Richard Simms of ABC Soaps In Depth tweeted that Jill Farren Phelps was let go and Frank Valentini is the new EP of GH

http://twitter.com/#...117320825896960

How long before Ron arrives?

They even started to groom the younger generation for the future (that will never be ).....

Edited December 2, 201113 yr by SoapBoy94

Thank god they had the decency to keep McBain's shirt on 95% of the time he had romantic scenes

ME seems like he might have a nice chest

I'm quite saddened by this news. I always thought it was a forgone conclusion that JFP would be at GH til the end. She probably would have been had the Prospect Park deal gone through.

This, IMO, is the final nail in that travesty.

Either way, I've long thought that JFP was one of the best in the business when she is left to do what she does best : produce! I loved her tenures at SB, AW, and OLTL, and people often forget that JFP was the EP at GL during the Curlee/Demorest/Reilly/Taggart golden years. GL and GH are two soaps I've never really gotten into, though I did watch some of her tenure at each.

Either way, speaking as a fan of JFP and JFP in this industry, she will be missed. And frankly, I'd be THRILLED to see her at DAYS or Y&R and think both would be better for it. Sadly, there was a time that I wouldn't have wanted her near Y&R and I'm a fan! But that time has long since passed.

She is a nightmare. Definitely. However, she wasn't as against Jackie Zeman as anyone thinks she was. In fact, she kept her on contract longer than Frons wanted due to her ability to soothe TG.

Still, for all of Jill's evil...I think she's a legend. An absolute nightmare to many and a scourge to actors everywhere. But a legend all the same.

Absolutely. Like her or not, JFP IS a daytime legend. For better or worse.

Jess and MTS...an interesting conundrum in the JFP universe. JFP always has two or three female actresses who she loooooves and pimps to no end. I don't see MTS being that...Jess on the other hand, a lovely, bright, no nonsense professional? Like Linda Dano, a major FOJ.

She also played Vicky Wyndham heavily at AW and I imagine Vicky & Jess to be quite similar BTS. In fact, if Jess were to ever take ill, I'd LOVE to see what Wyndham would do pinch hitting for her, much like it's been fun for me to watch Michael Learned take over for Cooper.

I'm quite saddened by this news. I always thought it was a forgone conclusion that JFP would be at GH til the end. She probably would have been had the Prospect Park deal gone through.

This, IMO, is the final nail in that travesty.

Either way, I've long thought that JFP was one of the best in the business when she is left to do what she does best : produce! I loved her tenures at SB, AW, and OLTL, and people often forget that JFP was the EP at GL during the Curlee/Demorest/Reilly/Taggart golden years. GL and GH are two soaps I've never really gotten into, though I did watch some of her tenure at each.

Either way, speaking as a fan of JFP and JFP in this industry, she will be missed. And frankly, I'd be THRILLED to see her at DAYS or Y&R and think both would be better for it. Sadly, there was a time that I wouldn't have wanted her near Y&R and I'm a fan! But that time has long since passed.

Absolutely. Like her or not, JFP IS a daytime legend. For better or worse.

She also played Vicky Wyndham heavily at AW and I imagine Vicky & Jess to be quite similar BTS. In fact, if Jess were to ever take ill, I'd LOVE to see what Wyndham would do pinch hitting for her, much like it's been fun for me to watch Michael Learned take over for Cooper.

I'm betting Anna Stuart would be a more likely fill in Jill...Wyndham would be sort of hilarious as Jill though, it'd be fun to see.

Killing Robin is the type of thing that got them praise and sometimes a ratings boost over the years. It's a shame no one cared (aside from vocal fans, and they're always ignored) - if anyone at ABC had cared, GH would be in much less danger of going.

I kind of feel sorry for Wolf, mostly because I don't really believe these are his stories (what he tried to do early in his run doesn't match what's happened since) but I guess he's probably just happy to have a job to the end.

They have to be his stories, he has been at GH for months. Rather, they have to be his episodes because for the most part there are no stories. Lulu and Dante are on constantly...you got me what their story is that warrants so much airtime. Sam and Jason's honeymoon lasted over a month, front burner, and yet no story to be found in a single scene. Conversely, Wyndemere seems to have two stories lurking inside its walls, but GH refuses to let us see it.

Never change SoapBoy.

Haha!

She also played Vicky Wyndham heavily at AW and I imagine Vicky & Jess to be quite similar BTS. In fact, if Jess were to ever take ill, I'd LOVE to see what Wyndham would do pinch hitting for her, much like it's been fun for me to watch Michael Learned take over for Cooper.

I thought after the Justine story ended Rachel mostly just sat around while Carl and Grant sneered at each other.

Either way, speaking as a fan of JFP and JFP in this industry, she will be missed. And frankly, I'd be THRILLED to see her at DAYS or Y&R and think both would be better for it. Sadly, there was a time that I wouldn't have wanted her near Y&R and I'm a fan! But that time has long since passed.

If she came to DOOL it would be the end of Maggie, Victor, Stefano and Kate---probably in any capacity whatsoever. She finds people over 40 gross, which is interesting because from the looks of her she hasn't seen her 30s in many a moon. She would probably mandate that a serial killer slash Lexie's throat.

Don't let them get near Brandon Barash with that NAIR. Start a petition NOW.

LOL

Wait...OLTL has a lot of shirtless men?...I never noticed....

Damn [!@#$%^&*] HOt!!

Thank god they had the decency to keep McBain's shirt on 95% of the time he had romantic scenes

Thank God...I concur

ME seems like he might have a nice chest

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

JPF tends to focus on one or two older characters, mostly if they fit an image she can connect to (Felicia on AW, Nora on OLTL, Vanessa on GL).

The one thing her GL and GH runs have in common is a very slow death. 1994 was one long coma for GL, and generally GH has been the same way.

Don't eeeewww me Ron

I'm enjoying the ending that RC and FV are giving OLTL, so I'm glad they will be at the helm when GH goes down.

I don't even really watch GH so I'm not all that invested in this decision, but I do wonder about these gentlemen's artistic tastes (that would be manifest in any project they worked on), and their ability to have an unique vision for a show in particular. It's perhaps unfair to jump to the conclusion that they'll

all over Port Charles. I mean, Rauch's AW was not his OLTL, though his GL certainly had things in common with the latter. OLTL is the only soap these two have ever worked on, right? It's all they know and I wonder if they'll "write into" their idea of what GH is, or if they'll feel the need to put their stamp on it right off the bat, et cetera.

It truly cannot be worse than it is right now. That's how I see it. I think we are mostly agreed that they've been hired to wrap this sucker up and I think they can do it better than what we have right now. Guess we'll see soon enough.

Edited December 2, 201113 yr by Juliajms