OMG!! i can’t believe this – it looks so awesome!

i really hope its not joe!!
first, carmine, then tyler (missing for months), now joe! all my hotties are off screen!
i m wishingjoe and avery get stuck in a wreck together and make love!

I hope Avery, Joe, Sage, Kelly, Ben, & Victor all die LOL!

look at the Winters gang on that plane! #HEVON is goin to hell when Neil finds out

Not sure how I feel about this … not a fan of Pratt’s ‘plot-driven’, over-the-top, “look at me, I’m in charge now, so to hell with what show you’re used to watching!” mentality. (We all witnessed his ‘anti-character-driven’ 2008-09 AMC tenure, brought-on by Frons of all people! Interviews by the cast at that time do NOT bode well for Genoa City as we know it…)

While I agree tha Y&R story lines to move faster, I hope the new regime doesn’t make it unrecognizable.

He did the same thing on ALL MY CHILDREN and look what happened. I believe Susan Lucci when she basically said this guy was a hack.

damn, barely a month in and a disaster storyline.
just like what he did at amc with the tornadoes.

The promo looks incredible. Y&R needs a much needed jolt of energy. It appears a plane crashes into the underground on Valentine’s Day with everyone inside.

“some one won’t make it out, alive ”

please soap god… make it be Devon

OK… for the millionth billionth time…. what a coop to bring back Drucilla Dynasty

Question? Where is Jill Farren Phelps in all of this? I know this is Chuck’s type of storytelling, but I hope they don’t get further away from character driven stories, in favor of the disaster of the week. We saw this with All My Children and they never made their way back from it. I will remain positive and see how things unfold.

Please bring Dru back !!! Please delete Dillon!

The only problem with making everyday Friday is daytime is five days a week for almost 52 weeks a year. Daytime is NOT Prime time. You can only put your main characters in these life and death situations before it becomes a bit silly, like the MAB years. Why? Because you have to keep upping your game to out do that last big shocker. Eventually, no matter how talented the writer you are just are going to run out of realistic situations to put your characters in and then you get aliens or vampires kind of stories.

Don’t get me wrong I don’t mind these type of stores now and then, but not all the time because I find I relate to characters less not more in these types of stores. Why?
Because I haven’t been in any explosions, or air planes crashes, or shot, but I have been in love, had my heart broken, dealt with addiction issues, had illness touch my family— these are the dramas of the heart, which is what daytime was built on.

I will ride this out, even MAB came up a few good stories that I liked in the mess that was her plot driven reign. Some will like these changes, others will not— I will watch, but the minute they turn into zombies or vampires I might have to reconsidered, because as loyal as I am to this show, I don’t know if I could bear to see it descend into that kind of madness.

Y&R has to compete with GH. The writers at GH have a strong show with an excellent cast. Even when the “unbelievable” happens it still entertains and captivates. I hope that Y&R can catch a little of that fire. I don’t like the majority of the stories on Y&R right now. All any one does is screw and get pregnant. That plot device is so BORING! Half the characters on the show are past child bearing years anyways. I am not a fan of Jill Farren Phelps or Chuck Pratt but I am willing to see if they can stimulate the cast in a new direction. I pray that they kill off Lily and quickly. She has no direction for her character and all she does is pout and screw. Period. Devon needs to go as well. And please if there is a god in heaven, stop with the Dylan/Avery/Joe story. Dylan’s character is so one dimensional a pencil could replace the actor and NO ONE would even notice. Excellent job on the Faith custody story. Pretty accurate depiction of what goes on in a child custody hearing. The new Adam, Justin Hartley, is killing it as Adam/Gabriel. He is no Michael Muhney but he is bringing some power to this character. New Phyllis, Gina Tognoni, is also doing great work. But if the storylines do not improve or pick up pace I will probably drop a show that has been a close friend for over 25 years.

Uggh these plot driven stories will help nothing for YR, where is Ed Scott and Kay Alden?? We need the YR of the 90s……he’s gonna wreck this show like he wrecked AMC!!! he is obviously more suited for primetime writing instead of daytime. Not surprised by this.

