The Young and the Restless Spoilers

C'mon Jillian can't you give us the smallest hint for what's to come? With Daytime in free fall this week, I think we all need a bit of good news? Please???

Hey I love the DC posters but signing my soul over to the devil? Uh... .I can't be doing that in these hear times! *LOL* All I can say is that its going to be so good it will leave you blown away. KidYandR be gone with you! *LOL* Stop trying to get me to spill!

Mama Jillian ... can you give us at least a little, a little tiny hint for the May sweeps? Please, just a bit...

But I have to say, this spoilers already sound great. Y&R keeps the fire on and I can't wait.

Now do I need to take my belt off for you kids? What did I say? I can't reveal people! *LOL* Trust me if I could I would do it, just keep in mind that Maria and Hogan have been on fire. So just let your minds run wild on what's to come. Its going to be so good other soaps need to take a page from them.

Ok Jillian...it better be as good as you say it will be. I'm gonna hold you to it!

Oh Jillian - you sure got me excited about what's to come. The stuff with Billy and Mac should be interesting. I hope yesterday's scenes weren't an indication of nuMac cause I wasn't feeling her. But it was so quick so I will reserve judgement til I see more. Billy Miller has chem with everyone so it can still work.

The stuff coming with Kevin and Amber sounds good too. Looks like another great week in store for the show.

I'm just happy this Kevin going crazy and robbing banks mess is coming to an end.

Even with the crappy Neil love triangle,the Kevin is suddenly a rodent bankrobber,and the never-ending Katherine storyline, this show is BY FAR the best daytime has to offer right now. I tried with ABC(ALWAYS BULLSHITTING CONSUMERS),but betwwen the David Hayward Hour, the Traumatized Child Hour, and The Sonny Correnthos Chronicles I had to call it a wrap.Y&R is so good right now when I FFWD through commercials I have to be precise so I don't miss a word. When's the last time that happened for me on an ABC soap? Not in over 10 years. I understand you cannot spill YET, but damn I can just tell by the way you worded it that it's gonna be a doozy. I was already excited to see Mac tangle with Chloe over Billy(I never bought the whole Lily,and Chloe as equal rivals thing)I saw Clementine on The L Word, and I think she,and EH might be able to toss it up pretty good.You throw Sharon and Jack in there,and you got me.

C'mon Ms. Jillian. What's the scoop on the new gay couple. I'm still putting my money on Adam and Rafe. Those two got some chemistry going on.

Okay I trust you then Jillian.

And with the gay character ... I somehow putting my money on teen Abby. Would be kind of cool to see Victor's face, when she is kissing another girl. TGVN might just think he was kidnapped by aliens.
As for Adam ... yeah, there was chemistry with Rafe - without a doubt LOL - but I think he has enough going on with his blindness.

Now did they specify whether it was a gay male, or female? If they did not the possibilities are endless.Okay, those are the kind of tidbits that keep viewers on the edge of their seat. Thank God for Y&R or I would have forgotten completely what it was like to look forward to a soap opera. I clocked in 12 minutes of watchable AMC yesterday(And thats only because there were Hubbards involved) I am thisclose to begging for more info,but I we can't have you go and put your soul on the line for little ole' me....lol. I will say that Jill has always struck me as a 'masculine woman'...lol.

toytoy74, I cannot agree more. With all the crap going down with every other show I shake my head and feel so sorry for the people who don't know what Genoa City WI is all about. Love, Love, Love everything about this soapy (Soapy, SOAPY!) soap (except Tyra. GAG!)....not one line in spoilers that had me rolling eyes. The MAY SPOILERS could read "cast members sit on sofa's looking at each other throughout the month" and it would be ten times better than anything ABC throws out there.....

exactly. i really do not enjoy bashing ABC. as a child i was raised on all three shows,and up until a year or so ago was not ready to give up on them. first to get deleted was gh,then amc. I still watch oltl on the weekends(so I can FFWD through the Elfkin Stripper Stacy storyline)but they had better pull their heads out of their butts too with all these violent storylines,and cast cuts.OnceKathy Brier,A Martinez,and Erika Slezak are gone I will be too. The character of Tyra does suck in a major way,and no amount of storyline re-vamping is gonna get me to change my mind. Y&R is so good right now I actually sat through an entire Eden scene yesterday without getting annoyed.Why ALL the other soaps dont copy this model i'll never know. I mean you gotta love a show where your biggest complaint is a character you see 3/4 times a month.I mean the fact that I still care about who Nicholas Newman ends up with is a testament to their writing team in itself.

