I don't know how to post tweets here so I just took a screencap of it

No, Drake, please tell us how you REALLY feel.

The biggest thing is their was very little John and Marlena stories over pre ious regime. We need more romance for them and they should be in bigger stories.

New executive team
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Deidre Hall with the new head writers. Yes, Deidre and Dena in the same photo.
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Goddamn Dena is hurt in the face. A straight sight for sore eyes.

And IDK why they are getting giddy about Dena and Josh coming back. Josh got burned out at Y&R after a few months and Dena is incompetent. Forget towing the line and being company guy/gal. I'd be speaking out about this sh-t. DAYS should've snagged Sally Sussman Morina, who Y&R dropped for Pratt. She actually wrote for the show during it's golden era and she's a capable writer. More capable than Dena.

But if DAYS was smart, they'd throw all the money in the world at Sheri Anderson & Thom Racina to woo them back.

Edited March 6, 201510 yr by Nothin'ButAttitude

Oh dear God in heaven, not Thom Racina!

Pleeeeeeease!

LOL!

Edited March 6, 201510 yr by vetsoapfan

Can SSM actually competently HW a show? I don't think she was ever more than story consultant at Y&R, whatever that means. Generations, despite its good intentions, was so amateurish and mind-numbingly awful for most of its run. Spyder Games was even worse, if that's possible.

Plus, Sally Sussman Morina has head-written for DAYS before. She attempted to follow in JER's footsteps and, IMO, she failed. (This is coming, by the way, from someone who is NOT a JER fan.)

But, yeah, I agree w/ LoyaltoAMC: her track record is not the greatest. She's better than Dena, but so are Hogan Sheffer and Megan McTavish (again, IMO).

I wouldn't object to Sheri Anderson or Thom Racina returning, but I'd much rather see Kay Alden assume the reins and maybe -- just maybe -- attempt to bring DAYS back to the sort of character-driven, psychologically complex drama it was during Bill Bell and Pat Falken Smith's era before the sands run out of the hourglass. I mean, ratings are down, viewers ain't coming back, and NBC and SONY are determined to cancel this show no matter what -- so what do they have to lose? If another miracle occurs and DAYS rebounds once more, then they can take all the credit; and if they don't and the show is cancelled anyway, then at the very least, DAYS can go out on a creative high.

Edited March 7, 201510 yr by Khan

But if DAYS was smart, they'd throw all the money in the world at Sheri Anderson & Thom Racina to woo them back.

Why not? It isn't as if they're spending wads of cash on new sets, costumes or even music.

Deidre Hall with the new head writers. Yes, Deidre and Dena in the same photo.

https://www.facebook.com/DeidreHallFanPage/photos/a.203325703031849.48257.200775673286852/914916628539416/?type=1&theater

Dena looks like she is already plotting to get rid of JG. I give him 6 months.

I give him 13 weeks.

Diedre is a class act. Happily being the face of the show during all these changes, introducing the new management but also offering goodwill towards Tomlin and Whitsell on their way out. I can't think of another show currently with someone like her. Just imagine Braeden or Melody making these types of comments.

I'd much rather hear someone at DAYS (risk their job security and) say, "We are so fucked." I know it'll never happen, but I can dream nevertheless.

I wouldn't object to Sheri Anderson or Thom Racina returning, but I'd much rather see Kay Alden assume the reins and maybe -- just maybe -- attempt to bring DAYS back to the sort of character-driven, psychologically complex drama it was during Bill Bell and Pat Falken Smith's era before the sands run out of the hourglass. I mean, ratings are down, viewers ain't coming back, and NBC and SONY are determined to cancel this show no matter what -- so what do they have to lose? If another miracle occurs and DAYS rebounds once more, then they can take all the credit; and if they don't and the show is cancelled anyway, then at the very least, DAYS can go out on a creative high.

Before the news hit that Dena would write I kinda knew, as most possibly did, that a writing change was about to happen. I was HOPING and PRAYING that she would write for the very reason you said. That said, I doubt anyone even knows or cares that Bill Bell was even AT DAYS. That said, I doubt even further that nobody was smart enough to make the connection to Alden.

I do wonder though on how a writer like David Jacobs and an EP like Ed Scott would do on a soap like DOOL. KL was a family soap with GREAT psychological intrigue.

This may be a bit OT but I do wonder what any soap would look like with a set up like this:

David Jacobs/Lorraine Broderick/Kay Alden as Co-HW's

Ed Scott/Wendy Riche as co-EP's

I'd much rather hear someone at DAYS (risk their job security and) say, "We are so fucked." I know it'll never happen, but I can dream nevertheless.

At this point Job Security is a joke on that soap.

I'm surprised the entire cast didn't made a YT video of themselves standing on choir bleachers while singing "We're so fucked" to the tune of "Jingle Bells" when the news was announced.

This may be a bit OT but I do wonder what any soap would look like with a set up like this:

David Jacobs/Lorraine Broderick/Kay Alden as Co-HW's

Ed Scott/Wendy Riche as co-EP's

Ed Scott has worked on DAYS already. He attempted to improve the show's overall quality -- even with limited funds, I think -- so, of course, he had to go.

David Jacobs has retired from show business -- last I heard, he was teaching film classes at some high school -- and he would probably suck at writing for daytime, anyway. (A nighttime soap is a different animal from a daytime one, as I have learned.)

Lorraine's probably out the door as we speak.

Alden might do a bang-up job, but I think SONY has taken to pretending she doesn't exist.

And Riche is too happy to be away from the circus, IMO, to ever WANT to return.