Shake-Up Behind The Scenes At THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS: Josh Griffith Out As Head Writer. Shelly Altman & Jean Passanante Co-Head Writers (Updated)

According to Highlight Hollywood, after days of posting cryptic messages on his Facebook page, friends of THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS head writer Josh Griffith say that he's really disillusioned and wants to move on to more fulfilling things.

That would mean getting away from Jill Farren Phelps, who he hailed as Y&R’s savior when the two landed in their top perches at CBS TV City, after being such great allies at Sony’s HOLLYWOOD HEIGHTS.

“Josh [Griffith] was very uncaring and tacky when he did his interview with TV Guide soon after his former boss’s contract was not renewed, now it’s funny, he’s facing the same fate, and at the hands of the same woman, Jill Firing Phelps. He did not see it coming!

“Even though Josh is at work in the building today, he’s just a wreck. He’s previously had his door locked, and seemed as though he was having a breakdown, and Jill has been so uncaring, and telling everyone, she doesn't time to coddle people, and she is pressuring Sony execs to fire Griffith.”

Highlight Hollywood spoke with a Sony insider on Friday who reported Griffith "has less than 15-days left on his contract. He’s starting vacation with his family next week, and Sony would ideally like to let it look like his decision after a vacation that he’s ready to move on. They are in talks with several writers right now, because after he returns from his vacation, there are only 6 days left on his contract,” the Sony Pictures insider said.

'The Young and the Restless': Josh Griffith: Out, In, Now On His Way Out Again!

Sara A. Bibel has written a new blog about the Josh Griffith situation at THE YOUNG AND THE RESTELSS: "Apparently, Griffith voiced his displeasure with head writer Maria Bell’s stories to TPTB including the man who cuts his paycheck, Bill Bell Jr. At one point he wanted to quit, but then he reconsidered. It didn't make for a harmonious workplace. Finally, Bell Jr. decided to put everyone out of their misery by letting Griffith go. He has been informed and is still on the job until his contract expires in early September. The WGA did phone the show about the allegations that he was rewriting scripts, but that was not a major factor in his dismissal."

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Josh Griffith: 'We've Put Away The Ax For A While' at THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS

Josh's Griffith's work as new head writer of THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS begins airing next week. In a new interview with TV Guide Magazine he talks about picking up stories where they left off instead of a major reworking of the existing scripts. He also said replacing Lindsay Bushman with Hunter Hayley King as Summer and letting Jennifer Landon go as Heather were the final cast changes. "I think that's it right now. We've put away the ax for a while," Griffith said. He didn't define how long "for a while" meant. Christel Khalil is staying as Lily.

Below are some other interesting tidbits from the interview:

TV Guide Magazine: Did Sony have specific requests as to who got fired?
Griffith: No. They asked Jill and me where we wanted to go with the show. We told them which characters we felt would give us the most heat and which ones wouldn't, and they were fine with our choices. We were inclined to make even more cast cuts but both Sony and CBS wanted to be careful. They felt too much head-lobbing would not bode well for the way the fans see our tenure.

Anthony Morina and Josh Griffith Taking Over at 'The Young and the Restless'

Longtime soap opera director turned producer Anthony Morina is taking over the executive producer role at The Young and the Restless, while Josh Griffith will return for another stint as head writer. This follows the news earlier today that Mal Young is exiting his role as both executive producer and head writer.

Morina's daytime soap opera credits include directing at Santa Barbara, Generations, Sunset Beach, Guiding Light, Port Charles, General Hospital, All My Children and The Young and the Restless. He has been a producer at Y&R since 2007, and in the supervising producer role since 2008. He also produced and directed MTV's Spyder Games.

Griffith has been moving around from soap to soap since 1988. He has had two previous head writing stints at Y&R that were, like Young's, a mixed bag. If Morina and Griffith share a common vision for the iconic daytime drama, they have a chance to succeed. If not, more chaos and backstage turmoil will ensue. Stay tuned!

Sony's Steve Kent praised Griffith when he hired him as Y&R's head writer in 2012 (Griffith left a year later).

“We are happy to welcome Josh back to The Young and the Restless and are looking forward to his creative input and ideas.”

