ABC May Be Ready To Trim Its Daytime Drama Lineup: Will 'All My Children' Go?

After the Reese debacle I wouldn't trust Julie Hanen Carruthers with a pet rock. So I guess we'll wait and see.

Trust me, I am prepared to fight the Lord's fight for the honor of Pine Valley. Let us hoist the flag of the Photo Album up high above Willow Lake, let us secure our armaments in Pierce Riley's cabin, and let us get out battle fatigues from the Boutique. It shall be a splendid little war.

Maybe that's how they'll decide. Just have a AMC/OLTL fan cage match where they feed everybody pills and booze then give them knives. The casts of both shows can watch on closed-circuit TV.

You really think they'd call the cast in and lie to them, about something this big? This isn't a move to Cali. Or keeping the secret about David not really being dead.

ABC is a lot of horrible things, but I'm not sure I buy that they're THIS horrible.

It's Disney. I have no problem believing they're that horrible.

Edited March 23, 201114 yr by marceline

My spin on all of this is that the show is safe...FOR NOW...but they really need to bring it in May sweeps, or that's it. I've said earlier that I think the reason Feb sweeps was such a non-event for the show was because they decided to start building new stories that could climax in May, which they knew ahead of time will be do or die. I'm not encouraged by the record-low demos the past two weeks for the stories playing now that are supposed to build through May. I fear that their big May sweeps event will be Rylee's real wedding. That's not the way to go. Crossing fingers that the tide can turn.

This thread is like a hospital waiting room. I feel like everyone's holding styrofoam cups with bad coffee and shaking their knees. I'm gonna go step out for a smoke.

Starting to sound an awful like that rumor is officially dead. Call me crazy but if AMC were to be cancelled it would've been done already. CBS didn't waste any time cancelling GL and ATWT when it was time to pull the plug.

Getting tired of these waste of time rumors.

Yes b/c they still dominate storylines. Look over this past few yrs. 3 characters JR, Tad, David. Now see Marissa and Krystal everytime in thier stories. That's only part of it, then there's Rylee.

Krystal has a storyline? Tell when it airs bc Ive been waiting for her to get one for quite a while

My spin on all of this is that the show is safe...FOR NOW...but they really need to bring it in May sweeps, or that's it. I've said earlier that I think the reason Feb sweeps was such a non-event for the show was because they decided to start building new stories that could climax in May, which they knew ahead of time will be do or die. I'm not encouraged by the record-low demos the past two weeks for the stories playing now that are supposed to build through May. I fear that their big May sweeps event will be Rylee's real wedding. That's not the way to go. Crossing fingers that the tide can turn.

I agree, but what were they thinking in Feb? Nothing happened. Maybe, part of it had to do with rewriting story for DM, but what other excuse do they have. Feb blew.

Starting to sound an awful like that rumor is officially dead. Call me crazy but if AMC were to be cancelled it would've been done already. CBS didn't waste any time cancelling GL and ATWT when it was time to pull the plug.

Getting tired of these waste of time rumors.

ABC isn't CBS and I don't think they would have done it already if they were going too.

My spin on all of this is that the show is safe...FOR NOW...but they really need to bring it in May sweeps, or that's it. I've said earlier that I think the reason Feb sweeps was such a non-event for the show was because they decided to start building new stories that could climax in May, which they knew ahead of time will be do or die. I'm not encouraged by the record-low demos the past two weeks for the stories playing now that are supposed to build through May. I fear that their big May sweeps event will be Rylee's real wedding. That's not the way to go. Crossing fingers that the tide can turn.

Bring it in May sweeps? Not gonna happen. they didn't even bring it for Nov or Feb. sweeps

Edited March 23, 201114 yr by dragonflies

Clearly, AMC's demos are not going to go rebound in any meaningful so that means cutting production costs in a huge way.

Sorry but the show doesn't deserve another year or two. Cause I know nothing will change. If Frons was invested in making AMC better, why are the double D's still HW's?

I don't get the "the show doesn't deserve" argument. The show is a thing owned by a faceless conscienceless corporation. The actors and crew are employees who are real human beings with families to support. So is it the corporation or these blameless people who have no control over the show that doesn't deserve another year?

Edited March 23, 201114 yr by Ann_SS

Bring it in May sweeps? Not gonna happen. they didn't even bring it for Nov or Feb. sweeps

You want the show canceled so badly, yet you still watch. It's confusing to me. LOL I have a feeling a few people here and elsewhere would be singing a totally different tune if a certain someone was coming back.

Well AMC escaped this one but in 2012 they will be cancelled for sure if things don't turn around so this should be a warning to them to seriously start turning things around and it starts with that budget.

Your prayers have been answered, AMC fans!

Just announced, OLTL has been cancelled!

My link

This thread is like a hospital waiting room. I feel like everyone's holding styrofoam cups with bad coffee and shaking their knees. I'm gonna go step out for a smoke.

It would make a terrific concept play. The setting is a "real life" message board, the characters are all posters and the dialogue is made up entirely of their posts. The posters appear one at a time in the spotlight to soliloquize their posts, hiding in the darkness when it's not their turn. The story?

"Two soap operas are on life support, and at 3PM, one will receive a cancellation notice. The dedicated fan bases discuss the impending announcements and implications. We pick up on the action at noon."

^I just read that. But no one here is going to buy it. She's lying. LOL Thanks for posting it, though.

I'm buying it.

Your prayers have been answered, AMC fans!

Just announced, OLTL has been cancelled!

My link

So mean