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Erika Slezak On ABC's Decision To Cancel OLTL: "My Greatest Vindication Was That THE REVOLUTION Which Replaced Us Was Axed Within 3 Or 4 Months!"
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We are now counting down to 30 days away before brokenhearted and disgruntled soap fans of One Life to Live will get to see their favorite soap live again, when The Online Network premieres new episodes of the iconic soap online! This week in a brand new interview in the latest issue of Soap Opera Digest on newsstands now, Six-time Daytime Emmy winner, Erika Slezak (Viki Banks) shared some very candid and forthright thoughts on Prospect Park getting the show on its feet again, and how ABC struck down One Life to Live and canceled it, when it was riding high in the ratings, only to replace it with the doomed reality makeover show, The Revolution!
When discussing how the cancellation went down, Slezak related, “ABC, they just cut us loose pretty cruelly, you know? Just, ‘That’s it, goodbye.”‘
However, when reviewing what went into ABC’s decision to cancel One Life to Live, the legendary Slezak packed a one-two punch: “The excuses they gave were that people didn’t want entertainment anymore, they want information. No, no, there’s too much information. The shows were not making the kind of money they were making 40 years ago. Nobody is! They (wanted) to go in other directions. Okay, fine. My greatest vindication was that The Revolution which replaced us (was) axed within three of four months. I don’t even want to comment on what kind of show that was. I watched it once.”
OK, One Life fans, what do you think about Erika’s comments? We all knew The Revolution was doomed once we saw it on the air, and that ABC made a mistake! But flash forward: are you looking forward to seeing Erika and the canvas of Llanview again in just 30 days? Let us know your thoughts!
Beyond the Gates
‘Beyond the Gates’ Emmy Winner Ambyr Michelle Wants to Compete on ‘Dancing with the Stars’: ‘Pick Me’ (Exclusive)
Soap opera fans are always clamoring for when Dancing with the Stars reveals their cast each season, that they would include a familiar face from daytime drama, but it rarely happens, if ever, anymore.
Over the last several years, the series has leaned heavily into casting celebrities with massive TikTok or Instagram followers, which in turn, have helped this season and last have their best ratings numbers in years.
But, how about for next season’s cast of Dancing with the Stars, that it could include newly-awarded Daytime Emmy winner, Ambyr Michelle (Eva Thomas) of Beyond the Gates?
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LOVE OF DANCE TO LOVE OF ACTING
Michael Fairman TV spoke to Michelle about her dance background and if she would love a shot at lifting the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy during Wednesday’s November 11, livestream chat on the Michael Fairman Channel.
Ambyr explained to fans (who joined in on the live chat), how she began her show business career. “I started off as a dancer, first and foremost. Acting wasn’t really something I wanted to go after. I did plays when I was younger, but it was just something we did in school, but I really wanted to be a dancer. I moved out to LA to dance, and I fell out of love with dance, which was so weird.”
This year’s Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series winner, added, “I was like, ‘What is going on?’ I moved all the way out here for dance. I found I was forcing myself to go to dance class, and I just didn’t have the passion for it. I was working at this restaurant at the time, and one of my coworker was like, ‘What about taking an acting class out here?'”
Next, Ambyr took the coworker up on the idea. “So, I took an acting class and I fell in love with it that day,” shared Michelle. “I was like, ‘I want to do this for the rest of my life.’ I thought, I would love to book a role, of course, as a dancer, but I think acting has a little bit more longevity.”
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A SHOT AT THE LEN GOODMAN MIRRORBALL TROPHY
When the talked turned to if Ambyr would consider or be interested in appearing on the ballroom dance competition series, she piped up with, “I would love to do Dancing with the Stars! Pick me!”
As those in the live chat rallied around this idea, it made us think, Ambyr could be the first contestant from Beyond the Gates, and someone representing the soaps. It checks off so many boxes! To which Ambyr replied, “That would be beautiful.”
You can check out the full conversation with Ambyr below.
So, what do you think soap fans? Can we make sure Ambyr’s name gets in front of the producers and casting director for next season’s Dancing with the Stars? Would you like to see her in the competition? If so, who would be your dream pro professional dance partner for her? Let us know in the comment section.
The latest ratings are out for the week of October 26-30, 2026 and the big takeaways include: that CBS daytime’s Beyond the Gates was separated by only 23,000 viewers behind third place (of the soaps) General Hospital! For the last several weeks, Beyond the Gates has been closing the gap on this year’s winner for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, and continuing to best GH in the key demos.
