AMC and OLTL Will Move Online!

[Money]

It will be interesting to see who will be returning with a slashed budget and slashed salaries. A paycheck is a paycheck might be the saying for some but for other actors they might snob their noses at webisodes. Many of the actors who commanded larger salaries most likely wont be returning.

[Adam]

I see Cam continuing on, but I don't see Budig doing a web-soap. My guess is she tries her hand in prime-time again or lands on GH for its final year. She won't betray her god in Brian Scott Frons.

[Toups]

Nahh......I like my Canadian healthcare.

[marceline]

Ah, my mistake. Carry on.

*blows out match and replaces cap on gas can*

[Mr. Vixen]

:lol:

[DRW50]

More than anything I'm just glad someone out there with some influence still likes the idea of a serial drama and of scripted work. In some ways I don't even ever want to move on from this, as it's such a nice reinforcement for me that the soap form can survive. I don't want to wake up.

[alexisfan07]

Just got out of my final undergrad exam ever and got this news?! AMAZING! I'm so thrilled people still have faith in our shows. I hope key cast members can make the move and they recast some that aren't as iconic but whose characters are important to the canvases.

[Ryan Chamberlain]

Here's to hoping the production stays in LA. Or, I'm not going to watch the bloody farking Rylee hour...Cause, Tad's the only reason I've watched since I started watching! Seriously. I got hooked on that show cause of a scene between him Adam and Krystal.

OLTL. Will totally watch. No circumstances. Just hoping HBS and RSW stay on.

[Jonathan]

The shows can utilize the telenovela format. That way they can rotate the cast. A portion of the cast will work 13 weeks while the other castmembers work on other projects. And then after 13 weeks, they swap.

[SFK]

WJLA (ABC, D.C. metro) is about to do a piece on this news.

[CassieFan]

Please don't. Just go away.

[ReddFoxx]

I'm very surprised at this news, but I'm glad about it, I do enjoy watching OLTL, so it's good that it's getting another chance.

[Soapsuds]

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[dragonflies]

THiS is what scares me, that we'll get screwed on both finale's. AN already was going to write it like it was continuing on, now this, might really screw us

[Dana]

Like some others, I'm extremely skeptical that the resulting online series will be anywhere close to the current shows in quality and budget and cast size. The press release may say they'll keep the same production values and length and cast, but I don't see that happening (Debbie Morgan is already set to go to Y&R). I said a while ago that if the shows went to a cable network, the budget would have to be slashed substantially and many of the cast would not follow, and the shows would be shells of their former selves. I think it's going to be even more so as an online show. They haven't even finalized their funding yet. The cast is no longer under contract come September and I don't see most of them going to a smaller funded online show, especially for an hour show (maybe a cameo on a 15 minute show). And the current production staff and writers are likely under contract to ABC, so I don't see ABC allowing them to work for the online versions. The audience will probably be cut in half, if not more.

And I have a hard enough time sitting to watch an occasional video on Netflix (streaming) or PBS' website; I don't see myself tuning in daily for an online soap, especially if there's a fee involved.