Members Saving ATWT Posted January 31, 2010 Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 Someone ever at Direct made a comment about picking up the show. They said to send emails in order to measure viewer support. Maybe they just want us all on their mailing lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Saving ATWT Posted January 31, 2010 Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 Direct, along with all the other cable companies, will be buying up content now that there is a NBC/Comcast deal. They will find a way to make cost work. If they do not pick up World Turns, it will be some other show. As I said before, even Verizon wants exclusive content. Who ever thought that the tele company would want to own a show? The era of starting a network like HBO is over. Instead, each provider will be airing shows/movies aimed at certain demos to build business. There have been a lot of articles about this sort of thing--cable wars--in the newspapers so check them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Saving ATWT Posted January 31, 2010 Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 Eric, I'm only joking about AMC. I hope the show does great along with all of the other soaps. I support the genre, even stick up for the majority of writers including Sheffer who it seems everyone hates. I am shocked by the good ratings, however, because of everything lousy I've read about Pratt along with Branco's Boycott AMC rampage. To be honest, I liked the show back when they had the trans character and wish they had kept her. The actor was great. I felt Pratt gave AMC an edge, something that is nice to find on daytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted February 2, 2010 Members Share Posted February 2, 2010 The thing is this. Days didnt chose to do what it did. It was forced too. They made a bold veryy risky move in cutting John & Marlena. It worked. In doing that, and cutting other fat, the were forced to rediscover both Maggie & Caroline. and with a smaller cast the show was forced to make connections and with limited sets the show started to feel like more of a community. They got lucky. Of course good planning & plotting & a classic soap tale sure helped. And how they executed all of that and reated relationships the fans stayed tuned in and the show grew. I hope they can keep it up. They do deserve it. Other soaps could do it, but are to lazy. Oh, and Cordy staying uninvoled? Number 1 reason Days has been able to thrive. I do find it funny that some fans bitch about wanting more sets and a bigger cast. Why? The smaller cast and few sets is what helped get this show back on track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 I've just seen it a second ago, but I wonder if this Renew/Cancel Index TV by the Numbers talks about can be applied to soap operas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarkH Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 As always, this is an intriguing hypothesis. The question is: What would be the denominator? The network's ratings during the daypart? Would it include shows like The View or TPIR? I never tried this calculation, but I once did put soap ratings in the context of the other network fare in the daypart as well as the syndicated fare. Soaps didn't look very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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