HOLIDAY MIRACLE: Prospect Park Back On Track To Revive AMC and OLTL

December 17, 201212 yr

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WTF!!!!!

EXCLUSIVE: Here is a great holiday gift for soap fans: I’ve learned that Prospect Park has revived its plan to continue cancelled ABC daytime dramas All My Children and One Life To Live online. I hear the company behind USA hit Royal Pains has inked deals with SAG-AFTRA and DGA for the soaps’ production, eyed to begin in the first quarter of 2013.

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January 20, 201312 yr

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Oh God, I'm praying AMC don't get Guza.

Or MAB. Or Higley

January 20, 201312 yr

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What if we got MAB and McPherson

January 20, 201312 yr

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Days was under Marlene Mcpherson who was rumored to get one of the CO-HW gigs at AMC by Daytime Confidential.

I must have missed this. God what a boring shrew she is. Hope it isn't her.

January 20, 201312 yr

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Is their a way I can see all the Associate and Breakdown writers for OLTL during 2008; GH during 2009; B&B during 2010; Y&R during 2011; and DOOL during 2012??

January 20, 201312 yr

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oh wait Higley & Marlene both got emmys for their work on Days in 2011 so I guess Higley could be a possible at AMC. Yuck

I hope it is Marlene Mcpherson & she gets a co-HW with AMC history

Edited January 20, 201312 yr by John

January 20, 201312 yr

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Waiting is not a specialty of mine.....

January 20, 201312 yr

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What if we got MAB and McPherson

I think Marlene would be totally over shadowed by MAB & that would be ALFUL

January 20, 201312 yr

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Remember, Errol didn't say which capacity, y'all. So it doesn't have to be a HW from those shows.

January 20, 201312 yr

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AMC seems to be getting stuck with terrible writers. I think I'll skip on it.

January 20, 201312 yr

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Well, I'd find out first before skipping it...but that's just me.

Now it's time for Pine to go out and get uproariously drunk whilst old queens grab my ass. Fun times. Hope we find out soon!

Edited January 20, 201312 yr by Pine Charles

January 20, 201312 yr

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Yup, the AMC writer news will be announced by prospect park. No leaks. Of course, nene doesn't count.

PS: I'm very pleased with the choice.

January 20, 201312 yr

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I just hope Prospect Park releases information early next week... I like concrete information not rumors, and I'd like to know when they start taping.

January 20, 201312 yr

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Yup, the AMC writer news will be announced by prospect park. No leaks. Of course, nene doesn't count.

PS: I'm very pleased with the choice.

Cool Are the casting notices for both shows?

January 20, 201312 yr

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Mama want to know who's written her stories

But she has patience unlike

Edited January 20, 201312 yr by allmc2008

January 20, 201312 yr

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I think Marlene McP is one of the two, but PP isn't releasing the statement until they had the CO-HW signed.

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