Guiding Light - MESSAGE BOARDS

Ellen Wheeler and Jill Lauire Hurst ARE getting the job done. If the show does get picked up by Lifetime or any other station, they would be smart to keep these two ladies. It wasn't until they were told to go ahead and do the story the way they wanted to that the show started getting better. It is certainly the best it has been in a long time. And it mostly due to these two fabulous ladies.

ahh you suck haha! I thought there seriously was a new Executive and head writer! Haha but seriously Dave should get the boot today. Ellen Wheeler isnt so bad but Kreizman has treated all the actors and actresses that left terribly. From what i have heard is that DK ruined all of GL's chances to get Peter Simons back as Ed and they are lucky NSA and PAS are returning because he treated them poorly too. Also, he kicked BE out of the studios! He is the one who definatly needs to go! Ellen Wheeler can stay or go i honestly dont care because her and JLH are doing a great job with the S/l's!!

I would be happy to see David leave but that's the only change I would want for the show. I have it on a very good source that Lifetime's deal is looking very good. Let's hope that this proves to be true and GL lives on to shine the light for a long time to come and WITH ELLEN WHEELER AT THE HELM.

Amen PP!

Is Lifetime picking it up?

Geesh, I hope so! I also hope the confirmation on this comes quickly!

If we get new writers/producers the ratings might come up for the better. I think we need to get rid of EW. But, also Barbara Bloom is part of the problem as well.

Ellen Wheeler and Jill Lorie Hurst have done more to revive the genre of daytime than anyone else. GL has an exponential increase in the number of new viewers but the problem is that the Nielsen ratings system is so antiquated that the new audience facilitated by the Internet and DVR do not appear on the ratings radar. We can only hope that Lifetime (one of my favorite networks) picks up Guiding Light and that Ellen and Jill stay at the helm.

You hit the nail on the head - CBS and Bab's reign of terror is over with..and if you can't tell that then something is wrong. Ellen and Jill have FINALLY been given the authority to produce and write a show the way it should be done!!

Bravo Ellen and Jill!! Keep up the GREAT job!!

I for one definately want David gone. He is the reason that PAS and NSA left in 2005 and I have wanted him gone ever since. I had always hoped that both PAS and NSA would return, and when I read about them returning, I was so happy, but also suprised after the way that they were let go. I like Jill's writing. As for Ellen, I don't know. I think that she responsible for alot, but at the same time, I feel that she thought she was doing what was best. I do agree, if she can help with keeping GL on, then I will say keep her. I think alot of times that her hands were tied and she did what she thought was best with what she had. Without CBS and Barbara Bloom, Ellen may do great. Then, there is Kim Zimmerman. She wouldn't take a pay cut, which was fine. She wanted to make her contract the way that she wanted it. In my opinion, that is wrong. Just because she has been on GL forever does not mean that she deserves special treatment. There are other characters (actors) that have been on GL for a long time and some that are in my opinion, better than Reva. If she doesn't like the contract and pay that they offer, why dosen't she just move on to another soap or something else. I am not one that believes that Reva is GL. GL will go on without her. It has before or she can be replaced. The important thing at hand is to save GL. I for one have enjoyed the Orlando, FL trip and am glad that Reva was not part of it. It was great seeing family and friends, love and romance, and laughter and fun. Everyone (all of the actors) on the trip did a fantastic job with their scenes. I say good job to who ever was in charge of this.

Dim, I completely hear what you're saying. I think I've said it before, that I too was on the "take down EW" bandwagon for a very long time - I know where you are coming from. But with saying that after I came to truly understand the way things are run, and actually go down, I've come out on the other side of this.

Does Ellen Wheeler have any fault/blame in all of this? Absolutely she does, I'm not denying that at all. But alot of things she was merely the "messenger." I think what actually bit EW in the butt, was her "up-talking" herself too much way back. That she was the "best" thing to hit GL. I hope you understand what I'm trying to say. She's an employee - they handed her 5 bucks and said here ya go, so to speak.

As far as David K goes - I have been screaming for YEARS that that moron has GOT TO GO! I have never run across anyone to argue that.

Jill Lorie-Hurst IMO is a brillant writer. She is a SUPER fan of Guilding Light, and she has been trying to bring back "character" writing to GL.

I just feel given different circumstances that EW and JLH make/and would make a terrific team. I did not always feel this way about EW, but I do now. I believe that CBS and Bab's held all the cards and dealt them out as they saw fit.