I am really interested to know. I do not like Kay Alden, everyone knows that , and I'm not really all that much into Maria Arena's writing either...

Both have (strong) supporters here so perhaps this shall be interesting.

You dirty bird. Sylph. This should be fun!

I loved the team of Kay Alden and William Bell. I have listened to Kay speak at that symposium or whatever it was. I think she comes across much more likeable than MAB- who has the ego the size of the sun.

I don't like either of them as writers on Y&R- without Bill Bell.

I am not voting for either. And B&B is the worst soap on the air and deserves to lose its #2 spot. It is everything soaps are trashed for.

Hmmmmm... I guess Maria. In this age, when almost every soap is bad, she manages to do good with Y&R. It isn't a masterpiece, but it's great enough to be called the best soap on air.

For now, Kay Alden.

You dirty bird. Sylph. This should be fun!

I loved the team of Kay Alden and William Bell. I have listened to Kay speak at that symposium or whatever it was. I think she comes across much more likeable than MAB- who has the ego the size of the sun.

Someone hire rangethatrover and JackPeyton as executive creative consultants right this minute!!!

Doesn't this belong in the polling forum?

I don't have a real choice, I guess if we're going for sentimental value and what's in the past, then it's Alden, but she has her fair share of mistakes as well.

Someone hire rangethatrover and JackPeyton as executive creative consultants right this minute!!!

I would be happy with set design and lighting.

And Cane's personal slaveboy.

Doesn't this belong in the polling forum?

No one enters that one. I guess Toups'll move it. It'd be nice if he left a "shadow" of this topic in this subforum.

I voted for Kay, bc while I might love the show right now, there are still Tyra/Neil/Karen/Devon/Ana mess and Lauren's absence.

I voted for Kay, bc while I might love the show right now, there are still Tyra/Neil/Karen/Devon/Ana mess and Lauren's absence.

But no one cares about either one of those stories. LOL.

Lauren swallowed this show whole during LML's reign of terror. And Tracey E. Bregman isn't a strong enough actress to carry a story of her own. And Michael and Lauren are boring as hell.

And what else can Maria Arena Bell do with Neil/Tyra/Devon/Ana? I mean, it might help to have some sort of African-American story consultant to deal with them, but maybe Bell herself is too afraid to take a risk at the expense of pissing off or further alienating those fans? I mean, some were in an uproar during LML(rumored to be consulted by Victoria Rowell and Kobe Beef) when Dru was given "angry black woman" syndrome. Maybe Bell is playing it safe because she doesn't want the controversy. And who could blame her?

But no one cares about either one of those stories. LOL.

Lauren swallowed this show whole during LML's reign of terror. And Tracey E. Bregman isn't a strong enough actress to carry a story of her own. And Michael and Lauren are boring as hell.

And what else can Maria Arena Bell do with Neil/Tyra/Devon/Ana? I mean, it might help to have some sort of African-American story consultant to deal with them, but maybe Bell herself is too afraid to take a risk at the expense of pissing off or further alienating those fans? I mean, some were in an uproar during LML(rumored to be consulted by Victoria Rowell and Kobe Beef) when Dru was given "angry black woman" syndrome. Maybe Bell is playing it safe because she doesn't want the controversy. And who could blame her?

WORD. Couldn't agree more, particularly about Lauren during that hack bitch from the depths of hell LML's reign.

I voted for Kay simply because she's a nicer person. They're both solid writers, I would say MAB is a stronger leader...but she's got an ego.

WORD. Couldn't agree more, particularly about Lauren during that hack bitch from the depths of hell LML's reign.

I voted for Kay simply because she's a nicer person. They're both solid writers, I would say MAB is a stronger leader...but she's got an ego.

Kay seems like a nice lady, but she is not without ego either. That MIT interview is a perfect example of that.

Kay seems like a nice lady, but she is not without ego either. That MIT interview is a perfect example of that.

She basically said Ryan's Hope re-runs suck becuase the production values are so dated.

She basically said Ryan's Hope re-runs suck becuase the production values are so dated.

LOL. Maybe she hates Citizen Kane too?

Kay's ego is huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge... One word: huuuuuge.

Plus, as I said several months ago: she seemed totally clueless about a whole lot of stuff in that interview. C-l-u-e-l-e-s-s.

LOL. Maybe she hates Citizen Kane too?

Seriously, who expects an ABC soap that last aired in 1989 to look contemporary by today's standards?

What made Ryan's Hope special was the writing, and from what I've seen, Alden isn't half the writer that Claire Labine is.