If it's just archives of recent years I'll be disappointed. I need to see 70's 70's 70's 80's 80's 80's. Perhaps the big scoop is that they magically recovered every AMC and OLTL episode thought lost. And throw some Doctor Who in too...

It does make sense that this deal is for the Archives. The production costs of both shows would be substantial and it would be very difficult to make a profit from online ads and a reasonable viewing fee. Better the Archives than nothing.

The only thing we can do is WAIT and SEE.

Some more from Richard

Soaps In Depth ABC It's also worth noting that the NYPost story has NO sourcing. Oh, and it's the NYPost. Aka the Fox News of newspapers.

The irony of a soap rag talking about sourcing is hysterical.

So repeats? *facepalm* I swear it's like the American soap opera is allergic to evolution.

It's not evolution I'm opposed to. It's a brand new soap called All My Children. If I wanted a new soap, I'd be watching a new one. We see this happen all the time in Primetime when the original cast of a show start to leave and all these newbies are brought in. IF this is a pay kind of thing, I don't want to pay for an new show, with new faces and characters. I want to pay for All My Children, better written than it currently is, but AMC. I'm not about to spend my money, or my time on dressed up, cheaper version, with the same name and faces/characters I care about.

It's not evolution I'm opposed to. It's a brand new soap called All My Children. If I wanted a new soap, I'd be watching a new one. We see this happen all the time in Primetime when the original cast of a show start to leave and all these newbies are brought in. IF this is a pay kind of thing, I don't want to pay for an new show, with new faces and characters. I want to pay for All My Children, better written than it currently is, but AMC. I'm not about to spend my money, or my time on dressed up, cheaper version, with the same name and faces/characters I care about.

+1 I personally wouldn't pay for AMC in any form, and I doubt many would, but I agree overall

I'm happy for the fans of these shows! They fought hard for this.

It's not evolution I'm opposed to. It's a brand new soap called All My Children. If I wanted a new soap, I'd be watching a new one. We see this happen all the time in Primetime when the original cast of a show start to leave and all these newbies are brought in. IF this is a pay kind of thing, I don't want to pay for an new show, with new faces and characters. I want to pay for All My Children, better written than it currently is, but AMC. I'm not about to spend my money, or my time on dressed up, cheaper version, with the same name and faces/characters I care about.

AMC has pretty much been a brand new soap since Disney/ABC took over (and especially since Frons) took over anyway.

I do agree that they might as well just create a new soap. But if there is some way that some part of the show could go on, in a form that is not butchered by Frons and Sweeney, I wouldn't mind seeing that.

Repeats are just...why? Who wants to see another round of Rylee? Is this going to be an exclusive deal with sadomasochoists?

Here's an updated report from TVline:

http://www.tvline.com/2011/07/oltl-amc-saved-online-prospect-park/

Here's an updated report from TVline:

http://www.tvline.com/2011/07/oltl-amc-saved-online-prospect-park/

Thanks!

Looks like there is SOME truth to the report if they are going to have a press release soon.

Maybe the shows will be combined?

The more I think/hear about it, the more I think it's one of these scenarios:

1) the deal is only for repeats

2) the deal is only for one soap to be saved

I'd pay -- a little -- for 70s and 80s repeats. It's a hell of a lot better than anything that's been on screen for the past 10 years.

Repeats mean nothing to me. There's very few shows I willing watch repeats of and it sure won't be soaps.

Repeats mean nothing to me. There's very few shows I willing watch repeats of and it sure won't be soaps.

It depends on whether I've seen them before. I haven't seen most of AMC or OLTL from the 70's or 80's. I can't say I want to watch the Karen Wolek hooker reveal again and again (as good as it is) but I could watch "I take thee...Cord" on a loop. But so much is stuff I've never seen.