EW Confirms Dena Higley is DAYS' Official New Head Writer

[Y&RWorldTurner]

According to EW, a DAYS publicist has confirmed to them that Higley is in fact DAYS' new head writer. This is the first time in print anyone from the DAYS camp has confirmed what we already knew...

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20186226,00.html

[dragonflies]

Ugh, I fear for Days with her at the helm.....

[Ryan]

....................

I'm scared.....

[Sylph]

Goodbye, DOOL! It was nice knowing you!

[Toups]

"show wouldn't say when she came on board"

Of course not

Whatever. I wonder how she feels about being the most hated writer in the industry.

[Ryan]

At least we fans know that many of her peers hate her too.

I think fans may hate her more than Robert Guza......

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Most hated? There's no "Dena's Clause" yet.

[Sylph]

Yeah! Where's Jim Reilly, Megs, Jean P...? Latham, anyone?!?!?!?!

[Shawn]

She's obviously been at the helm for a while, and yet, the show is more than watchable lately. So why bash her just because she's Higley? Wait until we have reason to.

[Southofnowhere]

Ryan your sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo FUNNY!

[Cheap21]

shw wouldnt know as that honor goes to LML of Y&R

I dont even think Guza is all that hated compared to her. I think most fans now more or less tolerate him bc he's been here so long and they know he's not going anywhere. He has two other idiots aboard to share the blame for GH's poor mess, Frons and JFP. Higley has just herself

[YRBB]

Hands down from the most hated writer title! My girl, Latham, has it! :lol:

[DevotedToAMC]

Good luck Days' fans!

[Toups]

Higley is #1 for scabbing (allegedly). I've talked to people at various soaps and people just despise her for what she did (allegedly).

[Chris B]

Toups, you've never mentioned what people think of LML within the industry. Since her exit was due to the strike, is that getting her writers any sympathy? Do people like her? I hope everyone can agree on how bad she was. I worry she'll show up at an ABC soap one of these days.

As for Dena Higley, I fully expect her to last a long time and implode at DAYS. I don't think the WGA would care enough about soaps to try and throw her out. If DAYS is going public with her name now, they must be confident they can keep her around.