Members DevotedToAMC Posted July 18, 2007 Members Share Posted July 18, 2007 So we have a thread about the best and worst head writers for soaps so now let's do one for the EPs. Here is my list: AMC Best: Felicia Minei Behr Worst: Jean Dedario Burke GH Best: Wendy Riche Worst: Jill Farren Phelps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NYC123 Posted July 18, 2007 Members Share Posted July 18, 2007 AMC: Best: -Frecesca James -Felicia Minei Behr Worst: -JHC-SHE REALLY SUCKS! FIRE HER!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LoyaltoAMC Posted July 18, 2007 Members Share Posted July 18, 2007 AMC Best: Jorn Winther, Felicia Minei Behr, Jackie Babbin Worst: Julie Hanan Carruthers, Jean Dedario Burke OLTL Best: Paul Rauch, Linda Gottlieb, Doris Quinlan, Joe Stuart Worst: Jill Farren Phelps, Maxine Levinson, Susan Bedsow Horgan GH Best: Gloria Monty, Wendy Riche Worst: H. Wesley Kenney, Jill Farren Phelps ATWT Best: Robert Calhoun, Lawrence Caso, Chris Goutman Worst: Leonard Valenta GL Best: Allen Potter, Gail Kobe. Robert Calhoun, Jill Farren Phelps, Joe Willmore Worst: Paul Rauch, John Conboy, Michael Laibson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AMCGio83 Posted July 18, 2007 Members Share Posted July 18, 2007 AMC: Best: Bher Worst: I don't know. None of them have have been grab the phone, call momma and tell her to watch good since the mid 90s but JHC is probably the worst. She seems to care nothing about the history of the show and it shows. I don't think Burke with all of her problems would have allowed the Unabortion, certainly James would not have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cat Posted July 18, 2007 Members Share Posted July 18, 2007 I don't know much about Another World, but if what I read was true, Jill Farren Phelps throttled that show to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AMCGio83 Posted July 18, 2007 Members Share Posted July 18, 2007 She sure did. Actually Summer 96 was a great Summer for AW. I was glued but that Monday afternoon in August when Frankie died was the start of the end. Almost like the show had heart just the week before and just lost it. We saw Frankie killd, lying dead...being hugged in the morgue. Awful. I've never forgotten it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tanyia2 Posted July 18, 2007 Members Share Posted July 18, 2007 GL best: Jill Phelps Worst: Ellen Wheeler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members daysfan Posted July 18, 2007 Members Share Posted July 18, 2007 Slim picking for Days but..... Days: Best: Betty Corday Worst: Ken Corday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ClassicsSoapFan Posted July 18, 2007 Members Share Posted July 18, 2007 GL: Best: Lucy Rittenberg,Joe Willmore,Robert Calhoun Worst:Gail Kobe(She started the destruction of the Bauer family),Ellen Wheeler (further damaged the show) In Between:Michael Laibson,Paul Rauch,John Conboy ATWT: Best:Robert Calhoun,Laurence Caso Worst:John Valente (dismantled the Douglas Marland era,hired Black and Stern to do it!) In Between:Fred Bartholemew,MaryEllis Bunim,Chris Goutman Goutman has a chance to redeem himself if he'd fire Jean P and install a good HW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members whyamcwhy Posted July 18, 2007 Members Share Posted July 18, 2007 I am not sure who I would pick as the best for AMC but as far as the worst goes, Julie Carruthers. She is absolutely destroying AMC and it's core history and identity. She needs to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R Sinclair Posted July 18, 2007 Members Share Posted July 18, 2007 ALL MY CHILDREN Best: FMB Worst: JDB who set the sinking ship afloat for JHC to hop on and drill the final holes. JHC's allowed great talent, vets and newbies alike, to leave this show: Becky Budig John Callahan Eden Riegel Liz Hendrickson Bill Christian James Scott Michael B. Jordan Vincent Irizarry Julia Barr Terri Ivens Tanisha Lynn Cady McClain... ETA: Bill DeVry -- who I saw earlier this afternoon on B&B She's sleeping on the talents of: Jill Larson Tonya Pinkins Charles Parnell Kelli Giddish And she allowed Sabine Singh to be dreadfully miscast as Greenlee. Plus, I'm ready for the Disney Cam to go. This is not Zack and Cody, Hannah Montana or That's So Raven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members whyamcwhy Posted July 18, 2007 Members Share Posted July 18, 2007 Wow, Rsinclair, what a depressing list of people that have left or have been fired since she has been on the show. Don't forget to add Kelli Giddish to your list. She is being let go. No wonder AMC is a former shell of itself. So much history and talent have been lost. The only way I can see it ever improving is if they get some of those vets back or bring back characters that have a lot of history with the show. And then actually write for them. I agree about the camera work also. I hate it. Carruthers needs to go ASAP or else AMC is going to be a distant memory. Exactly what does the EP do and how much power control do they have over storylines, hiring, firing, etc? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted July 18, 2007 Members Share Posted July 18, 2007 AW: Best(from what I remember) Christopher Goutman Worst: Charlotte Savitz GL: Best: Ellen Wheeler/JFP Worst: John Conboy DAYS: Best: Al Rabin Worst: Wyman Y&R: Best: Ed Scott Worst: Lethal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelGL Posted July 18, 2007 Members Share Posted July 18, 2007 Best Executive Producer of all daytime: Robert Calhoun-Set in motion two golden ages for both ATWT and GL. He hired Marland at ATWT. He hired Curlee and Demorest at GL. It sucked that he predecessors get all the credit, like Lawrence Caso and Jill Farren Phelps, but he basically saved these shows. He's not that bad at choosing an opening for a soap either. Guiding Light Best: Allen Potter-The only complaint I have with him is his supposed fall out with Marland. Ellen Wheeler-At first I was not sure whether or not to put her on here. Especially after that comment she made about there being more Josh and Casse fans than Josh and Reva fans,,,what ever. However she's the first in a long line of Executive Producers, probably since Phelps, to actually have a brain and make an effort to make GL into the best soap it could possibly be. No matter how misguided she seems right now. I believe if she had a capable HW, the two of them would have made magic. Sucks that we're stuck with DK. Jill Farren Phelps-Her ideas with the special episodes were genius. Her production qualities were great. Whenever she decided to dip her hand into the writing it turned into a mess. Between: Gail Kobe-I wouldn't say she was the best that GL had, although casting McKinsey was the best move the show could ever make. Despite that, under her the show lost Don Stewart as Mike and alot of other fan favorites that Marland established. Paul Rauch-Started off pretty good. Got really bad. Then suddenly improved during the end of his tenure. When he left GL it was in pretty good shape. Worst John Conboy: Great production quality for GL under him. Sadly that's the only positive I have to say about this man. He hired a god awful Head Writer, cast some god awful actors, and brought back one GOD AWFUL actor by the name of Bradley Cole (we're still stuck with him). Again, I think under a capable Head Writer he could have made magic, but instead he drove GL into the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EastMA2 Posted July 18, 2007 Members Share Posted July 18, 2007 GL: Best - Jill Farren Phelps Worst: Joe Willmore ATWT: Best: Robert Calhoun Worst: None. All had good qualities. GH: Best: Wendy Riche Worst: Gloria Monty's 2nd turn at the helm OLTL: Best: Paul Rauch Worst: Frank Valentini AMC: Best: Felicia Minei Behr Worst: Julie Hanan Carruthers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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