Deadline Hollywood Says AMC May Be A Goner

[DRW50]

Not to mention that the networks haven't even had any successful talk shows in ages and ages. For all the talk of soaps being dead, it generally seems like daytime is, period, unless you count the million cable networks that can declare victory because they each get their own sliver. The networks should be trying to build up what made them stand out in the first place, instead of just draping themselves in the equivalent of the I Love Lucy episode where she wore a potato sack and thought it was designer chic.

[Jonathan]

It's such a surreal feeling looking at all these headlines. It was once a healthy soap and now it's in danger of cancellation. ABC didn't do enough to take care of it.

[BingCherry]

If they do cancel it (why am I even saying "If"? It's pretty much a given at this point), do you think they'll move Lucci to GH or something? I mean, it would make more sense to move her to OLTL, but this IS ABC we're talking about here.

[Jonathan]

No. The character of Erica Kane should just be preserved in the history books. It should not continue on another show.

[BingCherry]

But you just know that Frons will try his hardest to get Lucci to move to GH or OLTL. He probably thinks that Erica Kane is a bigger entity than AMC in general.

[Jonathan]

I doubt it. He thinks Greenlee is the center of All My Children.

[Kylie]

Ugh why is there nothing new in there? Can't ABC just make the announcement already and put everyone out of their misery.

I'm still not convinced both won't be canceled at the same time, with AMC going just a bit (no more than a year) before OLTL.

[Jonathan]

Well I don't think they would've announced it any earlier since Broadway Cares was a few weeks ago and the news would've just taken away from the event itself.

Maybe tomorrow or the following Tuesday.

[marceline]

And I doubt Lucci would be interested. She's already looking toward the future and I'm pretty sure that doesn't include another soap. She's got enough diverse business interests that once AMC is gone she can just say "See ya bitches!"

[Kylie]

Eh, let OLTL have the sentimental extra 6 months or a year. Lets get AMC off while there's still a shred of dignity.

I do foresee it being something like AMC in September 2011, with OLTL the following September (if it lasts that long) and GH holding on as long as they possibly can hold it.

[Vee]

Is there still a shred of dignity? Did Kendall lose it in her couch's seat cushions?

Actually, yes, as hollow as AMC feels these days there is still quite a bit more dignity than ATWT or GL. This is a show in the weeds which could improve quite easily.

[Jonathan]

At least Hot in Cleveland will have a new storyline to play off of.

[Bright Eyes]

How far does All My Children tape in advance? I ask to understand how long the writers would have to wrap up the show, assuming it will end in September.

[Kylie]

That's what's hardest for me to swallow if/when this announcement comes down. There is still life left in AMC, not a lot, but enough. It could be saved and pulled back from the brink. No one at ABC seems willing too.

I'm selfish, OLTL can have it's last year, with writers and a network that know it's going....I'd actually hate see AMC in that spot. Where they're being written that long with NOTHING to lose. Eek.

[JaneAusten]

I dont think Frons has any great love for Lucci but she is the only name and face people really associate to AMC so I think he values that part of her

I dont see SL staying with ABC daytime. She doesn't need it. Shes managed her career very well and has branded herself.

If anything it wouldn't shock me to see her strike up a deal with Orpah Winfreys new network if she stays involved in television.

Exactly. I don't know why folks think otherwise. I think she has stuck with AMC because of her gratitude for her success and I think she really loves

playing Erica.