Can’t wait until this ass is out the door!!

Didn’t take him very long to fire people behind the scenes. What’s next, cast members he doesn’t personally like?

Hmmm, perhaps the storylines will improve now. One can only hope. I’ve been watching since the beginning and the last few years have been horrible.

Fire Josh Griffith with or without budget cuts. He’s the one who should ve been sacked. How can you break down nothing?! Griffith doesn’t write at all. A soap about nothing now

Does that mean the Soap is cancelled next? I can’t seem to find it on reg channels.

this is just crazy what’s going on at restless some episodes are very boring and pic of trevor st. john above sorry not his fault but his tucker mccall is a miss it’s as if they are trying to figure him out episode by episode i’ve said a show can’t live on 6 characters outside of nick sharon phyliss sally adam and the little seen ashley and tracy who add something we get a dumbed down jack the anticipated return of kyle has him whining every day where is chance where is noah abby and devon are a bore nate… Read more »

Sometimes when things become stale, it’s time to take a step and just revamp. It’s not always a pleasant stand to take.

I think someone should pink slip Josh. Im sorry … He is not the right person for this show! If all of this panic is supposedly setting in just weeks before the 50th Anniversary, what can we really expect??

Hoping the storylines will improve….if they need to make budget cuts get rid of all the old actors they keep bringing back from the long, long ago ….Diane. Tucker, Heather, Daniel, Lucy.
And stop with couples that have zero chemistry-Abby and Dęvon, Nate and Victoria….Diane and Jack.
Enough already.

I’ve watched Y&R from the beginning. I’m an author and would love to have the chance to be on the writing team bringing fresh storylines.

What do you think we’re going to say? Misogyny. What else? And the soap story lines are lowering in quality. The art always tells on you, and the fact that white males are taking over all the soaps is being expressed in terrible story lines racism, misogyny, and the sinking of soaps off of Network television. It already happened to Days of our lives. Now you’re trying to do it to The Young and the restless. New things were happening when the women were headwriting, including a beautiful interracial couple, of Abby and Devon. Now they hardly got any screen… Read more »

They need to pink slip him! The show is unwatchable.

Never really watched Y&R over the years. But falling ratings and budget cuts are NOT a good sign. Josh Griffith may get the next pink slip if things don’t improve. Awful way for CBS to start a 50th Anniversary celebration!

I feel another Victor & Sharon love affair coming soon! You know when Victor gifts a multi million dollar diamond Tiara to Nicki he’s getting restless!

I feel like they next step is to ax the entire show. The storylines have sucked for a long time now. Maybe they should have replaced him. He apparently doesn’t know how to hire good writers or write any himself.

I always thought the Young and the Restless would be the last daytime soap standing on regular television. Now i am not so sure. This photograph reminds me of those company photos the movie studios ran in the 1950s before the studio system collapsed. With streaming out there i wouldnt be surprised to see another announcement soon that Y&R is heading to Paramount Plus.

This is surprising news. And sad. One would think with so few daytime dramas in production, the best and brightest storytellers would be in charge. I am not so sure. I miss action, romance, heart, family, suspense, group scenes, and major events. Surely, so eone can cohesively marry budget to talents and deliver.

It’s about time, we longtime fans have been begging for new writers as the show was and has been taking a deep dive in our minds. The storylines have destroyed the very heart of Y&R. I’ve been watching from day one if that tells you anything and myself along with other longtime fans have been truly disappointed the last few years and more of the direction the shows been taking. Hopefully this change will bring back the wonderful show and characters once again. Starting with bringing Paul back!

Keep Devon and Amanda together when she returns in March. Fire Nate,Elena. Bring back Hunter King.

This article states they brought in an African American writer to add diversity. She failed miserably. Always we have lost wonderful Black actors who are handed a small, unimportant role. They always end of working “for” someone rather than running a strong corporation like Neal started to do or Nate and Devon cheat on wonderful women with Abby and Victoria. I believe it is time to have s powerful Black businessman enter the GC power structure with his corporate executives who can shake up the current boring same old group. They have made Devon look petty by his fighting with… Read more »

will Y&R be the first daytime soap to be written by chatGPT ?

It’s about time, the story lines are dragged out and boring, too much talking over the same things every day.

I have to laugh, because when Josh Griffith & Anthony Morina were hired, every hailed them as the “saviors” for this soap and, I laugh, because I told everyone to watch out because they were going to sink this soap, and it looks like I was entirely RIGHT! The role of executive producer & head writer should never be held by the same person⏤especially in today’s world⏤and now, not only is Griffith both of the roles, but he also just took the place of not one, but FIVE breakdown writers. And they’re all female, too?! What kind of male power… Read more »

I miss Mal Young. If you go back to the first episode he did, you can see that he upped the pace to be more like UK soaps and he made the lighting way better so it didn’t look like everything was lit the same. Everybody complained about it at the time, and I thought they don’t know what they’re wishing for. Then sure enough, 1 year later they got the Griffith trainwreck. Can’t wait until CBS and Sony wise up and dump him.

