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ABC Exec Nathan Varni On Future Of AMC & OLTL And Utilizing Characters For GH!
Now that ABC had the rights back to two of its most popular and beloved soap operas; All My Children and One Life to Life, fan groups and longtime ABC daytime viewers want to know what might happen with the two soaps.
And in addition, if they might now utilize characters from Llanview and Pine Valley and bring them over to GH and the town of Port Charles!
ABC executive Nathan Varni, who has GH under the series that he manages for the network, took to posting a message on the group ,“Save AMC and OLTL” Facebook page
Varni wanted to answer the inquiries coming his way about future use of characters on GH and if anything might happen to reignite AMC and OLTL back on your screens.
Check out his post after the jump, and let us know if you would be all for characters from OLTL and AMC coming on to the canvas on GH? If not, do you hope that AMC and OLTL will get a serious look from the network to possibly, somehow be revitalized? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!
Varni said in his post below:
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All My Children Alum Kim Delaney Joins The Cast of CHICAGO FIRE!
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Pine Valley’s Jenny Gardner, who is all grown up and had a successful career in primetime television and films, has landed a primo role on NBC’s hit drama, Chicago Fire!
Casting news has revealed that Kim Delaney is joining the show in Season 6 where she will play the role of Jennifer Sheridan, the mother of Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney).
According to Deadline, Kim’s new role as Jennifer Sheridan is described as “warm, scripture-quoting and church-going. At one point she may have partied like it was 1979, but now it looks like she’s on the path of the straight and narrow. If you ask her, she’s moved on from the past, namely her messy divorce from her ex-husband Benny (Treat Williams), but old habits die very hard.”
Chicago Fire is currently on hiatus until after the Winter Olympics, when it begins again on March 1st. As viewers know, in the last episode prior to the break, Kelly and Casey (Jesse Spenver) were seen jumping off a roof of a building while it was in flames in an exciting cliffhanger. (more…)
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TAINTED DREAMS Season 2 To Bow December 21st!
Tainted Dreams is back with a second season offering from Daytime Emmy-winning director and series creator, Sonia Blangiardo!
Beginning December 21st, the next chapter of Blangiardo’s the soap behind a soap, will be available for streaming on Amazon and Amazon Prime. (season one is also currently available on Amazon)
This series, which was nominated for five 2017 Daytime Emmys, follows the behind-the-scenes drama of a fictitious soap opera titled Painted Dreams. Many soap opera notables have roles in the online series including: Alicia Minshew, Michael Lowry , Austin Peck. Terri Ivens, Walt Willey, Kelley Menighan, Grant Aleksander, Bobbie Eakes, Natalia Livingston, Marnie Schulenburg, Nathan Purdee, Colleen Zenk, James DePaiva, Tonja Walker, Ilene Kristen, and the late Larkin Malloy . In addition, Jessie Godderz of Impact Wrestling and Big Brother fame, and Dina Manzo of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, also appear.
In a statement, Sonia Blangiardo said that she is “excited to take everyone along these characters’ journeys in Season 2, as they evolve and deal with ever increasing professional and personal turmoil.”
Fore more on Tainted Dreams visit their official website here. (more…)
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I wouldnt mind seeing some characters making guest appearances every know and then but lets kill off Franco and Finn and bring them back as their OLTL characters…ALL MY CHILDREN have more than ONE LIFE TO LIVE on GENERAL HOSPITAL-lol
My solution is for ABC to cancel GH and bring back OLTL and AMC in half hour editions. Two shows and the same amount of soap time but without the glorification of criminals as the “heroes.”
Why drop GH, Alan? ABC should get a clue and reduce ‘The View’ and ‘The Chew’ to 30 minutes each, while adding AMC and OLTL in their places! Then, if that proves successful, reduce GH to 30 minutes and add Days of our Lives! ABC would be the King of Daytime with 30 minutes of each and every program!
i would like to see Days cut to 30 minutes and the cast trimmed instead of cancellation if those rumors are true…
Excellent idea
PLEASE REDUCE THE VIEW AND THE CHEW TO 0 MINUTES…ANY SOAP OPERA OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF SHOW WOULD BE BETTER THAN THIS WASTE OF TIME….THE VIEW IS A HORRIBLE SHOW AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN CANCELLED LONG LONG AGO!
