Members DaysnPassionsFan Posted December 12, 2009 Members Share Posted December 12, 2009 Yup, it was Thunder's Secret about dueling families of vampires in a small coastal town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted December 12, 2009 Administrator Share Posted December 12, 2009 Apparently someone just made that up? The details do sound kinda fake. Here's the only thing I found about it: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.passions/browse_thread/thread/b9b9d843ff255c30/f558d70c4c693544?q=%22thunder%27s+secret%22#f558d70c4c693544 Then Blueeaglex posted I remember Blueeaglex, who was an honest poster and he/she always posted articles from the mags. I would believe him/her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UKBoi Posted December 13, 2009 Members Share Posted December 13, 2009 Shame, I always thought that sounded like it could have been amazing. I wonder if launching a soap similar to that would be a hit nowadays, the whole vampire genre is everywhere and I wonder if adding something like that to the daytime lineup of, say, NBC could revitalize the genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted January 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 In 72,ATWT writer Winifred Wolfe and producer Mary Harris,had a proposal for a 60 min soap titled 'Yesterday's Child...Tomorrow's Adult'. It was reported at least one network was interested in the possibility of a 1hr soap(3 years before AW went to an hour). SOD reported in March 88 that Peggy O'Shea had interest from Fox in 'Blue Point',which would dramatize the lives in a resort community. Each summer,holiday visitors from the city would corrupt the lives of the town folks,particularly its youth.Each winter,the residents of Blue Pont would regroup and find their inner strength again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted January 20, 2010 Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 Peggy O'Shea had a lot of talent so it coulda been interesting--sounds a bit of an odd concept to me though--like one that would be dropped after a year or less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 20, 2010 Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 That sounds like a really fascinating and gutsy concept. Something which HBO might have done a while back. Or Showtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted January 20, 2010 Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 Right, I think it's maybe a bit too high concept for regular network daytime--if that makes sense. \\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 20, 2010 Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 Yes, I see what you mean, although I could have seen Jim Reilly taking this and making it really insane stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted January 20, 2010 Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 LOL are we talking about Thunder's Secret or Blue Point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 20, 2010 Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 Blue Point. Can't you imagine the innocent kids of the small town being corrupted by the devil-friendly big city kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted January 20, 2010 Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 OK, thought so but was just checking. I can, I just think that it's a concept a network wouldn't have the patience to see playout over even one full year lol. (and what happens if test and focus groups complain when the big city kids go home cuz they liked those characters more ). But I do agree. I wish Showtime would get back into soaps though I can't honestly tell how many daily soaps they tried--there's next to no info on Marland's New Day in Eden, and even less about Pat falken Smith's country and western bar/music themed soap on Showtime (imdb doesn't even list it so I can't find the title! lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted January 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 Way back in 54,ABC was reported to be readying a serial 'Ever Since Eve',to be broadcast from 11.40-11.55. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soapfan770 Posted January 24, 2010 Members Share Posted January 24, 2010 I saw somewhere a long time ago discussion of a third Bell soap that never saw the light that was tentatively titled as The Proud and the Passionate and that a pilot was filmed. Does anyone remember or know about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted January 24, 2010 Members Share Posted January 24, 2010 Never heard of that one, just Coming of Age. Whoopi Goldberg and Frank Langella were working on a primetime sudser called Harlem. In it, Langella and Harry Belafonte would star as brothers, the drama revolving around their interracial family. I guess things fell through when Whoopi and Frank split. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted January 24, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 24, 2010 I think the Pat Falken Smith series was titled Lone Star Bar & Grill(or something close to that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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