WATCH: First Episode of HOLLYWOOD HEIGHTS

As we reported last month, the first episode of HOLLYWOOD HEIGHTS would debut online on June 1. You can watch it below.


The first episode will debut on Nick-at-Nite on Monday, June 11 and will repeat every night through Friday. The following week, the regular weeknight airing of the show begins.

Josh Griffith Not Out at 'The Young and the Restless'?

SoapOperaDigest.com is reporting the following:

"Don't believe those rumors and Internet postings that Josh Griffith has been fired as Y&R's executive producer. According to a rep for the show, 'He's still here and still the executive producer.'"

Griffith was previously reported to have been fired from Y&R after rewriting Maria Arena Bell scripts.

Josh Griffith News Archive

Josh Griffith Joins 'The Young and the Restless' Production Team

Josh Griffith has been in and out of The Young and the Restless multiple times over the years. He is now back IN as the former executive producer and head writer has joined the production team of the top-rated daytime drama.

Griffith is author of the suspense thrillers "This Secret Town," "This Lonely Town," "The Lost Man" and "The Forgotten Place." He co-authored the novel "The Killing Club" with Michael Malone. His other credits include associate producer on the Francis Ford Coppola film Twixt, executive producer for the television series Angeles and Reyes & Rey, co-executive producer/head writer for Hollywood Heights, and co-creator of the Aaron Spelling soap opera Sunset Beach. He has served as executive producer and head writer on One Life To Live, The Young and The Restless and Days of our Lives. His work garnered him five Emmy Awards and four Writers Guild Awards.

Click here to read the numerous Josh Griffith headlines at We Love Soaps over the past 11 years.

Nick at Nite To Premiere HOLLYWOOD HEIGHTS On June 18, Weeknights At 9 p.m. ET/PT

Nick at Nite adds sizzle to summer weeknights with the debut of the original primetime drama Hollywood Heights on Monday, June 18, at 9p.m. (ET/PT). Adapted for a U.S. audience from the wildly popular Mexican telenovela ALCANZAR UNA ESTRELLA, HOLLYWOOD HEIGHTS follows the journey of a teenage girl whose life changes drastically when she becomes a star and wins the love of her rock and roll idol, and both are tested by setbacks, heartbreak and deception. The first season of the 80-episode series, co-produced with Televisa in association with Sony Pictures Television, will air weeknights at 9p.m. through October 2012.

SHAKE-UP: Sony Names Jill Farren Phelps Executive Producer & Josh Griffith Head Writer Of THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; Wishes Maria Bell Well

Jill Farren Phelps has been named Executive Producer of THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, and Josh Griffith joins the series as Head Writer, it was announced today by Steve Kent, Senior Executive Vice President, U.S. Programming at Sony Pictures Television.

“We are excited to have such a talented daytime veteran leading our team at Y&R, Jill has a stellar record of success in the daytime genre,” said Kent. “We are also happy to welcome Josh back to THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS and are looking forward to his creative input and ideas.”

“On behalf of everyone at Y&R we extend our sincere thanks to Emmy® Award-winning Maria Bell for her contributions to the show over the last five years. We wish her the best of luck and continued success,” he added.

Eric Braeden: 'Hire People Who Understand The Characters and Know the History of Y&R'

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS star Eric Braeden spoke with TV Guide Magazine about the recent shake-up on the show's writing team after head writer Josh Griffith resigned. When the news first broke, Braeden expressed his dismay in a response to a fan on Twitter: "I'm very pissed off!!! Enough said!!!"

"What I really wanted to say is that I don't like change," Braeden clarified in the TV Guide interview. "We had just gotten used to this new writing-producing regime at Y&R and suddenly there's another change, and I don't like it all! It's unsettling. So, yes, it pissed me off, though I was only responding to a fan. I had no idea my tweet would stir things up.

NEWS: Josh Griffith on Losing Y&R's Katherine Chancellor; Jeff Kwatinetz on First Seasons Of AMC/OLTL; Eileen Davidson On Why She Left DAYS

Y&R's exiting head writer Josh Griffith, previews the emotional on-air death of the late Jeanne Cooper's alter ego, Katherine Chancellor, in Soap Opera Digest
“It’s very overwhelming,” says Griffith. “Katherine is, in so many ways, the heart and soul of Genoa City. To learn that she’s gone is as devastating to them as it was to us when we lost Jeanne.”

