I think Jennifer is the best Heather! If it’s a salary problem, they should consider the quality of the show’s actors, that’s where the viewers come in. we want good actors to keep us watching.

Yup clearly MAB was also bad at managing the budget costs

Carmine I think is def out. I hope not with Chels and Jeff. Anita can come on occassionally.

Tucker seems to be a major player though. It all depends on what Jill has planned. That said, I wouldn’t be sad to see him go.

Teri said the following, “This can’t be put on JFP, but instead has to rest solely on the shoulders of Maria who went wild hiring actors and out of work sitcom stars in her effort to draw in viewers. All she did was drive YR into the ground and into debt.” THIS is what fans need to realize. JFP is NOT the one that is doing all of the firings. This is coming from upon high, meaning Sony Pictures and CBS. She is only doing what Sony and CBS ask her to do, which is deliver the news to the cast member that they have been pink-slipped. Sony/CBS gave Maria Arena Bell complete autonomy (meaning she was free to do whatever she wanted) when she was the Head Writer/Executive Producer of Y&R. That was a mistake that Sony does NOT intend on making again and they have told Jill Farren Phelps that she will NOT have complete autonomy while she is the Executive Producer of Y&R. Sony and CBS are both watching JFP like a hawk. Fans are screaming “Fire JFP, Fire her!” Uh folks, she just started there AND she is not the one that is firing the actors/actresses! That is Sony/CBS doing it! Sony/CBS’ first firing was Kevin Schmidt who was playing the role of Noah Newman. JFP hired Robert Adamson to take over that role. He begins airing on October 1. That wasn’t a huge cast firing. Kevin was barely on the show to begin with and I think Josh Griffith and Jill Farren Phelps have huge plans in store for the character of Noah (I’m thinking it will be Noah’s coming out storyline that Kevin Schmidt was supposed to start on but it didn’t get anywhere). Then last Thursday is when the Y&R bloodbath began with Genie, Marcy and Debbi’s firings and then that was followed up by Jennifer Landon being let go and Michael Grazaidei (Daniel) and Billy Miller (Billy Abbott) both not renewing their contracts and will be leaving on their own. Expect Billy to depart in the coming week to four weeks. Expect Michael to exit the canvas sometime after October 12 (Daniel will end up taking Lucy with him), which is the date that Phyllis’ trial begins for the attempted murder of Christine and Paul (which is the reason why Y&R hired James Avery of Prince of Bel-Air fame as Uncle Phil). I’m also guessing that Phyllis will be convicted and then she’ll be sent to back burner status for a long time to come so that fans can come down from the overdose of Phyllis that’s been shoved down our throats for the last 3 years. Like Teri also said, we can easily say good-bye to Anita, Jeffrey, Carmine, Gloria, Tucker, Cane and a whole slew of other dead weight that do not belong on the show and are costing Y&R too much money. I suspect that now it’s a new week, we will begin seeing more cast cuts being made… Read more »

I only wish Paul Williams, Geonoa City’s whipping boy, could be allowed to have one decent family tie! And I do love Jennifer Landon. She is very good. I thought Eden Riegel and Vail Bloom, too, were capable portrayers of the character. Unfortunately, I am nto sure writers knew what to do with Heather, who she should be. that happens when plot drives character instead of the other way around.

But Teri writes some realities and money does talk. Maria Arena Bell did not do Y&R well, it seems. And so, we will endure a stripping down and rebuild of this daytime drama. And we can hope it will be better and remain a fixture on CBS for years to come.

Bingo!

i agree y and r has not been the same in a couple of yrs, eric braden is the star
and we want victor back front and center to clain newman enterprises
and kick that *itch sharon to the curb to be honest all my friends have said she
could be written out and would not be missed

sorry however for debbie morgan and the others but y & r had to do something
to save the show and money

The all female cuts is one of Jill Farren Phelp’s MO. Yes, someone else noticed not a single male cut; 2 men decided not to renew. It’s obvious from the comments here that most don’t have a clue about Jill Farren Phelps as a producer. Ask any GH fan why they won the Outstanding Drama Series Emmy. It was due to one storyline, Luke’s intervention. Ask the GH fans all about JFP at the helm and what the show looked like before she became the EP of the show. Her support of Brian Frons alone is enough to make me question her judgment. I will say, she has done a good job with Hollywood Heights: taking a telenovela and converting it to English is just her speed: not too much creativity involved there. THESE are the types of projects that JFP should be doing, not taking on yet another soap opera and destroying it.

I’m not sure that nobody can save this show, but I most certainly do NOT trust Jill Farren Phelps to do it. Look at her track record for pete’s sake! Another World, Santa Barbara, Guiding Light — ALL GONE. GH is still standing because it is ABC’s pet soap; it is not standing because of her but rather in spite of her. Get ready for some brutal murders of women and let’s get anyone who’s African-American off the show too. The Winters family has pretty much been obliterated. They’re going to bring back Shemar Moore (LOVE him!), who I’m sure will command big bucks. I guarantee, we will not see him on the canvas for very long, unless he just loves soaps so much that he’s willing to take a major paycut. Wake up and smell the coffee for those of you who think JFP is the answer: she’s not.

