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Online-Only Soap Ads Won't Air on NBC, ABC, CBS
CBS, which has run ads for digital outlets Netflix and Hulu (which is distributing the revived soaps), declined comment. But a source tells THR the network views the digital re-launch as a direct competitor to its popular daytime dramas, including THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL.

NBC also declined to comment as did Prospect Park. However, a source says NBC refused to carry ads during its only remaining daytime soap, DAYS OF OUR LIVES. The network was open to primetime spots, which Prospect Park declined to pursue. NBC did, however, sell ads on several of its cable networks.

ABC sources say the network was willing to accept ads within GH because of the licensing relationship, but on April 17 when Prospect submitted an ad for OLTL that included Howarth prominently. ABC refused it -- on the grounds that it would confuse the audience.

The CW Network did accept ads for the online soaps, which began running in such shows as HART OF DIXIE and 90210 last week. Fox, according to a source, also was open to running the ads, but Prospect Park decided against running ads there because the network has only primetime programming and no history with soap operas.

But the ads are visible other places. Prospect Park placed them on numerous cable TV networks and Web sites, as well as social media.

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I just read this from variety:

http://variety.com/2013/tv/news/inside-the-online-revival-of-all-my-children-one-life-to-live-1200412961/#1/robert-scott-wilson-plays-petey-cortlandt/

“We heard the word ‘no’ from a million people,” Kwatinetz said. He admitted he was also guilty of anti-soap snobbery, particularly with talent. “I was part of that bias. … I’ll say now, that was wrong. These actors can stand cheek-to-cheek with any actors on network television.”

That reminds me of Irna getting mad at Harding Lemay for telling an audience on a talk show that he never watched a soap until he worked on AW.

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In their heart of hearts, some fans don't want this (meaning, the revivals) to happen this way. When they said they wanted AMC and OLTL back, they meant, "We want 'em back on ABC (and on SoapNet)." And they know it. Hence, all this confusion about where and when and how to watch. They're not adjusting, because this is not what they wanted. Ever.

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I agree. :)

Let me put it this way: if I wanted these shows back, I would accept them back on whatever terms they give me. Even if they said AMC and OLTL would be available only between 2 and 3 am every other Tuesday w/ no chance of repeats or even recording for later viewing (I know that's not what they said, I'm speaking hypothetically), I'd get my lazy behind the noisiest alarm clock known to mankind, and I'd wake up.

I mean, really. Do you hear "Arrested Development" fans having this hard of a time adjusting to Netflix?

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I have not seen a fandom with such diverse levels of knowledge/lack of knowledge than soap fans. There are those who are intelligent, thoughtful, and can spell, and then there are those who just mystify me with their illiteracy on all levels. It's a little frustrating. I thought about Khan's point above yesterday. I highly doubt the stars of Arrested Development had to make videos about how to watch the show because of stupid people who don't get it.

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And the same could be said, I bet, for fans of "Futurama." ;)

IIRC, the only time I had to walk away from a resurrected series was when "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer" moved to UPN. I was so thrilled to see that particular series live on; however, my local affiliate's signal was poor, to say the least. Theirs kept crossing with another channel's, making it impossible for me to de-scramble or even understand what was happening on-screen. (Of course, in retrospect, when I did catch those "lost" episodes later, on FX, I realized I hadn't missed much. But that's another story.)

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Someone with far more patience than I, might just explain to the complainers that the more PP succeeds with this venture, the more likely the possibility of them getting some niche network (it won't be a traditional major network, I'm thinking) to carry episodes--even if they will be a week after they debut online (I'm sure some will complain about that too, should PP achieve this).

I have compassion for the octogenarians who are living on fixed incomes who don't have computers/Internet access and don't have options to watch but I doubt any of those people are the ones complaining on Facebook. Like I said in a previous post, perhaps some enterprising person(s) will come up with a bare bones wireless stream gadget that is affordable to low income, fixed income people who are not tech savvy.

People have to realize though that with the huge success of shows like House of Cards, watching shows on the Internet is becoming more popular and becoming a real entertainment option-- the genie cannot be put back in the bottle.

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