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/

I think it would also attract some viewers who may have written off daytime, and that's the type of viewer they should be looking for, someone who likely tried Y&R last year and wondered why they were watching something that made That's My Mama seem fresh.

It's been so long since I've seen an All Her Children reference from Eric!

I was hoping R Sinclair would notice it first. It's like I keep it next to my bible, under my pillow (I do--All Her Children I mean, not the bible).

Of course having Susan on board is ideal, but they can always say that Erica is off doing something glamorous (we already have the film career stuff established) and they can work her in when it's convenient for Susan. If that means making a splashy return at the end of the first book teasing her next big storyline for book two, we can live with that.

Even with the Susan is a (sorta) diva posts, I really think she would agree to a few appearances--and if they rebuilt the show around the Hubbards and some Martins (and Jill Larson being an Myrtle figure--) I would happily see what was going on.

All My Children: Grandma Boring's Back

I think I would be the only one to watch that--and just out of maoschism if Agnes Nixon was involved.

They can stage it in the same place they'll be holding the next Daytime Emmys - the bathroom at the Shoney's off the highway.

ITA. I'm also glad they signed her because other than Lucci, I think Debbi has the most recognition in the mainstream.

(I won't comment on the "how drunk you guys were" comment--cuz I still am) but, absolutely--and I think her character came out at the end of AMC as still one of the reasons people watch.

They can stage it in the same place they'll be holding the next Daytime Emmys - the bathroom at the Shoney's off the highway.

With different set decorations! That would rock

I could definitely see Angie moving into the matriarch role. Erica was a rather unwilling matriarch, but I definitely want her back.

As unenthusiastic as I was over the thought of watching Erica make her movie, I'd even get behind a spinoff of her in Hollywood if it was well written. Although I'm of the opinion that JR shot Bianca, leaving her alive but in critical condition with only David and his magic Orpheus drugs to save her, in which case Erica would have told Kit Sterling to back off because she wasn't leaving Pine Valley with her daughter on the verge of death.

Those are all good, SFK.

Here's some that are bad ideas and I hope never happen.

All My Children: Proteus Revisited

All My Children: I Love Lavery

All My Children: Grandma Boring's Back

Grandma Boring better not return but I hope her replacement along with CBL as Bianca returns. Somewhere out there, Im sure Eden Riegel is thirsty to reprise the role but girl needs to sit her ass down

So just to recap, the AMC cast list thus far is VI and DM (confirmed) and Hartley, Knight, Williams (rumored), right? Am I missing anyone?

I have to admit that I am utterly stunned that we haven't heard anything about Mathison signing. I'll be interested to see who among the younger set they approach. They'll have to rebuild the young Hubbards from scratch but nothing would make me happier than if they make them a nice big core family like the Martins. They need to recast all the Hubbard kids which makes me sad because I loved Smith, Kane and Martinez so much but I welcome the chance to find new actors (and characters) to love. I can think of a number of theatre actors in NYC that I would enjoy try these roles.

In addition, the diversity activist in me is very, very happy. I'm cautiously optimistic that the signing of the Hubbards and Cara first means that PP will throw off the lead weight of ABC-enforced homogeneity that helped destroy these shows.

Edited January 6, 201312 yr by marceline

So just to recap, the AMC cast list thus far is VI and DM (confirmed) and Hartley, Knight, Williams (rumored), right? Am I missing anyone?

I have to admit that I am utterly stunned that we haven't heard anything about Mathison signing. I'll be interested to see who among the younger set they approach. They'll have to rebuild the young Hubbards from scratch but nothing would make me happier than if they make them a nice big core family like the Martins. They need to recast all the Hubbard kids which makes me sad because I loved Smith, Kane and Martinez so much but I welcome the chance to find new actors (and characters) to love. I can think of a number of theatre actors in NYC that I would enjoy try these roles.

In addition, the diversity activist in me is very, very happy. I'm cautiously optimistic that the signing of the Hubbards and Cara first means that PP will throw off the lead weight of ABC-enforced homogeneity that helped destroy these shows.

Are Jessee's and Angie's older relatives still alive? Angie's mom? Jessee's Aunt or Uncle?

Angie's mom is alive. I agree with Errol it may be that Mathison wont do AMC again. He is booking lots of ABC gigs out in LA

Marceline, Hartley is confirmed and Morgan swore up and down that Williams had signed on and mentioned their happy reactions they shared together but that's essentially correct.

I can't imagine they'd approach Knight and not McClain. Who else do you guys think they approached from the final cast?

Edited January 6, 201312 yr by alexisfan07

Jesse's Aunt Nancy is alive as well, she was actually a lead before Angie and Jesse became popular. I don't expect to ever see her or Pat again though.

I'm really trying not to get excited but another thing that makes me happy is that PP started with characters based around the hospital (David, Angie and Cara) and not Fusion. Hopefully that wretched nest of stiletto-clad harpies will be left by the wayside.