It's a real credit to the OLTL cast, and the few AMC actors who signed up, that they've taken this so well. In an era of Twitter meltdowns I have a lot of respect for actors who keep it together.

I agree. They've all handled this admirably.

It's a real credit to the OLTL cast, and the few AMC actors who signed up, that they've taken this so well. In an era of Twitter meltdowns I have a lot of respect for actors who keep it together.

Honestly aside from Strasser and a few soap bloggers, most have handled themselves very well. I do kind of wonder if Slezak will say anything. My guess is no and she just closes this chapter in her life and moves on.

According to LA Times, PP knowing that TOLN wasnt viable, tried to strike distrubution deals for AMC & OLTL with venues like Hulu, Youtube & Google. However no deals materialized.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/23/business/la-fi-1124-ct-soaps-20111124

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According to LA Times, PP knowing that TOLN wasnt viable, tried to strike distrubution deals for AMC & OLTL with Hulu, Youtube & Google. However no deals materialized.

First of all I would like to see a link to this article.

Second, there's a snag with the story that sends up yet another red flag. YouTube is *owned* by Google. Prospect Park would deal with one, not both, entities.

http://articles.lati...-soaps-20111124

Your right Google Owns Youtube Forgot that

I believe it says Hulu & Google But I knew Youtube was part of one of those

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Honestly aside from Strasser and a few soap bloggers, most have handled themselves very well. I do kind of wonder if Slezak will say anything. My guess is no and she just closes this chapter in her life and moves on.

I'll be interested to see what the next chapter is for some of these people. Some of them will thankfully fade into long-delayed, much deserved obscurity never to darken a TV screen again but I hate the thought that someone like JVD would retire. In a just world he should be able to keep acting.

The NY Times had an article about it

At the same time, Prospect Park was struggling to line up the financial backers and the technology partners, like YouTube, that it needed to start and run an online network. Mr. Kwatinetz and Mr. Frank said there were “hundreds of presentations” given to potential partners this year.

One of the people involved in the plan suggested that Prospect Park had misjudged Hollywood’s willingness to try a new business and distribution model. “We thought we were going to get so much support from the community,” the person said, “but that support wasn’t there.”

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/plan-collapses-for-reviving-all-my-children-and-one-life-to-live/?scp=1&sq=lucci&st=cse

Most of the cast I don't care about -- but sadly, the odds are we'll never see Jerry VerDorn, Erika Slezak, Robin Strasser or Bob Woods again.

Never expected this to work anyway, and I think those who did, secretly knew it wouldn't but were clinging to some false hope. Call it my pessimism, but that was the feeling I've always gotten about this entire ordeal.

It's time to move on, these shows are dead.

I've been reading the oral history of MTV this week and the description of that channel's launch is filled with incompetence, ego, corruption, unrealistic promises, etc... Ironically, as I read it I started thinking that maybe a year from now, PP would prove my cynicism and naysaying wrong and that I would be watching AMC on my computer and loving it more than ever. Maybe all those people who have been screaming at and attacking me and others for being negative/bitter/disgruntled/etc... would be proven right and I would (happily) have to eat my words as PP gave these shows a new lease on life.

Unfortunately, PP lived down to my expectations 150 percent and a lot of the people who bought their pretty little con are looking for new people to blame and attack, instead of just admitting that they fell for false hope and pretty promises. Not the actors but definitely some of the "fans."

Never expected this to work anyway, and I think those who did, secretly knew it wouldn't but were clinging to some false hope. Call it my pessimism, but that was the feeling I've always gotten about this entire ordeal.

It's time to move on, these shows are dead.

Flove you Alvin.

Most of the cast I don't care about -- but sadly, the odds are we'll never see Jerry VerDorn, Erika Slezak, Robin Strasser or Bob Woods again.

Don't write them off just yet. GL's Robert Newman had a great turn on Criminal Minds this year and I bet people wrote him off the same way. Maybe now these actors will get a chance to do some theatre, cable or guest star work where they can shake off the dust of their soap characters and just go balls to the wall. Or just do something for fun. I'd love to see Strasser in the next Tyler Perry movie, Woods doing a guest turn as a patient on House, I'd love to see ES show up on The Good Wife as a socialite friend of Jackie's and as for JVD puh-lease let me give him a guest starring role on Leverage as a villain. He would rock it.

Unfortunately, PP lived down to my expectations 150 percent and a lot of the people who bought their pretty little con are looking for new people to blame and attack, instead of just admitting that they fell for false hope and pretty promises. Not the actors but definitely some of the "fans."

But PP did buy the rights and it was reported that it started the process of getting the shows online so people were not wrong to be hopeful that AMC and OLTL could make the online transition. I certainly thought that there was cause for optimism.

Most of the cast I don't care about -- but sadly, the odds are we'll never see Jerry VerDorn, Erika Slezak, Robin Strasser or Bob Woods again.

No, I believe that all will go on to work in their chosen craft, in however form. There are plenty of opportunities for these established stars to find work - and no doubt they will.

Did anyone post these? Sorry I was at work all day

From https://twitter.com/#!/4thStreetMedia

"@Prospectpk pulling plug on #AMC & #OLTL? They need to read @CarolynHinsey's http://thesoapbook.com so they know #SoapsStillMatter!"

"Ain't. Dead. Yet. Patience. Surprise. Coming! #OLTL#AMC#soapsstillmatter"

"Today was necessary to get to tomorrow. Stay tuned... #soapsstillmatter#OLTL#AMC"

"Re: yesterday's cryptic but deliciously promising tweets, in the words of Agnes Nixon, "life doesn't end" #staytuned#soapsstillmatter"

" 'Tis the season, soap fans, and it didn't even take a miracle. Your Xmas gift is coming... #soapsstillmatter"