AMC and OLTL Will Move Online!

[EricMontreal22]

What pimpage was it where he said exactly when it would be online again? I must have missed it...

[R Sinclair]

It's difficult to miss something that never existed.

[Soapsuds]

I wonder if AMC will be on at all?? I mean really why are they taking so long.? Days has already taped their January stuff to air. AMC should be taping now.....for January airdate online.

[EricMontreal22]

Exactly. I really don't get this aspect of fan entitlement (and to be fair I don't think Alexisfan meant anything that extreme). Rembrandt could come back from the dead and devote his life and career to doing endless portraits of Zendall and I wouldn't start complaining that dozens of other soap characters are more worthy--I wouldn't buy it either but who said you have to.

Umm you've wondered that before--as has Jamey and others. I dunno--OLTL isn't taping online stuff now,a nd I doubt will anytime soon either. I don't think that's really the issue--obviously there's a lot of stuff going ona nd I doubt January as well. That said, didn't they basically say originally they would start taping late November?

[Soapsuds]

If I didn't know better I'd think you were being a little bitchy towards me I dont see either soaps starting up in January. Unless they are taping like a week ahead.....lol

[dragonflies]

Oh I see OLTL starting in January, but not AMC, not by a long shot, I think IF it happens at all, it will be in mid spring

[EricMontreal22]

Oh, I was LOL And I shouldn't be, as it's other posters who seem to reply every other day as if they hadn't said it on here before "well now I think this will never happen for sure", etc etc.

To be fair tmany soaps have done fine int he past taping a month or so ahead (DAYS is of course a huge exception with how far in advance they tape, something some actors have complained makes it hard to work on and know where they are character wise), and back int he day the tape schedule was 2 weeks ahead. But I think it would be pretty hard for them to tape with that short an advance time when just starting out on a new platform. But who knows--maybe they won't happen till the Summer, or at all, or maybe in 3 weeks they'll make one big official announcement and be all ready to start.

This is where I feel like people will think I'm just being bitchy because I'm more of an AMC fan than OLTL, but... Aside from the (very important) fact that FV and RC are on board at OLTL, I don't see OLTL cast wise in any real better space than AMC is to start immediately. I am curious about OLTL though--with 10 weeks or so left we knew about AMC's ending, and I believe already knew it was being tweaked for PP. Will OLTL have a network ending (I feel they should have some sort of semi end point anyway)? Has anythign leaked?

[LeClerc]

I've read a couple of accounts of last night's AMC event stating that the theater was more than half empty

[EricMontreal22]

LOL As unorganized as PP seem, I doubt they've told the actors they have approached to take as long as they want deciding...

[dragonflies]

PP is coming across as totally inept in all of this. They can't even be bothered to announce the Darnell news themselves. Sorry but IMO Lindsay majorly overstepped doing that

[Soapsuds]

It's ok...I don't mind you being bitchy towards me.

[Eric83]

Why would they do a press release for just one person? I don't see the need to do any at all really. What show makes a huge announcement everytime they cast someone for a new show? Basically this is new, and a big press release for one person just seems stupid. I could see if it was DW and a few others.

[Dana]

I'm not sure I understand why the unions have so much say. If the actors want to make a contract with PP, isn't that between the actor and PP? I think part of the problem is that online is so new for the business, but perhaps the unions should let the actors make whatever contract they want with PP and catch up as they learn more.

[EricMontreal22]

I assume then that you've never worked with an actor's union (Admittedly I personally only know SAG stuff, for theatre, but it can be very convulated and you don't want to get on the bad side).

I see it differently.I doubt they would have done a press announcement for one potential hire especiallya s they don't seem to know ANYTHING else definite, and they're probably glad (maybe even encourage) actors tweeting out bits of info to try to keep fans interested in the meanwhile.

[SFK]

Global rule numero uno, a union actor cannot accept non-union work. The Internet revolution was nice and grey for a hot minute, but you see how the unions have pounced on web series and the like.

Frankly, I think AMC has a stronger stable of characters that mean more to the show at this juncture than many of the hit or miss characters you have over at One Life. I think that's actually a boon for One Life because they'll have a much easier time pressing on with or without many current cast members as they have a penchant for churning out variations of the same types. Like them or not, Erica, Jack, Kendall, Bianca, Greenlee, Ryan, Tad, Jesse, Angie, Opal, et cetera, these are all classic/modern classic AMC characters. Losing a number of them is indeed a significant thing to deal with for PP, they have some restructuring to do if some of them won't continue. I'm not saying that it CAN'T be done, it of course can. I just maintain that it's easier to replace several characters on One Life who have worked the front burner in recent times.