Y&R: Ed Scott Returns As Senior Producer

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He's directing at Days.

[Taoboi]

Same.

[Paul Raven]

This has to be a positive.

Ed knows the show inside and out and wouldn't come back unless there was an incentive.

Y&R hasn't had a proper EP since Morina ( proper in one sense only) and I feel like Josh has the EP title in name only. The other line producers are running the show and that's why it looks the way it does.They're just worker bees getting the job done.

Hopefully this is just the beginning for ES and he will take over as EP.

[Toups]

Great news!  As of right now, I'm assuming he's just going to be the main production producer which gives me hope he'll bring back Y&R's fantastic production values such as the moving camera shots, mirror and flower shots, and of course the background music (please come back Jack Allocco and David Kurtz).   Coincidentally, Sharon's special episode felt like it was produced by Ed Scott - everything about the visuals and sound was top notch.   Griffith isn't likely to leave (I hope I'm wrong) so maybe Ed can help Josh with better story ideas. 

He and Ed now have the same title: Senior Producer.  Noel is also directing. 

[BoldRestless]

I wonder if JG spends his days wandering between coffee shops, the park, and restaurants like his characters.

[BetterForgotten]

Owen Renfroe recently talked about the Sharon episode where Heather dies and how much creative license he had a director to push himself and how great work can still be done in daytime. He and Sally are the best on that directing team and I can see Scott producing great/aesthetically pleasing episodes with them. 

[LondonScribe]

A couple of thoughts crossed my mind. It’s a wild one, and has no basis in fact. 

I can’t shake the feeling that 1) as an 80 year old, this is possibly his last gig, and maybe sentimentally, he wants to go out improving/saving the show he loves the most, and/or

2) should we be keeping an eye out for a Melody Thomas Scott professional connection here? 

Or alternatively, it is as simple as somebody realises the show is where it is now and needs a jolt, or the writing could be on the wall for Josh Griffith, whether close or distant?

[Planet Soap]

I want to believe that Ed can help improve the show drastically. We didn't get much when Kay Alden returned however, so I won't get too excited.

I always said Y&R was pretty good from 1989-2001, and I now realize that roughly corresponds with Ed Scott's tenure. Hopefully he can bring some of that magic back. 

CBS has gotten complacent with Y&R and B&B's #1 & #2 status. It's good to see CBS somewhat trying with its soaps, even launching a new one.

[cassadine1991]

If Ed Scott can bring back the classic cues

[LondonScribe]

Didn’t I read on here years ago that the studio sold the vast majority of the classic cues as part of a cost cutting drive?

[Chris B]

B&B is unique because of Brad owning the show and the main issue being him. With that said, Kay Alden, Patrick Mulcahey (as Story Consultant) and Ed Scott gave B&B a second wind that lasted for years. If you look at where the show was when they joined, it was creatively dead and Ed Scott modernized the production model, added regular location shooting and outdoor sets, they added diversity with the Avant's (which I believe was a pitch from Mulcahey) and I also believe they're responsible for bringing on the next gen with Liam, Steffy and Hope. 

It's no surprise that now that all three gone B&B has gotten significantly worse.

[TEdgeofNight]

I don’t see this as a show changing  thing. He’ll just be filling a position. B&B cut him. The man is 80. He won’t even be sitting in story meetings. Oversee scheduling, sick calls, a camera or light goes down. Day to day stuff that does not affect what we see on screen. 

Yes. Sony sold the music rights. It had nothing to do with the producers. Ed Scott cannot get back those music cues.

[BetterForgotten]

I don’t know, occasionally they’ll bust out some old cues at random. The recent Sharon flashback episode had a few, I believe. 

[BoldRestless]

I don't see why they'd sell the rights rather than license them (and who would be in the market to purchase them?). They must still own the rights to whichever ones have been used in reruns and clip shows, at least as of the date the rerun aired. 

[BetterForgotten]

It does bring up a question about B&B - did Sony “steal” Scott back, or did Brad Bell let him go and Sony caught wind of that lured him back to Y&R? 

I do think B&B’s licensing fee was likely hit by their recent renewal by CBS and we may be seeing some effect of that now.

That said, Y&R has way too many producers on their staff. I wonder if any of these people will be let go and relieved of producing duties. Griffith and Beall likely just have these titles as names only, but the rest? 
 

-  Josh Griffith (EP)

-  Jonathan Fishman (Producer)

-  Vivian Gundaker (Producer) 

-  Elizabeth LeBrun (Producer)

-  Matthew J. Olsen (Producer)

-  Amanda L. Beall (Producer) 

 

Edited October 10, 2024 by BetterForgotten