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JamesG · 09-12-2013, 04:06 PM

"Y&R" Hires New Head Writers
by Lynette Rice
Sep 12, 2013

CBS’ "The Young and the Restless" is making another Head Writer change.

Two women will now hold the top job: Shelly Altman, who was promoted, and Jean Passanante, who has written for several ABC daytime sudsers. Additionally, Tracey Thomson has been upped to Co-Head Writer.

The women replace Josh Griffith, who was named Head Writer in 2012. Griffith played a key role in addressing the death of Jeanne Cooper (Katherine Chancellor) on the sudser this summer.

“Shelly has been an important part of the Y&R writing team since joining the show last year and Jean brings with her a wealth of daytime writing experience. We are excited to have these two talented daytime veterans leading our writing team at Y&R,” said Steve Kent, Senior Executive Vice President, U.S. Programming at Sony TV, in a statement.

“We are also thrilled to have Tracey take on a new role and we look forward to her creative input to the show.”

Altman’s been at "Y&R" since 2012.

Passanante has written for "Another World", "All My Children", "As the World Turns", "One Life to Live" and "General Hospital".

Thomson comes from "General Hospital".

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/09/12/yo...-head-writers/

mr awesome · 10-19-2013, 07:57 PM

Nice to see JFP has her 'yes-men' in place.

Fontaine · 10-20-2013, 09:23 PM

OMG, might as well bring down the curtain. Jean P. was the kiss of death for ATWT. She turned my favorite soap into " As Janet's World Turns".

HuntingtonM15 · 10-20-2013, 09:28 PM

The current state of Y&R is the best that I remember it being in quite a long time.

Unfortunately, it will never be the same without Jeanne Cooper, and it really does suck having Michelle Stafford off the show...but they have quite a few strong key players right now who are really making it happen.

mr awesome · 10-21-2013, 03:04 PM

You would think they could get someone better than Jean Passante. I guess it could be worse, it could be Megan McTavish, Leah Laiman or David Kreizman.

09-12-2013, 04:06 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,118	"Y&R" Hires New Head Writers *"Y&R" Hires New Head Writers* by Lynette Rice Sep 12, 2013 CBS’ "The Young and the Restless" is making another Head Writer change. Two women will now hold the top job: Shelly Altman, who was promoted, and Jean Passanante, who has written for several ABC daytime sudsers. Additionally, Tracey Thomson has been upped to Co-Head Writer. The women replace Josh Griffith, who was named Head Writer in 2012. Griffith played a key role in addressing the death of Jeanne Cooper (Katherine Chancellor) on the sudser this summer. “Shelly has been an important part of the Y&R writing team since joining the show last year and Jean brings with her a wealth of daytime writing experience. We are excited to have these two talented daytime veterans leading our writing team at Y&R,” said Steve Kent, Senior Executive Vice President, U.S. Programming at Sony TV, in a statement. “We are also thrilled to have Tracey take on a new role and we look forward to her creative input to the show.” Altman’s been at "Y&R" since 2012. Passanante has written for "Another World", "All My Children", "As the World Turns", "One Life to Live" and "General Hospital". Thomson comes from "General Hospital". http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/09/12/yo...-head-writers/

10-19-2013, 07:57 PM	#2
mr awesome Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 23, 2013 Location: pittsburgh Posts: 275	Nice to see JFP has her 'yes-men' in place.

10-20-2013, 09:23 PM	#3
Fontaine Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 16, 2013 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 160	OMG, might as well bring down the curtain. Jean P. was the kiss of death for ATWT. She turned my favorite soap into " As Janet's World Turns".

10-20-2013, 09:28 PM	#4
HuntingtonM15 That Bothers Me Moderator Forum Star Join Date: Jun 20, 2003 Location: Metro Detroit Posts: 11,060	The current state of Y&R is the best that I remember it being in quite a long time. Unfortunately, it will never be the same without Jeanne Cooper, and it really does suck having Michelle Stafford off the show...but they have quite a few strong key players right now who are really making it happen.

10-21-2013, 03:04 PM	#5
mr awesome Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 23, 2013 Location: pittsburgh Posts: 275	You would think they could get someone better than Jean Passante. I guess it could be worse, it could be Megan McTavish, Leah Laiman or David Kreizman.