Y&R: July 2013 Discussion

[y&r_fan]

Mishael Morgan is added to the opening credits in Monday's US episode. I didn't even think she was on contract.

[frequentsoapfan]

I guess she was originally reoccurring but they liked what they saw.

[cassadine1991]

got to say this is quite sad... some people are saying it's Jill and Josh's fault Michelle Stafford left Y&R, and they are calling him a hack saying he ruined the soap and that he's the worst, and yet these are the same people who say that Cartini are soap gods

[chicklitsandfantasies]

I keep laughing my ass of at those people. Bitter fangurls who are pissed their faves are no longer eating the show.

[cassadine1991]

and the so-called soap media is basically saying the same thing.. that JFP and JG are going to get Y&R cancelled and yet they applaud every time Cartini does something vile

[chicklitsandfantasies]

If by the soap media you mean NB and Jamey Giddens they're still bitter that JG and JFP don't give them spoilers or take them seriously as soap critics.

[cassadine1991]

those are the ones....it's very sad really

[DramatistDreamer]

JG is currently the lesser of many evils (do these people not remember MAB and Hogan Sheffer?!). At this point, there's got to be a gripe about pretty much any daytime soap writer with a resume these days.

Maybe I'm mistaken but I don't see any young writers fresh out of prestigious writing programs rushing to write for daytime, and one reason may be because while some writers are skewered for somewhat boring but benign stories, you have the ridiculous storylines on shows like GH being praised like it's the best of Downton Abbey. It's embarrassing to those of us who remember what good writing used to be.

I agree that it is laughable that some are wailing about how terrible JG is but that it was perfectly acceptable for a certain character to poke his own eyes with needles, parade around in a frock that resembled that of a dead woman, and another character throw a woman out of an ambulance. Not to mention starting a romance between a woman and a man who grabbed an infant out of a delirious woman's arms and placed her in the hands of another fragile woman. Wuthering Heights, it is not.

I can't take most of these so called called media seriously, they've obviously got their favorites and their personal agendas. One look at some of their twitter feeds and you see the constant attempts at ingratiating themselves with certain HW. We all know who they are so there's no need for me to cite examples.

[chicklitsandfantasies]

They went on a rant awhile back about JFP not giving them spoilers it was hilarious

[cassadine1991]

yeah... very sad...

Josh Griffith is only good when he was a co-HW... I thought Tracey Thomson and Shelly Altman were his co-HWs or have the credits been wrong

[DramatistDreamer]

That's so petty!

There was a time that people didn't even have spoiler, it's not like it's a Constitutional right or something. Kind of ridiculous.

I don't even pay much attention to spoilers these days, except for Y&R and it's pretty much next day spoilers to see what's on.

It is kind of hilarious. And sad at the same time. Quibbling over crumbs.

[chicklitsandfantasies]

I don't read many spoilers either unless it's casting. Not sure why those glorified fangurls think they are entitled to inside info. Half their "critique" is based off who they want to have sex with.

[ajsp35801]

Selling those spoilers are giddens' and Branco's livelihood. They make their money off of peddling it. That's why they are upset. However, they are not entitled to the information

[EastMA2]

Exactly! They are both viscious, nasty people, especially NB, if he feels that you have wronged him or that you won't give him an interview. They have no use for you afterwards. NB in particular is inconsistent in who he directs his hate towards. Angelica McDaniel certainly bears responsibility as to the state of Y&R but ole Nellie loves her because she speaks to him so he won't say anything bad about her. Once she disagrees with him about Y&R, Angelica will be dead to him and he'll make his viscous tweets.

[Ann_SS]

I don't think much of JG and even less of JFP, but kudos to them to pushing out or firing or whatever they did that sent MS packing. Y&R will be the better for her departure.