Big news out of All My Children -- Lorraine Broderick has been named the new head writer. She'll be succeeding David Kreizman and Donna Swajeski, who are no longer with the show.
Lorraine has a long history with All My Children. She first joined the show in 1979, under the guidance of the show's creator, Agnes Nixon. In 1987, she was promoted to head writer, a post she served at for a few years. After some time away from AMC, she returned in 1995 and was head writer for two years (penning such stories as Erica's addiction to pills. Remember that?). In 2009, she returned to AMC as associated head writer.
Ms. Broderick's additional credits include head writing gigs at One Life to Live, As The World Turns, and Guiding Light. She's also served on the writing teams at Days of our Lives and Port Charles. She's a four-time Emmy award winner.
What sort of stories do you hope Lorraine writes?
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Please respect the history and character of the core families. Please use the underused actors and couples more! Give them a chance to shine.
I especially want Frankie and Randi to get some good character development and airtime. I'm sick of them being used as props! They're worthwhile characters! Invest in them!
Their airtime shouldn't be contengent on any other character. Their fans, like me have waited long enough!
Please give Frankie and Randi the family they were denied in '09! Heck, Jesse and Angie could look forward to being grandparents too.
New writer for AMC - she is not new!! OMG, the show is getting progressively worse, get rid of it ALREADY!
I wish they'd get rid of Kwak. She isn't needed on this show except to kidnap other people'sbabies and then pretend she is holier than thou., The idea of her with Jack, Miranda's uncle . makes me sick. It needs to be Jerica and Jerica only
Please don't make Kendall so dependent on men! She does not *need* a man to survive, she can work fine just on her own. Portray her as the spitfire cosmetics corporation mogul with two kids, struggling to get over her husbands death but getting better at it everyday. Explore the more devious/bitchy side of Kendall, as well as the fun side to. Delve more into her friendships with people like Madison, Cara, Tad, & JR (PLEASE let her & JR interact again! They used to be best friends! Repair their relationship. Jacob Young & Alicia Minshew used to be FIRE together and still can be).
Kendall and Griffin are ok, I'm warming up to them, but nothing serious should happen with them anytime soon. Keep them as good friends. Kendall is nowhere near ready to move on with someone. For now just explore the other parts of her life. Family, Friends, work, etc.
Just please no more of the poor me, always in peril Kendall! We have had enough of that! Write Kendall as the strong, intelligent person we all know she can be! *crosses fingers*
The return of the Head Writer from years ago will hopefully breathe new life into AMC and make the storylines more plausible; the new storylines are boring and ridiculous. I am glad Scott and Marissa were recast. Now they need to get rid of Cara, Griffin and Ricky. We would all love to have Zack come back. I am appalled with the Angie/Jesse story. There is no reason for it to have taken this turn. Jesse has always had integrity and lately he has been making decisions to protect his family that are not in his character. Although I did not care for Annie, she did spice things up with her craziness. Madison, Ryan, Greenlee, Emma... boring!! Come on AMC....give us some excitement, romance and thrills!!
Get rid of Cara. This actress is not very good. I don't care for her acting or the storyline. The storyline with Angie and Jessie is getting a bit phony too. If she calls Jessie baby one more time I think I'll puke.
Question about Ryan.....I know he had a vasectomy...I remember the appointments for the reversal operation.....
Being that Madison is pregnant.....it was sucessfull....
There was something going on at the time he changed his mind, (once again), and I thought he didn't finish the procedure...Does anyone remember the details to clue me in.
I agree...Krystal is not in the league of the Kane women.
We have waited too long for Erica and Jack to unite (for more than a week). I don't care who Caleb is...he is not Erica material....if he kidnaps her and take her to Kansas to live with munkins and scarecrows......I still wouldn't see Erica being attracted to Caleb......at all. Period.
BIG mistake AMC if you try to make those two work.....
Nice post Mando 1938'!
I want to see more multi-layered stories for David too!
However I disagree about how you're characterizing the Hubbards. They usual operate from love not revenge like David.
Jesse was trying to protect Randi after she was nearly raped by Madison's serial cheating, blackmailing husband! Madison murdered Henry and tried to profit from it and torment Randi at the same time. Madison's harassment, resulted in Randi's miscarriage!
One of the things I hope LB changes is the blatantly propping of Madison. The Madison character doesn't deserve all the extensive airtime and sympathetic writing. In fact, the only saving grace for this wreak of a character is her friendship with Scott.
Otherwise, Murderer Madison needs to be portrayed as the villian or at the very least, as seriously flawed.
Heck, I detest Rylee, but Greenlee doesn't owe Madison anything. Madison chose to get involved with an emotionally unavailable man. And, Madison walked away.
Mando 1938--Nice post!
I agree. The constant David hate is overkill! I want to see more multi-layered David stories too.
However, I think your post is alittle too tough on my Hubbards. David usually attacks due to revenge. The Hubbards are usually working from a love of their family.
In the case of Madison's murder victim Henry North, Randi was the true victim. She only hit Henry after he tried to rape her. She was also blackmailed into going to DC in the first place. Madison killed him while he was helpless on the floor asking for help. Then, she tried to profit from the insurance money and blackmailing the Hubbards.
Madison knew her her husband was a serial cheater. She also knew Randi was nearly raped by Henry. And, she decided to torment Randi and the Hubbards willfully. Her harassment, resulted in Randi having a miscarriage.
I hope LB will stop the blatantly attempt to prop Murderer Madison. She should be portrayed as the villian she is or at the very least, believeably flawed. She shouldn't be getting all the airtime and the sympathetic writing. It's TOTALLY UNFAIR to my Hubbards (Her original victims.) and vet character Greenlee! After all, Greenlee doesn't owe her anything. And, I detest Rylee, but Madison willfully walked away from Ryan.
At this point, the only saving fate for Madison is her friendship with Scott. Otherwise, I wouldn't watch Madison at all!