Two hour soap block. GH, 1 hour, the others 30 minutes.
Great idea!
Days of our Lives isn’t canceled. Megyn Kelly would replace the third hour of the Today show. In the article, they said they might and they could. But it’s not definite.
Yes, cancel The View…too many talk shows on as it is, this one died when Barbara W. left…The Chew is a farce of a food show, let’s see AMC, give it a good reboot !
lol, lol, lol, yeah thats going to happen ! hahahhahahahah!
Sorry Alan, you lost me at “Cancel GH”, that automatically makes me want to disregard the entire rest of the post.
I would be all for OLTL and/or AMC returning in some form, although that seems like a pipe dream fantasy at this point. But certainly not at the expense of GH. If ABC thought the fan backlash they received when they cancelled AMC and OLTL was something, cancel General Hospital and see what happens.
No I don’t like the idea of cancelling gh why
GH is horrible BUT it survived, the others did not, GH stays and the others can mix into the show SLOWLY.
In other words reboots are off the table and characters too. Implied not said. .but it was said.
Yes! Kill Franco and bring back Todd Manning — STAT!
I want OLTL & AMC back
Even a 1/2 hour will be great. Keep GH on still but put
Them all link and cut some criminal story lines but keep
Maybe 1 good one going . Definitely get rid of Finn and
Franco and be Todd and John back and Stare and blare.
AMC & OLTL will never ever return..
The 2 soaps are gone forever. DEAD ..
As for bringing some of the actors in from the 2 soaps I’m ok with it.
I like new/different stuff ..
People said they wouldn’t come back after ABC dumped them…but they did. No matter how short a time – they did return.
After hearing his interview today with WSE, I have to agree, ABC has zero intentions of bringing those shows back in any form.
ABC is wack there not going to bring back amc and oltl how ever if that is the case don’t cancel GH but bring only the strongest characters from amc and oltl to gh like amc only bring opal/david/erica/kendell/janet oltl jessica/blair/viki/dorian
I just heard the same interview that you did-and while it’s not entirely Varni’s decision, to have ANY ABC employee in power open to AMC/OLTL returning to be a net win. Do you realize that ABC has only had the shows back basically since New Years’ Day? It takes time for things to work themselves out. We as fans just need to keep showing that we want AMC/OLTL back…
only a limited amount of chatracters from the two late soaps should be brought back : maybe 2 or 3 from each soap . we don’t want amc and oltl brought back to life for the following reasons : we grieved a first time when frons got rid of them and a second time when prospect park gave up on them too , to make matters worse agnes nixon has now passed away . the 2 soaps as well as agnes nixon deserve to rest in peace . we grieved and we moved on .
My world won’t come crashing down if they don’t return as a show or the characters on GH…..but I haven’t given up.
All My Children and One Life To Live will always remain near and dear to my heart, no matter if they are on the airwaves or not.
how about a 1/2 hour of one and then GH and then a 1/2 hour of the one stanger thinks have happed
I would love for either or both soaps to come back. OLTL and AMC still live within my head….
But, reality strikes!!!!!! Aria and su are right. It will never happen, albeit I will still hope and pray for that miracle.
Stranger things have happened! I’d love to see both series back and have characters cross over on all of them. That was what made ABC soaps so unique, it was all the same universe: Skye Chandler and Rae Cummings and that whole story arc. Bring Back ABC daytime with great storytelling, actors and the ratings will skyrocket, epecially with streaming and rebroadcaststing on Hulu. Even in half hour formats or rotating in mini seasons. We need a new Golden Age of Daytime Drama and ABC should be the home for it.
I would love to see these characters and/or shows again. I’ll take them any way I can get them.
Me too. Somehow some way they can make them work.
He did an interview today on The WSE Lounge and said because they tape months in advance it would be 6-12 months before any characters would even be able appear.
