AMC and OLTL Will Move Online!

[marceline]

I normally like Logan. He's one of the few, if the only, member of the soap press who generally reports actual information which is why I find that blurb kind of disappointing (on so many levels) "Word is..." "We hear..." "...highly reliable buzz..." "Are there major rewirites?" "Could PP be ready?" It sounds like the announcer tag at the end of the old Batman series. "Will our Dynamic Duo survives the Riddler's latest test? Will Batgirl be able to rescue Commissioner Gordon before Gotham City turns to cheese? Tune in next week to find out!"

Except I won't.

[dragonflies]

Great points Marceline

So the actor's who are contract, their contracts shouldn't expire till they film the last episode, won't that go for LB & JHC as well? If so, then I can't see LB writing stuff for the new show while she's still under contract with ABC, and if they are done August 30th, that doesn't seem enough time to get people under contracts, churn out scripts, get everything set up and so on and so forth to get the new show on the internet by 9/26

[JaneAusten]

Didn't Broderick sign a 3 year contract with AMC? Wasn't that all the noise people took as good 2 weeks before ABC announced the cancellations was that AMC was safe because Broderick was signed on for 3 years? If so she's still obligated to ABC unless they released her.

[R Sinclair]

Well, the more I read of this (the information, not the opinions), the less I'm inclined to even care by September. The television show sucks. I'm sure, with no real changes, the online version will too. Lorraine's "cerebral" writing, Carruthers' continued mismanagement...

Ah, it's okay. That's just her thing. "Snatchalie, SheBeast, Greenbitch, Snott" or her venomous name for me "Tubbylover..." You'll get used to ignoring it.

[dragonflies]

http://abc.soapsinde...l-for-amcs.html

Despite reports that Susan Lucci (Erica) has agreed to join Prospect Park's retooled Internet version of ALL MY CHILDREN, a spokesperson for the Emmy-winning actress tells Soaps In Depth that isn't necessarily the case. "I don't think she's made any decisions," says the rep. "She's talking to lots of people, and to the best of my knowledge, she hasn't made any plans."

[Soapsuds]

I'm surprised you feel this way. Weren't you one of AMC strong supporters? IMO ..I think the whole going online is going to blow up in their faces.

Lucci doesn't need the show. She has DH and her collection line...HSN gig. Who knows what else she might do now that AMC is off the tv airwaves.

[dragonflies]

+1

[marceline]

"Will Susan Lucci join the cast of the new AMC? Will Julie Carruthers be able to stay within her budget? Does anybody in this have any facts at all? All these questions and more will be asked ad nauseum on the next episode of Prospect Park: No Information Available. Now playing on a computer near you!"

[dragonflies]

[DRW50]

I tend to agree. We keep hearing about returns, and we keep hearing about actors who were asked to return but couldn't. If Agnes didn't care about ending the finale with closure, then she wouldn't be doing this. As it is now, AMC, possibly moving on to another life, has a lot more closure than the end of ATWT, which never had any chance of being picked up.

Even the best finales have had mysteries that will go on after the show has ended. I'm not saying AMC will be one of the best finales - not with Rylee around - but I don't believe that it's going to be the equivalent of various actors having PROSPECTPARK tattooed on their foreheads.

I am also going to try not to believe the JHC rumors until we get some confirmation, now that the part about Susan has been debunked.

[R Sinclair]

When it had more of a chance two years ago, I was very supportive. It's my gateway soap, so of course I wanted it to survive.

However...

The minute ABC made it clear they gave up on the show early last year by hiring the atrocious duo of Swajeski and Kreizman, I gave up as well. I haven't even watched regularly since May of last year.

[AllMyDaysatGH]

Vincent Irizarry (David, AMC) posted this on his Facebook about 50 minutes ago.

To be or not to be on AMC...that is the question

by Vincent Irizarry on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 10:53am

I've been getting a lot of questions from many of you, asking 2 things: am I going to the AMC Fan Event, and will I be staying with the show when it transitions to the internet? The first is easy, yes, I plan on being at the AMC Fan Event at the end of the month. The second, not so easy. Some have even informed me that it was reported somewhere that I'm staying with the show. That is not at all true at this time. Until I hear from the new producers to learn what they're offering, I have to work under the assumption that my contract with the show ends on Aug 31 and plan accordingly, which I am.

[All My Shadows]

I really wish people would just wait and damn see. Now they're going to assume VI is jumping ship.

[dragonflies]

I'm glad we're hearing from the actor's themselves, since the press can't seem to do anything but contradict each other

[marceline]

I want one actor, just one, to say...

"So many of you have asked whether I'll be moving on to the online version of AMC/OLTL and I'd like to respond to that by saying... will you people mind your own [!@#$%^&*] business? This may by "your" show but this is my LIFE! My actual real LIFE! The one where I have to figure out how pay my mortgage and guess what? The bank don't take Daytime Emmys! Leave. Me. Alone."