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.

AMC is going to be the next 2 months at a ABC or NBC soap pace.

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

indeed

Soaps In Depth ABC ‏@soapsindepthabc1h

Folks, we can complain about the #AMC #OLTL cut to two days a week... or we can be glad they're back, period. Me? I'm going with the latter.

AMC is going to be the next 2 months at a ABC or NBC soap pace.

They've been filming stuff right now that is on the air in a week or two. So no, it won't.

Thats actually the reason I like soaps. Keeps me having to watch episode by episode. I don't watch any primetime shows because they dont keep my attention. I'm a pisces! We get apathetic easily lolol

I'm a Pisces too so don't blame that (I never knew apathy was a Pisces trait, I thought when it came to the arts we were meant to be obsessive *shrug*--I admit with me I like the serial form and the only time I usually drop a show--even when the quality SUCKS--is when for some reason I fall several episodes behind and just can't be bothered.)

They've been filming stuff right now that is on the air in a week or two. So no, it won't.

Yes it will.

4 weeks will be stretched to 8 any way you slice it.

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 agree its probably the prod of the episodes isnt going at the pace they had hoped. Im good with this. Id rather have quality shows over quanity

I'm a Pisces too so don't blame that (I never knew apathy was a Pisces trait, I thought when it came to the arts we were meant to be obsessive *shrug*--I admit with me I like the serial form and the only time I usually drop a show--even when the quality SUCKS--is when for some reason I fall several episodes behind and just can't be bothered.)

Hahaha. Well that is in essence my problem though. Idk if I can be bothered.

The next couple of months will be harder to watch, as they wrote it for 4 eps week, but I think once we pass it and the writing is focused on 2eps

I think we need to try and think of them as 'new' shows. And starting any show with 2hours of eps a week they'd most likely not work/get axed.

Starting slow like the UK Soaps had, the more I think about the more I like it. As they can always add more in the future

Dude, you're both clearly going to watch and are already in a processing phase so I wish we could cut through the drama.

Honestly, that's what drives me up the wall far more than anything else. Online fandom having conniption fits, sometimes over nothing, sometimes over something that is just as not as big as they think it is. I don't have time to keep up with the hysterics. Whether or not this bears out to be a big problem, I can't get overly concerned yet when they're still in production and still topping the viewing charts.

The Law of Economics is Supply and Demand. I want to know the numbers that they are basing decisions on.

Exactly. Typically new business ventures will forecast 5, and 10 years out. They will have a "scale-up" operating model to scale their business according to their growth projects. They will also have a "scale-down" operating model to mitigate risks from unforseen market pressures in a sustainble way. In any service/products based industry, the last thing you want to do is for your business model to negatively impact your consumer experience. This sounds more like a contingency plan, not a mitigation plan.

Dude, you're both clearly going to watch and are already in a processing phase so I wish we could cut through the drama.

No I'm really not tho. If I gave up Days which was MY soap I will give up these two.

Regardless, good luck to you

No I'm really not tho.

Oookay.

Cady McClain ‏@realcadymcclain1h

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

in all honesty, tweets from

the actors mean nothing

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 was thinking of Peyton Place (which I'm about half way through the series.) It was not just a cult classic, it was a PHENOMENON for its first few years and many think saved the failing ABC network. And yes, it had 2, 25 minute episodes a week. The pace however was perfect for that as was the character balance (usually only two stories going on at once--maybe a third burbling under.) Watching it now,it still feels much more like a daytime soap (with great production values for its time) than later primetime soaps, maybe because it did air all year long, with no reruns or off seasons.

Interestingly midway through its second year it went to three episodes a week and quickly lost viewers who found it hard to catch up. It went back to two, but viewership dropped and its last season it went to one a week (in total I believe it has 600 episodes or so for about five years.) It has to be pointed out though one reason it never re-gained viewers was due to a show that at first felt so groundbreaking and edgy, with the huge social changes from '64'69 and it hardly adjusting to them, it soon felt behind the time.s

Oookay.

Haha I'm not! Maybe when they change the format again next month I might tho.