The Suds Report 8/6/10

[AllMyDaysatGH]

The Suds Report

by Nelson Branco

[All My Shadows]

And it's all downhill from there.

[Jonathan]

He needs to learn how to use the word "prodigal" correctly.

[marceline]

Ain't that the truth?

It's time to let go of the fallacy that people switch soaps. Passions and GL viewers didn't move on to another soap, they started watching Law & Order and HGTV.

[Mr. Vixen]

...Can't you get ANYONE'S name right?

[marceline]

I still remember when he referred to Tracy Morgan on 30 Rock as Chris Rock.

[All My Shadows]

*applause*

This isn't 1973. Why would someone who's watched ATWT for the last thirty years suddenly become interested in a show that they've presumably never watched before, considering it's been on either partially or directly opposite OLTL for all of those thirty years? It doesn't make any sense, and I wish they stop clinging to that.

Of course he can't. Unless they have a yo-yo that stretches from here to Yuma. Then it's all "my secret lover," "future Mr. Branco," etc.

[Ann_SS]

Exactly. Based on the ratings, the fans of cancelled soaps either watch the replacement show (e.g. LMAD) or they switch to other types of programming.

[LoyaltoAMC]

Plus I doubt OLTL would even want ATWT's traditionally older viewers. Those ATWT viewers could switch to OLTL, and it wouldn't help OLTL's 18-49 numbers one bit.

[SFK]

Wow @"Vivienne". Is that even her character's first name?

So true about soap switching. My grandparents aren't so hungry for soaps that they'll seek out a new one once AMC hits the skids, and I think older at home fans in particular have an easier time rolling with the new programming punches if those particular hours of the day are for vegging out and sneaking a cat nap or two anyway. My mom NEVER would have switched networks, she would have just upped her weekend Lifetime Movie Channel quotient to fill in the sudsy gaps.

[Khan]

Word. In fact, now that AS THE WORLD TURNS is about to go, DAYS has ruined all its' momentum from the baby-switch, and AMC, OLTL and Y&R are tanking big time, I just don't have it in me to watch television, let alone daytime television. As soon as Larry Bryggman's return (on ATWT) is done, I'll probably be done, too.

Because, don't you know, we all look alike? ;-)

[Khan]

For me, the problem is that there is simply nothing even remotely interesting on during the daytime (or even primetime). Ironic, isn't it? These networks have ruined soaps because they're so worried about the plethora of entertainment alternatives out there to lure away viewers; yet, if they actually watched these shows that have them so scared, they'd know right away that they had absolutely nothing to worry about.

[All My Shadows]

That's how my people are, pretty much. When GL ended, my aunt filled that spot with reruns of Little House. Episodes she's watched over and over again for over 35 years, but she still watches it (then again, she treats that like a soap too -- "Oh, I wonder what Laura 'n 'em doin today..."). It's either that or the daily Gunsmoke/Bonanza barrage on TV Land.

[marceline]

Ditto. If my mother is any indication, the Weather Channel must jump in ratings everytime a soap goes off the air. "Who goes driving in a storm like that?!"

[Khan]

LMAO!!!