Guest dc cubs Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Latest news from Michael Logan of TV Guide. ABC Daytime Update: All My Children Hires New Head Writer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webmaster Errol Posted April 4, 2011 Webmaster Share Posted April 4, 2011 Just got the official press release (and Brian Frons isn't in a position where he can't respond to inquiries, btw). Lorraine Broderick is officially the new AMC head writer according to ABC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted April 4, 2011 Members Share Posted April 4, 2011 Are there any other details in the release? Any quotes? Does it actually mention a "multi-year" deal? If the spokesperson verbally said it was "multi-year" but it wasn't in the release, I'd be concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted April 4, 2011 Administrator Share Posted April 4, 2011 Don't be so hung up on "multi-year" - it means nothing. It's there for the networks in case they want to keep the HW - so the HW can't leave until the contract is over. But if the network wants to get rid of the HW, even with with a multi-year contract, they just wait until the end of the contract cycle. Unless of course you sign an ironclad contract, like Jim Reilly's with DAYS/NBC in 2003, where he would get paid for 6 years even if he was fired. And those contracts rarely given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted April 4, 2011 Members Share Posted April 4, 2011 Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vizion Posted April 4, 2011 Members Share Posted April 4, 2011 I need some popcorn for all of this....with Broderick back in, perhaps if AMC does go off the air, it can go out with some dignity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted April 4, 2011 Members Share Posted April 4, 2011 I know it means nothing. But it's one thing to have it written and one thing for a spokesperson to verbally say it. If it's not written, then that spokesperson in Logan's column was merely giving him lip service. I'm a little concerned that she was just appointed to write only the last few months of the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members leahanna Posted April 4, 2011 Members Share Posted April 4, 2011 Frons is a soap hating COWARD, he would rather laugh at all his suffering employees and let them go on day by day wondering then MAN up and say what is going on but then again he is not a man, he is a coward with no heart or soul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted April 4, 2011 Members Share Posted April 4, 2011 Michael Logan: Someone had to take over and Broderick [...] is an ideal choice to wrap things up. Well, maybe. Not disputing that. But, OTOH, why bother hiring a new HW, even one who's on-staff already, just to write it off into the sunset? True, Dave and Donna's contracts were up, but if AMC is marked for death w/ no chance at all for reprieve, why not just extend their contracts to the finale and let them write it? Hiring Broderick to oversee the ending of this show is a sentimental move, at best, and something that history says Frons is incapable of making. As always, I'm just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted April 4, 2011 Administrator Share Posted April 4, 2011 That's what AMC fans should be prepared for. At least you're gonna go out with the best possible candidate (other than Agnes herself) to end the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted April 4, 2011 Administrator Share Posted April 4, 2011 Because you get D&D's contract off the books. Save you the money by not extending their contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted April 4, 2011 Members Share Posted April 4, 2011 Ah. That makes sense. Thank you, Toups! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angela Posted April 4, 2011 Members Share Posted April 4, 2011 The release says nothing about multi-year. It IMO would have meant something not in terms of actual time BUT in terms of trying to tell fans "look, it's multi year" instead of the long cycle of neither confirming or denying the cancelation rumors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted April 4, 2011 Members Share Posted April 4, 2011 Sigh. Yeah, this doesn't look good. At least the ending will have some heart to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kylie Posted April 4, 2011 Members Share Posted April 4, 2011 Hopefully they're ending it with some heart. If she's got nothing to lose, and Frons has nothing to lose...I'm actually a little fearful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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