I'm still skeptical, but I'll try to be positive. I'm just getting shades of Passions on Direct TV from this. I'd rather the shows go out good while they can instead of them limping along going out with a final whimper

One key difference, however, between the GL situation and this current scenario is that in GL's case, it aired concurrently on radio and television for four years (to help viewers make the transition). Obviously, AMC and OLTL will not be broadcast concurrently on ABC television and Prospect Park's website, so viewers will not have any time to adjust.

AMC and OLTL have been available online for years, and many people have indeed transitioned to watching them that way. Of course, the two real differences here are that the radio soaps weren't transitioning to television to escape death (or were they?), and also, if my understanding is correct, when GL was on both TV and radio, the episodes were different. Meaning, there were two new episodes a day, almost like a 30-minute soap with half on TV and half on radio. I could be wrong.

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AMC and OLTL have been available online for years, and many people have indeed transitioned to watching them that way.

Agreed. I already watch the non-ABC soaps exclusively online. People have already been accustomed to this type of transition

I wonder what this will do to Lorraine Broderick's plans for a finale. Will she write her ending as she planned it or will she now do rewrites to her original plans?

I'm trying to picture these shows online and it's just funny to me. LOL. Unless they lease a place for sets again, everyone's going to be living in new places, etc. What will the Buchanan and Chandler mansions look like? And the hospitals? Fusion? Roadies? lol

I'm still skeptical, but I'll try to be positive. I'm just getting shades of Passions on Direct TV from this. I'd rather the shows go out good while they can instead of them limping along going out with a final whimper

I think this could be a second chance. Nothing about OLTL at the moment is any type of ending I want to see. At the most there would be a nice moment with Viki. No Dorian, no returning characters, and lots of trash and overused characters like Rapists R Us and their harem.

The revamp may be a disaster, some type of Starr-induced coma, but I'd like to see them try.

Now that word has spread about ABC's licensing agreement with Prospect Park, which has found a new online home for OLTL and AMC after their respective network runs come to an end, several actors have taken to Twitter to share their reactions to the happy news. Here are just a few of the responses:

Robin Strasser (Dorian, OLTL): "Listen to Mama: even IF this is a BONE being tossed, it's better than the "toss 'em out with the garbage" diss/tone of the big cancellation."

Lenny Platt (Nate, OLTL): "OLTL lives on...in cyberspace. The times, they are a changin'..."

J.R. Martinez (Brot, AMC): "I will say this-my current contract was to terminate on August 31st. Now we must see who they want to keep & renegotiate with. Not sure..."

Ali Sweeney (Sami, DAYS): "WOW!!!"

Eden Riegel (Bianca, AMC): "Best. News. Ever? Right up there anyway. Long live #AMC #OLTL"

Cameron Mathison (Ryan, AMC): "Everybdy see the news that AMC and OLTL are picked up in an online format!? It's so new ...not sure what that means but I'll try and find out."

Chrishell Stause (Amanda, AMC): "It's official! The Internet isn't just for porn anymore! "

I have a feeling there will be a lot less of people's "homes". I'm wondering if there will just be central places. Restaurants, hospitals, libraries, etc. Things they can throw in generically.

Susan along with RB make 1 million a year.

I hope people outside the US will be able to watch it online. I hate it when I get a message like: "the content is not available in your area."

Then you need to move to the USA.

Maybe SL will be a special guest star ala Heather Locker on MP

I wonder what this will do to Lorraine Broderick's plans for a finale. Will she write her ending as she planned it or will she now do rewrites to her original plans?

They finished up writing the finale this past week, from what I've gathered it's been established by AN mostly that they wanted to end the shows in a way that they can be picked back up on easily. So I don't think much change will be put on the finales if they're sticking with that formula...but who knows

Now that word has spread about ABC's licensing agreement with Prospect Park, which has found a new online home for OLTL and AMC after their respective network runs come to an end, several actors have taken to Twitter to share their reactions to the happy news. Here are just a few of the responses:

Robin Strasser (Dorian, OLTL): "Listen to Mama: even IF this is a BONE being tossed, it's better than the "toss 'em out with the garbage" diss/tone of the big cancellation."

Lenny Platt (Nate, OLTL): "OLTL lives on...in cyberspace. The times, they are a changin'..."

J.R. Martinez (Brot, AMC): "I will say this-my current contract was to terminate on August 31st. Now we must see who they want to keep & renegotiate with. Not sure..."

Ali Sweeney (Sami, DAYS): "WOW!!!"

Eden Riegel (Bianca, AMC): "Best. News. Ever? Right up there anyway. Long live #AMC #OLTL"

Cameron Mathison (Ryan, AMC): "Everybdy see the news that AMC and OLTL are picked up in an online format!? It's so new ...not sure what that means but I'll try and find out."

Chrishell Stause (Amanda, AMC): "It's official! The Internet isn't just for porn anymore! "

Thank for all these tweets! I can't wait to hear from Susan, Erika, ect..

Then you need to move to the USA.

Make a run for the border Toups, and I'm not talking about the Taco Bell drive through either.

Cameron Mathison (Ryan, AMC): "Everybdy see the news that AMC and OLTL are picked up in an online format!? It's so new ...not sure what that means but I'll try and find out."

Hopefully it means you won't be a part of the picture...

Lenny Platt (Nate, OLTL): "OLTL lives on...in cyberspace. The times, they are a changin'..."

I've never laid eyes on this guy but I've seen all the jokes about his advanced age. So I find it hysterical that he's quoting a song from the 60s.