And, BTW, I'm starting to lose patience with Y&R. I love Maria Arena Bell, but she needs to act. Quickly.

We want him banished from the realm of television writing PERIOD...

And we want Darin Goldberg, Shelley Meals, Valerie Ahern, Christian McLaughlin and other primetime writers gone too.

And we want Darin Goldberg, Shelley Meals, Valerie Ahern, Christian McLaughlin and other primetime writers gone too.

I think primetime dialogue has improved tremendously over the years. In daytime, it's the reverse, the dialogue is so awful most of the time, there are no words to describe it.

And, BTW, I'm starting to lose patience with Y&R. I love Maria Arena Bell, but she needs to act. Quickly.

Yeah, this could be the case of inexperience. She's never written breakdowns (no experience in plotting) and she didn't write any soaps for 15-16 years? They should've paired her with a veteran writer to help out.

And, BTW, I'm starting to lose patience with Y&R. I love Maria Arena Bell, but she needs to act. Quickly.

I just saw previews for next week for the show and they are awful. I sure am not going to watch. Bell needs to get the axe...she hasnt done anything to improve Y&R.

Yeah, this could be the case of inexperience. She's never written breakdowns (no experience in plotting) and she didn't write any soaps for 15-16 years? They should've paired her with a veteran writer to help out.

If that primetime Trent Jones isn't the daytime Trent Jones, as you pointed out, then I really don't see why she hasn't hired him already.

I've read somehwere Maria wrote a novel. I don't know if it got published, though.

With Y&R getting some 3.4's in its dailies, they better act fast. Who wants to bet that they'll be yet another behind the scenes chance at Y&R this year, if ratings continue to head south?

And still, we have yet to see the show's writing staff decrease. Maria is quickly entering my list of hacks, I don't care about how long she's been at the show. She should've never been the long-term head writer. There's a variety of people who know this show and aren't writing anything big at the moment, yet those idiots in charge wouldn't think to hire them.

I've read somehwere Maria wrote a novel. I don't know if it got published, though.

Maybe she repeated the same damn scenes in page after page, like she's doing at Y&R at the moment.

With Y&R getting some 3.4's in its dailies, they better act fast. Who wants to bet that they'll be yet another behind the scenes chance at Y&R this year, if ratings continue to head south?

And still, we have yet to see the show's writing staff decrease. Maria is quickly entering my list of hacks, I don't care about how long she's been at the show. She should've never been the long-term head writer. There's a variety of people who know this show and aren't writing anything big at the moment, yet those idiots in charge wouldn't think to hire them.

And I will say it again. You were her biggest fan.

And I will say it again. You were her biggest fan.

Actualy, she was quite good during the strike. Things didn't head south until the writing staff came back and she was HW on her own.

But, look, criticism from the guy who still watches ATWT and wishes the ratings would go up, but hates Passanante and Goutman. Yeah, ok...

Edited May 9, 200817 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

Maria is quickly entering my list of hacks

Yikes! I don't think that's fair. Yeah, her material is boring and slow, but she really hasn't done anything destructive to be considered a hack.

Yikes! I don't think that's fair. Yeah, her material is boring and slow, but she really has done anything destructive to considered a hack.

You are right Toups. She hasnt done a damn thing. The show blows.

Actualy, she was quite good during the strike. Things didn't head south until the writing staff came back and she was HW on her own.

But, look, criticism from the guy who still watches ATWT and wishes the ratings would go up, but hates Passanante and Goutman. Yeah, ok...

Here we go with your attacks...typical of you. I always said Jean was a hack. I never said I loved her writing..or the show like you did of Bell. Oye.....so annoying.

And I will say it again. You were her biggest fan.

Correction: I was!

Correction: I was!

Haha...glad you admitted it ...LOL. I didnt know you were. Your posts didnt stand out as a fan of hers as head writer. The show is just dull with her as HW.

Edited May 9, 200817 yr by Soapsuds