Maiden season of Internet soap operas ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE yields vital lessons, says company co-founder Jeffrey Kwatinetz
“We have tackled more business, creative and logistical challenges than most shows experience in a lifetime of production,” said Prospect Park co-founder Jeffrey Kwatinetz.

Josh Griffith Out as 'Days of our Lives'! Ryan Quan Is New Co-Head Writer with Dena Higley

Josh Griffith joined NBC soap opera Days of our Lives in 2015 as part of a co-head writing team with Dena Higley. As of today, Griffith is out, according to Soap Opera Digest. He will be replaced by promoted 38-year-old staff writer Ryan Quan.

Quan graduated from UCLA in 1999 and started off his soap career by winning Procter & Gamble's writing contest for college students. Quan was the writers' assistant for Passions from 1999-2005 and served as the show's website coordinator from 2005-2007.

Quan joined Days as a writers' assistant in 2007 and wrote his first trial script for the show in September 2008. He joined the writing staff full-time in late 2009.

Did Days dump the right co-head writer? Do you think Higley and Quan will make a successful team? Weigh in below in our Comments section.

News Round-up: SECRET LIFE, Finke, Griffith, MTV

SECRET LIFE returns to strong ratings
The Season 2 launch of THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER was watched by 4.7 million viewers, making it the ABC Family series' most-watched episode to date. MAKE IT OR BREAK IT It held onto 2.5 million of that audience.

MMC acquires Nikki Finke blog
Digital media firm Mail.com Media Corp. said Tuesday it has acquired Nikki Finke's DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com industry blog. The company also already owns HollywoodLife.com, Movieline.com and OnCars.com. Financial details weren't disclosed.

MMC said it will distribute Finke's content across its digital media network. "Her DeadlineHollyoodDaily.com can continue to extend its reach and influence and finally have the web platform it deserves," said Jay Penske, founder, chairman and CEO of MMC.

Former Y&R Exec Josh Griffith Lands Trial Writing Deal With GENERAL HOSPITAL
According to Jamey Giddens at Daytime Confidential, "Word is veteran producer/scribe Josh Griffith, who co-created the late Aaron Spelling's short-lived NBC guilty pleasure soap SUNSET BEACH with current GH head writer Bob Guza, has been offered a trial script writing deal with the ABC sudser."

DAYS bumped again, will re-air overnight
DAYS fans in Eastern Carolina can set their alarm, or set their DVR to record and catch the entire episode of DAYS OF OUR LIVES that was joined in progress by NBC on Tuesday. This is the second day in a row that Days was bumped by special programming. On Monday the final round of the U.S. Open ran over the 1:00 hour and forced NBC to join the soap in progress about half way through the show.

One Lesbian Reason... to see Year One
Trish Bendix writes: "[Eden] Riegel plays Lilith, the gay daughter of Adam and Eve, who will not 'lay' with Jack Black's character because she is into the fairer sex. (See, disbelievers? Women have wanted to lay with other women since the beginning of time.) It's a pretty short scene, so don't get too excited about it if you're a huge Riegel fan."

MTV Networks Drops the Axe
MTV Networks is axing around 75 staff Tuesday, executives at the company confirmed. The cuts mainly affect mid-level executives in the program development department, digital division and scheduling at the company's music and logo group which houses channels including MTV, VH1 and Logo.

MySpace to cut two-thirds of international work force
MySpace, the social networking website owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, said on Tuesday it plans to cut about two-thirds of its international workforce and close at least four of its offices outside the U.S. The proposed restructuring plan would reduce MySpace's international staff to about 150 people from 450, the company said in a statement. The planned cuts come on top of MySpace's announcement last week that it was reducing its U.S. staff by about 30% to 1,000 people, saying its staffing levels were "bloated" and had hurt its ability to be efficient and nimble.

