All My Children AMC: The Prospect Park Era (old production thread)

[AllMyDaysatGH]

B&B is on broadcast television and is owned by a million dollar family. And they use* about 6 or 7 of their cast members on a daily basis

[EricMontreal22]

I'm 99.9% positive that that story absolutely will not show up on screen. But hey. I believe he did interact when... Kitty was being abuse or on drugs or whatever? I have their stories all muddled...

I liked the photo shoot--ok, I admit it was almost too glam for me, but I think it's classy that they are trying to do something like this (when was the last time ABC did) even if I hope it doesn't reflect how the show ill look.

The story with Ruth having feelings for another man in the late 70s was hardly popular--I don't see a retcon with Joe cheating being more so (especially if they can't get Ruth on screen often enough to play it out...)

[dragonflies]

Cheap will love the ET segment, they showed Florencia and she looked hawt, she had a black and white stripped dress on. She was with Kassie.

Awww David kissed Jill, it was so sweet

[Vee]

I get ET at 7:30 here in New York, apparently. I'm actually going to watch it.

[EricMontreal22]

...I thought there was meant to be a point in having seperate OLTL and AMC threads... (not that I wanted one until the shows started airing, but... )

Yes but she didn't have the creator of the show there looking over the initial story points. I have no doubt that if this show is a success, Nixon will become less and less involved, but I can't see her approving that as one of the first stories.

Sigh. And here I was hoping he'd stubbornly stick to his guns and just never talk about these shows again...

...at least that's what we've kinda sorta heard. I don't think there's anyway to know, yet. It could be the usual 20 mins just so it would fit on commercial tv at some point.

[Vee]

DC did go over PP in their last podcast. Not in too much depth, though. And it was a long one, too.

[EricMontreal22]

I dunno, I get the feeling, aside from photos of the new younger cast on the bed, etc, that the placement of actors was fairly arbitrary--and not to do with potential story. But?

[EricMontreal22]

You really have been out of the loop. Errol, maybe you should make a AMC/OLTL online FAQ...

It was awkwardly done, but I think Binks was meant to be a year or two under Laura, JR, etc--they never showed Laura in HS, she was meant to be in college then (IIRC)

[Vee]

I actually like the hot bitch shot of Eden Riegel a lot. I don't see why Bianca shouldn't get to finally be a sexual being.

I was under the distinct impression at the time that Laura had to attend HS to finish a few credits or classes, back when Laura Allen was in the role and dyking out with Binks. She attended gym class and everything.

I don't think I saw a promo for the soaps in the EW opening, just a lot of Bonnie Franklin, Jennifer Lawrence, DWTS, etc. And that makes me nervous. What kind of weird Oz television feed am I getting? Did they put it on that weird gossip show airing at 7? I live in New York, not some podunk.

[EricMontreal22]

Exactly--not necessarily a new thing. To me it feels familiar, but yeah different. But--I see that as a positive. It doesn't feel like "Hey this isn't AMC..." In all honesty, if ABC had been better at replacing dead end characters in its last decade, I could see the cast changing this much within this new "5 years later" time frame anyway.

Worst example EVER. B&B, even amongst fans is infamous for casting people and NEVER EVER using them and always focusing on the same tiny incestuous group. Half the cast on the show are glorified cameos. Your example proved the point.

[Vee]

They're still not promoting anything for after the break but DWTS, some reality show people and Bonnie Franklin, who is still dead after their first segment about her, thanks. Am I living in Dimension X?

[EricMontreal22]

Actually you may be right that for some reason she had to take extra classes--sounds vaguely familiar.

I suspect ET will do a 20 second segment as they often do (and maybe say "for more go to ET Online"--and the video we saw.)

[soapfave06]

Just saw the ET segment. Wow. Everyone looked amazing. I'm so excited.

[Vee]

What the !@#$%^&*]? Are you watching this live? All I have in front of me is some crap called L.A. Shrinks! Did I miss it when I looked down at the keyboard? This dreck is on mute right now.

FINALLY, the soap promo for after the break. Wow, the OLTL shot looks great.

[EricMontreal22]

Speaking of cast size--

This could be wrong, by LaGuardia's late 70s book, The Wonderful World of TV Soap Operas says that when AMC premiered its complete contract cast list was--I'll list character names not actors:

Amy

Nick

Phoebe

Ann

Dr Charles

Chuck

Lincoln

Ruth

Ted

Phil

Joe

Tara

Mona

Erica

Kate

For OLTL (even though that should be in the other thread ):

Victoria

Meredith

Victor

Joe

Vince

Larry

Anna

Dave

Eileen

Dr James

Carla

Sadie

Dr Marcus

Of course they had others who were recurring, but just to put the argument about cast sizes into perspective.