EXCELLENT IDEA!

Rob, Bonnie Franklin as Sister Celeste is pretty much done now that Victor has moved on from where he was at. Also, Stephen Nichols, Darnell Williams are two of the top male actors that were brought on by MAB that I can see Sony/CBS cutting easily.

I’m with you 100%.

Karen,

Maria Arena Bell was the one that brought Yvonne Zima (Daisy) back. EVERYONE needs to remember that we are still seeing the scripts that Maria Arena Bell wrote. We will not start seeing Josh Griffith’s material until October 12th. I suspect that Daisy won’t be around much longer. She will be the key to getting Paul off the hook for killing his son.

As for these actresses, like I said in an earlier post, these decisions are coming from Sony/CBS, NOT JFP! JFP is only doing what Sony/CBS are asking her to do which is to deliver the message that Sony/CBS is letting them go due to budget reasons (Y&R is in the red big time, which is the reason why a lot of these big name actresses are being let go).

Michael Fairman, could you help out here!? Obviously these fans are not getting the bigger picture here and are obviously not understanding who is doing the firing and all. A comment or blog what have you from you would go a long way in settling everyone down!

Why the bloodbath of all the female actors? Pure and simple: this is Jill’s MO. Check out what’s she’s done with other soaps. And I’m not buying the Kool Aid that Sony is hand picking who should be fired. Again, this is Jill’s MO, get rid of women (by a brutal murder storyline is her preference). Keep drinking that Kool Aid Michael. This has Jill Farren Phelps written all over it. I watched soaps for decades, I’ve seen what she’s done. This is no different.

Michael, I agree with you that it’s really frustrating to see some fans already asking for the JFP and Josh to be fired when they haven’t even really had a chance to do anything. They are being blamed for this, when it all goes right back to Sony doing what they need to do now that Maria is gone. If YR is to survive they have no choice and some viewers really need to understand that just like any business, it take money to keep something going and Maria just spent and spent not bothering to look at the bottom line or her budget. Fans need to stop whining and ranting about their faves and look at the big picture which is YR as a whole. The other thing is just because Debbi and Darnell and Genie worked on their prior soaps doesn’t mean they were going to be a hit or ratings draw at YR; and if anything they were a huge fail. Why should Peter, Melody and Jess (who could possibly come back now that Maria is gone) be put on back burner or have their salaries cut, just to make room for new big name soap stars who will require huge money? Jack, Nikki and Jess are a sure thing, they have the history and the fan bases of years and years of loyal YR fans. Most of those loyal viewers don’t care about Genevieve, Yolanda or Sarge and they aren’t going to stick around and wait for them to be fleshed out, while Jack, Nikki and Jill are MIA. These were poor choices on Maria’s part and another reason she should have never been put in charge. YR never needed a huge cast to be successful and Bill Bell knew that it was about balancing all your core characters. Thank goodness that Sony has stepped in and is taking over. It’s just unfortunate that JFP is being blamed because of something that Maria caused.

Iakovos, Tricia Cast is supremely talented and worthy of a story line, but unfortunately Maria was more interested in giving into the demands of Michelle Stafford to be a heroine. Michelle isn’t unlike Eric in that way and these two made demands not caring what the ripple affect would be on their cast mates. I wouldn’t mind one bit if Eric or Michelle both had their characters bumped to recurring for at least six months to a year. It’s been an embarrassment to watch the assassination of many characters all to give Michelle her glory story line with all the characters coming to Phyllis defense time and time again. The story with Ronan should have always been about what Bill Bell set up years ago which is Nina finding her stolen baby and their relationship. Instead we got Ronan being turned into a dirty cop all for his love of the great Phyllis while he continuously shuns and rebels against his mother. Jeff Branson deserved better and Tricia Cast as a true veteran should have never been put behind Michelle Stafford who imo is a ham fisted scene chewer at best. If there is any justice at all Tricia and Jeff will at least get a great storyline that redeems Ronan while Phyllis rots in jail the way Sharon Case’s character had to for something she didn’t do. Phyllis is at least guilty and then some.

Hoping Tricia Cast stays too!

You are right on the money.

Gh did not genie right and why heck would like to return?

You are so right

I would got rid jessica heap( eden) way before jennifer landon.

i would not get rid of neil winters. Big fan blacklash

p.s. to email above-i could NOT find jennifer on twitter. i wanted to send her a note of praise to her abilities, sad she’s gone AND bitch about how STUPID her bosses/sony are/is. really sad. she just got the character developed and is the best of the three portraying “heather” in two years…..she’s defining it, making it her own and doing a wonderful job; not to mention she actually resembles the “daughter” of “paul” — silly, silly decision. i feel the same way about debbi morgan and genie francis; why bring them on for 10 min? still, jennifer will leave a bigger hole to fill in my mind.