He was asked about bringing these shows back even in 30 min episodes and made it very clear that even though fans wanted them back, advertisers have to also and that it’s very expensive to produce a soap and that ABC has no room in their daytime lineup even for two 30 minute soaps.
As far as I’m concerned he all but said “it’s not going to happen” and basically all we can expect is some of their characters to pop up on GH once in a while and maybe trying to get Hulu, Netflix, or Amazon Prime to air past episodes.
As I’ve said before, and today’s interview confirmed it for me, ABC has no intentions of correcting their mistake, and only plan to use characters once in a while to placate fans hoping they’ll stop boycotting.
It’s so sad to me but you are probably right, it doesn’t appear that abc-tv has much interest in doing a re-launching of either show.
What is annoying though is that ABC never even considered ‘trimming’ down the shows to a half hour or combining them – they didn’t think of experimenting with another format, they simply screamed CANCEL and that was the end of that.
When Prospect Park did attempt their on-line effort, well, the shows didn’t quite have the charm that they had had in their original ABC televised inceptions – I’m not exactly sure what the missing component was –
Well, although it is highly unlikely….we can always hope….
I agree they should have cut them down to 30 minutes (not because I didn’t enjoy the hour) but it wouldn’t have been as heartless to actors or fans to rip them off the air after decades. I would assume they thought it wouldn’t be cost effective; but who knows…maybe they didn’t even run the numbers.
As for now, I don’t think it’s ABC that doesn’t want to bring them back, I think it’s as mentioned, advertisers. They need advertising dollars to make it work. If the advertisers don’t see it as a lucrative demographic…we’re screwed.
I don’t know if i can see the shows back but just knowing there are thoughts on letting us see our old faves from the shows is very good news. I had been saying that Todd Manning and John McBain should be placed back on the canvas.
I love both Todd and McBain. Both of these roles are these respected actors’ claim to fame. I would love to see both Melissa Archer and Erika Slezak join GH. I have waited since 2012 for an Archer and Easton reunion. I would welcome it with these two playing any characters. They’re amazing and missed!
At this point I do not think the shows are coming back. That being said in relationship to some of the destruction of OLTL characters that occurred on GH,i.e. my beloved Jolie,, I would love to see those relationships fixed. I don’t care if Michael Easton remains Finn as long as we see Melissa Archer come on. There are a multitude of characters and options that could facilitate her presence. She could easily be a hot new doctor on GH that Finn falls for and those two could be the new Scrubs. She could be Sarah Webber, or even Finn’s wife. The stories could write themselves. That would make me immensely happy.
Would love to see Melissa on our screens as well.
Yes!!!! Katie I would be thrilled as well.
They Could Have The FBI Could Assign John McBain To Port Charles. I Thought John McBain And Anna Devane Had Great Chemistry. Todd Manning Could Start A New Magazine In Port Charles. Maybe, Todd Could Take Over The Magazine That Nina Is Running. That Would Be Funny IF Nina Said What Are You Doing Here Franco And He Said My Name Is Todd Manning And I Am Your New Boss.
GH and Port Charles already are very full. Sometimes I am not sure who really are my core GH characters! I like idea of revival of each AMC and OLTL as half hours. But so much time has passed, and I am not sure what we would have anymore.
I’d like to see OLTL – especially John & Natalie McBain. Extend GH to 90 minutes and in twine them into GH with others in and out of their story lines from time to time. Also Todd & Blair on a regular basis. Hopefully we’ll see some OLTL characters soon.
I definitely agree Tali.
Seeing Archer and Easton together would be wonderful. I don’t believe we’ll see OLTL or AMC.
