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| Dena Higley QUITS — SUDS REPORT EXCLUSIVE; Breaking News — TVGC; ATWT actor FIRED | |
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| Jonatha | Jul 28 2008, 12:07 PM Post #1021 |
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Fuck, I've been reading the soap mags for decades and never, ever, have I read an exclusive column about something that's going to happen stopped as dead in it's tracks as that storyline was. :shame: |
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| cjknick | Jul 28 2008, 12:07 PM Post #1022 |
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My heads starting to hurt... The female character who has been on non-stop is Stephanie but I can't see Shelly being the one especially since she was asked if she could speak French by the writer's? Nadia ... well if it was Nadia you would think she would write herself a love scene with EJ not Lucas! :lol: So now I'm back to Rachel and MBE! |
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| daysfan | Jul 28 2008, 12:07 PM Post #1023 |
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Ed is a very very good producer, I'll give him that, but as much as I don't like to keep repeating myself here, if he did not like Higley's writing THAT MUCH he could have just fired her! I mean, its better than doing THIS! The second WGA legal problem they've gotten themselves into in four months. |
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| Kenny | Jul 28 2008, 12:08 PM Post #1024 |
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I'm still pissed at the idea of one of the actresses going around the studio, bragging to everyone that she's the headwriter with Ed Scott. I mean, ego much?! |
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| Red Mist | Jul 28 2008, 12:08 PM Post #1025 |
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hmmmmm....Very interesting observation Mary. Chan is alot like a would be affair between ED and Melvin...and it was Melvin the blind item said was the mistress of the producer....eww |
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| OneBadKitty | Jul 28 2008, 12:09 PM Post #1026 |
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Me too and I hope that actress gets canned big time. |
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| Steve Frame | Jul 28 2008, 12:09 PM Post #1027 |
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The way taht the "veteran" leads like Marlena, Hope & Kayla have been written of late and even Sami kind of on the outerfringe now tells me it is someone younger and she wants to push the "veteran" leads out. You look at the ones who have come to the forefront - Nicole with EJ; Ava with John; and Chloe with Lucas. Sami lost both of her men almost while these other ladies got men and the veteran ladies are on the outs. Sounds like this little diva not only wanted to push Higley out but maybe even teh vet ladies too. They have definitely been pushed out of the story. Higley loved Sami and it has shocked me what has been done with Sami in the last month or so. She hardly even gets any hype in the spoilers and stuff I read. |
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| Jonatha | Jul 28 2008, 12:10 PM Post #1028 |
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There are rumors, just rumors, that Nadia didn't want the hook up between Lucas and Chloe. Just rumors, kids. I'm thinking it's RM as well. |
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| sitrian | Jul 28 2008, 12:10 PM Post #1029 |
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Does he have the power to fire the head writer? Did he go to Corday and say "we need to get this taken care of"? He's championing somebody now so it seems like he does want a new head writer. And how much rewriting was done. I would really like to see where his side of this story comes in because I think the truth will lie somewhere in between the sides. |
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| daysfan | Jul 28 2008, 12:10 PM Post #1030 |
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Oh too true, and it was such a dumb move considering they could out her and Ed to the WGA at any time. |
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| pnelsen | Jul 28 2008, 12:12 PM Post #1031 |
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Having met MBE, she is like the least likely candidate to be a diva. She is so down to earth. Definitely cross her off the list. |
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| Ellie | Jul 28 2008, 12:13 PM Post #1032 |
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Tom, your 15 minutes ARE UP. Sorry, I know some of you like the guy, but he completely rubs me the wrong way. This story doesn't involve him at all, other than that he's also a writer. Thanks Nelson for posting this. I do give the actors and Ed credit for trying to improve on Higley's writing. Of course, if Corday hadn't rehired Higley, with her less-than-stellar resume, none of this would have happened. I can't even imagine how bad her stories were before the rewrites. (And yes, I'm absolutely convinced they were worse than what we're seeing.) lol my only other comment is what photographic evidence is there? People sitting with a pen and paper? And by the way - I cringed as soon as I read the word 'diva', because like it or not, the soap press does sometimes use that word for Deidre, and she was sometimes referred to as a diva in the 80's. It's not her. Let's not forget that there's a whole new generation of divas now, lol - and I'm sure Nelson is talking about one of them. |
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| luvpumpkns | Jul 28 2008, 12:14 PM Post #1033 |
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i completely agree. nick and the pairing with chelsea was well-recieved. all of a sudden, nick is gone and we get a new, controversial pairing with an older man? yup, i'm pretty sure something is going on there. that coupled with the BI tells me it's rachel that's the overblown diva. diedre, i feel, would have written the whole java mess differently if she had been involved. neither nadia or marybeth have recieved nearly enough screentime for them to be considered a pet of anyone. when you add in the coke rumor, it's blatantly obvious. sorry, the actresses on the soap are all thin, but in my estimation, only one of them is coke-thin. ETA: morgan is out, at least as far as the BI goes. it stated that the actess in question had over a hundred episodes under their belt. kristen wasn't close at that time, although she may be now. Edited by luvpumpkns, Jul 28 2008, 12:20 PM.
