Jump to content

Proposed Soaps Over The Years


Recommended Posts

  • 4 weeks later...
  • Replies 683
  • Created
  • Last Reply
  • Members

Proposed CBS Soaps

  • 1957: The Will to Dream by Doris Frankel about the relationship between an atomic scientist and his wife
  • 1964: Roy Winsor created The Widening Circle, a spinoff of The Secret Storm. A pilot was shot with James Vickery as Alan Dunbar and Diana Muldaur as Ann Wicker.
  • 1971: Fred J. Scollay created Absent Without Love.
  • 1972: Winifred Wolfe and Mary Harris[disambiguation needed] had a proposal for a one hour serial titled Yesterday's Child...Tomorrow's Adult
  • 1982: Beverly Hills
  • 1983: Grosse Pointe - set in Michigan; featured competing families in the auto industry and auto racers
  • 1986: During her absence from Ryan's Hope, Michael Brockman, former President of CBS Daytime, asked Claire Labine to develop a new serial in 1986. Her proposal was entitledCelebration but never made it to the air.
  • 1986: The Billionaires by Barbara Bauer and Paul Rauch

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Finally have my old Digests out of storage and will finally, as promised, scan some old articles from early-90's Digest where they would constantly talk about MANHATTAN LIVES and COMING OF AGE.

What's funny is that they expected Manhattan Lives to come into fruition so quickly! I think one article was from late Summer of 1992 where plans were still in early development stage, yet they expected to be on air by January 1993 (to replace Santa Barbara, no doubt, whose cancellation would be announced 1 month later). Yet I remember hearing about plans for Sunset Beach 2 years before it came to be; same with Passions, so they clearly thought they would be able to get a lot done in 4 months!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

One of the reasons I read The Days Spinoff Pacific Lives didnt sell is that NBC was using Days cast members that had been off the show for years. Plus NBC would have had to recast many of these roles as the actors who previously played them on days werent available or interested

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

March 1992 SOD talks about a "wish list" for the then-unnamed Marlena and Carrie spinoff. Besides Anna and Tony (already mentioned in that fascinating 1992 newsgroup article someone posted a while back), there was Patch, Kayla, Chris Kosichitek, and Eugene.

This issue also mentions a Bill Bell Jr. soap, another hour long show. I wonder why that never happened.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...
  • Members

In 1970,Warner Brothers TV optioned a daytime serial to an unnamed network 'The Woman Inside'

And there was a syndicated effort in 1981 called Worlds Apart

Also,in 1970,Paramount TV produced a pilot for ABC entitled Holm Sweet Home,written by Roy Kammerman and described as a humorous soap centering around a midwestern family's experiences in the age of 'the atom,the pill and the mini-skirt'.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Jan 1971 World of Women

Universal TV created by George Lefferts produced for General Foods.No network announced."An update of the patriachal society of the era of The Forsythe Saga with the heroine of the 'now' generation replacing the patriach of yesterday'.The half hour show will deal with the modern female as she confronts the problems and rewards of a contemporary existence,

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

I think a pilot was made to interest buyers with Taft and Group W shelling out he money in the hopes of the show being picked up.I wonder if they did 5 eps to show buyers how a week would pan out,or just a 30 min pilot?

I sorta recognize the actor to the right of Jose Ferrer.Is it Robert Forster?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



  • Recent Posts

    • The Anita scene with Ted was written all wrong. Dani should have come in like she did, all guns blazing, with Anita showing up and ushering Dani out, as she stays alone with Ted. He's ready for more fury, but at first she treats him like her son, not just some man Nicole married, she's confused and heartbroken, needing explanation. Then, she drops the motherload and tells him to get his damn act together like she did. Anita came off completely one-note. And with both Dani and Anita in the scene, the self-righteousness just made both look like harridans who wouldn't shut the hell up. Very disappointed in that scene. The scene with Eva was much better. It could be good if somehow Vernon starts to soften towards her and that puts the first signs of strife into their marriage. We need something interesting to happen with them, for once. Mona was the MVP today for me. I love Leslie and especially Eva, but I was firmly on Mona's side today. She deserved to get her two cents in. The scenes just left me wanting more of her and her inner life. They should really drop Ashley, Derek, and Tomas and put Mona, Laura, and Shanice on contact stat! I don't get why Leslie continued to lie about where she got the money Ted gave her though? What purpose would that serve? Faint hopes that Mona would still forgive her, I guess? Kat really gets some of the best lines. Through all the bitchiness and judgment, she has a talent at keeping me on side because somehow she's never come across unlikable to me, where someone like Dani, even Anita, falls. The scene with her, Martin, and Nicole was a necessity. Things are coming together to making that part of the family feel more like a family. Now I anxiously await Kat and Ted having a one on one confrontation. It would be perfect if it happened to be in the new Ted's first scene/episode.
    • They’ve been really nailing the fall out super well and your whole post really highlights some of the great parts and ramifications we’re seeing.
    • I like that this episode highlighted the ramifications of what Eva and her rotten mama did. They were so focused on Ted and Nicole, not even realizing that other people would be affected. Eva thought nothing of what she did to Mona bc she was sure no on would hold anything against her but Mona is right in that they ruined her reputation with the Duprees. They dont blame her but they will likely never trust her judgement again. She has to walk by them feeling the guilt and shame that she'll never live down bc she unknowingly played a role in the hell that was unleashed. Not to mention the trauma and trust issues she no has bc she genuinely viewed Leslie as a friend   And poor Laura nearly died when she had that car accident and then had a heart attack and infection bc she was poisond. She's been recuperating for 3 months. She missed her trip to Hawaii and no idea what impact this has done on her relationship and her own plans but no on was thinking about that.   Eva and Leslie need to be made to feel like ish bc this was bigger than just Ted and Nicole
    • On May 12, 1989, the Dynasty series finale aired.

      Please register in order to view this content

    • Please register in order to view this content

       
    • To be fair, he has no idea what to do about anything.....

      Please register in order to view this content

    • Understand your point.  But I usually see Reginald's mustache twirling villainy as ultra campy bordering on comedic (albeit unsuccessfully).  And upon Reginald's exit, most of the overt camp/comedy seemed to cease. And although I'm aware camp and comedy are not exactly the same thing, I tend to throw them together anyway -- especially when discussing soaps.  You are correct, Mary was not played for laughs.  When I used to term "let's play everything for laughs" I didn't mean literally everything or every character was comedic. But TPTB put so much effort into comedy, it did tend to eat the show for a few years (again not literally). I'm just expressing my perspective on the topic, and lots of folks probably disagree.  That's cool. People who like comedy on soaps tend to defend it, and folks who don't like comedy (or think it want too far) tend to criticize it.  Whichever side of the fence one is on, it sure didn't help the ratings on AW. 
    • Nope, it was not just you, I had the same issues. Most either disagreed with me, or just ignored my comments. But, I most definitely would have liked for them to take another route, even to add sheer variety in the storytelling. It is what it is, the story is a hit with the fans...
    • You may be a casual watcher, but you got SO much right.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy