Reading the comments on that site is almost as painful as the show currently

This is really disgusting by Jill Phelps. It's not a matter of whether or not I disagree with the cuts she made (and I do for most of them) but how she is managing the show.

Let's look at this from the business perspective. I don't have exact figures, but this is essentially what she's doing:

Actress A makes $1200 a week. Despite her history on the show, I can bring in a similar character played by Actress B for $1000 a week. Look at me Sony, see, I'm turning the budget around!!!! I just saved $200!

Lindsay Bushman was young, I can't imagine she was making that much money, but she wasn't that bad. If you're knocking 20% or so of the salary for the next child actress to play her do you think you're going to get such a vast improvement that people will excuse YET ANOTHER recast? No.

Something I have noticed with a couple of these cuts too, mainly Debbi Morgan and Marcy Rylan, is that it appears they're removing some of the comedy elements of the show. Now, you can say what you want, and while some people may not like that in Y&R anyway, it is something that adds to the broadcast when you are not exactly at the climax, and the exciting parts of storylines. Without some light-hearted Neil and Harmony conversations and some Chloe and Abby catfights, those filler episodes are going to get even worse.

One last thing about the way Phelps budgets the shows: She cut a bunch of actresses who were key parts of the show, to bring in actresses for slightly less money who have no legacy in Genoa City, yet she counteracts that by bringing in her handpicked headwriter Josh Griffith.

So, not only is she not saving the show any money, but we lost some characters that had big fanbases. Makes no sense from a dollar perspective, and makes no sense from a storytelling perspective.

This show is about to become The Male & The Restless!

What was the comedy element for Harmony? That wig?

The only teen I want them to keep is Fenmore, he is adorable.

Since when were Harmony and Genevieve legacy characters? If anything, she brought BACK a legacy character in Jill, who was essentially replaced by Genevieve.

What was the comedy element for Harmony? That wig?

The only comedy element I somewhat enjoyed on Y&R was Deacon and Nikki's scheming. I mean when all those people got locked up that one epi, hilariousness.

Comedy element? Heck don't they have Victor for that now anyway as the new Norma Rae Newman

Huge loss

http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2012/09/19/lindsay-bushman-out-as-young-and-restless-summer-newman

lol Carl you're too much sometimes.

Since when were Harmony and Genevieve legacy characters? If anything, she brought BACK a legacy character in Jill, who was essentially replaced by Genevieve.

I was so pissed when Gen was in the Beatuy of Nature storyline instead of Jill.

What was the comedy element for Harmony? That wig?

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"Beauty of Nature"? I prefer "Beast of Burden," because that's what that project has been for the show since the day they introduced it.

They should de-age her and make her about 9. I would seriously love that and would be all for it. No mention will be made of her former teenage ways.

I just find it interesting that ALL the axing has been women. The two men (who have been renewing their contracts in pieces) leave on their own. As far as JW, who knows what the real story was (is). I'm glad she's going to be back. However, because of the short filming period, I tend to believe that she decided to scale back and enjoy her life. (Nothing wrong with that.) I just wish they would get rid of AH now and somehow return MR. Adam and Abby are by FAR the most interesting Newman spawn. (That doesn't include Adam's look-alike younger half-brother Kyle.)

She shouldn't have been aged. So many of the characters shouldn't have been. Maybe they can make DC happy and recast her with Marcy Rylan.

I don't watch this show and just found out that was Summer! Talk about A huge jump in age, wasn't she born like two years ago? Wow!

Edited September 19, 201213 yr by gtru1981

I just find it interesting that ALL the axing has been women. The two men (who have been renewing their contracts in pieces) leave on their own. As far as JW, who knows what the real story was (is). I'm glad she's going to be back. However, because of the short filming period, I tend to believe that she decided to scale back and enjoy her life. (Nothing wrong with that.) I just wish they would get rid of AH now and somehow return MR. Adam and Abby are by FAR the most interesting Newman spawn. (That doesn't include Adam's look-alike younger half-brother Kyle.)

Actually for the record the first one axed was a male. Noah Newman was recasted. And it's not suprising women are getting axed a huge complaint over the past few months was that MAB is hiring too many women.

Edited September 19, 201213 yr by frequentsoapfan