http://www.tvguide.c...ul-1036391.aspx

I think Jacob Young makes a good point here:

TV Guide Magazine: Were you open to doing this internet version if the B&B offer hadn't come along?

Young: I sat in on the meeting with Prospect Park and was listening, that's for sure. I applaud their ambition. I think [the move to the internet] has a chance but my biggest fear is all that time in between.

TV Guide Magazine: It's a legit concern since it now appears the reboot won't be ready until January at the earliest. Millions of viewers failed to return to their soaps after all those preemptions for the O.J. Simpson trial.

Young: It will take a lot of advertising to bring awareness that the show has moved to the internet and to keep interest going during that gap. Also, this idea of the show moving to a Hulu-type [platform] is confusing to a lot of people. I took a little poll of my mother-in-law's friends — all of them watch AMC — and almost none know what Hulu is or how that sort of thing works. But these Prospect Park people are very credentialed and they told us they'd been developing a Monday-to-Friday serial of their own when AMC and One Life to Live were cancelled. Their take was, "This is exactly the format we're looking for. It has a built-in audience. Why don't we buy the rights, buy the sets, lease the building and see how it goes?" Hey, it's the future. Even if they lose money on this, it's the pioneer effort that will pave the way for everybody else.

a bit more:

To let opportunity pass by during this time of uncertainty is just kind of silly. I couldn't wait around. I spoke to some of my cast members and advised them all to get out there in the business and see what's crackin'. Anybody with common sense would do that. I've talked to a lot of the AMC production staff and they're saying that if these deals with Prospect Park aren't put in place by September so that the production and the writing can get back up and rolling, it's going to be very difficult logistically. That January launch date would be very optimistic, to say the least.

TV Guide Magazine: There are still so many questions. What will people be paid? How restrictive will the contracts be? What about benefits and insurance? There's still a union deal to be struck.

Young: It was weird. At our actors meeting with the union, our union rep said, "So tell me what you want us to be fighting for?" And I was, like, "What the hell do you think you should be fighting for? Isn't that what unions are created for? You're asking us?" I've been paying for a pension since I was 18 and I'm not going to let that go. I had to strike while the iron's hot.

I love the interview he gave. I am sure he isn't the only one with these concerns. Makes me think many won't make the move to online.

I love the interview he gave. I am sure he isn't the only one with these concerns. Makes me think many won't make the move to online.

I think we'll see more familiar faces as time goes by, assuming this venture has even a modicum of success. Pickings are slim these days and a paycheck is a paycheck.

I really am Prospect Park's biggest cheerleader. I think this is going to be a great thing for the soap genre. Everything I have read, whether it be rumor and/or speculation, appears that PP means serious business. This deal gives me a renewed hope that we soap fans will have the soaps for many more years to come. I started out an NBC guy and found my way migrating across the networks but I am so happy I discovered AMC and OLTL.

I think we'll see more familiar faces as time goes by, assuming this venture has even a modicum of success. Pickings are slim these days and a paycheck is a paycheck.

That's the million dollar question. Will it be a success of any kind?? How long will PP stay with the shows if it's losing money?

That's amazing that there are people out there still interested in launching a 5 days a week serial.

The only people who believe soaps have had their day are Brian Frons and Les Moonves. Everyone else in the entertainment industry knows you can't beat that kind of viewer loyalty. I'm just saying.

Will it be a success of any kind?? How long will PP stay with the shows if it's losing money?

That depends on what PP's long-range goals are. Yes, of course, they want AMC and OLTL to have long, healthy runs under their production umbrella. More than that, however, they want that audience to help them build interest in their other shows, serialized or not. That's probably why, from their perspective, it was easier to acquire existing audiences through the purchase of these two shows and then launch original efforts with their help, rather than build an audience from scratch.

I wonder who they had working on the original soap they were looking to do. I think instead of GH, they should see how these two soaps work and pursue a NEW third soap. It would be easier that chopping GH up like the other two. Maybe would be a good idea to do a remake so it would have some build in awareness. Peyton Place or Knots Landing or Falcon Crest could easily be remade. Or if they want something that would attract men then do Edge of Night.

Soaps are still working so it's not an obvious failure. Even Degrassi is having big success now that it's airing 4 episodes a week. They just need to secure a cable network to air these shows.

I can see them producing their own soap but I really think half hour is the way to go for soaps again. I'd sit through a half hour on the internet. I'm still not sure I want to sit through an hour of a soap on the internet. And half hours would be easier to sell to cable.

I would like to see a wide variety of soaps (well, wide as in about 4 or 5) in a 15 minute format. It wouldn't be that expensive, as you could re-use the sets and each show would have a very small cast.

I would like to see a wide variety of soaps (well, wide as in about 4 or 5) in a 15 minute format. It wouldn't be that expensive, as you could re-use the sets and each show would have a very small cast.

I think 15 minutes also fits in line more with the internet too and the attention span of today's audiences.

That's true. And you can pack a lot into a 15-minute episode. PP should go back and watch the GL/Love of Life/Search for Tomorrow episodes available.

Well, returning to 15-minute episodes on the Internet would certainly be economical!

You know soaps on the radio were 15 minutes. My grandmother used to say she lost interest in soaps on TV because on the radio she could listen and continue on with whatever she was doing. TV required her to take time out of her day and sit and watch. NOt really the same as the internet where you still have to watch but with the move today to watching more video on iphones and ipads, portable internet devices, it actually kind of makes sense. My students all have iphones or smartphones and thats their primary internet and video viewing device.

My best friend, whenever out with his 4 year old son and he gets a bit restless, he gives him his iphone, earbuds and plays a cartoon to quiet him down.

http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2011/08/15/prospect-park-to-all-my-children-and-one-life-to-live-actors-we-want-to-see-you-on-all-ou?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Sounds like desperation to me, basically saying "come to the web series and we'll put you in our other shows" sounds to me like they have realized just about all won't continue on........