Members EricMontreal22 Posted October 30, 2011 Members Share Posted October 30, 2011 This was probably mentioned somewhere and I missed it--but Broderick was in the writing credits for OLTL on Friday's episode... Is this where the rumours of her joining OLTL came from? I wonder if this is just an interim thing or means she plans to be there for the online too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted October 31, 2011 Members Share Posted October 31, 2011 It was mentioned in the Directors & Writers thread. We're not sure what the plan is. Maybe, she'll end up at GH next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted October 31, 2011 Members Share Posted October 31, 2011 Lordie, poor Lorraine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted October 31, 2011 Members Share Posted October 31, 2011 She's handcuffed to ABC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Max Posted October 31, 2011 Members Share Posted October 31, 2011 Postponing the airdate for AMC sounds really good in theory (because the show does need some time to clean up), but the problem is that casual viewers are creatures of habit; once they get used to "life without AMC," many will not go back to it. This is not a piece of info that I'm just "making up," but rather a real fear that soap executives have had in the past. (In 1975, CBS wanted to air 60 minute ATWT beginning in September, even though ABC couldn't begin airing EON until December. Because P&G executives were so worried that EON fans would never come back after a three month gap, they were able to persuade CBS to hold off expanding ATWT until December.) As things currently stand, the four month gap will be a huge hurdle for AMC to overcome. The fact that AMC wasn't ready to air on 9/26/11 was a huge blunder on the part of PP and ABC (although I really don't think ABC cares anymore about the success of their soaps; they were just happy to take any licensing fees that they could still collect from them). And while I could be wrong on this, the fact that the AMC transition has been so chaotic seems to disprove the theory by some that ABC planned to license its cancelled soaps to PP "all along," and was just waiting for government funding before making an official announcement that the soaps would continue online. (A more plausible scenairo seems that PP decided to "scoop up" AMC & OLTL after first observing how much outcry resulted from their ABC cancellations.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members reallyhateskateonlost Posted October 31, 2011 Members Share Posted October 31, 2011 ROFL CM On GMA today. The dancing Frankenstein in the corner looks just like him. http://abcnews.go.co...loween-14849334 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted October 31, 2011 Members Share Posted October 31, 2011 How was it a blunder AMC wasnt ready by 9/26. They only aquired the show July 7thy. There is no way AMC would have been ready by 9/26. They never confirmed that. ABC SID reported that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skiman12082004 Posted October 31, 2011 Members Share Posted October 31, 2011 Of course the ideal would have been for AMC to premiere Sept. 26th but there were too many variables preventing that from happening. We're almost in November and the Union deals haven't been solidified yet so there was no way Sept. 26th was realistic. I think it makes more sense to launch both shows at the same time and I just hope that January 2012 time frame is doable especially with the lack of confirmed information re: the behind the scenes maneuverings. If (When) GH leaves ABC they are going to have it so much easier than OLTL and especially AMC because all the deals will already be in place. I just hope this week the flood gates from PP are opened and we find out everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Max Posted October 31, 2011 Members Share Posted October 31, 2011 This is so true, Skiman. And that is a major reason why I have long believed that GH stood a much higher chance of online success than either AMC or OLTL. If they truly did acquire AMC at the last minute, then there wouldn't be any possible way to have the show ready by 9/26. However, I have read comments that it was the "plan all along" (i.e., before the cancellation announcement) for ABC to transfer its soaps over to PP, but both parties were just waiting for government funding before making an official announcement. If this was truly the case, then not having AMC ready to go on 9/26 was a blunder, because PP obviously had a lot more time to get things in order (and any transition should have been almost seamless). Even if PP did just acquire the Nixon soaps back in July as a reaction to the huge outrage their cancellations caused (which seems like the far more logical scenario), PP blundered in the sense that they failed to even air one advertisement regarding The Online Network during AMC's finale week. (And I don't buy the argument that ABC banned them from doing so, since ABC still owns the soaps and stands to profit if the PP venture is successful.) I seem to remember also reading that PP was first only interested in OLTL (due to its impressive post-cancellation ratings), and only later became interested in AMC as well. If this is the case, then it looks like PP should have just stuck to their original plan, given that OLTL's transition has been so much more orderly than AMC's. Because of the chaos AMC currently finds itself in, I don't believe that I'm the first person here to wonder if PP bit off more than they can chew by acquiring the rights to two soaps at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jams1234 Posted October 31, 2011 Members Share Posted October 31, 2011 What chaos is AMC in? & How do we know OLTL is not in chaos? AMC has 3 confirmed signings. OLTL has 9. Given that OLTL will most likely not have a "who could have died/been shot" ending...the extra CONFIRMED signings to OLTL make sense (to me). So what chaos does AMC face that OLTL does not? Susan Lucci? See above reason on why we my not have heard anything from her camp. Lack of promotion for AMC 2.0?? What makes us think OLTL will get any promotion(via ABC)? If they do, why at that time would they not also promote AMC. So what other than AMC's 4 month lag is the problem and how does that translate into behind the scenes chaos in getting AMC on the web? Especially chaos the OLTL doesn't also face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted October 31, 2011 Members Share Posted October 31, 2011 I agree. I think that people are overstating the difference between the status of the two shows. OLTL signed more people because the people they signed have fewer-to-no options. It's a matter of East coast vs West coast. That's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted November 1, 2011 Members Share Posted November 1, 2011 I also think it's a mistake to assume that news isn't being made until it's been made public. With some of the actors making comments in the Twitterverse and such, it's easy to fall into this idea that every little development shall be immediately known and if nothing's been announced, nothing's been happening. I know it's different, but it may help to try to look at these new versions of our soaps as new shows altogether where we wouldn't expect to be privy to so much information before the shows air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alexisfan07 Posted November 1, 2011 Members Share Posted November 1, 2011 Nelson Branco is saying that Darnell has NOT signed on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AllMyDaysatGH Posted November 1, 2011 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2011 I thought Darnell said at a recent AMC fan event that he was?? Why would Lindsay Hartley lie? I'm to through will all this. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alexisfan07 Posted November 1, 2011 Members Share Posted November 1, 2011 ETA: Copyrighted, sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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