Dear Rafe: A Few Things For You To Consider
Lana M. Nieves writes a letter to GUIDING LIGHT's Rafe: "You're not a kid, anymore, though. What I'd really like to give you is an ass-whooping, but I'll settle for giving you a talking to."

NEWS ROUNDUP: Valentini on JaSam versus Liaison; Violent TV Disrupts Kids' Sleep; Plus, Josh Griffith, TV's Highest Paid Stars, Jody Latham

Frank Valentini and Steve Burton on Jason with Elizabeth versus Sam (and Sam with Jason versus John)
"Yes, we're obviously exploring that... Becky and Steve are just magnetic," Valentini told AccessHollywood.com. "And it's a different kind of love, it's a friendship love, it's an eternal love. It has so many prongs to it that's interesting for the writers to write. And also, on the flip side, Jason and Sam have the same kind of thing -- their love is a little bit more on fire."

NEWS: Josh Griffith, Max Ehrich, Serayah, Betty White, Nicholas Brendon, Smelly Cat and More

Days of our Lives head writer Josh Griffith previews what he Dena Higley have planned for Salem
“What we wanted to see was a show that was very heavy on romance, mystery, suspense and action, which I think is what is iconic about Days,” Griffith says. “It’s been a show that really could do mystery, action and love stories better than anybody else. We really wanted to make it an incredibly exciting, suspenseful, romantic place to be for an hour a day.”

The Young and the Restless moving from 4 p.m. to 11 a.m. in St. Louis
Y&R changes time slots in St. Louis on Monday, September 14, to make way for a new early evening newscast.

The Young and the Restless and Under the Dome star Max Ehrich part of "it" couple with Veronica Dunne
"He’s been so passionate, even sometimes more passionate about stuff like the show," Dunne says of Ehrich, who recurs as Fen on Y&R. "He’ll be like, ‘Do you know what I’m doing tonight? Do you know what I’m doing this weekend?’ and I’m like, ‘what?’ and he’s like, ‘Watching K.C. Undercover!'"

Empire promotes Serayah to series regular for Season 2
The actress, who also is a singer and dancer, plays Tiana Brown, an R&B-pop artist signed to Empire Entertainment, who is managed by Cookie Lyon (Taraji P. Henson). Tiana began a relationship with Hakeem Lyon (Bryshere Y. Gray) though the two later broke up after discovering that she had an affair with another woman.

The Carol Burnett Show’s lost episodes are finally available on DVD
A new DVD set comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by Burnett herself.

Roots remake recruits Malachi Kirby for Kunta Kinte role
The special event series will follow the story of Kinte and his family as they struggle over several generations to survive as African slaves in the United States. Roots will be a remake of the novel-based series which first aired on ABC in 1977; it later earned 37 Emmy nominations and nine wins.

10 years later: How fictional TV shows tackled post-Katrina New Orleans
HBO’s Tremé did the best to capture life in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, but many shows based in The Big Easy have failed to focus on the underlying issues that were uncovered from the 2005 tragedy.

Bones recruits Betty White as a squintern
White will guest as Dr. Beth Mayer, who will assist in a fantasy football-related murder.

BBC greenlights Motown musical miniseries Stop! In the Name of Love
Berry Gordy Jr.’s record label will be incorporated into this six-part limited series about six 30-something contemporary women in England.

Steve McQueen’s upcoming BBC miniseries is set in a West Indian community in London
The 12 Years a Slave director is helming a project that he’s calling “passionate, personal and unique. They are testimony to the truth of real lives and urgently need to be told.”

Report: Terrence Howard’s Empire role is being scaled back due to his real-life divorce drama
A source tells Page Six: "They have him locked up so you won’t be seeing him in as many scenes. But they are bringing in so many, and I mean so many, guest stars and cameos that the average viewer won’t realize it because there is so much going on.”

Kurt Sutter is developing a Sons of Anarchy Mayans spinoff
According to The Hollywood Reporter, "it’s still early in the development process,” but the Sons of Anarchy spinoff would be made for FX, focusing on the Mayans Motorcycle Club.

Hemlock Grove’s final season drops on October 10
The Eli Roth Netflix gothic horror series is going out with its third season.