Glad that ABC has gotten back the character rights for AMC and OLTL, but don’t see how that is going to work out for those of us who were fans of them from the start . . . My late mother and I could not enjoy the programs as Prospect Park produced them and I can’t imagine that beloved characters from AMC and OLTL would have the availability of most of the original stars . . . Can’t imagine any of the originals that we love would fit in with the direction currently of GH . . . The John-Todd-Star issues would blow this out of the water, too (especially Michael Easton’s “metamorphosis” on GH to date). Fear “we’ve missed the bus” on any possible AMC + OLTL = GH plus mega-reunion. I’ve been mourning AMC and OLTL for ages and I, for one, don’t have another “recovery” left in me. I think “love in the afternoon” on ABC has gone the way of our dear Agnes Nixon, Fans. . .
John McBain was an interesting character on OLTL but for me he never really clicked on GH, mainly because of his reasoning for leaving Natalie to take a job. If they brought back John, Melissa Archer would have to come on as Natalie too in order for this story to work based on their character developments. However, I like Finn. I think Finn has way more potential than Silas did because when he was first introduced, he was given a story of his own and has slowly begun to find a love interest in Hayden, while Silas was thrown into the mix randomly and put with Sam until Jason returned, essentially as a placeholder. So I wouldn’t want them getting rid of Finn for John.
As for Franco, I’ve only started warming up to this character recently, until the whole Tom Baker fiasco began. What an atrocious and insensitive storyline. It made me really start to dislike Franco again, and stained the growing relationship between him and Elizabeth. The story should have been focused on her, but instead it morphed into a story about showing Franco’s redemption and love for Elizabeth in a skewed, twisted way. A dog cage and shock collar? Horrible. I wouldn’t mind for Franco to be killed off or shipped away if it meant Todd could come back. Maybe then we could get Blair too.
Well said, Jimmy. I agree with your every word. I also am finding the destruction of Alexis to be somewhat misogynistic in tone.
With Lizzy being rescued by a rapist (Franco) from her rapist and Alexis being saved by a man who tried to kill her (Julian) it’s hard to believe GH is being written by two female head writers.
Was devastated when OLTL ended! Watched it for decades with grandma and the mom and I shared it with my kids and grand kids! Now that I’m retired I have nothing to watch. BRING IT BACK
I know just what you mean Jules. I started watching OLTL with the first episode. For years, I looked forward to retirement so I could enjoy my favorite TV programs in peace. Now that I’m retired, there’s nothing to watch.
PS: I’m not going back to work!!!!!!!!
I never watched AMC only OLTL and GH. I’m a firm believer in the saying,”Never say never.” That being said I would welcome Erika Slezak, Melissa Archer and Bob Woods. Love them.
Please give us Michael and Melissa on our screens.
Love Bob Woods!
I say either bring back the shows or bring some of the characters over to G H but do not cancel GH!!!! But if I had to choose between AMC or OLTL its OLTL all the way!!
Not going to lie, I loved McBain and especially Jolie. I would watch those two onscreen together whatever their characters because I know they’d bring it! Oh yeah!
Oh heck yes! I miss Michael and Melissa so much!
Bottom line: many OLTL characters’ stories were destroyed on GH. TPTB have an opportunity to correct that and make it right. It is the right thing to do.
Michael and Melissa rock and should be reunited. Fans have been waiting since 2012! Come on Frank make it happen this year!
I want OLTL back so bad. AMC was the first soap I ever watched but I lost interest in it but OLTL I had watched for over 20 years. I feel OLTL was wrongfully canceled at the time it was taken off as I think it was doing the best of the three soaps. I miss all of the characters so much and as much as I would love a reboot it would only truly work for me if they got a lot of the core people back and not recasts but the original actors. I would start watching GH again (they lost me during the whole dragged out Jason not knowing he’s Jason storyline) depending who from OLTL they brought back. Seeing Todd, Blair, Starr, John McBain, Vicky, Dorian, and Jessica would be awesome!
I know just how you feel DAR. There was a time when I watched all 3 shows. I stopped watching AMC decades ago and dropped GH in 2005 because I was sick of mob stories. But, I watched OLTL from the first episode through the entire network run and the online reboot.
please give OLTL a hal hour time slot and see what it does over a period of time. even a small cast would work…but yes, i am certain it would work…. vicki, clint, dorean, david, blair, jessica, natalie….they are all you need to get the show up and running,,,,,
I do not trust the executives of the alphabet network/mouse company. But, since they do own the rights to all the characters and stories, OLTL and AMC characters could be integrated into GH. It would have to be done carefully while maintaining respect for those characters and their histories. If done properly, GH may experience an increase in viewers.
