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

[nightstar]

Really What drugs is MAB on.

And as usual EB is still kissing MAB ass.

Sharon case should have been there instead of the hack.

[Errol]

Shocker! Maria Arena Bell Appears at ‘Y&R’ Paley Center LA Event

[y&r_fan]

It makes perfect sense that Maria thinks every great soap story ends with someone being killed off.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

I love how Jeanne Cooper graciously handed Maria her ass and let her know she should be elsewhere.

https://twitter.com/...840351580893185

Translation: See ya, bitch!

[DaytimeFan]

Oh you just have to love Jeanne. What a slam! What a great broad!

[dragonflies]

Fans hoping The Young and the Restless' newly-appointed head writer Josh Griffith would be fixing some of Maria Area Bell's final scripts are gonna be out of luck! I'm hearing Griffith decided to leave MAB's last efforts to air as is, because it would take too much of a Herculean effort to fix them!

"Griffith has pretty much been writing the show by himself for the past few weeks, without help from anyone else on the writing team," says a source. "He's focusing on moving forward."

Apparently the once-and-current head writer wants to start fresh with new stories, as opposed to wasting too much time going in and trying to fix MAB's work.

http://daytimeconfid...ls-tenure-at-yr

[Khan]

It's unfortunate, I guess, but also understandable. Rewriting material that has been taped already or is scheduled to be taped probably seems too cost-prohibitive.

[y&r_fan]

So does this mean Sheffer is gone (or still there "in name only" until his contract expires)?

[alphanguy74]

Well, let us hope Sheffer will be gone. It will be nice to see a single vision for once. We'll see if his vision is any good.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

It probably won't be, but the bar of excellence is pretty low for the show and daytime in general these days, so whatever...

I don't expect the show to go back to where it was during its heydays of the 70's through 90's, so I have no expectations.

[DRW50]

Any show without Sheffer has to improve. He is death.

[frequentsoapfan]

I'm sure Sheffer will move on to GH

[soapsnstuds]

Jill Farren Phelp ruined 4 out of the three soaps I watch. CAN we not direct this BITCH ANYWHERE OTHER THAN TO HELL?

[Darlotto99]

i belive CBS/Sony won't let the hack of a producer do what she did at other soaps. look at what happened to MAB if the rumours are true and she wanted to fire Sharon Case and that got her fired then I belive that means CBS has a better handle on how important the vets are to Y&R. im sure she wanted to recast the role of Lily but Sony/CBS decided against it another example how differnet CBS is to ABC. I think JFP role will just be executive producer and any recasting of a major character has to be approved by CBS/Sony. yes she's changing some things cosmeticly about the show but cast members is CBS/Sony's call not her's. another reason is the JG role he plays with the show, he's been head writter of the show before and I firmly belive he understands how important the vets are and the reason the show has been #1 for this long,

[JellicleCat]

How did she manage that?