Members Paul Raven Posted October 5, 2009 Members Share Posted October 5, 2009 Would anyone like to contribute to this list of shows that had different titles before their premiere? Some I recall Loving was originally called Love Without End Y&R was The Innocent Years Secret Storm was The Storm Within Falcon Crest was The Vintage Years Are there any working titles you prefer,or think might have worked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted October 5, 2009 Members Share Posted October 5, 2009 OLTL was Between Heaven & Hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted October 5, 2009 Members Share Posted October 5, 2009 Ryan's Hope was "A Rage to Love." Dynasty was "Oil." Beverly Hills 90210 was "Potomac 20854" and then "Class of Beverly Hills." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted October 5, 2009 Members Share Posted October 5, 2009 When I first read about the original title of 90210 being 20854 on Wikipedia a while back, I couldn't help but wonder if that was just wishful thinking/urban legend created by some rich kids from Potomac trying to claim their Darren Star. But it's most likely true. I do remember reading about 90210 in some TV magazine before it came out and it was being called The Class of Beverly Hills, so I guess they decided to go with the zip code thing after all. At any rate, Potomac is *definitely* deserving of the Darren Star treatment, I hope he can come up with a series set in his hometown one of these days. I think CA locales are totally played out. Speaking of which... Pacific Palisades was originally entitled Brentwood, but a little matter concerning O.J. Simpson (that is the second time I have mentioned him on this board today!) was going down at the time, and Aaron Spelling thought a name change was in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted October 5, 2009 Members Share Posted October 5, 2009 You are truly a youngin' in my book if you didn't read this firsthand in the pages of SOD/SOW, but remember when the working title of The City was LOV♥NYC? They never intended to call it that, but that's how they referred to the revamp. Bill Bell never intended to stick with this name either, but The Bold and the Beautiful's working title was Rags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted October 5, 2009 Members Share Posted October 5, 2009 I thought LOV♥NYC was the intended title for the show but people complained because no one knew how to pronounce it! So they ended up changing it. It looked like someone's vanity plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted October 5, 2009 Members Share Posted October 5, 2009 Port Charles was simply General Hospital 2 in the beginning. How original...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UKBoi Posted October 5, 2009 Members Share Posted October 5, 2009 Didn't NBC want to call Sunset Beach something else because it was too soon after Santa Barbara for another 'SB' and because no soap opera containing the name of the location in the title had ever lasted long term? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted October 6, 2009 Members Share Posted October 6, 2009 I was pretty sure it was briefly set to be the real name as well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted October 6, 2009 Members Share Posted October 6, 2009 Maybe they backpedaled, because I definitely remember reading in SOD a couple of weeks before they announced it would be called The City that TPTB had never intended for it to be called LOV♥NYC permanently and they were still working on a title. I actually liked the title LOV♥NYC, and with Loving's great ballad openings, I imagined the new show's themesong with a synth/autotune voice repeating "L-O-V-N-Y-C-L-O-V-N-Y-C..." But that title definitely had a late '80s/early '90s ring to it, along the lines of Red Shoe Diaries, Silk Stalkings, or that perfume they sold at the drugstore there used to be commercials for, P.S. I love you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members typoprone Posted October 8, 2009 Members Share Posted October 8, 2009 I think Aaron Spelling wanted to call it Never Say Goodbye, but the focus group preferred Sunset Beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aMLCproduction Posted October 8, 2009 Members Share Posted October 8, 2009 The edge of night was called The edge of Darkness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CSF Posted October 8, 2009 Members Share Posted October 8, 2009 IIRC Search for Tomorrow was to be called Search for Happiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted October 8, 2009 Author Members Share Posted October 8, 2009 Secret Storm was titled Bright Star,then Inner Conflict before Storm Within. How To Survive A Marriage was From This Moment Lovers and Friends was Into This House. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted October 9, 2009 Members Share Posted October 9, 2009 I actually pefer Love Without End to Loving. Maybe cuz it sounds more soapy lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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