(SoapOperaNetwork.com) -- "The Young and the Restless" Swings the Axe!
Soap Opera Network has just learned that Executive Producer and Head Writer Lynn Marie Latham has been fired from CBS' "The Young and The Restless," effective immediately. Latham's husband, Bernard Lechowick, who served as a Creative Consultant and Writer, has also been let go. Other writers exiting the show are Marina Alburger and Lynsey Dufour. More writers from Latham's team are expected to follow.
Josh Griffith, who went on "Financial Core" status and replaced Latham as Executive Producer, is expected to remain in that position. However, there is no word yet if Griffith will remain as Head Writer. The status of Co-Head Writer Maria Arena Bell and Writer Paula Cwikly were unclear at press time.
"Y&R" is the second Sony Pictures Television owned soap to have mass firings. On February 1, 2008, nine writers from NBC's "Days Of Our Lives" were given the axe. [See Story]
Stay tuned to SON as more details become available.
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Thanks, Bran. I think this is very good news. While other viewers may have been ticked off by the many changes LML had introduced to Y&R, I actually liked the faster pace and the camera angles, loss of those pregnant pauses that were so typical of Y&R. But her characterisations suffered terribly.
Will Eileen Davidson return now? She's needed! The Abbott family is disappearing!
