‘Young and the Restless’ Boss Fires Entire Breakdown Writing Staff, Says He’ll Do Their Jobs | Exclusive

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The move comes just before WGA negotiations, as well as the series celebrating its 50th anniversary

The cast of "The Young and the Restless" gather for a 50th anniversary photo shoot.
The cast of "The Young and the Restless" gather for a 50th anniversary photo shoot.

Sally Spectra’s brutal firing from the fictional Newman Media may be nothing compared to the real-life pink slips just handed out in the writing department at CBS’s top-rated daytime drama “The Young and the Restless.”

Co-executive producer and head writer Josh Griffith has sacked all five writers that comprised the show’s breakdown writing staff, multiple individuals with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap.

According to one insider, Griffith said eliminating the breakdown writing staff — those writers responsible for mapping out story lines across multiple episodes — is a cost-cutting move, and that he will take on the task of writing breakdowns himself.

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