I'd ditch Nina. I was reading over her Soap Central profile and her backstory is a convoluted mess. Ditching her would eradicate a lot of tangled history. 

She doesn't have any relatives on the canvas ,right?

Looks like the role was created because they nabbed Stafford and she's long gone.

7 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

Or not willing to return back due to things such as what we are seeing play out right now re: network interference.

Yes, although I am struggling to come up with any names (besides Nancy Curlee, Kay Alden and Lorraine Broderick) who have had strong success in the past (if not 100%, but overall).

Anything Jason will probably be the Trojan Horse for any writer to get back into the audience's good graces. Which of course is why the storyline was probably stalled to begin with. 

2 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

She doesn't have any relatives on the canvas ,right?

Looks like the role was created because they nabbed Stafford and she's long gone.

Very few anymore, except Willow and her kids (and Maxie's son with Nathan West, her deceased brother) IIRC. Obrecht, her aunt, is currently MIA. And yes, the character was created for Stafford and remains because FV doesn't want to let it go or change anything, it seems.

I was extremely into Drew/Nina recently and everything going on there. It was an unexpected bright light in the morass of the show for me with two previously hopeless characters. With PM gone (because I highly suspect it was his work) I have no interest. Both Drew and Nina can go, as I previously have been wishing for for years. Along with maybe a dozen others.

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4 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

She doesn't have any relatives on the canvas ,right?

She does by Orbecht...who has not been seen in ages...and Maxie by marriage. 

ETW: I knew I was forgetting some of her relatives. LOL. Thanks for the Willow mention.

3 minutes ago, vetsoapfan said:

Yes, although I am struggling to come up with any names (besides Nancy Curlee, Kay Alden and Lorraine Broderick) who have had strong success in the past (if not 100%, but overall).

I feel you on that. I would be hard pressed to think of anyone...and most of mine have already come and gone...done in before they could get traction on the shows they were on.

Edited May 17, 20241 yr by Taoboi

6 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I guess people could hope for Sri Rao again.

Oh, I had completely forgotten about him. I wouldn't be opposed to giving him another shot at the GH universe, particularly considering other "writers" who could be foisted on us.

9 minutes ago, Vee said:

Interesting to hear they allegedly scrapped an Aiden/Laura coming out scene for 'more Jason' as part of the BTS conflict.

I actually do think they need more of Jason's story because it's the only main primary mover on the show for months, but that's a shame. There's tons of other crap to cut instead of that key SL. But I would happily kill Jason again.

I believe that Aidan scene was when Enzo played him and his parents werent too happy he was playing a gay teen

I think Aidan/Laura scene was shot just didnt make the episode. 

Edited May 17, 20241 yr by John

1 minute ago, John said:

I believe that Aidan scene was when Enzo played him and his parents werent too happy he was playing a gay teen

LOL why didn't they raise an objection at the holidays? Grinning his way through his coming out scene with Liz?

Edited May 17, 20241 yr by Vee

2 minutes ago, John said:

I believe that Aidan scene was when Enzo played him and his parents werent too happy he was playing a gay teen

Awwww

12 minutes ago, Vee said:

Interesting to hear they allegedly scrapped an Aiden/Laura coming out scene for 'more Jason' as part of the BTS conflict.

I actually do think they need more of Jason's story because it's the only main primary mover on the show for months, but that's a shame. There's tons of other crap to cut instead of that key SL. But I would happily kill Jason again.

I wonder if that's just a cover to justify them moving away from a story they were never going to be comfortable with.

15 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

I feel you on that. I would be hard pressed to think of anyone...and most of mine have already come and gone...done in before they could get traction on the shows they were on.

I've long felt that novelist Jonathan Kellerman, who has had a hugely successful series (the Alex Deleware books) would be a good fit for a crime-oriented soap a la The Edge of Night. He's very prolific, writes engaging and compelling stories, and is good at characterization. God knows, soaps need talented new blood. I'd rather see a soap newbie try and fail, than a regurgitated, recycled hack fail for the 10th freaking time.

Edited May 17, 20241 yr by vetsoapfan

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

I guess people could hope for Sri Rao again.

I hadn't heard of Sri Rao before.  So I searched and found this 2022 interview.
https://www.soapcentral.com/soapcentral/news/2022/0301-interview-gh-nightshift-head-writer-sri-rao-chats-diversity-in-daytime-working-with-kelly-ripa-his-netflix-series-and-more.php

"I am so thankful to those GH fans that expressed their appreciation for my writing and who reached out to me and who were vocal about it. And still to this day, I still see occasional posts from people who remember my work on Nightshift and appreciate it. It means so much to me because I have such a fondness and respect for those characters and those storylines, the ones that I was writing on Nightshift. The fact that there was such a legacy for those characters and for those relationships from GH, I wanted to do justice to them, and I wanted to give them more juicy stories to work with and more interesting storylines to play out, and I am so glad that the fans appreciated it, because I was very much writing it as a fan myself. And then, yeah, I did hear those comments afterwards wishing that I had an opportunity to write on GH, and I also did really wish that that could have happened, and I tried for many, many years, but unfortunately, I never had that chance."

"I will always have a soft spot in my heart for the ladies of GH, whether that's Finola Hughes, who I did have the opportunity to write a little bit for when I did Nightshift, but she is someone who I have always adored. Kristina Wagner  is someone I've also always admired from afar, as well as Genie Francis. I think that GH has some amazing actresses that I would love to write for someday."

 

I see that Sri Rao wrote for Night Shift.  I know it was a GH spinoff but I never saw it.  Was it well-written?

 

Edited May 17, 20241 yr by janea4old

The first season of Night Shift was trash. It was like GH at night--centered around Jason saving the day. And Guza wrote that season. Season 2 is where Sri Rao came in, and the show became good. It was finally heavily centered around the hospital. Of course, that got scrapped. 

Most of episodes of Night Shift are on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/OW0wb0gwNyA?si=PUQLAmGcwGwjY_N2

Personally, both seasons of Night Shift put me to sleep.