Just another case of MAB's combined lust for 'big name ' casting and 'honoring' history.

Instead of creating a new character that Maura could run with (hypothetically,since the writing/character depth is atrocious these days) they looked back and thought 'wow Diane has a past with Victor,let's rehash that',even though age and looks wise Maura was nowhere suitable as Diane.

Same for Eden/Heather.

God knows who they'll swoop on from AMC/OLTL to play Matt Miller,Scotty Grainger and Cole Howard.

Don't tell me she just "wasn't Diane"...they didn't give her a chance to be Diane until about two weeks ago. She spent more time just standing in the background than Gayle King.

But that's the thing, she wasn't Diane because Diane wasn't a background or supporting character, nor was she a stupid bitch. Even when she wasn't front burner, Diane Jenkins was a firecracker, especially under Alex Donnelly's time. I'm not attacking the Maura West at all, she did very well with what she was given, but she didn't have the charisma to play Diane when she's not front burner, she just didn't light things up. Of course it's the writing's fault. This is MAB and Sheffer and Hamner, they destroy everything their pens touch.

I still wonder if the bad casting was mostly on Sheffer getting to degrade a Maura character the way he never managed to at ATWT. I doubt he had any interest beyond that, and MAB probably heard that the blonde daughter from Gimme a Break might want to do a cameo, so she got distracted and just signed off on whatever. It's too bad, as Maura could have been a real asset to a show which has a cast that isn't exactly going great guns.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if Sheffer pushed for Maura to be (mis)-cast. He wanted to do a hatchet job on her from day one.

Just another case of MAB's combined lust for 'big name ' casting and 'honoring' history.

Instead of creating a new character that Maura could run with (hypothetically,since the writing/character depth is atrocious these days) they looked back and thought 'wow Diane has a past with Victor,let's rehash that',even though age and looks wise Maura was nowhere suitable as Diane.

Same for Eden/Heather.

God knows who they'll swoop on from AMC/OLTL to play Matt Miller,Scotty Grainger and Cole Howard.

Are we sure all this big name casting is MAB? Yeah she's a crappy writer but reading about how Sony thinks its a great idea to now

go after AMC and OLTL castoffs for YR and maybe Days, it sounds like they are "soap star" crazy moreso than MAB

I think the decision to bring MW to Y&R in the first place was a good one. It makes sense that they would try to get a popular actress from a canceled soap, in the hopes that viewers might follow her. I think some viewers did. After that initial decision mistakes were obviously made. Still, I'd love to know what happened behind the scenes. It's hard for me to believe this was entirely storyline dictated.

I think the decision to bring MW to Y&R in the first place was a good one. It makes sense that they would try to get a popular actress from a canceled soap, in the hopes that viewers might follow her. I think some viewers did. After that initial decision mistakes were obviously made. Still, I'd love to know what happened behind the scenes. It's hard for me to believe this was entirely storyline dictated.

One or two stars I can see but Y&R has a myriad of them. And it hasn't added much value. Y&R basically treats all of these like casting stunts which is

not a long term strategy.

So Y&R fired Maura and continue to keep mediocre Eden Riegel. Unbelievable!

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So Y&R fired Maura and have kept mediocre Eden Riegel. Unbelievable!

The mediocre and pregnant with a lawyer mother Eden Riegel.

I think they'd keep Eden even if she hadn't been pregnant/just had a baby. She was an ABC star and that means a lot to someone at Y&R. Otherwise I don't know if Liz Hendrickson, after her fourth or fifth straight failed pairing and story, would still be arond.

The mediocre and pregnant with a lawyer mother Eden Riegel.

That is a point. I don't really want anyone to be fired, but if these soaps are going to fire people, they should fire the right people, the mediocre actors who cannot make the material interesting.

I watch a little of Maura on Y&R and thought she turned in some solid performances. The character was sabotage by consistently bad writing, but Y&R writers could have still salvaged the character if they wanted to, obviously they didn't want to.

Soap Opera Weekly has learned that Maura West was let go from her role as YOUNG AND RESTLESS's Diane last Friday, May 20. Sources say that character will be exiting in a rather dramatic way. See future issues of Weekly and Digest for more.

http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/west-out-yrs-diane

Soap Opera Weekly has learned that Maura West was let go from her role as YOUNG AND RESTLESS's Diane last Friday, May 20. Sources say that character will be exiting in a rather dramatic way. See future issues of Weekly and Digest for more.

http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/west-out-yrs-diane

She gets shot and her major organs are divided up by the Newmans?

She gets shot and her major organs are divided up by the Newmans?

Oh God. They just have to kill her off, don't they?

Man, if they kill off Diane Jenkins, I'll be so pissed.

Here's to you Diane!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVkNgBzxRa0

Oh God. They just have to kill her off, don't they?

Either that or the Newman studs tell her she's a dirty whore and throw money at her.

Oh no, oh no, oh no. They're going to kill Diane off.