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REPORT: Jill Farren Phelps OUT as Executive Producer At The Young and the Restless!
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Tuesday night numerous reports and items have surfaced on the Internet that Jill Farren Phelps has been fired from her position as EP of the number one soap opera, The Young and the Restless.
Daytime Confidential, who first hinted at the behind the scenes shake up in a blind item back in May, now reports they have heard through multiple sources that Phelps is out at the long-running CBS Daytime Drama.
They also hint that they have been hearing Phelps days may have been numbered with the soap opera since British soap producer, Mal Young came aboard the show as Supervising Producer.
In addition, Highlight Hollywood’s Tommy Lightfoot Garrett, who has been a longtime friend of the legendary Bell family (creators, Y&R), posted an item that he has heard that Phelps is now gone from Y&R.
Thus far, there has been no official statement issued, or any confirmation, by the show on Phelps.
Stay tuned for more on this developing story …
So if the reports hold true, what are your thoughts onJill Farren Phelps being ousted from her position at Y&R? What do you think the restructuring at the top will look like at the soap without Phelps? Chuck Pratt Jr, does currently hold the title of executive producer and head writer, but will that remain? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!
There will be dancing in the streets!
Heteroflexible.
That is harsh .. The woman has lost her livelihood and all she has done has been for the soaps..Seems her life has been dedicated to the soaps.
I have not cared for all her stories or at times the way she took a soap, but JFP is one of the remaining last of the vets. Give her due respect.
It is nothing to whoopie over, no one losing their job is a good thing.
I knew when ” Mal Young came aboard the show as Supervising Producer” that either Pratt or Jill was about to be let go.
I believed it would be Pratt, I was wrong.
I doubt Y&R will hire anyone on to replace JFP, Mal already has her job.
Looking forward to the upcoming changes.
su0000, your best post ever!
Sorry, but I have to disagree. Sometimes a person losing there job is a very good thing, which is absolutely the case here. JFP should have been booted out of daytime YEARS ago! She has ruined so many shows it’s astonishing to me that people keep hiring her. She did on Y&R she does on every show – gets rid of legacy characters to make room for her certain little circle of friends. She completely ignores a shows history and often totally rewrites it thereby ruining certain characters and destroying a shows foundation. She has made Y&R so unrecognizable that I can’t bear to watch. All I can say is HALLELUJAH!!!!!
I also heard but it’s not confirmed, that Pratt is also out.
She has destroyed every soap she has been on. She may have dedicated her life to it, but she’s not good at it and she is more concerned with hiring her friends than putting out good stories, always has been.
Su0000 go back and read how she worked with her writers ..intimidation.,firings..what goes around comes around and karma is always looking for boody cheeks to lash onto..JMO
Is there more than one Su? The writing and tone is different. And since when has “Su” cared about vets? Interesting…
Yeah!!!
Stopped watching this disaster months ago. Good Luck to her successor , they have an epic chore ahead if them!
lol,,, at least she left without killing a main character off. I think Y&R should count their blessings.. Can never forgive for killing off FF on AW.
Max you’re right, Y&R fans lucked out. I’m still not over losing Alan Quartermaine, well and almost the entire Quartermaine Family, because of Jill.
Amen!! Now that was a brutal killing!!
FF?
Boy, the “suits'” love playing this merry-go-ring game, don’t they? Where is she headed next–GH? NOT!!!
Nancy…E-X-A-C-T-L-Y!!!!! I don’t think that ABC/Disney would be dumb enough to let that woman come back to GH. N-o-p-e.
Have a good one, Nancy.
I think Days is the only soap she hasn’t crippled.
Good riddance to one of the most despised tyrants in daytime history. Her lifetime of soulless backstabbing and hideous arrogance gets the public humiliation she deserves. Fly away on your broom.
RIGHT ON, LEXIE!!!!! VERY, VERY WELL SAID!!!!!
she should have been out when she screwed Michael Muhney over…
Just watched today’s episode just to see the mess for my own eyes! My gosh she has gutted the sets the writing for the characters it’s like they all had lobotomies . I do not see anyone salvaging this show Pratt has to go too and beg Kay Alden to take HW duties! Very sad!
Chuck Pratt should go next. Anyone who argues that Pratt has to write this way to keep stories fast paced for today’s audience should check out old episodes of Y&R on YouTube. The soaps were actually very fast paced in the late 80s and early 90s. Storylines moved by very quickly and each day the story advanced with some interesting development. Now the stories just repeat every story beat over and over till the story ends. There is no buildup or nuance or anything interesting that advances the story. We just get reminded that Adam is being framed over and over and over and over. The story doesn’t grow or take turns or weave in other characters. Shocking events happen to characters, for example, almost everyone has been run over or had a car accident the past year, lol. But there are no shocking twists that build up any kind of romance or mystery. People just fall into love in one episode and the relationships have no romance or arc. I think Pratt is one of the worst writers in the history of daytime. And I think Phelps has allowed him to poison the roots of the show. You have to give credit to the actors who just make this dreadful material come alive. Losing Kelly Sullivan was one of the final blows for me in another story that repeats the same beat. Sharon has Christian and nodody knows, repeat 500 times till the story ends. That is not telling a story. For me my heart is not in watching this material and unlike a lot of posters who say they give up and still post. I truly have given up in the weeks since Kelly has been gone. The show is an embarrassment. I read that they paid Pratt so much money that he had to be given an EP credit to justify all that money. When I was in high school, I could have written better scripts for this show. Should that awful writing be rewarded by one of the highest salaries in the history of daytime?
