The Young and the Restless used to be the template for all soaps to follow. What happened to change this once great show? Viewers don't just quit watching out of the blue. There has to be a causal event that triggers a chain reaction to produce such an outcome.
There's no mystery on this one. The one common complaint of viewers is the writing and direction of the show. If the writing leaves a majority of the viewers disconnected, they will leave. When they leave, the ratings go down, which in turn leads the network to believe that people don't care about soaps anymore. Viewers aren't watching for a reason: they don't care about are poorly written stories.
Sony can fix the problem of a declining viewership by fixing the writing problem. Sony needs to ring a Bell, and do it ASAP. Stop the stunt casting and stop the madness- PLEASE! Who cares about the overdone mystery of Diane's death. I want this one solved: The mystery of the disappearing characters and dropped storylines. Forget the laughable investigation of Colin, and investigate how Bell can keep her job when this show is imploding!
The stunt casting is especially problematic. I don't buy the line about a “bloated cast” because Bell has been on a hiring spree of baffling proportions. Bell is the Oprah of stunt casting, walking through Hollywood shouting at anyone who comes near, “And you get a role, and YOU get a role, AND YOU GET A ROLE. EVERYBODY GETS A ROLE!” If budget is a concern, and if screen time for current players is a concern, then logic says, DON'T HIRE ANYONE ELSE!
Good business sense and logic have flown out of the Y&R offices on a pink unicorn, floating on a cloud of cotton candy, escorted by the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. Maybe we need to get Logic to Occupy Bell's Office. We want to get back great stories like Colin and Jill. We want a show that makes us oooo and ahhhh instead of urp and arrgh! The biggest mystery of all is why Sony hasn't voted Bell off the island yet.
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