18 minutes ago, ranger1rg said:

Completely agree. I normally celebrate good soap ratings, but I cringe when Y&R is up and doing well. I don't get it, and it says a lot about soap watchers, sorry to say. I realize I'm a hypocrite because I'm still (hate) watching.

I think most of us are either watching out of habit or hate watching at this point.

On 5/25/2026 at 4:27 PM, ranger1rg said:

I agree, although Sally did an amazing job of writing characters in character. They felt real and authentic, the versions we grew up with. I enjoyed that a lot.

It was all laid back and mellow, and the ratings dipped. Why then and not now, I have no idea. But when Sally's writing saw a ratings drop, they got rid of her.

Facts.

BTF, she was just getting into the gear...and the show did take a turn after the L. A. remote...when Mal Young did his coup. I would take her over JG to see what could have happened any day off of that.

On 5/25/2026 at 4:45 PM, kalbir said:

I think most of us are either watching out of habit or hate watching at this point.

Or not at all.

Last time I checked, Griffith fired all (or most of) the breakdown writers before the 2023 writers strike, so he wouldn't have to rehire them after the strike. But that was a few years ago. At one point he was doing EP, HW and BDW all himself. Is that still the case? Is he still doing all the breakdowns himself or does have staff for that? (sorry I kind of lost interest in the show, so I may have missed some important info.)

Well. Griffith seems to be embracing the writing aspect. He just did four interviews with SOD (or one long interview broken into four articles).
There is one posted on the end of the May spoiler thread and the other three are at the start of the June spoiler thread.
It all sounds so tired, though.