2019: The Directors and Writers Thread

[Toups]

B&B

 

 

DAYS

 

 

 

GH

 

 

Y&R

[RavenWhitney]

Sheri Anderson no longer listed as creative consultant; her name has been added to the script writer group. Ron is solidifying his power.

[cassadine1991]

2 hours ago, RavenWhitney said:

Sheri Anderson no longer listed as creative consultant; her name has been added to the script writer group. Ron is solidifying his power.

That's not good AT ALL

[RavenWhitney]

Wonder if Daran Little is out as story consultant at YR. He was tweeting about the show from early Sept. to Dec 21. Nothing since.  I don't expect him to stay around with Josh Griffith as HW.

[Toups]

I don't think he'll stick around either.   I think Lisa Seidman will return too. She usually follows Griffith.   Also, maybe Anthony Morina will convince Sally to return as a BDW. 

[cassadine1991]

Damn... Was hoping Daran would stay. Would like to see him on another soap though.

[RavenWhitney]

On 1/17/2019 at 5:41 PM, Toups said:

I don't think he'll stick around either.   I think Lisa Seidman will return too. She usually follows Griffith.   Also, maybe Anthony Morina will convince Sally to return as a BDW. 

Sally started following Josh Griffith on Twitter recently...HMMMMM

Danielle Page started following him too but that might be because they're both published authors

Edited January 19 by RavenWhitney

[LondonScribe]

28 minutes ago, RavenWhitney said:

Sally started following Josh Griffith on Twitter recently...HMMMMM

Danielle Page started following him too but that might be because they're both published authors

Using the Head Writer to spy on hubby at work... we know your game, Sally 🤣

 

I mean, what else could it be? 😜😉

[Eboneece]

In her recent interview, Kay Alden said that it was highly unlikely that Sally would return. But who knows? These might be more favorable conditions for her and the $$$ probably is not bad.

[RavenWhitney]

4 minutes ago, Eboneece said:

In her recent interview, Kay Alden said that it was highly unlikely that Sally would return. But who knows? These might be more favorable conditions for her and the $$$ probably is not bad.

Sally's name may never appear in the credits but that doesn't mean that she or another writer isn't being paid to contribute to story.  

Henry Slesar was a story consultant for AW and Loving but never got credit (late 80s). It's also been widely confirmed (especially by Geary) that Luke/Laura/Lucky return story was penned by Geary and Irene Suver...and Labine took it over but worked with the story ABC had purchased from Geary/Suver.

 

When GL was going off the air, I contacted Nancy Curlee on social media and she wrote me a wonderful email about her love of GL and mentioned that she was working as as story consultant on ABC and was to join the staff of GH when she got pregnant with another child.  

[RavenWhitney]

Good sign: Noel Maxam back to YR as a director.  Tuesday episode.

[Toups]

It was a great surprise to see Noel's name in the credits again.  I hope he's on contract!

[DramatistDreamer]

What ever happened to Jack Smith (Y&R)?  Is he no longer writing soaps?

[RavenWhitney]

2 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

What ever happened to Jack Smith (Y&R)?  Is he no longer writing soaps?

Jack had a rough 2018.  His future son in law committed suicide and Jack's daughter found him. Jack posted all of this on his public FB page. In one FB post he thanks Brad for firing him and makes a passive aggressive comment that Brad did it a few weeks after the suicide.  So Jack was fired by Brad Bell. 

[Faulkner]

14 minutes ago, RavenWhitney said:

Jack had a rough 2018.  His future son in law committed suicide and Jack's daughter found him. Jack posted all of this on his public FB page. In one FB post he thanks Brad for firing him and makes a passive aggressive comment that Brad did it a few weeks after the suicide.  So Jack was fired by Brad Bell. 

Wow. He’s had a rough time for a while.