GH has been so good so far for February sweeps and now it looks like Y&R might just out do them! Hopefully Summer is put in a winter freeze! But, speaking of winter, it could be a Winters who meets their demise!

Now serving breakfast…..banana pancakes anyone?

Cannot wait to watch this episode….I love Y&R and have been a faithful fan for its entire run, from 1973 til now…and it is the BEST daytime drama on the air, now and for a long, long time!!! I look forward to each and every episode and am loving the new twists and turns! I think we all had better buckle up our seat belts when we get on board…it’s gonna be one helluva ride folks!!!

Only 1 person won’t make it out alive? I’m not saying Y&R should go on a killing spree and get rid of half its cast, but a disaster like this warrants more than just 1 death. And there are so many useless characters on canvas right now, I could easily do without: Hilary, Devon, Lily, Cane, Joe, Avery, Dylan, Austin, Courtney… There are many expendable characters on Y&R, and they need to trim the fat and bring back characters people want back, like Dru. I hope she comes out on the other side of this, it’d be great to have her back.

Well we now know that from next time (tomorrow) Victor brings Phyllis home & you can tell by the plane crash Nikki & Phyllis are together. I hope it’s not Michael Baldwin or Sharon but if someone dies lets hope it’s Summer although we wont be that lucky. Did anyone see who Victor was working on in the plane? Billy maybe because they show Chelsea right afterwards.

I am loving the preview, and feel like this is the kind of storyline Y&R has been craving; the last major disaster Genoa City had was the explosion in 2007. So, this is eight years long overdue. Hopefully this also means some updates to the sets, because the new ones they’ve been debuting are amazing. As for the one death, I have my suspicions of whom it may be, but I won’t say who it is.

More Sharon Case air time and a new storyline kicking Nick to the curb!

If American soaps want a disaster storyline that is character driven, poignant, emotional with edge of your seat suspense, take lessons from the British…go on youtube and check out Coronation Street’s 2010 tram disaster or their more recent bus crash episode…if our soaps could be at least as half as good as theirs, it would keep our disaster storyline from turning into a real disaster…jmho!!!

I hate it.
Things don’t need to be shaken up in this way
or to this extreme extent to add some drama.

Don’t get me wrong, I have loved Y&R for many years and will always watch while ever I am able to, but this show is being flushed down the toilet. Jill Ferren-Phelps is the worst executive producer in the genre, she is a poison to soap-operas. Just when you think things can’t get any worse, they bring on the worst head writer in the business in Chuck Pratt!

Sorry guys but this plane crash or whatever its going to be is classic Chuck; he doesn’t care about the characters in these shows, he doesn’t care about the past and embracing it, he doesn’t care who he kills and how it affects the show. I can still remember the way he ruined All My Children. Chuck just does action action action and in a few months it will be tiresome.

I live in hope that one day Y&R will return to its former glory, which could happen, B&B just had 4 years of being atrocious and has recovered back to being can’t miss TV.

As I said, I will watch forever if I can, but I do worry about the future of this show and if it even has one with those two clowns in charge.

I have to laugh at his “If you stay within character, and keep the stories coming from character . . .” bit, because that’s exactly what he DIDN’T do at All My Children, and he’s gone so far as to say he doesn’t really think characters’ histories matter, especially if they impede the stories you want to tell. Now I suppose it’s possible he’s learned his lesson from that unfortunate episode in his career (i.e., All My Children) and has turned over a new leaf, so that he’ll generate stories from character–but what do you think the chances of that are, really? It’s become quite the catch-phrase in soap writing, “coming from character.” Everyone loves to talk about it (and claim they do it, or are going to do it); very few really understand what it means or know how to do it (and that’s granting them the courtesy of believing they mean what they say—a courtesy that may not always be justified). I guess we’ll see if Mr. Pratt has figured it out since his AMC days.

Can’t wait……………

Chuck Pratt = disasters!! That’s HIS natural disaster! He’s going to disappoint me once again!

