Members Chris B Posted January 20, 2013 Members Share Posted January 20, 2013 As the World Turns was a million times better before Kriezman arrived. I recall it immediately seemed to go downhill. I also hated Reid, a sorry House knock off. The show was doing good before Kriezman arrived and they didn't need him. I don't think he did any major damage, but at that point I remember being disappointed at some of the things we lost. An underrated writer I'd say is Lynn Marie Latham. Along with her husband Bernie Lechowick, they completely revamped Knots Landing and made the show fresh, viable and highly rated in it's later years. The other soaps were just limping towards death and they saved Knots. Then they did such a fantastic job with Homefront and Pacific Palisades. I haven't seen Lynn's Port Charles YET, but I look forward to watching that soon. I even think her Y&R stint showed great promise. I like her focus on diversity and she seems to be a more modern writer than most. I think where she failed was being given too much power and not understanding the soap opera form. They should've kept a solid EP like Ed Scott and paired her with either (or both) Kay Alden and Jack Smith at equal footing. Had they done that I think the new and the old could've come together and created great soap opera. I also think there may have been hope for MAB had she not been made Executive Producer, but she just wasn't quaified no matter how you see things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 20, 2013 Members Share Posted January 20, 2013 The Soderberg's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juppiter Posted January 20, 2013 Members Share Posted January 20, 2013 Hellllll no on Latham/Lechowick. Dropping all of the season 7 storylines when they took over in season 8 and giving us Jean Hackney instead does not equal fresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Susan Hunter Posted January 20, 2013 Members Share Posted January 20, 2013 Roy Winsor - he created both Love of Life and Secret Storm and did a stint on Somerset. From everything that I've read he did solid work, but most of it was wiped so many of us never got a chance to see it. Sam Hall - It did some great work on Dark Shadows and One Life to Live. I believe he was also at Santa Barbara for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SOAPSFOREVER Posted January 20, 2013 Members Share Posted January 20, 2013 Henry Slesar was sorely underrated. His "Edge of Night" was spot on for most of his fifteen years there. Sam Hall did stellar work on "Dark Shadows". Richard Culliton has never impressed as a head writer. His forte is scripts. They did solid work on ATWT and GL, but seem under-appreciated by P&G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members theherowithin Posted January 20, 2013 Members Share Posted January 20, 2013 My vote goes to Maralyn Thoma who wrote some of the best couple dialogue ever for numerous soap couples on DOOL, GH, Santa Barbara and Passions. And created characters like GH's Brenda and others. I think she is very underrated. I will give a shout out to Margaret Depriest as well. And Ann Marcus who got DOOL more Emmy nominations than it has ever gotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cat Posted January 20, 2013 Members Share Posted January 20, 2013 Donna Swajewski did some good writing on AW. And Beth Millstein & Ann Schloette who did great work on Sunset Beach and wrote what I thought was an awesome transition period on Days between Reilly and Hogan. Karen Harris's work on GH as a dialogue/script writer really shone for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr Neil Curtis Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 Melissa Salmona I FLove the episodes she right at Days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 Passanante seems to have built her name and rep as assistant HW for OLTL during much of Malone/Griffith's era. But when she became a co-HW at the show, it was a mess, and her run on AMC (particularly after Nixon left as co-HW) was pretty horrific. I never watched her ATWT for more than a few episodes--but I really think her era at AMC may have been the worst I ever watched--which is saying something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 They seem to have been forgotten with time--but from reading soap press and books from the time, they seemed to do a lot of good at both ATWT and GL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allmc2008 Posted January 21, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 Who are The Soderberg's?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 They don't seem to have a wiki entry--but here's a thread on them I started two or so years back http://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/34061-robert-soderberg-and-edith-sommer-glatwt/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted January 24, 2013 Members Share Posted January 24, 2013 Beth Milstein - DAYS in 2006 between Reilly leaving and Hogan entering. Carolyn Culliton/Millee Taggert - GL in 2nd half of 2002 into early 2003. Peter Brash and Paula Cwikly - DAYS in 2002 to early 2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NothinButAttitude Posted January 24, 2013 Members Share Posted January 24, 2013 Jill Lorie Hurst on Guiding Light. That woman made the last few months of the show a heck of a lot better than what Killa' Kreizman and Ellen Wheeler were doing. I'm surprised that SHE wasn't taken over to ATWT in its final year on the air to be head writer instead of Kreizman. I seriously think that PP should consider getting her to write for either AMC or OLTL (preferably AMC to help Marlene). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted January 24, 2013 Members Share Posted January 24, 2013 Millee Taggert absolutely--when she was involved in AMC off and on it was always that much better--and I started watching Loving under her and Guza--knowing Guza now, I'm convinced I loved it solely due to her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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