Members NYC123 Posted April 29, 2008 Members Share Posted April 29, 2008 Two words would save AMC...... Agnes Nixon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LoyaltoAMC Posted April 29, 2008 Members Share Posted April 29, 2008 He's probably now an FOF (friend of Frons). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AMCHistory Posted April 29, 2008 Members Share Posted April 29, 2008 Oh please, Aggie, save our soap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members leevo64 Posted April 29, 2008 Members Share Posted April 29, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UKBoi Posted April 29, 2008 Members Share Posted April 29, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted April 29, 2008 Members Share Posted April 29, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LoyaltoAMC Posted April 29, 2008 Members Share Posted April 29, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted April 29, 2008 Members Share Posted April 29, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeClerc Posted April 29, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 29, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UKBoi Posted April 29, 2008 Members Share Posted April 29, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brimike Posted April 29, 2008 Members Share Posted April 29, 2008 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??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steve Posted April 29, 2008 Members Share Posted April 29, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted April 29, 2008 Administrator Share Posted April 29, 2008 Pratt was listed as a Consulting Producer until the season 2 finale. Not with Pratt as Head Writer. AMC will go from trash to sleaze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted April 29, 2008 Members Share Posted April 29, 2008 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..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted April 29, 2008 Administrator Share Posted April 29, 2008 Oh yeah, with the whole pole dancing thing. Correction: sleazier. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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