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Dena Higley QUITS — SUDS REPORT EXCLUSIVE; Breaking News — TVGC; ATWT actor FIRED
Topic Started: Jul 26 2008, 06:10 PM (133,437 Views)
Days4Life


For some reason I have NB stuck in my head as the "overblown diva", but that probably has a lot to do with the "diva" word. I wonder if that was intentional?
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Keep in mind that most writers aren't on the set on a daily basis (if at all) and don't even see their how their written material plays out until the see it on air (often weeks and months after they've originally written it). We don't have a time frame on when Dena saw the show, *knew* that what she was seeing wasn't what she'd written. BTS re-writings could've been going on for months before she even knew what was going on (with much of the rewritings not even airing yet). Has anything happened with any storylines in the last couple of weeks that show a significant shift in story direction? How long ago was her blog post about her writing frustrations? It could all have started with simple storyline "tweaking" that frustrated Dena that then turned into something much larger that she only recently learned about.
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sitrian


I'm not defending Scott in this, not at all. But without knowing what was changed, I don't know how necessary it was to have it changed. Certainly things at her tenure in OLTL wouldn't have been made worse by some tweaking.
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Ponz
Jul 28 2008, 11:13 AM
Dragonish1
Jul 28 2008, 11:07 AM
cjknick
Jul 28 2008, 11:03 AM
I honestly can't think of any of the cast thinking they can re-write a script - who would have the time? Plus it just must be one character and their scenes that are being re-written. Ed Scott must have taken a special liking to a particular character or actress? Any guesses???????
For while I thought he was banging KR/Morgan...But now I am wondering if its Ari....Nicole is suddenly in everything...She is now a main player and before when Higley wrote for her she was just a side added character for angst....It all makes you go hmmmm.....I wish Nelson would tell us who the actress is.
Ari got major airtime and story during Higley's first tenure. There's no reason for her to conspire with Ed Scott against her.
Yes, but this Nicole everywhere stuff this time around has happened under the time that ED was writing...I mean my god she is now even part of the STAX sl...Sorry, but it is very fishy to me. And I am a big fan of Ari and Nicole.
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Jul 28 2008, 11:14 AM
The thing is...how much is Scott rewriting? Is it only certain stories or scenes? I mean, we don't know the specifics. Just that he has been changing things along with a few actors/actresses. That may be why you have Higley trademarks still around.

As for the actors, SN and MBR complained about what happened to their story so I doubt it's them. I doubt it's Dee too because she's been written like shit until recently. Rachel Melvin is a solid guess but would Ed Scott really encourage a young actress like that to write her own stuff? I can see him telling someone who's been in the business a long enough time but someone who's only worked for 4 years? Doesn't ring true for me.

One of my guesses is Drake Hogestyn. I really think he is one because he was skeptical when he returned and maybe he was hating the writing so Ed Scott allowed him to do some things. Perhaps that is why he was so high on John/Ava. It was his idea!

One of my other guesses would have to be either Bryan Dattilo or Alison Sweeney. I can just see it. Ali is upset about the writing and with her being in and out, they let her craft her own story and maybe she liked the fact that Sami would lose both men and have to fight to get at least one back. Ali hasn't blogged in awhile either so maybe that is why she isn't talking about story. The only thing working against that is would Ali even have the time? The only reason I can see Dattilo in this is because he's always going on and on about having a new love interest and Lucas/Chloe came out of nowhere.

As for a third guess, I have no idea. I just can't see it being one of the younger actresses. Jay Johnson is an option. He's gotten alot of screentime, more then ever, and is in a huge story so maybe he's involved. That's the best I can do on the guesses based on the cast and what we know.
Remember Tom Casiello giving props to KA for helping him write John's funeral scenes. I also guess it's SN and MBE, though.
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Brylilover


I don't see Bryan having the inclination or the clout to be doing any writing. Actors may suggest where they would like their characters to end up, but most don't take pen to paper.
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brimike
Jul 28 2008, 10:58 AM
This is actually huge, especially considering the fan outcry for/against Higley, as well as the fan following of Scott and the cast. It sends the business end of Days (which is already in trouble with budget/paying off fired writers/cancellation/the scandal during the strike) into even more hot water.
You said it right there.

I wouldn't be surprised if NBC decided to cancel after this. They're already in the middle of tough negotiations, as we see... and now this breaks? Corday's gonna have to file bankruptcy.
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Kenny
Jul 28 2008, 11:17 AM
brimike
Jul 28 2008, 10:58 AM
This is actually huge, especially considering the fan outcry for/against Higley, as well as the fan following of Scott and the cast. It sends the business end of Days (which is already in trouble with budget/paying off fired writers/cancellation/the scandal during the strike) into even more hot water.
You said it right there.

I wouldn't be surprised if NBC decided to cancel after this. They're already in the middle of tough negotiations, as we see... and now this breaks? Corday's gonna have to file bankruptcy.
Damn, you could be right, Kenny. :shithitfan:
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Brylilover


I've long thought that cancellation was Corday's goal. Why else would he keep making things worse and worse.
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DrewHamilton
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Thanks Nelson!

