2024: The Directors and Writers Thread

[Toups]

I was surprised to see Fran write an episode. She rarely does that. The last episode she wrote was on August 4, 2020. 

[Contessa Donatella]

I can't recall if you want this info posted or not. If not, I will be glad to delete it. This is the address of that primo spreadsheet that includes not only episode counts but all the PTB and who did the voiceover. This is a TwiX poster Rachel @rb2m94 and she uses the hashtag #UselessGHInfo so you just know she's got a great attitude! 

https://docs.google.com/file/d/1wI6sh4Yf8M3YSEIddWAZHRqo74SPg4hd/edit?filetype=msexcel 

[janea4old]

When you posted the spreadsheet a few months ago, I think Toups or Errol said we already have people doing some or all of those things here at SON so it's extra info not needed?

I guess this thread is for writers/directors/producers only; whereas that GH spreadsheet also has actor episode counts by episode, and other details from episodes; which is more than is needed on this writers thread.  And we already have a SON member doing GH actor episode counts.

For what it's worth: I will say that I have been following that spreadsheet-maker Rachel for a long time, and she's even more picky about accuracy than I am.   But her work stands on its own, so I don't know where it would fit here at SON.

Edited June 2, 2024 by janea4old

[Contessa Donatella]

In trying to remember what was not needed I thought it was the Episode Count posts from UltimateSoapFan & not this ... but, I wasn't sure!!! UltimateSoapFan just posts results without a link to any resource. (They're also associated with a wiki of the same name.) 

If either Toups or Errol will tell me this time, I will delete it & remember!!! Or if they want to let it stand but don't want me to continue posting it in future, then, that. Like you, I am a fan of her work & I bet there are others here who want to tuck this web address somewhere. 

[John]

[Toups]

Y&R

- Marin Gazzaniga first listed as Script Editor on May 30

[John]

Seeing her name just makes me think of what could have been of PP's OLTL with  Marin and Jessica Klein as Co-HW's

[allmc2008]

What exactly does a script editor do in daytime? Continuity?

[Contessa Donatella]

I believe that is exactly their particular challenge. 

[VelekaCarruthers]

Today's Days script by Jamey G. The episode is posted on YouTube for a while. I'm watching it and his dialogue is too cute by half. If he ends up back doing breakdowns I can see why.  Writers in same order as Friday's episode.

Edited June 3, 2024 by VelekaCarruthers

[VelekaCarruthers]

Jamey Giddens name gone from Days 6/6/24 credits. 

[janea4old]

Jamey Giddens updates during 2023 before, during, and after the strike:


(This was about 11 days before the Writers Strike)
https://twitter.com/Jamey_Giddens/status/1649566213159124992
(in reply to someone tweeting asking if he's still writing at DAYS)
Jamey_Giddens @Jamey_Giddens
April 21, 2023
I am through next month. I decided not to renew my contract. I just signed on with a hit primetime soap that I won't be able to discuss deets on for a while. My #DAYS eps will likely air through year's end, but Salem U.S.A. will always be home away from home! Two amazing years!
 

(Confirmed during the strike only because someone had leaked it on their youtube channel - that he'd be writing for Sistas)
https://twitter.com/Jamey_Giddens/status/1687592938455302145 
August 4, 2023
Jamey_Giddens @Jamey_Giddens
So, this cat is out of the bag... When you let God order your steps, you never go wrong! #SistasOnBET
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RhvgLANt0E

(in reply to someone tweeting asking if he's still with the show)
https://twitter.com/Jamey_Giddens/status/1688000847509078016
August 5, 2023
Jamey_Giddens @Jamey_Giddens
Technically, yes. I resigned last spring, but I still had 2 weeks on my contract when we went on strike. Once the strike is over, I still owe #DAYS 2 weeks, aka 2 scripts.


Alan Locher interviewed Jamey Giddens on December 8, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxnYA669Gvo
From timestamp 47:45:
Alan Locher comments that Jamey has returned to Days.
Jamey quoted The Godfather: -Just when you think you're out, they pull you back in. "A few weeks ago Days reached out, and long story short, I accepted the offer and I am back writing and having a blast."
From timestamp 1:01:35 to 1:02:40, Jamey said he wrote 6 episodes of Sistas, which will air in 2024, and that Ron Carlivati allowed him to do both.

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So 11 days before the 2023 strike began, Jamey announced that he would be quitting Days but couldn't say why. It seems that he was announcing his departure in advance, and planned to keep working for DAYS a little longer,  but the strike interrupted that on May 2.

Then, during the strike, it was spilled by someone else that he'd be writing for Sistas, and he clarified that he still contractually owed Days two weeks of work (he didn't specify if breakdown and/or scriptwriting) which he would fulfill after the strike. 
If he was just dropped from the closing credits today June 6, 2024 then *maybe* that means he fulfilled the two weeks.  Or it's an error.

From the Dec. 2023 Locher Room interview, he was rehired at Days.
So we'll likely see him missing from the closing credits for a short while, and then back on.

Edited June 6, 2024 by janea4old

[Khan]

So, what happened to the "Sistas" gig?

[Contessa Donatella]

He did it. 

[janea4old]

Yes Jamey wrote some episodes of Season 7 of Sistas, but only two of his episodes have aired so far.  The season is still airing.