Or that's what it's supposed to be apparently:

<span style="font-size:120%;">Afterwives is a nighttime soap written by popular chick lit author Jennifer Weiner (In Her Shoes) and Michael MacLennan (Queer As Folk). Inhuman is a close-ended thriller written by feature writer Michael Cooney (Identity), with Mark Pellington on board to direct. Chicago Fire is an action character drama written by feature writer Lewis Colick (Charlie St. Cloud). On the unscripted side, UTA-repped Sander/Moses recently set up reality show Ghost Town starring psychic Maureen Hancock at ABC Media Prods.</span>

http://www.deadline.com/2010/10/ghost-whisperer-producers-sell-3-projects/#more-77972

Err...so a primetime soap?

What happens to Good Christian Bitches?

What happens to Good Christian Bitches?

I believe I read a while back it got picked up by Showtime or some network like that...not sure thoough.

That title doesn't make it sound promising. Recent soaps on the major networks have been pretty mediocre lately. Especially for ABC. I don't have much faith in this, but they do need a new soap to replace fading DH, GA and B&S.

Edited October 24, 201015 yr by Chris B

Maybe it's time for CBS or NBC to take a crack out of doing a soap opera. Since their identities are different from ABC, it could add a different element to the prime-time soap. Perhaps CBS could pick up a procedural and focus on the soapy aspects with cases that last for several episodes as opposed to just one episode. Not sure what NBC could do since they never had a successful primetime soap in the 1980's but perhaps it could give them a shot in the arm they need to stay competitive.

NBC is rebuilding so that would be the best place for a soap. CBS tried with Cane but it didn't work. Ironic considering they're the most successful network ever in terms of soaps. I think The Good Wife is a good start, but their schedule is too safe. I don't see them risking it.

Not sure what NBC could do since they never had a successful primetime soap in the 1980's but perhaps it could give them a shot in the arm they need to stay competitive.

Nor did they have the support of Tartikoff. He hated the primetime soaps and didn't want one for his network, but he relented given the times. He bought Bare Essence from CBS where it was a hit mini-series and of course there was the controversial Flamingo Road, both neither did great and I can't help but wonder if he was all, "I told ya so."

I wonder if network heads are resistant to the idea of fabulously wealthy characters being the center of their dramas. I think they find the concept too dated, and when you subtract those elements and a healthy dose of camp, you basically have what you've already got going in primetime. I think they all eschew straight melodrama in favor of ironic, snarky humor that takes the edge off of anything that might be getting to close to their idea of "soap opera".

Edited October 25, 201015 yr by SFK

I think they all sound interesting.

Apart from Star's Christian B*tches:

Revenge, written by Swingtown creator Mike Kelley, is a contemporary re-imagening of Alexandre Dumas, pere's The Count of Monte Cristo, which explores the classic tale from a female perspective and chronicles the story of a mysterious young woman who comes to the Hamptons to exact revenge on the people who destroyed her family. Kelley and Temple Hill's Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen are exec producing. This is the first production order for Temple Hill under the overall deal the company inked with ABC Studios in December.

http://www.deadline.com/2011/02/abc-picks-up-marc-cherrys-hallelujah-pilot/