And Michael Baldwin, they dropped his cancer story like a hot potato!
I think Michael having cancer was to get rid of Christian Leblance but with fan backlash they changed the storyline. You can tell when a story line has been changed around all of a sudden because they just put it away without a finish.
absolutely not. he’s terrible
lol
Awesome post!
You said what I been thinking for months now…Over the years when others have complained about the writers, I kept quiet and still enjoyed the show because I can deal with one or two changes but with Charles Pratt and JFP at the helm, they did so many changes that the soap is unrecognisable now. Most sets are not shown or it is changed around, and the main core characters are not shown anymore. It is like JFP brought in her own actors to take over the show and cast the long time actors aside. They go around in circles in their story telling, repeat story lines, drag them on for too long, and don’t really have an ending to any story line and most of all change how the characters are suppose to be….I am not a writer but even I could do better then that. I agree Charles Pratt is the worse writer I ever seen…People complained about Maria Bell, but even her writing is better. Yes some storylines she wrote I didn’t agree with, but at least to me, it was watchable. I find myself falling asleep to the show now and I been a viewer for over 30 years.
OMG THIS IS THE BEST NEWS EVER!!! Now someone track down Ed Scott, Kay Alden, Jack Smith and Hogan Sheffer!!!!!!! OMG I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!! bring back the classic Bell soap of the 90s and Bring back the real Sharon Collins Newman!!!! I bet u Steve Burton is shaking in his boots!!!! Send him back to GH and give us back Billy Miller!! Haha
Richard I like your “Soap Trade!”
Thank you!! I love tuning in for yalls comments too!!!
Richard…I HEAR YA’…AGREED!!!!! Oh…and now that his ‘Soap Opera Mommy’ JFP is being shown the door (Y-A-Y!!!!!!!!!!), I hope that Steve Burton I-S shaking in his boots!!!!! Oh…and let the Y&R ‘housecleaning’ continue………..
Later.
In total agreement, Jaybird369! For Y&R to rewrite history and painstakingly craft a storyline simply to allow Steve Burton, a close ally of JFP, to become front and center as part of the Newman clan was not only a disservice to the fans, it was a joke! The wooden Burton has been an albatross on Y&R since day 1.
One down, one to go!
YES to ALL of that!!!! ITA!!!
And Michael Muhney and I may come back!
Y&R would clearly benefit from having you both back! 🙂
NOT Hogan Sheffer. He was a MAB hire and much worse than Pratt/JFP, and I hate Pratt/JFP.
Sheffer had most of our beloved characters having quickie sex on the floor, or on top of desks. It was so gross. Remember Victoria couldn’t figure out how to open a box? Or the playboy bunny painting? Genevieve? The bloody massacre of Cane, and Diane’s head be bashed in with a rock( after Victor tossed her out of an ambulance)? Tucker screaming into Katherine’s face? It was all disgusting. I felt Sheffer’s love of violence and HATE of the female sex coming across onscreen daily.
Actually I like Steve Burton’s character that is one thing that soap killer JFP did do right by getting us Steve Burton. I don’t watch GH but for them to lose SB is their loss and our gain…I say don’t get rid of him…I like Jason Thompson too but change his character instead of sleeping with his brothers wife.
THX ,MICHAEL.
YEAHHHHHHH! YESSSSSSSS!!!! YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!! I’m sooooo HAPPPYYYY!!!! Pratt is NEXT!!
Good riddance ! Hope Pratt ‘ s not far behind.
Suzanna…MOST DEFINITELY!!!!! That Pratt chump (also) needs to be shown THE DOOR…SAYONARA!!!!!!!!!!
I Hope And Pray To God This Is True. If It Is – I Will Be Watching This Again After My 3 & 1/2 Year Boycott (Though I Stopped Regularly When We Lost Katherine / Jeanne – I Cried For Days)
Anyway I Hope She Retires….. And She Does NOT Need To Go Back To “General Hospital” The Show (I Am Still Watching Since The Boycott Started) Is Fine And Better With Out Her
Since Her Successors “Saved” General Hospital From Almost Cancellation
I Mean Look At JFP’s Track Record She Left The Other Soaps And Look What Happened After She Left
Santa Barbara – Cancelled
Another World – Cancelled
One Life To Live – Cancelled
And All Of The Other Stories That Went On When She Was EP
The Firings Of: Beverlee McKinsey & Ellen Parker On Guiding Light
Barbara Berjer, David Hedison, Paul Michael Valley & Alice Barrett On Another World
Stephen Markel, Marva Hicks, Laura Koffman, Clint Ritchie On One Life To Live
Shell Kepler, Brad Maule, Stuart Damon, Anna Lee, etc On General Hospital
And Not To Mention The Stuff She Did On Y&R Changing Katherine’s Mansion
Hiring More Of Her Best Friends From Other Shows, Firing Actors Across The Board
Ugh, I Hope This IS THE END Of Her Career In Soaps
And Killing Of Beloved Characters (Younger and Older) Or Changing Them 180 Degrees Different And Breaking Up Super Couples On Daytime
Ed & Maureen Bauer (Guiding Light)
Roger & Holly Thorpe (Guiding Light)
Alan & Monica Quartermaine (General Hospital)
Luke & Laura Spencer (General Hospital)
Michael/Donna/John & Sharleen Hudson (Another World)
Vicky Hudson & Ryan Harrison (Another World)
Bo & Nora Buchanan (One Life To Live)
Andrew & Cassie Carpenter (One Life To Live)
Mel Hayes & Dorian Lord (One Life To Live)
I Can Go On More – But I Won’t
The character killing was even more egregious than the decimating of supercouples in my opinion.
