Yeah that seems awfully fast, which doesn't fill me with much hope that this will be too great of a product

Oh and Craputhers continuing on? EPIC FAIL

And she'll even have less money to work with! The plastic will be melting within two days.

In RPG's case, that can only HELP the venture

The Save our Soaps people got their wish... a temporary stay of execution which in the process will probably rob this legacy show and its fans a proper NETWORK send-off.

RPG sucks..no loss there....

Totally agree with this statement.

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RPG sucks..no loss there....

LOL that's exactly what I was saying.

He's already said he's done with soaps anyway... I hope so! *gets down on his knees and prays* not that I will be watching daytime soaps post September. I'm done.

And she'll even have less money to work with! The plastic will be melting within two days.

Why are they so eager to rush this? Seriously it's worth it to take their time and hire people who won't have to churn out script's in a short amount of time

LB is going to to devestated if VI doesn't continue on

Why are they so eager to rush this? Seriously it's worth it to take their time and hire people who won't have to churn out script's in a short amount of time

LB is going to to devestated if VI doesn't continue on

They arent getting new blood. That means the same old online with less money. I wonder how long LB will actually stay with the show online.

The Save our Soaps people got their wish... a temporary stay of execution which in the process will probably rob this legacy show and its fans a proper NETWORK send-off.

I don't see why. Agnes Nixon said they were going to write the show as a finale but with some cliffhangers. I assume at the time she said that, she was working to try to get the deal with PP. So the stuff they've been setting up for the finale - like the returns which have been spoiled - has been going on even when she knew there was a decent chance AMC would live on in some form.

I can't see Nixon saying "To hell with it, I'm going to have Erica in front of a firing squad," just because the show is going to go on through PP.

Honestly I don't put a whole lot of weight on that report. For one thing I don't believe that Susan Lucci would so quickly have decided to stay with the show. She has many options and she is probably going to take her time deciding.

This news just gets more "soapy" everyday. Someone needs to produce All My Children: Behind the Scenes because I would totally watch.

I think going full steam ahead with no break (which I wasn't only fully expecting but actually looking forward to) is maybe making their work harder for themselves. I don't think *losing momentum* is that big of an issue, and if anything, a little break could give fans who aren't computer savvy a chance to figure this thing out. Now they have the added task of writing in eleventh hour exits of cast members whose decisions to stay on or go may not be immediate. A few weeks off and it would be a lot easier to establish the passage of time and that some familiar faces will no longer be around. Well, I'm sure they will work this stuff out, but honestly, picking up from Friday on Moday was not something I expected or even hoped for.

Losing Angie (at least at first) will be the hardest pill for me to swallow. I don't want Jesse and Ange to leave PV to *work things out* or whatever.

Well the show could begin on September 26 but that doesn't mean the story needs to be continuous from Friday to Monday. But yes, I agree that they need to think this through and not jump the gun.

If Susan Lucci isn't going to continue on with the show long term, then I would rather Erica end her historic run on traditional TV.

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I still think if they are going to do it this way then they should bring back some past characters and their kids or grandkids to set up stories that won't be played out on the show. These can be played out in the early days of the websoap, building up time until some of the current AMC characters appear on the websoap.

Honestly I don't put a whole lot of weight on that report. For one thing I don't believe that Susan Lucci would so quickly have decided to stay with the show. She has many options and she is probably going to take her time deciding.

Exactly! I trust TV Guide, but I doubt SL has decided anything as of yet. They're most likely rushing this to keep cast members from going to other soaps, but I honestly don't see most even joining this venture, the pay alone isn't worth it, plus the uncertainty. Sure there isn't much certain with soaps, but at least with a soap like DOOL Or Y&R you know they're safe for another few years

Right, kind of like Texas.

Under normal circumstances I probably wouldn't mind "A Year Later" on Monday, but that will leave a sour GL taste.

Tell that to Maura West...

I don't have a problem believing that a good number of the cast may try the show, depending on the filming schedule. But I think Susan is going to take time.

It's the part about Susan and about keeping Carruthers I'm least sure of. I just don't know if I buy that it would be a priority to keep Carruthers. She may be a saint, I have no idea, but I always got the feeling she was more of a Frons placeholder than someone Nixon or Broderick would see as essential.

What a stressful situation! I have knots in my shoulders just thinking about all this.