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

[EricMontreal22]

It would be even less, wouldn't it? The average primetime sitcom now clocks in at under 21 mins, and I believe even The City in its last days was around 18 mins as is B&B (daytime programming allows more commercials--hence why a 40-41 minute primetime show is now normal--not 45 mins like 30 years back--and for daytime soaps are only about 36-37 mins). For some reason this still doesn't bug me. As long as we don't get episodes shorter than that, I think it can be enough to set things up, and if they are rotating the soaps, they can focus on a slightly different group of characters each storyline of episodes...

[allmc2008]

If they don't come to an agreement with WGA and PP is somewhat successful do you think the WGA would reconsider? Could they want to see if they can pull this off first?

[Adam]

They could say off screen Krystal and Jesse did the nasty and Angie divorced him, and Krystal and him went off and lived in some trailer somewhere.

[John]

I agree I bet they film 4-5 weeks of each show at one time. Maybe tape 2 episodes a day. So that would be 40-50 episodes shot at a time of each soap which would then give PP 10-12 weeks of episodes to air

PP could go with fi-core writrers but pickings are slim. I think thats why both sides now seem eager to get a deal in place

[Mr. Vixen]

Poor Jesse...It will always burn when he pees now.

[Pine Charles]

And then both die from STDs.

[Cheap21]

Krystal stole Ellie and split town

[marceline]

I love the idea of seeing Angie and Hayward interacting again. Their relationship was one of the things I liked best about the AMC's last months. I found them mesmerizing.

[EricMontreal22]

I seem to be in the huge minority--but I disagree. While I know a ton of fans only watch one or the other show--this could be a way to get some fans to try watching both if well done (of course some stubborn fans would refuse). If they did alternate shows and there was only 6 or less weeks before they switched back and forth, I think viewers would still remain interested--a longer gap and probably not. But a lot of people--yes even older viewers--watch TV quite differently now and are used to serialized shows that do take long breaks between episodes. It just depends on how it's handled. Some may even find that more appealing if they find an hour a day in front oftheir computer every weekday too much.

To me, if they really are trying to take this to a kinda different medium as they are, they have to think of different ways (at least slightly different) of formatting it. I am sure everyone at least agrees that PP's plans to initially carry on the old TV format (five days a week, full episodes) was way way too lofty a goal, and one that I think had a bigger chance of backfiring.

[Khan]

Actors are signing on (again) without an official HW or story bible in place? And even if they have a HW in place already, he or she can't lay out any story until they know for certain who's signing on and who isn't? And it all has to be done by the end of the month? I'm sorry, but that is NOT how you create (or recreate), develop, write and produce a drama series, not even one which had been on the air already for over four decades.

PP was better off signing Susan Lucci to an exclusive production deal and then hiring someone to develop for her a brand-spanking-new series that either continued the Erica Kane story (in a new location, with new characters) or allowed her to create an altogether new character.

[Adam]

I know, really feel if the show had have continued, they totally would have went there. Jesse's eyes would maybe finally bug out permanetly over that one

[Pine Charles]

Poor Ellie.

I bet KWAK will sell her for some Jack Daniels and a carton of Marlboro Reds.

[SFK]

I've seen that book on Amazon/eBay for years, I really should just go ahead and get it. Have you ever seen her appearance on Bloopers and Practical Jokes where she flips the !@#$%^&*] out? Someone on here mentioned it a few years ago and then Susan mentioned it when she was on an April Fools Day episode of Rachael Ray. I would love to see it, I feel like it's probably the realest of real Susan we'll ever see. I know someone has it available for tape trade but I've been hoping it'd pop up on YouTube.

[Cheap21]

she sold her own baby for a flat iron that she used to fry up some bacon and grilled cheese

[EricMontreal22]

I agree that they should have made their own statement. That said, I don't think Nixon would ever be easily persuaded to be the mouthpiece for anyone. Remember too, she released her statement to facebook fans saying she wanted to tell them first--I don't think the official statement is even actually out to press (of course they all picked up on her FB statement anyway, so that's a moot point).