alone Gio when it comes to Culliton. He was such a breath of fresh air after those dark days of Jean Passanate. I was actually quite disappointed when Frons fired him in favour of that god awful juvenile Gordon Rayfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted July 17, 2007 Administrator Share Posted July 17, 2007 Since 1993...... DAYS Best: 1. Reilly 2. Brash and Cwikly Worst: 1. Higley 2. Langan 3. SSM If Sheffer/Kelly were fired today they would be #3 on the worst list. Since they're still Head Writers, they have time to improve and maybe jump into the Best list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LoyaltoAMC Posted July 17, 2007 Members Share Posted July 17, 2007 All My Children Best: Agnes Nixon, Wisner Washam, and Lorraine Broderick Worst: Jean Passanante, Megan McTavish (I even think her 92-95 stint was totally overrated and coasted on the great Nixon/Washam/Broderick material from 90-92), Gordon Rayfield One Life to Live Best: Gordon Russell, Sam Hall, Peggy O'Shea Worst: Pam Long, Claire Labine, Megan McTavish, the Corringtons Guiding Light Best: Pam Long, Doug Marland, the Dobsons, Nancy Curlee/Steven Demorest/James Reilly/Lorraine Broderick era Worst: Mary Ryan Munisteri, Claire Labine, Douglas Anderson, Megan McTavish Ryan's Hope Best: Claire Labine, Paul Avila Mayer Worst: Pat Falken Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NYC123 Posted July 17, 2007 Author Members Share Posted July 17, 2007 The only time I like Megan McTavish was the year 2004 witht he Babyline switch. That kept me glued! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted July 17, 2007 Members Share Posted July 17, 2007 Y&R Best: William J. Bell, Kay Alden, Jack Smith, Trent Jones (yes, he was co-head writer for a while) Worst: Lynn Marie Latham B&B Best: William J. Bell, Bradley Bell Worst: Bradley Bell GL Best: Irna Philips, Agnes Nixon, The Dobsons, Douglas Marland, Pamela K Long, Nancy Curlee/Steven Demorest/James Reilly/Lorraine Broderick Worst: Ellen Weston, Claire Labine, B&E, Megan McTavish, Pat Falken Smith ATWT Best: Irna Philips, The Dobsons, Douglas Marland, Lorraine Broderick Worst: Jean Passanante, Stern and Black, Jessica Klein AMC Best: Agnes Nixon, Wisner Washam, and Lorraine Broderick Worst: Megan McTavish, Jean Passanante, Gordon Rayfield OLTL Best: Peggy O'Shea, Gordon Russell, Sam Hall Worst: Pamela K Long, Claire Labine, Megan McTavish, Dena Higley, Michael Malone stint #2 (hell, I never got what so was good about his original stint anyway, it was way too inconsistent) GH Best: Claire Labine, Douglas Marland, Pat Falken Smith, Karen Harris and Richard Culliton Worst: Megan McTavish, Gene Palumbo, Ann Marcus, Janet Iacobuzio & Christopher Whitesell, Norma Monty, Maralyn Thomas, Bill Levinson Days Best: William J. Bell, Pat Falken Smith, Brash & Cwickly Worst: James E. Reilly, Tom Lagan, Dena Higley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AMCGio83 Posted July 17, 2007 Members Share Posted July 17, 2007 I'm glad i'm not alone there. I remember Culliton gettng a lot of really bad press around late 2002. Rayfield: Damn that was awful soap opera. I was actually relieved when McTavish was named headwriter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R Sinclair Posted July 17, 2007 Members Share Posted July 17, 2007 ALL MY CHILDREN Best: Agnes Nixon, Wisner Washam, Lorraine Broderick Worst: Jean Passanante, Megan McTavish Promising Start/Lousy Finish: Richard Cullitoon, Megan McTavish (1997-99 tenure) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members P.J. Posted July 17, 2007 Members Share Posted July 17, 2007 ATWT... Best...Doug Marland, Lorraine Broderick and undoubtably Irna Phillips (though that was really before my time) Worst...whoever wrote in the early 80's and tried to make it into General Hospital with Mr. Big, and Barb's drugged dream state that had her reliving some past life where she and Gunnar where lovers. Stern and Black, Leah Laiman's brief six months, JPiss, and the last two years of Hogan's repetitive crap. GL Best...Doug Marland, Pam Long, whoever wrote from 90-94, Millee Taggert Worst...Ellen Weston. Honest to God, the Maryanne Carruthers Mystery should