AMC and OLTL Will Move Online!

[detroitpiston]

OMG, LMFAO! R you slay me.

[Juliajms]

I hope we hear something about actors signing up with AMC. I'd rather not have them wait to see if they can entice SL at this point.

[LeClerc]

If things have stalled or stopped with SL Prospect Park is probably focusing on Cameron Mathison as their first big "get"

[Kylie]

Ack, Walt does not sound happy.

Might be slight spoiler in here:

http://www.observer.com/2011/09/all-my-children-star-on-cancellation-network-television-is-eating-itself/

[marceline]

I have no doubt they are chasing after all four of the Rylee/Zendall players. If they're looking for "legacy" players they would be much better off trying to get VI. MEK and reaching out to Debbi Morgan in the "Just in case Y&R doesn't work out..." sense.

[Vee]

Debbi's not going to go to PP until her Y&R gig flatlines, IMO - so probably April at the latest.

The wait may be good for the show. It's been a mess for a long time. And I think they need Susan - and I think a lot of this deal drama is just standard paper tiger negotiation kabuki that happens all the time, I think they'll get her - and then I think they need to figure out how to totally remold that show. Because it's obvious Frons and ABC thought they could lift David Canary seamlessly out of the show and that JR, Michael Nouri and co. would just naturally fill the void, and it didn't happen. A lot of things became very disorganized. With OLTL it may have a somewhat smoother transition, and I am glad PP is taking an interest in allegedly focusing on stories versus Frons's faves, and remolding that canvas, but AMC can also certainly thrive. It's just a bit more obvious work up front, given the possibility of losing so many key players. That said, now that PP has easily nabbed people like Easton, I'm not totally convinced the allegedly 'disinterested parties' at AMC like MEK or AM or Thorsten Kaye will say no, either. A lot of these people aren't gonna get better deals again.

This is not to say that I want Zach or John on AMC or OLTL - I think the shows are better off without them, without CM though he's a nice guy, etc. But I understand why PP has aimed for landing them.

[skiman12082004]

As much as I love Susan Lucci I do hope other actors from AMC sign on with Prospect Park. I would rather have the show with the possibilty of having SL in the future should she not initially start with AMC 2.0 than nothing at all.

[JaneAusten]

Landing Lucci is key to PP being able to even market the show to other networks. She is the only recognizable face on that show and has the highest Q rating of any soap actor which is why she is so important. While we all know AMC could go on without her, not having her limits PP"s options in terms of marketing the show to cable networks. And while people may shrug at Q factors, the entertainment business uses them and is why some shows get picked up and some don't. A cable network like Bravo wants to be assured they have some recognizable faces and appeal to not just the soap viewers but a broader potential audience.

ALl this from a reliable insider on another board by the way.

Ugh just kill the show then. Aside from Kendall, none of the others have any ties to the canvas

[marceline]

If that's true then I really hope she sticks to her guns. They need her a LOT more than she needs them.

But Greenlee is Jack's daughter. That's a tie. They went through a lot of trouble to shoehorn that sorry retcon onto the canvas so we can't forget her.

[JaneAusten]

I believed all through this Lucci was the key and she has the leverage. If they don't want to move forward without her either pay her or shelve it that simple.

This Greenlee crap is the same as shoehorning Sam on GH as Alexis's daughter. stupid and pointless

[marceline]

Every ABC show has at least one of these characters: AMC has Greenlee, OLTL has Natalie/Rex/David and GH has Sam/Skye (I love Skye but relating her to every character from Pine Valley to Port Charles was stupid.) and Ethan (if what I saw when I tried to watch GH is true.)

[All My Shadows]

IMO, they had to do more hard work and heavy lifting to justify The Curly One's existence than they had to for Greenlee.

[Vee]

Greenlee could easily be rebooted on the show without Ryan. The issue for PP is likely Cameron Mathison's high Q rating. He's a fun, amiable guy when he's not Ryan Lavery, and Ryan used to be fun too. The pairing is what sucks. If PP has no qualms with separating the couple and pairing them with others - and I suspect they won't care - they can continue to co-exist on the show as individuals.

[Khan]

Operative words being "at the latest." After all, we are talking about MAB's Y&R. Girlfriend might be taken TO THE LAKE before Christmas.

Yup. The transition wasn't smooth, and no way would AMC fans have settled for Michael [!@#$%^&*] Nouri as a replacement. Judy Blye Wilson should have been taken TO THE LAKE for that one.

[Khan]

But it can be undone, right? (Please say yes.)