AMC and OLTL Canceled!

[Carolyn1980]

Yeah, I gave them a pass on that, because it surely had deserved the best show award several times before (1985, 1992, 1993, 1994).

[dragonflies]

Did you mean Marissa?

I might buy it if there had been any kind of build up to it. Isn't there enough contrived sh*t on this show already?

[Y&RWorldTurner]

That was a strange year for the Daytime Emmy's. GL and OLTL split all the acting categories, while OLTL won for writing, and GL won for Directing. When it came time for Best Show, OLTL wasn't nominated, and GL lost out to AMC.

I do remember Felicia Minei Behr commenting later to I think SOD that she thought GL should've/would've won it that year.

[Carolyn1980]

OLTL should've been nominated and should've won. The gang rape story and subsequent trial were some of the most riveting TV I'd ever seen at the time. And the show wasn't even nominated.

[Khan]

I would, too. But as I've said before, I feel Marissa is being "turned gay," b/c there isn't anyone else available for Bianca to mate with. IMO, Binks deserves better.

Weirdly, though, I think that was the last year I was riveted by the goings-on.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

I can't begrudge the shows that lost out, as I think the early part of the 90's were the last time anyone at the network and producer level gave a damn about the soaps.

AMC, GL, ATWT, OLTL, and Y&R all had really good period during this time, both in ratings gains for specific stories and in critical acclaim.

[dragonflies]

So I read people are donating money to have a full page ad taken out.

I think I'll pass, too risky, someone might get greedy and take off with the money

Jennifer Bassey on show's end

http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/amc-alum-show-end

[Khan]

Or worse, the resulting ad will consist of one large photo of CM leaning against a rock, wearing just a thong.

[DRW50]

I have no desire to give any money for this, but fan groups have put up full page ads in the past, although there might have been a few times where it was a ripoff, I don't know.

[Khan]

Sample Ad: "THANK YOU, ONE LIFE TO LIVE, FOR GIVING US 43 YEARS OF TODD AND BLAIR!"

[dragonflies]

The mental image of that

[Vizion]

The latest rant from Branco:

http://tvguide.ca/Soaps/Features/Articles/110420_most_hated_man_NB.htm

[Y&RWorldTurner]

No, thanks.

Again, why should I support an industry that gave up on supporting itself long ago? I have no incentive to watch these shows anymore, and apparently so do many other people. The soap industry stopped planning a "future" long ago.

[Khan]

Nellie can go suck it, for all I care. Did he rant like this when ATWT and GL were canceled? (No, really, did he? I forget.) Either way, would he be this outraged if his favoritest show ever, ONE LIFE TO LIVE, hadn't been axed? Chances are, if it were just AMC, he would just shrug and say, "Sorry, guys!".

[Adam]

Exactly. If anything maybe the demise of OLTL will send him and his rubbish he passes off as journalism packing.