2008: The Directors and Writers Thread

October 15, 200817 yr

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I need some happy behind the scenes soap news right now, after just reading that Bryan Kirkwood has left Hollyoaks. I knew it was coming, but thought it would be next year.

And the Passanante interview, is, um, interesting...

Edited October 15, 200817 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

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October 15, 200817 yr

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can someone post a link to the Y&R Thread

October 18, 200817 yr

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Scott Hamner is again appearing as a Y&R spokesperson. :lol:

October 18, 200817 yr

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I really don't know what Hamner and Stanley did to deserve to stay on the show.

October 18, 200817 yr

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I really don't know what Hamner and Stanley did to deserve to stay on the show.

Might not want to hear this, but they might actually be good at what they do. Or maybe it's contractual.

October 18, 200817 yr

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Might not want to hear this, but they might actually be good at what they do. Or maybe it's contractual.

In Hamner's case, it doesn't appear to be contractual that he be co-HW, since he was demoted to associate HW shortly after coming back post-strike, and then MAB brought him back to the co-HW position shortly after Sheffer came on board. So I can only guess that your first suggestion might be closer to it, and that MAB sees something in Hamner that she can use better with him in the elevated role. I don't know what exactly she sees, but I guess the proof will be in the product.

October 18, 200817 yr

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I really don't know what Hamner and Stanley did to deserve to stay on the show.

Some of us really liked early LML, when she was still working with Alden/Smith/Scott and others.

Maybe MAB has figured out that the GOOD parts of those early days were Hamner/Stanley? So, like a good manager, she believe she is keeping what worked and dumping the rest.

I don't really believe that...General Homicide sucked as much as Carmen Mesta...but I'm surmising.

October 21, 200817 yr

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Y&R:

- Melissa Salmons first listed as Script Writer on October 22

October 24, 200817 yr

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DAYS:

- Richard Culliton first listed as Script Writer on October 24

Can't wait to see more of his scripts. He's great.

October 24, 200817 yr

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Aww. I was hoping Richard would come back to AMC.

October 25, 200817 yr

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Frons fired him as head writer. Why would he go back?

October 25, 200817 yr

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Aww. I was hoping Richard would come back to AMC.

And I was hoping he'd return to ATWT!

October 26, 200817 yr

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Jeanne Marie Ford was listed with Rick, Renee & Fran on 10/24 in the US.

October 26, 200817 yr

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Jeanne Marie Ford was listed with Rick, Renee & Fran on 10/24 in the US.

The Canadian credits didn't have her listed. I hate it when that happens. <_<

Thanks, Jason.

October 30, 200817 yr

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Y&R people (oh, gawd, I'm doing the very thing I b!tch about -- turning the discussion BACK to Y&R yet again...), according to the archives, the super fantastic and awesomely clever script writer Amanda Beall (the bane of my AMC existence) has written 4 episodes.

Out of curiousity, what's the verdict?

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B&B: December 2025 Discussion Thread

I think (that's my personal take and I don't expect people to agree with it) Bradley used that Deke character to get a little bit of publicity and the "first gay male couple" articles around the internet. Of course exploiting a community (the gay community) who he hasn't given a f-ck about... Because yeah... A show based in LA with no gay males for 40 years... Lol... How not homophobic! So... using that same community for clicks and clout. Nothing more.
If he had any real plans for him, he wouldn't have paired him with a perv and a sociopath... (The half of that mesmerizing first gay male couple) And not only that but hint in dialogue that a gay man in the closet may become psychotic and dangerous because he is in the closet. It is a disturbingly ugly, absurd and outdated message that we should be way pass in 2025. But this degenerate show clearly isn't. And knowing who is behind the scenes... I'm not surprised.
Shame for their better sets and production values. It doesn't change absolutely anything, it makes the vile smell of garbage writing even stronger when you have everything else working to make a visually okay show.

By Maxim · 1 hour ago1 hr
DAYS: December 2025 Discussion Thread

Finally, some follow-up with Chad!
Even though it's kinda weird that he's supposedly been unconscious this whole time and Tony and Kristen couldn't wake him up until now. But I liked that they were able to comfort him over the fact that he's missing the custody hearing. I also liked how those scenes of Chad were juxtaposed against those scenes of Thomas with Jack and Jennifer at the Horton house and in court. Cary Christopher and Matthew Ashford work pretty well together too. They're really believable as grandfather and grandson. And I still hope that, at some point, we get a full on custody battle between Chad and Jack/Jennifer, especially considering the anti-Dimera attitude that Jennifer had at the end of today.
And while Jennifer was douchy with Cat again lol she did bring up a lot of good points. Her actions and words still make sense to me, in the context of this storyline. As for Cat, I have no problem with her drugging EJ, but the fact that she had to run it past Andrew makes me really, really wish he was in Salem, running this whole operation to take down EJ. It really is crazy that Days began an ISA-related storyline right after an ISA agent, who's a legacy character that fans like and want to see, left the canvas. And considering one of the spoilers that we've gotten, Andrew being onscreen would add another interesting dynamic to this storyline that I know I'd love to see 😊😊
But I'm looking forward to seeing the aftermath of Cat drugging EJ play out next week.
And yeah, they're definitely going there with Gabi and Theo. Their scenes today really did feel like a chem test. Theo learning about Gabi's past with EJ and what EJ did to Rafe and Jada could also play into this storyline as well. I still think he has more chemistry with Ari though. And with Ari supposed to be getting an internship at Dimera, hopefully we'll get a triangle with them or a triangle with Theo/Gabi/Philip at some point. I'm looking forward to seeing it. It could have so many ripple effects across the canvas, especially since Theo knows Gabi's secret.
Btw, they really seem to be making trivia night at the Pub an important thing 😂😂

