One Life to Live OLTL: The Prospect Park Era (old production thread)

[John]

Serial Drama Is anyone else starting to border on apoplectic fits every time you click on any article or headline or post regarding the revived AMC and OLTL and you *still* see hundreds of comments from people complaining about having to pay or wake up early and therefore refusing to watch? WHY WON'T THEY READ THE INFORMATION?! Free! Available all the live-long day on your own schedule!

(I realize this is not a rational thing to be rage-y about. I just really so so so so so want the return of the soaps to succeed and it makes me panic that millions of people won't watch -- not because they don't want to [which is fine] but because they don't think they can!) --L.

[rhinohide]

No apology necessary. I hadn't seen it, so thank you for posting it again. It was a great article.

[dragonflies]

I thought this was already known, Roger's going to be doing both shows at the same time for awhile. He probably only signed on GH for a year like he did last year

[hsfolk]

Julia Barr is looking great

[rhinohide]

I refuse to believe these people are really that . . . ill informed. I think they're just trolling.

I refuse to believe these people are really that . . . ill informed. I think they're just trolling.

I refuse to believe these people are really that . . . ill informed. I think they're just trolling.

[applcin]

The Facebook pages are the worst. They truly are not comprehending it, mostly because they've never heard of Hulu or they can't see past the Hulu Plus ad.

Wait til Monday afternoon. I'm sure there'll be folks posting who were sitting in front of the tv, watching ABC and wondering where the soaps were.

[dragonflies]

I told someone on FB yesterday that if they can get on Facebook they can get on hulu and watch the soaps, it's that simple

lol

[ReddFoxx]

I'm guessing nothing will stop the dumb complaints, because complaining is what some people live for.

[John]

ABC's loss is PP's Gain

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-brennan-rosenberg/how-abcs-loss-is-prospect_b_3162900.html

[dragonflies]

S0rry if this was already posted:

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.

[Darn]

It's odd that they refused primetime ads. Maybe the ad space was too expensive?

[John]

ABC you bastards. I do understand CBS. Its Cool NBC is running on its Cable stations

[Vee]

They've been running them in primetime on the CW and cable.

[dragonflies]

LOL like RH being on two soaps at the same time as two different characters isn't confusing, oh ABC *smdh*

[Eric83]

I'm sure ad space on CW Primetime is way cheaper than the other broadcast networks