AMC: Karen Harris IN!

Absolutely FORGET about JHC being fired. Stranger things have happened, but forget about it.

Edited November 21, 200916 yr by bellcurve

Sigh does it even matter? We've all felt the same thing when we heard that MMT was fired only to be disappointed with B&E, then we got all happy when we heard they were fired only to be disappointed with Pratt. At this point I dont really care. I dont think AMC is going to necesarily be in any better shape than it is now bc there are people higher than Pratt that need to go

Yeah, I want to be thrilled but I dread to think who Frons will hire next.

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.

ICAM. 'The writer' destroyed our show and Pratt somewhat brought it back to life. It scares me to think Frons might reemploy her.

With Pratt being Frons' bff and the ratings relatively stable, this is pretty shocking news. The show is a hot mess creatively, but STILL! It must've come from someone above Frons. I have one request: LORRAINE BRODERICK, COME HOME! I know it'll probably never happen with Frons in charge, but it's not 100% out of the realm of possibility. I don't think it will be Beldner. He and his partner who's a pretty high-end attorney in Manhattan, adopted a baby last year, and I hear he's playing stay at home dad. A HW position might be too much for him. I guess the reality is that whoever is chosen, probably nothing much will change, since he/she will have to write in compliance with the Frons/ABC mandate to keep things dumbed down beyond belief. If I were Carlivati, I'd be shaking in my boots. OLTL might be getting a lot of buzz over Kish, but it's not being reflected in the ratings, and Carlivati is not a bff of Frons.

Woah! Awesome news! The thing is, I don't think Frons fired Pratt - they're BFFs. I think Pratt wanted to leave - I've always believed that Pratt wanted to write for daytime until he was ready to go back to primetime and I believe that's where he's headed again. AMC was just a pit stop for him.

I really hope the next Head Writer is good. Any choice or combination of Addie Walsh, Jeff Beldner, Lorraine Broderick, Fred Johnson would be alright with me.

ITA, any combination of Broderick, Walsh, Beldner and Johnson would be a huge improvement over the writers Frons has hired over the years, but I don't think he'd consider any of them because they would want to write for the real Pine Valley, not Frons' version of it.

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.

I'm trying to be optimistic, but I fear you're right!

As much as many people hated Pratt's writings I enjoyed it. I am not saying I enjoyed every storyline because I didn't but at least Pratt kept me watching everyday. Pratt gave us more Erica and Adam then B&E ever did.

I am shocked that he is gone because he is one of Fron's pets. Weird.

Hopefully we can get a better HW.

Another reliable soap board (don't know if we're allowed to mention or link to other boards here) is saying that there was a major dispute over the 40th anniversary episodes that led to his being let go.

Another reliable soap board (don't know if we're allowed to mention or link to other boards here) is saying that there was a major dispute over the 40th anniversary episodes that led to his being let go.

So that means we'll get a mandate follower?

If you don't follow an agenda and a mandate for the 40th anniversary, you're fired, thus we have to find someone who will write what he/she is told to?

So that means we'll get a mandate follower?

If you don't follow an agenda and a mandate for the 40th anniversary, you're fired, thus we have to find someone who will write what he/she is told to?

Maybe he was following policy, and someone finally said enough is enough? (Oh who am I kidding, if this is true, you're right).

Ugh, it's stuff like that really makes me think Megan being rehired isn't that far off after all.

Another reliable soap board (don't know if we're allowed to mention or link to other boards here) is saying that there was a major dispute over the 40th anniversary episodes that led to his being let go.

Um... the 40th Anniversary episodes have already been taped. Why would he be "let go" over something that's not only already been written, but have been taped?

I wonder what straw broke the camels back.

I liked the way Pratt wrote Erica and the somewhat resurgence of the Hubbards, but other than, he can pack his [!@#$%^&*] and get out my house yesterday. I'm wearing my bulletproof (I was just visiting Port Charles, dontchaknow) and I'm prepared to get mauled on every side, but I would take the first year and a half of MMT's stint over Pratt's stint any day of the week. At least the show didn't feel like a crippled grandma limping along on her last legs then. AMC's main focuses, family and young love, were still the main theme. Pratt's AMC basically threw a hand grenade into everything the show was built on and left it in a state that can best be described as hollow.

PS: I am in no way defending anything post-babyswitch.

Edited November 21, 200916 yr by All My Shadows

So that means we'll get a mandate follower?

If you don't follow an agenda and a mandate for the 40th anniversary, you're fired, thus we have to find someone who will write what he/she is told to?

In a lot of ways Pratt seemed to be following the usual mandate. The same characters certainly got focus as they have with other regimes. Nothing about this era of AMC seemed like a risktaking exercise to me.

^I can't imagine what he could have done that was worse then what happened this week...well, maybe it's more that I don't want to.

I still haven't decided if it's a good thing or a bad thing that someone fired Pratt. I can't imagine that it was Frons, since they're BFF's but if it was someone above Froms...then what the hell did he write that would make someone above Frons step in?

^I can't imagine what he could have done that was worse then what happened this week...well, maybe it's more that I don't want to.

I still haven't decided if it's a good thing or a bad thing that someone fired Pratt. I can't imagine that it was Frons, since they're BFF's but if it was someone above Froms...then what the hell did he write that would make someone above Frons step in?

Joe is shot in the head for the 40th anniversary. A grief stricken Ruth garrotes Petey with Opal's beads. Amanda has sex with Ruth to try to diffuse the situation.

Ryan, meanwhile, tells everyone Annie is to blame.

He then fires at her, and shoots Tad in the head.

Tad, with head wound, breaks into an old Rip Taylor routine and throws confetti for the anniversary.

Edited November 21, 200916 yr by CarlD2

I liked the way Pratt wrote Erica and the somewhat resurgence of the Hubbards, but other than, he can pack his [!@#$%^&*] and get out my house yesterday. I'm wearing my bulletproof (I was just visiting Port Charles, dontchaknow) and I'm prepared to get mauled on every side, but I would take the first year and a half of MMT's stint over Pratt's stint any day of the week. At least the show didn't feel like a crippled grandma limping along on her last legs then. AMC's main focuses, family and young love, were still the main theme. Pratt's AMC basically threw a hand grenade into everything the show was built on and left it in a state that can best be described as hollow.

PS: I am in no way defending anything post-babyswitch.

There are bullet-proof destruction kits.

In a lot of ways Pratt seemed to be following the usual mandate. The same characters certainly got focus as they have with other regimes. Nothing about this era of AMC seemed like a risktaking exercise to me.

I know that. But, if this info is true, he obviously didn't follow what he was told to do. The clashed and lost. Do you understand? He wasn't following the orders 100%. So they'll find someone who will.

^I can't imagine what he could have done that was worse then what happened this week...well, maybe it's more that I don't want to.

I still haven't decided if it's a good thing or a bad thing that someone fired Pratt. I can't imagine that it was Frons, since they're BFF's but if it was someone above Froms...then what the hell did he write that would make someone above Frons step in?

As someone said, Pratt must be expensive. Writing contract, producing contract, god knows what else...

I know that. But, if this info is true, he obviously didn't follow what he was told to do. The clashed and lost. Do you understand? He wasn't following the orders 100%. So they'll find someone who will.

I think if it were about that he wouldn't have lasted a year and a half.

I think if it were about that he wouldn't have lasted a year and a half.

You can follow orders for 7835 days and on the 7836 you stop. Which is when they fire you. You have to do it all the way. Especially if it's something "big", like the anniversary episode.