What exactly is a "typical" soap schedule, though? In the UK they're less than ours per week and they're far stronger and healthier than our output. Supposedly there was hue and cry when those shows expanded to three or four days. I don't care if they're on five days a week. I care that they're good and doing well.

I do think it's too extreme an adjustment to make so quickly. I would've cut to 3.

Edited May 16, 201313 yr by Vee

I will reduce my viewing. Aint watching no slow [!@#$%^&*].

Advertisers do care about binging. Most like to pay based on used views per day on a particular show, if a viewer is doing an omnibus within a two hour period on one day, advertisers may not want to cut a check for anything more than one unique view for the day. Advertisers online can be selective and sometimes it's fight to get them to pay for some views.

I will reduce my viewing. Aint watching no slow [!@#$%^&*].

Yeah, that'll help.

Frankly, I think it is the psychology of the viewing habits. When on TV they were 5 days a week at the same time each day. Now there is not structure. Because there is no structure people will procrastinate. Plus, the stupid FB fans who are just now figuring out the shows are back (along with EVERYONE at the place I work, customers and employees, who watched the shows) will now be able to get caught up.

Really?

We're used to having our shows five days a week for an hour. It was a major adjustment going to four at half an hour. Now this?

I just told my dad I'm done. There's no way I'm getting any deeper in this mess. I'm not going to watch these stories unfold at a snail's pace, an hour a week.

Here's an idea: Maybe you would save some money if you cut that useless "MORE" show.

We're used to having our shows five days a week for an hour. It was a major adjustment going to four at half an hour. Now this?

I just told my dad I'm done. There's no way I'm getting any deeper in this mess.

LOL. Okay.

At least they are being honest and using facts. As I said in another post, sitting down at the computer watching the shows on the same day, doesn't always work for me. It's not the same as on TV. Anyway, trying to launch both at the same time probably was a mistake. I felt compelled to watch both and then moved more to OLTL. I do see them increasing to three a week or alternating weeks. Let's just be glad that we received additional episodes. It's definitely better than nothing! I'd rather that they focus on quality, then producing a cr*p product.

It's the truth. Why should I keep watching this mess if I'm going to be getting a grand total of 50 minutes of story? Soaps are not structured to work like that. We'd STILL be waiting for JR to wake up from his coma if they started that way.

I will reduce my viewing. Aint watching no slow [!@#$%^&*].

The shows arent gonna last so no need to further put my time into it. Like I would do with any primetime show that isnt gonna last. *shrug*

I hope they didn't have special episodes planned for Memorial Day...

I'm going to go cancel my Hulu subscription. Glad I didn't waste more than one month of money on this mess.

It's the truth. Why should I keep watching this mess if I'm going to be getting a grand total of 50 minutes of story? Soaps are not structured to work like that. We'd STILL be waiting for JR to wake up from his coma if they started that way.

The fact is that in just about every other part of the world, most soaps - much more successful than our network soaps - are not running five days a week for an hour a day. They're at 30 minutes 3 or 4 days a week. So this is an adjustment you would've had to have eaten someday one way or another. I don't think they should be at 2 and I don't think that will last, but in terms of their being a half hour and not five days a week anymore? Get over it.

I'm going to go cancel my Hulu subscription. Glad I didn't waste more than one month of money on this mess.

IT'S FREE.

Edited May 16, 201313 yr by Vee

I'm going to cancel my Hulu subscription.

The fact is that in just about every other part of the world, most soaps - much more successful than our network soaps - are not running five days a week for an hour a day. They're at 30 minutes 3 or 4 days a week. So this is an adjustment you would've had to have eaten someday one way or another. I don't think they should be at 2 and I don't think that will last, but in terms of their being a half hour and not five days a week anymore? Get over it.

I'm fine with how it is NOW. It was an adjustment, but it was one I happily made. I will NOT continue to invest my time and money in two days a week. I have better things to do and frankly it won't hold my attention.

Edited May 16, 201313 yr by CookieMonster

I'm going to go cancel my Hulu subscription. Glad I didn't waste more than one month of money on this mess.

Haha, and I was just thinknig of signing up for Hulu Plus