Members bellcurve Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 Great idea dude. Some digital substations desperately need standard definition content on their streams. ETA: LMAO @ the Little Shop of Horrors clip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 Damn, how tasteless. Couldn't they have at least waited until April, 2. A Friday no less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 GL's ultimate cancellation was a joint effort by everyone who has worked or been associated with the show since JFP and Lucy Johnson to now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 It's not too late to let Faye Dunaway play Alex for the last couple months! You think I'm joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UKBoi Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 At least they're trying to keep the light shining...maybe Fronsie would take it on as a half hour soap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarkH Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 LMAO about the sedan . "Sweating my balls off...". You know what. I HOPE you are right. I really, sincerely do. I love this genre. If only I could fine ONE example of a show that "picked itself up" and regained audience share and viability. The last example I can think of is GH in the late 1970s/early 80s...but lots of people call that "the final death knell for the genre". Anyway...sad day, no matter what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cat Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 I hope you're not! I love La Faye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 ITA. How many people are thinking/hoping this is a twisted April Fools joke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 I have no faith they'll be able to find a new home, sad for GL fans, I know. But it's time to let go, no small network will ever give this show the type of promotion CBS did or could have given it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarkH Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 Okay. So the future of these shows' legacies is f*cking Youtube, eh? I'm thinking March 31 must have been some internal CBS deadline for the budgets for the next fiscal year. Seriously. But honestly, when would be a good time? I think maybe the TVWeek story sort of forced the hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 I never thought this would happen. So sad. I'm sorry to see it go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dan Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 F-U-C-K trying to search for a new home. It didn't work for Passions, Edge of Night, Search for Tomorrow and it won't work for GL. Just write the hell out of this show for the next few months and give us a send-off that will make our toes tingle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cat Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 No. I think Frons has his eye on Jeff Branson, Marcy Rylan and Gina Tognoni for ABC's current soaps. Maybe Crystal Chappell. Maybe Cosgrove. Definitely Tom Pelphrey. But GL as a whole? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted April 1, 2009 Members Share Posted April 1, 2009 I will always maintain that the format, the daily serialized home and family or story, is immortal. It goes back centuries, maybe longer. It's how it is utilized and presented. The vehicle, the process may change; the appeal of the serial never will. Children, mothers, college students will always be lonely, will always want to turn on the TV and find a family or a town if it's presented with humanity and intelligence. If they do it on iTunes or YouTube or Hulu next, they'll still do it, whether the show is on at 12 or 2. It is up to the stewards of the format to help it navigate. The problem is, most of the stewards just want to be working someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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