Members JONNYSBRO Posted January 6, 2009 Members Share Posted January 6, 2009 AMC is such a classic soap opera and is owned by ABC. Such an ABC classic soap but would CBS acquire AMC if it was cancelled and cancel GL. How weird would it be if All My Children was at CBS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rakesh Posted January 6, 2009 Members Share Posted January 6, 2009 You guys are letting all these "cancellation" junk get to your head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tylerbo20 Posted January 6, 2009 Members Share Posted January 6, 2009 that would just be weird and stupid. CBS cancells GL picks up AMC NBC cancells DAYS ABC picks up DAYS after cancelling AMC? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 6, 2009 Members Share Posted January 6, 2009 Um, I doubt CBS would pick up a new soap, let alone one that's owned OUTRIGHT by ABC itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rangethatrover Posted January 6, 2009 Members Share Posted January 6, 2009 Hell no. CBS would never buy AMC . First of all, OLTL will be cancelled before AMC. My guess is around 2013- 2015. The only two soaps left in 2015 will be Y&R and B&B- they do well worldwide. Maybe soaps will live on in some other format or something... I look at Days relatively healthy demos - higher than AMC and OLTL, and usually B&B and sometimes GH- and I think- Why was this show's budget not gotten under control sooner??? How can this show not be extremely profitable?? If Days gets cancelled in 1-2 years- AMC and OLTL are next... I hate even thinking about this. I don't have many positive feelings needless to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted January 6, 2009 Members Share Posted January 6, 2009 Ditto! I am so sick of these kinds of threads. AMC production values are just as bad as GL. I tuned in last week and hated the whole vibe of the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JONNYSBRO Posted January 6, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 6, 2009 2 or three years ago I thought OLTL would definitely be the first cancelled but now with it's budget being about 30% less then AMC's and then being underbudget. OLTL has made ABC money whereas AMC has not. The hard thing is is AMC used not just be the crown jewel of ABC but crown jewel of daytime. It is sad it almost came close to cancellation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted January 6, 2009 Members Share Posted January 6, 2009 Who said it was close to cancellation? Braco..or whatever his name is?? I dont trust what he says anymore. I wouldn't count his word as gospel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adam Posted January 6, 2009 Members Share Posted January 6, 2009 Don't worry, RavenBeauty backed him up Yeah I am sick of the doom and gloom, but unfortunately it is getting harder and harder to avoid it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 6, 2009 Members Share Posted January 6, 2009 Do you have a detailed budget report from ABC to compare AMC and OLTL's budget? Where are you getting this 30% less figure from? The cancellation reports have been unconfirmed rumours thus far, I've found nothing really concrete in any of them. ABC owns the show, if they want to get rid of it, they will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adam Posted January 6, 2009 Members Share Posted January 6, 2009 Yeah, the only thing we know for certain (from Agnes Nixon's own mouth) is some of the vets had to take considerable paycuts.....AMC actually was one of what two soaps in 2008 to not actually shrink its audience..... so hopefully that means something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members miajere Posted January 6, 2009 Members Share Posted January 6, 2009 IA- if they wanted them gone, they would cancel them. And CBS isn't going to pick up anyone's dirty laundry. They would sooner come up with a brand new show. If cancelled, I wonder if ABC would move all their daytime programming back one hour to close the gap between talk shows and daytime drama? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted January 6, 2009 Members Share Posted January 6, 2009 I love how the predictions of when there will only be two soaps on the air have just changed from year to year. Five or six years ago, it was 2008 and 2009. And then it was 2009-2010, and then 2011-2012. And it goes on and on. Soaps have been five years away from death for at least ten years. And as far as one network picking up another network's soaps? No. That's only happened twice before, and those were at times when soaps were still very much alive. Why would they even bother now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted January 6, 2009 Members Share Posted January 6, 2009 Haha..I've known RavenBeauty before anyone else did. Seriously no mags or any reputable sources have confirmed this rumor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scotty Posted January 6, 2009 Members Share Posted January 6, 2009 I agree. Plus, AMC is taped at studios owned by ABC. I doubt that ABC would allow another network to continue to use their studios to produce a soap they cancelled. Stranger things have happened, but I don't see this being one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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