According to the latest Nielsen ratings breakdown from Soap Opera Network, the final week of October brought Beyond the Gates 1.790 million on average tuning-in and the show set a season high in total viewers. Meanwhile, General Hospital hit a new season low! The long-running ABC soap had 1.813 million for the week, and once again the series did not go over the 2 million mark.
Meanwhile, in the key Women 18-49 demo, Beyond the Gates was firmly ahead of GH with a rating share of 0.21, while General Hospital had 0.17 rating share.Then, in the key Women 25-54 demo, Beyond the Gates was once again ahead of the ABC soap with a ratings share for that demo at 0.30 while GH came in with 0.26.
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MORE BY THE NUMBERS
In addition and comparatively, Beyond the Gates +22,000 viewers week-to-week, and had the largest gains in viewership year-to-year in daytime TV with +267,000 from this in 2025.. However, General Hospital seems to be going in reverse. The show was down -56,000 viewers week-over-week and down -22,000 year-over-year .
BEYOND THE GATES
Let’s take a look at some of the storylines that had people tuning-in to Beyond the Gates during the ratings week:
Hayley (Marquita Goings) attempted a massive shocker regarding her pregnancy and tried to use it to extract money from Bill Hamilton (Timon Kyle Durrett). Although, Bill saw right through her game, he demanded a paternity test, and made it clear he has no intention of raising the child—planning instead to pay her off to take the baby and leave. Meanwhile, Hayley confided her plan to her cousin Randy (Maurice P. Kerry).
Jacob Hawthorne (Jibre Hordges) and Naomi Hamilton (Arielle Prepetit) clashed over Jacob’s ongoing investigation into The Impaler, causing significant strain in their marriage. At the same time, Smitty (Mike Manning) considered taking matters into his own hands—including potentially heading to Mexico for evidence—while Martin Richardson (Brandon Claybon) worried about what comes next.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL
Over at General Hospital for the ratings period, the story served up included:
Carly (Laura Wright) and Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) teamed up to investigate what really happened to Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna). Later, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) leads them to Jack’s dead body.
Jude (Wil Traval) dropped a bombshell claim to Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn); that he is Phoebe’s father, while Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and Chase (Josh Swickard) signed their divorce papers.
Then, Danny caught Rocco (Finn Carr) and Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) sharing a kiss, plus the shocking return of Heather Webber (Alley Mills) capped the week.
Now the questions become; without having much promotional synergy in the ABC day-part to draw more eyeballs it is not helping but hurting General Hospital. It seems Beyond the Gates is also a benefactor of a one-two-three punch of CBS soaps (Y&R, B&B and BTG) and promotion.
However, that still doesn’t take away the fact that Beyond the Gates is close to besting GH in all ratings category as they go head-to-head in some markets across the country.
So, are you excited to see Beyond the Gates climb in the ratings? Are you concerned for General Hospital? Do you think they can stave off Beyond the Gates in total viewers or will the upstart soap overtake them in the next ratings report? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
Antonio Sabáto Jr., the former Jagger Cates of General Hospital and GH: Night Shift, and the former Dante Damiano of The Bold and the Beautiful has issued his first public statement since the incident involving his son, Jack’s arrest in Alaska for a fatal hit-and-run.
Jack is the son of Sabáto Jr. and Oscar-nominated actress Virginia Madsen, and according to court documents obtained by KTUU Jack, was allegedly driving a white Chevy Tahoe when he hit and killed Carl Simmonds, 42, near an intersection in Anchorage around 5:35 a.m. on Monday, November 9.
The reports indicated that Jack fled the scene — but later decided to called the cops to say he hit “something” that “suddenly appeared in the road” while he was “doing late-night DoorDashing.”
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Now, Antonio has taken to his Instagram breaking his silence on the situation, sharing, “At this time, my family and I are navigating an extremely sensitive and deeply personal matter.”
He added, “As a father, my love for my children remains unconditional, and my priority is the well-being of my family. We ask that the public and members of the media honor our privacy during this difficult time and keep us all in your thoughts and prayers.”
The soap alum concluded, “I also wish to extend my heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of the gentleman who tragically lost his life. My thoughts and prayers are with them as well. We sincerely appreciate your compassion, understanding, and respect for the privacy of everyone affected.”
Jack Sabáto was arraigned in court on Tuesday, November 10 with bail set at $5,000, and a no-driving order and the potential of $5,000 penalty fees if he fails to attend future court appearances.
Antonio is the father to Jack, 34, daughter, Mina Sabato, 24 and son, Antonio Sabáto III, 15.
This is a developing story. You can check out Antonio’s official statement below.
So, let us know your thoughts on this tragic hit-and-run, which claimed the life of another man, and Antonio’s statement, via the comment section below.