I don’t trust these people. I won’t be sitting by my television waiting for it to happen.
For me, the only two characters from One Life to Live I would definitely want to see come back to the General Hospital canvas are Starr and Todd Manning. The other characters can remain off-canvas. As for All My Children, I would’ve liked to see Greenlee come to town, but with Rebecca Budig as Hayden, that does not make sense any longer. Maybe Cara Castillo could come in as a new nurse at General Hospital?
YES. BRING ON GREENLEE!!
It’s nice to get a direct response from someone involved in the discussions. I do hope they do something with the characters from these shows. But my ultimate hope it that they would bring back the shows. And once that’s done, we, as the fans, MUST watch them or there won’t be a third of fourth chance for our soaps. We have to do our part through thick and thin to keep our soaps alive.
Couldn’t agree more, audience erosion for our beloved soaps predated the myriad of programming/entertainment choices and platforms for viewing and delivery that we have today, so I’m not sure the model works any longer…or maybe it does and it just needs to be reinvigorated for today’s binge watching-ADHD-instant gratification attention spans? While our choices for entertainment have never been greater, it’s a genre that is tried and true and engenders fierce loyalty, not to mention a substantial (time) commitment from its viewers, one that we make gladly, if not religiously, thanks to technology! That is not to minimize the considerable cost to produce these shows, but these are brands, franchises, and corporate assets, and they need to be nurtured just like any product throughout its life cycle, and where there’s value, it’s not something that is given up on lightly. I’m sure the decisions to move on from these beloved programs and their rich history, in favor of lower cost talk and reality fare, were not easy ones to make at the time, and to their credit, at its height, there was no greater champion of the medium than ABC. So, as viewers, let’s do our part to retain those that are still on the air and let’s hope that someday network executives will decide “what is old can be new again” and we’ll see them reprise one or both of these venerable shows. Soaps are an enduring and endearing format and still deserve a place to be viewed–they’re not the disposable, interchangeable, place-holder stuff that is so much of what we see today. In this day and age of reboots and fondness for nostalgia, how about you as network programming executives double down and return from the mothballs one of these treasures and let’s see what the response is!
What an intelligent and insightful comment – it would be wonderful if ABC would admit that these shows have an audience still – they never even experimented with different models of the shows (for example, as shortened or combined presentations) and they left many fans adrift.
definitely get rid of Franco and bring the actor back to play Todd Manning. I’d like to see blair, tea and many others from AMC and OLTL to pop in an out or come back. Natalie and John again also.
Yes please bring back OLTL & AMC. I was devastated when they went off the air, so yes please bring the two shows back, that would be great!!
It would be nice to see Robin Strasser or Erika Slezak come on and maybe mix it up in the boardroom with Tracy and have some scenes w/Franco. Would be fun to have Starr back and see both Kiki’s in some scenes as well.
Bring back Dr. David Hayward. He was once married to Anna. They had a child that died together. We can always use another doctor.
I doubt Vincent would leave his position at DAYS, where he has become a leading man, to come to GH, where he no guess would become a secondary fixture.
We can always dream.
You NEVER know – rumors are floating that Days of Our Lives may not continue – and I guess not everyone will agree but to me ONE LIFE TO LIVE and All My Children were superior to DOOL – I thought Dr. David Hayward was interesting as played by Vincent but on Days, meh, it doesn’t do much for me – the actors are fine, it’s the writing that is lackluster.