I loved how Bev McKinsey (Iris on AW and Alex on GL) did a number on Jill and left the show. Google it it is so bitchy but Bev abided by her contract but JFP apparently had never read it!
Yes! Her list of transgressions is very, very long but nothing was worse than what she did to Anna Lee. She fired that woman when she was in her 90s when she had previously been guaranteed a job for life. It broke the old lady’s heart and she died a short time later. JFP is a BITCH and I am so glad she has finally been give the boot! I have been able to watch Y&R for two years because of her.
I never knew that about Ana Lee. I thought she left because she was ill. 🙁
OK, wait a minute. I am not a particular JFP fan (she has some positives, but they’re almost always outweighed by the negatives), but not everything you’re accusing her of stands up well under scrutiny.
Though it’s true that Santa Barbara, Guiding Light (which you didn’t mention), Another World, and One Life to Live were all cancelled after she left, none of them was cancelled very soon afterward. It’s a little hard to pin their cancellations on her (and in fact, One Life to Live’s ratings were higher when she left than when she came). You might be able to make the case that Guiding Light’s cancellation was on her, simply because killing off Maureen Bauer so badly wrecked the show’s structure that it never recovered–but even there, I’d point out that the cancellation came more than a decade after she was gone. She certainly didn’t help matters at Another World, but AW bled to death from a hundred cuts from a hundred different people through more that two decades of incredible mismanagement. JFP was one of the butchers, certainly, but it’s not realistic to blame the death on her.
Also, Beverlee McKinsey was not fired. She left of her own accord at the end of her contract, and she took particular pleasure in doing so in a way that really stuck it to JFP—so I think it’s clear she didn’t have much use for JFP. You could accurately point out that JFP worked her to death and didn’t respond to how unhappy she was, which was incredibly stupid/inept of JFP and points to lousy people management skills—but JFP didn’t fire her.
The rest of what you said, I can’t argue with.
Well, one could add on to the critique of lousy people management skills by what JFP did to Genie Francis at GH in 2001. That was a big negative for that show too.
I don’t watch any of the soaps that you mentioned above so I cannot argue there, but what I do know, I been watching young and restless for over 30 years and majority of the main core characters are not shown anymore…They have changed characters around, changed sets and majority of JFP’s friends who she hired get front and centre screen time while the other long time actors are cast aside (the ones who made the show become no.1). When JFP first came to young and restless, I heard so much back talk saying how she hires her friends, changes things around, and a soap killer and as much as I say these words now, I defended JFP back telling fans give her a chance etc etc etc…That is probably because I don’t know JFP’s work as I don’t watch any other soaps but my Young and Restless, but after 30 years of being a viewer of my favourite soap, I am glad she is going. My soap I been watching for many years is unreconizable now. I tune in every day to watch the same people I been watching for many years and I see majority of the people she hired…Melody Thomas Scott and Jess Walton, the two matriarchs of the show are even cast aside for Summer and Luca etc. Yeah Eric Braedon is still shown, but they totally changed his character around…I am so glad she is gone because if she wouldn’t be, I believe the young and restless would be the next one cancelled.
JFP did a lot of damage to this genre. she ruined a lot of soaps
As a huge fan and viewer of Santa Barbara i disagree with you 100 % . Jill Phelps was in charge of the show and it was during her run that it won the emmy awards : cruz and eden being front and center was thanks to her , keith and gina , Jeffrey and Kelly , the Elena Nikolas story . The Capwell mansion was remodeled under the authority of the new executive producer who replaced her : John Conboy . The loss of Santa Barbara was due to Conboy , Paul Rauch ( the executive producer who replaced Conboy ) and Pamela K Long ( the head writer who was in charge during its last year : Bj walker , Cruz paired with Kelly ( played by Eileen Davidson ) etc … and finally stupid new world television always in conflict with nbc , when SB was due for renewal in 1993 nbc who was not satisfied with the ratings asked new world to give them access to some of the profits the soap was making internationally , new world said no and nbc said : let’s cancel it and they did . It was under Rauch and Long that the decision was made to not bring back A and Marcy for the last few shows . She owned the fact she made a mistake killing off Maureen Bauer , Frankie Frame was not her decision but that of the writer and the network .
Ive heard that Chuck is gone too and a new HW has been hired. Whether this is true or not, time will tell. Either way, Chuck needs to go too. Get some people back that worked with the Bells in the 90’s up until the regime of LML. I am pretty sure Mal Young will replace JFP.
The wicked witch is gone, rumor is Pratt will be fired too.
he needs to go. Pratt has ruined a lot of characters. you can see the disdain this guy has for daytime
Ecstatic!! Phelps hurt so many actors and created the most unwatchable storylines. Hope Pratt, Kent, McDaniel and Moonves are next to go. Executives are ultimately responsible for Phelps actions which they did nothing about…chastised the fans who are their customers. They need to go also!!.
