There's been a big power shift at the #1 soap. Josh Griffith is out as executive producer of The Young and the Restless after weeks of termination rumors. His replacement: ex Guiding Light chief Paul Rauch.

Like I said... No one believed me (about Rauch).

Hint: watch what I post.

Nooooooo.

Please wake me up, this can't be true.

I'm not familiar with Paul Rauch. What does this mean for Y&R?

Hmmmm. I'm glad Griffith is out.

No comment on Rauch. From what I've heard, he's bad. Reaaaaaly bad.

With a strong writer, he does wonders. His period with Harding Lemay surely enters the Top 3 best soap opera periods ever.

With Maria... It might spell trouble.

I'm not familiar with Paul Rauch. What does this mean for Y&R?

Beige sets and blindingly bright lighting.

This is from wikipedia...

Controversy

Rauch has become a controversial figure among some soap fans.

* His production stints at One Life to Live and Guiding Light featured sci-fi plots such as cloning and time-travel.

* He has also had some conflicts with several of the actors on the shows he has produced. Ellen Holly, who played Carla on One Life to Live for nearly two decades, wrote in her autobiography "One Life" about how Rauch told Lillian Hayman, who played Holly's on-screen mother, Sadie, as she was walking to her car after a day's taping that she was fired and that she had just taped her last episode. Several other actors, such as Maeve Kinkead and Lisa Brown, have had strong personal or professional differences with Rauch.

* He fired three very popular actors from Another World in 1975: Virginia Dwyer (Mary Matthews), George Reinholt (Steve Frame), and Jacqueline Courtney (Alice Matthews Frame). The death of Mary Matthews was particularly shocking as she was the matriarch of the main family and her death occurred on Good Friday. Fans and critics were outraged and Courtney responded several years later to outrageous comments made by Rauch about herself and her former peers at AW.

Wow, that's bad.

Its like going from the frying pan to the fire....... bad, bad move!

LMAO. Paul RAUCH!!!

Poor, poor Y&R.

His beginning tenure at GL wasn't half bad. Then the wheels fell off...well, it was more like a tire blow-out going 70mph on the interstate.

I really really hope that Sony/CBS is able to reign him in.

Joan Collins loved working with Paul Rauch at GL and she has high standards, so he's obviously not a complete [!@#$%^&*].

Wait and see, he's a 'strong' EP...but I don't know if he's the 'right' EP.

Y&R was Masterpiece Theatre. Paul Rauch is late-stage Dynasty. With floodlamps.

I believe he made a very large contribution to the downfall of GL by making everyone and everything look and act as tacky as possible. During his reign I could count on turning to CBS and seeing nothing but orange, yellow, and Kim Zimmer trying to look hot. So I never turned to CBS.

Edited September 8, 200817 yr by Vee

Oh God...it's official, we'll be inaugurating a President McCain next January. The world has truly gone to hell.

Ugh.