Exclusive: Eric Braeden talds about controversial exit as Victor Newmon on Young and the Restless

4 Comments

1. JohnRJ08
   Posted October 8, 2009 at 3:32 pm | Permalink

   I feel badly for actors like Braeden who are being forced out of the business by being offered slave wages. If Ken Howard and the new Screen Actors Guild gets their way, the quality of entertainment in the U.S. is going continue to deteriorate. More cheap productions, such as reality television, which are highly profitable to producers and networks, will take over the airwaves. In the near future, actors will no longer receive residuals and more productions will take place outside the U.S. Once the middle class of the actors union is destroyed, many of the recognizable actors, such as Braeden, will be driven from the business. It is a sad state of affairs which has been facilitated by the inability of the AFTRA and SAG members to collectively bargain with studios and producers.

2. JohnRJ08
   Posted October 8, 2009 at 3:33 pm | Permalink

   I feel badly for actors like Braeden who are being forced out of the business by being offered slave wages. Basically, Braeden has no effective union to back him up. If Ken Howard and the new Screen Actors Guild gets their way, the quality of entertainment in the U.S. is going continue to deteriorate. More cheap productions, such as reality television, which are highly profitable to producers and networks, will take over the airwaves. In the near future, actors will no longer receive residuals and more productions will take place outside the U.S. Once the middle class of the actors union is destroyed, many of the recognizable actors, such as Braeden, will be driven from the business. It is a sad state of affairs which has been facilitated by the inability of the AFTRA and SAG members to collectively bargain with studios and producers.

3. Tianna Cohen-Paul
   Posted October 8, 2009 at 9:51 pm | Permalink

   This corporate espionage and culture has tainted the world of entertainment. It is tragic to see a talent like Braeden who is synonymous with Y&R’s legacy be dissolved as if they are oblivious to his intrinsic worth. I am a 2nd generation devotee to Y&R it has me befuddled how this could happen. Y& R might as well close shop because I am not alone when I say ramification for this action will surely supersede the egos of the powers at be when rating depletes beyond what his salary will afford them. What an impractical solution to a temporary financial quandary ….Ridiculously SAD!

4. Gail Sauls
   Posted October 9, 2009 at 4:08 am | Permalink

   If Eric Braden goes so goes the show. I will not watch after Mr. Breaden leaves. Mr. Braden IS Victor Newman …he IS The Young and the Restless…without this OUTSTANDING actor they may as well cancel this show as it won’t last long.