OLTL Tribute Thread

[Joseph]

I know, and It's Amazing Seeing Louise as a non Crazy Villain

[Contessa Donatella]

A Celebration of Robyn Griggs Wiley's Life will be held Saturday, Sept. 10th. I will be getting information about it being live-streamed & will post that. (Sorry, the only picture I could find was AW.)

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[Contessa Donatella]

The link to the live video of Robyn's Service at 10am this morning is:

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Sorry I didn't get this any sooner.

 

 

[victoria foxton]

 

5-29-1985 

Edited September 13, 2022 by victoria foxton

[AMCOLTLLover]

I love 1983 to 1988 of oltl. Tina was the best character. I even love her more than Vicki

[Planet Soap]

Not sure if this was posted already but Judith Light's last episode:

 

[titan1978]

Andrea Evans is just so much fun to watch as Tina.

[Aback]

Did they let new days start mid-episode in the ABC soaps?

[Cw3]

Tina was the best. Andrea’s version was my favorite but warmed up to Karen Witter’s too. Felt a bit like a different character. Tina was oltl in the 80s so to see her fazed out in the 90s/00s was a huge loss to the show. Why wasn’t she significant anymore? Did she have to stay attached to Cord? Loved her scenes with Todd’s and Viki when she came back. Of course Tina and Gabrielle were an amazing pairing! 

[danfling]

Sometimes - especially on Dark Shadows.

 

I watched most of the episode above from 1983.   I had two questions;

1.  Who was that actor speaking to Pat Ashley before Dr. Will Vernon and Capt. Ed Hall entered the scene?   He was playing a decorator.

2.  I do not remember the character of Doug, who I assume was a photographer.   Was he on the show for very long?

Edited September 22, 2022 by danfling

[cassadine1991]

I think I found Elaine Princi’s first episode as Dorian Lord

 

and Andrea Evans’ last episode of Tina

 

[vetsoapfan]

Sometimes, new days would start in the middle of a scene.

In the mid-1970s on OLTL, Viki was in Jim Craig's office to confirm a medical appoint for the next day. As she was leaving, she told Carla and Jim she would, "see you tomorrow!" There was a jump cut, and suddenly Viki was coming back into the office, wearing different clothes, and thanking Carla for getting her an appointment in less than 24 hours.

It was awkward and uncomfortable. Soaps generally don't warp time like that. 

[cassadine1991]

Does anyone know who played Pike Buchanan here?

 

[slick jones]

I would guess Tom Carlin.

 

[Paul Raven]

Wasn't sure where to place this  but since it deals mainly with OLTL here it is. Makes you think how other shows with clearance problems might have rated with more coverage.

May 1970

What clearance woes can mean to ABC -TV

The half hour, daily afternoon serial, One Life to Live, is suffering from "live clearance deficiency" and this con- dition is costing more than $2 million a year, $1.5 million of it lost directly by the network. ABC -TV stations last week, at the annual network affiliates meeting in Los Angeles , were given a striking illustration of what it can mean to a network when just one program is not being carried live on a competitive line -up of stations.

Frederick Pierce, vice president in charge of planning and assistant to the president of ABC -TV, citing One Life to Live as a specific example, offered the following editorial and mathematical suppositions as evidence of how a lack of live clearances does not pay:

Fact: In the first quarter of 1970, One Life to Live registered a 7.1 rating nationally.

Fact: General Hospital, the half -hour afternoon serial that generates ABC - TV's biggest daytime audience, gained a 9.1 rating nationally during the same quarter.

Supposition: According to Mr. Pierce, "the difference is live coverage."

Logic: General Hospital enjoys a 92% primary live line -up. One Life to Live only has 83% live coverage.

Supposition: If One Life to Live had General Hospital's live line -up, ABC - TV figures that it would have a national rating of 8.6 -near General Hospital's level -or 1.5 more rating points than it now earns.

Question: What does this mean in terms of dollar loss?

Mathematical formula: One Life to Livé s 1.5 rating -point deficiency represents 880,000 fewer homes nationally.

At the going cost -per- thousand daytime rate of $1.60, this amounts to $1,400 less per minute on the selling price of the show. There are 1,560 available commercial minutes in One Life to Live per year (in round figures 1,500) at the show's actual 96% sell -out situation. This figures out to 1,500 available commercial minutes multiplied by $1,400 lost for each minute.

The total: $2.1 million in revenues lost per year. Some $360,000 of this total would be station compensation. Subtract about $200,000 more for agency commission. Sub -total: about $1.5 million in annual revenue loss to the network.