On 2/14/2017 at 1:57 PM, DeeeDee said:

 

Send them to General Hospital!

 

I'll take Tristan Rogers but noooooo to the other one.

2 hours ago, ryanc said:

Victoria is on AGAIN tomorrow. Ugh. We've gotten one day off in February from her. What do TPTB see in her? 

 

Sally clearly wants to write for Victoria. I doubt it has anything to do with them wanting to feature the amazing thespian talents of Amelia Heinle (yes, that is sarcasm, LOL).

2 hours ago, KMan101 said:

 

I'll take Tristan Rogers but noooooo to the other one.

 

Sally clearly wants to write for Victoria. I doubt it has anything to do with them wanting to feature the amazing thespian talents of Amelia Heinle (yes, that is sarcasm, LOL).

 

You mean two time Emmy-winning actress Amelia Heinle---- At this point, everyone should just get a participation award for all they are worth.

1 hour ago, slick jones said:

 

You mean two time Emmy-winning actress Amelia Heinle---- At this point, everyone should just get a participation award for all they are worth.

 

LOL "participation award" ... that's about all they are at this point

22 hours ago, Chris B said:

 

Nobody mentions it, but if it weren't for Victoria Rowell's exit I do believe Lynn Latham would've lasted much longer on the show. Dru was front and center and when she left the ratings nose-dived. They underestimate the importance of certain characters while doing everything they came to keep some of these truly mediocre talents around.

 

I was scare to come back to this thread after I post it. But, I'm glad somebody reply to it. I thought LML would have last longer too if she didn't get rid off Dru. 

2 minutes ago, MoTheGreat said:

 

I was scare to come back to this thread after I post it. But, I'm glad somebody reply to it. I thought LML would have last longer too if she didn't get rid off Dru. 

Its been a while so I forgot who offed Dru. Y&R was #1 with AA viewers and a lot left with her exist. That's why Y&R's numbers dropped heavily!

Edited February 22, 20178 yr by Soapsuds

With the latest ratings ....I don't think she will be HW much longer.

Edited February 25, 20178 yr by Soapsuds

11 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

With the latest ratings ....I don't think she will be HW much longer.

Yeah, they look pretty dire. I'm just scared for the next person. I suppose they could go for Marlene McPherson. People seemed to like her on DAYS and AMC, but I'm not that familiar with her work.

 

If they go for a Higley type, I'll just go back to ignoring Y&R again.

3 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

Yeah, they look pretty dire. I'm just scared for the next person. I suppose they could go for Marlene McPherson. People seemed to like her on DAYS and AMC, but I'm not that familiar with her work.

 

If they go for a Higley type, I'll just go back to ignoring Y&R again.

I'd love to see someone like Susan Bedsow Horgan HW Y&R. I loved her time on ATWT and her recent run on OLTL.

 

Btw...who is that guy in your avatar?

3 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

I'd love to see someone like Susan Bedsow Horgan HW Y&R. I loved her time on ATWT and her recent run on OLTL.

 

Btw...who is that guy in your avatar?

My boy Novak. 😂 

Just now, Faulkner said:

My boy Novak. 😂 

Ha...that's who i thought it was but wasn't sure.

2 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

With the latest ratings ....I don't think she will be HW much longer.

It hasn't even been three months. Stop. Some of us aren't ready to call for a new writer yet. Some of us like the characters more than we have in years. I'd rather watch this than the last ten years Watch out or we'll end up with someone like Higley. 

 

2 hours ago, Faulkner said:

Yeah, they look pretty dire. I'm just scared for the next person. I suppose they could go for Marlene McPherson. People seemed to like her on DAYS and AMC, but I'm not that familiar with her work.

 

If they go for a Higley type, I'll just go back to ignoring Y&R again.

 

McPherson was the classic example of the perils of overhype. Her DAYS was one of the worst-paced and most tin-eared HW stints I can remember. I will always remember it for Chandler Massey shouting 500 times in a row that Sami was a whore, Carrie and Rafe falling in love in about 3 episodes, and Jennifer shaming her husband for being held prisoner and tortured. 

I'd previously (deliberately) ignored this thread as I didn't want to give credence to the notion that people wanted a head writer change so soon after her stories hit the air. At least 'so soon' at the point it was created.

 

And just for the sake of clarification, I definitely don't want her gone. The show more resembles the Y&R I loved and adored as a youngster than it has done in over a decade. And the examination of character and motivations (i.e the scenes in themselves) is fascinating. I feel the pieces are nearly in place in order to drive (actual) story going forward. My opinion, of course and I only speak for myself. 

 

However, I must admit to being slightly concerned about how long Sally Sussman will be given with the loss of viewers, pre-emptions or otherwise.

 

If the networks listen as much as they appear to at times, and given what happened when they gave Maria Arena Bell, Hogan Sheffer, Scott Hamner, Jill Farren Phelps and Charles Pratt Jr more time than other soaps do, they may decide to take a more 'modern' approach and exercise their option to dismiss sooner than before. 

 

What it also may do is raise the question of what type of soap/storytelling do viewers in 2017 want to see? It has said before that it may just be the fact that (any resemblance or attempt at) the Bill Bell style doesn't accord with with the tastes and attention span of the 'younger viewer'.

 

Sadly, for me, it would appear to be true. And if a change were to occur (and with it goes Kay Alden, et al) what does that leave Y&R with option-wise?

Edited February 25, 20178 yr by UK LAW

1 minute ago, DRW50 said:

 

McPherson was the classic example of the perils of overhype. Her DAYS was one of the worst-paced and most tin-eared HW stints I can remember.

McPherson is pretty much Sally Sussman. Both promised big stories and both delivered nothing. McPherson's Days was so boring.

2 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

 I will always remember it for Chandler Massey shouting 500 times in a row that Sami was a whore

  I didn't know she was the one in the HW position during that time.

sigh.....if something did happen I would at least hope Alden would takeover....I know that won't happen, but I would want to see how it would go anyways....