AMC and OLTL Canceled!

[DRW50]

I think as long as Todd and his harem are there that is the main priority.

I do wonder if they would bring back Tina (even if she's at B&B ) if not for Frons. I think he is probably not going to let her back.

Other than that I don't know if RC or Valentini care about past faces. They will probably bring back Kevin to whimper for Kelly while she marries Joey or John. And Adrianna will return, to remind us of how great Gigi/Rex are.

[All My Shadows]

Now that you mention it, I can see it now, too. Ronald might have these terribly ambitious (and ambitious terrible) ideas of who to bring back and what should be done with them (let's bring back the dayplayer who shared a cell with a dayplayer in 1991!), with Frank finally having to put his foot down and say "No!"

[DRW50]

I just wonder if Valentini has that whole Goutman thing where he is so impressed with his own stories that he resents the past.

JHC probably doesn't care, but would be likely to blow the budget by accidentally paying $3 million to Eileen Brennan to reprise the role of Myrtle Fargate. When someone reminds her Eileen Brennan did not play Myrtle, JHC instead watches a lot of Real McCoys episodes and hires Kathleen Nolan.

[SFK]

"Personally, I think the show should end with Viki’s death since she is the heart and soul of the show; and her one life should poetically end as the show does. It would be reason to bring back past One Life characters; rewind to flashbacks; have Dorian and Viki finally admit their love; force Dorian to step up to the plate and take on Viki’s role; and in the last episode, Viki can be reunited in heaven with all her dead relatives and friends. One Life has always been about the stages of life, and Viki has eluded one key milestone: death."

[marceline]

Fixed.

[quartermainefan]

that was nice of her to say

[Khan]

"Personally, I think the show should end with Viki’s death since she is the heart and soul of the show; and her one life should poetically end as the show does. It would be reason to bring back past One Life characters; rewind to flashbacks; have Dorian and Viki finally admit their love; force Dorian to step up to the plate and take on Viki’s role; and in the last episode, Viki can be reunited in heaven with all her dead relatives and friends. One Life has always been about the stages of life, and Viki has eluded one key milestone: death was better off without my constant and annoying praises of it."

Now it's fixed.

[R Sinclair]

Am I the only one who isn't thrilled at the prospect of Agnes Nixon "helping out" with the show? I say that because the woman seemed half gone during the 40th Anniversary interviews last year. How much can she really be "helping out?"

Or did I miss out on the round of hallucinogens that has everyone thinking this is 1975?

[Khan]

Too bad you did. I've heard it's some good [!@#$%^&*].

;-P

[DRW50]

You spoiled the finale Margo Flax was going to have another facelift.

[marceline]

Well I can only speak for myself and I'm not on any drugs. (Well not any hallucinogens. )

If after various regimes and all these years of mismanagement, I'm happy to know that if AMC has to end it's with the input of its creator. I'm not expecting miracles but IMO, Agnes and LB still belong to that school of writers that learned to tell stories by reading and writing them not by watching them and that is a skill set that is woefully lacking in all of television. Honestly, if her only assistance is to craft the ending for Erica Kane then I consider that a nice bit of justice. I like the idea of her hand helping to close the book. It appeals to the reader in me.

But regardless of the level of her contribution, I thank the gods that S&K aren't writing the end.

[All My Shadows]

I don't think Agnes is as far gone as she seems sometimes. She's always seemed drunk of her ass in interviews and such, so I think her advancing age might make it seem even worse, but as far as knowing what's going on with the show and the characters, I think she's more than competent. I imagine it's Lorraine wrapping up all the current storylines and Agnes coming up with stuff for the the final month or weeks or whatever.

I need to see this character...

[You're Soaking in it]

I wouldn't believe there's any sort of hand-off moment happening - but more of Broderick with Nixon's influence and input throughout: LB will be constructing the story right up to the end. She's Nixon's protegee, so of course they have very similar, character-driven (and socially relevant) styles. There's no questioning that they work very well together. I suppose one might be able to distinguish Broderick's work as having a contemporary sensibility and that it has been more whimsical (think Palmer's memorial) in its execution. I think those traits served AMC very well, for the most part.

It's good, from both a PR and a creative perspective, that AMC announced that Nixon would be helping bring the show to a close. But I honestly believe Nixon wants it to be LB who head-writes the show at its conclusion - just as she wanted her, and helped facilitate her return to AMC, in late 2009... Beyond having the right vision and respect for character history (and being particularly gifted when it comes to writing for the characters of Pine Valley), she also has the experience / stamina / organization skills to lead as head writer in today's soap environment... and I think it's perfectly okay to acknowledge that Nixon isn't in a position, at this point in her life, to take that on anymore.

[LeClerc]

If they are being literal about the writers office then it would have to be OLTL which (I think?) still actually has a writers office.

But I think it's AMC and Lorraine vs. Agnes. There's really no place for a split amongst the writers at OLTL: Ron is the boss. But AMC has Broderick and Nixon.

From reading SOD/SOW it seems they are getting their information about what is going on writing-wise at AMC from a couple of unnamed insiders, including "a veteran actor who has been in contact with Agnes". Meanwhile, for OLTL, RC has been fielding all of the magazines' questions. I can't see RC admitting to the magazines "There's major disagreement about whether to bring back lots of vets" (even if it were true) but I can see the anonymous sources at AMC revealing it.

And I feel the same way as R Sinclair: concerned about Agnes' involvement. I really do not like that they are going to write a different ending than they otherwise would have because of Agnes' irrational optimism about the show being picked up elsewhere.

[SFK]

You make a good point re: PR standpoint. Even if her contribution is ultimately minimal, if the ending totally sucks, folks can save their breath with the, "They shoulda let Agnes write it! " stuff.