Y&R NEWS
The Young and the Restless, CBS/Global — Shemar Moore he’s not!
• Y&R needs to fire its casting director, STAT! EW.com stunned the soap world earlier this week by revealing that Darius McCrary — best known for playing Eddie Winslow on the long-running ABC sitcom Family Matters — has signed a multi-year deal to assume the role beginning Nov. 18. His debut will air on Dec. 29.
“We are thrilled to have the character of Malcolm back on Y&R,” according to a statement from Maria Bell, the drama’s co-executive producer/head writer. “Malcolm, Neil Winters’ brother, has always been a catalyst to exciting stories. He’s coming back to town to see his brother and to reunite with his biological daughter, Lily Winters, as she fights for her life. Malcolm is a photographer … someone who lives on the edge and who always pushes the envelope.”
Y&R chief, Maria Arena Bell, really needs to go to prime-time TV rehab. Her obsession with casting lacklustre nighttime actors is bordering on insane. McCrary better be Marlon Brando is all I’m saying. Why do soaps always drop the black ball when it casts African-American actors? It’s really starting to piss me off. From Victoria Rowell to Christel Khalil — yikes!
• Once again, the behind-the-scenes drama is far more interesting than what is happening on our screens. Celebrating his 20-year anniversary as Jack Abbott, Emmy winner Peter Bergman gave ETonline.com a juicy interview. When queried about which question fans most ask, La Bergman responded, “Fans ask me most often: ‘Do Eric and I get along in real life?’ My answer is … next question.” Burn. I have to say, I respect Bergman for his blunt honesty. It’s rare. Suds Report contacted Eric Braeden's rep for comment but at press time Charles Sherman was still seeking a reaction from Braeden.
• Do we need more black writers in daytime? Of course. But considering how Y&R embarrassingly fumbled their gay storyline — with a homosexual writer on staff, to boot — maybe we just need talented writers no matter who they are. Humans are humans. Just write a good story, damn it.
• Y&R needs to fire its casting director, STAT! EW.com stunned the soap world earlier this week by revealing that Darius McCrary — best known for playing Eddie Winslow on the long-running ABC sitcom Family Matters — has signed a multi-year deal to assume the role beginning Nov. 18. His debut will air on Dec. 29.
“We are thrilled to have the character of Malcolm back on Y&R,” according to a statement from Maria Bell, the drama’s co-executive producer/head writer. “Malcolm, Neil Winters’ brother, has always been a catalyst to exciting stories. He’s coming back to town to see his brother and to reunite with his biological daughter, Lily Winters, as she fights for her life. Malcolm is a photographer … someone who lives on the edge and who always pushes the envelope.”
Y&R chief, Maria Arena Bell, really needs to go to prime-time TV rehab. Her obsession with casting lacklustre nighttime actors is bordering on insane. McCrary better be Marlon Brando is all I’m saying. Why do soaps always drop the black ball when it casts African-American actors? It’s really starting to piss me off. From Victoria Rowell to Christel Khalil — yikes!
• Once again, the behind-the-scenes drama is far more interesting than what is happening on our screens. Celebrating his 20-year anniversary as Jack Abbott, Emmy winner Peter Bergman gave ETonline.com a juicy interview. When queried about which question fans most ask, La Bergman responded, “Fans ask me most often: ‘Do Eric and I get along in real life?’ My answer is … next question.” Burn. I have to say, I respect Bergman for his blunt honesty. It’s rare. Suds Report contacted Eric Braeden's rep for comment but at press time Charles Sherman was still seeking a reaction from Braeden.
• Do we need more black writers in daytime? Of course. But considering how Y&R embarrassingly fumbled their gay storyline — with a homosexual writer on staff, to boot — maybe we just need talented writers no matter who they are. Humans are humans. Just write a good story, damn it.
