Well, it will all be under the carpet one day... Sadly. You are right - there will be mediation and the whole thing will evaporate into thin air.

LOL, smoking gun!

Jay, you have the wrong show! It's not Y&R, it's DOOL! (Look at the background!)

Jay, you have the wrong show! It's not Y&R, it's DOOL! (Look at the background!)

Thats not an "R", thats a "D"

That was classy. I've no doubt he's lying, but it was very classy.

Ken Corday now seems poised to do what he's been trying to do for years: Ride DOOL into the grave with his micromanaging and instant 180s. Right to the end, there will be another Stephanie Sloane cover story with him about "The Plan To Save DAYS!"

That still stays. You can't possibly believe he would go on to admit it in Michael Logan's interview, can you? 

Of course he is going to say "No, I didn't re-write it, I only gave notes on outlines." Yeah.

Indeed! I can't imagine that anything was blown out of proportion. I used to think, was convinced even, that Corday really just wasn't interested enough in soaps to care enough to take care of DAYS. But, I don't think that anymore. I think he cares very very much about what happens to the show because it is his parents' legacy & he has a responsibility to shepherd it. But, that obviously doesn't mean that he knows what to do to fix things. So, he wanders from pillar to post, trying different thing, not being able to evaluate them, being pushed & pulled by Sony, with workplace & network forces hammering at him, and the only real talent he has for soaps is, one of my favorite things, soap music. But, an ability & interest in soap music cannot steer the whole ship.

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It's rumored that KC takes long vacations all the time so he's not even there on a day to day basis. The real executive producer duties will go to Gary Tomlin.

That was classy. I've no doubt he's lying, but it was very classy.

Ken Corday now seems poised to do what he's been trying to do for years: Ride DOOL into the grave with his micromanaging and instant 180s. Right to the end, there will be another Stephanie Sloane cover story with him about "The Plan To Save DAYS!"

Indeed! I can't imagine that anything was blown out of proportion. I used to think, was convinced even, that Corday really just wasn't interested enough in soaps to care enough to take care of DAYS. But, I don't think anymore. I think he cares very very much about what happens to the show because it is his parents' legacy & he has a responsibility to shepherd it. But, that obviously doesn't mean that he knows what to do to fix things. So, he wanders from pillar to post, trying different thing, not being able to evaluate them, being pushed & pulled by Sony, with workplace & network forces hammering at him, and the only real talent he has for soaps is, one of my favorite things, soap music. But, an ability & interest in soap music cannot steer the whole ship.

Co-sign both posts. Totally.

It's rumored that KC takes long vacations all the time so he's not even there on a day to day basis. The real executive producer duties will go to Gary Tomlin.

It may be true that he's not there even half as much as he used to be. Dunno. But, I do know that he makes it an absolute point to be available to the press, both for things that are planned out ahead of time and for things that break, so he is reachable. He also is said to do an excellent job, possibly the best, at getting his people to be available to the press.

(I should edit the above to read and for things that are breaking news, but the way I originally put it, while unclear, is funny! )

Edited August 23, 200817 yr by Donna B

It may be true that he's not there even half as much as he used to be. Dunno. But, I do know that he makes it an absolute point to be available to the press, both for things that are planned out ahead of time and for things that break, so he is reachable. He also is said to do an excellent job, possibly the best, at getting his people to be available to the press.

(I should edit the above to read and for things that are breaking news, but the way I originally put it, while unclear, is funny! )

The funny thing is, I understood exactly what you meant the first time around. Of course, it's funnier now that I re-read it.

She's a very talented woman — she's written some scenes that are probably some of the best writing I've ever seen.

Oh, Ed, you don't have to suck up to the woman who got you fired! You sound so fake. LOL And what are these scenes you are talking about? I honestly can't think of any brilliant written scenes since Dena came back as HW.

It's rumored that KC takes long vacations all the time so he's not even there on a day to day basis. The real executive producer duties will go to Gary Tomlin.

Corday is not a technical EP so he's not there on a day-to-day basis.

The WGA should release the "photographic" evidence. "Notes" will look different from "re-writes". In addition, again, I'd like to know what is usual and customary in this role, and what the WGA will customarily tolerate. All this is relevant, and until that is known (which, as Scott implies, it may never be), none of us can judge what happened here.

As I said when this all broke, I find it hard to believe that a seasoned master of the genre would commit fatal errors. I think he has also acknowledged that he can be bullheaded (blood on the walls), and that he puts the quality of the show first (in his opinion). I can imagine this meaning he DID strong-arm the creative direction of the show...and that then is open to interpretation whether he overstepped his bounds or not.

What is concerning to me is that there are so many discrepant stories about what happened:

- Higley threatened to quit unless Scott was removed

- Corday wanted a change, ostensibly to back Higley and ostensibly to reduce evidence of friction...because the show HAS NOT been renewed by NBC!! (That is a new confirmation, and that may be the biggest news).

- Removal of Scott to satisfy the WGA may have been done to ease up the WGA's pressure for in-strike firings and in-strike scabbings

- The head scratcher for me: SONY may want Scott gone. How does this make sense, since the earlier rumors were that Sony imposed him in the first place??

The Sony part of this is the part that makes no sense to me.

Ironically, I think this little Olympic ratings bump may work in DOOL's favor vis-a-vis renewal, because it IS evidence that there are viewers to be had out there.

Maybe they need to move Leno to daytime (since they're looking for stuff for him), to give Days a better lead-in?

Maybe you are right about an Olympic bump. I can't believe it is the current storyline that is bringing in more viewers.