I guess I'm in the minority but I like B&J. If they are replaced I wouldn't mind Michele Val Jean. I think that would be a really good fit as long has BF doesn't interfere too much and just let her write.

As much as I would love Kay Alden on an abc soap, I think she would be stupid to go there if Frons is still in charge.

I think its either Smith or Sheffer.

Sheffer is a fan of AMC and he has vioced that he is a fan.

But everyone here is forgetting one thing: Agnes is using her clout to bring, she hasn't brought the writer yet. And I don't think she will, unfortunately. She remembered to do it a little too late.

Edited March 29, 200817 yr by Sylph

Here's the problem.

During the writer's strike, Alden presumably "led" B&B.

Have you watched it lately? Not at a "high point".

Crazy Pam (over the top!) is doing all kinds of stupid pranks on Donna Logan, and mugging for the camera while she does it.

Rick Forrester is now "in love" with Taylor Hayes...the ex-wife of his half brother Ridge, the mother of his last girlfriend...

Bridget Forrester is now taking her mother's sloppy seconds with Nick Marone...while sleazy Nick turns his eyes on Bridget's aunt, Katie.

All other major characters on the show are backburnered.

I've been with B&B since 1987, and I've often lamented at its variability. But right now, I am as emotionally disconnected and disappointed with the show as I have ever been.

That all this happened while Kay Alden (whom I miss from Y&R) had the "sole reins"...is NOT a good omen for AMC.

Anyway, I don't believe this rumor :-).

SPOT ON!

The only person who could save the show is Wisner Washam. However, that is an impossible feat, amongst other thing because Wisner is 76.

The only person who could save the show is Wisner Washam. However, that is an impossible feat, amongst other thing because Wisner is 76.

I disagree. I think Lorraine Broderick could easily save AMC, as could someone like Kay Alden who was trained by one of the master headwriters. Unfortunately, I doubt anyone talented would be interested in salvaging this show until Frons is gone.

I guess I'm in the minority but I like B&J. If they are replaced I wouldn't mind Michele Val Jean. I think that would be a really good fit as long has BF doesn't interfere too much and just let her write.

That would rock so much....

I disagree. I think Lorraine Broderick could easily save AMC, as could someone like Kay Alden who was trained by one of the master headwriters. Unfortunately, I doubt anyone talented would be interested in salvaging this show until Frons is gone.

Wisner never sucked. Those two have and Kay Alden's stories for B&B right now suck, too.

One would also expect much, much better writing from someone who was trained by Bill Bel since 1974 (!) and who passed through all of the writing positions: from scriptwriter to head writer. It just seems like all those years with Bill served to - nothing.

The only person who could save the show is Wisner Washam. However, that is an impossible feat, amongst other thing because Wisner is 76.

Well Wisner retired way too early. He needs to come back.

Wisner never sucked. Those two have and Kay Alden's stories for B&B right now suck, too.

Sylph, have to disagree there. Wisner could be wonderful while Agnes was largely involved (appr. 1977-1984; 1990-1992), but left on his own, he is a mixed bag. The years he wrote the show solo (1984-1986) while Agnes was nurturing and concentrating on Loving were not AMC's best years. Lots of short-term pointless silly plots that went nowhere, isolated characters, disregard for the vets, lack of multigenerational stories, teen overload. Sound familiar? Of course, looking back, this stuff was miles ahead of the dreck we have on screen today. I'm not sure how much of that was his doing, or how much EP Jackie Babbin was responsible for that (she tried to DAYS-ify the show a bit, with more action-adventure plots and quicker scenes, as DAYS was regaining popularity with that style of writing at the time). I have to say the show improved tons in the fall of 1986 when Babbin left and was replaced by former EP Jorn Winther, which is around the same time that Broderick joined Washam as headwriter. So I'd say, Washam is a good writer, even better paired with Broderick, and superior when overseen by Nixon. I think a Washam/Broderick team with Agnes as consultant would ideal. But alas!

I think a Washam/Broderick team with Agnes as consultant would ideal. But alas!

This would rock!

This would rock!

That's a soap fan's dream!

I wish Washam would have came back to AMC in the late 90's instead of McTavish. There is no telling where the show would be now if that had happened.