The mention of Tempo over on the GH thread has me thinking about it. In my mind, it's a hybrid of Time and Vanity Fair. Does that sound about right?

 

13 hours ago, Franko said:

The mention of Tempo over on the GH thread has me thinking about it. In my mind, it's a hybrid of Time and Vanity Fair. Does that sound about right?

 

It was definitely more like Time or a news magazine when Brooke became the editor.

Edited July 24Jul 24 by Wilsoky

Sherri Sheppard interviewed Debbi Morgan, November 13, 2024
(I don't know if this was posted already)

https://www.sherrishowtv.com/video/debbi-morgan-full-interview-sherri-shepherd/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59i9HaIKGVE

12 minutes ago, janea4old said:

Sherri Sheppard interviewed Debbi Morgan, November 13, 2024
(I don't know if this was posted already)

https://www.sherrishowtv.com/video/debbi-morgan-full-interview-sherri-shepherd/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59i9HaIKGVE

This was great, thanks for sharing! I love her.

On 7/23/2025 at 2:25 PM, Franko said:

The mention of Tempo over on the GH thread has me thinking about it. In my mind, it's a hybrid of Time and Vanity Fair. Does that sound about right?

 

I love these clips from the 80s. I wish full episodes were digitally remastered and available to watch.

8 hours ago, Jonathan said:

I love these clips from the 80s. I wish full episodes were digitally remastered and available to watch.

Yeeeeeeees. We need as early as possible seasons of AMC digitally restored and put on some platform. I am literally gonna sell my soul for this and AW circa Harding Lemay. I will pay whatever the platform wants. If they want 100 a month... I'll pay. 

It's so sad that most of the soaps have their true golden eras completely hidden away or not preserved at all.

2 hours ago, Maxim said:

Yeeeeeeees. We need as early as possible seasons of AMC digitally restored and put on some platform. I am literally gonna sell my soul for this and AW circa Harding Lemay. I will pay whatever the platform wants. If they want 100 a month... I'll pay. 

It's so sad that most of the soaps have their true golden eras completely hidden away or not preserved at all.

Very sad! I'd pay too, I just wish we could get the word out somehow to those that would listen and have that power.

On 7/27/2025 at 7:53 AM, janea4old said:

Sherri Sheppard interviewed Debbi Morgan, November 13, 2024
(I don't know if this was posted already)

https://www.sherrishowtv.com/video/debbi-morgan-full-interview-sherri-shepherd/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59i9HaIKGVE

This was great.  I know they'd never point out that the AMC reboot was centred around her and Jesse.  I wish she'd get out of the Tyler Perry orbit and be somewhere else (Beyond the Gates?)

18 hours ago, EricMontreal22 said:

I wish she'd get out of the Tyler Perry orbit and be somewhere else (Beyond the Gates?)

Same, lol!

Wasn't Tempo originally a trashy gossip rag? In 1981, they did a cover story on Erica that included lengthy speculation on her triangle with Brandon and Sarah Kingsley.

I feel like it was mentioned at various points in the 70s, too, but not sure about that.

On 7/28/2025 at 7:04 AM, Maxim said:

Yeeeeeeees. We need as early as possible seasons of AMC digitally restored and put on some platform. I am literally gonna sell my soul for this and AW circa Harding Lemay. I will pay whatever the platform wants. If they want 100 a month... I'll pay. 

It's so sad that most of the soaps have their true golden eras completely hidden away or not preserved at all.

I consider it a miracle that several soaps did archive all their episodes, whether the tapes have ever been made available to the public or not. At least we know they exist. It's so frustrating to know, however,  that many of the best shows wiped/erased their material up until the late 1970s.

AMC was its best (IMO) from 1970 to 1989, as written by Agnes Nixon, Wisner Washam and Lorraine Broderick. Then, with the advent of Margaret DePriest, Megan McTavish and others, the writing deteriorated and so did the show. At least eps from 1979 to 1989 should still be around.

Alas, the best of AW (Agnes Nixon's and Harding Lemay's material) is apparently gone forever.

3 hours ago, vetsoapfan said:

AMC was its best (IMO) from 1970 to 1989, as written by Agnes Nixon, Wisner Washam and Lorraine Broderick.

IA.  I mean, I liked a lot of Margaret DePriest's tenure, too, but I think it helped to have many longtime AMC writers, including Lorraine Broderick and Victor Miller, on staff.

4 hours ago, vetsoapfan said:

AMC was its best (IMO) from 1970 to 1989, as written by Agnes Nixon, Wisner Washam and Lorraine Broderick. Then, with the advent of Margaret DePriest, Megan McTavish and others, the writing deteriorated and so did the show. At least eps from 1979 to 1989 should still be around.

IA. Even though I wasn't born yet lol. I give the edge to Wisner because once he leaves, all those classic wrong side of the tracks character types never make a real comeback. His AMC was a soap for EVERYBODY! It was a screwball setup that worked, and a lot of other soaps have not been able to replicate it, in my opinion.

I know when others talk about soaps being easy to reboot today, the go-to is always Dark Shadows/Edge Of Night, but I truly believe a modern reboot on Pine Valley could be revolutionary. The things I crave to watch were already being touched on with the show, imagine if a writer with true imagination were to make a reboot of the canvas and become more progressive with the themes and elements that already worked here.

Edited July 31Jul 31 by DemetriKane

17 hours ago, All My Shadows said:

Wasn't Tempo originally a trashy gossip rag? In 1981, they did a cover story on Erica that included lengthy speculation on her triangle with Brandon and Sarah Kingsley.

I feel like it was mentioned at various points in the 70s, too, but not sure about that.

Ah, thank you. I guess the magazine stepped up once the Pine Valley ladies got involved.

Forgive me if this is common knowledge, but I see that J.K. Simmons appeared in the Goldie Kane story in 1987.

 

5 hours ago, Khan said:

IA.  I mean, I liked a lot of Margaret DePriest's tenure, too, but I think it helped to have many longtime AMC writers, including Lorraine Broderick and Victor Miller, on staff.

I personally have been disappointed in every soap I've seen DePriest write, but I will freely acknowledge that her AMC was better than the dreck foisted on the show by Charles Pratt, Jr. (the worst scribe in the show's history, IMO), Jean Passanante and Megan McTavish.

5 hours ago, DemetriKane said:

I know when others talk about soaps being easy to reboot today, the go-to is always Dark Shadows/Edge Of Night, but I truly believe a modern reboot on Pine Valley could be revolutionary. The things I crave to watch were already being touched on with the show, imagine if a writer with true imagination were to make a reboot of the canvas and become more progressive with the themes and elements that already worked here.

I do think TEON would be a good bet to reboot (DS has been attempted twice), but with the right writers, both AMC and OLTL could have a decent shot at successful reboots too. The problem is, of course, that TIIC never seem to find, nurture and hire potentially-great new writing talent. They keep recycling the same old hacks, with the same poor results. If AMC were to be revived, I'd want Lorraine Broderick at the helm of the show. ABC would insist on Charles Pratt.🤢