Blue Roses

Jax had his first line on Friday - he is so ugly. <.shudder> Bad hair color, bad hair style. It's that awful Caesar cut that even George Clooney couldn't really carry off. :(

This is much more interesting, and I know it's true:
"According to backstage sources, Maurice Benard was having a discussion with Executive Producer Jill Faren Phelps (probably the most disliked exec in daytime tv right now) recently about the upcoming direction of the Sonny-Carly-Angel storyline.

The way it was proposed, Sonny would develop feelings for Angel and right at that time, he would find out that Carly is late on her period not because she is pregnant, but because she has cancer.

The shakier rumor is (no validation on this one) that this was to provide an exit for Tamara Braun, complete with deathbed professions of love a-la Love Story, and Sonny battling AJ for custody of Michael.

As the rumors go, MB heard the plan, he told JFP that he wouldn't play it. She told him that if he didn't like it, he could leave and so he did. No big hoopla, no yelling, no tantrum. It was all very civilized. He went out and called Felicia Minei Behr, Senior Vice President of ABC Daytime Programming, who is based in New York and gave her the story. Jackie Zeman (Bobbie) was supposedly already threatening to not return to work unless things got better. FMB flew out to LA, and set up office there until the whole mess is straightened out. There was reportedly a meeting yesterday amongst those concerned.

Unfortunately, big changes on the GH set did not happen as a result of this confab. The story goes that all the tensions were glossed over at the meeting, MB worked yesterday and today with no problem. JFP is on "double secret probation" until January and ratings have to stay at a certain level or she's history.

This isn't what the JFP-haters on the internet wanted to hear, but it is certainly a bad sign when someone like MB tells TIIC that a storyline sucks so bad he won't do it. Add to that the snarky, sarcastic remarks made by cast members about the storylines--Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis) and Wally Kurth (Ned) for example--and GH appears to be a show teetering on the edge."

The show has been SO bad lately. Even Tony Geary can't make his stuff good. Total shame. So apparently JFP can't get fired until January, but she's most likely going to be a figurehead until then. Some rumors say that Bob Guza has already taken over. Time will tell. Meanwhile, MB has an out in his contract for January, and if his storyline stays so bad, I'm sure he'll leave. He does have contracted that he okays all storylines, and he already okayed one that will get him and Carly back together this fall. I hope so - I adore them together. Angel can't act a bit, but Tammy has talent. I hope ABC fixes GH soon.