Members aMLCproduction Posted October 30, 2012 Members Share Posted October 30, 2012 Since P&G fired Henry Slesar and being that Lee Sheldon took over the show who would have been a better choice to write EON? 2) If TPTB kept EON on past 84 and instead of cancelling it and got a new head writer who would have been a good choice after Lee Sheldon? EON was a mystery theme soap. Could any soap writer write for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danfling Posted October 30, 2012 Members Share Posted October 30, 2012 Rene Balcer and Joseph Kearns (from Law and Order) Ann Marcus Peggy O'Shea Not sure if he was still living, but perhaps a return of Irving Vendig However, in my opinion, it was NOT Henry Slesar who needed to be repleaced. It was Erwin Nicholson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beebs Posted October 30, 2012 Members Share Posted October 30, 2012 What was the trouble with Erwin Nicholson, exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danfling Posted October 30, 2012 Members Share Posted October 30, 2012 Too many great characters (Martha, Liz, Vic, Jim, Steve, Draper, Bill, Cookie, Ron) disappeared during this time as producer. Also, the show looked somewhat dated. I blame the producer for that. His time at Search for Tomorrow, by the way, was quite short! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sungrey Posted October 30, 2012 Members Share Posted October 30, 2012 Would have loved to see what Doug Marland could have done with Edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted October 30, 2012 Members Share Posted October 30, 2012 Is Erwin Nicholson really to blame for that, though? I've always had the impression that he supported the vision of his HW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danfling Posted October 30, 2012 Members Share Posted October 30, 2012 Producers need to produce with minds of their own! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members robbwolff Posted October 30, 2012 Members Share Posted October 30, 2012 And writers should have the ability to write without the interference of a producer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aMLCproduction Posted October 31, 2012 Author Members Share Posted October 31, 2012 Doug Marland can write mystery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Quent Posted October 31, 2012 Members Share Posted October 31, 2012 The case for Mystery Writer Doug Marland: The Doug Cummings Storyline The case against Mystery Writer Doug Marland: The Carolyn Crawford Storyline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danfling Posted October 31, 2012 Members Share Posted October 31, 2012 The producer of a show needs to guide the writer and appove of his storylines. Who are Doug Cummins and Carolyn Crawford? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sungrey Posted October 31, 2012 Members Share Posted October 31, 2012 LOL! You're right. Henry batted the ball well, you have to admit. He had a couple clunkers. Jody's "Eden" storyline in 1982 was less than thrilling (although I'd like to know how much of a hand ABC had in that). Still, he was a force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted November 1, 2012 Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 "Who Killed Carolyn Crawford?" was, at the start, a tight story. It's only when Marland changed his mind about the culprit's identity -- a rarity, according to Julie Poll -- that it became a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted November 2, 2012 Members Share Posted November 2, 2012 Erwin Nicholson stayed at Edge for years while other P&G soaps changed producers often. I am always puzzled by this.Despite falling ratings,change of network and timeslots, Nicholson was there to the end.I can understand Slesar staying as Edge was a specialized soap to write but as for Nicholson - maybe he knew where the bodies were buried!! Speaking of Edge writers,Slesar's co writer Grace Garment created an Edge like mystery when she vanished in December of 76 and was missing for 6 weeks.Apparently appeals for her to contact her family were broadcast during an Edge episode in the hopes she might be watching..Her body was eventually found in a hotel room.She had suicided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danfling Posted November 2, 2012 Members Share Posted November 2, 2012 Another person who would have been a good candidate to successfully write The Edge of Night is director/writer/producer Don Wallace. Among his earlier acheivements in soap opera are: director, The Edge of Night later, producer of The Edge of Night producer, From These Roots writer, Love of Life executive producer, The Best of Everything executive producer, Return to Peyton Place writer, One Life to Live writer, Loving He was the original director of The Edge of Night and innovator of the location shoot. Having worked there in the beginning means (to me) that he understood the show and its specialness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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