Prospect Park files Ch 11 Bankriptcy Protection

[John]

ABC wont put the shows back but RC will bring Llanview & PV to GH and I hate that

[cassadine1991]

And obliterate them out of spite

[John]

That is why maybe Im hoping that the judge blocks both PP & ABC from having Rights to AMC & OLTL. Can the judge just give them back to Agnes Nixon? That would be a win-win

[allmc2008]

Not sure why a Judge would do that but I guess anything is possible.

[John]

Ots a wish that probably cant happen. But I can dream

[Vee]

I love Agnes, but what exactly would she do with the rights at this point?

[marceline]

That reminds me…we haven't heard from Agnes since the shows ended, have we? I hope we do. I'd love to hear what she thought of the project, good or bad. I'd especially like to know what she thought of the Hubbards' stories specifically Cassandra's.

It's an old joke here that whenever AMC was good it was because Agnes had somehow returned to the writing staff in some capacity but we know she was involved with PP. IMO, her perspective on this is important from a historical standpoint.

[Vee]

Supposedly they met with her to go over story every week. And I thought the Hubbards' and (for better or worse) the Pete/Celia story in particular seemed like her work - I was under the impression she was very involved at AMC.

They claimed she even looked in on OLTL - I think Agnes herself said she did - but I'm not sure what exactly if anything she did there beyond perhaps bestow a blessing. I could have sworn she said it was nice to check in on the show creatively after so many years.

[John]

For me, Id rather Agnes get them back & do nothing than ABC get them back and allow Cartini to ruin them as their own soaps or on GH

[allmc2008]

If anything she could help pitch it to other production companies. Doesn't her kids do something in the business? I think the actors/writers would be game to do this again if she had 100% rights.

If anything she could help pitch it to other production companies. Doesn't her kids do something in the business? I think the actors/writers would be game to do this again if she had 100% rights.

[ellabelle]

Not going to happen. Agnes isn't a party to the lawsuit. She sold the rights to the shows to ABC years ago. The fans have an emotional connection to the show, but the judge does not care about that. That's irrelevant to the legal matter.

ABC owns the shows. Period. If PP doesn't resume production at some point, ABC will get the rights back. What they are willing to do with them at that point is anyone's guess.

If Agnes wanted the rights to the shows back, then she should have been part of the negotiations with ABC and PP back in 2011. To the best of my knowledge, she was not. I highly doubt she has the funds to even attempt to buy the rights back from ABC, and even if she could, she'd then have to have the desire to somehow convince another company to put up the money to produce the shows. After this mess with PP, I'm not sure anyone would be willing to do that.

[allmc2008]

Maybe companies will now want to spite PP by trying to bring the shows back successfully.

[Khan]

I disagree. I don't think any company would be willing to touch two shows that have been cancelled twice. And I doubt ABC will choose to revive them either.

[Vee]

....What?

[~bl~]

Only if the company is owned by a mega fan who happened to win Powerball or Megamillions for hundreds of millions of dollars. Most companies don't go into business for spite, but to make money.