3 minutes ago, vanguard said:

You know, I've heard this as well. Despite his many flaws, I've heard that he's very good about employing black actors and paying them handsomely. Go figure!

I know that for his movies he pays well, especially for the leads, but I'd assume that his on-going tv series works on a different budget (hence the ridiculous shooting schedule). Then again, he uses a lot of non-union talent and perhaps the quick shooting schedule makes up for comparatively small per episode pay especially if they're not based somewhere crazy expensive like Los Angeles. 

There are a bit of stories out there about actors not liking his rapid shooting schedule (no surprise) and at least in his TBS days there seemed to be a conflict with actors wanting to triple their pay (to a $1000 per episode!) and get food service on set. But maybe he's changed since then...

Purely superficial post: Writer Jazmen Darnell Brown is kind of a snack. He could get it:

 

On 11/3/2024 at 6:28 AM, Liberty City said:

Well, it's what happens when you rush write, produce and push out material. IIRC, actors on The Oval revealed they shot 22 episodes in three-weeks time. That, to me, is ridiculous. Even with simplistic, not-too-bright scripts. But he does employ solid actors and that's great... just wish he'd employ writers, etc. because that would be an amazing opportunity for Black talent.

Tyler Perry wrote all of his own shows.  But he hired a writing crew for the most recent two seasons of Sistas.  With Jamey Giddens now HW
https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2024/09/jamey-giddens-head-writer-tyler-perrys-sistas

Just now, janea4old said:

Tyler Perry wrote all of his own shows.  But he hired a writing crew for the most recent two seasons of Sistas.  With Jamey Giddens now HW
https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2024/09/jamey-giddens-head-writer-tyler-perrys-sistas

Giddens? Not much of an improvement.

Our girl VANESSA MCBRIDE 

This gal is the mother of twins and a high-luxury real estate business owner in a loveless marriage. But I remember when she was being called "Stacy". She was no longer in love or intimate with her husband (her husband was described as feeling the same way about her), but she was still getting her "jollies" elsewhere. Sounds kind of "loosey goosey" to me but miss Vanessa might prove to be quite an interesting character more than we know. I also assume her husband will be on recurring status.

Edited November 6, 20241 yr by vanguard

I am listening to a podcast that said that going forward, as a result of this election, much of the programming will be directed to “flyover country” (her words, not mine) so I now have to think about how this may impact BTG.

1 hour ago, DramatistDreamer said:

I am listening to a podcast that said that going forward, as a result of this election, much of the programming will be directed to “flyover country” (her words, not mine) so I now have to think about how this may impact BTG.

I was thinking the same thing today...  

8 minutes ago, Maxim said:

I was thinking the same thing today...  

And CBS is a very conservative network, has been for many years. 

1 hour ago, DramatistDreamer said:

I am listening to a podcast that said that going forward, as a result of this election, much of the programming will be directed to “flyover country” (her words, not mine) so I now have to think about how this may impact BTG.

I'm praying it won't too much, honestly. Especially given the NAACP is still involved.

And some will say “You see, it was a bad idea to center the political world on a daytime soap!” To that I say, it hardly matters at this point. Any show centering Black characters, particularly in the daytime, on a major network, especially one that leans conservative, is likely to try to put some curbs on full creative freedom.

2 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

I'm praying it won't too much, honestly. Especially given the NAACP is still involved.

I don’t trust CBS. I don’t trust any network but having been raised watching CBS daytime, I really don’t trust them.

3 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

I don’t trust CBS. I don’t trust any network but having been raised watching CBS daytime, I really don’t trust them.

I'm trying to remain hopeful... which is hard right now.

8 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

And some will say “You see, it was a bad idea to center the political world on a daytime soap!” To that I say, it hardly matters at this point. Any show centering Black characters, particularly in the daytime, on a major network, especially one that leans conservative, is likely to try to put some curbs on full creative freedom.

I don’t trust CBS. I don’t trust any network but having been raised watching CBS daytime, I really don’t trust them.

At this point... I lack trust too. They better not touch our BTG. This will freaking devastate me if they ruin this too somehow because of what happened.

So the bottom line, based on these responses, is that this show is doomed to failure before it even receives five minutes worth of airtime? I will absolutely hate for all of the enthusiasm garnered to have been for naught.

Edited November 6, 20241 yr by vanguard

(tweeted in response to the election results)

 

How is this happening again?

— Michele Val Jean (@MicheleValJean) November 6, 2024

 

Edit, never mind, she deleted her tweet

Edited November 6, 20241 yr by janea4old

I am glad Ron bounced back with a new job at BTG. Hopefully CBS is grooming him to replace Griffith at Y&R.