Yes, yes,yes. Now they just need to get rid of Chuck Pratt. Because someone complained about the story line being so boring the writers before Pratt were pushed out or what ever happened all I know they brought in someone who has destroyed #YR@YandR_CBS enough that the first #Talented actor @ChuckPrattJr gets rid of is my Most Favorite Fella @JMATTATKINSON (Austin). Pratt CHEATED and ROBBED him of his Contract. Yes, i’m sure they paid him 4 the rest of his Contract but it’s #NOT the same as letting Matthew Atkinson finish it. He should’ve had it for a full year, from Sept. 25th 2014 and Sept. 25th 2015. All Chuckie did was pull the rug (CONTRACT) right out from under Matthew Atkinson (Austin). Honestly, I have been stuck because of what Pratt did to my Most Favorite Fella. @ChuckPrattJr took a very #Talented actor and threw them away. PRATT a long with Jill Farren Phelps were #Blind and didn’t see the #Treasure they had in front of them. I have counted 57 people on twitter who MISS Matthew Atkinson and of course I am at the top.
Hi Jane make that 58.
She earned this fire back in 1994. Never should’ve been allowed the career she’s had in killing shows and beloved characters. Good riddance!
I’m glad. All of these shows need to stop recycling these writers and staff. They come in and put the same brand on the new show ruining it the same way they did the previous show. Same thing is going on at GH now. That show is a hot mess too.
I have noticed a positive shift in the show’s writing quality since Mal Young came aboard. It’s been subtle and with JFP out now that could grow further toward making this show actually watchable again. I do hope Mal Young takes over as top EP and replaces Pratt Jr. with a fresh head writer. It would be fascinating to see an outsider (perhaps one with international soap opera/ telenovela writing experience) take the writing reins.
What’s the difficulty behind the scenes, other than the dismal failure to launch Jason Thompson properly, this chronic merry-go-round with Victor, Adam and Nicky, or the unbelievable craziness of Sharon! Michael, you pick
BYE…..FELICIA…….
Unfortunately it takes a soap a long time to recover after she’s been at the helm. Wish she could take some with her!
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer gal! LOL! Now let’s get Y&R back on track and get rid of all of these nonsense storylines.
this show needs a overhaul. all these storylines are stupid,lazy,and boring. lets hope Y&R can get back on track
if she is infact gone i wonder if the “special deal” that she made with steve burton will still be intact??? hmmm
Hopefully she’ll take Steve & Summer with her.
Heck!!! I’ll throw in a couple of free tickets to Disney world is Jill takes Dyldo and Tweedle Dumb with her.
I wonder when Burton’s contract is up. I remember the rumors when it was signed. It was major $$$ and a special fly-in deal where he only had to work Tuesday afternoon through Thursday.
I happily trade Dylan for a return for some of our favorite vets. How about a tasteful restoration/update of the Chancellor mansion complete with the return of Jill Foster Abbott Fenmore Atkinson?
the only thing is jill (jess walton) said she prefers to be recurring – i always wondered if she went that route because of the crap JFP was doing to the characters on the show…………………
YES YES YES! Bring back Jill, Billy Miller, Gloria etc.
I think it was Jess Walton’s decision. Ever since Jeanne Cooper died, Jess walton hasn’t been shown much. I personally believe it is probably hard for her…For over 30 years, her main scenes were with Jeanne. Once Jeanne died, I believe she stated she only wanted to be shown once in a whiile. She is still on contract as every time she makes an appearance, her name is credited in the front and that only happens if you are on contract.
Honestly, I’m curious if she’ll land at DAYS, which is always a revolving door. While JFP didn’t seem to be well liked among fans, It seems that every soap EP these days has good ideas & bad. Personally, as long as good, well executed stories come from the show, I don’t have a dog in the fight so to speak concerning EP.
I highly doubt that since Steve Kent from Sony and part head of young and restless let her go. Steve Kent is also head of Days too and I can’s see him firing her over there and rehiring her in another one of his soaps so I think she is screwed. The Bold and Beautiful head honchos are steve Kent and Angelica Mcdaniels and same with young and restless. CBS and Sony are in charge of Young and Restless and Bold and Beautiful And Steve Kent is head honcho for days as days is run by Sony, so only soap she can go back to is GH since their are only 4 soaps left which is not in contact with the ones who just fired her
lol
Wave your little hand and whisper SO Long Dearie !!!! I still hold a grudge of what she did to GH and esp to Genie Francis and Jackie Zeman ! May we never hear her name again !
Hear, hear!
More like raise your middle finger instead of hand lol, but I know what you mean about changes and holding a grudge…I get that feeling when I see what they did to the Chancellor mansion…That is a disgrace to Jeanne Cooper’s (Katherine) memory…Yes Jeanne died in real life, but all we have to hold onto now is her set and they changed it. That is the only set apart from the Abbott household, which by the way we don’t see anymore, that is what is left that Bill Bell created and she destroyed them or written them out of the script.
Jill is a fantastic producer known her for 15 years. Good luck Jill thanks for the memories you are loved……
By Who?
Nikki…MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!
Later.
Uh, Jimmy…GET REAL!!!!!!!!!!
JFP had four years to get the show back on track from the debacle that was Maria Arena Bell. Her tenure started out promising with the bullying storyline, Nicki’s MS, the fire at the Newman Ranch – I was liking what I was watching. Her tribute show to Jeanne Cooper was beautiful too.
