2025: The Directors and Writers Thread

[Contessa Donatella]

So early this morning, what I'm calling a crazy fan rumor, saying that the whole GH writing team is being replaced, wholesale, which I frankly don't believe. Wouldn't even post it except to warn others,  y'all, since you also may see it, read it, etc. 

Of course what we will do is what we always do, watch the credits & find out what happens WHEN IT HAPPENS!!! 

[LondonScribe]

As someone who cut ties with the show a little while after Chris Van Etten came back, I can’t talk on what the show is like now… is the show that bad? But even as a rumour, that’s pretty wild and radical. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that before.

[Contessa Donatella]

Okay, I hear ya. But, you know Josh Griffith on one Thursday night fired 7 or 8 writers in one fell swoop! That totally blew my mind. But, I still think this is bunk. And, no, the show is not that bad! Literally, my only problem with it, as a fan, is that I think it could be great & it's just not. It's good, not great. They still are not on top of pacing. They routinely take too long to tell stories. But, one example, the scenes this week with Lulu & Laura were like old time soap come home!

[Chris B]

It's not bad but the stories move too slow. It's the same problem when Dan O'Connor was CO-HW with Van Etten, they have a million stories and they all drag on endlessly with no resolution. I'd argue the majority of the stories airing now are good but you get sick of waiting months for something to happen.

[Contessa Donatella]

Hooray we made the exact same critique to Londonscribe!!!!!

[cassadine1991]

Where do you discover this crazy rumor??

[Contessa Donatella]

Hehe, twi/x actually x, formerly Twitter. Typically I find 2 sources for "crazy fan rumors" - the wrong parts of FB and x.

Oy.

Edited May 5 by Contessa Donatella

[Errol]

@Contessa Donatella,

This thread is not to be used to discuss unverifiable rumors. Either cite your source with a link to verified source(s), or keep it off the thread until you can do so.

Comments made on social media, unless stated by a verified source, are not how sources become verifiable.

[Taoboi]

I also jumped ship back in February. It just was not my thing any longer though I still love the characters cuz ABC and Y&R raised me. l. I found before I left that it was just too scattershoted for me and it depended on whom name was at the top of the main credits. I find Korte still has some (note some) emotional resonance in the episodes where she's mainly in charge versus CVE who was not my cup of tea for reasons I mentioned often in the GH thread so won't go off-topic. I check in when tagged or someone mentions something/a plot thread...and will more than likely tune in for the Nurses Ball...but it's just not my show. I am happy that people still find it good for them though..

[Contessa Donatella]

Fine, you only had to say so. It's not a problem to me NOT to post this.

I have no idea what this means. 

[LeClerc]

Not a director or writer, but Kevin Hamburger is now listed as supervising producer at Y&R, replacing longtime supervising producer John Fisher.

Hamburger is a buddy of Steve Kent, going back to when they were both producers at Santa Barbara

[VelekaCarruthers]

As long as Kent and Griffith are in charge, the show is doomed.

[ArizonaDaze]

Just noticed that Tyler Topits was listed as a breakdown writer on Days today. Don't know if that's a first time or not. I know he's a writers assistant and has written scripts before.

Edited May 8 by ArizonaDaze

[Toups]

Thanks.  Yes, I believe this is his first time with the BDWs.  Was O'Connor still listed with the BDWs?

[VelekaCarruthers]

O'Connor was listed as both breakdown and scriptwriter this week in the few episodes I saw and he wrote one script this week.