BREAKING NEWS: Prospect Park Names New Head Writers of BOTH ‘All My Children’ and ‘One Life to Live’

[Eric83]

I look forward to seeing what's to come.

[marceline]

I keep hoping that Pete/Celia can be salvaged. I don't hate them as much as some but I agree they are the weakest story.

[LindaTNo1]

However, there is no guarantees that these changes will do the trick. Time will tell. But at least they have the studio until Jan 2014. There is hope.

[LindaTNo1]

This is true.

You are rght. Nobody knows if these were firings/dismissals and nobody knows but PP. This is still PP show.

[LindaTNo1]

Shows leave un-aired episodes all the time in the can and sometimes never aired. New writing team could just step in and overhaul the whole entire show, re-booting the re-boot.

[John]

I doubt they will reshoot episodes. They will just move on to the next ones

[LindaTNo1]

Everyone is entitled to his/her opinions and viewpoints and expressions. Open message boards mean open message boards as long as posters agree to the terms and rules.

[Eric83]

[Soaplovers]

I think the filmed episodes will air, but I think any unfilmed scripts won't be filmed.. and that the new regime will spend June/July writing new episodes in time for filming in August.

I always thought it weird that AMC filmed first, considering that OLTL had writers/headwriters/and all actors mostly in place before AMC did.

I think the promoting of scriptwriters to head-writers will change the show, but I think they will be able to resolve previous regime stories in a less jarring way (since they were there at the start of the story formations).

Plus, I bet AMC not having all writers meet in a writing room affected things (since I read both head writers were Calfornia based... so perhaps all writers will now be east coast based maybe?)

[alexisfan07]

Yeah there's potential but so much has to be re-worked, with both characters and as a couple. I actually saw immense potential for them in the first episode, more than with AJ and Miranda. I'm surprised how much things have shifted in my opinions in such a short time. They need to bust out the crazy gothic story they have in the works for Celia because I can't with this Selma Blair from Cruel Intentions wannabe. Not here for that! As for Pete...I don't know. Rob is a natural but the change in his character is almost too much for me. I like that he resembles James so much but I don't appreciate his squinty eyes apparently being capable of conveying only one emotion: I wanna [!@#$%^&*] you, Celia. It's getting really old and actually creeping me out a bit, especially because of her naivety.

[JONNYSBRO]

Also after oltl tapes till end of June there will be a break until August to really solidify the stories better.

[Soaplovers]

I would have Celia really be a bad girl pretending to be goody goody, and that Opal is right about her. That is how I would start to salvage the Celia character.

[alexisfan07]

I was hoping the return of Colby might at least bring out the cray cray in Celia so fingers crossed for an interesting change soon

[marceline]

If Pete/Celia are Cliff/Nina then I guess we can assume Colby will be Sybil Thorne.

[Vee]

I should hasten to add that these new teams do all have a healthy background in daytime while also having worked in primetime, which is something the new shows have clearly been trying for the pace of from the start - changing and modernizing the rhythm of the shows, which I think is right. And I've really enjoyed their work as part of the prior team, but I would hate to think of an OLTL with no one with a background at the show at all. AMC has two people who've been there for some time, plus a clearly very engaged Agnes. I just don't think losing both Racina and Horgan is a good idea.

I don't see these shows as in trouble at all - except maybe the Celia storyline on AMC, which I think is okay but weak on its lead character - and I just don't see a need to rock the boat so soon. But if they can all maintain the quality and tenor of the shows being put out - specifically, in stuff like the Viki/Jeffrey/Banner story and the kids on OLTL, and not dumping something like Nora's upcoming story - I will be fine with it. I think new, current blood at OLTL is important and good, not just trading on the past, which is what Ron Carlivati ultimately did far too much of.