But then Chuck Pratt became head writer and it all went south, IMO. Over the last 17 months, we have been subjected to silly doppelgangers, a baby stealing story (still on-going!), 2 fires, a plane crash, 2 brain tumors, PassKey, a silly computer virus, the lame Santori family (please go away!), a psycho child who hurts pregnant woman – I could go on, but why?
I have no clue about this Mal Young guy from across the pond, but if he is named EP, I hope he knows enough about the show to get it back on footing with character-driven stories like Y & R used to have many years ago. Maybe then I can start watching on a regular basis again without cringing.
Dont forget the Newman Oil Spill!
This storyline is so ridiculous and convoluted. What business is Newman in anyway? Cosmetics, oil, computer programs, trucking….it’s so confusing.
And that fact that when Victoria leaves the office she leaves Summer in charge is ridick. Who is the COO? It’s not a one-woman show. Someone else would have gotten the alert about the spill and done something.
@Mo.
Lol, my friend. Best question yet, Mo.
What business is Newman in you ask? Why! EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE.
Victor is superhuman. Best boxer, best father, husband, grandfather, businessman; but, most of all, he is the kind of lover all us women wish we had. WOW!!
Who else would get so much action in prison AND with the resident doctor????? Genoa City is an upside-down, sideways place. I am waiting to see how long it will take for Victor to replace his battery.
Y&R was decent in 2013,but it has really declined since Pratt came in. his stories are so bad and have no depth. a lot of actors are being wasted in nonsense plots
Jill was the problem BEFORE Chuck and now he is the problem. I’m guessing they see how it goes without her first?
Really, you like the changes she did? She got rid of the Newman ranch (which we can live with that one change), but her changes didn’t stop there. She got rid of glo-worm…Do you see the Abbott mansion or Lauren and Michael’s home anymore? Not to mention she changed the Chancellor mansion. Where does Lily, Devon and Neil live, they must live at the GCAC because you don;’t see their homes anymore either. She hired Summer and Abby and got rid of the older actors who played them. She changed Billy four times. Count how many times Summer, Luca, Travis, Dylan and all the other newbies she hired get screen time compared to Nikki, Jill, Neil, Cane, Lauren, Michael and all the other actors Bill Bell created and are the reason the show was brought to no. 1…Look at Victor’s character, is this his actual character like or did she change that too? Do you want me to stop there or would you like me to continue on all the changes she did? It is normal for a new writer, or new EP to come in and make a few changes, but she went overboard to the point the young and restless is unreconizable now. Even the background music that Bill Bell created for a sad scene she took that away too.
Glad, but I’d hate to see Mal Young take over and turn the show into a British type soap.
I hated what she did to gh so im thinking it’s time to retire.
As I said in another post about GH, all soaps need to take a good hard look at the original vision for the show when it was created and EVERYONE from the suits at the network and Sony to the producers, to the guy who sweeps the floor at night and everyone else in between mush share the same vision. The soaps have stopped being about anything other than a collection of stories happening in the same city without anything to bind them together as a theme for lack of a better word. Right now they write for ratings and that kind of vision, is like building on a foundation of sand. Go back to the beginning, what was the foundation the person who created the show- what did they want to say through those characters, why were their stories important to tell? Figure all that out and write from there, the ratings will come because story telling is old as the hills, so there will always be an audience for story telling– but you have to actually know what story you telling and why in order to make people interested in this story over all the stories out there.
Jill and producers of her style try to manipulate viewers into watching, and in the short term it works but long term, if your show doesn’t have vision, if it doesn’t have a point of view, if there isn’t something to bind the characters together, what is the point.
Only time will tell if her leaving will improve the show, but at this point if someone doesn’t make a honest attempt to get the show’s heart back, it might not matter who is running it.
Amen!
So why was she fired.Nothing good has been happen on Y & R Lately..Ir all mess up bringing back the dead ,Bring back some that should never have been let go
Best news ever. JFP has done her best to ruin this show. I’ve watched since ’81 and the last year or two have been the absolute worst ever. Unbelievably bad. Terrible storylines, terrible writing and it all falls at her feet. She was in charge and she has run it into the ground. Practically unwatchable at this point. FF through most of the show & have questioned whether to even keep recording it. But with JFP finally getting tossed I have hopes that the Y & R just might be saved. I bet there’s more than a few very happy actors on that set this morning!
Hope if Justin leaves for his prime time show they bring back Michael Muhney. They need some of the actors they lost under her regime back to get Y&R back where it once was.
Sadly, I dont think MM returns as long as Eric Braeden is there.
From your mouth to God’s ear. I like Justin Hartley but if he leaves I would like to see Michael Muhney back as well.
I agree, Nikki. I just can’t see MM with Melissa, though. Justin and she fit so well tight now.
I did like Michael with Sharon when they were together. But, so much has/is going down with Sharon….I don’t know anymore.
“…Hope if Justin leaves for his prime time show they bring back Michael Muhney. ”
yeah, with JFP being …. drumroll…. FIRED ! and Hunter King on recrurring….
bring back Michael Muhney !
Michael Muhney and his career are DONE. Many women find his behavior objectionable and talented or, not he is a financial workplace risk based upon his reported behavior which you will note – he never categorically denied.
I really do not understand anyone supporting him, especially a woman. I take comfort in the fact that he is gone and I’m willing to bet any and all his fans, he will NEVER darken any soap’s doorstep again because he’s just not worth the risk. Every woman is entitled to a harassment-free workplace. That’s the law of the land. It has cost plenty of men and a few women their livelihoods. He’s done and hallelujah!
