Y&R: MAB OUT! Hamner OUT! JFP IN! Griffith IN! Sheffer UNKNOWN!

[SFK]

How did Night Shift do ratings wise? I admit to falling off in my viewing, but I thought it was a decent show. My friend Angel was in it.

[JONNYSBRO]

MAB is a total whiner its because she is a rich socialite. All I have read about MAB is she is a rich Republican who when shes not working is doing lunch with her rich champagne galpals at the Beverly Hilton, or any very posh place. Apparently one of her best buddies is Kathy Hilton. She is beyond rich and I heard she is very snobby. So she is used to getting what she wants but it didn't hide she didn't executive produce a show in her life before Y&R. She wasn't even a producer. The woman had ZERO experience and it showed and she was let go. It happens all the time especially in show biz. I will say this I bet JFP was a cunning woman that she set out to get this job. Hey I will give Jill this the woman has balls like IRON STEEL. To last this long in the soap world and have three different prexys like Angela Shapiro, Brian Frons and Steve Kent adore her. She knows how to play the game. there isn't one executive producer except maybe Paul Rauch who can touch her resume. She has 34 years in biz and 25 years as an executive producer for 5 other soaps. She was at GH for 11 years, that is a long long run.

[Errol]

Night Shift season one debuted with over a million viewers watching. I believe it averaged over 600,000 viewers since, which led to SOAPnet green lighting a 2nd season. Unfortunately, the ratings weren't as good and the show got canceled despite doing over 400,000 an episode (again, I believe) and the writing being much better than season one (Guza wasn't writing and JFP wasn't producing, btw).

[SFK]

Interesting, thanks for that info. I still wish AMC and OLTL had a shot at a spinoff, and yet I'm almost positive they would have focused on the characters I never would have picked.

[soapfave06]

I know I read somewhere they were planning a One Life one to focus on John McBain and if I had to guess, AMC's would've focused on Fusion.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

DC is saying JFP and Griffith won't appear in the credits until mid/late October:

http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2012/08/20/report-phelps-and-griffiths-yr-material-to-debut-early-to-mid-october

[Errol]

No, what they are saying is that JFP/JG's material together won't appear until then. JFP is currently EP'ing Maria Bell's work until Josh's material takes over in October.

I guess I should have done a report on this last week, but I figured it was too early. I guess I was wrong

[wingwalker]

I'd still love to see Sri Rao head write GH, though I think Sri Rao once said he wasn't interesting in writing a soap.

[y&r_fan]

Any word on whether or not Hogan Sheffer is staying?

[koos]

Million dollar question.

[y&r_fan]

DC is reporting that Marla Kanelos and Sarah K. Smith have been fired from the writing staff and that Sheffer's contract expires in November.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

http://twitter.com/paleycenter

How damn embarrassing, Maria was on the Paley Center panel tonight for the show's 10,000th episode celebration. The Paley Center's Twitter account has some quotes from her.

I'm surprised she showed her face and spoke, given they just booted her ass off the show.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

http://twitter.com/p...839901393649664

LOL! I can't, I just can't....

[wingwalker]

Or this one:

https://twitter.com/paleycenter/status/238836198431404032

Still delusional I see...

[detroitpiston]

Bill Jr needs to put a damn muzzle on her already.