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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 430893" data-attributes="member: 27">Until recently Josh Griffith had been sole Head Writer and Executive Producer, two jobs historically done by two separate people. About a month ago Y&R promoted Sally McDonald to co-Executive Producer, which hints that perhaps CBS wants someone else involved in day-to-day operations.  Soap Fandom was rocked (horrified!) to learn that former EP and all-around "Dragon Lady" Jill Farren Phelps had also been hired months earlier in a lower-level producer role.Of course it might be as simple as Griffith telling his bosses he needs someone else to help juggle all his duties, not the network or Sony ordering him to delegate major decisions to someone else.  If they wanted to facilitate major changes to the show's direction, they would have forced a Co-Head Writer on him rather than a Co-EP.</blockquote>