HUGHES NEWS

ABC suds great Finola Hughes, aka Anna Devane on General Hospital, has been temporarily poached by CBS' The Young and the Restless. Starting June 19, the beauty-licious Brit will play Zara, the flirty, opportunistic mother of Sabrina (Raya Meddine). The character will arrive in Genoa City - uninvited, natch - just in time for her daughter's wedding to mega-mogul Victor Newman (Eric Braeden). "Expect Fireworks," Hughes says. "Zara is quite the troublemaker and has a very complicated relationship with Sabrina. She deserted her daughter for years, leaving her in boarding schools while she flitted off to live her own life. Now she's back and thrilled that Sabrina is marrying a billionaire." The hyperactive Hughes, who also hosts Style's How Do I Look?, says her run on Y&R is strictly limited - she's due back on GH set in June.

Edited May 19, 200817 yr by a2sassy

As for Sabrina's mother, Y&R should really offer Lynn Herring the sun the moon and the stars and then throw in a contract of front burner story lines on top of it!!

I would love this! Lynn needs to be back on daytime.

Lynn Herring! Oh YES!

And my bad on the Style Network being sold by Disney to Comcast...nobody bats a 1000 right?

Then ABC needs to offer Finola a short-term contract that states she can't do outside projects.

Why? FH did as GH asked, but she could chose to do otherwise, so what's the problem? I don't think anyone from Disney/ABC or GH threatened or blackmailed her, because the whole matter would not be worth is. FH is not VM, ratings will not go up because of her.

If you are on a recurring basis and you want to continue that you just inform your employer that you would like to do work outside. This is normal procedure. Clearly, GH wants FH for the summer.

I normally don't jump in in defence of TIIC of GH, but in this case they did nothing wrong.

Edited May 21, 200817 yr by SeanM

^I agree with you.

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).

Yeah but it was Days' idea CBS could have said no. Lauren Koslow really did nothing to further the storyline at B&B.

Yeah but it was Days' idea CBS could have said no. Lauren Koslow really did nothing to further the storyline at B&B.

It was actually B&B's idea. Brad had just written in Margo's son (who of course didn't last long), so he needed Koslow to do a few flashback scenes with Margo and her son discussing him going to LA. In exchange, DAYS asked for Joe Mascolo to do a few episodes there, but of course DAYS didn't follow through with using him.

Why? FH did as GH asked, but she could chose to do otherwise, so what's the problem? I don't think anyone from Disney/ABC or GH threatened or blackmailed her, because the whole matter would not be worth is. FH is not VM, ratings will not go up because of her.

If you are on a recurring basis and you want to continue that you just inform your employer that you would like to do work outside. This is normal procedure. Clearly, GH wants FH for the summer.

I normally don't jump in in defence of TIIC of GH, but in this case they did nothing wrong.

I respectfully disagree. They had no problem with Brad Maule pulling double duty, nor did they have a problem with anyone else who was on recurring appearing on another show. This is spiteful.

I'm sick of GH's "big plans" for Anna during the summer. Like remember the "big plans" for the Lorenzo/Anna story. Or the "big plans" for the Anna/Rick/Eli story. Or better yet. The "big plans" for Anna's involvement in Robin's pregnancy. GMAFB. GH has Finola, yet they don't utilize her the way she should. If GH had such big plans for her, she would be working, she wouldn't have the time to book a side gig with Y&R. The fact that she was going to be able to do this speaks for itself.

I respectfully disagree. They had no problem with Brad Maule pulling double duty, nor did they have a problem with anyone else who was on recurring appearing on another show. This is spiteful.

I'm sick of GH's "big plans" for Anna during the summer. Like remember the "big plans" for the Lorenzo/Anna story. Or the "big plans" for the Anna/Rick/Eli story. Or better yet. The "big plans" for Anna's involvement in Robin's pregnancy. GMAFB. GH has Finola, yet they don't utilize her the way she should. If GH had such big plans for her, she would be working, she wouldn't have the time to book a side gig with Y&R. The fact that she was going to be able to do this speaks for itself.

ITA. ^

Finola probably guessed that in between "love in wartime," she'd have maybe four episodes MAX of filler crap like we saw a few weeks ago. I mean, Guza is NEVER going to write Scrubs anything other than filler, especially when they are contractually tied to NightShift Part Deux for the summer. Which means Finola would be filler of filler. And she knew that.

And, yes, I'm bitter that Tristan Rogers isn't there. And that Anna/Lorenzo fell through. Just so we could have more [!@#$%^&*] MOB.

Edited May 21, 200817 yr by Cat

Yet FH went along with GH...

Just the fact that GH addressed it, and the wording in their press statement is them grinning from ear to ear saying SO THERE, before Y&R got a chance to put their spin on it. It's still in LA, it's nothing for her to do it, its not like they're asking her to go back to AMC for a big storyline filmed in NYC. I'm not inspired by the idea of an Anna summer on GH because it's potential wasted and a fine actress having her wings clipped.