Members Soapsuds Posted March 27, 2009 Members Share Posted March 27, 2009 Where did you get this info Toups? Connor is still listed on ATWT and Davis is not listed yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted March 27, 2009 Author Administrator Share Posted March 27, 2009 Someone sends me the ATWT info cause I don't get the ATWT-CBS credits. Was Connor back in the credits today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted March 27, 2009 Members Share Posted March 27, 2009 Connor is still listed. Davis hasnt been listed yet. I've watched all week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted March 31, 2009 Members Share Posted March 31, 2009 It is very sad. I swear that good trash TV died with Aaron Spelling. It's still in England, Footballer's Wives and Bad Girls were inspired...but in the USA, forget it. Much too conservative to actually go there and write something over the top and fabulous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelGL Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 Hmm, just curious, but what would people qualify Ugly Betty as? For a moment there, it seemed to take on a few qualities that of a Spelling drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 I consider Ugly Betty a straight up comedy. The thing with the Spelling dramas/soaps is that they played it totally straight, they were dead serious which, of course, made it that much more fun! Everything that's come since Spelling, with the exception of the show 'Pasadena' (which was FABULOUS for the 10 episodes it was on for) have been spoofs, Desperate Housewives is a black comedy, Greys Anatomy is...crap...Ugly Betty is a comedy, Dirty Sexy Money was insulting. Nothing is written as dead serious like the Spelling shows were. In Aaron Spelling's universe the OTT shenanigans that happened weren't OTT, they were natural. People DID get thrown into pools in their wedding dresses, families DID get sprayed with gunfire at royal weddings and survive unscathed, British glam bitches DID exist in every metropolitan American city... RIP Aaron, I sure miss him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 I think the show-runners Spelling chose were majorly responsible for the ultimate quality of his shows. I'm not saying he didn't exert much creative influence, but his show-runners definitely shaped a vast part of his shows. Spelling had too many different projects going on at once to really focus on one show at a time, for the most part. He also tried his hand at sitcoms and episodic drama. I think he knew trash to an extent, but those trashy soaps he got invovled in were a team effort, not necessarily Spelling. A lot of his shows were only as good as their show-runners, IMO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 Total agreement there...the four shows that were very "Aaron Spelling" were Charlie's Angels, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat and his crown jewel, Dynasty. The others were very much thanks to some brilliant showrunners and creators like Darren Star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dm. Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 Do we have any writing news for this month? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted April 1, 2009 Author Administrator Share Posted April 1, 2009 Nope. I won't even attempt an April Fools joke. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dm. Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 Well, you know we'd look at it with skepticism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 We can always rely on Maria Arena to hire/fire someone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R Sinclair Posted April 2, 2009 Members Share Posted April 2, 2009 ROTFLMAO! Gotta keep that staff at a user-friendly 26 member team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted April 2, 2009 Members Share Posted April 2, 2009 Nothing this month? Well, this must be a first in quite some time. I think from here on out, we'll see less and less hirings and firings, given the dire financial state of most of these shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jcar03 Posted April 2, 2009 Members Share Posted April 2, 2009 What about Lisa Connor as a breakdown (?) writer on 03/30 episode of Y&R. Here is the screencap from the showing on youtube (via CBS offical page). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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