By AbcNbc247 · 1 hour ago1 hr
GH: December 2025 Discussion Thread

I always wanted Christina to come back as perhaps nicknamed "Tina" or even Chris" and have her be in the healthcare while you'll see the nature/nurture side of Lucy/Julie of her too.

By Forever8 · 1 hour ago1 hr
Looking back...Primetime Ratings from the 80's

I recently watched that LA Law episode for fun too a few months ago😅
Beginning Dec 4, the CBS schedule on Thursdays was (times Eastern/Pacific)
8:00 The Twilight Zone
8:30 Simon & Simon
9:30 Designing Women
10:00 Knots Landing

By soapfan770 · 1 hour ago1 hr
GH: December 2025 Discussion Thread

Both are which are terrible ideas for long-term pairings IMO, but definitely something the show would do.
My friends know my longtime idea for Michael (going back to Chad's earliest years) was actually putting him with... Maxie. It came out of Chad being such a good straight man and a bit Bambi-eyed, particularly in the early 2010s, and would create a sort of unusual sort of fish out of water situation for Kirsten's Maxie as having to perceive herself as 'the older woman' while also being the screwball comedienne. And they'd get involved first in an unwise ONS and then business. I held onto that concept for a long time lol. I still think it might work someday with Rory Gibson who's very different but it is definitely not front of my mind anymore. Today the idea of putting Michael with a driven physician who matches his intensity and doesn't need him the way all his other love interests have (and may have a dark past or ties to the Asian Quarter, etc.), or someone like Serena or Zoe is more my speed atm.
I would consider remodeling Serena as a Lucy-type in business but I would want her to be less of a flighty schemer than her mother, especially since I would be introducing her adopted sister Christina under some other name as a lead and she would be the real troublemaker (an activist writer and possibly cracked therapist). Serena would be sort of the light-sided counterpart. I would also want her to be competent, and they too rarely show Lucy to be that today which is a shame. But maybe Serena could swoop in to help her mother take back majority control of Deception from all these interlopers (BLQ, etc.) who keep putting her down every time there are literally any workplace scenes. That shít drives me nuts.

By Vee · 1 hour ago1 hr
B&B: December 2025 Discussion Thread

Wow, a Deke sighting!
I thought Bradley had him hiding in the closet, never to be seen again.

By Soapsuds · 2 hours ago2 hr
GH: December 2025 Discussion Thread

I like those ideas too. I just think Michael needs a love interest that isn't a tortured heroine, which he's been getting since Abby, Starr, Sabrina, etc. I would pair him with a new character who is a Lucy Coe-esque/Sarah Brown's Carly-esque type ambitious schemer, in my opinion. Someone who could motivate him professionally and sexually too. And you can have Carly not like her because she sees "herself" in this girl 30 years ago. While Sonny, who sees something more positive in her, would be more supportive but would call Carly out on her dislike of her, reminding her of how she was.
Meanwhile, you can have Willow being jealous of her with her and Michael going back and forth for a few months until hate sex occurs.
Well, I did say decent Serena. 🤣 But I think Michael/Jacinda is a stopgap until Michael/Willow see the light or they bring back Sasha with baby Daisy.

By Forever8 · 2 hours ago2 hr
Guiding Light Discussion Thread

Here is a Guiding Light commercial from 1968 at .24 second mark (Ed, Bill, Bert)

By Robluvthebeach · 2 hours ago2 hr
BTG: December 2025 Discussion Thread

I imagine the writers considered dramatizing the scene involving Madison, Chelsea, and Willow but decided it could easily backfire from a medical perspective. Either Willow would've had to go WAY over the top with her observations, or else her commentary would've come across to many viewers as completely reasonable, especially with Chelsea sitting there smiling & encouraging her, while Madison frowned in frustration. The end result, unless Willow was presented as TOTALLY bizarre, would've appeared that Michele Val Jean supported the position that a "smile and a crystal" are more effective than an antibiotic in clearing up an infection, and I don't believe that's the impression BTG hoped to give.
In this case, it was probably better for everyone to discuss it afterwards to highlight that Willow is down in an internet rabbit hole, and Chelsea was encouraging it.
As Anita said today, "I thought Aunt Melba was completely normal and fine in the brief amount of time I spent with her, but I realized Vernon and his mother had FAR more experience with her than I did."

By Broderick · 4 hours ago4 hr
GH: Classic Thread

Wow, this is the first time I've seen footage of Elizabeth MacRae on GH, and in color too! She's great!
Lee was such an important character to the show, but you'd never know it watching from the mid-80s on.

By Jdee43 · 4 hours ago4 hr

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