Members Marco Dane Posted April 23, 2020 Members Share Posted April 23, 2020 Is ABC giving hints or something... Just bring the damn soaps back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members te. Posted April 23, 2020 Members Share Posted April 23, 2020 Nice to see soaps get some prime time action, too bad it took a pandemic for it to happen. I wonder where ABC dug this up from though? I can't imagine it having been aired on ABC ordinairly, so I wonder what channel they originally produced this for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members full hearts Posted April 23, 2020 Members Share Posted April 23, 2020 When they posted it on Twitter they @/People mag. Seemed like a joint project. Nice to see a new soap special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Forever8 Posted April 23, 2020 Members Share Posted April 23, 2020 According to someone on Twitter. It was suppose to air back in December/January Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mona Kane Croft Posted April 23, 2020 Members Share Posted April 23, 2020 I hate it when they immediately start talking about big stars who got their starts on soap operas. It's insulting to the genre. I'd much rather hear about the wonderful actors who spent entire careers on daytime. Those are the actors we love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Forever8 Posted April 23, 2020 Members Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) I do hope they acknowledge Irna Phillips as the pioneer of the genre. I always said ABC should look into producing cost-effective 30 minute daytime soaps with a few soap veterans in the cast. I wonder is Susan Lucci apart of this ? Edited April 23, 2020 by Forever8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webmaster Errol Posted April 23, 2020 Webmaster Share Posted April 23, 2020 ABC to Air Two-Hour Primetime Special, ‘The Story of Soaps’ https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2020/04/abc-people-the-story-of-soaps-primetime-special These are the people set to appear in the special: Abigail De Kosnik, author Agnes Nixon, creator of “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” Alec Baldwin, actor (“The Doctors”) Allan Sugarman, co-founder of Soap Opera Festivals Inc. Andy Cohen, creator (“The Real Housewives” franchise) Angela Shapiro-Mathes, executive (ABC Daytime, NBC Daytime) Bradley P. Bell, executive director and head writer (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) Bryan Cranston, actor (“Loving”) Carol Burnett, actor Chandra Wilson, actor (“Grey’s Anatomy”) Chris Van Etten, writer (“General Hospital”) David Jacobs, creator Deidre Hall, actor (“Days of our Lives”) Denise Richards, actor (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) Donna Mills, actor Drake Hogestyn, actor (“Days of our Lives”) Eddie Mills, actor Eileen Davidson, actor and reality star (“The Young and the Restless”) Erika Jayne, “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” Erika Slezak, actor (“One Life to Live”) Finola Hughes, actor (“General Hospital”) Genie Francis, actor (“General Hospital”) Greg Vaughan, actor (“Days of our Lives”) James Harmon Brown, writer Jill Farren Phelps, executive producer (“Another World,” et. al) John Aniston, actor (“Days of our Lives”) John McCook, actor (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) John Stamos, actor (“General Hospital”) Jon Hamm, actor Jonathan Murray, executive producer Joyce Becker, co-founder of Soap Opera Festivals Inc. Kate Coyne, editorial director, entertainment, PEOPLE Ken Olin, executive producer Krista Smith, consultant Laura Wright, actor (“General Hospital”) Lorraine Broderick, head writer (“All My Children,” et. al) Marc Anthony Samuel, actor (“General Hospital”) Marc Cherry, creator Mark Teschner, casting director (“General Hospital”) Mary Crosby, actor Maurice Benard, actor (“General Hospital”) Melody Thomas Scott, actor (“The Young and the Restless”) Shelly Altman, head writer (“General Hospital,” et. al) Susan Lucci, actor (“All My Children”) Susan Sullivan, actor Vivica A. Fox, actor (“The Young and the Restless”) Yhane Smith, creator of “Harlem Queen” I got an email from someone at Meredith Corporation about this in September. It didn't seem like it would have been ready to air at that time. I'm just happy that it'll air during May sweeps even though that isn't much of a thing anymore, especially now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoldRestless Posted April 23, 2020 Members Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) Pleasantly surprised it's not just actors from ABC. Solid lineup overall. Cringing that Denise Richards, who's not even a blip in the soap world, gets included because she's a "star" and that Eileen Davidson gets double-billed because she's a "reality star." Edited April 23, 2020 by BoldRestless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRfan23 Posted April 23, 2020 Members Share Posted April 23, 2020 I’m always happy they still do things like this acknowledge soaps but I remember being disappointed when POP did the special a few years ago so I hope this is somewhat of an improvement... I agree about Denise Richards...she’s just on because she’s a “name”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted April 23, 2020 Members Share Posted April 23, 2020 I'm excited that this exists, and of course I'll watch, but that promo turns me off a lot. First of all, what the fck I need Andy Cohen telling me anything about soaps for? Second, the first thing out of his mouth is "When people think about soaps, they think about daytime - that's not the whole story." So that already tells me that the majority of this will be about two things: people who started on soaps and went on to other things and looking back at primetime TV of the last 20 years because basically everything is serialized. I'll watch it, but I'll be grouchy the entire time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members te. Posted April 23, 2020 Members Share Posted April 23, 2020 While I'm sure they'll dedicate a lot of airtime to how daytime influenced prime time to be more serialized, they do at least mention how female writers started at doing radio soaps in the description. With that said, I could do without Andy Cohen talking about how brilliant he is for creating those trashy housewives reality shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KMan101 Posted April 23, 2020 Members Share Posted April 23, 2020 SAME I have no interest in this special. The promo turned me off because it's mostly going to be "big names" talking about soaps, etc. No thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted April 23, 2020 Members Share Posted April 23, 2020 This could generate some interest but it's a long way from a thoughtful documentary that traces the roots and the evolution of the daytime drama. It is what it is and perhaps this may lead to something substantial down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mona Kane Croft Posted April 23, 2020 Members Share Posted April 23, 2020 I'd leave that to PBS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted April 23, 2020 Members Share Posted April 23, 2020 If it, in some miraculous world, is what jump starts a return of AMC and OLTL, I'll take it, but I feel like this special has already been done. If anything, I'll be watching to see if there are any new insights from the real soap stars and, most important for me, if they roll out any classic clips that we might not have seen already. I understand, though, that this is probably targeted to casual fans or non-fans, not us, so I can't get mad at them for not catering to what we want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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