AMC and OLTL Canceled!

[Adam]

So, Frons didn't even tell the cast of the shows in person? WoW!!

[Cheap21]

it's most likely Sept 9, which is something I suspected

[Jonathan]

I thought I read a previous article that said he was at the All My Children studios in person and that there was a simultaneous video conference with OLTL. But maybe not.

I think that's also the last day of Oprah reruns.

[Vee]

The whole video conference thing is so ridiculous and impersonal.

[Cheap21]

I didnt expect him to. That should have been something their respective EPs should have told them.

that makes more sense. Considering both shows are on different coast, he couldnt break the news to both in person

[Carolyn1980]

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"It really is the end of the genre as we know it," said Sara Bibel, who covers soap operas for the website xfinityTV.com. " 'One Life to Live' was the No. 3 soap last week and it's still being canceled. So this is a signal that the networks no longer have any faith in the genre's appeal. They even expect lower ratings with these new shows, but they also expect to save 30 to 40 percent in production costs."

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"This was stunning," said Michael Logan, the resident soap opera expert at TV Guide. "These are two more giants. After the cancellations of 'The Guiding Light' and 'As the World Turns,' there was a real sense that we'd hit bottom and the six remaining soaps would be with us for a while. But to see Susan Lucci out of a job really signals that this is a new day in daytime."

[Clear Drama]

They have more patience than most, b/c if I were these actors I'd be ripping him a new ass-hole, fu** my rep this is ridiculous.

[dragonflies]

Cady McClain

Upset about cancellation of shows that could mean so much to so many. WTF, yo? Sometimes change is good but this change just sucks.

[SFK]

Wow, I was under the impression that he "Skype'd" with both casts live, I didn't realize that the news was delivered in a prepared, edited video. Kind of cowardly, he didn't have to "take questions" or hear their cries.

[DRW50]

I guess it was restrained of him to not take a dump right in front of them. Then again, he's been doing that for 9 years.

[SFK]

NM

[Pine Charles]

Oh, OK...

But which look will you don at the celebration?

We can all go to a gay club in our Erica garb -- like totally ferosh -- get completely hosed, do hair tosses and rub our thighs. Oh, and maybe the DJ can spin a techno mix of the AMC theme.

[LeClerc]

I think September 9th will be the date as well. The fact that they are not releasing the date suggests its earlier rather than later.

[Vee]

It's the AMC fans I really feel for. They have only a couple months left to shoot, a bunch of poor stories already in motion, and a clusterfuck behind the scenes. If Lorraine Broderick can salvage that in record time - unlikely with Julie Carruthers handling the logistics - she is a miracle worker. Say what you will about Ron Carlivati who has had many a lowlight since 2008, but he knows and loves that show and there has always been at least one story I enjoy; OLTL is, I feel, on a bit of an upswing again, and what's more they clearly began planning for the end and the end couples some time ago, even if the couples aren't always what I would want (John and Natalie - please no). I can believe they will bring back a lot of people and do their best to do right by them. I'm not too worried about us. It's AMC I fear for.

[SFK]

We might get a lot of montages to establish plot developments, the old, "I have something important to tell you" cue music, pull out slowly from the window... Angie and Jesse should be their primary focus, that and Erica b/c while we may tolerate other characters going out on a less than stellar note, we don't want that for her.