The Young and the Restless' New Head Writer Sally Sussman Answers Our Burning Questions

 

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4 hours ago, YRBB said:

 

Even if all they do is start writing those people IN character and give them dialogue that makes sense, I will be happy. That's half the battle. Will we get any good stories? We'll see -- and no, we won't see that in December. I expect it'll be a few months before we'll have a clear idea of how the regime works. She did promise to undo the Jill thing eventually, so I hope she does it. Of course, my secret wish is that, eventually, Alden will be promoted to co-HW and then pull a Jabot Takeover and become the HW. LOL There is no other hope for the show.

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On 2016-11-21 at 10:04 AM, YRBB said:

 

Even if all they do is start writing those people IN character and give them dialogue that makes sense, I will be happy. That's half the battle. Will we get any good stories? We'll see -- and no, we won't see that in December. I expect it'll be a few months before we'll have a clear idea of how the regime works. She did promise to undo the Jill thing eventually, so I hope she does it. Of course, my secret wish is that, eventually, Alden will be promoted to co-HW and then pull a Jabot Takeover and become the HW. LOL There is no other hope for the show.

 

On 2016-11-21 at 10:42 AM, YRfan23 said:

I kind of have the secret wish that they promote Alden to co HW, or maybe down the line she becomes full HW with Sally as co-writer.

 

The thing is, Kay Alden's title is so vague so who really knows what her function is going to actually be? Kay went Fi-Core in 2007 writer's strike, so she's ineligible to win the Writers Guild awards now...so perhaps her role is a bit bigger? I don't see Kay Alden being there if her voice wasn't going to be heard.

30 minutes ago, DaytimeFan said:

 

 

The thing is, Kay Alden's title is so vague so who really knows what her function is going to actually be? Kay went Fi-Core in 2007 writer's strike, so she's ineligible to win the Writers Guild awards now...so perhaps her role is a bit bigger? I don't see Kay Alden being there if her voice wasn't going to be heard.

I certainly hope that Kay does get to have a lot of say into the stories even if Sally is the one who comes up with them....maybe Kay's role will be incorporating things back into the show that worked like a good business story....not that Sally can't write those, but perhaps she will help guide Sally and Mal into the proper business structure for the stories to work....

1 hour ago, YRfan23 said:

I certainly hope that Kay does get to have a lot of say into the stories even if Sally is the one who comes up with them....maybe Kay's role will be incorporating things back into the show that worked like a good business story....not that Sally can't write those, but perhaps she will help guide Sally and Mal into the proper business structure for the stories to work....

Isn't that was a Story Consultant does?

2 hours ago, DaytimeFan said:

 

The thing is, Kay Alden's title is so vague so who really knows what her function is going to actually be? Kay went Fi-Core in 2007 writer's strike, so she's ineligible to win the Writers Guild awards now...so perhaps her role is a bit bigger? I don't see Kay Alden being there if her voice wasn't going to be heard.

 

Agreed. I don't know why she'd want to put herself in a position where she's ignored unless she was sure that wouldn't be the case. And considering both SSM and MY have both specifically mentioned Alden in their interviews, I do hope her function is more than just PR. 

3 hours ago, cassadine1991 said:

Isn't that was a Story Consultant does?

Basically.

So I was re-reading the article and I paid more attention to the fact that she's going to negate Lauren/Jill. I'm guessing it has to do with Jill's health crisis and Lauren suddenly isn't a match, etc. Yes it's messed with with Neil Fenmore, etc., but what would be the point? Jill will lose the little family she has on the show and be broke. I missed the paternity reveal, but didn't she get her money from Fenmore estate? As I recall Kay only left her with the house. I suppose, we'll also find out that the will leaving everything to Devon was superseded by a 'newly discovered' will that leaves Jill half and a small pittance to Devon to make him strive for something, which I completely agree.

Katherine would never leave Jill half.

I want Devon to keep the money, but do give him some kind of story.

Not sure why folks feel Devon needs to lose the money to be driven. I hope SSM doesn't strip Devon of that cash but makes him a major player in business. Babysitting Hillary is ridiculous!  

I'm torn on Devon and the money. I feel like so many characters on Y&R are a lot less interesting because they are so filthy rich. I feel that way mostly about all of the Newman children and grandchildren. The biggest mistake, imo, was giving Victoria, Nick and Abby half a billion dollars. It makes it really hard for me to take their problems seriously because they could buy their way out of almost any situation, if this show was even a tiny bit realistic about the power that comes with that kind of money.

Watching Jill go from.being a manacurist to a business executive back in the 70s and early 80s was probably fascinating.  She worked hard..even schemed and married to be somebody.

 

Nina was kind of like that her first few years...but once she got her inheritance from.being a 'widow'...she lost that drive to be something...Same with Drucilla.

 

We need driven people fighting to be siluccessful.... in this day and age...the economy is not reliable anymore so if you want something...you have to fit for it..

^ I agree. At first Mariah came on the scene I thought, why isn't Sharon helping her more? Then I thought, for once the show is making a good decision by not making every character a trust fund baby.

 

Part of it is writing. The Newman kids could be a lot more interesting if they were fighting for power. As it is they are rich "kids" who are constantly leaving and coming back to Newman Enterprises.

 

I'd like to see Traci adopt a teenager. Someone with a drive for power.  I hate to say it, but one thing that has always been right about Victor is that he never forgot what it was to be a poor kid with nothing.

3 hours ago, Juliajms said:

I'm torn on Devon and the money. I feel like so many characters on Y&R are a lot less interesting because they are so filthy rich. I feel that way mostly about all of the Newman children and grandchildren. The biggest mistake, imo, was giving Victoria, Nick and Abby half a billion dollars. It makes it really hard for me to take their problems seriously because they could buy their way out of almost any situation, if this show was even a tiny bit realistic about the power that comes with that kind of money.

 

The problem wasn't so much giving them the money. The problem was not giving them compelling stories to go with the money.

 

That story with Abby scoring that money with/for her & her sibs should've TOTALLY shifted the Newman social order.

 

Instead it was a 2 second plot point with no consequences.