Thanks for the spoilers!

How much did they pay you to write that final paragraph? Because it sounds like complete hyperbole.

Well Jillian it is only a small price to pay...one soul! You are such a teaser!

Y7R Rocks! Thanks for the info!

Coffee_Junkie let me school you on something, I am NOT getting paid by Y&R for anything. If I were then I'd be hyping up that travesty knonw as The Winters Family storyline.

People if I could tell, you know mama would! I can't. Ya'll want me to give my soul to the devil? Doesn't Brian Frons have enough of thosse already?

Coffee_Junkie, this is what was written about February Sweeps! Just ask yourself how that turned out, and if you agree with the following statement, I think you will have answered your own question about whether this is hyperbole!...

"Once again the fab four's giving us the phenom in phenomenal story lines on The Young and the Restless."

A week of good shows does not a storyline make. Until Dru and the rest of the Winters are released from MAB's projects, they rediscover the Cane of 07/early 08 and characters other than Billy and Chloe are developed, I'll believe it when I see it.

Good job on Billy though, he's the best written character on the show!

Seriously, Jillian, you're not getting paid by Y&R? Maria just bought me a new car and it's been months since I blogged about Genoa City's finest

I really cannot wait for sweeps... sounds juicy!

Darren according to some I'm joint at the hip to Maria. I wrote that Feb thing as a spin on things monamis. Brittany if we're so, "Far up Maria's" tush then why do we call her out on the Winters storyline that is I dunno... LACKING?! Don't get it twisted people I do and will call a spade a spade. Beceause you don't like what's being shown and we do doesn't mean that we're on the take. I call everyone out even if I like the show or not.

The fact of the matter is Y&R has been better. My question is at this stage of the game in daytime which show DOESN'T suck more than it ever has(on all 3 networks to be honest)The thing with Y&R is even as bad as the Neil storyline,or Eden,or Chipmunk Kevin it is still written to its characters nature moreso than any other serial on right now. It's basically a grading on a curb thing. Has Y&R been better? HELL YEAH! I gotta tell you though after watching ABC soap operas I am HUNGRY for my genoa city residents. Maybe i'm in the minority here,but I chose to give M.A.B the benefit of the doubt purely because she appaears to be the only one in daytime TRYING to honor her veteran character base,yet still continue future storylines combined with newbies. If someone can show me ONE other soap on right now that can even pretend to say the same i'll gladly get off of M.A.B's tip.The thing is every viewer is not gonna agree(this is where jmo comes in)I myself am tickled pink with the return of Tricia Cast. The first thing I thought when I read she was coming back was that TPTB were actually listening to their longtime viewers.Some love the pairing of Billy and Chloe, I myself am waiting for the reveal that she has been obsessed with him since she was in a high chair(hence her statements of never fitting in the Chancellor estate until she got engaged to Billy)and that she is the one who doctored Kay and Jill's DNA test to stop Billy from marrying Mac back in the day.Two totally different viewpoints,but the fact of the matter is we're both still watching. The difference with the rest of daytime programming(GH) is that we spend all day on message boards arguing over couples on shows we cant even stomache to watch anymore. We may differ about Y&R, but we're tuning in nonetheless. Believe me i'm on nobody's payroll, just starved for decent storylines and willing to take them where I can get them.JMO.

Toytoy, just shake dem haters off. Look I can care less if anyone thinks if I'm on someone's payroll or not. I like what I see onscreen and its not having some younger annoying wannabe leads invading my tv screen. I care about the older casts that I grew up with and the reason Y&R's doing well is not because they have The Cane/Lily/Billy/Chloe show crammed down our throats all day everyday! Look at GH and DAYS, their ratings are going down by doing that. Y&R knows how to utilize their ENTIRE cast and who doesn't want that is crazy to think shows shouldn't be ran that way. Sorry Brittany if you don't like it that we don't want the "Lane" show but it is what it is!

Thanks for being open to reading our posts even when we disagree Jillian!

Perhaps it's time to be a bit more reserved in praise of MAB, until we see things play out. Feb Sweeps was must see tv for 1 week, but within two weeks, these stories seemed to live beyond their freshness date, and MAB has clearly chosen to sketch or outline rather than flesh out many key characters.

