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

[jams1234]

Exactly many(not all) were worried about them "taking over" now some are making it out like it's a big crime they might be leaving. Just can't please everybody.

I also agree it was a detriment to OLTL with what was done to the three over at GH. I see a lot of people complaining about PP having ABC change the endings for the online venture.....(ya know when PP was venturing into new waters and trying to SAVE the shows ABC just canceled) yet why is there not the same level of outrage the ABC/GH took a poo all over the OLTL finale/history with what they did to the characters over at GH!

I'd like to know that too. I wondered if he was one of the two possible actors that were mentioned in the latest Llanview 3 article.

I'd really LMAO if PP rectified that mistake and reinstated TSJ as the rightful Todd. RH can go back to annoyingly chanting about his family ties .. .I have a daughter....

[alexisfan07]

Random thought but the posts PP have been putting on the AMC and OLTL Facebooks have been...strange? Like they're using a lot of old photos of actors that will not be a part of the shows anymore (is that even legal?) and calling us out for having a crush on an AMC cast member, most of which will not be part of the reboot? Like...what?

[Errol]

It's legal.

[rhinohide]

Group Hugs

[Chris B]

The Facebook posts are off the mark and weird, but at least they're finally doing something! On the subject of the GH 3, following Errol's report, I think they're going to pull out a shocker with one of the remaining two. Just out of pure spite I expect one of the two to be recast for sure and it'll probably be Starr. I still say the fact that they were considering a Todd recast shows they're off the mark. They need to focus on creating the best show possible, not having people bitch and moan through the premiere about how terrible the new Todd is. Starr and John will be easier to recast though, so that shouldn't be a huge issue if they go that route.

[John]

IMO a Starr recast could work well. It did for Jessica

[SFK]

The young lady upthread who was cast on AMC could have been a Starr.

At any rate, I hope they don't resort to recasting/role switching over at GH or any of that type of mess. What an awkward and unnecessary jumble that would be.

[Cheap21]

Id be perfectly fine if PP ignored what GH did and picked up a year later with Starr in hiding with Cole and Hope, Todd in jail for Victor's murder and John being a cop in Llanview

[SFK]

I would not. Soaps need to resist this kind of foolishness for convenience. SBH and TR are talented, creative people. They can repave the road RC took these characters down on GH, but they don't have to demolish it and pretend that it never existed.

[Cheap21]

The selfish fan in me hates how Tea's baby was sacrificed for such a stupid plot. Id open up with her being a single mother to her son, who's about to celebrate his first birthday

[EricMontreal22]

Exactly. I'll refrain from defending McTavish but she's hardly the worse thing to happen to AMC--and did provide some of its best moments. Her main problem is being a"yes woman" so needing to be reigned in, and usually crasing and burning after a few years. Guza--I can't comment on, although I enjoyed Loving when he was co-HW in the early 90s with Millee Taggert

The dead, john/rapist?

[EricMontreal22]

I'd rate McTavish a lot higher than JER--who never showed any heart IMHO.

Under McTavish in the 92-94 period AMC was always number 2. Ratings started slipping (a bit) in '95, and FMB was getting unhappy with McTavish's more crazy stories so replaced her with Broderick. With a few story exceptions (Tanner, comes to mind) I LOVED Broderick's run but ratings continued to fall throughout her 90s run. A big part of this was due to DAYS' sudden climb (one reason apparently they started asking LB to do some more wacky stories like the voodoo one). FMBehr was fired from ABC, ironically, early on but Broderick remained with James for a while. As ratings continued to fall ABC in their "wisdom" rehired McTavish (as she was the last time they had stellar ratings). Of course her '97'99 run was probably her worst run overall (though the final year or two of her '00 run might beat that) and was full of weird gimmick stories that didn't work (bleeding tattoos, etc), though I suspect part of that was she was told to do more over the top stories, something, as I said, she's only too happy to comply with.

[EricMontreal22]

Just to be clear, you mean the final year and a half (under Broderick, S/K and Broderick again) right, and not McT's final year and a half which, even as a fan, I have to admit was pretty much complete [!@#$%^&*].

[EricMontreal22]

I laugh everytime a soap fan acts like whenever a company whoowns the soap uses an old cast photo they have to pay the actor...

[EricMontreal22]

Exactly I think that wouldbe mean spirited, and cause more resentment and confusion between fans who watch both. They don't ahve to bend over backwards to GH's storylines, but