Paula's Soapbox

In a twitter reply last night, TV Guide's Michael Logan disputed an earlier claim made by Michael Muhney  (ex-Adam, Y&R) that he had been in talks to return to the show that fired him just eight months ago. The tweet reads:   And the plot thickens...

Yesterday, actor Michael Muhney (ex-Adam, Y&R) took to twitter to let his fans know he would not be returning to the Young and the Restless. Personally I didn't even realize this was a remote possibility, but this is what Muhney had to say on the subject:  He then followed up with a series of tweets, including this reply which seems to address the allegations that he groped one of his cast-mates (rumored to be Hunter King, who plays Summer on the show): Although Muhney will no longer be involved on the show, the Adam character is still very much alive, though a recast has yet to be announced. Muhney joined Y&R in 2009, as a replacement for actor Chris Engen when he left the show. 

Days' baby switch storyline should have ended weeks ago, but since it was discovered that Sydney was indeed Sami's child there have been countless contrived efforts to keep the suspense going, beginning with Nicole kidnapping Sydney. However, I think the show has gone a little too far with E.J.'s sinister plot to make Sami believe that her baby is dead. There are far too many real life cases involving the discovery of a missing child's bloody clothes for the show to use that scenario in a twisted storyline such as this. This is particularly unsettling considering that at some point they will undoubtedly try to redeem E.J. again in an attempt to reunite him with Sami. It is as if Days has forgotten that many, if not most of their viewers are women, many of whom likely have children. As I have said in previous posts there are right ways and wrong ways of involving and depicting children in these types of storylines. Soaps can be shocking and sensitive to their viewers at ...

I know that it has been a while since my last post but I have been busy trying to wrap my mind around the sinking ship that has become known as Y&R. Granted they are still at the top of the ratings, but there are gaping holes in almost every single storyline at the moment, and that's saying a lot for a soap opera. In my opinion Chris Engen (ex-Adam) left just in time. For months I have watched Adam turn into this dark and twisted individual, completely unlike someone that was raised by Hope. The only tolerable part about watching this transformation was the way that Engen sold this character. We wanted to believe that he was capable of changing at some point, despite all evidence to the contrary because on some level Adam was still likeable. However, since Engen's replacement first showed up last week it has become much more obvious just how poorly written this storyline is. I'll admit I have never seen Michael Muhney in any other role. He may be a terrific actor, but a...