BTG: History, Behind the Scenes Articles & Photos

[Khan]

For once, I'm not going to say anything positive or negative about JG or his jumping over to BTG.  I'm just going to wish him well, lol.

At the end of the day, however, it comes down to these three truths:

1. It isn't about WHAT you know, but about WHO you know, that gets you ahead in any business.

2. It isn't about hiring the best and brightest, but about hiring the easiest to work with and the most efficient.

3. If you really want to know why certain individuals in this industry keep getting hired, despite their abysmal track records, you actually need to take a look in the mirror.  They keep getting hired, because they know how to deliver to a generation of fans who've been conditioned not to be able to tell good from bad.  (Anyone who remembers when these shows still would "write up" to the viewers knows what I'm talking about).

Edited 7 hours ago by Khan

[Contessa Donatella]

Excellent example of the Peter Principle since he was so good as a special fan/journo but then rose one more level to meet incompetence.  Le sigh.

[janea4old]

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[Chris B]

I feel like a lot of the hate Jamey gets is from his past on Daytime Confidential. From the moment Ambitions was announced there were people rooting for him to fail. He assembled a great team, including giving Michele Val Jean and Susan Dansby a chance at a primetime show with Producer titles which both said was a career highlight. Together this team created a great soap that lived on in streaming. Many of the writing staff has gone on to get jobs on the other soaps. Black voices we did not have prior to Jamey platforming them on Ambitions. 

He's currently in his second season headwriting Sistas which continues to raise in the ratings and is always trending on Twitter and this is a show that's been on for years. Jamey breaking through as a fan and a Black writer is impressive and he's done a lot for Black writers on soaps and I'll always be greatful for that.

I'll also mention that today's script writer was Jazmen Darnell Brown, the fourth writer from Ambitions to be added to the staff. If that doesn't speak to the experience MVJ had on that show, I don't know what will. And people have been raving about his script today.

[Vee]

I agree with all this. But I was under the impression he was on breakdowns at BTG, and if so frankly I'm still glad he's not writing scripts.

[Chris B]

Yes, he's just doing breakdowns on BTG.

[Contessa Donatella]

I know him from his time at DAYS where I came to appreciate his scripts. Brown, I mean.

 

Edited 12 minutes ago by Contessa Donatella