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I totally agree with Erika! The show was doing well and had a huge fan base! We have an entire network or two devoted to cooking shows and wellness. We didn’t need that on ABC. I can’t wait for the on-line relaunch. I think it will do fabulous on line and we’ll all get to see our favorites, namely Erika, back in action!!!!
I am so happy to see One life to live back I have missed it so I was so mad that it was cancelled I agree that we have enough cooking and information shows on all the networks..What were these people thinking????
Ditto! ABC is heartless!!!!!
ABC’s programming has become so shallow over the years. With that type of thinking on the part of their execs, it unfortunately wasn’t surprising that OLTL and AMC were cancelled.
With the exception of it’s news shows, I don’t think any of ABC’s shows provide information of any real value. I watched The Revolution and The Chew for about 5 minutes total; that’s all I could stand.
ABC seems to want to make a quick buck and is geared towards pretty mindless and violent shows. That would explain the lack of appreciation for good drama and our soaps.
Not only was seeing the Revolution fail a great vindication, but the sweetest revenge was seeing ABC drop to FOURTH amongst the networks.. and has yet to recover, from last I heard. I hope every show and everything ABC thinks about will crumble(Ms.Celie, Color Purple).
Love her.
Me too! She tells it like it is.
Go Erika! The Revolution bombing was perfect, and it was a strong sign that the viewers were not done with OLTL!
Can’t wait to see Viki in action again.
Just so happy that they are back. Counting down the days!!
she is SPOT on….and I hope day to day that the (ugh) Chew is canceled too. It’s horrible. And Katie…..double ugh. Bring back our soaps (on tv!) I’ll be watching the reboot of both amc and oltl on Hulu. Up yours, ABC 🙂
Agree Janice!
Agree with every word Janice.
I can hardly wait to see my OLTL new again. The fans totally agree with Erika on the replacement show. We told ABC NO! It was wonderful to see Erika with the fans the 1st day back at work. Can’t wait to see how the show is played on line. I really want to see Viki & Clint’s wedding, maybe? Thank you Michael for being an Erika Slezak. I enjoy your articles on her & others but mainly Erika. She is great.
Smart lady.Great actress.
I totally agree !
I did not watch OLTL but will watch it online to support our Soaps. Am a long time Soap fan. Here’s hoping OLTL and AMC are both a hit online. Boohoo to ABC.
That is nice Joan, for you to support OLTL. Thank you.
Love her! She speaks the truth! ABC screwed up and it has hurt ABC. Glad we will get a chance to see OLTL again!
The Chew is just as bad.
I love it when Erika tells it like it is.
Can’t understand why The Chew hasn’t been cancelled yet! Can’t wait to see Erika
also!
I don’t understand either. It’s such a crappy show. They can’t have a very high rating….
Hey Susan M, They don’t want to look like complete idiots, so they keep the Chew on to say See we were right!….Laughable LOL
My thoughts exactly. When I turn on GH inevitably I catch the last minute of the Chew & just wonder what the hell? Awful show, how is it surviving?
Gloria, please try to time your tuning in better. ABC is counting on fans who tune to watch GH to catch the last few minutes of the Chew, it boosts their ratings. I wait til 2pm, the days I work from home, to tune into GH.. I’m not a big fan, altho I like want Carlivati and Valenti have done witht he show, it’s the ONLY thing on ABC I will watch………….. and Grey’s and Scandal… but that’s it! I refuse to watch the NBA finals or any other sporting events on ABC.
I actually have to wait till 2:01 to turn on GH because the Spew spills over into 2pm. Sickening.
Hi Gloria, I think a lot of ppl thought or think the same thing how is this survivng…..
Stright on Erika! That show that replaced OLTL was awful. This woman is such a class act. I as so excited to see OLC and OLTL again. These shows will not be around as long! Thank you Prosect Park!
She speaks the truth! There was NO reason to cancel OLTL, and I’m glad that The Revolution got cancelled and I’m SO happy that PP finally was able to make a go to reboot OLTL and AMC. Cannot wait for April 29th, I finally get my show back.
I can’t say how fabulous it is to hear ES voice what so many of us still feel. I’m unsympathetic to ABC since my loyalty wasn’t worth anything to them. Viva OLTL and AMC!!!
“I don’t even want to comment on what kind of show that was.” Ha ha, Erika, you are such a classy lady, we can read between the lines. I referred to it lovingly as “The Revoltion.” OLTL was soaring high at when they cancelled it, boggles the mind. “The Chew” sucks also, so glad Llanview exists again, for us fans, and to rub our noses at execs who know what we want more than ourselves!
Totally agree. ES is a very classy lady who speaks the truth. Cannot wait for OLTL to be back on my screne again! I will even tune in to AMC as a new fan, just to support them, too.
