http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/10/16/eric-braeden-young-restless-end-negotiations/

Damn. He's pulled the plug on negotiations. Could this really be the end of Victor?

Watch them kill Victor off-screen and then turn Nikki into a batshit crazy psycho because she's suffering from a broken heart and she's eventually sent to a nuthouse...

This current writing regime would so do it...

Wow, I never thought it would really be final, done. Shame on the producers and Sony or whoever, for not moving an inch.

I had a feeling he was going to walk. I do have some mixed feelings about this, but I won't miss him.

I must say, if that casting call for "Tucker" isn't a Victor recast I hope to god he is played by a really strong actor and is involved with Jill. I know a lot of characters revolve around Victor Newman, but up until the early 90s this show revolved around Jill and it needs to revolve around her again. I'm so sick of the Newman's with the exception of Nikki and for some reason Victoria is starting to grow on me again. I have always detested Nick!

Seeing as how badly reduced Jill is on the show these days and how pathetic they've made the character, I think the days are Jill being a prominent character are over. Unless these hack writers somehow become interested in her again.

I'm wishing that Eric Braeden will reach some sort of deal with Sony/CBS. Otherwise, watch Y&R decline the same way The Price is Right did after Bob Barker left. I hope come February 2010 that Eric and his fans will be celebrating his 30th year on Y&R.

Seeing as how badly reduced Jill is on the show these days and how pathetic they've made the character, I think the days are Jill being a prominent character are over. Unless these hack writers somehow become interested in her again.

That's what I'm hoping. Her history is so rich and strong. I don't think there are many other characters who can fill the void that will be created once EB leaves. IMO, if they reinvest in Jill and bring her to the center orbit of Y&R and I don't know, maybe get Billy, Ashley and Jack really, really invested in Jabot they could come up with with a real corporate story for once and have Jabot try to take over Newman. NE stock prices could really fall if Victor Newman dies, making it a prime candidate for a hostile takeover. They could also develop the relationship between Victoria, Nicholas and Adam in the process.

I think it's all 50/50 right about now. The writers could really shock us and have a trump card up their sleeve and come up with some really good story with EB gone. Or, they can just disappoint us even more and destroy what's left of Y&R.

Edited October 17, 200916 yr by CSF

Seeing as how badly reduced Jill is on the show these days and how pathetic they've made the character, I think the days are Jill being a prominent character are over. Unless these hack writers somehow become interested in her again.

Burned alive in a boathouse fire after marrying Tucker.

Watch.

He constantly said their approach was wrong and he found it disrespectful, maybe. But it is what it is at this point for both the show and for him, for me sending TGVN off into the sunset is not the biggest issue but I feel many will beg to differ

Edited October 17, 200916 yr by classicmoment

Burned alive in a boathouse fire after marrying Tucker.

Watch.

Frankly, I get the feeling that CBS, Sony & Y&R already have a contingency-plan in place...it is quite clear to this viewer that this was in play for sometime now. And so EB was quite right in his comments..he is a pretty intelligent man IMO.

Frankly, I get the feeling that CBS, Sony & Y&R already have a contingency-plan in place...it is quite clear to this viewer that this was in play for sometime now. And so EB was quite right in his comments..he is a pretty intelligent man IMO.

Braeden has a lot of issues but he's right about the callous way TPTB are treating the vets.

In the past 6 months alone TPTB had high profile issues with Jess, Mel Scott, Kristoff & Braeden himself.

Budget problems are one thing.

Treating vets badly is another.

Bye Bye Melody Thomas-Scott.

Most likely I think Nikki and Jill are gone whether EB stays or not

DeeDee, the whole burned alive story -- I can see that for Gloria too. Except I guess they would actually burn poor Jill alive. Gloria would do a knockoff Barbara Ryan. With added dramatic irony that she once burned Abby!

Can you imagine Abby being burned now?

"Ow. That, like, hurt."

Braeden has a lot of issues but he's right about the callous way TPTB are treating the vets.

In the past 6 months alone TPTB had high profile issues with Jess, Mel Scott, Kristoff & Braeden himself.

Budget problems are one thing.

Treating vets badly is another.

I think Sony is seeing how Days is doing better without big names like Deidre Hall. They are banking on it with Y&R.

Good luck selling a show that revolves around Adam and the Scoobies.

I wish EB the best, but everybody knew it was coming down after all the other major negotiations with JW and MTS. The problem with a show that is not only stacked with a lot of vets, but "star-type" vets, is that budget cuts have to be made. Y&R has really been immune to being taken over by newbies. The show's renewal was based on budget cuts and others have taken then hit. TGVN is not the be all end all of Y&R. After dropping it before Labor Day, I caught part of Tuesday and the last half of Friday and the show wasn't half bad. (I realized that it's because they have such a strong group of actors and characters.) We'll have to see if the ratings take a nosedive. They didn't when MTS was off canvas -- they may be able to weather this storm with the right stories. Oh, and tell me that JW, didn't suffer the brunt of the botched P3. (I wish they would just undo that one -- and make him dead again.)

I really don't want them to kill Phillip off again after bringing him back. It's lazy writing on a show that already revels in the easy way out. It's also the same fake dramatic irony they have already overdosed in.

Jess Walton being MIA has little to do with Phillip's return. They have been ostracizing and phasing out Jill for most of the year. They want to make sure she's seen as disposable, so that way when she goes, no one will care. They have done the same to MTS.

The show is in another flat period again. You missed the wonderful "Victor took 3 bullets for Jack!!!" crapola with Colleen getting Victor's heart, complete with Beth Maitland carrying the entire story on her back.