Despite the fact that Prospect Park announced that they were suspending their efforts to continue the ABC soaps online, they apparently haven’t given up on All My Children and One Life to Live quite yet.
According to Variety, Prospect Park principals Jeff Kwatinetz and Rich Frank are continuing to hold meetings and explore options. The discussions are considered to be preliminary but one of the options being looked at is bringing in an overseas firm and turn the shows into a co-production.
A deal like that might allow them to get around having to make expensive agreements with the unions which was believed to be a sticking point. It remains to be seen of course if the talent behind or in front of the cameras will agree to what they’re offered.
Though Prospect Park is far from making the online continuation a reality, the company has the rights to continue both soaps for one year after they’ve aired their ABC series finales — September 2012 for All My Children and January 2013 for One Life to Live.
Sources have indicated that the Prospect Park principals are still intent on resuscitating the soaps on the Internet. Their goal is to use them to serve as the anchors for a broader online-network.
What do you think? Do you think a deal could really work out? If you had to choose, which soap should survive — AMC or OLTL?
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36 Comments on "All My Children, One Life to Live: Cancelled Soaps Still Alive?"
Seriously??? ALL MY CHILDREN needs to return with the same cast as when they were first cancelled and back to the old format…..Monday to Friday with one hour episodes!
Wow, this is so frustrating!! Should definitely be back on television daily….if they air it, we will watch!!!!
My favorites are, General Hospital, One Live to Live, All My Children and then Bold and Beautiful in that order.
I would love to see One Live to Live return.
I am A FAN.
I would like to have One Life to Live back on . I miss the characters. John, Natalie
Vickie
I will All my children, and One live to live
They teach me a lot about caring and love.
BRING BACK ONE LIFE TO LIVE!!!
I miss that Soap the most </3
Just like someone said before, Bring back All my children and One life to live and watch how the ratings soar…….
Bring back OLTL!
OLTL
ALL MY CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just bring them both back…….all ABC has is talk shows: Live with Kelly, the 1st Dr. Oz., The View, News, The Chew, The Revolution and the awesome General Hospital, the 2nd Dr. Oz of the day, the 5 oclock news, the 6 oclock news and the 630 news…..come on ABC really I think this line up stinks…….Can’t you tell from the lousy ratings you guys have right now that us soap opera fans want something other than talk shows with several annoying people trying to out talk the other one…..Resurrect our soap operas and watch your ratings sky rocket.
am really sick of you guys asking “which” would we want to keep, you didnt ask “which” we wanted canceled so why ask now……now that you have everyone all upset and ready to throw abcd out with the dishwater….you guys need a reality check.
I would watch the soaps in any medium. Have been watching them for almost 35 years! I will never watch the new, stupid talk shows (i.e., the chew and revolution)!
Personally they can take off all these reality, talk show crap, I think they should put the two soaps back on tv, the soap channel or another channel. You know they took off the best two soaps in my opinion. What idiot decided this junk anyways, BAD DECISION!
OLTL Too many talk shows that are boring like The View