I think someone at PP, ABC knows exactly how to stir up [!@#$%^&*] to get people interested. Unfortunately, they're using their star to do it. Me thinks this is going to bite them in the ass.

How is she doing that? My goodness you're comparing two completely different things. She is ALLOWED TO MOVE ON if she wants. I really doubt she wants more money, I think that's whomever trying to save face

Not a popular opinion, just make take - but the more money/less work/development deal seems a bit of "arrogance and ignorance" to me. If she wants to move on, awesome, I think she should be her take on the venture in recent interviews and these demands to me is a bit like a Frons move to me

Until Susan comes out or PP comes out and says whats going on with Susan and AMC then its all RUMOR coming From DEADLINE or Not

I disagree, and that's something people always say when it's not something they want to hear

I don't see deadline doing a report on this and it being full of half truths and rumors

I don't see deadline doing a report on this and it being full of half truths and rumors

From Deadline's report: "The offer was for a salary identical to what Lucci currently makes at ABC but I’ve learned that she tried to gouge the producers for more money while also asking to work fewer hours and get a commitment for a primetime series."

More money for less hours - that's where I'm not on Lucci's side.

Maybe they can work out where a schedule like Geary has at GH

Maybe SL is tired of commuting as well and to commute for something that is giving you alot less pay than you're getting now doesn't really seem worth it

Maybe she just doesn't want to do it anymore. Maybe she's happy with the way Erica's story ends, and doesn't want to sign on just to do the same thing she did for the past 41 years? Maybe she's just ready to go.

Maybe the original deal had her making the same amount of money but more hours.

Do people forget this woman has taken paycuts over the years when many weren't like Tony Geary by the way. So what if she wants more money now. Forget she has stuck with the show for 41 years. All Geary did was take more time off, same money but that is somehow acceptable that he gets the same money for less time but not her.

Maybe she just doesn't want to do it anymore. Maybe she's happy with the way Erica's story ends, and doesn't want to sign on just to do the same thing she did for the past 41 years? Maybe she's just ready to go.

I said before if they need Susan Lucci for this venture and they want to move forward with her give her what she wants otherwise move on. And if they feel they can't make the show work without her IMO they weren't that committed to begin with.

Do people forget this woman has taken paycuts over the years when many weren't like Tony Geary by the way. So what if she wants more money now. Forget she has stuck with the show for 41 years. All Geary did was take more time off, same money but that is somehow acceptable that he gets the same money for less time but not her.

I said before if they need Susan Lucci for this venture and they want to move forward with her give her what she wants otherwise move on. And if they feel they can't make the show work without her IMO they weren't that committed to begin with.

+1

Not to mention Genie Francis wanted to be able to take vacations too but was basically told hell no, so yeah Lucci has been way more loyal than TG has been IMO

SOD is reporting they've heard the same

While Prospect Park has snagged its first online cast members for OLTL, the outlook is a little less bright on the AMC front, according to Hollywood blog Deadline.com. The blog reports that Susan Lucci (Erica) has declined PP's offer to move to the Web, and that the sticking point was not salary (she would have received the same compensation as she did at ABC) but other perks, including shorter hours and a prime-time development deal. Digest has heard similar rumblings from sources close to Lucci about the negotiating stumbling blocks between the actress and her would-be new bosses.

http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/lucci-no-go-online-amc

From Deadline's report: "The offer was for a salary identical to what Lucci currently makes at ABC but I’ve learned that she tried to gouge the producers for more money while also asking to work fewer hours and get a commitment for a primetime series."

More money for less hours - that's where I'm not on Lucci's side.

+1.

So because Susan said no they should abandon AMC?

She is totally ridiculous asking for more money and fewer hours. SMH.

Her demands were unrealistic but I think she was right to ask for some sort of prime time angle. They need her, she needs them. There should have been a way to make this work with some sort of development deal for a pilot or something. I do think they will be right to drop AMC without Lucci. Susan Lucci is AMC, AMC is Erica, and without her the show is not AMC. That might be hard for non-fans to accept, but it is the truth.

All I know is that if PP lets this become about Susan Lucci then they're hurting themselves. People know Susan Lucci - they don't know PP. I am going to assume that they aren't behind any pressure tactics, because that would be stupid. Susan Lucci can continue to make a decent living out of being Susan Lucci and even being Erica Kane, no matter what happens with AMC (look at Joan Collins and Alexis). Goading her or baiting her does no good whatsoever.