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.

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

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February 18, 201312 yr

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I never signed up for that [!@#$%^&*].

Me neither, you all are not getting those as fast as we're getting news elsewhere about it

Edited February 18, 201312 yr by alexisfan07

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Today is not a holiday....

February 18, 201312 yr

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I got mine at 10:55AM Central

February 18, 201312 yr

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Me neither, you all are not getting those as fast as we're getting news elsewhere about it

That's assuming that we're not also getting the news elsewhere.....and you know what's said about assuming???

Today is not a holiday....

President's Day....? A Federal holiday. I's is a confused-ed-ded.

February 18, 201312 yr

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This is probably old news too, sorry if it is lol

Prospect Park continues to shore up its production ranks. Vivian Gundaker has been named Coordinating Producer of both AMC and OLTL, according to her LinkedIn profile. From 1995-2010, she worked for P&G as producer at both ANOTHER WORLD and AS THE WORLD TURNS.

http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/pp-taps-veteran-soap-producer

Lots of experienced PGP people being hired in production. That's cool, as long as Goutman is not one of them though!

February 18, 201312 yr

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Exclusive: ‘All My Children’ Names Co-Head Writer

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Soo ... Anyone know anything about Elizabeth Snyder? Is she known for contributing any ideas at any of her shows? I have to admit my initial reaction is to be underwhelmed. If there was indeed a problem with pacing under McPherson at Days, then another writer from her time at Days being her co-headwriter doesn't seem like it would help with that.

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That's assuming that we're not also getting the news elsewhere.....and you know what's said about assuming??? .

President's Day....? A Federal holiday. I's is a confused-ed-ded.

See my post above

February 18, 201312 yr

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Betsy is not one of my favorite. She can outline - given how she was able to take anything from Brad Bell and company, and make sense out of it - not sure of her ability to tell a story though.

February 18, 201312 yr

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See my post above

LOL.....I see. Well at least I'm not confused-ed-ded anymore. So I take it you don't like this news. Not familiar with her work....should I be worried?

February 18, 201312 yr

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LOL.....I see. Well at least I'm not confused-ed-ded anymore. So I take it you don't like this news. Not familiar with her work....should I be worried?

No opinion on the matter. Just meant this wasn't a holiday because news is still coming out when it SHOULD be a quiet day, lol.

February 18, 201312 yr

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SNYDER, ELIZABETH (BETSY)
Updated December 1, 2012

Another World
- Associate Head Writer (1996)
- Script Writer (1995)

Bold and The Beautiful
- Associate Head Writer (June 9, 2006 - January 21, 2008; April 16, 2008 - March 9, 2010)
- Storyline Consultant (November 22, 2004 - June 8, 2006; December 21, 2009 - June 7, 2010)
- Script Writer (2003)

Dangerous Women
- Associate Head Writer (1991)

Days Of Our Lives
- Associate Head Writer (September 1, 2011 – August 16, 2012)

General Hospital
- Associate Head Writer (1989 - 1993)

“Poor Anastasia”
- Co-Head Writer (2003 - 2004)

Port-Charles
- Associate Head Writer (1998 - 2000)

Sunset Beach
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Awards
- Daytime Emmy WIN (2012; Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team; Days Of Our Lives)
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- Daytime Emmy NOMINATION (2006; Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team; Bold and The Beautiful)
- Daytime Emmy NOMINATION (1996; Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team; Another World)

- Writers Guild NOMINATION (For 1997 Season; Sunset Beach)
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Flowers from Frank and Jeff @ProspectPark @Theonlinenetwork. Wow! Such classy guys!! pic.twitter.com/9SC4gSay

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Elizabeth Snyder is the co-HW? UGH

I guess we can expect Pete T. Rich (although I don't mind him) and Roger Schroeder on the team somewhere as well.

I feel bad for people like Addie Walsh and Joanna Cohen... and heck maybe even Rebecca Taylor, who never got picked up by another show and deserve to be at AMC.

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Ahh I see, ok makes sense... not that I like it, but that makes sense haha.
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Yep - she acted on GL for a year in the early 80s.

By alwaysAMC · 30 minutes ago30 min
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Lois Kibbee (Geraldine Saxon) wrote for The Edge of Night while on the show.

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By alwaysAMC · 33 minutes ago33 min
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For the purposes of this thread I think this is cool information to have compiled, but not quite the same as actors that fully transitioned or wrote for other characters while also still acting in the show. Although I know Rowell was instrumental in stories too, and Bill Bell had a lot of respect for her ideas.
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