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tvguide.com latest article:tisk, tisk carlivati slezak the powerhouse is fed up of you: Bye bye your musical teen and gay agenda !!!

In her latest newsletter, six-time Emmy winner Erika Slezak says she’s looking forward to working with Jean Passanante’s new material. She says, “Jean is a wonderful writer. She left and went to other shows and she is a very clever woman and she has joined as a breakdown writer, and I think she is going to assist in story meetings and things like that. And I like her very much. She a very nice woman and has a lot of good ideas — so hopefully it will all work out. She‘s one of those kinds of writers who goes back to the core of the show, so I think that she will come up with stuff, hopefully, for the core characters — which will be nice. I think that’s required at this point.” Slezak goes on to say she agrees that young characters are overrunning One Life. “It’s too much,” she says. Head over to erikaslezak.com to read more from soap legend.

I read that, and agree with what she said. I also thought it could be a bit self-serving, but teens are running (ruining) the show right now.

While I agree that all generations(teens included) need to be used, I've felt that their story was more interesting than the stuff the "core" characters have been given this year.

Besides, I think teens should be heavily used, but they gotta stop isolating them. The problem with these stories is that the teens are always always so isolated from everyone else, and the parents are used to prop them. Aside from the well done story of Matthew wanting to walk again(Which was mainly due to both sides having a relatable POV), this formula is tired and doesn't work.

They gotta use the teens/kids, but how about include them in stories WITH the adults where neither is there to prop the other but they both exist equally. That is sorely what is needed, balance.

Balance does not look good when the new head honcho at ABC was last running ABC family.

While I agree with ES, I wonder if she ever takes these concerns or opinions up with the admin. She tends to be very vocal in her newsletter, but seems hands-off the rest of the time.

these are the same people that came thisclose to letting her &robin go and are writing them in latest ridiculous s/l

^^^^Don't be so sure. I really don't think that most people care about the character's ages if the story is well written. I can't believe that if the show focused on Viki/Dorian, but wrote for them like this, that the ratings would improve. Give me well written teens over cartoonish 50+ any day. Besides, I think if all of the current teens were better utilized with the adults, people wouldn't mind so much.

I have to agree with her but I am glad they have slacked up on their s/l for awhile.

I agree that the show is too teen heavy. I'm hoping that the storylines get better with the new writer. This year has been pretty disappointing so far.

ABC Daytime has been stalking the teen demographic since the early 90s, and I haven't seen where it's improved productivity at all.

I agree with her but I also agree with you, Chris - that it's also self-serving. To be honest, the storylines I've seen for the vets the past couple of months ahve been far from appealing. I don't mind the teens but wish it were not so teen-heavy. I think Cole needs to go for sure and Starr needs to move on with James. The Teen musical was a total disaster as far as I was concerned but it did give me a week or two of vacation from OLTL, as I refused to watch. I think they need to break up Stale and move Starr on to James, write Cole off, and then let the focus shift from the teens, though I don't mind James. Would like to see a storyline with him but he's the only teen I'm really interested in. If Stale break up, I'll be more interested in Starr but as logn as she's with Cole, I have no interest in any of their scenes or a storyline with them. Pair Cole with Hannah and write them off.