Another World Returns

by Michael Logan

It’s been 10 years since Another World went off the air, but now, thanks to a cool new Web site, the beloved soap is back from the dead. TeleNext Media, producer of Guiding Light and As the World Turns, is about to launch anotherworldtoday.com, a site that fills us in on what’s happened in Bay City since 1999, including which lovebirds are still together (Carl and Rachel, Cass and Lila) and which are kaput (Amanda and Cameron).

Chapter 1 kicks off May 4 (the 45th anniversary of AW’s debut) with Grant Harrison, who was presumed dead at the end of AW’s run, returning to town to reclaim his son, Kirkland. Meanwhile, a mystery is unfolding: Flamboyant Felicia Gallant has gone off to New York to visit Dean and Jenna, and all three have somehow vanished. Each weekly installment is interactive, with fans getting the opportunity to vote on the future direction of plots.

TeleNext’s creative content producer Alina Adams was encouraged to start the blog due to the surprising success of the AW replays on hulu.com. “People still have warm, nostalgic feelings for the show,” Adams says. “AW ushered a lot of fans into the world of daytime drama. It was their gateway drug. They miss it and they want more.”

I'm all for fan-fiction, but Telenext couldn't pour its money and resouses elsewhere, you know, like making sure ATWT gets back on track and GL gets a good send-off?

TeleNext’s creative content producer Alina Adams was encouraged to start the blog due to the surprising success of the AW replays on hulu.com. “People still have warm, nostalgic feelings for the show,” Adams says. “AW ushered a lot of fans into the world of daytime drama. It was their gateway drug. They miss it and they want more.”

Then why the hell not find a new format for re-airing old episodes of various PGP soaps?

Now that's interesting. Fan fic blog for old soap. Guiding Light becomes a serialized blog???

I have to wonder, how much is Telenext payting the writers to write this fan faction? Again, money wasted by a company that's pouring NOTHING into its existing soaps.

Edited April 29, 200916 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

I have to wonder, how much is Telenext payting the writers to write this fan faction? Again, money wasted by a company that pouring NOTHING into its existing soaps.

It's also the same writer who's written the (in my opinion, terrible) Oakdale novels.

It's also the same writer who's written the (in my opinion, terrible) Oakdale novels.

Figures.

I wish TeleNext would have its own site for classic PGP soaps, including '70s-'90s GL. I'd be a very happy camper!

Edited April 29, 200916 yr by DavidsMuse

Just what a dead soap needs: Alina Adams to piss on its grave. Nasty, nasty bitch...

Hey, that's fantastic! I always wondered what ANOTHER WORLD would be like if....

Oh. Alina is writing this?

[!@#$%^&*].

Nevermind.

Edited April 29, 200916 yr by Khan

Just what a dead soap needs: Alina Adams to piss on its grave. Nasty, nasty bitch...

No s#!t dude. She sucks. And I hate the way she moderates the PGP boards and posts on the Classic Soaps blog.

Hey, that's fantastic! I always wondered what ANOTHER WORLD would be like if....

Oh. Alina is writing this?

[!@#$%^&*].

Nevermind.

my thoughts exactly. Such potential, yet soo falling on its face at the gate.

Glad to see TeleNet is pouring the money into badly written fanfic, like it's a hard thing to find.

So, I read that "episode".

Can someone tell me, in objective terms (not relying on what Adams has done in the past, but relying on her AW episode) what she has done wrong? I found the opening salvo of AW2009 to be interesting enough that I will return for the next chapter--and I have never before made time for any fan fic.

(Discussing Grant Harrison)

Jamie: Son of a bitch!

Rachel: Having met his mother, I agree with you.

That was a great quote.