Members Ryan Chamberlain Posted February 23, 2011 Members Share Posted February 23, 2011 Canceling any of them for another cheap trashy talk show is a slap in the face too. Are they that fu king stupid to see that they should just fix the issue by throwing Brian Frons out on his big fat ass and retooling the shows. Not alienating an entire audience of a genre by axing one of the shows. Sure, AMC sucks at the moment. But, couldn't they bring in a decent writer and save it? It was doing well with LB. They just should have kept her and not hired the 'show killers' Donna and David cause God knows that's what the bleep they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted February 23, 2011 Members Share Posted February 23, 2011 I'm not saying OLTL is perfect...The Fords..ugh....but I can watch a show of OLTL.....I cant say that about AMC....AMC bores me to tears...its painful watching an episode. Of course thats just my opinion...and hell I am an ATWT fan....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric83 Posted February 23, 2011 Members Share Posted February 23, 2011 A check is a check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 23, 2011 Members Share Posted February 23, 2011 While I can sympathize with people losing their favourite shows... My initial thought to this is OH WELL. You can't support a genre that gave up on itself a long time ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted February 23, 2011 Members Share Posted February 23, 2011 CBS did it...why wouldnt ABC?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 23, 2011 Members Share Posted February 23, 2011 Exactly. That's the philosophy most of daytime has been operating on for a long time anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adam Posted February 23, 2011 Members Share Posted February 23, 2011 Pretty much.... a few years ago the possibility that AMC could be canceled would have me quite upset.... I mean it will be an official end to an era and I will remember the fond times.... but the show in its current state is nothing to miss, and every soap is at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Chamberlain Posted February 23, 2011 Members Share Posted February 23, 2011 Because ABC should have saw how much The Talk lags in ratings compared to everything else at that hour. But, no...They're too stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OLTL_fan Posted February 23, 2011 Members Share Posted February 23, 2011 Shhh. U dont wanna get yelled at by a certain poster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adam Posted February 23, 2011 Members Share Posted February 23, 2011 The Talk considering its bare bones production budget probably is making a hella lot more money than an hour soap would, even if the numbers are lower. This is why there is such a push to replace the soaps with this format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted February 23, 2011 Members Share Posted February 23, 2011 I tend to agree with Adam, but I wonder what the official numbers are on the whole lead-in phenom. That's never really been my viewing experience or that of the soap viewers I know. We know when our shows come on and we tune in accordingly, we have no trouble flipping the channel before or immediately after. I say that as an established soap viewer. I have no concrete evidence to back this up, but I'm of the mind that new soap fans aren't being born, really. If you are under twenty and have no decades' worth of investment in a show, it'll be easier to let go and find other entertainment, especially if you are a teen with cable. Kids aren't home from school when AMC is on anyway, at most, they catch the last half of OLTL as their lead-in if they are GH fans. No high schooler is watching Y&R or B&B in real time, they aren't home. In my little humble opinion, it's about how to best deal with the fans you have now, us birds in the hand. And at the end of the day, scheduling is the least of our concerns, your more likely to lose our viewership or at very least our give-a-damn-edness by continuing to write subpar material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted February 23, 2011 Members Share Posted February 23, 2011 But the talk shows are much cheaper..even though they are lower than the soaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 23, 2011 Members Share Posted February 23, 2011 But The Talk is cheap as hell to produce. It's not filled with a large ensemble cast, a crew of hundreds, multiple sets, and isn't produced for the full 12 months out of the year. Daytime soaps are no longer profitable in their current state. Plain and simple. Networks aren't going to pour more money into something that isn't making them any money. A low rated show that is cheap to produce looks a lot more enticing to them than a daily scripted soap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Chamberlain Posted February 23, 2011 Members Share Posted February 23, 2011 Oh, I didn't know that there's someone who yells when that show is mentioned over here. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Chamberlain Posted February 23, 2011 Members Share Posted February 23, 2011 Yeah, and that's sad. Because, they care more about themselves instead of the audiences who watch. That's basically the way every TV channel is here lately. No wonder it's a dying form of media and more people are using Youtube, Hulu, and Netflix rather than paying for Satellite or Cable. It's not even just daytime tv. Primetime shows are terrible here lately too. Everything is boring and poorly written. Well, besides a few shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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