I feel Devon would be more of a presence if McClure was a more magnetic performer. At this point, Devon is the sole representation for the younger black male in Genoa City. For him to have been through everything he has, we should be seeing some struggle with him. There's never any exploration of those roots. There's nothing. If MAB has no plans for Devon(which she CLEARLY doesn't), she should ship him off, recast the role with a more layered actor or create another younger black male altogether. Maybe Yolanda has another son? I've long felt that we need an alternative to Neil Winters as well. Neil is so vanilla but the more I think about it, so are majority of the men in Genoa City. Where are the sexy bad boys? Recast Malcolm and have him storm back into town with his shirt off and causing problems.

Edited March 14, 200916 yr by Queen

I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact Y&R is broadcast in HD (NONE of the other soaps are) so it might have a different transmission on sets that aren't HD, more so than some programs that don't broadcast strictly in HD format. Y&R looks beautiful on an HD set, I was stunned at the difference in picture quality when I got my first HD set a few years back.

Just recently started watching it in HD and indeed there is a vast difference. Especially when it is a Paul Rauch overlit episode.

As for Devon: ever since that Lily crush he's all kinds of icky. More so he's just bland. As many others suggested: either recast or ship him off.

Edited March 14, 200916 yr by sheilaforever

Devon isnt needed. Id get rid of him and bring back Nate

Devon isnt needed. Id get rid of him and bring back Nate

He isn't needed, but they could do so much good with him. Again, it's the writing.

Y&R in HD is amazing.

I guess were going to see more of where this Billy/Cane/Jill/Katherine story line is going on Monday. The sides are starting to line up. I guess they had to have Billy sleep w/Sharon to have him be a little dirty to make this split more soapy/messy. Jill can just back off. I love Chloe giving Billy the finger after wiping off the lipstick

This Kevin spin off from the kidnapping was pretty clever on the part of the writers. Kudos to them in this transition.

The Winters story-line is dragging this show down. I do miss the character Dru.

I guess were going to see more of where this Billy/Cane/Jill/Katherine story line is going on Monday. The sides are starting to line up. I guess they had to have Billy sleep w/Sharon to have him be a little dirty to make this split more soapy/messy. Jill can just back off. I love Chloe giving Billy the finger after wiping off the lipstick

I have to wonder how and where Mac will fit in when she comes back on April 1st. Both Billy and Katherine are so occupied right now, how will Mac fit into their lives now? I can't wait to see how they work that out.

I think an actor like Mykel Shannon Jenkins (of B& would be a MUCH better fit than Bryton, Mykel has charisma while Bryton is basically Michael Jackson circa 1994...seriously, that actor just pisses me off. He always has and he always will.

First Mykel was 20 20 years ago.

Second Mykel was NOT hired for his acting.

Third it doesn't matter WHAT minority actors look like or HOW charismatic they are if TPTB refuse to write for them.

Devon isnt needed. Id get rid of him and bring back Nate

Keep them both.

Two black young black males on the same show?

Perish the thought!

I feel Devon would be more of a presence if McClure was a more magnetic performer.

He's as good as any of his peers.

But the racism is horrible.

Recast Malcolm and have him storm back into town with his shirt off and causing problems.

Malcolm needs to stay gone.

As for Devon: ever since that Lily crush he's all kinds of icky.

Thanks Christel!

Chris Egan is good at playing a jerk, angry, and the petulant son. This story has started well, but if he is really blind and this is not a scam, I hope he has improved in playing devastation and sadness. That's where I found his acting to be lacking. I felt no sadness when his father supposedly died and little when his friend was murdered. Chris took me out of his scenes whenever he was asked to portray sadness and I would imagine going blind would be devastatating and incredibly sad especially if it happens to someone so young.

Chris is good.

He's much more Heather Tom than Josh or Amelia.

Edited March 14, 200916 yr by DeeeDee

I have to wonder how and where Mac will fit in when she comes back on April 1st. Both Billy and Katherine are so occupied right now, how will Mac fit into their lives now? I can't wait to see how they work that out.

Mackenzie will be busy with JT, Daniel, Kevin & Cane while Billy plays house with Chloe.

And there's gonna be drama with Chancellor Industries once Katherine's ruled to be alive.

I don't find any "lacking" in Chris' acting. He's doing great and he's been a joy to watch, as opposed to other Newman children.

Meanwhile, what is happening to Victoria should just simply be called a "crime." She's now what Colleen was for the last two years, only a dayplayer with family connections. Any normal person would ask themselves why exactly do some of these contract actors have a contract if they're doing absolutely nothing.

Mackenzie will be busy with JT, Daniel, Kevin & Cane while Billy plays house with Chloe.

And there's gonna be drama with Chancellor Industries once Katherine's ruled to be alive.

IA... or at least dreaming.

I want Mac/Billy to have another run after seeing how this Mac takes to the screen. I don't want it rushed and have one of my favorite story-lines highjacked.

The drama at Chancellor Ind. should be fun to watch...lol

I don't find any "lacking" in Chris' acting. He's doing great and he's been a joy to watch, as opposed to other Newman children.

Meanwhile, what is happening to Victoria should just simply be called a "crime." She's now what Colleen was for the last two years, only a dayplayer with family connections. Any normal person would ask themselves why exactly do some of these contract actors have a contract if they're doing absolutely nothing.

Her/JT should of been spending the last year in Europe. What a waste..IMO. It happens all the time to characters, why not have them removed for a while then brought them back on. I would prefer this over after having a core character killed off.

Meanwhile, what is happening to Victoria should just simply be called a "crime." She's now what Colleen was for the last two years, only a dayplayer with family connections.

Yep.

And the sad thing is TPTB love her that way.

Recasting Victoria was always Jack Smith's big FU to Heather Tom. Ever since Amelia's been in that role, they've never written Victoria the way she's supposed to be written, no matter which writing regime. And the storylines they did give her were about someone else, like Brad or Victor.

But really, Amelia will never be the Victoria a lot of us want. This role needs to be played by a Heather Tom or Gina Tognoni-type actress, Amelia is too damsel in distress for this part. She's better suited for heroine type roles, which isn't Victoria.

Recasting Victoria was always Jack Smith's big FU to Heather Tom.

Yep.

Ever since Amelia's been in that role, they've never written Victoria the way she's supposed to be written, no matter which writing regime. And the storylines they did give her were about someone else, like Brad or Victor.

But really, Amelia will never be the Victoria a lot of us want. This role needs to be played by a Heather Tom or Gina Tognoni-type actress, Amelia is too damsel in distress for this part. She's better suited for heroine type roles, which isn't Victoria.

Amen.

But even if we are stuck with her for a long haul, they should at least try to give her a story. If either Amelia or Thad have something against the couple being split (which is the only way I'd find these two interesting again) then they should tell them to either go along with the story or be fired.

Maybe Victoria's next story (for the entire 2009) will be complaining about Adam again, while J.T. story of the entire 2009 could be getting promoted at Newman Enterprises. It's tragic.