Santa Barbara was a bit before my time so I didn't see it. But I have seen her work on the other shows, so . . .

1. Guiding Light--Even though she did kill off Maureen and let Beverly McKinsey leave, GL from 91-95 was HEAVEN. I'm sorry but no other soap can match that time period for me. Yeah, I was a child but I'd rush to see Roger Thorpe scheme, Gilly & Hamp along with Kat & David, Bridgette, Vanessa, and so on. She did have BLUNDERS with that Tangie character and Joe Lando being on the show -- oh and the Mindy recasts (b/c I loved Kim Simms versions) but the show was must see. But I tend to give more credit to Nancy Curlee (my idol) for that time period. *sigh* How I wish that woman would come back to daytime and fix Y&R b/c I think SHE could do it.

2. Another World--I had just started watching on my own around 94 so I was still new but I instantly fell in love with Ryan and Vicky. Why she killed Ryan (or Frankie), it boggles my mind; however, for me (at that time) the show wasn't bad--at least wasn't as bad as it would turn out to be after she left. But I also give blame to Margaret DePriest b/c I read somewhere that JFP wanted not kill Frankie in the 9th hour, yet MDP still wanted too so that Cass could go back to his rouge ways.

3. One Life--Again I started watching some when JFP started so I wasn't as connected with the characters like I was with the GL characters but I did enjoy Blair v. Skye and Tea & Todd. That was a bright spot in that show for me. However, I did not care for the Rappaports (other than Jenn and Lindsay), I hated Bo and Nora splitting, I hated Drew being killed off (and wasn't he made a bit psycho too???), and Viki and Ben were are bore. Oh and Mel being killed off thus Robin Strasser leaving sucked too.

4. General Hospital--I blame JFP but I blame Guza more. I realized overtime that Jill was more of figurehead at GH as Guza had more power than she did, and it didn't help that Fronzie was pulling strings too.

Edited August 2, 201213 yr by brandonfluellen

It's not like we have anything else to talk about, surely...

JFP was EP at Santa Barbara, then Guiding Light, then Another World, then One Life to Live, then General Hospital, then Hollywood Heights, and now Young & the Restless.

I know most people probably haven't seen all these, but of those you've seen, how would you rank her time on those shows, from best to worst?

A pitiful track record by this woman. She's an abysmal EP. How she keeps getting a job is beyond me. Wish I never had to see her name associate with any soap again.

Despite controversy, I think she continues to get employed because she can efficiently carry out mandates from the networks/production company's. It's the only reason she's been continuously employed in daytime as an EP for almost 30 years, while so many others have dropped off the radar.

Also, in a medium dominated by male execs and male writers, she managed to persevere.

am i the only one who loved phelps and long's work together on OLTL?? i thought they worked great together and complimented eachother well and was highly dissapointed when long was fired! although this is coming from one of longs biggest fans!

I agree glatwt. And this is coming from one of Long's biggest detractors.

What was her issue with Kimberly Simms?

I think JFP was just playing hardball. I think JFP also assumed - very incorrectly - that Mindy was an easy part to cast, as she saw Alex and Mindy as nothing more than foils for Nick. What happened was that the terrible Mindy recasts and the mediocre Alex recast just pointed out how badly out of place Nick was on the show, and he was never very popular.

The real life relationship between Simms and Vincent Irizarry (they were a couple at the time) may have also had a role, I don't know.

Edited August 4, 201213 yr by CarlD2

Kimberly Simms will always be the definive Mindy to me.

I really never saw anything worth while in Krista Tesreau, and won't even mention the "other two."

Kimberly Simms will always be the definive Mindy to me. I really never saw anything worth while in Krista Tesreau, and won't even mention the "other two."

You didnt care for Ann Hamilton and Barbara Crampton??....lol...What an awful time.

The sad part is that I was happy when Crampton was cast, because I loved her on Y&R. I couldn't believe it was the same actress.

Santa Barbara was, by far, the best thing in JFP's CV. Unfortunately, it was also her first important job in the soap industry and just over 25 years ago.

GL (from what snippets I caught) was watchable under her reign... if you ignore the fact that Beverlee McKinsey couldn't take JFP anymore and got the hell out of there. Didn't JFP also humiliate and get rid of Michael Zaslow in the most offensive and brutal manner? Hmmmm.

Everything else under her watch has been overpraised dreck.

Her decision to kill off Maureen Bauer stands as one of the biggest mistakes, if not the biggest mistake, of any EP's tenure at any soap.

She apologized for Maureen though and took the blame.

I've not seen any other EP own up to their mistakes since in recent years.

Apologies then.

However, my last line still stands.

I have not enjoyed her willful dismantling of some beloved shows over the last 10-15 years. I can't get past stuff she said and stuff I experienced as a viewer -- truthfully, no amount of embracing her "eye" for production design or her "ear" for music is going to change my POV. GH production was grey and dull and the background music under her watch ranged from generic to an assault on my eardrums.

Believe me I would LOVE it if a gutsy, ballsy female producer were to turn Y&R around! And I am more than happy to eat my words if JFP does pull it out of the bag.

Sorry, I think her eye for production values is overrated. Her GH was dark and grey and boring. The thought of her bringing her "production magic" to Y&R makes me shiver.

Once GH switched to HD during her tenure and added in the new hospital set, it became the slickest looking show in daytime for a while (B&B then took that over when eventually switched to HD). Plus no one did those stunts better than Jill.

The lighting on GH also became very cinematic during its switch to HD.

Have you seen GH since she left? The lighting has become an orange mess and the directing quality has decreased rapidly. Valentini totally killed the look the show had.

Would you say Y&R is currently the worst looking show in daytime?