Y&R: Week of May 04, 2009

[Toups]

She does want to be there and that's why she became Co-EP. It doesn't make sense for her to take on more duties if she doesn't want to be there.

[Khan]

But, what if she accepted the increased duties, b/c the rest of the Bell family did not want to see that position in the hands of another outsider?

[Y&RWorldTurner]

The CBS press release said her EP duties were to take on the "story end" of the show. I don't know how that's too different from being the show's HW.

I also bet she doesn't want to same crap to happen to her that happened to her under Griffith, so she became Co-EP to keep creative story control and to keep the show stronger tied to her family's control.

I think there's a reason why she stopped writing for soaps for like 20 years and then came back to help out during the strike. Daytime was never her passion, but she knew her family's show needed helping, so she stepped up. But really over time, I'm getting more confused with her writing ability.

[AllAboutAngst]

I think she wants to be there too.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

My advice to her would be, keep your EP credit and let a real "storyteller" write for the show. Maria has some good ideas, but I'm becoming weary of her ability as a cohesive storyteller now...

[Khan]

And no, we're not talking about Tom Casiello. We have to clarify for those who accuse many of us constantly of being his cheerleaders.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

It would have to be a storyteller with a lot of experience.

My dream would be to steal Patrick Mulcahey from B&B and pair him with Natalie Minardi Slater. I know Pat is a passionate storyteller, but it's only a dream, and I heard a lot of crap went down when Pat was Co-HW of GL briefly after the Curlee era that probably made him never want to go down that road again.

Anyway, in my dream scenario, Pat would be the storyteller and Natalie would be the one helping him with the history and the character's motivations and unique traits.

I do not want another Latham, or another Alden/Smith for that matter either.

[brimike]

I would absolutely LOVE to just see three months of Pat/Natalie. To test the waters. I think that's a brilliant idea!

[FrenchFan]

I think you're really hard with her. I mean, Y&R is so much better than it was during LML's era, it is so much better than the rest of daytime. Sure everything's not perfect but I think that complaining about her is not a good thing for daytime now. We should embrace the good points of her writing.

[AllAboutAngst]

I don't want Patrick at all, his strength is dialogue. I do NOT NOT NOT want him as HW of this show, heck no.

[a2sassy]

Me either! I just LOL everytime I see it. :lol:

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Too bad it would never happen.

I've heard, from a very good friend, Pat quit GL in 1994 because CBS/P&G wouldn't allow him to go full throttle with Bridget and David's romantic relationship. I know Nancy Curlee admitted to wanting to pair them earlier and said in her interview with us that the network wouldn't allow her, but I heard Pat had poured a great deal into developing that storyline in 1994, only for it to be nixed, and he quit. I can't imagine him being a HW again in this current daytime climate.

[AllAboutAngst]

I think MAB is doing fine, certainly better than any other HW in daytime currently.

I really only have three bitches as far as her Y&R is concerned:

-The writing for the Winters sucks

-I need some of the women to be a bit stronger

-Some characters are becoming overexposed (but thats not even a big gripe, I just think she could scale back on a few).

[Y&RWorldTurner]

For a dialogue writer, Mulcahey was heavily invovled with storylines at SB, GL, and GH.

For instance, Nancy Curlee said he helped craft a good portion of Buzz Cooper's introduction into Springfield.

He was also instrumental to Carly's creation on GH.

Nancy Curlee told us, "Patrick was a soul mate, loved all of the same stuff Stephen and I did. He was especially good at the Cooper family stories, and Buzz Cooper in particular. He had such a great way of turning a story slightly askew and telling it from a very specific vantage point you might not have considered before. I think Buzz Cooper was his baby, and I loved what he did with that."

Hell, it would be a dream come true of Curlee herself ever made a daytime return, but I know that's definitely out of the picture.

[Rhiannon]

I watch GSN late night every night for 2 hours usually. They show The 100,000 Pyramid, $25,000 Pyramid, Family Feud (Dawson Version) and 60's episodes of the show Password.

Anyway the $25,000 Pyramid's celebrity guests for the next 5 days or so are Jackée Harry and Terry Lester (Original Jack on Y&R)!!!!

http://www.gsn.com/cgi/onair/program_schedule.html