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Remember how excited some were about Stephen Nicholas and Eden Riegel joining the show?

Where are they now? Thought so.

Maura will get the same sub-par writing that they got, and judging by this current disastrous writing team's past history, her introduction as Diane won't go smoothly.

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Billy Magnussen would be more Y&R's speed. He's completely too old, able to spend the winters shirtless and probably have an inappropriate chemistry with Maura to boot.

Agreed. It probably would have been interesting to see Maura play an inherently "nice" character.

Cringing thinking of who they'll attempt to hook her up with.

Y&R does rehearse---it threw Marcy Rylan for a loop when she first started according to an SID interview.

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The more I think about it, the more I don't like it...

I really loved Susan Walters in the role. Maybe I was the only one but I thought she was fabulous...Maura is a superb actress, but Idk if the role is right for her. Nonetheless, I'm glad that she has found work, but she's too young for the role.

I'm sure she'll act the hell out of whatever they give her, though.

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peopel made the same arguments about Jamie Luner as Liza on AMC last year and she has been absolutely amazing. I dont think age is the issue here bc Maura West and Y&R can make it work with good writing. The problem is the show does nto have good writing and all signs point to this being a mess without that in place to backup this odd decision

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The only reason they haven't recast Noah is cause they don't have a young Lead (that's not biologically related to him) but you better believe the minute they do he'll be on Y&R's short list (along with Cosgrove & Pelphrey)

Maura would have killed it & she's in the perfect age range for Y&R too (just not for Diane).

But unfortunately Y&R doesn't write for heroes/heroines & only pimps their soap poaches for possible ratings bumps.

It's sad to watch Nichols look lost when anyone who's watched soaps knows what he's capable of even with subpar writing (HELLO GH).

And when you factor in the offensive misogyny of Maria's Y&R?

It's not a good move for Maura (even if she wants to remain loyal to CBS).

Y&R will do Maura/Aunt Jack/Giggly Heffa (with a little Deacon thrown in) then when Maura's Diane is finished being thrown under the bus for Giggly Heffa she'll be thrown into a backburner pairing with Paul.

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The difference between Jamie Luner & Maura is that Jamie doesn't have that many contemporaries around beyond ridiculously youthful Darnell/Debbi & MEK.

Maura though will look TOTALLY out of place with Mel Scott, Eileen Davidson, Braeden, Doug Davidson & Peter Bergman (who all look their every bit their respective ages) no matter how good she acts.

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and what about David Canary, Susan Lucci and Jill Larson, whom she's had to act against quite a bit in her first few months (the latter moreso recently). She had just as many of Marcy Walker's former cast members as Maura will have here

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