Paula's Soapbox

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. 

As you may have read in one of my earlier posts I have decided to stop watching Y&R due to the fact that the writing has made the show unwatchable on many different levels. I have not watched the show in well over a month and from what I have been reading on various message boards I am not alone. Many longtime fans of this once beloved show seem to be very unhappy with the quality of the writing and have either decided to stop watching altogether or complain to as many people as they think will listen, or both. In reading through several of these complaints I discovered that Y&R's writing sunk to yet another low when they decided to not only kill off Victor's dog, but actually show the dog as he was dying after being poisoned. Again, I have not been watching the show but if what I have read in these postings is true, then Y&R is going to have their work cut out for them if they ever decide to restore the integrity and quality of their writing. I cannot imagine why a...