See I don't think I blame McTavish for the Bianca rape solely...I blame NY Times Interview Giver B.S. Frons for that one, he provided an explanation why it was Bianca and everything.

I wasn't happy with the fact that Bianca was raped--mostly because, I always felt that Bianca was a victim of something and I always said that it would have made more sense for Kendall to be the one.

All in all, I thought the writing...the dialogue and everything else was good...the story itself, I blame Frons first and McTavish second.

Sorry, but that day that woman went into the magazines and said that she overturned the first legal abortion in television history, because she wanted Erica to have given birth to a Martin, was the day she lost any and all creidtablity with me. She's a hack, plan and simple. She does as she sees fit, and whatever she wants, because she can and there's no one who's willing to put her in check and tell her enough is enough.

She should have lost her job the day she said that fans should basically choke on her precious fetus, cause she's right, and we're wrong, and to deal.

I believe she's gone. And I believe that until ABC is ready to say it official, be it next week, next month or the day before they throw her out of the building, they will continue to make is seem like all is well in TrashBag land.

To the fall! *raises my glass to join in the toast*

Oh to be clear: I blame HER for the Josh mess...totally blame her.

Kathy Carano, God love her, has always been accurate, and I've been a follower of hers for 11 years now - since she was at the AMCPages. It's quite apparent that her contact is at one of the magazines. Yeah, they know tons of info, but they don't know what's going up at the higher echelons at ABC.

Megan is the head writer of "AMC," but that does not mean she knows everything there is to know about what's going on at ABC Daytime. Because she doesn't. She ultimately has a supervisor, Julie Carruthers, and they both report to Brian Frons. Now I don't know about you guys, but it's not unusual for bosses to keep information from their employees, whether it be concerning their future or what have you. This is esp. true with Brian Frons. This is the entertainment business, where that kind of crap happens all the time. Look at how Brian handled the thing with Star Jones. He knew that she was being fired a whole five months before she knew.

This is also how the Jean Dadario Burke/Julie Carruthers thing played out. Brian called up Julie days after PC's cancellation and said "Julie, how would you like to move to New York?" This was late June 2003. Poor Jean had no idea she was being fired until August.

The Amanda L. Beall/Jeff Beldner news was truly puzzling because it had no basis in truth whatsoever, and still doesn't. I don't think it was necessarily SON's fault - I think that false information was leaked by someone from the inside. Why? I don't know. Perhaps just for shits and giggles. But it's not true.

Now, the stuff about Burton Armus is very much true. Megan has no idea that he is being groomed for "AMC." Perhaps she heard what SON and EricaKane4Life reported recently, but if she did, she'd brush it off as just crazy Internet talk. The only one at "AMC" who would know about Burton Armus is Julie Carruthers and she ain't opening her mouth to anyone. It's kept secret for a reason. There is no way, no how that Brian would go to Megan and say, "Hey, I'm replacing you with someone else, but you're still writing the show for another two months." That's why the B&B news was a big red flag of falsehood.

The situation with Burton Armus reminds me very much of the Hogan Sheffer situation about six years ago at "World Turns." Chris Goutman and Mickey Dwyer-Dobbin met with Hogan in March 2000 when they were in L.A. for the Soap Digest Awards. He decided he wanted to write for "World Turns" so they began training him in preparation of him replacing Leah Laiman. Now, many people at P&G and CBS knew about this, but Leah had no idea. Hogan even joined the "World Turns" writing staff as a breakdown writer as part of his training. Six weeks later, Chris told Leah that they were dumping her effective the next day and Hogan was taking over. This was in the works for over three months, but she was completely in the dark until she was asked to pack up her bags and leave.

Megan is doing fall previews, because she is still employed with the show. She is actively writing. She is writing the fall stories. ABCD is not ready to make the change yet. It's impossible to hire a writer with no soap writing experience and throw him or her straight into the fire. They need to get acquainted with the very specific formulas of soap opera writing. They need training and the process takes time. If Megan was replaced with someone like Carolyn Culliton, no problem. They could approach Carolyn, sign her, and have her start immediately because she is a soap writer. This is a completely different situation, and it's an unusual one because daytime so rarely looks outside daytime for writing talent.

The change will happen. Give it time; no one at "AMC" knows about it, except Julie Carruthers. If you know the right people at ABC Daytime, great, because if they are willing to talk about it, you'll know . But it's being kept from Megan for a reason because they aren't ready to fire her yet. She's well aware of the speculation on the net. And she may be very well aware of the speculation about Burton Armus. She has no reason to believe it though, because as actors, writers, producers, etc. have been wired to believe (for very good reason) most rumors on the Internet are pure fabrication. They are made up. So when Megan hears on the Internet that she's getting fired, she really has no reason to worry. Because most of that kind of [!@#$%^&*] is made up anyway.

But this time it isn't made up.

Believe me, don't believe me. Don't believe EricaKane4Life or anyone who is reporting this kind of stuff. But ABCD will make the change and Megan will know about it then, as rest as everyone else.

And wowsie - never intended for this post to be so long. Back to hiding.

I just read Cady McClain's blog and she said "the whole show is taking a vacation" at the end of August. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I thought maybe she was talking about MMT leaving. That or maybe the AMC luncheon, but I didn't get that vibe.

SON could be the most unrealiable site in the world and I'd still believe them if they said MMT was leaving! This is just something that HAS to be done. I won't believe that ABC would be stupid enough to keep her as bad as AMC is right now. Actually, their entire lineup is a joke. With THe View being revamped, they should've done all of their soaps and done a big promo campaign for it.

