OH, NO!

Goutman's in? FML. Before you know it, he'll be exec producer. Maybe now he'll get a chance to destroy a third show.

I don't believe this. I just don't.

Christopher Goutman is joining Y&R as a director.

http://www.welovesoaps.net/2010/10/christopher-goutman-to-direct-young-and.html

Figures Bloom would find a way to get him to Y&R. I wonder of it's contract or just freelance work.

How soon before Rauch's old ass is forced out and Goutman takes his place?

Rauch's cycle just passed in August, so if he has 26 week cycles, January/February should be the month to look at if Y&R chooses to make a change.

http://twitter.com/SudsReport/status/26891603414

Christopher Goutman will be directing 2 Y&R eppys. As well as AMC's Colan OBrian. They're down directors. Assured that is it.

So Conal O'Brien is willing to go to the west coast and it's Y&R that asks him, not AMC? Meanwhile I think poor Michael Pomarico had to direct every episode of AMC this week!

So I take it O'Brien was willing to stay with AMC in some capacity but they did not let him.

http://twitter.com/SudsReport/status/26891603414

So Conal O'Brien is willing to go to the west coast and it's Y&R that asks him, not AMC? Meanwhile I think poor Michael Pomarico had to direct every episode of AMC this week!

So I take it O'Brien was willing to stay with AMC in some capacity but they did not let him.

If COB wanted to continue to direct for AMC, that's pretty shocking that they would diss him like that.

If Y&R needs directors just bring back Kathryn Foster.

It seems really stupid and just weird that they're short on directors and choose to hire New York based directors?

You'd think they'd hire directors who are LA based, like Foster, and avoid having to pay for both plane tickets and whatever they're paying these directors. There's probably more to the Goutman story, I think Bloom wants to hold on to him, and Maria being all for "names" in the industry, whether they're good or bad, agrees with it.

Well, it's no different than, say, Shelley Curtis flying out to NYC to direct a single episode of All My Children here and there... or Danielle Faraldo flying out to LA to direct a few GH episodes.

Of course, filtering it through the prism of little information, kind of somewhat educated speculation and a whole lot of assumption, it can turn into anything you want.

With that said, directors embrace new creative challenges, too.

OH, NO!

Goutman's in? FML. Before you know it, he'll be exec producer. Maybe now he'll get a chance to destroy a third show.

I don't believe this. I just don't.

Goutman didn't "destroy" Another World. Another World was destroyed before he got there. At least the poor guy tried to do SOMETHING to save it after PGP and NBC pissed on it for years.

If COB wanted to continue to direct for AMC, that's pretty shocking that they would diss him like that.

If Y&R needs directors just bring back Kathryn Foster.

Nope. I want Kathryn Foster at B&B.

Well, it's no different than, say, Shelley Curtis flying out to NYC to direct a single episode of All My Children here and there... or Danielle Faraldo flying out to LA to direct a few GH episodes.

Of course, filtering it through the prism of little information, kind of somewhat educated speculation and a whole lot of assumption, it can turn into anything you want.

With that said, directors embrace new creative challenges, too.

AMC: Casey Childs OUT!

Y&R: Casey Childs IN!

AMC: Casey Childs OUT!

Y&R: Casey Childs IN!

I'll be an old sea hag makin' wishes in the snow.

I can't help not noticing the recurring theme with CBS lately...."cost cutting" especially with those shows they do not own and are not doing so well. Even Les Moonves is weighing in on all of this now because he has no choice but to do so. I expect them to be looking at even more cost cutting for Y&R and that in turns means more cost-cutting for Sony to do.

Y&R maybe the #1 soap but I get the feeling they are not as #1 in the heart of CBS as they were before, so they are going to strip their budget and use it elsewhere at CBS where the company can make a profit. MAB was brought in to make the show better, improve ratings and viewership...she was expected to be much much much better than LML was and in some ways she is but in most cases she is a lot worse. She and others acts as if CBS can't do without Y&R well in fact they can and will if they had to.

I think of CBS like Wal-mart, Wal-mart doesn't make their own products but they sure as heck can control how manufacturers make and price their products. And nowadays so many people are trying to get their wares on CBS because they are such a powerful and proven network.

Was Tracey Thomson promoted on GH? On today's ep her name wasn't in the Script Writer slot, she was at the top of the other list with the 4 other writers Conforti, Bennett, Goldschmid, & Wolf.

Was Tracey Thomson promoted on GH? On today's ep her name wasn't in the Script Writer slot, she was at the top of the other list with the 4 other writers Conforti, Bennett, Goldschmid, & Wolf.

She wasn't listed everyday so it looks like she was just helping out.

General Hospital will soon be down a Writer Karen Harris decided to Leave after 17 years with the show to move on.

She said she will work through her current cycle which runs thourgh DEC. 5th

That's a loss, but she's left before and come back. I wonder what other opportunities she's pursuing, and if Guza will hire anyone else to take her place.

Oh wow, I heard it was a final goodbye to daytime from her on Facebook. Sounds like she wants to try something new...

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OH NO! NOT KAREN! KAREN?!

Can't blame her. It must be getting tougher and tougher these days for any scribe who still gives a damn about the genre.