be the basis to have her disbarred, or whatever they do to lowly scum hack writers. OH....and the horrific year of Megan McTavish, that reduced Nola Reardon Chamberlain to tossing Buzz in the basement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted July 17, 2007 Members Share Posted July 17, 2007 Another World Best Agnes Nixon Harding Lemay Worst Corinne Jacker James Lipton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dm. Posted July 17, 2007 Members Share Posted July 17, 2007 Y&R Best: William Bell / Kay Alden Worst: Lynn Marie Latham AMC Best: Agnes Nixon Worst: Megan McTavish I know most people already wrote this, but I posted my opinion too... I'm glad most of my "worst" writers are done with, but Lynn is still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members psychofan Posted July 17, 2007 Members Share Posted July 17, 2007 DAYS Best: James E. Reilly Worst: Hogan Sheffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FrenchFan Posted July 17, 2007 Members Share Posted July 17, 2007 AMC: Best: Agnes Nixon Worst: Megan McTavish ATWT: Best: Douglas Marland Worst: Jessica Klein BB: Best: William J. Bell Worst: Bradley Bell DAYS: Best: Leah Laiman Worst: James E. Reilly GH: Best: Gene Palumbo Worst: Robert Guza Jr GL: Best: Pamela K. Long Worst: Ellen Weston OLTL: Best: S. Michael Schnessel Worst: Josh Griffith PASS: Worst: James E. Reilly (he always sucks) YR: Best: William J. Bell Worst: Lynn Marie Latham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juppiter Posted July 17, 2007 Members Share Posted July 17, 2007 ATWT - Best: Lorraine Broderick Worst: Hogan Sheffer DAYS - Best: JER 1992-1997, Sally Sussman-Morina Worst: Tom Langan GL- Best: Esensten & Brown, Taggert Worst: Ellen Weston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelGL Posted July 18, 2007 Members Share Posted July 18, 2007 Guiding Light Best: Douglas Marland-Marland and the oldest soap opera were a PERFECT fit. He honored history, made GL one heck of a drama on CBS. Pamela K. Long & Richard Culliton-I think things truly went downhill after Culliton left. Long established some monumental characters like Reva Shayne and Alexandra Spaulding. Nancy Curlee, Stephen Demorest, James E. Reilly, and Lorraine Broderick-Curlee wrote with such grace and admiration for the show. She understood the characters and not once did she make the show into a cartoon like it is now. Her excellent team were only a small part of her success IMO. Millee Taggart and Carolyn Culliton-The two tried to restore GL back to the show it once was from 2002-2003. They made the show into a intreguing, character driven drama. Between: Lloyd Gold-I liked and disliked some of his stories. The rejuvenation of Spaulding Enterprises vs. Lewis was great stuff. He did good stuff for the ratings in 2001. I just hated how he messed up with that awful storyline involving Reva and time travel. He also reunited Josh and Reva for me. Worst: Any writer who wrote for the show between Long's two tenures in the 80s. This goes for Sheri Anderson, Jeff Ryder, Mary Ryan Munisteri, and a few more. Just a bad fit for the show. Pat Falken Smith-She really didn't understand the show. Douglas Anderson Megan McTavish-She made a complete mess of the show. Claire Labine-I didn't really like how the mob was taking over the show under her. Creating Tony Santos, big mistake IMO. Ellen Weston-Destoryed the show for me. David Kreizman-When Lorraine Broderick left the writing team and when they started writing their stories before they did the casting (cough:Ed Bauer:cough), things went downhill. Broderick should have stayed on and should have been given more power. She would have been a great teacher for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DevotedToAMC Posted July 18, 2007 Members Share Posted July 18, 2007 You are not alone I liked Richard Culliton. The successors were Anna Theresa Cascio and Gordon Rayfield. Their work got good from April-June of 2003 but I feel if it wasn't for Cascio, it would have tanked. Rayfield was a bad head writer and him working solo would have been a disaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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