As soaps moved from radio to television all those decades ago, Agnes NIxon’s creations, “All My Children” & “One Life To Live”, will forever be remembered in history as the first shows to transition from television to Internet due to the extraordinary demand of their fans!! While success is still an optimistic expectation, the quality & merit of the shows, obvious leaders in their genre, have been cemented!
I could not agree more! Wonderful Post and so true!!
I completely agree 100 Percent… Entertainment is that escape from all the stress and information of your live and speaking as a kid who grew up with soap operas as a staple in my daily routine, they are one of the best forms of entertainment out there. I didn’t watch The Revolution once but I cheered when I read that it was canceled. I told myself that I wouldn’t watch the shows that replaced AMC and OLTL and have stayed true to my word 🙂
I saw a few minutes of “The Spew” one day in the doctor’s office. I thought it was some closed circuit, amateur health education program the medical foundation showed to kill time in the waiting room. When I realized that was supposed to be a professional program from a major broadcast television network, my jaw dropped open. “This is what they cancelled AMC and OLTL for? That can’t be. I must not understand what I’m seeing. There has to be some mistake.” To say that I was appalled is an understatement.
Amen.
Totally agree. Our soaps not only entertain us, but inform the public through characters involved in gripping stories that touch our hearts. ABC is right. We want information, but not at the expense of the characters we love. They are our family. ABC lost touch with their audience because they were greedy. One Life To Live gets to live on and tell more stories to entertain and inform us. Best of luck to the cast and crew of OLTL. I will be there on April 29th for this landmark event in history.
Love her and the show. Glad they’re coming back.
No doubt-ABC has left a rotten taste in my mouth! They were so wrong to cancel OLTL. They need to cancel The Chew-it stinks, of course I’ve only watched it once for about 2 minutes and couldn’t stand it, Katic Couric isn’t interesting either, does anybody watch her? Must not – They brought her on GH 50th celebration so more soap fans will watch Katie-lol!! I only watch DWTS and Nashville on ABC and will be glad when those are repeating so I can boycott ABC some more!! Bring on OLTL-can’t wait!
I will watch oltl on hulu plus. Cannot wait. It is because of oltl that I have completely changed my way of watching tv. I have basic cable (cheaper), internet thru cable company so they are still making money and netflecks stream and hulu plus. I have access to all my shows and I am only paying for what I use. Love it. Thanks oltl. One month to go.
I totally agree with Erika! It was a total mistake to cancel these shows. There’s just way too much reality shows. We need stories about every day lives now and then. I don’t watch these news shows anyway. Happy that One Life to Live and All My Children are back!!!
Ericka Slezak is so right and is a class act! I can’t wait for One Life To Live to return and hopefully It will be better than ever.
Erika Slezak is completely right. The Revolution was beyond awful. The fact that ABC believed that is what people want to watch show that they need to find new jobs. I will be watching one life to live any way I can and no longer bother with ABC at all.
Other than General Hospital I watch no
ABC shows. They lost me. I am looking forward to watching OLTL and AMC online. Go Erika!!
Ditto, and I only watch GH because ABC canceled OLTL. Be sure to turn it on a minute or so late because The Spew spills over into the 2pm hour to get the extra ratings from soap fans.
I totally agree. It’s nice to hear someone from within speak the truth about what was said to those actors.
We have too much info these days…Need more stories and things that entertain and are not reality based.
What a classy lady!!!!
Erika Slezak is a class act. I jumped for joy when I learned that “The Revolting” was canned.
This transition from television to internet is as historic as the move from radio to television. (No I wasn’t alive for that.) But, I was alive to see OLTL when it debuted July 15, 1968 and have loved it from the first moment until the final episode aired last year. Now, we begin this wonderful new chapter for our show and for AMC. This is truly thrilling. Thank you to everyone who is working so hard to make this happen.
Wonderful post!
Just like Viki, Erika is a class act!
The Chew is just as bad. I boycotted both the Chew and The Revolution. Soaps were my escape from all this reality TV. I am tired of all theses news and information shows. Well said Erika!!!!!
I never watched The Revolution,I would never tune into crap like that!
Erika spoke the truth. OLTL never should have been cancelled. I guess it would be too much for ABC/D to admit their mistake and apologize to the cast, crew and fans of OLTL. Welcome back!!!
I love this woman so much. LOL
Erika Slezak hit the nail on the head. TV shows are expensive to make & the networks are slapping together Reality TV shows & such muck ’cause they are cheap to make. Sorry, but I don’t want to see perky folk giving me daily tips on how to improve my life – I want evil triplets w/amnesia. I will watch OLTL when it hits the Web or if they take the show door-to-door.
