Former Passions Exec Producer Lisa de Cazotte To Helm Second Season Of GH: Night Shift?
The message boards are a flutter with rumors that the second installment of SoapNet's hit General Hospital spin off General Hosptial: Night Shift will be helmed by Liza de Cazotte, former executive producer of Passions. Allegedly Jill Farren Phelps, Bob Guza and Co. have been having to work double time to get the mothership back in shape following the mismatched writing during the Writers' Strike, so they don't have time to produce and pen a second chapter of Night Shift.
de Cazotte (formerly Hesser) has been with Passions since its 1999 premiere. According to Wikipedia, she began her soap career as an intern for One Life to Live in 1983, before going on to produce for that soap, as well as Santa Barbara, All My Children and Sunset Beach, before joining James E. Reilly at the helm of the quirky Passions.
It's no secret that I wasn't a big fan of Passions, but the show definitely knew how to inspire cult loyalty and it entertained the heck out of my grandparents during their last few years on Earth, not to mention my tween and teenage cousins, so for that it always had a soft place in my heart, if not a spot on my DVR.
I'm just glad to hear (although unofficially) that Night Shift is coming back. I LOVED the first season and didn't get caught up in all the "oh it doesn't match up with GH" business. Anyone who ever watched a spin off show, from Knots Landing, to A Different World, knows it is notoriously hard for two shows to stay on the same page all the time. Plus, I can't imagine having to pen two series at once. Night Shift was sexy, funny, entertaining and had the best music I'd heard on soaps in years (no offense B5), so I can only hope de Cazotte can make Season 2 as enjoyable as the Season 1 was.
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2 January 2008
17 weeks 6 days
jamey its lisa not liza.I know daytime confidential and co werent big passions fans.But i have to say i loved that show the wackyness was what kept me tuning in.By the way i heard the dig at james reilly and luke commenting on how he screwed days up.Doesnt anyone remember when he came back with the ss storyline the rating was up to . 4.0 rating
22 January 2008
49 min 54 sec
Gush both Wikipedia and the soap mags refer to her as Lisa and so does the Passions official website on NBC.com.
27 March 2008
4 years 10 weeks
I don't have SoapNet, but everything I read about the first season of Night Shift convinced me that I should be thankful for that. I didn't hear one good thing about it from people whose opinions I usually agree with.
I have ZERO interest in a second season.
18 November 2007
1 year 44 weeks
ah I would love a second season I actually LOVED it.
2 January 2008
20 weeks 2 days
I'd love to see another season, hopefully WITH Liason as an actual couple this time.
And if it's a way to get Jason Thompson to stick around, then even better.
Would love to see Mac, Anna, Robert & Noah on there as well (I know Rick S. tours on the weekends, but he is recording these days).
And we'd need Diane & her BFF Alexis as well as Spixie.
Maybe Cody will be out of jail by then too.
I didn't have Soapnet but you could see it for free on Soapnet...through the Soapnet website.
The link I had doesn't work anymore, maybe because Soapnet revamped their website.
It was worth watching.
12 February 2008
17 hours 52 min
I never got around to watching it, but kept up through SOD. I'm glad, though, because I would have hated the inconsistencies.
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