Soaps on Late Night?

[Khan]

I'm always more than a little reluctant to start new threads on message boards - especially, ones that posit wild questions and theories. Nevertheless, lol...

What do we all think about soaps moving to the late-night hours someday? For example, what if Y&R and B&B (forget about ATWT, since I don't hold much hope for their survival past 2010) were to move out of the usual daytime hours and into the post-"Letterman"/post-"Craig Ferguson" shot? Would there be less direct competition or demands on viewers' time? Would you still watch (live, or on DVR)? Would there be lowered expectations on the part of the networks, possibly result in less interference and more creatively satisfying product?

(Why do I feel like I should offer a hotline or something, lol?)

[Gray Bunny]

A late-night timeslot in addition to their afternoon timeslot. But that didn't work out so well for Sunset Beach, so....

[Khan]

Not "in addition to," GB; but rather, "instead of". Sorry, all, if I didn't make myself clear on that.

[Cashton]

Anything to keep them on the air. Remeber those Y&R primetime specials?? I loved em.

[MTSRocks]

OMG yet another one of these threads!

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Frankly, I'd like them to try darker, more racier serials in late night. I think they'd have more creative leeway to accomplish this in late night too. I know they tried it with that late night Valley of the Dolls serial that aired in syndication in, but at a purely network level, its never been done before. But, oh well, that's never going to happen.

[Khan]

Yeah, life's a bitch, ain't it?

[MTSRocks]

What too scared to cuss you gotta use asterisks? LoL. I was just playing with you Khan, just trying to start some frivolous drama.

[Khan]

That's just it. I think the current, existing soaps could become darker and racier if they were moved to late-night. For one thing, we wouldn't have to pretend anymore that each new gay character that comes along is a first for the genre.

[Khan]

Seriously...? Even I was 'ing when I started this thread - and it's my damn thread.

[All My Shadows]

Soaps would benefit the most from being on in the early evening, at the time that stuff like Wheel of Fortune is on. They've been discussing that for over 30 years.

[MTSRocks]

^^^LoL, yep. I'm bored. No harm intended with my rolling eye. But I'll contribute to your thread.

I'd love to see a racier Y&R with all the sex that has been going on lately. A naked Vail Bloom may just win over more fans. Then again Braeden may decide to UP the raunchiness in his scenes, so.....

Well what's another 30 more? LoL.

[Gray Bunny]

Oh dear... we might finally learn why the ladies love Victor's mustache...

"Ooh, that tickles!"

[Y&RWorldTurner]

I feel like too much of what we've come to accept and whatever is left of these existing daytime soaps identities would be thrown out of the window id they moved to late night and had to revamp their formats with raunchier content. We've seen how easy it is for the soap purists here to complain, even about minor details, I can't imagine how an extreme shift in content would go over with most hardcore fans, but I may be wrong.

I think it's best to start all new serials, without historical baggage, in late night. Hell, I'm pretty sure they'd probably have better production budgets than most daytime soaps.

I've actually dreamt a long time about a new Dark Shadows revival airing in late night. I think they could really push the gothic drama, and it would be creepy and exciting to watch a serial like that in late night, assuming it's not written like a cartoon, of course.

[Jonathan]

I'm 100% certain Dark Shadows will make a return to TV after the Johnny Depp movie comes out. I doubt however, it will be revived for daytime.