She's definitely a Y&R legend.   That leaves Sally McDonald as the last writer/producer/director from the Bell era. 

17 hours ago, BetterForgotten said:

Apparently, Janice Ferri Esser has announced her retirement at Y&R - and just like that, the last writing vestige from the Bell era is officially gone. 

 

15 hours ago, Vee said:

A hard pill to swallow for Y&R fans, especially given this week's GH news.

 

3 hours ago, Toups said:

She's definitely a Y&R legend.   That leaves Sally McDonald as the last writer/producer/director from the Bell era. 

Whenever the show needed to get an episode “right” it’s Janice Ferri Esser who was tasked with the script. Nobody captured the voice of Jill and Kay like she did. 
 

Truly talented and so sad for the show to lose her voice. 

On 1/23/2024 at 12:36 AM, BetterForgotten said:

Apparently, Janice Ferri Esser has announced her retirement at Y&R - and just like that, the last writing vestige from the Bell era is officially gone. 

Wow.

 

That is sad to hear. I always wondered how she would do as a HW.

According to MVJ, Karen Harris has retired and is now living in England

On 1/24/2024 at 9:07 PM, cassadine1991 said:

According to MVJ, Karen Harris has retired and is now living in England

Good for karen

Janet Drucker’s first day as EP has aired

 

Edited January 30, 20241 yr by cassadine1991

1/29 and 1/30 seem to be the last "Days" episodes directed by that guy. He must have directed major portions of those two episodes on Friday, July 14, his last day at work. 

On 1/29/2024 at 7:54 PM, cassadine1991 said:

Janet Drucker’s first day as EP has aired

 

I know people are excited by her but I can’t say that I am. It’s more wait and see. I’m definitely happy the behind the scenes toxicity is over but it’s hard to know if she’ll have much of a vision.

The show needs so much work in terms of writing and the overall look of the show. I hope she’s up for the challenge. 

4 minutes ago, Chris B said:

I know people are excited by her but I can’t say that I am. It’s more wait and see. I’m definitely happy the behind the scenes toxicity is over but it’s hard to know if she’ll have much of a vision.

The show needs so much work in terms of writing and the overall look of the show. I hope she’s up for the challenge. 

Exactly and didn't she bring back Jamey as a writer after his contract was up? He's a horrible writer.

Edited February 4, 20241 yr by Soapsuds

6 minutes ago, Chris B said:

I know people are excited by her but I can’t say that I am. It’s more wait and see. I’m definitely happy the behind the scenes toxicity is over but it’s hard to know if she’ll have much of a vision.

The show needs so much work in terms of writing and the overall look of the show. I hope she’s up for the challenge. 

I've been wait & see also but then I read that Burton thought he'd be staying on at DAYS & then found out that was not happening, that no new contract, nor a renewal contract, was being offered! Well, that means Janet fired him. So, first act I know about & I'm applauding! Of course, now it's back to more wait & see but I am a bit more optimistic. 

25 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Exactly and didn't she bring back Jamey as a writer after his contract was up? He's a horrible writer.

I’d put that more on Ron but I also don’t think Jamey is a bad writer. I think his talents are wasted at Days though. 

Y&R:

- Lindsay Harrison first listed as Script Writer on February 2

 

Lindsay wrote 8 scripts for Y&R in 2014.

 

Who took over Ron during the strike?

12 hours ago, allmc2008 said:

Who took over Ron during the strike?

Albert Alarr at first.

Lynn Martin is no longer at Y&R. In the interview linked below from a few days ago she says a bunch of writers came back from the strike and were then fired when their contracts came up and replaced with people who wrote during the strike (I don't know if she is referring just to Y&R or other shows as well).

It seemed sketchy to me that Fi-Core James Harmon Brown replaced Brent Boyd shortly after the strike. And Lindsay Harrison probably wrote during the strike. 

Makes me wonder if Janice Ferri Esser really left of her own choice.

Lynn also says that on a show she worked at recently (i.e. Y&R), the writers were given a note to not be funny or clever, and she talks about the elimination of the breakdown writers, the lack of writers of colour..

I know Lynn Martin's scripts are not generally well-regarded, but I was impressed with her in this interview.

https://youtu.be/kiCyBd2YQeA?si=EMwmC47kk49bTiNT