OMG! This is the BEST news I’ve heard all year. I’m so excited, perhaps Pratt will be quick to follow. I’d love to see Mal Young in as EP and a head writer with experience with the show’s rich history. I may even pray for the return of Billy Miller, Judith Chapman, Michael Muhney and Michelle Stafford. One can hope! LOL I’m going to go Dance in the streets. Awesome News!
Hope it means better story. Y&R isn’t awful, but improvements can be made.
HALLELUJAH!!!
hopefully the story lines will get better
Interesting considering Y&R’s rates are still really good. Say what you say about JFP but she is a good EP in that she can balance cost with bringing new formats to shows. I don’t think JFP was liked by the CBS brass but is liked by SONY so I could see them bringing her to DOOL at some point since that soap is sinking like the Titanic.
Hummm … Nop! I would take Wendy Rich over Jill anyday of the week!!
I wish Wendy Rich would replace Frank Valentini at GH. I thought the show was at its best when she was EP. And with Tony Geary gone I bet she could do a great job!
Well, listen, I’m a mature adult who needs to work. I woulnt want to lose my job and wouldnt want someone else to lose their job BUT, she has run the show into the ground! Yes, before Charles Pratt arrived she was tainting a legendary show. Yes, it was and is number one BUT it has been horrible! Ironically, the ONLY scenes I watch these days are the prison scenes with Eric and Ray. Yes, people may not like Victor or think Ian is too sugary BUT those two make ANY scene interesting and entertaining! NOTHING else peaks my interest! NOTHING! My only hope is that Jill Farren takes her three pets with her! Hunter, Steve and Jason add NOTHING to the show. In theory, yes, I would have tried it, the two men are amazing talents BUT their characters new or recasted are sleep worthy! Y&R is still #1, now lets start writing and producing #1 stories!
I think some of the reason Y&R remains #1 is the perfect lunch hour time slot and that CBS is the #1 broadcast network. People watch out of habit and loyalty, and the hope things will get better.
Thats true. In my market at 12:30 they have on “Access Hollywood on ABC. Why wouldnt they put GH in that slot?
Exactly Iakovos!
I agree with you Timmm but I knew Summer-H.K. and Dylan we’re her two pets but I didn’t know Jason was. They really keep missing the mark. I think the perfect Billy Abbott besides Billy Miller would have been that good looking bar owner that’s involved with Victoria. He’s cute, well built and flirty just like our old Billy Miller. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
Nail on the head Nikki, the bar owner is a doppelganger for Billy Miller AND I think the show knows this and are lighting a spark between Vic and him because it doesnt exist with Jason Thompson.
F-I-N-A-L-L-Y!!!!! IT’S ABOUT DAMN TIME!!!!!
When the blind item came out, this is exactly the person I felt would be gone! Let the celebration begin!!!
She has more lives than Stefano DiMera. She’ll probably pop up at DAYS.
Lol just as long as she stays away from GH!!!
Good one lol. I really think Jill is done. Sony also owns Days and Y&R. GH will not hire Jill again.. She is the soap killer.
pls
pls
pls
pls….. let pratt follow right out behind her!
and bring back… the abbott and newman mansions!!!
and bring back the classic y n r musical score s that wese signature y n r
and bring back loved and missed characters that phelps and pratt had fired or forced out like nina, avery and summer s murdered ex austin!… austin had the best chemistry with summer and mariah too! a triangle with austin wld ve been much hotter than with kevin!
pratt deserves to go now since the stories are boring and drawn out currently … the sharon / sage baby mess had such potential and after the climax of sages murder the stories dwindled to yet another repeat of vic framing his son adam when a possible sage / adam / chelsea/ nick/ sharon/ dylan story cld ve had endless revireberations long lasting
hopefully with phelps and now pratt gone , our real y n r can return!!
I recall how happy I was when she left GH, so I imagine there will be a lot of the same emotions from Y&R fans.
I really hope this is true; but Pratt should be fired as well!
Thank God I can stop boycotting Y&R. The show I watched since Day 1, when I was only 13 years old. It’s been a long few years since Michael Munhey was fired. This is a long time coming. And I’m SO HAPPY TO START WATCHING Y&R AGAIN. IM THRILLED!!!!!
Long time coming … should’ve happened way before now!
Maybe some of the actors Jill handpicked from Highlight Hollywood will go too, now that she’s gone. Better days are here to come.
I think it was Hollywood Heights. Highlight Hollywood seems to be a blog/Web site, not show.
Melissa (Abby), Hunter (Summer), Robert (Noah)–were all on that show.
OMG!!!! I didn’t think JFP was the executive in the blind item. My first guess was Frank Valentini.
Maybe she can go to DOOL and put the final nail in their coffin.
Scary. But it could happen!!! Sad thing for DOOL: the nail is already there, it just needs someone to finish driving it in!!! And if anyone can do it, JFP can!
H@77 NO!!!! Keep her rancid @$$ away from days.
A-n-d…far away from B&B.
Lou…’Dyldo’ and ‘Tweedle Dumb’…LOVE IT…LOL!!!!! And, so true. Y-e-p.
Have a good one, dude.
Im confused, Is this suppose to be sad news? Why wasn’t she let go before we lost Sage,Austin and Courtney. I wonder if C.Pratt is going to? Well one thing is good besides her leaving. NO MORE FAVORITES!!! I also think that the one’s who have been there for a long time have too much of a say instead of doing their work. I read that if they don’t like their lines they go to the boss to discuss it. What happened with “this is your job-do it?” There are a lot of young actors/actresses that would & could do your job for a lot less JMO.