Buffy’s Nicholas Brendon walks off Dr. Phil
Brendon explains how uncomfortable he felt on the Dr. Phil show’s hot seat: “When I was in that seat, I felt that Dr. Phil went for the jugular, talking about some of my recent mistakes, with no build up. I felt that he wanted me to lay the darkest parts of myself on national TV right from the start, and I’m not willing to do that.”

The Daily Show Gets Ready to Go Viral
Comedy Central announced on Thursday that it has hired Baratunde Thurston, the author (“How to Be Black”), humorist and social activist, as a supervising producer at The Daily Show to oversee the digital content it will create under the incoming host Trevor Noah. “There’s more to what The Daily Show can make than what people have seen,” Thurston said. “This is a 21-and-a-half-minute show that airs on a box in your house, and it can also be a great experience on these other platforms.”

American Horror Story mulling 2 seasons in 1 year
Ryan Murphy says there’s talk of a season in the fall and another in the spring.

Homeland releases its official Season 5 trailer
Can Carrie Mathison successfully leave the CIA behind?

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NEWS ROUNDUP: Jill Farren Phelps, Kay Alden, Max Page, Tom Cullen, Shirley MacLaine

Y&R executive producer Jill Farren Phelps "pleased" with Josh Griffith's writing
"I’ve been pleased with the response to Josh’s [Griffith] writing, to the new characters, to the new actors on the show, to Steve Burton’s [Dylan] entrance, and to their commitment [to the show.] We are playing the core characters. We are building story around the core characters and we are bringing in these other young new people in support of them."

Max Page returning to THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
age underwent open heart surgery last summer, but was soon on the mend, and now will be making another appearance on THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS as J.T. and Victoria's son, Reed. The tyke has been living in Washington DC with J.T. and Mac, but on March 18 will be back in Genoa City to join his mom at Victor and Nikki's nuptials.

A Map of Television Show Locations in America
Graphic artist and physicist James Chapman has designed a detailed poster titled “AMERICA:the home of television” which is a map of television show locations in the United States.

How writer Kay Alden turned a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity into a successful career in daytime television
Bill Bell said, "Write for the ear, not for the eye." And then it clicked. Even now, I tell my writers, "Read your material out loud." Because if you can't say it, an actor can't say it.

J.R. Ewing getting proper sendoff
"For me, personally, it should be an event," Linda Gray said in an interview this week from the Texas city that made her famous.
"It shouldn't be just another show. I told (the writers), I said: 'Look, make this not just another episode. Make it longer, make it more meaningful, make it matter to Larry and I think people would respect that.'"

Tom Cullen joins the cast of DOWNTON ABBEY
[SPOILER ALERT] Cullen will play Lord Gillingham, an old family friend of the Crawleys who has known Lady Mary since childhood.

Shirley MacLaine Returning To DOWNTON ABBEY, 6 New Cast Members Join
MacLaine will be returning to Downton Abbey next season as Martha Levinson and six new cast members will be joining the show as well, Carnival Films and Masterpiece on PBS announced over the weekend.
Opera star Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is joining the cast as a guest who sings in the house, as confirmed last night among three other new cast members including Tom Cullen who will play Lord Gillingham, an old family friend of the Crawleys who visits as a guest for a house party. Plus Dame Harriet Walter arrives as Lady Shackleton, an old friend of the Dowager played by Maggie Smith and Julien Ovendon comes aboard as aristocrat Charles Blake. Additions revealed in this morning’s announcement were Nigel Harman who joins the household as Green, a valet, and Joanne David who has a guest role as the Duchess of Yeovil.

RED WIDOW debuts with soft ratings
The crime family drama soap, which scored less than a 50 out of 100 among TV reviewers on Metacritic, launched to 6.8 million viewers and a 1.4 rating among adults 18-49. That’s 36 percent lower than the debut of ABC’s short-lived GCB in this slot last year.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL's John McCook on Eric and Taylor's romance: 'We have to sit back and watch'
Right now, people who are looking at it from a negative point of view are calling this his rebound. "It doesn't mean anything." Then on the other side, they're saying it's not real for Taylor, either. "She's just being manipulative and trying to get the business for her family." We have to sit back and watch. We don't know what the end game is for Eric and Taylor, if there is one. Are they going to get married in a year? Or next week?