I am glad. Too much business talk about takeovers. Who cares,,,

I think the writing sucks. Don’t want to see Nick and Sharon or Nick and Phyllis. Dumb Jack. Definitely need change he gotta go!

This show is unrecognizable and should be put out of it’s misery

I am someone who has to say I preferred Mal Youngs YR to Griffith. At least everyday something was going on and the show was entertaining. Why don’t they fire Michelle Stsfford if they want to cut costs? She has been a total bust of a return and doesn’t bring in any ratings to the show.

No clue what is going on at CBS but it feels like they’re actively trying to get Y&R cancelled. Giving one person complete creative control over a show, especially when it’s been as stale and boring as Y&R has been over the last two or three years, is a terrible idea. Never thought I’d say this but I miss the days of Maria Arena Bell… it seems like the last time the show had any stability was over a decade ago.

This show has writers? It’s been the same 5 scenes, just with different people, for the past 32 years.

Can he go over to GH and do the same thing with the cast now?

The only person who should get a pink slip is Griffith. WAKE UP CBS!

Sack Griffth he should have been let go along time ago, WAKE UP CBS what are you waiting on ? The fans have spoken, listen to us! Bring back Gina T we need fire on Y&R and boy she has it. WAKE UP CBS LISTEN TO YOUR FANS !

SACK GRIFFTH

The show has been bad for almost 20 years. It has been a parade of one bad producer/head writer after another after another. I think the corporate executives had multiple efforts to fix things but it never worked. The show just progressively worse over the past decade. Ever production resumed after the “pandemic break,” the show visually has looked “small” and cheap. Fewer sets — the overuse of the same hotel rooms, a restaurant and a coffee shop for events that have NO business being conducted there — Long term residents with long stays at hotels?? Purportedly billionaires conducting high-powered… Read more »

No matter what writing team you have, people will want someone else. BUT, this tenure is by far the worst! The “Stories” are horrendous! I really only watch the Victor scenes but his stuff is the same stuff he has done for years, manipulating his children and hating Jack Abbott! And Jack, him and Dianne together is puke in the mouth! Sally is a waste of air, Chole is wasted and there is no Kevin! I have enjoyed Daniel and Heather. Him and Lucy’s heart to heart was the highlight of the year, so far. Abby is being wasted. Chance,… Read more »

Personally l don’t like the direction that Nate Hastings character is taking. He began as a well respected surgeon with integrity. Now he’s become a manipulative and scheming power seeker. His relationship with Elena separated she and Devon. Elena turned down a promising position to stay in the relationship. And he’s cheating on her. Please bring back the old Nate!

Maybe Josh Griffith needs to be let go.

I think it was cruel firing women and making a comment about a black woman and diversity. I pretty much have mapped out what will happen next with them. Stupidest move ever! You had better not disappoint us on the 50th anniversary of the show unless episodes were already filmed. If that’s the case, don’t chop them out and bring back Doug Davidson! And do not ruin Danny’s storyline. We need him on just as much as Doug! Don’t know or don’t care what happened in the past. Bring Doug back on as well. And take another celebratory picture of… Read more »

Josh Griffith must GO. What is it going to take? The show is the equivalent of watching paint dry…most of the time.
And, he’s the executive producer and sole writer? At this point, I’d take any headwriter over his nonsensical drivel.
The show needs a fresh vision / take on the characters & storylines. Griffith isn’t up to the task. Obviously.

This isn’t solely Josh, Sony had something do with this also so don’t be fooled. Josh is taking the heat understandably but something is going on behind the scenes. It started with AM. That could be partly to the lawsuit filed but also Sony\CBS was liking his vision. I think we will see more coming and my question how much is CBS involved? Come on CBS still has power behind the scenes it’s on their network. I just don’t think YR will go totally in with no breakdown writers, maybe some new ones down road? Sara B. been there for… Read more »

I want to know why Sony Pictures and CBS haven’t commented on any of this

I certainly hope he didn’t make a huge mistake. In other words head writer is going to do it all by himself? Good luck.

Sorry to hear of the job losses, but the story lines suck. Some characters are just taking up screen space like seat fillers and I am guilty of fast forwarding past them. Nothing is exciting or makes any sense. Why haven’t we seen Chloe, Tristan or Lillie’s twins in years? Chelsea, has played out as well as others who once stirred things up are now mere screen fillers. It’s time to bring these young people into the fold to stir things up in Genoa City. And honestly, it just doesn’t make sense that Phyllis is unraveling and self destructing because… Read more »