Only one thing will bring me back to watching Y&R: Adam & Sharon back together! They are better — and stronger — together when it’s them against the world! Adam & Sharon are only the ‘Sweetest Taboo’ of Y&R, for they can’t quit each other.

I love a good soap disaster. Bring it on.

There was a blind item on Daytime Confidential.com a few weeks ago about who dies. Sounds like it will be Austin, not Joe. Probably to make way for a Summer/ NewKyle reunion. I wish they’d kill off Colin so Tristan Rogers can return to GH where he is needed!

With the announcement that the networks are demanding soaps to cut back their casts, this might be jst the beginning of thniing out the herd..

I think Dru will come back… 🙂 Hope nobody dies…

Yeah Sharon and Adam were the best couple on this soap, ever! Their chemistry was off the thermometer hot, so I would like to see if Sharon and Justin can create magic for their characters again. Let’s do it Pratt!

Please don’t put Adam & Sharon together again. She should be with Nick . Also, why is Sharon always the one people turn on. Phyllis is the evil witch, & gets away with everything. Sharon Case is a great actress! Give her a break!

I NEVER post here but read it often. But I just wanted to weigh in to say I’m actually excited the show is spicing up man. It’s been a real dud lately. But I actually wanted to cast my vote on the possible cast-a-way post city storm and my vote is Michael. I know it seems a little far stretched but they have been saying that Michael’s characters dies. And just because he’s in the midst of the cancer storyline doesn’t necessarily mean that the cancer is what takes him out. Not really sure but that’s who I’m going with. But for the real answer I’ll have so stay tune to find out.

I hope it’s not Michael but you could be right. Yesterday they showed a shadow of a person in the bar when Kevin & Mariah were looking at the invitation for a Valentine’s party at the Abbott cabin. I thought maybe that was Kelly Andrews trying to get Jack alone again & don’t forget Phyllis told whiner yesterday to be careful around Kelly because she’s a dangerous person. Maybe Kelly will mistake Summer for Phyllis & kill her but that’s just wishful thinking.

I think Austin is going to die. He already left the cabin, he’s been drinking, and it opens the door for Kyle’s arrival in time to pamper and comfort poor Summer & thus we go for a month of whinny H.K.

Well, you can definitely tell that Mr. Pratt has arrived. The characters are all acting out of character. I don’t mind the big disasters but do they all have to hit at once?!?! It’s about time Nikki got caught drinking. Jack is completely acting against type. I’ll try and not get too upset like I did with Luke’s sl on GH. I’ll try and enjoy this ride.

I believe if anyone dies it will be Hillary. I think Jack will say just enough to get everyone wondering about Adam. Especially Victor and Billy. Adam is going to try to retrace what he’s said. Adam will also use the fire disaster to try to win Chelsey back. I was not pleased at first with all the disasters, now I believe it’s going to be very interesting!

The new writers must be smoking crack! Two Jacks, Really! Why does Phyllis not knew the different when they made love? You can change someone’s face, but not their private parts! While this is a soap opera, you are making it unbelievable!

NOW JACK AND VICTORY ARE PARTNERS!!! THAT IS SO DUMB

Must Sharon go through the whole Newman family? Please, please do not put her in a relationship with dillon. He doesn’tt desire tthis. Enough of Sharon…and victor…and actor playing double roles. I have been a fan of y & r from day one. Love this soap!!! But, please stop — repeating story lines… Thank much,

I’ve been watching Y&R for 33 years. With Pratt, the show is unrecognizable and almost unbearable to watch. The “kids” up at the cabin trying to solve a mystery with Stitch is like Shaggy, Velma and the rest of the Scooby Doo cast solving a mystery. And now Pratt puts Sharon together with Dylan. I understand suspending disbelief but Sharon has slept with all 3 Victor and/or Nikki’s children (Adam, Nick, Dylan) and her step-father Victor. Really Pratt? Really? Y&R separated itself from the pack when they focused on character development. Also, how long is Sharon going to be in trouble and rescued…tiresome.