Bye bye Jilly!! Hehe finaly!!!! I would never repeat a Trump quote (Canadian- Sorry) but this applies : “FIRED”!!’
Ha Ha Ha Hey I like the Donald but your right FIRED!
Its about time. . I quit watching regularly a few months after she took over. I didn’t like her stories or casting decisions. Good riddance.
There’ll be swingin swayin records playin
Dancin in the Streets!
Mark…I remember the Beverlee McKinsey-JFP drama. Also, as far as I’m concerned, Miss McKinsey beat JFP (and the other TPTB at GL) at their own game…and she did it by honoring and following the rules of HER OWN CONTRACT!!!!! To me, that was BEYOND EPIC!!!!! Y-e-p.
Have a good one, dude.
Half of my prayer was answered. PLEASE fire Charles Pratt now!
How this woman ever got hired again is beyond me. She did so much long-term damage to soaps that some never recovered. Her ideas were short-term ratings-grabbing ideas that took away beloved characters. Lets hope and pray she stays far away from the other three remaining soaps.
Breaking News
51st Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations: CBS Soaps Score Most, Eric Braeden, Dick Van Dyke, Guy Pearce Receive Nods
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) have officially announced on Friday, the full list of nominees for the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.
While Thursday brought with it four reveals of the nominees in the Outstanding Daytime Drama, Talk Show Host, Lead Actor and Actress categories (as presented by various entertainment news programs), today’s nominations include all the other categories not previously announced.
The Daytime Emmy Awards telecast is set to be presented live on Friday night, June 7, at 8 PM EDT /delayed PT, on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+. This will mark the 18th time that CBS has broadcast the Daytime Emmys.
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In addition, The Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle Emmy Awards will be presented on Saturday, June 8 at t9 PM ET/6 PM PT and streamed on The Emmys apps and at watch.TheEmmys.tv. The ceremonies will take place at the Westin Bonaventure Los Angeles.
Television icon, Dick Van Dyke has received his first-ever Daytime Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Guest Performer category for his touching portrayal of Timothy Robicheaux on Peacock’s Days of our Lives. The nomination makes Van Dyke the oldest Daytime Emmy nominee in history at 98-years-old. In addition, motion picture and TV star, Guy Pearce, is also nominated as Guest Performer for his longtime role as Mike Young in the reboot of Neighbours.
Speaking of Neighbours, the Australian soap opera also received its first ever Daytime Emmy nomination for Daytime Drama Series now that its a revival can be streamed on Amazon Freevee. In addition, The Young and the Restless iconic, Eric Braeden (Victor Newman) received his first Daytime Emmy nomination in more than 20 years in the Lead Actor in a Drama Series category.
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In the Daytime Drama series categories, CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless each scored 12 nominations more than any other show. Leading the acting nominations was B&B, who landed 7 performers in the various categories, a first in its 37-year history.
In a statement, Adam Sharp, President & CEO, NATAS expressed, “We are happy to once again honor the creative talent both in front of and behind the camera of America’s favorite Daytime programs. We look forward to celebrating the icons who enliven the days of audiences across the country.”
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Brent Stanton, Head of Daytime, NATAS added, “Producing the Daytime Emmys is a labor of love for all of us at NATAS. The huge popularity of these shows continues to be must-see viewing for their fans.” NATAS also revealed that Lifetime Achievement Honorees, Hosts, Presenters, and Silver and Gold Circle honorees will be revealed at a later date.
The Daytime Emmy Awards recognize outstanding achievement in television programming honoring work in a variety of categories, including daytime dramas, talk shows, instructional programming, hosting, culinary, and legal/courtroom programs. In 2021, NATAS and the Television Academy jointly announced plans to realign the Daytime and Primetime Emmy Awards to be organized by content genre, as opposed to program airtime.
The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be produced once again by NATAS and Associated Television International (ATI). Adam Sharp and Lisa Armstrong are executive producers from NATAS, while David McKenzie executive produces from ATI.
Congratulations to all the men and women in front of the camera and behind the scenes for their recognition as we take a look at who will be going for gold come June. Here are the nominees below starting with the Daytime Drama Categories.
