Hollywood Reporter: Soaps Producer Ramps Up ABC Lawsuit: 'Mega Soap' Fraud Scheme Alleged

[cassadine1991]

And the wheels keep turning….

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/soaps-producer-ramps-up-abc-655678

[DaytimeFan]

This is such a non-lawsuit. I can't wait for Prospect Park to lose. It is the height of frivolity.

[marceline]

I think this is just PP's lawyer starting to ramp up the drama before the December court date in the hopes of getting a settlement.

[ChitHappens]

Good lord! PP shows daily just how stupid they really are!

[Dee41]

Not sure this lawsuit is worth 25 million in damages...

[cassadine1991]

well RC/FV are taking parts of former soaps (Loving/The City and Ryan's Hope) and adding it to their characters's histories/using them as plot points. wasn't there talk that they were going to bring on more OLTL characters

[dragonflies]

+1

[Wizzerkat]

They are probably trying to get at least something to cover their losses.

[Eric83]

[Wizzerkat]

Too bad they put time into this and not a short announcement about the shows..

[Dee41]

Just how far in advance did ABC know PP were re-launching the shows?

Hasn't this lawsuit always been about PP trying to make a quick buck.

[marceline]

To be fair, one has nothing to do with the other.

[John]

Well there have been rumors that since Cartini took over GH that they wanted to merge GH-OLTL-AMC into one soap.

Plus PP had a year to make this work and if ABC were trying to do this during that year to Jan 2013 than it may be seen as another form of sabatoge

[electrorat]

It all makes me roll my eyes, but I especially love this:

ABC even went so far as to induce the actors who had been playing some of the more popular characters on OLTL to sign secret, exclusive, multi-year contracts with ABC ― all without a word to Prospect Park."

I guess Prospect Park forgot that their licensing deal was for characters, not actors. The actors owed them nothing, especially after that first failure to launch.

[John]

However when U know that you have the characters for a Year but sigm the actors playing them to three year contracts, that could very easily be seen as sabatoge. The complaint it limits PP nrgpiating with those actors when PP took control of the characters. Since ABC had deals with RH, KA & ME they can block them talking with PP