Outside of Billy and Kay, I don't understand why MAB's characters do the things they do, I don't recognize them as human beings...

Colleen goes from pimping Lilliam hard, to not having a convo with her best friend about what her uncle did?

After 8 months of separation, Cane and Lily aren't gonna have 1 conversation about what the hell happened? They're not gonna address the fact that she slept with his brother? They go from Lily packing her suitcase and saying the engagement is off, to the next day Cane's making hearts in her capuccino as if nothing happened, and we still didn't know she moved back in with him?

Chloe goes from saying Cane is a really good person, who would make a great father to the heartless biotch who rubs her manipulations in his face, and picks a babysitter according to what's playing in her iPod?

I think we agree on the Winters, that whole storyline is wack and segregationist. That family has lost its heart in Dru, and Olivia returning as Mamie/mammy ain't bringing it back.

And if MAB brings back one more dinosaur from the past that nobody cares about, I will scream!

Monamis, not a prob. That was MY take on it being must see TV. If may not be for others or it may be. Just like you don't want another oldschool character some of us do. I really don't care that Cane and Lily haven't had a conversation on her being with Billy although continuity wise they need to. Colleen not speaking to Lily, well I guess she's all for Billy since he's blood hence her not saying a word about it to either party. 

I don't care what anyone says. Y&R is must see TV for me!!!

It does matter how much people want to hype up MAB and her so-called dream team the devil is in the ratings? so we shall see because so far these stories are not doing it..was it sweep? LOL. and bringing back nina is not going to help the show either because so far all mab is doing is going back and DUSTING OFF OLD SCRIPTS instead of writing good current stories we are in the 21st century and going back to the 80s and 90s wont cut it....but again the ratings is the TRUE TESTAMENT of good writing because after all talk is cheap.

It only makes sense to me that Sharon will end up pregnant and not know who the father is. She has plenty of fathers to choose from.....Nick, Jack, and Billy!! Too bad Brad couldn't be in the mix!!!! What about Lily...didn't she sleep with Billy? What about Neil, didn't he cheat on Karen? There's another possibility for a pregnancy!! Adam is up to no good....he is up in his room scheming on Ashley and Abbey!!!!

Sweeps will be interesting!!!!

True Jillian, we all don't want to see the same things, but that doesn't mean we don't expect good writing across storylines, you can't just focus on fleshing out one character in an ensemble cast and then have everyone else walking around like zombies, even if you don't care about them!

I would never praise EH the way you guys do, but I absolutely understand her value in the ensemble cast, and would hope that Chloe act more like an actual human being then a caricature. I think there is a chance for a real mental illness storyline that exposes her sociopathic tendencies. It would explain a lot about her.

Even if you don't like Lane, Lily, or Cane, can you at least acknowledge that these characters made a lot more sense a year ago? It is clear MAB has chosen not to focus on these characters because she doesn't like them, but doesn't she at least owe us basic continuity in story telling? Love them or hate them, Lane has one of the largest fan bases, it's more than 5x that of Chilly/Bloe, so why are their voices discounted?

The Lilliam fan base is about equal to Chilly, so why is Chilly being featured so prominently, and Lilliam was dropped haphazardly?

It's starting to become obvious what is behind the wizard's curtain, and it is looking very sloppy. It is clear that MAB changed direction after writing the quad into a corner within 4 months, and everything seems very disjointed.

On other boards, regular fans not affiliated with the industry, talk about broken story arcs, continuity problems, poor character development, and actors who are unprepared for or unqualified for their parts. Why are we the proofreaders? Isn't anyone on deck over there checking quality?

I would love to sit back and watch this show without dissecting it, but the sloppiness in storytelling brings out the executive producer in regular soap fans! The stakes are simply too high in this environment to accept mediocrity, when the entire genre is at stake and the #1 soap's writer is sleeping on the job.

MAB needs to start being a professional with all of her characters. At the end of the day this reflects on her and she needs to show more pride and attention to detail in all of her work not just selected storylines.

Nina is not an "Old Lady"  Y&R is not Hannah Montana!

Monamis - you made some excellent points that I must admit I had not really thought about before. I've never been a big Lane fan, but I know they have a huge fanbase. I don't pay much attention to them, as I'm not too interested, but you're right - for a couple with such a huge fanbase, I think the writing has let them down...

Yeah...Guiding Light was cancelled because they brought back all the "old ladies". Jesus take the wheel.