Jump to content
Email System Update

DAYS: Head Writer Ron Carlivati Departing Peacock Soap After Seven Years

j swift

By j swift
in Discuss The Soaps

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Members
Adriana Collaborator

Adriana

Posted
  • Members
Posted

Elia Cantu and Raven Bowen characters Jada and Chanel were created under Ron but he didn't use them how they should have been used because Jada hunter is the Daughter of the late Marcus hunter and his legacy wasn't treated how it should have been because Jada should have been having scenes with Steve and kayla and Stephanie on screen 

0
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 389
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Posted Images

  • Members
Sapounopera Experienced

Sapounopera

Posted
  • Members
Posted

People act as though Days was Douglas Marland's ATWT before Ron and he ruined it. The truth is that it is a bad, shallow show, it has been that way since... forever? At least since JER, not that it was much better in the supercouples era. RC wrote the soap they hired him to write, he didn't ruin anything beautiful lol.

DOOL's real problem are the horrible production values. It is almost shot as a cheap parody.

He was good for quite a while on OLTL and GH, his instincts  of how to fix these shows were good. The fact that Mo didn't like his ideas for GH makes me feel sympathetic to him. 

I wish we see him on Y&R. Perhaps for a year or two. Yes I know, Nikki might be a stripper again, but nothing is worse than a boring soap opera. Josh Griffith will never be fired so that someone like Nancy Curlee takes over. The truth is that he seemed to respect each show's (crazier parts of its) legacy when he showed up. Sounds better than business talk and mental illness after mental illness.
 

0
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Members
te. Mentor

te.

Posted
  • Members
Posted

This certainly puts the Body & Soul storyline into perspective. I wonder if he knew his contract wasn't being renewed so now we'll get to enjoy months of him making passive-aggressive jabs at the show.

In all honesty, I'm not sure if a headwriter switch will change much, but maybe with both Alarr and Carlivati now out there can be some sort of change. I enjoy Cwikly's early 00s run (with Brash), but if she had issues with the budget then, then I don't imagine what she'll have now. They really need to sit down and watch soaps from the 50s/60s which had similar low budgets and limitations.

0
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Members
AbcNbc247 Grand Master

AbcNbc247

Posted
  • Members
Posted (edited)

Ehhh… respectfully disagree lol 

Please register in order to view this content

Agreed, JR does belong there. 

I tend to give him a break about KA and PR though. He said it wasn’t his fault, and I sort of agree. He was on social media defending himself over Bo and Hope’s reunion being botched. He usually doesn’t defend himself when he’s to blame. 

Ashley will suddenly have an evil alter, Kirsten, who will be running around Genoa City in a mask

Edited by AbcNbc247
0
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Members
Contessa Donatella Grand Master

Contessa Donatella

Posted
  • Members
Posted

Not any old mask. No, a latex mask, fashioned after the very old TV show MISSION IMPOSSIBLE. These miraculous masks can even change how tall you are. 

My dear friend, I suspect this is a thinly veiled jab at parody. Parody, while not as elevated as farce, is still a well-respected literary & dramatic device. DAYS today, with its horrible lighting, ridiculous sets, clothing from the wrong season, Isn't good enough to call it parody. SOAP, ALL THAT GLITTERS, Mary Hartman, repeat, Hail to the Chief, Grand, these are all parodies, by intent and oh so funny. DAYS is not that. Excuse my rant. 

And, also when you compare RC & JER, they do not compare. JER made his mistakes, sure, but he was inventive & imaginative. Ron if anything is derivative. Just look at Demonic Possession 1.0 compared to 2.0. There IS no comparison. Ron did not get it. 

0
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Members
1974mdp Proficient

1974mdp

Posted
  • Members
Posted

I had enjoyed a lot of his work on OLTL, and I also liked much of his first few years on DAYS where he did some umbrella stories and dug into the show's past for story ideas. I even liked Gwen's initial introduction and her rivalry with Abby.

But, after many years of watching, I finally started losing interest when Ben, the serial killer, became a romantic hero. Then, the DiMeras literally totally took over the entire show, and I believe they always worked best in smaller doses. The Hortons all but disappeared. Then came all the mask wearing and switching which made all the characters look like idiots. Leo, the most annoying character ever created, pulled a "Dimera" and also took over the show. Then, Marlena, Kate, and Kayla were put on ice and visited heaven before being saved, and I was DONE. I couldn't take any aspect of the show seriously anymore. Haven't watched an episode in over a year now and cancelled Peacock.

0
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Members
Contessa Donatella Grand Master

Contessa Donatella

Posted
  • Members
Posted

https://soaps.sheknows.com/general-hospital/news/666598/who-general-hospital-owes-ron-carlivati-apology/

This article includes Ron's congrats to the show on its Big 60 but throws in a little shade. 

