Members arcibaldo Posted May 20, 2008 Members Share Posted May 20, 2008 No i am very unhappy so i hope that october, Fiola Hughes can arrive with a new role mother JT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Posted May 20, 2008 Members Share Posted May 20, 2008 ABC had no right to pressure Finola into backing out of the Y&R role. Finola is NOT under contract with ABC (long-term or short-term). She is recurring and has the right to take outside projects. If Guza and Co. wrote Anna the way she is SUPPOSED to be written, maybe Finola wouldn't consider taking other roles. ABC looks very petty and childish in this situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Southofnowhere Posted May 20, 2008 Members Share Posted May 20, 2008 ABC Daytime talking about living up to comittments? That's a JOKE right? It's too bad Y&R didn't offer FH a contract! She would have chose them for sure! ABC daytime has no problem strewaling actors away from other soaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted May 20, 2008 Members Share Posted May 20, 2008 Wow, that's low and she wasn't even contractually obliged to ABC. Tons of soap actors have done multiple soap roles when they weren't under contract to one soap. I guess it's probably because Finola is such a big name in the industry, but this is just sad on ABC's part. Plus, what are we going to see? Anna act more like a 3 year old [!@#$%^&*] on GH? I can't stand Guza's writing for Anna, he so doesn't understand the character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted May 20, 2008 Members Share Posted May 20, 2008 Amen! TPTB are gonna just use her for 2 or 3 sounding board scenes for Robin before they send her away again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kubla Khan Posted May 20, 2008 Members Share Posted May 20, 2008 Well, it was ultimately Finola's decision. She isn't contract with ABC, so she could've told them to go shove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted May 20, 2008 Members Share Posted May 20, 2008 I'm certain Finola's job on the Style Network was dangled in front of her in terms of defecting to Y&R. Very petty by ABC Daytime...but typical. So glad I gave up on ABC last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted May 20, 2008 Members Share Posted May 20, 2008 LOL Frons probably got PISSED That she took a short term role on Y&R, if it had been Days I doubt he'd had a problem with it Bite your tongue LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kubla Khan Posted May 20, 2008 Members Share Posted May 20, 2008 While I see no problem with Finola doing the Y&R gig too, it's a business move. CBS would've done the same thing. I don't think Finola's Style job was threatened. IIRC, Style Network is owned fully by Comcast, and is not a DIsney property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted May 20, 2008 Members Share Posted May 20, 2008 Actually, Style Network is owned under the E! Networks umbrella which Disney owns a substantial minority stake in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PJA Posted May 20, 2008 Members Share Posted May 20, 2008 CBS wouldn't have done the same thing. Days approached B&B about using Joseph Mascolo and they agreed to lend him to Days, and at the same time Days lent B&B Margo (Days clearly had the advantage). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kubla Khan Posted May 20, 2008 Members Share Posted May 20, 2008 Right, but there was a fair trade off -- both parties were reciprocated (although IIRC, didn't Joe Mascolo end up not appearing on DOOL after all? I know Lauren Koslow appeared on B&B). Disney sold their stake of E! about two years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AddictedToSoaps Posted May 21, 2008 Members Share Posted May 21, 2008 ABC needs to lighten up, it's not like she was doing anything behind their backs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SeanM Posted May 21, 2008 Members Share Posted May 21, 2008 I think ABC did nothing wrong this time. I mean, FH always returns to GH in the summer for a very limited stint. And she obviously has more time this year, so she should do GH during that time. GH took her every chance they got since 2006, so she should do GH and no other soap. If it would be prime time or a movie that would be a different story... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Posted May 21, 2008 Members Share Posted May 21, 2008 Then ABC needs to offer Finola a short-term contract that states she can't do outside projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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