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OUTSTANDING DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
The Bay
The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of our Lives
General Hospital
Neighbours
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTRESS
Tamara Braun, Days of our Lives
Finola Hughes, General Hospital
Katherine Kelly Lang, The Bold and the Beautiful
Annika Noelle, The Bold and the Beautiful
Michelle Stafford, The Young and the Restless
Cynthia Watros, General Hospital
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OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTOR
Eric Braeden, The Young and the Restless
Scott Clifton, The Bold and the Beautiful
Thorsten Kaye, The Bold and the Beautiful
Eric Martsolf, Days of our Lives
John McCook, The Bold and the Beautiful
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OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTRESS
Jennifer Gareis, The Bold and the Beautiful
Linsey Godfrey, Days of our Lives
Courtney Hope, The Young and the Restless
Allison Lanier, The Young and the Restless
Emily O’Brien, Days of our Lives
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OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTOR
Robert Gossett, General Hospital
Bryton James, The Young and the Restless
Wally Kurth, Days of our Lives
A Martinez, The Bay
Mike Manning, The Bay
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OUTSTANDING GUEST PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
Linden Ashby, The Young and the Restless
Ashley Jones, The Bold and the Beautiful
Alley Mills, General Hospital
Guy Pearce, Neighbours
Dick Van Dyke, Days of our Lives
OUTSTANDING WRITING TEAM FOR A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
The Bay
The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of our Lives
General Hospital
The Young and the Restless
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OUTSTANDING DIRECTING TEAM FOR A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
The Bay
The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of our Lives
General Hospital
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION
General Hospital
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The View
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OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO
The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of our Lives
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
The Kelly Clarkson Show
OUTSTANDING CASTING
African Queens: Njinga
Days of our Lives
General Hospital
Start Up
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION/SET DECORATION/SCENIC DESIGN
African Queens: Njinga
The Drew Barrymore Show
General Hospital
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The View
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN/STYLING
African Queens: Njinga
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Sherri
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OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING AND MAKEUP
African Queens: Njinga
The Drew Barrymore Show
Sherri
The View
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG
“Shine” General Hospital
“Unexpected Truth”Unexpected
“We’re Home” Reconnecting Roots
OUTSTANDING DAYTIME TALK SERIES
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Tamron Hall
Turning The Tables with Robin Roberts
The View
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OUTSTANDING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS SERIES
Access Hollywood
Entertainment Tonight
Extra
OUTSTANDING CULINARY SERIES
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Family Dinner
Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays
Valerie’s Home Cooking
What Am I Eating? with Zooey Deschanel
OUTSTANDING LEGAL/COURTROOM PROGRAM
Hot Bench
Judy Justice
Justice For The People with Judge Milian
The People’s Court
We The People with Judge Lauren Lake
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DAYTIME TALK SERIES HOST
Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro, The View
Kelly Clarkson, The Kelly Clarkson Show
Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa, Live with Kelly and Mark
Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Natalie Morales, Jerry O’Connell, Sheryl Underwood, The Talk
Tamron Hall, Tamron Hall
OUTSTANDING CULINARY HOST
Lidia Bastianich, 25 Years with Lidia: A Culinary Jubilee
Valerie Bertinelli, Valerie’s Home Cooking
Eduardo Garcia, Big Sky Kitchen with Eduardo Garcia
Emeril Lagasse, Emeril Cooks
Sophia Roe, Counter Space
Buddy Valastro, Legends of the Fork
OUTSTANDING DAYTIME PERSONALITY – DAILY
Frank Caprio, Caught in Providence
Kevin Frazier, Nischelle Turner , Matt Cohen, Cassie DiLaura, Denny Directo, Will Marfuggi, Rachel Smith, Entertainment Tonight
Deborah Norville, Steven Fabian, Lisa Guerrero, Ann Mercogliano, Jim Moret, Les Trent. Inside Edition
Robert Hernandez, Star Jones, Divorce Court
Judge Judy Sheindlin, Whitney Kumar, Kevin Rasco, Sarah Rose, Judy Justice
What do you think about the nominations for the 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards? Who do you think deserved to get in that did? Who do you think got snubbed? Who are you happiest to see receive a nomination? Let us know via the comment section below.
Make sure to be with us live starting tonight Friday, April 19th at 8pm ET/5pm PT for the Michael Fairman Channel’s 10th anniversary edition of its Daytime Emmy Nomination Special 2024, featuring some of the just announced daytime drama nominees.
All My Children
51st Daytime Emmys: Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa Receive Talk Show Host Nominations
On Thursday, nominations were announced in the Outstanding Talk Show category for the upcoming 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards.
Mark Consuelos (ex-Mateo, All My Children) coming off his first-year as co-host of ‘Live” with real-life wife, Kelly Ripa scored his first Talk Show Host nomination along with Ripa who has been nominated previous times.
Joining Mark and Kelly in the race are: Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro, The View
Kelly Clarkson, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Natalie Morales, Jerry O’Connell, Sheryl Underwood, The Talk and
Tamron Hall, Tamron Hall.
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As previously reported, The Talk is coming to its end when its upcoming 15th and final season ends in December of 2024.
The 51st annual Daytime Emmys are slated to be broadcast and stream live on CBS and Paramount+ on Friday night, June 7th
Look for the full list of nominations to drop on Friday morning at 12 noon ET/9 am PT.
So, are you rooting for Kelly and Mark to win their first Talk Show host award together? Comment below.
Breaking News
51st Daytime Emmys: Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Nominations
On Thursday, the 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards revealed nominations in several key categories via four entertainment news programs: Access Hollywood, E! News, Extra and Access Hollywood.
Three of the four announcements were major categories in the field of Daytime Dramas.
The nominees in the Outstanding Daytime Drama Series category are: The Bay, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, Neighbours and The Young and the Restless.
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General Hospital won this category last year, and has the most all-time wins for a series in this category. For the first time, the beloved Australian-based soap opera, Neighbours is now eligible for competition due to its reboot which streams on Amazon Freevee.
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The 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be handed out in ceremonies in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ on Friday night, June 7th.
Previous categories announced tonight via the entertainment news outlet included: Lead Actor and Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
So, what do you think about this year’s nominee for the Outstanding Daytime Drama Series? Who do you think should win? Comment below.
51st Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations: CBS Soaps Score Most, Eric Braeden, Dick Van Dyke, Guy Pearce Receive Nods
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51st Daytime Emmys: Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa Receive Talk Show Host Nominations
51st Daytime Emmys: Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Nominations
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