ATWT:

- Lisa Connor last listed as Script Writer on March 25

- Cheryl L. Davis back listed as Script Writer on March 26

Where did you get this info Toups? Connor is still listed on ATWT and Davis is not listed yet.

Where did you get this info Toups? Connor is still listed on ATWT and Davis is not listed yet.

Someone sends me the ATWT info cause I don't get the ATWT-CBS credits. Was Connor back in the credits today?

Someone sends me the ATWT info cause I don't get the ATWT-CBS credits. Was Connor back in the credits today?

Connor is still listed. Davis hasnt been listed yet. I've watched all week.

No one knows how to write good trash nowadays... Sad.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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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...

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.

Do we have any writing news for this month?

Do we have any writing news for this month?

Nope.

I won't even attempt an April Fools joke. LOL

I won't even attempt an April Fools joke. LOL

Well, you know we'd look at it with skepticism.

Nope.

I won't even attempt an April Fools joke. LOL

We can always rely on Maria Arena to hire/fire someone!

We can always rely on Maria Arena to hire/fire someone!

ROTFLMAO!

Gotta keep that staff at a user-friendly 26 member team!

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.

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).