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| jdawg1077 | Jul 28 2008, 12:15 PM Post #1034 |
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First-time poster. I think we need to read between the lines of Nelson's various reports and posts. As a reporter, he's limited in what he can factually tell us, but if you look at how he wrote his report, and his other various postings, and then throw in some blind items, you can get a picture of what might have happened. First, we only have Higley's side of the story. No one else's, as per Nelson's report. I'm sure in the coming hours/days, we'll get more information, so this is most likely just the beginning. Keep an eye out for any cast firings as well. Second, we can possibly put together that Ed Scott might be cheating on his wife (hence the reason that Nelson said how the story affects Y&R since he's married to Melody Thomas Scott, hence the sadness in his tone) with a younger actress on Days who apparently is getting more screen time. To me, the answer would be either Kristen Renton or Nadia Bjorlin, if I was speculating. I'm leaning towards Kristen Renton, because for a minor character she has really shot up the charts in terms of airtime for a character who doesn't have many ties to major characters. They even created a father for her, and it seems like they are laying the groundwork for introducing her mother. If she's gotten a big head due to her new screentime, she could fit the "overblown diva" bill. I doubt it's Rachel Melvin because she's had a ton of screentime for over 2 years now. The items seemed to suggest that this person has had a lot of screentime out of nowhere. But I hope that's not the case because I do like Morgan and Kristen in that role. As for actors given permission to re-write, I would say that's Stephen Nichols and Mary Beth Evans, but in that case it was justified. They were never provided any closure on the Ava front. Ed Scott and the actors decided to finally address it, and rightfully so. The other reason I believe that this is all true is the abrupt turn of EJ's character, and the end of his on-again off-again flirtation with Sami. The sudden animosity between the two was out of nowhere, and I think it was probably Ed Scott's doing, although in that case I agree with him again. Any potential for EJ and Sami as a couple was ruined a year and a half ago when EJ held a gun to Sami's head and forced her to have sex. I think that having them sleep together was the last straw for the actors and Ed Scott, but there really isn't any evidence to back that up. I think Ed Scott's influence, this time in a bad way, can also be seen in the autism story. It's been treated as an afterthought in some ways. Occasional scenes here and there. Nothing serious. I certainly hope that the reveal of Theo's autism (being pushed offscreen) was not sabotaged because it was a Higley story. Again, no evidence of that, but given the apparent disparity between what is written and what is on the screen, it can't be ruled out. But overall, if Higley's side of the story is true, then it's sad for everyone involved. The writing wasn't good enough so people took it upon themselves to make things better, but it got out of hand. Everyone looks bad. And Ken Corday ends up looking like Captain Smith of the Titanic. Aloof, oblivious. But he has the opportunity to regain control and right the ship, so I hope he does so. |
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| brimike | Jul 28 2008, 12:15 PM Post #1035 |
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Are the nbc boards really down? Strange coincidence. |
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| Sindacco | Jul 28 2008, 12:16 PM Post #1036 |
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I agree Steve. It has been like that ever since Ed Scott joined and Higley came back. |
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| sitrian | Jul 28 2008, 12:16 PM Post #1037 |
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Yeah... and seriously... like how... because actors, producers, direcotrs make changes... so somebody with a pen would hardly be damning evidence. I suppose video of them rewriting a script could be what's alluded to here? |
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| Steve Frame | Jul 28 2008, 12:16 PM Post #1038 |
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a thought just popped in my mind in the other thread on this. This could all boil down to simply an "All About Eve" situation. A good old classic story of a young diva trying to get ahead in the entertainment industry and conniving and scheming and using whoever she can to get ahead. Anne Baxter used her feminine wiles on men in that movie to get them to do her bidding and she became a star because of it. In the end that may be all this is about and really nothing to do with anyone trying to save the show - just a young actress trying to get ahead. It happens all the time in Hollywood - it's as common as the casting couch. |
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| e83talus | Jul 28 2008, 12:16 PM Post #1039 |
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Exactly and I can't see MBE, Deidre or KA doing this. This would be completely out of left field for the veterans of the industry! Ali has been filming two shows and I would have to ask where she found the time to write in between the two shows, her pregnancy and this. I just don't think it is any of them. |
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| Kenny | Jul 28 2008, 12:17 PM Post #1040 |
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A big ole "ewwww!" to that one. |
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