Since GH currently has NO VISION, nor do they have ANY central focus, I would absolutely welcome so many of the AMC and OLTL staple characters. If I can’t have the shows come back on their own, why not integrate the characters on to GH? GH doesn’t have anyone like Erica Kane. They don’t have anyone like Viki Davidson. They don’t have Kendall Hart Slater. They don’t have Zach Slater. They certainly don’t have Dorian Lord! There’s no Bo Buchanan, Nora, or Antonio. And quite honestly, even though this show has Michael Easton, they NEED John McBain! So ideally, I’d love to have my old shows back. I’d actually even welcome them merging both shows into one! But if they won’t do that, please save GH by bringing in the DEFINED characters of Llanview and Pine Valley. They are so needed in Port Charles because at the moment, and for the past bit, GH has been a steadily sinking ship.
Bo an Nora–oo-la-la!
I give credit to Nathan Varni for posting a message to the fans. When accusations were pointed in Muhney’s direction on Y&R, those big wigs at CBS said NOTHING! I guess when you are #1 the fans do not matter!
Um, both situations were completely different, so I don’t fault CBS for not commenting on online tabloid bull.
Um, even though they were different it was about keeping the fans informed. Many many fans are sad that Muhney left. Plus, if it were tabloid fodder, why is he not on the show anymore?
Timmm, while I do see it from your point, at the same time, it comes down to legalities, and CBS couldn’t comment, likely due to Muhney’s legal deal with the soap. Same with this situation; it’s all about rights and legalities.
He admitted he was let go because of his attitude behind the scenes, and his attitude towards the daytime community, and that he saw it coming long before it happened. HAD there been sexual misconduct (etc.), they wouldn’t have allowed him to stay and complete a storyline. He would have been suspended, without pay and ultimately fired.
I would love to see a re-launching of either All My Children or One Life to Live, and don’t see why the passing of time would make a difference to long-time fans as long as everyone is ready to accept new faces intermiggled with existing characters. I actually think they should do a combination of the Two shows and call it Landview (or Pine Valley, or whatever) but I’ve been saying that since 2013 and I know I sound like a broken record.
If they could just do a half hour combination show I think that fans would be satisfied.
The only constant on soaps – the dead always return…..
stronger than they were before they died..
So ABC daytime.. better get the ball rolling and get in front of the new wave …
It would be nice to see some AMC and OLTL characters come back or be introduced on GH. However, most GH fans have gotten used to certain actors (Michael Easton and Roger Howarth) as certain characters and I’m not sure we as fans can take another switch.
Really happy to hear ABC is having discussion about OLTL and AMC. As far as bringing some characters onto GH – there are already too many iconic characters that get too few lines. Mac Scorpio, Felicia had run for mayor, corruption kept her out. So now and then we see a loudmouth, corrupt mayor get some lines. The Quartermain’s haven’t been a power family for years, so PC really lacks one. Bring on Erika Slezak and some Buchanans as permanent characters on GH. Otherwise, show the actors, characters and these other soaps some dignitiy and put them back on the air.
I was also devastated when OLTL and AMC went off the air. I think bringing them both back a 1/2 hr each (as a trial run) is a good idea. Then maybe put the show that has better ratings and make that one a full hr and move characters from the other onto GH. I’d love to see all the characters from OLTL that people mentioned
The one character i NEED back is Rex from OLTL. Hes great and hot! I know JP would do it in a heartbeat
The thing that made OLTL the best soap was the characters. It was kind of like being with family. I think back and in my fictional decision to choose Bo or Rex, I’m like, why choose, I can have them both!! I never quite liked the Jason and Spinelli mob show quite as much, although it has much improved. Familiar characters welcome, but bring back OLTL. PP proved it can be done on a shoe string budget. It would be fun to find out that Hope and Cole Thornheart are alive and well after all.
Id love to see Tina and Cord as the leading mature characters if one life to live comes back. Thats all i ask
Tina Lord Roberts please
The writers “killed off” AMC and OLL long before cancelled. Both became overly violent and “silly” with storylines like Todd isn’
Todd he’s Victor because we can bring back the original actor, and his mommy kidnapped him…. and Rex is Clint’s son – and Clint gets a heart from a fake look a like of Gigi… who is her sister???? And don’t forget, David keeping Dead people alive??????? It was time to end….
