Members marceline Posted September 15, 2011 Members Share Posted September 15, 2011 I've been thinking/wondering about that. I guess it depends on the terms of his contract and who else is available. PP and ABC are two different companies so even if ABC cuts him loose who's to say that PP can or would pick him up? Again, if PP had already been developing a new soap, I'd imagine they have a list of potentials. But they certainly seem to be erring on the side of the status quo so I could easily see Ron getting a second life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted September 15, 2011 Members Share Posted September 15, 2011 She really has never been IMHO as HW. Apparently she was regarded as good as an associate or breakdown writer, though much of that Malone/Griffith era was pretty great in general, till Griffith left... The year she co-wrote OLTL after he left with Peggy Sloan and Leah Laiman was a muddle. Then her work at AMC at first seemed to be ok--but Agnes Nixonw as official co-headwriter, and it was schizo, with the stories we assume Passanantye doing not meshing with Nixon's lesbian story, etc--then when Passanante became solo HW all Hell broke loose--I still think it was arguably worse than any era of McTavish, Rayfield or even Pratt. Then amongst rumours of being fired, she fled ship and was picked up as part of the team at ATWT--and AMC was left without a HW for some months. And I don't think anyone liked her work at ATWT any more, really, though at first sh just assited Sheffer. Anyway, I know when she was hired at OLTL rumoru was she's be co-headwriter, but to my knowledge that never happened. But I think, even with a decent EP, her HWing OLTL would be disaster. . This is what confuses me. It was mentioned quite clearly, but again nothing all that official that LB and JHC (who I'd rather see go, but...) would be moving to online AMC, but nothign has been stated about OLTL's behind the scenes crew at all, even rumours--yet we know some cast for OLTL and not at all for AMC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted September 15, 2011 Members Share Posted September 15, 2011 The only thing is with the much touted ratings of OLTL and the facts about its budget, I could see Frons trying to (briefly until the inevitable cancelation) cut his loses and place both at GH as a sorta "Look I am paying attention to the numbers" and (this is all conjecture), because he really doesn't care much about how these soaps do online but still has, for now, some concern for GH. The very fact that they promoted Wolfe (sp?) to GH for now just reminds me of when he came on board at ABC and promoted Rayfield at AMC merely, it seemed, while working out if he could get McTavish or another bigger name writer, back (Frons' instincts were slightly in the right place initially--he seemed to look at who was writing the soaps at their mid 90s ratings peak, which is why he hired McTavish, and Malone/Griffith for OLTL even if it didn't really work out particularly at OLTL). Then again RC *was* promoted from within at OLTL and he stuck, so who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted September 15, 2011 Members Share Posted September 15, 2011 Jean Passanante = CANDY CANE NO!!! Jean Passanante = Heroine shot in the head Jean Passanante = Dog Boy I may have more mixed views on her ATWT work (her OLTL work was boring and pointless in her first run) but the above is what I always associate with her. That damn candy cane drove me away for months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted September 15, 2011 Members Share Posted September 15, 2011 Don't forget Ghost Gillian, Libidizone, Laura becomes a bitch but needs a heart... Yeah I don't even remember that era of OLTL very clearly except that it was a muddled mess--boring is the right word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted September 15, 2011 Members Share Posted September 15, 2011 Laura ugh. On Youtube a Nora fan has been putting up some 1996 clips. It's just so pedestrian. It's really a shame to see how generic and poorly written the climax of Rachel's drug story and the RJ/Nora one night stand reveal was. And I wonder how much she knew about the show really, because they have Kevin in the story "interviewing" Rachel and the family, and not once is there any indication that he and Rachel were deeply in love only 3 years before this. He doesn't even react to the possible Drew/Rachel relationship (which was the best part of the story, and sadly dropped, I'm guessing due to racism). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted September 15, 2011 Members Share Posted September 15, 2011 I always feel like such a weirdo because I basically got hooked on my two all-time favorite soaps by way of Passanante's writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted September 15, 2011 Members Share Posted September 15, 2011 Another Option if gary Tomlin returns as OLTL EP, Chris Whitesell could come back as HW. He was Co-HW with LB in 2001-03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted September 15, 2011 Members Share Posted September 15, 2011 People would probably say the ATWT period of time you got hooked one was some of the stronger material in its last decade. They can just use the NAIR already on set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted September 15, 2011 Members Share Posted September 15, 2011 Good heavens does PP not know any other writers in the entertainment industry than the same group of dried up talent thats been killing it for years and while some people think RC walks on water his ideas are as dated and cliched as the rest. Same EP's, same HW;s, same showkillers. Didn;t Frons actually hire a decent writer for the second season of that Soapnet spinoff of GH they did someone who was a primetime writer who actually got a lot of praise for the writing he did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted September 15, 2011 Members Share Posted September 15, 2011 The thing is it's smart to go with someone who knows how to effectively produce and write Daytime Dramas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted September 15, 2011 Members Share Posted September 15, 2011 Based on what? How successfully the current writers across the genre have done? If you need continuity keep some of the breakdown writers or scriptwriters in place but lord hire some fresh blood from outside the genre. This is one of the reasons the storytelling is as dated as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted September 15, 2011 Members Share Posted September 15, 2011 Im not saying Hire Current EP's and HW's To Helm OLTL But Hire Folks that can do the job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TeamEric Posted September 15, 2011 Members Share Posted September 15, 2011 Or hocking her daytime divas ditties? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TeamEric Posted September 15, 2011 Members Share Posted September 15, 2011 I find it shocking PP isn't advertising AMC's new home during AMC's final weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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