AMC and OLTL Canceled!

[Soapsuds]

Can't stand the guy.

[EricMontreal22]

This is silly to argue still, but I just can't help myself. I would agree that OLTL has more life and certainly energy than AMC has had for a while, though I think that's changing a bit. One reason I prefer AMC is I find more heart there--even with the endless Rylee pimping etc, lately than I have with OLTL. And I do definitely agree that OLTL's current campy sensibility leaves a bad taste in my mouth when they suddenly throw into one of those stories a father trying to rape his daughter, or try to mix comedy with the DID but still bring up one comic alter leaving her daughter who now is another DID comedy act to be molested and filmed for kiddie porn... Which is why I wonder about Jamey's praising of their social issues.

[Angela]

Late to the gate but this whole thing is just awesomeness. I totally agree. I'm thinking about potential multiple returns from the dead and it's franky stirring much more WTF from me rather than excitement.

***Slow claps***

[Soapsuds]

Yes, they are both canceled.

[Scotty]

Exactly....it's a moot point. Frons canceled both shows in the same breath, so what's the point of it now?

[EricMontreal22]

It sounds more than corny, but it is too bad that certain bloggers, etc, seem Hell bent on trying to start--or maintain a rivalry between the two soap fans when really one is not going to be saved at this point over the other, and surely a fan of only one of the shows can still relate to the other fan being disappointed their show is dead... If that made sense

[Soapsuds]

I think it makes sense..but earlier you thought I was Soapboy..soooo....

[EricMontreal22]

Maybe I'll just start using your real name instead of all these silly screen names

[~bl~]

I think it is weird in one way, isn't there a lot of overlap in the fanbase of AMC and OLTL? Why hate on each other, when really it should be about trying to make things suck less than they do.

[Marco Dane]

Wondering will Agnes Nixon come and write for OLTL too ?

[SFK]

The whole "rivalry" baffles me as I've never thought of them even running the same race let alone the overlapping fanbase thing. It's relatively new to me as I got wind of it here at SON only a year or so ago.

[EricMontreal22]

I always thought they did share much of the same fanbase--but maybe that's simply cuz I've watched them from virtually the same time (OLTL abotu a year and a half later), and due to all the crossovers, the Agnes connection, etc.

[All My Shadows]

The rivalry itself, I think, is new. Once it became clear that ABC wasn't going to be running three soaps for long, things got crazy. But if ABC released a statement tomorrow saying they would save the show with the loudest fans?

Close the door, turn off the lights, Love T.K.O., call it a day. The soapocalypse would be upon us.

[EricMontreal22]

LOL and this is where some of the rivalry comes from

There was some talk early in this huge thread, but I kinda doubt it. Remember she left as HW (after choosing and training Gordon Russell to replace her) back in 1973, so the only character still on she's written for would be Vicki and maybe Dorian, even though she's kept some connection with the show... But if she even did a final speech for Vicki or something it would be great.

She may be consulted though, still (and to be fair she's not really HW AMC's final months it seems more like Lorraine Broderick with Agnes playing a bigger role than she has in a long time helping her).

[SFK]

It would certainly be an improvement over the *big moment* dialogue fan-Fiki got today.