Can't wait until SON does a follow announcing her replacement and more changes at ABCD. I want to see a new headwriter at GH.

Jackie everything you said makes complete sense. Thanks.

I'm new to the board and I assumed that the Beall/Beldner and Burton Armus stuff was all from the same source but I take it was not? Because I knew the Beall/Beldner thing was completely false (straight from the horses mouths!) so I did not put much faith in the Armus piece.

Still unsure but its certainly plausible.

I certainly hope the B&B stuff wasn't crafted by the show to identify information leakers.

If Megan has heard the rumors, and she knows fans are pissed off with her and the ratings are "goin' down," who's to say she won't decimate the show? Rip it apart, piece by piece until nothing is left for the new writer?

AMC needs a new HW, badly. But, I'm hoping this isn't a case of too little, too late.

If Megan has heard the rumors, and she knows fans are pissed off with her and the ratings are "goin' down," who's to say she won't decimate the show? Rip it apart, piece by piece until nothing is left for the new writer?

Because Megan does love the show in her own skewed way. I don't think she'd do that.

And besides, how would that be different from her writing when she's trying to do well? Heck, knowing Megan, if she tried to suck she might actually churn out some good material!

Any word on Kaye's contract?

Because Megan does love the show in her own skewed way. I don't think she'd do that.

And besides, how would that be different from her writing when she's trying to do well? Heck, knowing Megan, if she tried to suck she might actually churn out some good material!

LMAO in her own twisted way. So then she was showing us her love when she told us to basically choke on her wonder fetus. Nice lady.

She's already destroyed AMC for me. And I have a feeling she's going to do a lot more damage before someone finally wrestles the pen from her. I can't put into words how much I hate that woman. And how much she's taken from in terms of AMC with Josh. I'm just thankful that she spared D&E last week otherwise....

I'm gonna dance in the street and naked jump in my pool, hell maybe naked surf at the beach the day she finally gets thrown from the building. LMAO

I'm new to the board and I assumed that the Beall/Beldner and Burton Armus stuff was all from the same source but I take it was not? Because I knew the Beall/Beldner thing was completely false (straight from the horses mouths!) so I did not put much faith in the Armus piece.

I asked specifically about the Beall/Beldner news and got a straight denial right away. However, I got quite an earful about Burton Armus. And no AMC writer (or anyone else for that matter) has been told anything about it by TPTB. Not even McTavish. So the fact that I got that info leads me to believe that SON did not get the info from the same source. We'll see.

I'm curious as to ABCD as a whole. All three soaps seem to be in very dire straights. Sounds like AMC is getting some much needed relief but what about GH and OLTL? Also will it make any difference if the flaws actually lie within ABCD as much as within the individual shows. OL needs a complete house cleaning and I rather suspect the same holds true for GH. Is it really MMT at AMC or do others need to go with her?

There are no plans to get rid of Dena right now but considering the ratings I wouldn't be surprised if Brian started thinking about creative shakeups at "One Life" soon!

Also forgot to say - Megan thinks she's safe because she signed a new contract in April. Little does she remember her predecessors were signed and later fired only mere months later! Things can change with Brian in no time at all!

I'm curious as to ABCD as a whole. All three soaps seem to be in very dire straights. Sounds like AMC is getting some much needed relief but what about GH and OLTL? Also will it make any difference if the flaws actually lie within ABCD as much as within the individual shows. OL needs a complete house cleaning and I rather suspect the same holds true for GH. Is it really MMT at AMC or do others need to go with her?

My opinion it's definitely McTavish AS WELL AS other aspects. They have the same directors, now, for the past three or four years. The scriptwriters are horrible. Megan's storylines are atrocious. Julie Carruthers show running is extremely questionable.

I will say this. McTavish is only as bad as the [!@#$%^&*] she's allowed to get away with. When Felicia Minei Behr was producing the show during McTavish's first solo stint in the early-mid 90's, the show and the writing were less outrageous and more balanced in terms of the characters and cast. FMB's vision of the show stayed true to its original premise, which allowed her to filter out McTavish's sensationalistic plot driven crap. Sure, there are still shades, hues, glaring signs of McTavish (Janet coming back via reconstructive facial and vocal surgery; Kendall being Erica's long lost daughter after a never-before-mentioned childhood rape; etc.), but again, FMB reigned her in.

I won't begin to talk about Jean Dadario Burke's horrible allowances of Camille and Lee Hawkins, Kit Fisher, Raquel Dion, BROOKE GETTING OFF SCOTT FREE FOR SHOOTING A KIDDIE PORNOGRAPHER IN THE BACK BECAUSE TAD TAMPERED WITH STATE'S EVIDENCE!!

Now, we have JHC... queen of Port Charles the Vampire Town coming on board to run the show, and we're as good as dead. How do you expect a woman who was (considerably) praised for producing a show about computers that connect to the past, and vampires and angels and clones... how do you expect her to say "An abortion that lives?! IMPOSSIBLE!!"

You can't. BS Frons obviously appreciate her sensibilities, so when Megan gives her the story, she chooses to go for it and brings it to Frons for approval -- we're stuck watching tripe that belongs in the reject pile... not on our screens.

Sorry to ramble, but to sum up my opinion concerning the question you asked -- I think it's both McTavish as well as the production team at AMC as a whole.