BTG

- Natalie Minardi Slater first listed as Breakdown Writer on January 16

B&B

DAYS

- Jamey Giddens last listed as Breakdown Writer on January 6

- Megan Titus first listed as Breakdown Writer on January 7

- Simone Hawthorne first listed as Breakdon Writer on January 14

- Lenore Adediran first listed as Script Writer on January 15

GH

Y&R

Jamey Giddens was not listed on today's DOOL credits. Megan Titus was moved up to the breakdown writers list. I think it's strange they have two former soap headwriters writing scripts, not breakdowns.

If he's finally gone, then good riddance.

Whoever is updating IMDB for Days, listed Simone Hawthorne in order with other breakdown writers but just for Jan 13th episode. She's not listed for the 14th on IMDB.......

7 hours ago, VelekaCarruthers said:

Whoever is updating IMDB for Days, listed Simone Hawthorne in order with other breakdown writers but just for Jan 13th episode. She's not listed for the 14th on IMDB.......

Yes, just for 1 episode only.

Lenore Adediran wrote 1/15 Days script.

IMDb

Lenore Adediran | Writer, Actress, Producer

Known for: Stepford Sidechix, The Colors of Love, Full Circle

3 hours ago, VelekaCarruthers said:

Lenore Adediran wrote 1/15 Days script.

IMDb

Lenore Adediran | Writer, Actress, Producer

Known for: Stepford Sidechix, The Colors of Love, Full Circle

Thank you, VelekaCarruthers Lenore Adediran has been now joining Days of our Lives writing team.

Well, I'm glad to see DAYS employing more POC on their writing staff.

Beyond the Gates:

Natalie Minardi (now Natalie Minardi Slater) is a breakdown writer. She previously held numerous positions at The Young and the Restless from 1991 to 2023.

Y&Rs loss in BTGs gain.

Edited January 16Jan 16 by glfaninnyc

1 hour ago, glfaninnyc said:

Y&Rs loss in BTGs gain.

I'll say! Natalie Minardi Slater and Janice Ferri Esser were the last two Y&R writers who tried to keep the Bill Bell/Kay Alden house style alive.

Ok, they have my attention with Natalie Minardi Slater.

I appreciate that MVJ is hiring great vets (actors and a few writers) but the issue in the first year at least the first few months I watched was her storytelling (beats, pacing, thrusts). She didn't seem to be a gifted head writer. I haven't watched in months so perhaps she's improved, but she dropped the ball in the first three months when the show had big buzz.

Wow! Natalie Minardi Slater is a huge get! That is who Kay Aldenw as grooming as her successor had things not gone the way they did. Happy to see her at BTG!

4 hours ago, Khan said:

I'll say! Natalie Minardi Slater and Janice Ferri Esser were the last two Y&R writers who tried to keep the Bill Bell/Kay Alden house style alive.

2 hours ago, Faulkner said:

Ok, they have my attention with Natalie Minardi Slater.

Same! I just saw that name and immediately thought 'she left Y&R???' Damn. But yep. Y&R's loss is against another show's gain.

2 hours ago, Chris B said:

Wow! Natalie Minardi Slater is a huge get! That is who Kay Aldenw as grooming as her successor had things not gone the way they did. Happy to see her at BTG!

And I was coming here to see if anyone had the tea. I didn't know at all that Kay Alden had been grooming her. Which makes it even more sad for how current Y&R is now. But good because Natalie knows how to pace.