Members RavenWhitney Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 I'm sure Jay Gibson will go...since he was a writer's strike hire, friend of Maria's. I think we'll be lucky to have Slater and Cwikly left after JFP gets done with the writing team changes in 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RavenWhitney Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 Toups: which headwriter do you think Lisa Seidman is referring to in her blog piece? “I’m sure you’re a good writer on other shows, Lisa, but just not on this one,” were the painful words the headwriter of the daytime soap I had been writing for told me right before she fired me. Ouch! I think it's Maria Bell http://lisaseidman.w...really-hate-me/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted December 5, 2012 Author Administrator Share Posted December 5, 2012 I think it's MAB too. Lisa only lasted one cycle, or didn't past her trial period, in 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted December 6, 2012 Members Share Posted December 6, 2012 Tracey Thomson was listed with Sheffer in today's Canadian Y&R episode. Is she a Co-HW now too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted December 7, 2012 Author Administrator Share Posted December 7, 2012 I thinks she is. That is the Co-HW position. I don't understand why Y&R continues to have the 2 co-HW position. I understood it under MAB because she's not a writer and she had double duties, but Griffith is a writer (and tons of experience as HW) and doesn't need to delegate the HW duties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RavenWhitney Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 I'm sure Sheffer will be gone soon. Thomson though? She comes cheap I'm sure as a novice hw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris B Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 Josh Griffith is a terrible HW so I'll welcome a Co-HW who might be able to present more interesting ideas. Unfortunately, this woman probably isn't what Y&R needs, much like Griffin himself. I just can't wait until we flashforward a year and hopefully have a new HW for Y&R. I hope once Griffin officially crashes and burns they finally go back to one of Bill Bell's proteges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 With all due respect, Chris B, I really do not see this happening. Don't get me wrong: I'd love to see Kay Alden return. Chances are, though, whenever Sony decides to push out JG, they'll hire someone else from "outside" the Bell sphere. No doubt, too, it'll be one of the usual suspects (i.e., Bob Guza, Chuck Pratt, Megan McTavish, etc.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris B Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 Oh I know it's a fantasy, but it's still what I would hope would happen. I think there is a better chance of Bill Bell becoming the HW from the grave than there is for Kay Alden or Jack Smith. I completely agree with you that it'll probably be one of those writers you mentioned. I think Guza is probably the one who has the best chance of taking over logically. I don't understand what exactly happened, but Y&R more than any soap seems to have a deep distain for anything Bill Bell. They trot his name out when it suits them, but the way his writers were treated makes no sense. And it seems so clear that they aren't welcomed back. I wonder why that is. I bet that once Y&R is on it's death door they might have a good chance of returning, but only after every other option has been given a chance to put in nail in it's coffin. What's happening at Y&R now is similar to other soaps, it just took them longer to get to Y&R. This is like AMC all over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darlotto99 Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 its bc the suits at SONY don't like the fact that Y&R is a success bc of Bill Bell and not them. thats why they got rid of anything that has to do will Bill Bell and put their people in charge hoping to turn around the show when we all know why Y&R was a sucess. A team of Kay Alden, Jack Smith and Ed Scott need to return in order for this show to be anything like it once was until then Y&R will always be a a shell of its former self Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris B Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 You know, I also want to say that despite how much I enjoy Jill Farren Phelps' work....look at how GH's ratings shot up when she left. The show was in terrible shape for years with her at the helm. Who else was in competition with her for the job? Same with Josh Griffith. His experience as a HW is mostly a failure and his history with Y&R is limited and poorly received. How did they win? I wonder if they knew somebody because I can't imagine their resumes getting them the jobs if there were other candidates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 The ratings were mostly bad in her last year or two at GH. The ratings stayed flat for the first part of RC/FV and are mostly only up compared to GH lows, not much else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aMLCproduction Posted December 10, 2012 Members Share Posted December 10, 2012 Y&R's writing team is very weird. It makes no sense to me at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chicklitsandfantasies Posted December 10, 2012 Members Share Posted December 10, 2012 Didn't SuBe have two HW's when he was in charge of that soap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dm. Posted December 10, 2012 Members Share Posted December 10, 2012 It did, but it never had 1 HW and 2 Co-HWs. At the same time, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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