Kay Alden back at Y&R

September 22, 20169 yr

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Operation: Put out the Dumpster Fire is in Full Effect Mode.

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September 22, 20169 yr

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Somewhere Sylph is out there throwing his computer out the window at this news...

September 22, 20169 yr

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I'd be thrilled about this news, except CBS and SONY still believe in micromanagement. Chances are, TPTB won't listen to a word she says.

September 22, 20169 yr

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Fantastic news! For the first time in over 10 years, Y&R is finally being steered into the right direction. We have two old school Bill Bell writers and a newbie who has never worked on American soaps before........this could work! I pray it does.

Now just make Janice Ferri Esser (another Bill bell writer) the script editor so she can edit every script.

September 22, 20169 yr

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Fantastic news! For the first time in over 10 years, Y&R is finally being steered into the right direction. We have two old school Bill Bell writers and a newbie who has never worked on American soaps before........this could work! I pray it does.

Now just make Janice Ferri Esser (another Bill bell writer) the script editor so she can edit every script.

Let us pray.

September 22, 20169 yr

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I'm speechless. I am IN for this regime. Way to go, Mal Young! Let me know when the first new era episode airs.

It's been 10 long years of horror and now we can wake up from the nightmare. I suspect Steve Mosko's exit from Sony has something to do with the ability for these changes to occur.

I wish Kay, Sally and Mal, along the the directing team (come on back David Shaughnessy and Mike Denney!) all the luck to revive Y&R and bring it back to it's 1973 - 2005 glory.

And frankly, thank you CBS for hiring Angelica McDaniel. For whatever reason, she actually appears to give a serious f*ck about Y&R and what the previous regime did to it.

Edited September 22, 20169 yr by DaytimeFan

September 22, 20169 yr

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Am I dreaming?!?!?!....

We must be. We watch Y&R, we're not allowed to have good news I think I just fell out of my chair, I'm beyond excited and completely speechless!

Edited September 22, 20169 yr by Y&R21395

September 22, 20169 yr

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Am I dreaming?!?!?!....

We must be. We watch Y&R, we're not allowed to have good news I think I just fell out of my chair, I'm beyond excited and completely speechless!

I've just accepted that things couldn't go back, and even major changes like SSM coming in, wasn't enough to make me hope for more....but it seems like miracles happen once in a while!!

Edited September 22, 20169 yr by YRfan23

September 22, 20169 yr

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It's been 10 long years of horror

It seems like the horror of this soap has been going on longer than 10 years.

September 22, 20169 yr

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Fantastic news that Kay is returning. Cant believe she has been gone from YR nearly 10 years. She was Bills right hand man. Something tells me the Bells are having influence. I felt like after the Maria Bell disaster that Sony was not interesred in Bell YR. Jill and Chuck YR its no secret the Bells hated it and were locked out of the show. I heard Bill Bell Jr hadnt visited the show until Mal took over. Mal is a smart man really instead of revamping YR give us the YR that made it so glorious. Whats sad is Alden was fired in 2006 by LML. She was with the show for 33 years it was a sad day.

What exactly happened? Didn't an ownership change at some point? I once heard Sony purchased the show while others said they owned most of it until the 80s/90s then the Bell's purchased a large share. So, did Sony buy it back? If it was the same management as it was in the 90s and before why did the firing of the old regime start, basically, around 2006? In theory could have they fired Bill?

September 22, 20169 yr

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I wish Kay, Sally and Mal, along the the directing team (come on back David Shaughnessy and Mike Denney!) all the luck to revive Y&R and bring it back to it's 1973 - 2005 glory.

Are any of these directors still alive? Heather Hill, Rudy Vejar, Frank Pacelli, and Betty Rothenberg.?? They need to bring them back! Their directing on the soap was outstanding! Mike Denney was good too!

September 22, 20169 yr

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I wish Kay, Sally and Mal, along the the directing team (come on back David Shaughnessy and Mike Denney!) all the luck to revive Y&R and bring it back to it's 1973 - 2005 glory.

Are any of these directors still alive? Heather Hill, Rudy Vejar, Frank Pacelli, and Betty Rothenberg.?? They need to bring them back! Their directing on the soap was outstanding! Mike Denney was good too!

I'm not sure, but if so there could be a slight chance they could return now.... I know Rudy Vejar was a director in the 80's when Sally was there, so unless he's retired or dead, maybe he could come back....

It's still a good move having Sally McDonald as director as she's been with the show a long time...

September 22, 20169 yr

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I'm speechless. I am IN for this regime. Way to go, Mal Young! Let me know when the first new era episode airs.

It's been 10 long years of horror and now we can wake up from the nightmare. I suspect Steve Mosko's exit from Sony has something to do with the ability for these changes to occur.

I wish Kay, Sally and Mal, along the the directing team (come on back David Shaughnessy and Mike Denney!) all the luck to revive Y&R and bring it back to it's 1973 - 2005 glory.

And frankly, thank you CBS for hiring Angelica McDaniel. For whatever reason, she actually appears to give a serious f*ck about Y&R and what the previous regime did to it.

She must like Y&R a lot, Angelica McDaniel's husband, Brian, will be making a cameo as a GC Buzz reporter soon!

Fantastic news Now if only ABC would follow suit!

September 22, 20169 yr

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Note to Ken Corday.......THIS IS HOW YOU FIX YOUR SHOW!!! Thank you Mal. Bringing back one of my all-time favorite writers.

September 22, 20169 yr

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John Abbott back from the dead next?

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