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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 30695" data-attributes="member: 27">&quot;Oscar Jessup&quot; =/= Olivia Jerome?&nbsp; I read a speculative article online and thought it might be...interesting.Now that the Prospect Park lawsuit has been dismissed, I started thinking about Todd Manning.&nbsp; When we saw him last, he was the owner of Crimson and the Port Charles Press (which he re-named The Sun like his Llanview tabloid).&nbsp; He was fresh off that baby switch where he took baby Danny from Sam and gave her to Tea Delgado (his OLTL ex-wife), then was forced to give him back.&nbsp; He also had a pretty hot-and-heavy involvement with Carly.&nbsp; When PP forced the show to write out Todd, Starr, and McBain, Todd simply left town and sold the newspaper and magazine in absentia to newcomer &quot;Derek Wells&quot; (Julian).Perhaps Franco has suddenly gotten so bizarre (men in cages, etc.) because the show has an option that just opened up: bring back Todd Manning!&nbsp; They can write Franco into a crazy corner, get some mileage off Days-like plots, then get rid of him--knowing they can just have Todd Manning return and have ready-made plotlines waiting for him.&nbsp; The show had to try making Franco work because the network wanted them to keep Roger Howarth on staff, but it would be much easier writing for Todd than writing for a damaged character like Franco.&nbsp; He could plot to get his media properties back from Julian, perhaps be a spoiler in Sonny/Carly&#039;s problems, and be yet another person for Sam and Jason to hate on.&nbsp; If the Carly/Todd thing isn&#039;t in the cards, then maybe he could get involved with his Crimson editor, Nina? Whether the two actors get along or not, I liked their on-screen chemistry. Writing Franco in full-on crazy mode for the holidays might get them a ratings bump, and then bringing back Todd (with a better haircut, hopefully) in February Sweeps might get another one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 30695, member: 27"] "Oscar Jessup" =/= Olivia Jerome? I read a speculative article online and thought it might be...interesting. Now that the Prospect Park lawsuit has been dismissed, I started thinking about Todd Manning. When we saw him last, he was the owner of [I]Crimson[/I] and the [I]Port Charles Press ([/I]which he re-named [I]The Sun [/I]like his Llanview tabloid). He was fresh off that baby switch where he took baby Danny from Sam and gave her to Tea Delgado (his OLTL ex-wife), then was forced to give him back. He also had a pretty hot-and-heavy involvement with Carly. When PP forced the show to write out Todd, Starr, and McBain, Todd simply left town and sold the newspaper and magazine[I] in absentia[/I] to newcomer "Derek Wells" (Julian). Perhaps Franco has suddenly gotten so bizarre (men in cages, etc.) because the show has an option that just opened up: bring back Todd Manning! They can write Franco into a crazy corner, get some mileage off Days-like plots, then get rid of him--knowing they can just have Todd Manning return and have ready-made plotlines waiting for him. The show had to try making Franco work because the network wanted them to keep Roger Howarth on staff, but it would be much easier writing for Todd than writing for a damaged character like Franco. He could plot to get his media properties back from Julian, perhaps be a spoiler in Sonny/Carly's problems, and be yet another person for Sam and Jason to hate on. If the Carly/Todd thing isn't in the cards, then maybe he could get involved with his [I]Crimson[/I] editor, Nina? Whether the two actors get along or not, I liked their on-screen chemistry. Writing Franco in full-on crazy mode for the holidays might get them a ratings bump, and then bringing back Todd (with a better haircut, hopefully) in February Sweeps might get another one. [/QUOTE]

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