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.

http://www.deadline....ine-web-series/

You're a real glass half full guy, John.

I like optimism, actually, I try to be an optimist, believe it or not. I am not seeing it here, though I really want this to work.

Plus These PP Guys have Disney background & maybe a good relationship. That may be why this company is involved.

ABC wanted the rights to the shows back (after seeing GH's resurgence) and wants to service GH. But Disney, which holds the reins, is tight with Rich Frank and wants in on online media. Therefore Disney has ABC/GH under the yoke on this and is allowing PP leeway to continue to pursue AMC/OLTL and the OLTL actors. That's my understanding, anyway.

Disney/ABC Domestic Television is under the banner of Disney/ABC Television Group, which encompasses all of ABC's products including ABC Entertainment (which is the department ABC Daytime falls under). Disney is essentially syndicating AMC/OLTL, like they do Millionaire and Katie as well as Live with Kelly and Michael. Disney isn't doing anything against ABC. It's all ABC.

They're involved because Disney is helping push this along in spite of ABCD or GH's interests.

Whether that is for good or ill in the long run I don't know.

OTOH, if Errol's right, never mind and I'll put away my tin hat for the moment. I just have heard a number of times in the past that ABC's needs in daytime don't always coincide with Disney's larger aims.

Edited January 23, 201312 yr by Vee

I'm confused: why in the world did we need to "wink" at FerenComm's connections to Disney Media and to PP? I'm sure that isn't privileged information; and even if it were, you know someone on here would have figured it out eventually, leaving it up to us to dissect it all with or without Errol's reporting.

I mean, seriously, not everything needs to be [!@#$%^&*] teased around here. If there is a connection, just say it is and get it over with.

#whatevs #rme

Edited January 23, 201312 yr by Khan

Disney/ABC Domestic Television is under the banner of Disney/ABC Television Group, which encompasses all of ABC's products including ABC Entertainment (which is the department ABC Daytime falls under). Disney is essentially syndicating AMC/OLTL, like they do Millionaire and Katie as well as Live with Kelly and Michael. Disney isn't doing anything against ABC. It's all ABC.

Right & I dont see this as a bad thing....Runs & hides. LOL

I'm confused: why in the world did we need to "wink" at FerenComm's connections to Disney Media and to PP? I'm sure that isn't privileged information; and even if it were, you know someone on here would have figured it out eventually, leaving it up to us to dissect it all with or without Errol's reporting about it.

I mean, seriously, not everything needs to be [!@#$%^&*] teased around here. If there is a connection, just say it is and get it over with.

#whatevs #rme

No ITA

Thi could actually bode well That FerenComm is involved. Disney Domestic TV is a syndication arm which may help PP get Cable deals for both soaps

Yeah so not going to happen at all. If cable was interested we'd be seeing these on tv not online

I'm confused: why in the world did we need to "wink" at FerenComm's connections to Disney Media and to PP? I'm sure that isn't privileged information; and even if it were, you know someone on here would have figured it out eventually, leaving it up to us to dissect it all with or without Errol's reporting.

I mean, seriously, not everything needs to be [!@#$%^&*] teased around here. If there is a connection, just say it is and get it over with.

#whatevs #rme

You talking to me or Errol? I thought I just said it.

I'm confused: why in the world did we need to "wink" at FerenComm's connections to Disney Media and to PP? I'm sure that isn't privileged information; and even if it were, you know someone on here would have figured it out eventually, leaving it up to us to dissect it all with or without Errol's reporting.

I mean, seriously, not everything needs to be fucking teased around here. If there is a connection, just say it is and get it over with.

#whatevs #rme

There was another nugget in there, just to be clear. But I hear ya. I shouldn't tease. I should write and make the bucks doing it, lol.

What's it going to take, Errol? Don't make us rough you up like PP is doing Marlene McPherson and little Patrick Gibbons out in that old farmhouse. I got a sack of nickels here and little Sam's nose isn't even all the way broken yet.

Edited January 23, 201312 yr by Vee

I don't know but all this sounds very weird to me.

Since Errol isn't revealing anything I guess I have to push him down the stairs and throw him into the Secret Room.......

Edited January 23, 201312 yr by Jean Randolph

Throwing this out there, but what do people think of Frederick Johnson as a writer? He's written for AMC before I know... (not during peak times--but wasn't the HW).

Edited January 23, 201312 yr by EricMontreal22

Form of: Chuck Pratt! That's why Thorsten returned!

Oh God. Not Pratt. LMAO.

Edited January 23, 201312 yr by Golden Duck

Pratt is too expensive, IMHO--also surely someone saw what ratings became under him eventually.