1. Wendy Riche

2. Gloria Monty

Riche is my number one choice over Monty only because of Gloria's 2nd run as GH's EP. That was pretty bad.

Yes, Monty's 2nd stint was bad but her 80s run was unparalleled in the soap world (IMO). Besides, the last part of Riche's tenure wasn't that good. Monty > Riche for me.

Monty wanted to dump the Quartermaines, as she saw them as tired, and she wanted blue collar focus, along with focus on current topics such as ecology.

I do think if ABC would have given Monty more time to turn things around, she would have. But ABC fired her pretty quickly. That's why when JFP continued to run GH into the ground, year after year, I suspected ABC wanted GH to fail.

Felicia Behr

He did revolutionize the look of soaps (and, in the long run unfortunately, the emphasis on casting looks over talent) during his time on Y&R. Any press or soap book text about Y&R you read from the 70s talks much more about what he did with the show, than what Bell did. Of course he largely seemed to act on Bell's ideas, but still, for that he gets some credit I think. I dunno if it's a positive credit, but... (All of those old books act like suddenly Hollywood glamour had come to daytime).

That's why I liked Linda Gottlieb because she had the good (better?) taste of a Conboy yet never wavered on the quality of the folks in the writers room. Before their relationship soured, Bill Bell was Conboy's strongest ally he'd ever have in daytime. At least in terms of writers. I enjoyed Capitol, but in terms of writing, it was no Y&R. And as Y&RWT said, his GL didn't exactly impress, not even in terms of dazzling production values (beyond that fiasco with the baseball diamond).

Mary Ellis Bunim (may she RIP) from Santa Barbara is one I can think of

Wendy Riche From GENERAL HOSPITAL