This part one of the interview. This part doesn't contain any spoilers, but sounds like part two might, so that's why I put it in this thread.

http://www.tvinsider.com/article/1674/young-and-the-restless-jill-farren-phelps-chuck-pratt-interview-part-1/

Part 2:

http://www.tvinsider.com/article/1748/young-and-the-restless-jill-farren-phelps-chuck-pratt-interview-part-2/

Edited May 13, 201510 yr by wingwalker

So much barf. So much. The only "good" part is Pratt throwing shade at Brian Frons. Other than that, my God... how clueless are they? The destruction has only begun!

So how did you see this job? What was your mandate from the network?

Pratt: To wake up the sleeping giant.
Phelps: You say that we're controversial and—though I don't mean this in a self-congratulatory way—being controversial involves a certain amount of bravery. When Chuck and I were together on Santa Barbara, there weren't any rules. There was so much freedom and excitement in nothaving rules. I've done more soaps than most people in this business and I've broken a lot of those so-called rules over the years and, on occasion, it has resulted in some very public misfires. You go off on a tangent the audience doesn't like and you get branded with that for the rest of your life.

And the show was in the toilet in the ratings when they were EP and HW…..some things never change.

Both are full of sh!t!!

Bitch is whining because she purposefully f*cked sh!t up and then was held responsible for it. Uuuum, BYE!

So much barf. So much. The only "good" part is Pratt throwing shade at Brian Frons. Other than that, my God... how clueless are they? The destruction has only begun!

Pratt pretty much saying how much he doesn't pay attention to fan reaction tells it all.

I can't believe he even mentioned his time on AMC which was horrendous !!

Pratt pretty much saying how much he doesn't pay attention to fan reaction tells it all.

Yeah, and he's said it before! He has made it very, very clear that he doesn't give a frack what the audience thinks.

At least he's consistent: He's here to do with Y&R whatever he wants, 'legacy' and 'history' and 'Bill Bell' be damned.

Only, Bill Bell's legacy has been done by somebody other, bitches. It has been replicated successfully. Her name is Kay Alden and you turned her down.

Bitch is whining because she purposefully f*cked sh!t up and then was held responsible for it. Uuuum, BYE!

Ha…killing Maureen might have been great ratings wise but at the end it destroyed the show. JFP's GL was boring as hell. I view some of the episodes on the DVD collection that was released and JFP characters were dull as dirt. I forget who was writing at the time.

Yeah, and he's said it before! He has made it very, very clear that he doesn't give a frack what the audience thinks.

At least he's consistent: He's here to do with Y&R whatever he wants, 'legacy' and 'history' and 'Bill Bell' be damned.

Only, Bill Bell's legacy has been done by somebody other, bitches. It has been replicated successfully. Her name is Kay Alden and you turned her down.

Yeah, they both totally missed why Logan asked them about Bill Bell. People don't want them to copy Bill Bell (because you can't), but you can tell new stories and take chances while keeping the look, tone, and feel of the show Bill Bell created alive. Like you said, Kay Alden, hell even Brad Bell (when he's good) his B&B still feels like a Bell show.

Pratt: You can feel the spirit of a Bill Bell show but, within that, there is a lot of room to shake it up.

No Pratt, any spirit of Bill Bell left in the show, you expunged.

Edited May 7, 201510 yr by wingwalker

Omg lol JFP and Pratt have such huge egos. Jill doesn't seem to give a crap if ffans hate her or vice versa. They have ratings and emmys lol. Biggest egos period lol. Jill once gave an interview in late 90s on OLTL and said, " An angry fan is an invested one".

Edited May 7, 201510 yr by JONNYSBRO

Yeah, they both totally missed why Logan asked them about Bill Bell. People don't want them to copy Bill Bell (because you can't), but you can tell new stories and take chances while keeping the look, tone, and feel of the show Bill Bell created alive. Like you said, Kay Alden, hell even Brad Bell (when he's good) his B&B still feels like a Bell show.

Pratt: You can feel the spirit of a Bill Bell show but, within that, there is a lot of room to shake it up.

No Pratt, any spirit of Bill Bell left in the show, you expunged.

Exactly right. I think, for all his faults, Logan may have been trying to drop a hint. Only, I don't think they missed why Logan asked the question. I am sure they know what they're doing -- they know they could respect the show's look, tone and feel and still try new things. They just don't want to. Being unable to replicate Bell's work is a cheap, tacky, false excuse to explain why they're literally dragging the show through the mud.

No one with real talent will ever work on this show again, so no use in getting upset at these types of articles we've been reading for years and years now.

No one with real talent will ever work on this show again, so no use in getting upset at these types of articles we've been reading for years and years now.

Jill and Chuck don't give a f&&k either what we think. Ratings are higher then they were and CBS is happy

What a load of bullshit. <sigh>

A doppelgänger story is the last thing I wanted to do

ummmm okay. This reminds me of his "Nobody loved Stuart more than I did" comment after killing him off AMC.

The poor thing. He's made it the A story and it's all over the place but, you see, he didn't really want to do it... he just HAD to!

The insanity!