Cady McClain shares her thoughts on Michael E.Knight: 'He's doing what he needs to do'
Watch a video of McClain commenting on Knight below:

Nick at Nite To Air 80-Episode Daily Telenovela; Exec Producers Jill Farren Phelps & Hisham Abed, Head Writer Josh Griffith

The Year of the Soap continues with the annoucement of another new serialized show. REACH FOR A STAR (UPDATE: The show is now known as HOLLYWOOD HEIGHTS) is an 80-episode daily series co-executive produced by six-time Emmy Award-winner Jill Farren Phelps (most recently GENERAL HOSPITAL) and Hisham Abed (THE HILLS; THE CITY). Read the press release from Nickelodeon below:

Nickelodeon, in partnership with Televisa, has ordered 80 episodes of a groundbreaking, original one-hour U.S. adaptation of the popular Mexican telenovela, REACH FOR A STAR (Alcanzar una Estrella) for Nick at Nite, it was announced today by Cyma Zarghami, President of Viacom’s Nickelodeon Group; and Jose Bastón President of Television and Content from Televisa. The first telenovela ever adapted for the U.S. audience, REACH FOR A STAR is a single-camera, daily series following a teenage girl whose life changes completely when she becomes a star and wins the love of her teen idol. REACH FOR A STAR will be produced in association with Sony Pictures Television and is set to premiere later this year on Nickelodeon’s nighttime block for families--Nick at Nite. Production begins in March in Los Angeles, Calif.

Cyberbully Story Kicks Off Monday On THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS is kicking off a cyberbullying story on Monday featuring Summer (Hunter King). CBS plans to air a series of anti-bullying PSAs to accompany the story which will develop over the next few months. Head writer Josh Griffith previewed the story for TV Guide Magazine.

Don't mess with Summer Newman. On Monday, Nov. 5, CBS' The Young and the Restless kicks off a cyberbully story featuring the gorgeous but troubled teen played by Hunter King.

Mal Young Being Replaced at 'The Young and the Restless' (Updated)

According to an online report, The Young and the Restless head writer and executive producer Mal Young has been fired and replaced by Josh Griffith.

Young, best known for his work on British soap opera EastEnders, had a mixed record at Y&R. Despite some wonderful moments and episodes, Young's Y&R was never consistently entertaining, and he often repeated mistakes made by producers of many past canceled soaps. The addition of the rather boring Rosales family this year made some fans complain they were replacing beloved vets like Doug Davidson, who was taken off contract after decades of playing Paul Williams.

Longtime star Eric Braeden (Victor Newman) got dragged into the discussion after speaking out. He tweeted the following on Sunday: "To those who are dying to start shit with me, go for it!! But don’t you dare accuse me of 'racist' attitude when I have spent my lifetime going against that evil, looong before it was 'politically correct!' I am, however, against arbitrary intros of characters!!"

While some of Young's intentions seem good, the execution has been mediocre at best.

Despite all this, Y&R just celebrated 30 years as the top-rated daytime soap opera. To be fair, that milestone was a tribute to the legacy creator William J. Bell established than anything Young produced.

Young's exit has not yet been confirmed by CBS or production company Sony.

UPDATE:
Mal Young confirmed his exit as Y&R's executive producer/head writer to Showbiz411's Roger Friedman. In the statement at showbiz411.com, Young said, "Just arrived in London for the holidays. I felt like it was a good time to move on. Never a good idea to get too settled on a long running soap and I achieved all that I and CBS set out to do: improved scripts and production values. I have a project of my own that I’ve been developing and want to pursue that now. Plus running a show like this is all consuming and want to get a bit of my life back – and see my family occasionally!"

Friedman weighed in with his own strong opinion: "Fans should not put all the blame for what’s happened at this show on Young. He had to report to people who dictated quite a bit to him. The real failure still lies with Head of Daytime Angelica McDaniel."

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OUT: Y&R's Josh Griffith

Nelson Branco has updated the latest TV Guide Canada "Suds Report" with the news of Ed Scott's dismissal from DAYS OF OUR LIVES and Josh Griffith being let go from THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS.

Check out the scoop here.