But it won't. Both aAMC and OLTL have moved at a significantly quicker pace than even the quickest hour network soaps. I agree this will cause some increased pacing issues for the already filmed episodes that were meant to go at a week instead of two, but the actual plots will still move relatively quickly.

I guarantee Cassandra will still be held and locked up into August now! JER style lol.

Cady McClain ‏@realcadymcclain1h

First and foremost: @allmychildren ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE!!!!

She knows this how? But even I can get behind being positive to keep the fans from tuning out.

I guarantee Cassandra will still be held and locked up into August now! JER style lol.

I doubt that.

I had already decided that next week I was going to start "binge" viewing and saving episodes instead of watching fresh every day. The one thing I wonder about though is the "social media" effect. It's been fun to have something to talk about from morning to night, LOL. This new "binge" viewing encourages people to stay off social media IMO.

It does, and that's a fair point--people have talked about how recently the network tv shows that have been surprise hits (notably Scandal) were partly due to the huge social media reaction to people watching the episodes as, or soon after they air and wanting to discuss it then.

Maybe they shoulda listened to Khan's suggestion of 15 mins an episode... I mean up until 1968 people got about ten minutes of GL a day (and yes it moved far far far far far more slowly than these shows are) when commercials were removed. That held their attention--but maybe due to it being a daily habit.

But I strongly suspect a lot of these people making these grand "I'm never watching again" posts on here will keep watching. It's like all the people who were saying they'd never watch due to certain cast announcements before they even premiered--and ended up watching. If they spend an hour a day on SON (some seem to spend much more) how is this a waste of time?

Maybe. I'm just glad that these shows are alive and online. That alone does SO much for the entire genre. People threatening to quit watching them pisses me off on so many levels. 1. If you're going to do it, then don't advertise it. Just do it. 2. People quitting to watch hurts not only OLTL & AMC but the 4 remaining soaps too. How these shows do online will decide if GH goes online. If SONY will want to fund DAYS and Y&R on the web after the networks no longer want them, and if the Bells will later want to do so with B&B.

I seriously don't see how changing to two days a weeks is going to affect these shows greatly for the worst. Jamey (on DC) brought up a good point--Peyton's Place, which is a cult classic, had two shows a week and it worked well for them. The same might happen with these shows.

I'm trying to be optimistic for once because I could revert back to being my usual realist self (or pessimist as people like to say) and say these shows can and should be cancelled b/c of their ungrateful fans.

I'm surprised this is effective next week and not down the road like in Aug/Sept. Shouldn't they wait until the writers, production, etc adjust to the new two episode a week schedule...Now the episodes story progression from this point on will probably go very slow for who knows how long! Doesn't seem like very good news at all!

This is gong to drag stuff out and with what's been said of the attention span of soap viewers this won't make people tune in for long

I can understand trying to dissuade binge viewing up to a point but I don't really buy it. I think they need to stick with what they've got.

PP themselves was calling the soaps "Anytime" and no longer daytime so they basically were encouraging people to watch when they want that's the whole point of watching shows online

Well my initial reaction is, I'm not sure I 100% believe Prospect Park. Most comments I've seen on Hulu and their Facebook page is of people wanting them to be go back to an hour a day, five days a week. Not less. And really, if you're a person who waits to the weekend to catch up, it's only going to take you 2 hours to watch a week of AMC or OLTL, that's about the length of a movie on Netflix.

I'm guessing either not as many people are watching as they hoped or since AMC and OLTL share studios and rotate when they film, maybe it's taking them longer to produce episodes than they thought and need to more time to work out the kinks.

PP was pretty candid and forthcoming in their press release. Is it the whole truth? Who knows? I think so. It's too bad that they didn't start each show airing two episodes a week. Having to cut back just disappoints the viewers.

I doubt that.

How can you doubt it! It has already been written and produced to play out the next four weeks but will really be 2 months now!

I doubt that.

As do I. regardless it won't be JER style because it may take more actual real time for the story to unfold but won't take endless scenes of nothing happening.

Well my initial reaction is, I'm not sure I 100% believe Prospect Park. Most comments I've seen on Hulu and their Facebook page is of people wanting them to be go back to an hour a day, five days a week. Not less. And really, if you're a person who waits to the weekend to catch up, it's only going to take you 2 hours to watch a week of AMC or OLTL, that's about the length of a movie on Netflix.

I'm guessing either not as many people are watching as they hoped or since AMC and OLTL share studios and rotate when they film, maybe it's taking them longer to produce episodes than they thought and need to more time to work out the kinks.

I think the on off and sharing is hurting them more than they thought it would. Sure it saves on cost but at the same time they can't film as much as they would hope too.

THey need to drop the Friday episode all together IMO. It's pointless.

The worst thing is that OLTL insists on showing Dani and Matt every single freaking day. So, I might have to go weeks at a time without seeing people I actually care about (like Blair). AMC has been better about it, but still ... not interested.

Funny, all your whining makes me think you are interested...

I am a pragmatist, and I can see both sides of the issue. I'm concerned but their logic makes some hard sense to me. And I still think the biggest issue for them is not the money, or the numbers - they've done well and they're going back into production - but the production schedule which was very rushed to start up and is still very, very, very tight. I think they need the room to breathe. And I think they should have it.

I hope they put the shows back to 3 at least. I'd cut the Friday "More" and put a third episode for both in there. Or put "More" over the weekend.

How can you doubt it! It has already been written and produced to play out the next four weeks but will really be 2 months now!

Because the show isn't running as slow, story-wise, as you claim. You're talking about these shows like they have the same pace as an ABC soap; they don't.

Ill shut up now and stop being devils advocate.

But there is nothing positive in this announcement. Other than maybe everyone should be lazy viewers.

Regardless PP needs to pick a plan and [!@#$%^&*] stick with it instead of yanking everyone around like they have been doing for a year and a half.

Funny, all your whining makes me think you are interested...

I AM interested in the shows. That's why I am so angry about this. I am NOT interested in this new model.