Racina has a connection to Y&R; he's close friends with Sally Sussman and was her co-headwriter on Generations. Sally is married to Anthony Morina, Y&R supervising producer. I wouldn't be surprised to see Sally eventually replace Maria or when Maria goes, have Sally become Hogan's co-head.

Wasn't Sally fired by LML too? I'm surprised she didn't fire her husband along with her.

Wasn't Sally fired by LML too? I'm surprised she didn't fire her husband along with her.

Actually, Sally left the Y&R credits months before her husband was hired as a producer on the show.

Sally left the Y&R credits in November 2006, Anthony showed up in June 2007.

Edited June 11, 200817 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

Actually, Sally left the Y&R credits months before her husband was hired as a producer on the show.

Sally left the Y&R credits in November 2006, Anthony showed up in June 2007.

Ah, thanks. I wasn't paying attention then. Thanks for clearing it up.

What I find fascinating in a terrifying fashion is how people can just drop a name like that and say "Hey, she's been there for ages, she can be a head writer!" It makes no sense! To me, at least. I was just going to write something else, but perhaps another time.

But.....for Y&R....it makes PERFECT sense. Y&R was (emphasis on was) so different than the other soaps and it a very particular style of story telling. You can't just bring in someone new to write this show and it's already been proven.....TWICE! You NEED someone who trained under Bill Bell, someone who knows Y&R's writing STRUCTURE/FORMAT.....who knows the show inside out....someone who worked closely with Bill Bell.....someone who worked closely with Kay Alden. Up until LML took over, Y&R's viewers have been trained to watch the show one way, so when Y&R started to change, most ppl were like, "WTF is going on. This isn't Y&R!" Y&R was a show that built from within. Bill Bell------>Kay Alden------>Jack Smith--------->Whos' next in line? There's two female writers who fits the bill (no pun intended). I'm willing to put my blind faith into them. They are BELL WRITERS and you need BELL WRITERS to HEAD WRITE a BELL SHOW.

I'm sure they would love to come back to rescue the show.

It's like there's a mandate at Y&R to not hire any of the old writers who left.

You worked with Bill Bell? Oh we're not going to hire you. You were part of the #1 show for decades? Sorry, we don't want that. You lived and breathed Y&R for your entire writing career? Ewwwww.

Yeah, makes a lot of sense.

http://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/style_images/webber/folder_editor_images/icon_open.gif Or maybe it's not that Y&R doesn't want to hire them back, maybe they've been approached and they turned the show down, for the reasons I listed in an earlier post. I know it's hard for many of us to conceive that, given the chance to write for the number one soap, a writer would turn down the offer. But writers do, and have, because of the way they've been treated by the show and TPTB in the past.

But.....for Y&R....it makes PERFECT sense. Y&R was (emphasis on was) so different than the other soaps and it a very particular style of story telling. You can't just bring in someone new to write this show and it's already been proven.....TWICE! You NEED someone who trained under Bill Bell, someone who knows Y&R's writing STRUCTURE/FORMAT.....who knows the show inside out....someone who worked closely with Bill Bell.....someone who worked closely with Kay Alden. Up until LML took over, Y&R's viewers have been trained to watch the show one way, so when Y&R started to change, most ppl were like, "WTF is going on. This isn't Y&R!" Y&R was a show that built from within. Bill Bell------>Kay Alden------>Jack Smith--------->Whos' next in line? There's two female writers who fits the bill (no pun intended). I'm willing to put my blind faith into them. They are BELL WRITERS and you need BELL WRITERS to HEAD WRITE a BELL SHOW.

The problem is that the two female writers you're eluding to were never trained directly under Bell. Both worked closely with Alden, but that's not the same as working at the right hand of the great Bill Bell. Also, one of those females has no interest in head writing. It's not her thing. The other would love a shot, but she's untested as a head writer, and would definitely need someone with experience to work with. Sally Sussman might not be a bad choice, though her success as a head writer is spotty. She did work closely with Bill, though, as a story consultant.

SOAPSFOREVER, tell us who is your ideal Head Writer for Y&R.

