I've also heard that many people are afraid to second guess Maria, she's not very open to dissent when it comes to what she likes. Very arrogant woman who thinks she can do no wrong.

Soeaking of Maria, you've got her pegged to a science. Except you forget the part where she struts around like she owns all of CBS and spends the rest of her free studio time browsing through Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom catalogues. I doubt she even watches the Y&R feed from her office.

Yep, I forgot those two things!!

It's like a dark dungeon in there. Just terrible. And scary.

OMG! I don't know why, but this made me all happy inside.

she wouldn't allow Bell's tentpole female characters to be backburned or pushed aside and then justify that in interviews later.

RAUCH.

The vendettas are horrible.

I stopped reading when NB asked a question such as this:

TVG: How do you guys work together in terms of laying out long-term story? You have three co-head writers — do you split the show into three halves or work in tandem?

Is he serious? Either him and his editor need to refer back to elementary math or he's completly over the edge with his over-indulging this show's ego of it's own impact. While I know the second choice is still true I think the logic here lies in the first choice. I already knew the interview would be b.s. and full of ego mania, but I don't know that question bothered me on top of everything else.