Robin Strasser announces tonight on her hotline that she is staying with OLTL.

I'll have more details later tonight or in the morning...

Thank God!

No Dorian, no One Life(for me at least).

I figured she would.  Especially when she said that negotiations were on hold until Frons was back from his vacation. 

Top brass may be stupid, but not THAT stupid. It's Robin Strasser, you keep her around.

DORIAN

I wonder if she really took the originally suggested pay cut or whether they inched it up a bit.

Or maybe she got mojo like vacation time or storyline input instead...

This was posted over at SOD.com today:

EXCLUSIVE: Strasser talks

Soap Opera Weekly just got off the phone with Robin Strasser who couldn't be more pleased that she inked another deal to continue as ONE LIFE TO LIVE's Dorian.

Here's what happened yesterday (Tuesday, Aug. 4)--

Robin Strasser: I will say for the record that I called Frank [Valentini, executive producer] at about 3:15 yesterday. I said, "Frank, Frank, I hope you're happy to hear this but I can't, I can't...I have to say 'yes'. Whatever ABC wants to pay me is okay, I just love what I do and I can't continue in this holding pattern. 'Yes, I'm in, I'm in. Send me a contract, I'll sign it.' He said, 'Okay. That's great. I'll call legal and we'll close this up.' And then I said, 'So what about the rumors?' He said, 'Well, it's a secret until 5 o'clock today.' " Now this was at 3:15. He said, "ALL MY CHILDREN will move to LA and ONE LIFE TO LIVE will move into their studio." I almost screamed into the telephone bursting an eardrum on the man. I'm trusting and wishing the best for ALL MY CHILDREN. They've got some great real estate they're moving to in LA. And there's a lot of great opportunities for renting and buying the personal residences. And then our show apparently is going to get at least 30-50 percent more studio space so that our big concept productions and efficiency can be ramped up. Frank has found better and better ways to make a great show but does it cost effectively because if we don't do it that way we'll be joining GUIDING LIGHT. I'm so proud to be part of that solution.

Link: http://soapoperadige.../news/breaking/

After all that drama. These people are drama queens. The lot of them.

Am I crazy or did this woman go from downright hostile to desperate in .5 seconds

Am I crazy or did this woman go from downright hostile to desperate in .5 seconds

I'm embarrassed to say it, but I think she just followed my own line of thinking, which was that ABC Daytime would be the last soaps standing, thanks to SoapNet and ABC's ownership of their shows. Once she heard (and I heard) that ABC was putting off canceling one of their shows by switching coasts for one of them, she realized (as I did yesterday) that ABC soaps are on as shaky ground as those on the other nets. At that point, she realized she didn't really have as much leverage as she thought.

Edited August 6, 200916 yr by Carolyn1980

In other words AMC moving to HollyWeird scared the crap out of her!

In other words AMC moving to HollyWeird scared the crap out of her!

Yet she claims she only found out about that after she told Valentini that she'd sign anything ABC gave her to sign.

Yet she claims she only found out about that after she told Valentini that she'd sign anything ABC gave her to sign.

She knew something was up, though...because she told him she'd accept the deal, and then said, "so what about the rumors?"

I never understood where Robin Strasser got this idea that she had any leverage. Same with the other soap actors balking at taking these pay cuts. They act as if they have tons of jobs lined up so they can afford to lose a steady income with good health insurance. Their egos are out of control with some soap fans and columnists irrationally cheering them along. If GL's cancellation and now this move AMC to LA, has not woken these actors up nothing will. The networks are against the wall. The budgets have to be slashed or these soaps will be off the air.

Edited August 6, 200916 yr by Ann_SS

I don't think Robin Strasser believed she had big opportunities and OLTL was lucky to have her. I think this was about pride. She was a daytime star for decades, and is still well-respected. I'm sure she is grateful to have a regular acting job, but it must also hurt her to know what little regard she is held in by those at ABC Daytime. Not just Frons, even before Frons.

Does she not have an agent? Why is she directly handling her contract negotiations?