I don’t mind characters being integrated into GH but I’ve always believed both could have a viable return to television as each 30 min shows like they once were and see what happens from there. The Chew has proven to be a mainstay but that doesn’t mean the shows couldn’t squeeze in before GH or right after. Leave The View where it is and move The Chew in right before it. I’d really love to see ATWT and GL do the same on CBS. I work nearly 45-50 hours a week and that’s not including inside the home but, I STILL find time for GH and miss the ABC line up and the other CBS soaps and would love to have them back in the mix.
The ABC Executive’s comments are not very promising. But I would cancel The View and change the name to The Political Crap and send it to CNN. Move The Chew to The View’s old spot which opens 1 hour (for a 1/2 hour AMC and a 1/2 hour OLTL). Keep GH on the canvas or it can get hot for ABC Execs. CBS should move Let’s Make A Deal before Price is Right to keep game shows together. Cancel The Talk (more political garbage to showcase Les’ wife) and move DOOL there (CBS now owns it) and follow with 1/2 hour turns for ATWT and GL (whose reunions on the Talk were a short disrespectful mess in return for the great years given to CBS).
I love The View–we need women’s views on the box.
Congrats to ABC for getting the “character rights” back for AMC & OLTL. however it would be nice for some of the characters from the aforementioned soaps appear on GH but how about reviving one of them. Both soaps were tops in my book but I hope they can figure out a way to bring another good soap back to ABC, it is needed.
In my opinion
It’s not the same if they were on GH
They are 3 totally different soap opera and have different stories
Hence yes they did bring OLTL characters on GH but it did look or seem the same.
And when Prospect Park took over look what happened !
Bring back our love in the afternoon!
AMC at 1
OLTL at 2
And GH at 3
And get rid of the Chew! That screwed up our soaps!
The Chew can go, yes.
GH has enough actors on the show that do not get enough airtime. They don’t need actors from OLTL or AMC. I wish they had never brought the two that are on now, Franco and the “Lizard”. Leave GH alone!
Agreed!
Please bring back OLTL and AMC, get rid of the Veiw, hate that show and RRay. Please please
I would love to see some of the Actors and or Characters used on GH, but it must make sense . General Hospital has a Hospital , Police Department, ELQ, The Corinthos Warehouse,, The Court House , Metro Court Restaurant/Hotel and The Haunted Star , as Main Back Drops. I would Love to see more Doctors and Nurses used. GH has always been a Grittier show and I want to see that continued. I love Finn and Hayden so I don’t want to see GreenLee Smyth on GH. But , I can see Michael Easton playing a Dual Role as John McBain coming to help Anna or Jessie from AMC being a part of the PCPD. I really want Starr and Todd back and bringing Sam with them. Also finish the Starr , Cole and Hope storyline. I have a feeling they are not dead. Can you see Emma and Sam being Friends? Since Joss has been aged to 14 and she is suppose to be younger than Emma , Cam and Spencer must be SORAS to at least 16. GH needs young people. We need Lucky back. I say recast him . There is great potential in using these people before Y&R picks them up. As for AMC and OLTL returning, I would love another 30 minute Soap like GH Night Shift or Port Charles or call it Ultra Violet ooh GH really needs a real Dance Club. I loved when they did the Metro Court Disaster done like 24 , that was so cool. I agree, whomever they use needs to be strong. GH needs the boost. I love this show and would like for it to remain for many years down the road.
There is a huge fan base for these soaps and characters. Bring a major character tO GH Watch the rating soar!
Hi everyone No disrespect to general hospital I like it . But amc & oltl was my favorite two and always will be. I don’t see y abc just won’t bring back amc & oltl . Even if they cut them to 30 mts I’ll take anything. And yes I would love for Rodger Howarth to play his most popular role of all times todd manning. And for Michael Easton to play john mcbain. thank u
Love McBain as well!
If Netflix or any other provider is ocnsidering a reboot of AMC or OLTL why not bring us the best of both worlds. Combine the shows into one, the towns were close together. Bring the best of both shows to the forefront and bring back Love in the Afternoon