Oh, I agree. I'm just saying that if I were the one in charge, I would place a higher priority on getting rid of Heinle (that is, if I had the authority to do so, without any push-back from Sony or CBS) than I would on Morrow. Both might be long-time vets with the show, but Morrow's acting is far more tolerable than Heinle's.

I have to respectfully disagree. Morrow almost always sounds like he's reading his lines to me.

I have to respectfully disagree. Morrow almost always sounds like he's reading his lines to me.

His scenes today with his tv soap son were laughable. The guy can't act.

And his body and face seem to be stuck between a boy and a man....

Yeah, I've never found Morrow to be all that great of an actor. He can turn in a decent, even solid performance if he really puts in the effort but basically I think he's been playing more or less himself for a long time now.

Yeah, I've never found Morrow to be all that great of an actor. He can turn in a decent, even solid performance if he really puts in the effort but basically I think he's been playing more or less himself for a long time now.

This happens a lot on Y&R. I will say the Sharon and Nick relationship was the reason I started watching Y&R.

This happens a lot on Y&R. I will say the Sharon and Nick relationship was the reason I started watching Y&R.

It happens a lot on almost all the soaps.

Morrow was fine until he lost Camryn Grimes & didn't have Sharon Case to help carry him.

Since then he's been playing himself.

This happens a lot on Y&R. I will say the Sharon and Nick relationship was the reason I started watching Y&R.

I really enjoyed them as well. I more started getting into Y&R around the Cassie intro time. The LML era drove me from the show, MAB semi brought me back, I gave Griffith a bit of a go and these current hacks a bit of a go, but man, it's so sad how far the show has gotten away from what it was. B&B can have 'modern' and 'classic'. Why can't Y&R?

Again not really, Chuck was able to raise some ratings due to his event based story-telling (i.e. the Tornado) but people grew exhausted of him quite quickly, within 7-8 months of head writing for AMC it was hitting all time lows in all ratings and demos and was at a race to the bottom along side ATWT for the least watched soap on television. What Headwriter do you know kills a show so quickly, that not even a year into his tenure he is driving viewers away from the show? By the time his first year ended the show was an utter wreck. I remember the Fall season of 2009: happy good times with Nu!Liza, Crazy!Golddigger!Annie, Kendell shot Stuart, and Randi the beloved Prostitute of the Night.

He was only in the position for a year and a few months, before they showed him the door and Lorraine was given full reign to put the show back together. Pratt had a lot to work with, but he ruined it. Megan didn't leave the show in nearly as much shambles as he did and he still gutted AMC to the point where it was damn near unrecognizable. He was the butcher of AMC, which can't be underscored enough.

The way he destroyed Jesse & marginalized Frankie was horrible.

Morrow was fine until he lost Camryn Grimes & didn't have Sharon Case to help carry him.

Since then he's been playing himself.

Yet he was upset by the pairing again because his true love MS had left for worst pastures.....

The Bell's have had no idea what to do with the show after William senior left this Earth, that much is clear.

The fact that they let Maria run this show for nearly 5 years of mismanagement is proof of that. Her ass wasn't fired until Steven Kent at Sony had enough of her nonsense. They ruined their chances with this show after the Maria Arena Bell debacle.

And yet IMO her show was much better than what we have now.

Those first few months of MAB seemed so great. Then it went downhill, ending in a crater the show can't dig out of. LML didn't kill off as many core characters, just put them in horrible stories.

Those first few months of MAB seemed so great. Then it went downhill, ending in a crater the show can't dig out of. LML didn't kill off as many core characters, just put them in horrible stories.

Yes but LML gave us the worst Y&R story of all time...that reliquary BS. I was about to quit watching when she went on strike so I stuck it out. I am several weeks behind now and am near the point of tuning out. That never happened during MAB's tenure.

Even though I didn't particularly care for a lot of MAB's stories overall, she still made me want to find out what was happening next. Now I have to force myself to even care about what's going to happen.

Edited September 23, 201411 yr by PJA

I really enjoyed them as well. I more started getting into Y&R around the Cassie intro time. The LML era drove me from the show, MAB semi brought me back, I gave Griffith a bit of a go and these current hacks a bit of a go, but man, it's so sad how far the show has gotten away from what it was. B&B can have 'modern' and 'classic'. Why can't Y&R?

I agree about B&B, yes there is a lot of sexism there with Dollar Bill, but at least it doesn't feel as offensive as what Y&R became in its last few years. The treatment of Sharon, Diane and the entire Adam situation is just ridiculous.

Somewhere, Linda is stroking out thinking about what Pratt did to a good man like Jesse Hubbard! He was a good man, and no one will ever tell her otherwise!

Yes but LML gave us the worst Y&R story of all time...that reliquary BS. I was about to quit watching when she went on strike so I stuck it out. I am several weeks behind now and am near the point of tuning out. That never happened during MAB's tenure.

Even though I didn't particularly care for a lot of MAB's stories overall, she still made me want to find out what was happening next. Now I have to force myself to even care about what's going to happen.

Oh MAB made me tune out between the Adam mess and the Patty nonsense. Not that LML was much better, but I still had hope that things could be turned around then. MAB extinguished that hope permanently.

Morrow is no great shakes, but he doesn't have a demanding role. It rarely asks him to stretch or challenge himself. Victoria is an incredibly dynamic role, and Heinle is tragically miscast. She never should have been considered for the part.

Edited September 24, 201411 yr by Faulkner