Hate to be the wet blanket (it's a talent of sorts) but why do I think this means Frons is paying closer attention to OLTL and it's only a matter of time before he sticks his grubby little fingers somewhere they don't belong?

DavidEvanSmith I love both your ideas... and esp the idea of bringing back the Sanders siblings or Sophia Pellegrino! I wish you'd write for the show

Another idea: if Michael and Marcie end up with custody of Starr and Cole's baby, the new family could move to a new location - say, Philadelphia - and be the centerpiece of a new show revolving around young, married couples.

I had this same idea when I read the topic of this thread. Great minds think alike

I like the Moe/Noelle Texas idea. They could also throw Chuck into the mix. The show basically has a second local already populted that would work for a spinoff.

It should be good since ONE LIFE is awesome these days.

Hate to be the wet blanket (it's a talent of sorts) but why do I think this means Frons is paying closer attention to OLTL and it's only a matter of time before he sticks his grubby little fingers somewhere they don't belong?

My thoughts too, rhinohide!!! And scary thoughts they are indeed!!!

I like it the way it is...Fronsie leaving my show ALONE!

(Did you catch the pics of him on some of the 40th anniversary links around...he was there with is son.Yikes.)

As far as a spin off...please- NO MORE crime shows....I like the newspaper idea.

I'd love the idea as long as it didn't center around John McBain, I think I'd watch it for sure.

I like the Paris, TX idea. You've got Noelle, Moe, Chuck and you could add characters like the Mayor of Paris and his spoiled daughter who has to work as a waitress after getting in trouble. You could have characters pop in like Alex Olanov.

I loathe the Pie People and their cornpone antics, so I hope they don't go that route. I'd prefer the Tina/Cord angle, maybe setting it in London with the BE contingent of Cord, Kevin and Joey.

Here's my two best ideas:

LIFE BEYOND LLANVIEW

Regular Cast: Tina, Cain, David Vickers the Dog

Semi-Regular Cast: Sarah, CJ

Financial Angle: Cheap to produce, using little studio time as most scenes shot on location as Tina and Cain travel the country seeking money and power. Small regular cast, minimal need for continuity with OLTL.

Premise: Spin Tina and Cain into their own series, where it follows their adventures and exploits in their efforts to strike it rich. Along the way, they run into people they've wronged in the past who keep foiling their plans in the present (this dethroning by Carlo Hesser being the first in a trend for the hapless duo). Other past enemies who come into play: True love Cord Roberts, Pamela Stuart (Tina convinced Pamela to con Asa into marriage), Con man ex-husband David Vickers, Evangelist ex-wife of Cain's -- Angela Holliday (now running the Tabernacle of Hope), Jill Larson back as Ursula Blackwell, an embittered Kate Sanders played by Marcia Cross (!) working with Jamie Sanders (another Tina arch-enemy), Tonja Walker as Alex Olanov, James DePaiva as Max Holden (friend or foe?), Kassie DePaiva's Blair, Robert S. Woods as Patrick London ("Faux Bo") not-so-dead after all!, perhaps Karen Witter or Krista Tesreau in new supporting roles...

Of course Justis Bolding could hold a supporting role as Sarah keeps getting sucked into her mother's schemes, willingly or unwillingly, and they could cast a hunky young actor as a grown CJ, kicked out of the military because they discovered he was gay. Guest appearances by Erika Slezak, Jerry verDorn, Melissa Archer, Bree Williamson, Robin Strasser.

Future Potential: Could return any of the guest stars to the regular OLTL series, and could establish CJ Roberts to be absorbed into the regular OLTL. CJ could have served in battle with Brody Lovett as well. The series could lead Tina and Cain back to Llanview by the finale, or leave it open-ended to do a second season on location if the show proved popular.

LLANVIEW PD

Regular Cast: Bo, Rex, John, Talia, Antonio, Michael, Marcie, Sophia, Carlo

Financial Angle: Costs kept down because of using the same LPD sets and going on location for crime scenes and investigations. Minimal need for continuity with main OLTL because this would focus on the characters' work lives, and only needs casual mention of the personal issues taking place on OLTL. Spotlights OLTL "stars" like Bo, Rex, John, and Antonio, much like GH: Night Shift spotlighted Robin, Patrick, and Jason.

Premise: In this crime melodrama, Bo resumes his job as Police Commissioner (Ramsey IS dead, after all), and the series follows the exploits of the Llanview Police Department, featuring Antonio, John, and Talia. Carlo Hesser could lead as the main villain that most crimes and criminals will lead back to, culminating in a tense standoff between Carlo and daughter Talia. Other opportunities would be a case that takes Antonio to another city, where he runs into ex-wife Andy Harrison (Max's sister), who is working the case in her current hometown. Charissa Cree Chamorro could return as Sophia Pellegrino, who returned to active duty on the force after recovering from her back injury (that took her off OLTL years ago). Michael McBain can consult on autopsies as Medical Examiner. Maybe Marcie can return to her work as receptionist at the police station. John and Michael are stunned when a nightclub in Atlantic City links their mother Eve McBain (who dated Bo, didn't she?) to murder. We learn Eve had an affair with Carlo Hesser at one point during her marriage and Michael may be a Hesser. (John and Talia would share a brother!) Rex also featured working as a private investigator independent from the LPD, but getting wrapped up in all the same cases, and keeping the Bo/Rex friendship alive.

Guest appearances by Erika Slezak, Catherine Hickland, Hillary B. Smith, Ilene Kristen, Farah Fath, Trevor St. John, Susan Haskell, Wendee Pratt.

Future Potential: Could bring Sophia back to the regular OLTL series, since she was fairly popular. Crime dramas are pretty popular, and it capitalizes and expands on generally popular characters and actors from OLTL. With GH: Night Shift capitalizing on the medical drama feel of ER/Grey's Anatomy/House, this spinoff series would capitalize on the crime drama feel of Law & Order/CSI.

Llanview PD sounds best to me. But I would make it so that some of the criminals are not connected to Carlo and have their own independent storylines. Llanview PD should be today's answer to "The Edge of Night", a crime/mystery serial where cops do battle with every kind of criminal that there is.

LOL be careful what you wish for, Frons might do a spin off with Starr and Cole or something

Wow, a whole hour devoted to Starr and Cole. If that doesn't kill SoapNet, nothing will, lol.