SOAPSFOREVER, tell us who is your ideal Head Writer for Y&R.

The problem is, the ONLY answer for this is Bill Bell.

Y&R, unlike other soaps, had one long Golden Era that ended when Bell retired. Whereas other shows have had cyclical periods where they've been great, and where they've been lousy.

I hate to say this, because it's so cynical. But Y&R fans are going to have to accept that they're not going to get someone of Bell's caliber. And the show's going to suffer through the same things all the other soaps have suffered through.

The problem is, the ONLY answer for this is Bill Bell.

Y&R, unlike other soaps, had one long Golden Era that ended when Bell retired. Whereas other shows have had cyclical periods where they've been great, and where they've been lousy.

I hate to say this, because it's so cynical. But Y&R fans are going to have to accept that they're not going to get someone of Bell's caliber. And the show's going to suffer through the same things all the other soaps have suffered through.

That's true, I know people who have hated the show after Bill Bell stepped down. They hated Kay, they hated Jack, and Latham and Maria are devils to them.

Damn, Y&R was so lucky to have Bill as HW for the first 25 years of its life though...

Hogan's a hack.

All better?

One of the biggest, and the worst... i have ever seen.

http://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/style_images/webber/folder_editor_images/icon_open.gif Or maybe it's not that Y&R doesn't want to hire them back, maybe they've been approached and they turned the show down, for the reasons I listed in an earlier post. I know it's hard for many of us to conceive that, given the chance to write for the number one soap, a writer would turn down the offer. But writers do, and have, because of the way they've been treated by the show and TPTB in the past.

Yeah.....You're probably right. It's just sad seeing them all get fired and then not returning because the person/people who treated them so poorly are still there. Politics.

The problem is that the two female writers you're eluding to were never trained directly under Bell. Both worked closely with Alden, but that's not the same as working at the right hand of the great Bill Bell.

True. They might have not worked directly under Bell, but they still lived and breathed the Bell atmosphere - they know how the show works.

Also, one of those females has no interest in head writing. It's not her thing.

Yeah, I can see that. She's too busy to a HW now. But I do believe she should be in line for the HW position years down the road.

The other would love a shot, but she's untested as a head writer, and would definitely need someone with experience to work with.

That's why you give her a chance and see how it goes.

Sally Sussman might not be a bad choice, though her success as a head writer is spotty. She did work closely with Bill, though, as a story consultant.

So did Jim Reilly.

cbs.com updated the credits for GL; Swajeski's gone

Produced By:Procter & Gamble Productions, Inc.

Executive Producer:Ellen Wheeler

Producers: Jan Conklin, Christopher Cullen, Alexandra Johnson-Gamsey, Maria Macina, Janet Morrison

Coordinating Producer:David Brandon

Associate Producers:Amanda Glattstein, Jennifer Weeks

Head Writer: Christopher Dunn, Lloyd "Lucky" Gold, Jill Lorie Hurst, David Kreizman

Associate Writers:Tita Bell, Kimberly Hamilton, Rebecca Hanover, David Rupel

Directors: Jo Anne Sedwick, Brian Mertes, Matt Lagle, Robert Scinto, Adam Reist, Tracey Bryggman

cbs.com updated the credits for GL; Swajeski's gone

Produced By:Procter & Gamble Productions, Inc.

Executive Producer:Ellen Wheeler

Producers: Jan Conklin, Christopher Cullen, Alexandra Johnson-Gamsey, Maria Macina, Janet Morrison

Coordinating Producer:David Brandon

Associate Producers:Amanda Glattstein, Jennifer Weeks

Head Writer: Christopher Dunn, Lloyd "Lucky" Gold, Jill Lorie Hurst, David Kreizman

Associate Writers:Tita Bell, Kimberly Hamilton, Rebecca Hanover, David Rupel

So Donna's out entirely?!

Wow. Of all the issues that show has on its writing team, I wouldn't make her first on the list.

Edited June 12, 200817 yr by brimike

Eh, let her go, not like it will make much of a difference.