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He's really outdone himself this year.

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I personally think it's funny CC is talking about the next season of her web thing, consdiering the first hasn't been filmed yet, and from what I can tell, the production meetings involved getting tuned and twittering kinda sketchy photos of CC in sponge bob pajamas. And do a whole lot of press about something that is still a concept, not an actual show.

Otherwise, it's a funny read!

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I don't know what to love more. Telling us never to underestimate a Bell after spending a year endlessly overhyping the Bell in the first place. Praising MAB for adding a "touch of the rainbow" when that rainbow consists of a glorified extra whose only story was about reinforcing ugly stereotypes about gays, and a botched return who also reinforced negative gay stereotypes and burned through his entire story in 2 weeks. Repeatedly praising Thom Bierdz as a "major contract player" and breaking new ground, not mentioning that he appears a few days out of a month if he's lucky, and saying zilch about Scott Evans, who has had far more airtime, even though he isn't on contract. Telling us that Tony Geary is the most powerful actor at GH. Telling us that Jeanne Cooper has finally become a good actress.

I think this is my favorite part.

Translation: You're supposed to join me at (insert hip tavern here) and talk about who has the biggest package, not honor a soap I hated! You got Ellen Wheeler cooties!

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It's crazy because if you are going to name all those liabilities for MAB, then why not any for Rauch? Or are we supposed to believe that MAB is the only one who has basically turned Y&R's longtime integrated canvas into a town so regressive, I keep expecting to see a story where Devon is attacked for drinking from the whites only fountain?

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Yep, they definitely have more autonomy and I love that they do because MAB & her crew / Sony will be held responsible for what happens to the show because it is so obvious that MAB will not tolerate anyone pushing her around or telling her she has made mistakes. :lol: Sometime one has to know when to be humble!

I love it though because it makes it easier for CBS to do what it has to do in the long run, they have already made the 1st strike. The show is now in a form of performance-based licensing agreement so if MAB thinks she is such a hot turnaround specialist she better perform and have a spanking brilliant growing show during the next 2 years. :D Y&R can be replaced and I do believe they actually are arrogant enough to think they can't be. I wouldn't wager the rest of my 401K plan on that. :lol:

And all the actors better start moonlighting a lot more. <_<

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See now I choose to look at this list in a positive manner, it lists most of the people actively destroying daytime. I'll keep it handy should I encounter any of them in the wild.

Oh and Imaginary Bitches was not a soap opera, it was a comedy, perhaps someone should tell him that. Maybe someone should tell that to the Daytime Emmys as well.

Martha was essentially let go from a role she played for 20 years and took a short term go nowhere role on GH and is now writing for a show that hates it's writers on B&B. That's some power!

Thom Bierdz is one power move from being fired.

Perhaps he should have really looked at his options in this sad and depleted soap opera landscaped and narrowed his list down to ten. He clearly ran out of candidates at some point.

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