Article also comments on Tony Geary & Mo in regard to Carlivati writing there & being fired. 

0
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.


  • Recent Posts

    • AbcNbc247
      DAYS: May 2025 Discussion Thread

      By AbcNbc247 · Posted

      Paula and Jeanne’s first time writing Alex and Stephanie. It didn’t seem like there were any changes in Alex at all lol but I can’t help  but think that that’s more on RSW than the writing. I didn’t see a big change with Stephanie either, but I did enjoy her scenes with Kayla, whose character has gotten so much stronger since last week. I hope we get to see a lot more of their relationship, and their relationship with Steve as well. As for Steve and Shawn stealing the drug to try to save Bo, idk. I don’t dislike it, but I just don’t know lol but I also think that it is time for Steve to pass the torch on to the next hero.  And finally, Javi showed some kind of spark! I was a little worried in his first scene today that he was going to continue to be so obsessed with Leo, but him demanding that Leo drop the investigation into Rafe and Gabi could actually be pretty interesting. I don’t think that would’ve happened under Ron. And if we’re forced to endure Javi/Leo, let them at least have some kind of actual conflict, instead of the forced, biased crap that we were subjected to. And speaking of Leo, one year ago today, he got Dimitri’s letter

      Please register in order to view this content

      Btw, why is Gabi so beholden to Javi? Cousin or not, if I was her, the minute he said to her, “If he goes, I go”, I would’ve been like  Also, are they going to go there with Philip and Gabi? I’d prefer that than Gabi getting involved with Alex. 
    • dragonflies
      B&B: May 2025 Discussion Thread

      By dragonflies · Posted

      She does look good in blue. I wish they'd do more with her hair, change it up the way JMW does now and then 
    • sheilaforever
      B&B: April 2025 Discussion Thread

      By sheilaforever · Posted

      Hahaha - this is hilarious (and a ton of wigs at use!). The closing shot!!! LOL
    • DRW50
      Guiding Light Discussion Thread

      By DRW50 · Posted

      Yes. I don't know if Lenore was ever asked. Then it became a nun. Thanks. I didn't realize it was in 1987. That timeline doesn't make a lot of sense even if she would have had Ed to interact with. If they didn't ask her back in 1989 and she was willing, what a stupid error. The attempts at these feuds, or even the whole families tied together stuff like Maryanne Carruthers, never had any real impact because of how depleted the Bauers felt even by the mid '80s. And instead of expanding them, which would have been common sense, various producers were just too lazy, or too ashamed, and kept bringing on other families, or bringing in too many people at one time and not knowing how to write for them (the Spauldings in the McTavish era - as SOD said at the time, everyone in the family had the same personality).
    • Vee
      Guiding Light Discussion Thread

      By Vee · Posted

      Wasn't there talk of them bringing back Rita as Gus' mother at one point? Or something?
    • DRW50
      One Life to Live Tribute Thread

      By DRW50 · Posted

      I think they are a part of the same family, although Carla was never really scheming for the same reasons, and once her double life was exposed, she stopped. 
    • Contessa Donatella
      One Life to Live Tribute Thread

      By Contessa Donatella · Posted

      Rachel/Ada, Mona/Erica, a mother/daughter at LOVING, these are all examples of the Agnes Nixon "troublesome daughter/put upon mother" trope. Are Carla/Sadie by any chance one of the pairs that make up this trope? Another thing that these 2 shows might have in common. OLTL had a very strong thematic approach to socioeconomic differences between groups of people. Class differences. AW at an earlier point had this too but to be clear it was not as much as OLTL. So that is a similarity but marginal.  Besides that, I see no other comparable things. Paul Rauch was a very different EP at different shows. Oh, I've thought of one more thing. Using actors from the Broadway stage.  But, realistically that was something all of the NY shows had in common. So I don't think it has any uniqueness between AW & OLTL.  
    • Contessa Donatella
      GH: April 2025 Discussion Thread

      By Contessa Donatella · Posted

      When you look at the period between Sweeps, it's as if they tried to maintain a kind of pace where they had a lot of plates spinning in the air & on their fingertips & the whole goal was nothing but to not drop any of those plates. A version of spinning one's wheels. They're not getting anywhere but they give the appearance of a whole lot of activity. I believe it's all about this appearance. At moments they accidentally hit a chord & something resonates but it is a false event.
    • AbcNbc247
      DAYS: April 2025 Discussion Thread

      By AbcNbc247 · Posted

      He found the hidden camera and removed the card 
    • Maxim
      Your daily (or nightly) thought

      By Maxim · Posted

      Please register in order to view this content

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

  I accept