I don't get why Ed Scott is doing this. He seems like such a professional in daytime, just based on what people have said, who have had the chance to work with him. If this is true, then Scott is handling this very unprofessionally. If Scott had a problem with Higley's writing, then he should have went to Corday and tried to have her released. Or he should have worked along with her and help her come up with a more interesting direction, or however to fix the right problem. You do not take a person's job and secretly change it. That seems so unethical. How is Scott allowed to do that?

And I'm wondering who the three actors are that are changing the story. IMO, I think Mary Beth Evans and Stephen Nichols are definitely two of them. We already heard they went to the writers and producers about their story and how it was handled, and now all of a sudden, they're getting what they want.

I think the other one may be Nadia Bjorlin. She and Nichols and Evans are the ones that story have drastically changed and came totally out of left field. Chloe thrown in with Lucas? Where did that come from? I bet Nadia was sick of Chloe being Philip's fuck and nothing else, so she went to Scott and he told her to choose another story that she could be part of and she went in with Lucas/Sami/EJ/Nicole. That makes sense.

None of the stories seem to have drastically changed. The John and Marlena story seems to have a direction, as does the Daniel and Chelsea story, as stupid and sick as it is. Although speaking of Daniel and Chelsea, the Kate angle has come out of nowhere, so maybe Lauren Koslow is the other actor that was given the chance to rewrite story and put herself in Daniel and Chelsea's storyline.
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Jul 28 2008, 11:02 AM
Rakesh198
Jul 28 2008, 10:56 AM
I cannot believe that was the news... LMAO
WOW! So disappointed!
I know, reading that felt like a major anticlimax. Nelson shouldn't have told anything earlier this weekend, either post all of it from the start or wait.

Maybe now all the Ed Scott-lovers will realize that he is not perfect like they make him out to be.
I think Ed Scott is good at his own job... obviously.

He's not good as a writer.

There's a big difference.
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OneBadKitty
Jul 28 2008, 11:08 AM
I think what Ed Scott did was really underhanded. Show him the door and he can take his pet actress with him - I don't care who it is.
ITA! Shame on him & the tramp!
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I can't see the people writing their lines being Stephen and Mary Beth because as Phoenix said, they had to go to the writers office themselves and complain about no Ava mention....which I guess that means they went to Ed?

And once again, Days has made the mistake(in less than six months, too!) of paying their HWs to do absolutely nothing.
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Photographic proof?! Uh, what?! I want to know which actors they are takling about!! I have a bad feeling it's RM, but I would hardly call her a Diva...unless the emmy nom gave her a reason to put herself on a pedestal.

This is seriously fucked up.
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Jul 28 2008, 11:14 AM
As for the actors, SN and MBR complained about what happened to their story so I doubt it's them. I doubt it's Dee too because she's been written like shit until recently. Rachel Melvin is a solid guess but would Ed Scott really encourage a young actress like that to write her own stuff? I can see him telling someone who's been in the business a long enough time but someone who's only worked for 4 years? Doesn't ring true for me.

well, it rings true if she's boinking ed scott on the side. i really am not trying to defame the girl, as i actually think she's one of the more talented of the younger group, but this news, coupled with the blind item(which to me, she was the only person that fit the profile) says to me that she's the pet actress in question. again, i could be totally wrong, but that's what my gut tells me. i think nadia is a good guess, too, but then again, i don't think she's had nearly enough screen time lately to be considered a "pet."
Edited by luvpumpkns, Jul 28 2008, 11:23 AM.
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Sharongate, bitches!

I can see both Ed Scott and Josh Griffith never working in this business again after this scandal, and to be fair, they deserve that and everything that's coming to them.
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Greeneyes


Wow, this news is traveling fast.
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All you have to do is look at the stories that have changed drastically, and that can give you a hint as to who the three actors are.

The stories that have somewhat of a direction and haven't changed to much are John and Marlean's story, Abe and Lexie's and Max and Stephanie's. The other stories like Chloe/Lucas/Sami/EJ/Nicole and Chelsea/Daniel/Kate and even Steve and Kayla's newfound story with Ava that should've been told months ago are stories that have come out of nowhere.
Edited by DrewHamilton, Jul 28 2008, 11:23 AM.
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sitrian


I think Scott will and probably should get fired for breaking the labor laws on this, I do. But I also suspect that they felt like they were bailing as hard as they could to get themselves away from what Higley was working on and it does seem like Scott is trying to get other headwriters installed....
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daisysmommy


Oh, I have seen BIs about Morgan too-- but she can barely speak her lines, much less write anything, so I gotta nix that one.
Diva may be to protect DHog...maybe it IS him. God knows his character and s/l have S-U-C-K-E-D wind in the last few mos.
And even if you hate J&M, you gots to admit, their scenes look like they've been punked. Like a gag-- seriously.

'Why do you want a divorce? Because I love you so much.' Lucky I had finished my Dr Pepper when that little scen-o-rama came on...
John was evolving and now he's a one-note horror...really, maybe it is Hog...sounds possible.
Right, gonna stop talking to myself now...
Edited by daisysmommy, Jul 28 2008, 11:25 AM.
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