Well said. Thank you.

Not gonna happen. Disney is not interested in putting out more money on serials. ABC viewers should just be happy that the revolution tanked and Katie Couric begged them to save GH to give her a strong lead in for her now cancelled talk show.
Also if the win the lawsuit you should ask them sell the rights to AMC and OLTL to a network willing to pay to produce them.
Disney has shown that they have no love loss for soaps. GH just got saved by the skin of it’s butt. And despite their ratings they still get budget cuts. Lynne Herring ( Lucy) said that their budget got cut again late last year. No wonder they bring back a beloved vet character like Robin and they cant even have location scenes.
That should tell viewers something.

That will never happen in a blue moon! B&B is the most popular soap in the world and internationally distributed.
And YR still has the most total viewers and make millions in advertising dollars for CBS and Sony.
If you want ATWT back I suggest you contact Proctor and Gamble and ask them to sell the rights to the show to a network. They still own both it and GL. CBS never owned them and they got tired of baring the expense for not only producing them but paying licensing fees to P&G despite the declining ratings.

A soap should never give viewers exactly what they want! Viewers forget that this is fantasy entertainment. They see the characters as real friends of theirs that they want to be happy! That’s death to a story and to ratings.
A show must have conflict, danger, suspense, romance and obstacles for the character to over come. The first time a fave couple breaks up or someone dies or gets ill etc fans whine and cry like children. That’s ridiculous. If there is no conflict then why watch a show. Granted there must be a balance between light and dark but as I said on facebook if you want to watch TV where no one dies, no one is divorced, no one lies and schemes or cheats then soaps are the wrong thing for you to watch.
People who want to escape to a idyllic happy world should watch the classic sitcoms from the 60s on retro tv. Watch Donna Reed, Dick Van Dyke, My Three Sons, I Love Lucy ( 50s), the Brady Bunch, etc. Lol.
YR’s ratings are rising because the Neilson families want conflict and action and suspense. That’s what I want too. I’m not going to throw a fit because a couple breaks up or a fictional child character is killed. It’s a story! It’s not real!

I hope Jill is fired as well but I seriously doubt the rating will drop. JFP is hated by many but she knows how to pull a good story out of her but. And she is desperate to keep her job. I firmly believe she is going to build on the momentum she gained by using both actor’s departure to create a suspenseful story.
And Im sorry but I think the show should be commended for their numbers considering all the upheaval on the show this year. Jeanne Cooper died. Billy Miller quit because he could get more time off. Steve Burton quit GH and joined the cast and MM went all pervy and molested a cast member young enough to be his daughter!
I mean lets get real here would you want the job of keeping this show afloat after all that went down? I wouldnt! I have no love lost for JFP. I watched her nearly destroy GH, AW and kill off the beloved Ellen Parker as Maureen Bauer on GL. But I do have to commend her for taking the departures of two super popular actors and spinning it into a suspenseful and gripping tale. I hope she gets fired for her role in trying to cover up the MM scandal. But I have to give credit where it is due. Even Bill Bell himself would’ve found it challenging to stabilize YR after a year like 2013!

What you’re saying is emotional but it doesnt jibe with the facts of the numbers. 5.73 million viewers is huge for a daytime serial today. And of course all of TV rolls out big stories for sweeps ratings period.
But the proof is how the numbers fair after the periods and if they spike down.
So far that has not been the case with YR. One would think the Michael Muhney scandal and Billy Miller’s departure would erode ratings but yet they keep climbing to grand heights. It appears all the negative buzz has generated great interest in the show.
And its so unfair of you or anyone else to list the death of Jeanne Cooper in your list of complaints. She died! You cant hold the show responsible for that.
As I said in my comment below JFP is not my choice to helm this show but I give her credit for taking a crisis and spinning it into a ratings grabbing tale. And the numbers also give her credit. And Im, sorry but I’ve been following daytime serial ratings since the 70s and in today’s generation YR is the only show that does seem to be possibly gaining a new audience. Since 1999 daytime serial ratings across the board were on a steady decline.
YR managed to hold on to more of its core audience than any other serial and that’s why they are still number one.
GH bottomed out at less than 2 million viewers in 2011. Now they rejoice over 3.3 lol. YR and BB consistently maintain at least 4 to 5 million viewers. And now YR is spiking toward 6! That 6 million viewers hasnt been common place for a soap in at least a decade now! Complain if you will but YR is kicking butt despite all the upheaval it experienced this year.

Excellent post Barbara. The sad part is this is something that Jill Farren Phelps would do

Muhney was accused to criminal sexual harassment and sexual assault under California law. Hunter King’s parents threatened to prosecute him and sue the network if he were not fired.
Jill Phelps tried to save Muhney by covering up the incident but the network ordered her to fire him. When Hunter’s parents confronted Jill CBS and Sony launched a full investigation into the matter and they came to the conclusion that the allegations were indeed true.
And to keep their set and show safe they had no choice but to fire Muhney.
As for Billy Miller he left of his own accord because he wanted more time off to work on outside projects. Former producer Maria Bell had reportedly given him that time off. But the network fired Maria for favoritism to certain actors among other things. So the network did not approve Miller’s request. But they did offer him more money to stay on the show because he was so popular but he refused. All set side sources and Miller himself admitted that he had been desiring to leave for the last 2 yrs. The network cant really be blamed for his departure.
As for David Tom the so called new Billy he actually originated the role in the 90s. You may have not been watching then so he’s new to you but he was the first adult actor to play Billy after the character was rapidly aged from a baby. People are so mad at the show for these two actors because they dont know the facts of their departures. Viewers forget that this is a business and or course a business exists to please their consumers. But there are situations that arise in the real world where that isnt possible. The network couldnt just let Muhney stay on the cast if he was threatening his castmates and causing security issues. Even Jerry Douglas who played John Abbott has come forward and said that Micheal Muheny ( Adam) was trouble. As I said Jill Phelps tried to save him because of his popularity. But once the allegations about his alleged molestation of Hunter King ( Summer) got out the network forced her to terminate him after a thorough investigation.

I’m loving Katie and Ridge as well!