I may have totally misread their exchange.

Maybe, and probably, since we don't get that lucky. But wouldn't it be fantastic?

I know i'm going to have nightmares tonight about waking up to headlines that read "Megan McTavish rehired as AMC's head writer" or "Jean Passanante is AMC's new head writer" or worse yet "McTavish and Passanante AMC's new Co-Headwriters". Ah.

Must. Just. Focus. On. Pratt. Being. Fired.

Was it the only way Rebecca Budig would come back?

Makes me wonder now if RB knew something. I remember she talked about the writing would be better and we'd get more CHARACTER driven storylines.

I wonder if there was an inkling of this then

Makes me wonder now if RB knew something. I remember she talked about the writing would be better and we'd get more CHARACTER driven storylines.

I wonder if there was an inkling of this then

I think so. It was weird how she was so confident about the writing and yet, at the same time, she took a shot at Pratt for how stupid he was to not know Greenlee would never share her wedding day with Bianca.

Too late IMO. I don't think a new writer will change anything. AMC is destroyed.

People were saying that about Days a few years back and look at it now.

There is one difference. Frons. Days does not have the network hi jacker like ABC does..

People were saying that about Days a few years back and look at it now.

WOW. I wasn't expecting this at all.

Oh gawd, Ellen Wheeler might have a new job as AMC's head writer!! I need to have drinks with Castiel to get this thought out of my head.

I think if Wheeler was going to go anywhere it would have been ATWT.

Ellen always seemed to be on the verge of a meltdown...yet she still didn't make as many dumb comments to the press as JHC has.

I don't expect AMC to improve under a new headwriter. It will be a different kind of bad. People used to insist that anyone would be better than LML and then MAB came along.

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Well, this is all just splendid, isn't it? Who do we have for now? Megan McTavish, Jean Passanante and Ellen Wheeler, who could pull double duty (EP/HW).

Simply splendid.

Peeps, I've been gone all day long and returned to find this wonderful news!

Oh, GAWD! This news is good and bad. While I had problems with Pratt's version AMC, I have maintained since day one that his version has done something AMC hasn't done since early 2003 -- ENTERTAIN ME! However, I would love to see more human stories being told with these characters, but I do like the anticipation of seeing how Pratt's asinine twists play out.

I don't ever want 'the writer' to darken AMC again. This show, which is already ready too Ryan-heavy, will be even more so, plus all the women will be blonde, the women will be even more "misogynized" than they are now complete with rape and domestic abusers, and we will have six character find out they are long lost relatives in about three months time.

I agree, Pratt entertained me also, but the show he was writing was not All My Children. OMG, I would rather this ship go down with Pratt than have to endure "the writer" again. She made the show SOOO dark and rewrote too much history. I will never forgive her for unaborting that fetus.

Frederick Johnson + Addie Walsh =

Dream Team.

Too late IMO. I don't think a new writer will change anything. AMC is destroyed.

It can. I'm optimistic.

Makes me wonder now if RB knew something. I remember she talked about the writing would be better and we'd get more CHARACTER driven storylines.

I wonder if there was an inkling of this then

I read that interview and had the same reaction. Thought maybe it was just wishful thinking on my part. Maybe Rebecca Budig has more power than we think.

I agree, Pratt entertained me also, but the show he was writing was not All My Children.

I think that's probably one of the reasons he was hired in the first place. My problem was his writing was not anything coherent, it was usually just a sicko, thickheaded mess, poorly plotted and paced. It's pathetic that someone who has been writing for 25 or more years would have come up with garbage like Zach turning Bianca's Mary Sue-esque girlfriend straight, or the butchery he put on Adam and Stuart.

I think with the budget cuts at ATWT that they cannot afford to hire Wheeler. Honestly though I will admit Wheeler is more of a visionary per sea then JHC. It does not mean she makes the best decisions but she has more of a vision then JHC. JHC to me is total non-visionary-lapdog.Everyone has said she is very nice but she has no vision or any stength as an executive producer. If anything I would love to see Ed Scott take over AMC with Kay Alden. That would be absolutely fabulous.

If anything I would love to see Ed Scott take over AMC with Kay Alden. That would be absolutely fabulous.

The ultimate dream team right there.

What has Scott been doing for the past year?

The whole DAYS run seemed to be a big controversy but AMC does need a strong hand. If Frons will allow one.