I do think it would be a huge mistake to dump Drew atm. But I also think this story needs some more movement. We're not seeing enough of Willow's machinations or new political maneuvering (which they could really have fun with given our current age), and it's still not the main story. I do not care about cold fusion or the Faison clan.

They need Drew. If this was a truly well written show we would get a cat and mouse game with Drew no longer being impacted by the meds but faking it to try to trap Willow into staying with him by getting actual blackmail material evidence.

But I am also not shocked he has been on less because they really burned up his appearances for a long time. Sometimes that budget things catches up to Valentini favorites.

The story meeting is one thing. But what will put him on Frank’s dead to him list is talking about it outside the show. He hates that more than anything!

Liz and Ric are just there like a lot of her stories. Rick Hearst has virtually chemistried his way back onto the show, but it’s still Liz and she’s not a priority. Whatever happened to all that Dante/Liz teasing? Maybe they do go there, but what’s the point if we never see any of them actually telling the story?

Haha - I know, Jeff Lewis told him to be careful, but Cam seemed to be pretty close to Frank. But I agree, I was shocked that he was talking about that stuff on-air.

He also talked about his two Christmas movies that will come out this year, so he's definitely employable in some circles. He's about to rebuild his new home that burned in the fires, so he's busy.

I always wondered if the time he took off for the Christmas movies upset TPTB which is why he's in a chair now...