Two words would save AMC......

Agnes Nixon!

Question---how does Tomlin's Fic-Core status affect all of that?

He's probably now an FOF (friend of Frons).

Oh please, Aggie, save our soap!

In all honesty, I would GLADLY take the adult dialogue of Tomlin and Pratt than the middle school skit scripts that get churned out by this writing staff. I don't think Tomlin and Pratt are good writers by other soaps' standards, but they are DEFINITELY better than the trash we're getting today.

Wait a minute, isn't Pratt still at Desperate Housewives? I couldnt imagine him leaving a primetime gig for AMC. That being said, he could be good at AMC. I liked Gary Tomlin's work on Sunset Beach but I dunno, AMC is a really female centric show and so I dont think having two guys in charge would be a good thing. However, pairing up Pratt with someone like Kay Alden or even LML could perhaps work out. Tomlin and Pratt worked together on Sunset Beach, right? It could work on AMC as long as they stay away from some of SuBe's more campy elements.

Wait a minute, isn't Pratt still at Desperate Housewives? I couldnt imagine him leaving a primetime gig for AMC.

Nope, he was only actively involved in the first season of the show. I think he only consults on the show now (which he still did when he was Co-HW of GH).

Tomlin and Pratt worked together on Sunset Beach, right? It could work on AMC as long as they stay away from some of SuBe's more campy elements.

Pratt Co-Created Sunset Beach with Guza and Josh Griffith. Out of those three, Guza was the only one who actually wrote for Sunset Beach. However, Tomlin, Pratt, Guza, and Griffith all cut their teeth first as script writers on Santa Barbara. Pratt was eventually Head Writer of that show and guided it to two Emmy wins for Writing and Outstanding Drama Series.

Edited April 29, 200817 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

Nope, he was only actively involved in the first season of the show. I think he only consults on the show now (which he still did when he was Co-HW of GH).

Pratt Co-Created Sunset Beach with Guza and Josh Griffith. Out of those three, Guza was the only one who actually wrote for Sunset Beach. However, Tomlin, Pratt, Guza, and Griffith all cut their teeth first as script writers on Santa Barbara. Pratt was eventually Head Writer of that show and guided it to two Emmy wins for Writing and Outstanding Drama Series.

Tomlin EP-ed OLTL while Broderick was HW. In a perfect world, with him as HW or even as EP, he could coax Broderick to join his team. I'd love to have her back at AMC. I forget how incestuous the soap world is. Sometimes I think that everyone has worked with everyone else in some capacity throughout the years.

Tomlin EP-ed OLTL while Broderick was HW. In a perfect world, with him as HW or even as EP, he could coax Broderick to join his team. I'd love to have her back at AMC. I forget how incestuous the soap world is. Sometimes I think that everyone has worked with everyone else in some capacity throughout the years.

I remember hearing from some place, actually I think it was SON poster Kubla Khan who said that Broderick couldn't stand Tomlin while they worked together at OLTL.

I always got the impression that Tomlin wanted Whitesell as his HW at OLTL and Behr wanted to give it to her friend Broderick, so in the end both were co-headwriters. So in that case having Broderick around wasn't Tomlin's choice. I never saw any of Broderick in what went on at OLTL during those awful awful years.

If we had to have one I'd prefer Pratt. Tomlin is just horrendous.

Edited April 29, 200817 yr by LeClerc

Pratt Co-Created Sunset Beach with Guza and Josh Griffith. Out of those three, Guza was the only one who actually wrote for Sunset Beach. However, Tomlin, Pratt, Guza, and Griffith all cut their teeth first as script writers on Santa Barbara. Pratt was eventually Head Writer of that show and guided it to two Emmy wins for Writing and Outstanding Drama Series.

The first year of SuBe was excellent...if AMC could be anything like that, I'd be up for this pairing over there. However, I really think they should employ fresh, new talent. Switching people about from show to show doesnt seem to be working as well. I know people are going to shoot me down for mentioning this, but look at Ron Carlivati at OLTL...it's worked well.

Nope, he was only actively involved in the first season of the show. I think he only consults on the show now (which he still did when he was Co-HW of GH).

Actually, the rumor I heard was that Pratt only consulted on THE FIRST TWO EPISODES, but would only do it if he got a permanent consulting credit.

If it's true, then THAT'S one hell of a gig to land.

Back to the matter at hand though - this is just a bad move. I don't understand what the issue is with Beldner/Walsh. Unless they don't WANT the gig. Which I will absolutely give them a pass on, considering what they'd have to clean up.

The whole thing makes my head hurt. Is there any hope for AMC???

WTF!?!?

Frons must really want to kill AMC if he thinks Tomlin and Pratt should be headwriters!!!! It's too bad because AMC has really been improving lately and could become great again with a good headwriter, not another hack.

Actually, the rumor I heard was that Pratt only consulted on THE FIRST TWO EPISODES, but would only do it if he got a permanent consulting credit.

If it's true, then THAT'S one hell of a gig to land.

Pratt was listed as a Consulting Producer until the season 2 finale.

The whole thing makes my head hurt. Is there any hope for AMC???

Not with Pratt as Head Writer.

AMC will go from trash to sleaze.

AMC will go from trash to sleaze.

LOL Toups it's already there in so many ways, ugh

If Frons goes this route it truly means he's trying to kill AMC for good.....

LOL Toups it's already there in so many ways, ugh

Oh yeah, with the whole pole dancing thing.

Correction: sleazier. LOL