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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 9:22 pm 
I will certainly watch--at least once. So glad Susan has found another job.
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, December 13, 2012 - 10:01 pm
I will check it out, too!  Thanks for sharing the news.
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Thursday, December 27, 2012 - 11:06 pm
HOLIDAY MIRACLE: Prospect Park Back On Track To Revive All My Children & One Life To Live
Prospect Park has revived its plan to continue cancelled ABC daytime dramas All My Children and One Life To Live online. I hear the company behind USA hit Royal Pains has inked deals with SAG-AFTRA and DGA for the soaps' production, eyed to begin in the first quarter of 2013. UPDATE: Reps for DGA and SAG-AFTRA have confirmed to Deadline that the unions have reached agreements with Prospect Park.
Rich Frank & Jeff Kwatinetz’s Prospect Park made a licensing deal with ABC in July 2011 to keep OLTL and AMC alive for online distribution on their Online Network, which was slated to launch in the first quarter of 2012. But after difficult negotiations with the guilds, the company last November pulled the plug on its plans, despite securing a slew of OLTL and AMC actors to reprise their roles. While the online venture was formally dead, I hear Frank and Kwatinetz never lost hope, and had been quietly working since the summer on putting their plan back together and had been talking with the guilds, resulting in agreements with SAG-AFTRA and DGA. (The status of talks with WGA is unclear.) I hear there are preliminary discussions with actors from All My Children and One Life To Live to rejoin the revived shows. Prospect Park refused to comment.
The news comes at a fortuitous time, as the four remaining daytime soaps on TV are having a strong ratings showing, all posting gains vs. last year.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/all-my-children-returning-soap-operas-one-life-to-live-online-web-series
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Whrlwnd
Member
10-13-2006
| Friday, December 28, 2012 - 5:31 am
Oh that is fantastic news! Thanks for sharing. How funny...just this week I was thinking that it had now been a year since AMC ended, and how I'm still disappointed the on-line deal didn't work out.
I will keep my  this time.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Friday, December 28, 2012 - 9:00 am
Thanks for this wonderful news! It is a Christmas Miracle! I just hope there are some actors left to be on this, considering that many have found work elsewhere.
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Friday, December 28, 2012 - 11:13 am
YW! Hope Susan can and will return as well.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, December 28, 2012 - 9:06 pm
OMG Merry Xmas to us AMC fans, eh????
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Countrydaze
Member
11-07-2003
| Friday, December 28, 2012 - 9:39 pm
I want Tad back.......can't wait!!
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, December 29, 2012 - 8:06 am
This is such wonderful news!
I read on facebook that Vincent Irizarry (Dr. David) has signed on with Prospect Park. I read Walt Willey (Jackson) hasn't negotiated a contract yet. It will be interesting to see who comes back.
I'm also curious to see what they do with OLTL since some of their cast are now on GH. I like them on GH.
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Saturday, December 29, 2012 - 6:05 pm
I also read "Cara" has signed on. Wasn't she pregnant with David's baby when the show went off the air?
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, December 29, 2012 - 9:37 pm
Yes, she was, Heckagirl. I forgot about that. I still have the last AMC on my DVR. I need to watch it to see what storylines were there when it ended.
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Sunday, December 30, 2012 - 7:58 pm
I have the whole last week's shows on dvd. A dear friend made them for me. I watched AMC faithfully for most of the time it was on. Mostly fro the Greg and Jenny days.
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Mush
Member
09-09-2002
| Sunday, December 30, 2012 - 10:16 pm
I sure miss the Greg and Jenny days :-(
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Monday, December 31, 2012 - 6:28 am
I just never filled that hole in my afternoon where I used to watch or the time I took out to watch if I recorded the show! So the chance to see AMC again is very appealing.
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Whrlwnd
Member
10-13-2006
| Monday, January 21, 2013 - 10:17 am
I just read an article dated 1/12/2013 on the SoapOperaNetwork that says:
" actors Jordi Vilasuso (Dr. Griffin Castillo), Darnell Williams (Jesse Hubbard), Debbi Morgan (Dr. Angela Hubbard), Vincent Irizarry (Dr. David Hayward) and Lindsay Hartley (Dr. Cara Castillo) are all confirmed as signing on to return to “AMC” when it moves to the web."
That's some good news... Got to have Jesse, Angie & David. They're "must haves" to me!
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Vickie
Member
07-16-2004
| Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 1:48 pm
What I am wondering is where are we going to be viewing this show at? What web site is going to be broadcasting the show over the internet? It's the only way I watch almost all my tv so I am curious.
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Whrlwnd
Member
10-13-2006
| Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 4:25 pm
The Online Network (created by Prospect Park).
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 4:26 pm
Does anyone know when it will air?
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 10:24 pm
Production begins in Feb.
Also returning: Jill Larson as Opal Cortlandt and Thorsten Kaye as Zach Slater.
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 10:40 pm
Most probably...
The show will be half hour long with minimal commercial interruption, thereby it would be slightly less in running time than during its tenure on ABC.
They will air four times a week with Friday being a recap episode. If things are a success, PP is likely to extend that to five days a week and a little bit longer running time.
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Vickie
Member
07-16-2004
| Saturday, January 26, 2013 - 8:27 am
Great news for me!! This is what tv guide has to say about where we will be able to watch the shows.
http://www.tvguide.com/News/All-My-Children-One-Life-to-Live-Hulu-itunes-1059594.aspx
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Monday, January 28, 2013 - 7:01 pm
I read we will be able to see new shows starting sometime in April. Happy Birthday to me!
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Thursday, February 07, 2013 - 7:58 pm
Things I have heard today. Filming starts Feb. 25. It will pick up a year from the last show. There are casting calls for 18-someting caucasians to play AJ, Miranda, and maybe Kathy and Jenny. Lots of SORASing.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, February 07, 2013 - 8:19 pm
I am so curious to see if this online only deal will be a success. My instincts say it won't be, but that doesn't really mean a thing.
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Monday, February 11, 2013 - 2:17 pm
http://abc.soapsindepth.com/2013/02/lucci-and-canary-back-to-amc.html
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