http://daytimeconfidential.com/2015/04/13/brad-bell-talks-bbs-daytime-emmy-nods-and-transgender

Bradley Bell gives a damn. An actual damn. And I like that. It's not about keeping the boat afloat for as long as the network will let him. He may make knee-jerk decisions with his stories, but he puts forth a beautiful production, and the transgender story is something groundbreaking and something that, quite simply, the show didn't need to do. But they did. And kudos for that.

No Sara Bibel, not "everyone" loves Rick & Maya, the bullying killed the love alot of us had for them

Bradley Bell gives a damn. An actual damn. And I like that. It's not about keeping the boat afloat for as long as the network will let him. He may make knee-jerk decisions with his stories, but he puts forth a beautiful production, and the transgender story is something groundbreaking and something that, quite simply, the show didn't need to do. But they did. And kudos for that.

+1.

Bradley Bell gives a damn. An actual damn. And I like that. It's not about keeping the boat afloat for as long as the network will let him. He may make knee-jerk decisions with his stories, but he puts forth a beautiful production, and the transgender story is something groundbreaking and something that, quite simply, the show didn't need to do. But they did. And kudos for that.

Precisely!

Bradley Bell gives a damn. An actual damn. And I like that. It's not about keeping the boat afloat for as long as the network will let him. He may make knee-jerk decisions with his stories, but he puts forth a beautiful production, and the transgender story is something groundbreaking and something that, quite simply, the show didn't need to do. But they did. And kudos for that.

Completely agree - especially on the last point - although I would've liked to have seen Maya as the first diverse leading lady on soaps in a VERY long time, if it pays off and makes KM a bigger star, then kudos to him. While I do have my criticisms of B&B, like any other show, but the difference, as you note, is that Brad IS trying to make it the best soap - not just on network - but in the world - it does not look like any other daytime show before it and, certainly production-wise it puts everything else to shame. (It is ironic that all the soaps are based in LA - and the remaining three have been for decades - yet B&B is the only one that has mastered the outdoor shots.) Let's be real here - the worldwide audience will like to keep on the air a lot longer than any other show.

Bradley Bell gives a damn. An actual damn. And I like that. It's not about keeping the boat afloat for as long as the network will let him. He may make knee-jerk decisions with his stories, but he puts forth a beautiful production, and the transgender story is something groundbreaking and something that, quite simply, the show didn't need to do. But they did. And kudos for that.

Cosign.

I'm a new viewer to B&B. Whatever issues I have with the show - and there are many - I can tell that there's still a very real investment being made, both creatively and in production. After having watched ABC spend years choking the life out of its soaps I can't help but appreciate that.