McTavish is done. If DOOL adds any story writers, I think it would be Josh Griffith. I think McPherson/Thomas are milktoast writers, they need heft in the stories but not sure they can deliver. They should ask Curlee/Demorest to consult or bring them on for gravitas. When the show writes deeper scenes, it can be compelling. They need to be like GL was in the mid 90s...Some of the scripts lately remind me of GL at that time. I suspect Snyer and Williams Watt are adding some heft to the storytelling..they are getting rid of their veteran writers and replacing them with entry level people mostly... clearly the Cullitons will be gone soon. Richard's scripts have been dramatically reduced. Dyer and Schroeder are getting more scripts

Griffith also seemed to be criticized for a slow pace when he was at Y&R.

See that's the thing. From the point where the baby switch got really good on, I'm pretty sure Chris Whitesell was in charge. There was a distinct shift in momentum in that story that anyone watching would remember and that's about when it was rumored that Whitesell had taken the reins and Dena was just a figurehead, sitting on the sidelines while Tomlin & Whitesell ran the show. I'm pretty sure Bryan Datillo's complaining is actually what got Corday to take a closer look at what was going on at DAYS and systematically removed them from the show and restored Dena to power. Problem was that the actual problem was Higley- Tomlin & Whitesell were putting out a pretty entertaining show and IMO, would have been fine if they were left alone and Corday instead fired Dena at that point and not worked to remove the other two.

I knew Datillo left(or let go?) during this time period but I didn't know he complained that loudly. I didn't find anything wrong with the writing there in 2009 when the baby switch was in full swing. I remember there was the Snow White tale of Kate giving Chloe a poisoned apple and kidnapping Daniel. I remember Lucas getting drunk about the whole thing and Will and Sami sending him off to rehab was that Lucas' exit? He did come back for Alice's funeral. Higley should have never been brought back in the first place--2008 was so horrifyingly bad. I do recall talking about Tomlin and Whitesell being the real ones in charge of the show. Its funny in spite of the cheapness the show was said to have a balanced budget and they got ratings to go up. I think they have some great ideas like bringing Vivian and Carly back only for their full potential to go unrealized, thanks in part to their dismissals and Higley's return to being solo.

McTavish is good at starting with a blast. I think DAYS needs that.

As for JFP, I think many respect her abilities as a producer, since she's won so many Emmys, but she has made so many bad decisions in her last 15 years on daytime that it's tough to remember the best. Somewhere along the way, no one wanted to wrangle with her, and this led to her hollowing out show after show until finally she ended up as a figurehead for Frons and Guza.

At this point, I say bring JFP to Y&R. There is nowhere to go but up, and while I'm pretty sure her first moves would be firing Jess Walton and MTS, Jess is already just about gone anyway, and seeing the Newmans collapse without Nikki would be satisfying.

Exactly. Gice her a good year or or two then turn the show over to some one else.

Oh, OK. Well, why repeat history . . . Right? LOL Maybe she could write a Hungarian woman with a thick accent who talks about "Thay Lay-pore". SKF will get that.

Hoo BOY! The laypore....

The problem is we live in a time of instant gratification and DOOL does not have a year to see if things work out. every writing change in recent years has started out with positive momentum including Chuck Pratt's first 4-5 months at AMC, MAB's first 6 months on Y&R was praised and RC used Asa's funeral on OLTL as the catalyst for his changes and I bet you wont see 6 more months of RC resetting GH before his stories really kick in(and I am no RC fan). DOOL had press and maybe 2 weeks of positive momentum and a lot of hoopla with the reboot so in my mind they already wasted a lot of the good will they built up, why else has viewership lapsed so much. Its going to be hard to get that goodwill back.

I think this is dead on. I really don't understand why with everything happening, DOOL's writers haven't been pressed to put more story in the show..

Back to MMT: Eric, there's one distinction I want to make about what you've said though. I think she was a 'yes' woman to Frons in a 'roll eyes - keep mouth shut' kind of way. Mostly to keep the bosses quiet and keep the money coming in.

Oh I have no doubt. I'd also like to think that over al;l her time at AMC she has some affection for the characters (she certainly seems to understand the character dynamics better than at her other shows), although it's obviously not enough to say no.

At this point, I say bring JFP to Y&R. There is nowhere to go but up, and while I'm pretty sure her first moves would be firing Jess Walton and MTS, Jess is already just about gone anyway, and seeing the Newmans collapse without Nikki would be satisfying.

I could see JFP keeping Jess Walton and dumping Jeanne Cooper and Genie Francis....

I don't think Jeanne will go until she wants to or has to leave. Genie, I think is probably on her way out no matter who is in charge. She's an albatross.

I don't think Jeanne will go until she wants to or has to leave. Genie, I think is probably on her way out no matter who is in charge. She's an albatross.

I meant if JFP were to go to Y&R, I could see her phasing out Jeanne. I could also see her eventually getting rid of MTS but not for a while.

Oh I have no doubt. I'd also like to think that over al;l her time at AMC she has some affection for the characters (she certainly seems to understand the character dynamics better than at her other shows), although it's obviously not enough to say no.

And that's something I always found weird, especially considering she was on GL as an actress for a couple years alongside a bunch of the characters she seemed to have no clue of the dynamics between once she began writing. Like...was she sleeping between takes and locking herself in her room during those years??

Megan McTavish is a GOOD writer. The problem is that she doesn't know how to really continue to write it. She comes up with good ideas but in the end it never pans out the way it is meant to. But the one thing that just made me hate her was killing off Dixie.

But Megan could be a good fit a DAYS IMO.

Megan McTavish is a GOOD writer. The problem is that she doesn't know how to really continue to write it. She comes up with good ideas but in the end it never pans out the way it is meant to. But the one thing that just made me hate her was killing off Dixie.

But Megan could be a good fit a DAYS IMO.

I have disliked Mc Tavish for years but mostly because of what she did to Tad, Dixie, and the unaborted fetus but she actually has written some decent stuff for AMC going back. Days stories lack drama, stakes and energy now, 3 things I think she could instill in the show ASAP. It might all be plot driven but at this point so what.

How would MMT be a good fit at Days? She's just another version of Hackley, and that's the LAST thing Days needs, they're STILL trying to recover from the damage Hackely did.

Oh, OK.

Well, why repeat history . . . Right? LOL Maybe she could write a Hungarian woman with a thick accent who talks about "Thay Lay-pore". SKF will get that.

"My moader toad me to protake thay laypore at all da costs!"