My understanding is that actor's contracts generally were with the show, not abc. But there were a few that had contracts with the network.

my post had nothing to do with the actor; it was about the character of Skye. The ABC soaps did not have to "pay" in order to get the rights to use her

Don't call off the wedding over this

Oh, honey... why call it off? I'm no dummy! She may be a horse but you're horse hung!

I must agree. Although I've said PP was better off dropping the lawsuit and moving on, R Sinclair makes a fast and hard case for why they shouldn't. Love ya, R!

I love you, too, MRK! <3

But my crush aside, I'm not even approaching this with a bias. All My Children, under Prospect Park, seems to be relatively intact, and that's all I care about. However, my main point is the fact that people praised GH's inclusion of the Llanview characters because it was a way to "Keep OLTL/Llanview ALIVE!" Okay... Llanview has been resurrected! Now, suddenly, the same characters that were championed as being used to keep Llanview alive suddenly shouldn't be in Llanview anymore? What's the damn deal?

I'm embarrassed to admit this, but I am confused as to what percentage of AMC & OLTL is owned by PP and what percentage is owned by ABC. (I originally thought that ABC still owned 100% of both shows, though I am now uncertain.)

I'm embarrassed to admit this, but I am confused as to what percentage of AMC & OLTL is owned by PP and what percentage is owned by ABC. (I originally thought that ABC still owned 100% of both shows, though I am now uncertain.)

ABC does own the shows. PP holds a license to utilize characters, history, trademark, etc.... It still all belongs to ABC as they never sold them off. In simplest terms, think of PP as "renting" them for X amount of years

Edited April 20, 201312 yr by Cheap21

I'm embarrassed to admit this, but I am confused as to what percentage of AMC & OLTL is owned by PP and what percentage is owned by ABC. (I originally thought that ABC still owned 100% of both shows, though I am now uncertain.)

ABC owns the shows but licensed the rights to use of all aspects relating to the shows to Prospect Park.

And really, those three characters don't belong in Port Charles or Llanview. (...Or Pine Valley. Or Genoa City. Or L.A. Or Salem....)

http://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2013/04/vincent-irizarry-thorsten-kaye-and-erika-slezak-to-appear-on-the-view-to-promote-returns-of-all-my-children-and-one-life-to-live

You are pro-ABC because you are cherry picking what we do know for sure in favor of ABC. It is clearly not true that PP "said nothing." We have heard for months that PP was attempting to negotiate with ABC to get the characters back. If PP had not, you would probably be claiming that they were wrong to sue without doing so. I don't see how anyone (unless they are pro ABC) can claim PP is a sore loser for demanding that ABC keep to the terms of the licensing agreement. This is America, most people with money stay rich by not letting people roll over them.

In any case, I am enjoying watching ABC get hoisted on its own petard. Nothing like incompetence getting just deserts.I'm out.

They were attempting to negotiate with ABC to get the actors to also do OLTL not to get the characters back. They didn't have to negotiate that since the characters are licenced to them. Normally I would also be enjoying ABC get hoisted on it's own pretard but in this I'm on their side because they did nothing wrong in giving the actors a long term contract and then offering them new roles when John, Todd and Starr could no longer be used, which is clearly the real reason why PP is suing. Judging from some of their complaints, it seems that PP thought that if they agreed to loan the characters so the actors could stay employed that the actors would return to OLTL if it was revived. PP has been just as incompetent as ABC, they should have made sure that the actors would return to OLTL if it was re-launched before loaning the characters.

Edited April 20, 201312 yr by Crystal_Ann

This is America, most people with money stay rich by not letting people roll over them.

Actually, they stay rich by shopping at Wal-Mart.

ABC does own the shows. PP holds a license to utilize characters, history, trademark, etc.... It still all belongs to ABC as they never sold them off. In simplest terms, think of PP as "renting" them for X amount of years

ABC owns the shows but licensed the rights to use of all aspects relating to the shows to Prospect Park.

Thanks for so quickly responding to my question. I long believed that was the case, but somehow became confused that part ownership may have transferred to PP because so much time elapsed since the original revival attempt failed. (I thought that perhaps there was a provision in the contract that allowed for this to happen.)

Edited April 20, 201312 yr by Max

They were attempting to negotiate with ABC to get the actors to also do OLTL not to get the characters back. They didn't have to negotiate that since the characters are licenced to them. Normally I would also be enjoying ABC get hoisted on it's own pretard but in this I'm on their side because they did nothing wrong in giving the actors a long term contract and then offering them new roles when John, Todd and Starr could no longer be used, which is clearly the real reason why PP is suing. Judging from some of their complaints, it seems that PP thought that if they agreed to loan the characters so the actors could stay employed that the actors would return to OLTL if it was revived. PP has been just as incompetent as ABC, they should have made sure that the actors would return to OLTL if it was re-launched before loaning the characters.

Thank you! This is basically the bottom line. PP could have taken their characters and been on their way, but they wanted the performers so they got in bed with ABC/GH. ABC have been ODBs for many many many years, and no one is disputing that, but poor PP? I don't [&#33;@#&#036;%^&amp;*] think so!

Actually, they stay rich by shopping at Wal-Mart.

The rich don't shop at Wal-Mart...

The rich don't shop at Wal-Mart...

You're right. My bad. The rich shop at Target.

You're right. My bad. The rich shop at Target.

LOL!!