AMC: Daytime Confidential confirming production moving to LA

[Kubla Khan]

Thorsten Kaye is NY based? He specifically left LA to be on AMC.

[jcar03]

I assume that he is now. Susan is on OLTL and I highly doubt both make a cross country commute with two young children.

[Ann_SS]

Thorsten Kaye and Susan Haskell have children to support and mortgagew. I doubt that either one of them can afford to be unemployed. He already took the pay cut so he will make the move. I am sure that ABC will do their best to accommodate their actors with families in NY by letting them block tape their scenes so they can go fly back on Thursdays or Fridays. This means the show will be choppy like GH, but I am sure that all the ABC soaps will be filming all their scenes on Monday to Thursday so they can go dark on Fridays to save money anyway.

On the good news front, I am hoping that the move means that Christell Stause extends her contract and stays with AMC.

[marceline]

I'm not so sure about ABC being accommodating. According to a quote in Hinsey's column, TK says they've been given a week to decide whether they're going with the show.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/08/07/2009-08-07_heres_a_switch_ej_wising_up_on_days.html

[Jonathan]

Anyone watching Live with Regis and Kelly? What's Susan Lucci saying?

[Angela]

Susan Lucci on Regis & Kelly on whether she'll go with the show to L.A.: "I don't know what I'm going to do." (Edited to be more exact)

[Jonathan]

OMG! I'm shitting bricks!

What else is she saying?

[bellcurve]

OH SNAP!

[Angela]

She said she's going on a vacation tomorrow and she'll make a decision. She'll weigh things. Emphasized she's a New Yorker.

Says the entire cast has a big decision to make; notes that unlike others she's lucky to have the choice, etc.

[Jonathan]

OK, this could mean a few different things. What exactly was the question posed?

[Angela]

Jonathan, it was about the move, she's clearly not decided on if she'll go which shocked the crap out of Kelly.

[Jonathan]

Oh man. So does it seem like she was booked on Regis and Kelly just to talk about the move? Or did she talk about Kenya? Because if she was there just to talk about the move then it seems like she was booked a while back so maybe she already knew about the move previously?

[marceline]

Careful Kelly, Susan maybe looking at YOUR job. Bwahahahaha!

[Angela]

Jonathan, she was booked pre-move (she kept on emphasizing they were told 1.5 days ago), but the move of course moved talking about Kenya to Lucci's second segment on the show.

[Jonathan]

Ooooo 2 segments of La Lucci! Yes. Let me guess, she was wearing red?

This has officially been the most stressful week of my life! It could become the second most stressful week if La Lucci announces next week that she's not going to continue with the show.