EW Confirms Dena Higley is DAYS' Official New Head Writer

[PhoenixRising05]

Corday didn't say that was the end all to be all big story, just that Sami and EJ would be getting a big story and would be featured more, which was only a matter of time. Where else was Nicole supposed to fit in?

The whole interview isn't even making the rounds yet anyway. We all know Corday is full of it so what else is new.

Just going to sit back and enjoy the show...don't even care who comes, goes, or writes anymore....

[cody_1990]

I am with you Phoenix. I am just going to sit back and watch. I have watched this show for a very long long LONG time to long to give it now, and i am going to support the show as much as I can. I have survived many bad writers, Anne Howard Bailey, JER, Tom Langan, Hogan Sheffer(I am sorry to all his lovers but i never hit my ff button so much even during JER), and yes Dena Higley who I am willing to give another chance mostly because of her 20+ year history with the show. If these are the last months or years of Days I want to watch and be able to say when it is all over that I was a fan threw the good times and bad and threw it all loved the show as much as i did when i first started watching way back when, which is true.

I am not like some of the other people on the other boards like this one who say they support the genre and want it to survive but stop watching the show because they are spiteful to certain people in front of the camera and behind, i am sorry to say this but if you love the genre as much as you all say you do you will not give up a show because you feel a certain way about someone who works on it. And like many people have been saying these days 1 more cancellation could spell the end for all soaps especially the cancellation of a 42 year old soap. So if you ever loved Days keep watching because it might just help save this show!

[Shawn]

I guess we will

Another reason I have high hopes that she won't bomb as bad as she has in the past can be summed up in two words: Ed. Scott.

I have a feeling he will fight hard to keep Corday OUT of her work.

When you look back, Corday and Wyman were up Dena's ass every five minutes and had high influence on the stories we saw unfold.

Quite the opposite at OLTL, where the EP doesn't have anything to do with storytelling and basically let her sink the show while his back was turned.

I feel Ed will be the happy median.

[DevotedToAMC]

In that case, it is no wonder they are full of sh1t (no pun intended)

[PhoenixRising05]

Great post. I also agree with Cody too.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

This is Corday's SOD quotes about Dena. Notice how he subtly bashes Hogan...

http://www.network54.com/Forum/222985/mess...Days............

[brimike]

The female point of view?!?!

I know someone else said this before (yes, Sylph, I'm plagiarizing again ), but Margaret raped Todd, Nora married a serial killing gay guy, and Jessica was molested AND shot up heroin.

WHAT WOMEN WANT?!

[KLN]

Werd.

That's all.

[Toups]

LMAO!! So true.

Also, "hard working head writer" - yeah right. She's one of the most laziest writers in daytime and there's always people cleaning up her mess as much as possible.

[dragonflies]

Corday needs a huge mug of STFU

[dannigold]

If he wanted a female point of view that understood the shows history, he should have re-hired Beth Milstein.

[sungrey]

Good post, Cody. Now let me add my two cents... lol

The only way I'll stop watching Days is if NBC is nuts enough to put Reilly behind the wheel for a third time. Granted, I don't think they're dumb enough to do that given how the last run he had turned out.

I am not crazy how Dena took over as HW; being a writer myself (and not just the SON blog, I am a writer off this board as well) I do not like the way things got circumvented so that she could write this show. Going Fi-Core is one thing, out and out breaking the ranks and coming back to write without making Guild arrangements is another.

Having said that, so far she is doing a decent job. I'm concerned for the show's long-term future, mainly because people like Ken Corday can't keep his hand out of the cookie jar. My main worry is he'll drive Ed Scott away with his mismanagement and his desire to meddle in pretty much everything.