“I have to do what I have to do and I have to stand for my guild,” she said. “It’s tough to know that the show is going on without us but we do know there is going to be a day after the strike and we do plan to return to get the show back on track.”

LML & Co. will throw the show back off of it's track not get it back on it!!!

Since today was the beginning of the official Hollywood calendar year, maybe LML and her team of hacks haven't been fired yet. I'm expecting them to know about their expulsions sometime this month or next.

So many behind the scenes changes have happened on Y&R, without Latham's consent, the writing has been on the wall for her (or so we hope!).

She needs to look into that Nordstrom's job. I don't see LML and her team of family friend hacks being hired anywhere else.

Edited January 7, 200817 yr by Chris B

Assuming that LML has indeed been fired...

Do you guys think that she still would have been fired around this time if the writers strike hadn't happened?

Assuming that LML has indeed been fired...

Do you guys think that she still would have been fired around this time if the writers strike hadn't happened?

There was speculation and articles about her possibly being fired BEFORE the strike even happened.

So many behind the scenes changes have happened on Y&R, without Latham's consent, the writing has been on the wall for her (or so we hope!).

Yeah, I totally agree. I think the fact that the studios were shut down basically just after the strike happened speaks volumes to CBS/Sony's intent in regards to the show post-strike. Latham is finished.

Thank goodness. I am still not 100% confident Josh Griffith can go this alone though. At least there is a member of the Bell family there albeit by marriage. Is it still too much to ask that when the strike is over Kay Alden comes in as co-HW or creative consultant???

Yeah, I totally agree. I think the fact that the studios were shut down basically just after the strike happened speaks volumes to CBS/Sony's intent in regards to the show post-strike. Latham is finished.

Yep, plus Sally McDonald who has been there for over 15 years recently got a promotion to producer status, which Latham had no part in. Had Latham been in charge, she would've hired one of her hack friends with little experience.

Thank goodness. I am still not 100% confident Josh Griffith can go this alone though. At least there is a member of the Bell family there albeit by marriage. Is it still too much to ask that when the strike is over Kay Alden comes in as co-HW or creative consultant???

I personally think Josh might leave Y&R after the strike or retire or something. His main profession has always been writing, and going Ficore gives him very little options.

I think Y&R's behind the scenes team will look very different after the strike, I'm optimistic that Latham and her team won't be back.

Yep, plus Sally McDonald who has been there for over 15 years recently got a promotion to producer status, which Latham had no part in. Had Latham been in charge, she would've hired one of her hack friends with little experience.

Or her pet dog.

I do think LML would have been fired had the Writer's Strike not occurred, the Out of the Ashes storyline was a ratings disaster and was a financial mess (the show's budget was double what it usually is). LML is a flop, Sony and CBS and the Bells know it. The cast hates her (y'all know even though they proclaim their undying love for her it's just PR), the press hates her, the fans hate her, the only people who seem to love her are her staff of 18 writers...ugh...I still can't believe how bloated the writing staff is.

The Writer's Strike, as well as LML's insistence of leaving her EP gig, just accelerated her ouster. I just hope it sticks because her writing staff seems so damn sure that they'll be back to 'get things back on track' (which is interesting because Lynsey Dufour and Ms Alburger both used the same phrase, hmmmmm). Frankly, if their attitude is to be smug about their 'talents' then I say leave them on the picket line. The only writer I'd like to see back from LML's crew is Natalie Minardi Slater (who started at Y&R in '98). The rest of them can go to hell.

I too am a bit wary of Griffith...but so far so good. I too would like to see Kay Alden come back to the show as a Creative Consultant. I don't think being HW is in the cards for her, nor do I think it's what she actually wants.

I do think LML would have been fired had the Writer's Strike not occurred, the Out of the Ashes storyline was a ratings disaster and was a financial mess (the show's budget was double what it usually is). LML is a flop, Sony and CBS and the Bells know it. The cast hates her (y'all know even though they proclaim their undying love for her it's just PR), the press hates her, the fans hate her, the only people who seem to love her are her staff of 18 writers...ugh...I still can't believe how bloated the writing staff is.

The Writer's Strike, as well as LML's insistence of leaving her EP gig, just accelerated her ouster. I just hope it sticks because her writing staff seems so damn sure that they'll be back to 'get things back on track' (which is interesting because Lynsey Dufour and Ms Alburger both used the same phrase, hmmmmm). Frankly, if their attitude is to be smug about their 'talents' then I say leave them on the picket line. The only writer I'd like to see back from LML's crew is Natalie Minardi Slater (who started at Y&R in '98). The rest of them can go to hell.

I too am a bit wary of Griffith...but so far so good. I too would like to see Kay Alden come back to the show as a Creative Consultant. I don't think being HW is in the cards for her, nor do I think it's what she actually wants.

Excellent post!

Yeah, her brigade of hacks seem delusional if you ask me..... and it is sick to know Natalie is basically the only writer left from the pre-Latham era. That is beyond disgusting.

Natalie might be a good choice to be promoted to part of a head writing team once the strike ends. I'd love to see the headline "Entire Y&R writing staff returns to work, only to be given their pink slips"

Who wants to bet though that Frons will hire Latham and her brigade on at one of the ABC soaps? She so fits ABC's mold....

Sandra Weintraub and Eric Freiwald are still there, they worked for Y&R before Latham came in and creatively raped the show of everything it once was.

Sandra Weintraub and Eric Freiwald are still there, they worked for Y&R before Latham came in and creatively raped the show of everything it once was.

I kind of thought there was at least one or two more, but still disgusting no matter which way you slice it.

I noticed one of those old camera transitions today (for you americans tomorrow), a door was closed and then it cut to the next scene in a different location. Oh Y&R, how I have missed thee.

The only writer I'd like to see back from LML's crew is Natalie Minardi Slater (who started at Y&R in '98). The rest of them can go to hell.

Same here. Didn't Kay Alden groom her to be her successor or was that just a rumor? Well, if that was true then I would def. want her to stay, assuming that Kay won't be returning.

Yeah Sandra Weintraub is still there but she only came aboard Y&R in 2004 so I'm not as attached to her as I am to NMS. Eric Friewald, admittedly I forgot all about him! So okay, those 3 get to stay...the other 15 get to be fired!

And oh yes I can definitely see LML going to work for ABC (specifically AMC), she's done so in the past (at PC) and we all know how much Frons likes to recycle crappy writers. Only problem is I could see her and that son of a bitch Brian Frons having major ego clashes.