Members dawn9476 Posted May 26, 2010 Members Share Posted May 26, 2010 According to CNBC via Deadline Hollywood, an insider trading lawsuit has revealed that Disney may be selling ABC. http://www.deadline.com/2010/05/disney-close-to-selling-abc-according-to-insider-trading-lawsuit/#more-43865 So if Disney were to sell ABC, what would it mean for the ABC soaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted May 26, 2010 Members Share Posted May 26, 2010 God, I hope so. I've always thought ABC was much better pre-Disney. There was much more variety and 90% of the primetime schedule wasn't an in-house production. Don't know what it means for the soaps, and at this point, I no longer care, sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Chamberlain Posted May 26, 2010 Members Share Posted May 26, 2010 Probably that they would stop catering to teens. No more musicals on OLTL. Woo! The storylines would be more adult like they were when Capital Cities owned ABC. Frons would probably be out!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dawn9476 Posted May 26, 2010 Author Members Share Posted May 26, 2010 Deadline just updated. Disney issued a statement and are denying that they are trying to sell ABC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted May 26, 2010 Members Share Posted May 26, 2010 Damn, do it Disney! Do it! Sell it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted May 26, 2010 Members Share Posted May 26, 2010 If Disney ever sold ABC, I doubt anything would change. The television landscape, as a whole, has changed since the days when Cap Cities owned the network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted May 26, 2010 Members Share Posted May 26, 2010 Disney can deny whatever they want. I'm a shareholder in Disney and it's been evident from the yearly investment prospectus that they've been gearing up to sell ABC. The network is in a good position to be sold, I say go for it Disney, ABC was far better when Capital Cities owned it. And yes, I am willing to bet that if ABC sold Disney, Frons would be fired. I don't think anything would be done with the soaps for at least a year of ownership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted May 26, 2010 Members Share Posted May 26, 2010 Who's going to buy it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted May 26, 2010 Members Share Posted May 26, 2010 Good question. Steve Jobs, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted May 26, 2010 Members Share Posted May 26, 2010 So it'll now be called Apple TV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted May 26, 2010 Members Share Posted May 26, 2010 Better than "the CW", if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted May 26, 2010 Members Share Posted May 26, 2010 Apparently there are 2 private equity firms who are interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted May 26, 2010 Members Share Posted May 26, 2010 +1. I was going more the Larry Ellison route, LOL. But Jobs would be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted May 26, 2010 Members Share Posted May 26, 2010 Which would be for the better, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted May 26, 2010 Members Share Posted May 26, 2010 It's strange to think a television network would be owned by a corporate entity that wasn't in-and-of-itself an industry titan, but that's what "Merger Mania" does to your way of thinking, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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