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/

Hmmm....now I bet that was an interesting interview....

Llanview in the Afternoon: An Oral History of 'One Life to Live'

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Just got off the phone with Brandon Buddy, who played Cole Thornhart from 2006-10...

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I hope he was coherent. Did I say "coherent"? I meant...well...I don't know what I meant.

I don't think Kendall needs a big name, just someone with real talent and star quality. I know it became very fashionable to hate AM but generally I thought she did Kendall justice, big time, up to 2007 or 2008 when they destroyed the character.

I agree. I liked Alicia most of the time as Kendall and she could bring it, especially when the writing was there (which it often wasn't). McTavish definitely handled the character the best and Kendall has floundered for the most part. I think they really wanted to make her this heroine and Kendall shouldn't be.

ITA, with both of you. She was green in the beginning but always had a really nice level of charisma that made up for that. I came back into AMC intending to hate the recast of Kendall, but I never actually could. AM only got better and better over time and was generally good to very good. It went downhill in 2007 - 2008, but IMO that was the writing. They went hardcore into turning her into heroine (due to the popular couple trap), and the annoying kind. I'm surprised AM and the character were able to hold it off as long as "they" did actually though.

I do agree that the character can be recast though. I actually sort of liked Wendy Moniz on GL, Carl. Dinah was another character that was in line with Sami, Kendall, Carly archetype.

Okay so AMC's cast is...

Zach, Griffin, David, Jesse and Angie, Cara and Opal. You got some good names here in terms of actors but that's not functional. I think that's what people mean when they "WTF they going to do with that?" AMC's list. And you're missing the Kane's, Martin's and Chandler's rather completely.

Rumors from DD. Take with Grain of Salt

Michael Easton will be pulling double duty between General Hospital and One Life to Live. I'm still unsure how this will be accomplished.

Kristen Alderson is set to head back to One Life to Live.

The biggest holdup is with Roger Howarth. He seems more than willing to return to One Life To Live but he wants it to be a shorter time period than planned.

It looks like the actors will have a two to three month stay on One Life to Live if all the details are worked out between the actors, ABC, and PP.

Expect some resolution and/or announcement soon.

If True,

Sounds Like KA & ME worked out a deal to stay on GH but visit OLTL from time to time.

Sounds like RH wants only a one time temp return to OLTL & then back to GH.

PP probably wants RH's Todd to visit OLTL when story warrants

Edited January 23, 201312 yr by John

Errol, or anybody really, do we have any idea on the length of contracts for the actors and their commitment to PP this time around?

I know they said they didn't want to bring people back from the dead, but I want them to make an exception for Hope &/or Cole

Thanks AllMyDaysatGH, glad you and marceline remain optimistic too.

As for the Kwatinetz story, I'm also glad he wants the soaps to be topical. AMC and OLTL have had that tradition before and it's something soaps have done well in the past. I think if this is what he wants, they should try to get some writers from Degrassi, which has always incorporated issues as part of its mission, especially as the Degrassi writers are already familiar with 4 days a week format and can write both younger characters and familial relationships convincingly.

I am not as negative about soaps today though -- even Days is realistic and has an element of social relevance with Will's story right now.

Edited January 23, 201312 yr by jfung79

I am very onboard with topical storylines and edgy drama. I think the stakes should be raised. My ONLY concern is they're doing these stories just to do them. I'm sure that won't be the case, I feel like we can trust Thom and Susie not to butcher the characters for the sake of a "cutting edge" (lol) storyline.

I know they said they didn't want to bring people back from the dead, but I want them to make an exception for Hope &/or Cole

I don't think that they literally meant they won't bring people back from the dead. I took it as meaning that they are aiming for a more Shonda Rimes style of storytelling. More "ripped from the headlines" type of stuff. That was my take on it.

I don't think that they literally meant they won't bring people back from the dead

They probably mean they won't do a storyline based on it like AMC's last major storyline. I'm sure they would not be opposed to doing a back from the dead storyline every now and then if it's not too sci-fi based.

No, Natalie will return, so it's all good.

*dead*

They probably mean they won't do a storyline based on it like AMC's last major storyline. I'm sure they would not be opposed to doing a back from the dead storyline every now and then if it's not too sci-fi based.

Exactly. If they wanted to avoid all soap conventions, they wouldn't have hired soap writers.

Looks as though AMC/OLTL wont be Telenovella style!

http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2013/01/23/new-versions-of-all-my-children-and-one-life-to-live-wont-be-telenovela-style

And FOZ has been fired....

http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2013/01/23/foz-mcdermott-out-at-prospect-park

I'm resting right now and have five things to report on. Can news please slow down? I'm trying to get better as fast as possible....

The Foz news is not shocking and I did know about it. I just didn't think it was newsworthy without some actual info on why. Guess some of us have different reporting standards.

DC is always trying to get a "jump" on everyone