30 minutes ago, janea4old said:

I'd be fine with them discovering that Howarth's character is a nobody pretending to be NotDead Matt Clark. He's discovered as a fraud, and off screen, never to be mentioned again. And the real Matt Clark was always dead.

I do like that idea. Careful what you wish for though because that could also be a way to keep him ON screen if he’s no longer Matt Clark 🫣

(Kinda makes me think of the way they used Sharon’s Cassie ghost to eventually become Mariah who was hired by Victor.)

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12 minutes ago, Ryanc2 said:

I do like that idea. Careful what you wish for though because that could also be a way to keep him ON screen if he’s no longer Matt Clark 🫣

(Kinda makes me think of the way they used Sharon’s Cassie ghost to eventually become Mariah who was hired by Victor.)

Yeah I thought of that after I posted it, yikes. Was going to delete but it was already quoted. Well then let me clarify, to carefully wish that he's never seen, heard, or mentioned again, by any name.

Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by janea4old

Dan received top billing in their first episode - I wonder if they will alternate depending on the day or if this is set.

1 hour ago, Vee said:

It's obvious that at some point in the last 10 years CBS or Sony realized 'fans miss business stories'. And it's true, I remember fans (Jamey included) used to talk about the complex, byzantine business intrigue dramas Y&R had in the old days all the time and miss that kind of material while critiquing Pratt, MAB, Latham, etc. The kind of stuff @BoldRestless just described.

The problem is their solution to it in the last decade has been largely to have people sitting around the few remaining standing sets talking about random company names, trading job titles and 'takeovers' that largely happen offscreen. That is their answer to doing more business stories. That should change.

I'm Brad Bell's biggest hater but I will say, this year they remembered how to tell an interesting business story. I wasn't worried about the business aspect of the preview because that is such a major part of Y&R. I just hope they can do it in a more dynamic way than JG.

6 hours ago, Aback said:

Going back to the interview, the part that confused me the most was the desire to bring back a supposed feeling of community. I’ve never felt any sense of community in the glory years of Y&R. And that’s a compliment in my book. I loved the sense of community in P&G and ABC soaps, but Y&R was unique in its own bubbles.

So yeah if there’s one thing I do not liken to Y&R is a sense of community that you need to bring back. I really don’t see where they’d get that idea lmao. It’s a very generic thing to say about any soap.

It makes me wonder how far back they go with Y&R. Until Kay Alden took over the show in the late '90s, Y&R never cared about community, sometimes to the point of frustration.

2 hours ago, Vee said:

It's obvious that at some point in the last 10 years CBS or Sony realized 'fans miss business stories'. And it's true, I remember fans (Jamey included) used to talk about the complex, byzantine business intrigue dramas Y&R had in the old days all the time and miss that kind of material while critiquing Pratt, MAB, Latham, etc. The kind of stuff @BoldRestless just described.

The problem is their solution to it in the last decade has been largely to have people sitting around the few remaining standing sets talking about random company names, trading job titles and 'takeovers' that largely happen offscreen. That is their answer to doing more business stories. That should change.

Those were more along the lines of the business stories ATWT did under Marland, mainly his last few years, which became very confusing. Bell's business stories were more straightforward. I think so many who have worked at Y&R after Alden (and maybe SSM, even if I didn't care for her as a writer) just don't understand the show and don't like it much either.

4 hours ago, Planet Soap said:

I'm curious to see what a pairing of Ron C and Frank Valentini would do with Y&R if that ever happened.

Predatory gay men trying to sexually assault Kyle while 6 interchangeable brunette men oil down their bare chests. And Beth Maitland wearing a Dina wig as she tries to stab Ashley to death as Phyllis is roped into being the lead actress on Michael and Lauren's new soap, Sass in the Mid-Morning.

Elizabeth Hendrickson directed their first episode (CDN screenshot)
Edit, not her first episode directing - she's been directing for a while at Y&R. I meant DanJam's first episode.

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2 hours ago, DRW50 said:

It makes me wonder how far back they go with Y&R. Until Kay Alden took over the show in the late '90s, Y&R never cared about community, sometimes to the point of frustration.

IIRC Jamey goes back pretty far with Y&R. He used to talk about the glory days there (and at AW in the late '80s/early '90s) with deep reverence and context. Unlike OLTL, where he became Ron's strongest soldier online in later years (even though I was there first, before all the rape anyway) while ultimately admitting what I already knew about him: That he had barely watched the show before Carlivati took over and only started somewhere in the early-mid 2000s.

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