Hmm....I just noticed something....Alvin you won't be happy about this......Sally McDonald hasn't directed since March 26. Either she's on vacation......or Ed Scott stole her to complete the quad of Maxam/Denny/McDonald/Foster.

I'll have to look though this massive thread on her on another board I post on first. Until then, just indulge in her blandness, won't you?

I'm off-topicking, but just this once: I just took this personally. And there is a simpler solution – instead of searching throught the whole thing, you can PM me the link.

Hmm....I just noticed something....Alvin you won't be happy about this......Sally McDonald hasn't directed since March 26. Either she's on vacation......or Ed Scott stole her to complete the quad of Maxam/Denny/McDonald/Foster.

Maybe it was her choice to vacate the role of producer she had during the strike? I could see her taking a vacation after that. If she didn't leave like Denney during Latham's reign there, I don't think she'd leave now, but anyway, the writing is more important than the directing at this point. As much as I love Sally, her wonderful directing won't make the show watchable if the stories all suck.

Maybe it was her choice to vacate the role of producer she had during the strike? I could see her taking a vacation after that. If she didn't leave like Denney during Latham's reign there, I don't think she'd leave now, but anyway, the writing is more important than the directing at this point. As much as I love Sally, her wonderful directing won't make the show watchable if the stories all suck.

Yeah, that's true. Even with Maxam and Foster's awesome directing, DAYS sucks right now.

B&B:

- Kay Alden last listed as Interim Head Writer on April 15

- Kay Alden back listed as Associate Head Writer on April 16

- Bradley Bell back listed as Head Writer on April 16

- Michael Minnis back listed as Associate Head Writer on April 16

- Elizabeth Snyder back listed as Associate Head Writer on April 16

- Janice Ferri Esser back listed as Script Writer/Story Consultant on April 16

- Jerry Birn back listed as Story Consultant on April 16

Did CBS list the writers too?

It'll be interesting to see if the show improved with Bradley. I highly doubt it. I strongly believe that Kay Alden was simply projecting either what was in his story bible or what she thought he wanted. I'm sure he probably loved it, minus all the Brooke bashing and balance.

Lets hope the B&B is till going to be good.

It'll be interesting to see if the show improved with Bradley. I highly doubt it. I strongly believe that Kay Alden was simply projecting either what was in his story bible or what she thought he wanted. I'm sure he probably loved it, minus all the Brooke bashing and balance.

It is so funny how people defend her, yet according to your post, Chris, she doesn't have any integrity. Basically, you say she'd write anything Brad asks her to. All he has to do is to pay her. She's a writer equivalent of a hit(wo)man.

Lets hope the B&B is till going to be good.

It is dreadful.

I don't think B&B's problems have to do with Alden or Bell writing. B&B simply goes through periods where it is the best show on daytime and periods where it is unwatchable. That's just always been the show's rhythm.

It is so funny how people defend her, yet according to your post, Chris, she doesn't have any integrity. Basically, you say she'd write anything Brad asks her to. All he has to do is to pay her. She's a writer equivalent of a hit(wo)man.

It has nothing to do with defending her. She was stepping in during the strike, obviously not trying to steal his job or anything. I don't think what she presented is representative of what she'd give us as HW. Besides more fair writing in regards to Brooke and a little more balance I'm not seeing a big change from Brad's work. And I should add that I've enjoyed the show throughout the strike whether it's Kay or Brad. But I still believe she's simply keeping the show the way he wanted it for the most part.

I don't think B&B's problems have to do with Alden or Bell writing. B&B simply goes through periods where it is the best show on daytime and periods where it is unwatchable. That's just always been the show's rhythm.

Yes, it has been. On a daily basis it can be magnificent, yet when you look at the bigger picture...

It has nothing to do with defending her. She was stepping in during the strike, obviously not trying to steal his job or anything.

Even if she wanted, she could never steal it. 

I don't think what she presented is representative of what she'd give us as HW. Besides more fair writing in regards to Brooke and a little more balance I'm not seeing a big change from Brad's work. And I should add that I've enjoyed the show throughout the strike whether it's Kay or Brad. But I still believe she's simply keeping the show the way he wanted it for the most part.

Yet even if it wasn't representative, it became representative because she wrote it. She was also involved in that awful, awful rape story. And I'm glad you confirm it she writes the way she's told to, with no integrity whatsoever.  

Integrity? Oh Sylph that's a good one. Nobody has integrity in this business, nobody. Soap Opera writing is as much a business as it is an art.

This is Hollywood. Kay Alden is an employee, she does what she's told, if she didn't, she'd be fired. She writes what Brad tells her to write just like she wrote what Sony and the Bells told her to write at Y&R, certainly she had her ideas, but those went through producers and executives, the only people who have had free reign at a soap were Bill and Brad Bell. Additionally, I can't see how anyone actually believes that Brad wasn't involved in the writing during the strike, regardless of how vocally he supported it. Either he left one hell of a bible or he was there. The same goes for Jack Smith. I love Brad Bell, but he isn't a saint, nobody in this business is.

B&B goes through phases, the important thing is that the ratings remained quite stable and up over last year.

Edited April 16, 200817 yr by DaytimeFan

Integrity? Oh Sylph that's a good one. Nobody has integrity in this business, nobody. Soap Opera writing is as much a business as it is an art.

There are people who have it. I know what I'm talking about.

I actually think B&B was better last year when Alden WAS NOT apart of the writing team. The show rocked in Spring and early summer of 2007, but when Alden came, things were already losing steam. I don't know how much of that was her fault or squarely Brad's...