I don't put much stock in the actual quotes of DC articles but I think this quote says alot about the stupidiety of what they've been doing with AMC:

"In the fall of 2009, ABC Daytime decided to uproot All My Children and move them to Los Angeles in a cost-cutting effort, however sources tell me the 41-year-old sudser has continued to run over budget since relocating in January of 2010.

“Julie [Hanan Caruthers, All My Children’s executive producer] just can’t seem to bring it in under budget,” says a source."

WHY IS SHE STILL THERE? *ahem*

I had no idea Gary Tomlin turned down AMC but he would have been an awful fit with it anyway...

If affiliates are getting involved, this makes me think the hours of daytime programming are going to "shift" in some way. Like ABC taking the 1PM hour to 4PM(where Oprah ran) and telling affiliates to run network daytime programming at that time.

I think it would be a very ballsy move on Frons' part to move The View. They would have to convince affiliates to toss whatever plans they have/had at 4PM to carry The View. If the decision has to be made in March, this gives affiliates plenty of timePlus, stations don't get alot of ad money for network shows like they do with syndicated shows.

And how would The View perform as a 4PM show? The View is fine as morning fare, but will people want to join the ladies at the table later in the afternoon? At that point, everyone has already heard the news/hot topics that day and people at home are going to want their news/politics/spin from FOX/CNN.

If The View moves, I wonder what will occupy its slot?

I don't think the affiliates would go with that plan.

They make more money from syndicated shows than they do network and morning television does not have the viewership of the 4pm slot,so they would be losing money on this arrangement.

Or they could be trading one of the soaps timeslots with affiliates so ABC can run their program in the 4pm slot.

Actually there is NO ABC Oprah time slot as she's a syndicated show. The affiliates control where and when Oprah airs.

I know that, but there was all that hoopla about who was going to replace Oprah in her time slot whatever time she is on. IMO, Jamey is hyping it all up. As I've said, we shall see.

DC has been proclaiming the death of a abc soap for years now, at some point they will be right and say "we told you so, going back years, and nobody believed us!"

Exactly!!

Edited February 23, 201114 yr by MontyB

I remember flipping through mom's SOD and seeing a tiny blurb that SMG was cast in a new TV version of BuffyTVS ("Whaaaa??"), and maybe I'm exaggerating, but wasn't that like two years after she'd been off of AMC? Patience.

It's kind of like NY actors who fly out to L.A. for pilot season hoping magic will happen when they've never even taken a meeting with an L.A. CD. They're lucky if their agents can get them seen. Then they immediately fly back when they don't book anything, failing to make any new contacts for the future, and in some cases as we've seen, they end up re-signing with their soaps.

Exactly. They come back home to Mom and Dad. Unfortunately, "Dad" in this scenario is Frons and he so busy making up the spare room for his faves that he's neglected to pay the mortgage. The people never cut the cord because they know they don't have to and Frons will throw the whole network into upheaval to make room for a return he loves ("real" Greenlee, Brendapalooza) but it never pays off in anyway that counts. It's just another example of how his capriciousness has brought us here.

I think AMC can totally be saved. The problem is that Frons is not willing to see the necessary changes to the fabric of the show made. He'll push Rylee, etc. right to the end.

I don't think Frons is invested enough in AMC to save it. His interference is what is killing it. I agree with Khan in that AMC is unrecognizable and someone mentioned awhile back the core of the show is gone and I don't see it coming back

Or they could be trading one of the soaps timeslots with affiliates so ABC can run their program in the 4pm slot.

Ding!

If it is indeed a cancelling of a soap...I prefer it be OLTL to be honest, I just can't lose La Lucci, she is the only reason I can't see this show going off the air!!!

Edited February 23, 201114 yr by Ms. Chandler Quartermaine

Wow, I skip a day and all hell breaks loose. The original DC blog post was very vague as to what any decision will mean for the soaps. None of the soaps may be cancelled, instead there could be more major budget cuts.

Lucci will still be around, just not in the soap world if AMC is cancelled. I'm not sure what much more they can do for AMC. They've had 4 sets of HW's in 4 years and even the move didn't do anything to help the show just made even worse problems.

Lucci will still be around, just not in the soap world if AMC is cancelled. I'm not sure what much more they can do for AMC. They've had 4 sets of HW's in 4 years and even the move didn't do anything to help the show just made even worse problems.

• They could get an EP who knows how to handle a budget.
  
  
• They could give Broderick the HW position with an agreement that Frons has NO input other than what's necessary to the running of the department. No story input. No casting input. Nothing. If Broderick won't take it, find another writer but not one of these washed-up hacks working the circuit. Do a search, make the best objective choice they can, then give them the reins. There's literally nothing left to lose.
  
  
• They can change the way they handle viewer input. Acknowledge letters with a "Thank you for your input postcard." An autoresponse for email. Respond to the people on Facebook. (Yes, I KNOW 99% of them are idiots. Suck it up and deal.) Don't just lurk the boards. Come on out here and take your lumps. If the creators of Lost could handle it, so can you.
  
  
• Apologize. That's right. I said it. APOLOGIZE to the viewers. Tell people you've heard the complaints and are responding. Remember those "Wait'll you see us in 2010!" spots? Time to run the "Give us another shot" spots. The mainstream media will eat that up.
  

In short they can cop to their mistakes and really try to fix them. The time for band-aids is over. It's time for a bone marrow transplant. And yes, I know that everything I just suggested is heresy

Edited February 23, 201114 yr by marceline

• They could get an EP who knows how to handle a budget.
• They could give Broderick the HW position with an agreement that Frons has NO input other than what's necessary to the running of the department. No story input. No casting input. Nothing. If Broderick won't take it, find another writer but not one of these washed-up hacks working the circuit. Do a search, make the best objective choice they can, then give them the reins. There's literally nothing left to lose.
• They can change the way they handle viewer input. Acknowledge letters with a "Thank you for your input postcard." An autoresponse for email. Respond to the people on Facebook. (Yes, I KNOW 99% of them are idiots. Suck it up and deal.) Don't just lurk the boards. Come on out here and take your lumps. If the creators of Lost could handle it, so can you.
• Apologize. That's right. I said it. APOLOGIZE to the viewers. Tell people you've heard the complaints and are responding. Remember those "Wait'll you see us in 2010!" spots? Time to run the "Give us another shot" spots. The mainstream media will eat that up.

In short they can cop to their mistakes and really try to fix them. The time for band-aids is over. It's time for a bone marrow transplant. And yes, I know that everything I just suggested is heresy

You really think any of that will happen with Frons around? HE is the key to everything. With him there, not much is going to change. There's NO reason he should have let JHC stick around as long as she has.

You really think any of that will happen with Frons around? HE is the key to everything. With him there, not much is going to change. There's NO reason he should have let JHC stick around as long as she has.

Oh no. I absolutely don't think any of that will happen. Remember, I'm the one working on inventing drinks for the AMC Farewell party. (I'm thinking that the Fusion should contain Red Bull and Mad Dog 20/20). I know none of that will happen. But you asked what they could do and if they were serious about saving the show, they could do a lot.

I will completely give up on ABCD if they cancel One Life To Live