Read my status update. That's how I feel about this whole flustercluck.

Doesn't Colgate-Palmolive own it?

SFM Entertainment is wasting the right away currently. It makes me sick to think they have those episodes and turned do wn ANYTHING that Hallmark or anybody would offer them. Something is better than nothing.

The people that own The Doctors are asking for too much money which is why nothing has come of it. The Hallmark deal fell through, a remake and even DVDs which honestly, they should release themselves.

ETA:

Isn't Lifetime an ABC property? Maybe they have a better chance at doing a soap spin-off than the PGP soaps. I hate that the producers, writers and fans didn't get on that backwagon. It was all about moving the entire soap to a new network, but it would be a good way to get our foot in the door. Develop a strong primetime soap pilot for Lifetime, bring only a few characters from AMC or OLTL and market it as a new show/spin off. That way you can try and bring AMC fans over and it'll also be accessible to new fans. I hope thats something they would cosnider, but doubtful I know.

Lifetime is owned by A&E Television Networks which is owned by Disney/ABC, NBC-Universal, and Hearst Communications. It's a weird partnership. Lifetime with its recent merger/being acquired by AETN is becoming very A&E like... Intervention reruns, reality programming, etc.

Considering their most successful show is Army Wives, the only clear soap in their lineup, it's shocking they haven't considering more soaps for the network. They'll launch crime drama after crime drama, but it's soaps that those women want. Just look at which movies tend to be the most successful, melodramas or romantic comedys. That says stick with soaps and sitcoms.

Haven't they been talking about The Doctors on Hallmark for like 5 years now?

My main SoapNet gripe is that The City and Capitol weren't given a chance.

I guess ABC didn't wanna pay Agnes (I wonder if at any time they ever offered to buy loving/City from her? She has said before she was only comfortable selling OLTL and AMC when she felt they were in a spot where it would be near impossible to ruin them--which by and large *coff* she was right about, maybe ABC offered with her show and she never felt it was?)

Frons

People were foolish to believe that Doctors thing for any longer than five minutes. Come on, now, people PLEASE. DOC hadn't been a true contender in at least 30 years, and that was the soap Hallmark was going to pick up?

Though I'd love love love it if they got with P&G and gave GL and ATWT reruns a decent chance. I think they'd do extremely well with Hallmark's daytime audience. CBS is no longer in the way, so just put 'em on in their old time slots, start them off in a year that was good and solid for them both, and go on from there, one episode a day, like it's all brand new. Sammich it between Golden Girls and LHOTP, and I can't see it doing any worse than that random petkeeping show.

Doctors struck me as a weird choice--how far do the episodes go back anyway? Aside from Marland's brief run int he late 70s before GH snatched him up, would any of it be even worth revisiting?? It was apparently classic soap in the early 70s, but not really after... and isn't one that is mentioned much.

It would be fun if one of the mystery/crime stations picked up Edge of Nights' last years...

I really hope this isn't true. And I'm not convinced that it is.

I love the shows and would hate to see all of those people lose their job. Cast, crew, production, makeup, etc....That's gotta be a number in the hundreds

Frons

This seriously makes me laugh every time you do it

I do find it odd that there'd be ZERO market for a station that aired classic AMC, OLTL, GH... Maybe it won't/can't happen till they are all canceled, but.

People were foolish to believe that Doctors thing for any longer than five minutes. Come on, now, people PLEASE. DOC hadn't been a true contender in at least 30 years, and that was the soap Hallmark was going to pick up?

I have zero knowledge of/affection for The Doctors so it wouldn't have exactly been my pick either, but I thought the fact that it being shown on Hallmark was even spoken of as a possibility was a real

Chris, do you know if they have the show in its entirety, or if they'd have to start at a certain point later in the run?

Oh man, I know women who can get up at 10 in the morning on a Saturday and watch Lifetime movies all weekend long. I never watched any of their series, but I applaud them for at least trying and for achieving critical acclaim along the way. Even Oprah is eschewing scripted drama for OWN saying it's too expensive.

*Eric, now I'm doing it.

I do find it odd that there'd be ZERO market for a station that aired classic AMC, OLTL, GH... Maybe it won't/can't happen till they are all canceled, but.

There would be a market for it, a small one but never the less a market. The one issue would be ABC licensing out the rights for the shows seeing as they own all of them. It's not like ATWT/GL where CBS canceled and PGP/Telenext could have gone with the show to another network.

It's kismet

I say skip the cable rerun idea where they'd almost certainly get yanked giving the viewers soapy blue balls and just focus on making episodes available streaming through Roku/Hulu-type technology. PGP Classic Soaps was an awesome thing, it really was.