In May 2006, ABC Daytime was enlarged with the addition of Soapnet and ABC Media Productions. 'They have left us no other option but to file arbitrations to ensure that our members will be afforded their rights outlined under this agreement.' are clearly violating this agreement,' said Ira Cure, senior counsel for the Writers Guild of America, East, in a statement. 'The strike-termination agreement does not allow the retention of replacement writers in lieu of allowing striking writers to return to their jobs.

The Writers Guild of America East filed arbitration suits against ABC Daytime, claiming that they violated the strike-termination agreement by retaining replacement writers (those who choose Financial Core Status) who filled in during the strike (including Frons) on All My Children instead of bringing back the writers who had been on strike.The show also faced opposition to a story of a transgender character in 2006. When Megan McTavish returned as Head Writer of All My Children in July 2003, she faced criticism for a story that depicted the rape of a lesbian character, Bianca Montgomery.

( August 2017)īrian Frons became president of ABC Daytime in 2002.

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