Members MTSRocks Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 Irna Phillips William J. Bell Agnes Nixon Douglas Marland The first three are definite legends for daytime television IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 Amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 I think the level of sophistication Harding achieved is still unmatched. And will be for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AddictedToSoaps Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 QUOTE (Chris B @ Mar 22 2008, 06:53 PM) Lynn Marie Latham, Megan McTavish, Ellen Weston and David Kriezman are the new Bell, Nixon, Marland's etc. Such talent those people have! Here's my picks: Agnes Nixon, William J. Bell, Douglas Marland, Claire Labine, Kay Alden, Wisner Washam, Irna Phillips, and Nancy Curlee. I would put Ron Carlivati on that list, but he needs more time to prove himself IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Noel Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 QUOTE (Chris B @ Mar 22 2008, 06:53 PM) Lynn Marie Latham, Megan McTavish, Ellen Weston and David Kriezman are the new Bell, Nixon, Marland's etc. Chris B, you are such a smart-ass I LOVE IT! I kind of miss David Kreizman's letters to the Guiding Light fans. He'll bring up Irna Phillips, the longeivty of Guiding Light, and the brotherhood of man. But when you watch the show, it's like watching Hannah Montana smoking crack with aluminum foil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DevotedToAMC Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 Well you would know through experience, Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LoyaltoAMC Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 Agnes Nixon, Bill Bell, Doug Marland, Pat Falken Smith, Wisner Washam, Pam Long, Harding LeMay, Lorraine Broderick, Nancy Curlee, Claire Labine, and Paul Avila Mayer are the first names that come immediately to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 Yep. He was ahead of his time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sungrey Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 Bell, Nixon, Marland, Lemay, all agreed on. Pat Falken Smith should be a rung below the four. Her version of Days in the 1970s was just pure magic. And NO ONE could top Slesar's way of doing mystery stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members leevo64 Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 I never saw Marland's work, so I'll do the ones I know: Agnes Nixon Claire Labine Michele Val Jean Patrick Mulcahey Lorraine Broderick Ron Carlivati Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juppiter Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 Since no-one has mentioned him yet, I'm going to say James E. Reilly. He invented a new approach to doing soaps during the 90s at DAYS. He absolutely revitalized that show and it's the last time a) any soap's ratings have gone consistently UP, and a soap was part of mainstream Americana. I think JER definitely deserves mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EastMA2 Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 Bill Bell, Douglas Marland, Pam Long, Nancy Curlee, Claire Labine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted March 23, 2008 Administrator Share Posted March 23, 2008 I love you the way you think. DAYS from 1993-1997 is my all time favorite era. It was soap opera perfection. If I owned a soap, I would set up my stories the way Jim did for those 5 years of brilliance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MTSRocks Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 Oh hell no lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 Has anyone mentioned the great Henry Slesar? Henry wrote The Edge Of Night for many years and wrote what was one of the most logical and well written soaps, maybe the most, to ever hit the screen. According to wikipedia supposedly at one time 50% of its audience was male, a feat never accomplished again by any soap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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