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/

Not to reignite the old "Agnes Nixon is involved" meme, but setting it around those kids and casting hard for them sounds a lot like the old bird's idea as much as PP's. She's always been very fond of her youth sets. I'm not going to damn it until I see how it works. I don't think it's a bad idea if it's done well.

I do think the time interval is a fine idea on its own but could get messy in terms of crossovers, especially if OLTL doesn't and it doesn't look to me like they are. (And I wouldn't want them to, given ongoing events on GH - the last thing we need is for the GH/OLTL situation is to turn into some sort of Dallas/Knots Landing nightmare.)

I'm not surprised about Susan. She's busy and she's given her whole life to that show. I do think she'll be back later. In the meantime, you can set up story in the shadow of Erica Kane.

Agreed to all of this.

The last few years people complained (rightly) that AMC was littered with children who were too young to have storylines. It makes sense to age some of the characters we have seen recently inthe past years to make them viable, instead of just bring on brand new characters.

I think that's a pretty good canvas. I'd like to see Bianca and Scott eventually but I think that's a good mix of vets/original characters and newbies.

Me too. Add in Brooke in some capacity, and cast wise I'm sold, for now.

Attention everyone. Eric is on a reply streak.

I'd rather have Eric's reply streak over post after post after post from haters and hysterics.

It was also speculated that OLTL was improving in the ratings, as awful as most of us found the musical prom etc, partly because they had a solid focus on teens. AMC hasn't had that for ages. I think people are jumping to conclusions about just how much emphasis on youth may be made.

I swear. The Teen Demo never topped 100,000 viewers. Any increase or decrease in that demo never affected overall ratings.

Attention everyone. Eric is on a reply streak.

LOL I had 24 hours to catch up on I think I'm done for now...

And with the time jump, if we want to go by "real time" the show's been off the air for 16-17 months, right? By the time it comes back in the "Spring" it will be another couple of months, so the time jump isn't a huge stretch and would have likely happened anyway, they're just increasing it a couple of years. Now if it's 5 years PLUS the 2 that the show was off, yeah, that's kinda big but you know what, after a few weeks I'm sure no one will give it a second thought.

Aww thanks Marceline.

I swear. The Teen Demo never topped 100,000 viewers. Any increase or decrease in that demo never affected overall ratings.

Honestly, I think you're right. That said it was pointed out as being a reason for the show being more viable...

I still think somewhere down the line doing a gay storyline would be beneficial--just since--even at their worst quality wise, there seemed to be fairly big online (youtube, etc) interest in gay storylines in the past few years by people who otherwise were not aware of the soaps...

I still wanna hear about viewership issues in Canada.

And with the time jump, if we want to go by "real time" the show's been off the air for 16-17 months, right? By the time it comes back in the "Spring" it will be another couple of months, so the time jump isn't a huge stretch and would have likely happened anyway, they're just increasing it a couple of years. Now if it's 5 years PLUS the 2 that the show was off, yeah, that's kinda big but you know what, after a few weeks I'm sure no one will give it a second thought.

Soaps move in such strange time lapses anyway, I really don't see the big deal. (Meaning a day can last a week--or three months if it's a JER soap and then suddenly they're celebrating July the 4th when we are).

Soaps move in such strange time lapses anyway, I really don't see the big deal. (Meaning a day can last a week--or three months if it's a JER soap and then suddenly they're celebrating July the 4th when we are).

I think Marceline is right. As long as they don't make a point of explaining that it's been five years and try to fill in the gaps too much, the audience will make the leap. I've seen people complaining that what happens when Skye traverses from one soap to the other. How do they explain that time passed on one soap but not the other. So what? How much has that really happened? Are we going to let Skye's existence limit the creative process on all three soaps? I don't think so.

Speaking of all the negativity about the websoaps, has anyone seen an interview with either Spacey or Robin Wright about why they chose to do the webseries House of Cards? Were they well paid? What was the inducement for those name stars to do something so secondary? Neither has done a television series as far as I know. So I'm very curious why they would do this. Since it's such a secondary prospect relative to TV.

I don't mind a good teen scene as long as they don't eat the show like Zendall did. Even though I am not thrilled about a potential 5 year jump, one good potential thing about it is bringing in NEW viewers. If you use history but don't over use it at least to start, people could feel they can start watching the show online without thinking they need some big history lesson first.

It's not secondary when it's a big-budget series on Netflix in a much-hyped new digital medium, produced by David Fincher and remade from a classic UK series.

Edited February 12, 201312 yr by Vee

Speaking of all the negativity about the websoaps, has anyone seen an interview with either Spacey or Robin Wright about why they chose to do the webseries House of Cards? Were they well paid? What was the inducement for those name stars to do something so secondary? Neither has done a television series as far as I know. So I'm very curious why they would do this. Since it's such a secondary prospect relative to TV.

House of Cards isn't really a web series. It was first a UK series on BBC and then Netflix picked up the rights to produce a US version which is now offered to its subscribers.

House of Cards isn't really a web series. It was first a UK series on BBC and then Netflix picked up the rights to produce a US version which is now offered to its subscribers.

It is an entirely new production, remake or not, available only through Netflix. Web based. It is original programming for many American viewers. My question remains. What made Kevin Spacey and Dabney Coleman and Robin Wright, among many others, take the leap to appear on any production that would only be available through Netflix. Online.

The thing with the time jump is, they can mention it up front, establish the characters lives, then never mention it again. As long as they don't mention a specific year, it's not a big deal and doesn't prevent OLTL crossovers.

It is an entirely new production, remake or not, available only through Netflix. Web based. It is original programming for many American viewers. My question remains. What made Kevin Spacey and Dabney Coleman and Robin Wright, among many others, take the leap to appear on any production that would only be available through Netflix. Online.

Because Netflix is fast becoming the new HBO, a destination for reputable Hollywood actors to sink their teeth into some good material.

Because Netflix is fast becoming the new HBO, a destination for reputable Hollywood actors to sink their teeth into some good material.

Bingo! And where does Hulu fit in? Why are they carrying new programming from Prospect Park?

Anybody ever heard of a "flanking" attack.

Edited February 12, 201312 yr by rhinohide

The thing with the time jump is, they can mention it up front, establish the characters lives, then never mention it again. As long as they don't mention a specific year, it's not a big deal and doesn't prevent OLTL crossovers.

Right! Too me, this will be like Aging one kid on a show but not another. All the time we see kids that were born at the same time but are currently 10 years apart! Same thing.