YOU GO ERIKA…..tell ’em like it is! (or was)
I can’t understand why The Shrew is still on . That Carla & her recipes makes me Barf!
I never watched it! I am going by the commericals I saw yuk! Oh and ABC , they don’t
have a heart & don’t have a clue what us soap fans wanted.. They were just second guessing themselves. I know I alway’s like to be entertained with drama , stories! It is my escape for a little while.. I never get tired of watching the soaps ! I am not looking for
anything else on daytime programming. I will be watching OLTL on HuLu 4/29 at 12:00p.m. Erika tells it like it is! I remember her saying that people want to be entertained & are not looking for something new . And that it was b-ll S-it! On Abc’s part in cancelling OLTL which should have stayed on! The heck with you ABC we got OLTL back !!!! Loving Llanview & Landfair!
Love Erika. Losing OLTL was a low blow, but there was some satisfaction in seeing The Revolution fail so spectacularly, oh yeah. ABC was shortsighted to throw away a decades old, tried and true product – to say nothing of its multi-generation audience.
ABC stand 4 A BUNCH (OF) CRAP! As for Erika she said it all perfectly!!!
Well, ABC/D knew the value of the 2 soaps, they would not sell them ..
And, ABC/D is making ‘million’s’ off of them..
So, AMC and OLTL is still putting money in their pocket and they both are still owned by ABC/D..
I hope PP keeps both them alive for another 40/50 years ..
Yes, that fact rubs me the wrong way too. I don’t see why those scum bags should still make $8.5 million from something they threw away. But, I love OLTL and AMC and will support them 100%.
I love Michael Fairman and this soap site. But look at the bottom of this page and who do you see advertising here? Walt Disney World, part of the ABC/D magic!
Tell it like it is Erica. ABC may not want to admit it yet, but they’ll get it soon.
You tell ’em Ms. Slezak!
Love her always! ALL of the replacement shows suck and always will. Enough said!
erika i love you so much. you are straight to the point my friend. abc made a huge mistake by cancelling one life to live. i dont trust abc at all. mark my words they will cancel general hospital next year. abc will never admit there mistake in cancelling one life to live and all my children. if they said sorry we made a huge mistake then we probably would have forgiven them and bring us the soaps back to abc. they all can choke on it. i wish one life to live great success on prospect park. i think it will be a huge it. it has to be or we will mourn again. we all have fought tooth and nail to get the soap back. everyone please watch one life to live online and support them. also please bring back sexy foxy roxy. i miss her so much. give ilene a call and bring her back.
Erica Slezak is my dawg!! ABC sucks PP are heros and we back!! OLTL 4EVER
When the Revolution was axed many of us hoped it might mean more life in “One Life”, then that train wreak “Good Afternoon America” with that clown and Bafoon bombed! Still no “Life”.
OLTL was always the stepchild of the ABC soap family . It never had that one big story but over time was the best storytelling in daytime. It had heart, soul, and diversity. At its center was Ms. Slezak, who carried so much of the load. 2 in the afternoon will always belong to OLTL.
Let’s all make ur it’s a hit!
Erika always says in such a classy manner what the rest of us are thinking. My admiration for this lady grows each days. I can’t wait to see her again on April 29.
Love Slezak. ABC sucks. Here’s hoping Brain Fronz never gets another job in television. Here’s also hoping someone soon shows Ann Sweeney the door. (Both were directly responsible for the demise of All My Kids and One Life.)
Brian Frons new job should be cleaning dirty porta pottys somewhere after all the crap he gave us! But that would still be too good 4 him! lol
I can’t wait to see One Life to Live.
If Soap fans will recall, Brian Frons to arrogantly and pompously announced the cancellation of these shows on the set of AMC, I believe, the cast or crew having no idea what was being announced. It doesn’t get anyone slap in the face than that, announcing the cancellation of your job in a big media event on your home turf.
I remember when I read AMC and OLTL were getting cancelled, I immediately called my mother.. she screamed when she heard the news. I knew AMC was in trouble, but OLTL too.. it was too much that day for me.
When ABC said people want information, that was their nice way of saying even tho we are a billion dollar conglomerate, our shareholders want more money.. therefore we are getting rid of this show, because even tho OLTL was making more than it was losing, we can produce something cheaper and lose less money.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Frons step down not long after our shows’ cancelation? Sounds like he had a guilty conscience!
Just 29 more days! Then I’ll be happy!
Truth is, I will never forgive ABC. They treated loyal daytime viewers like trash. Then to add insult to injury, they had the temerity to advertise their vile replacement shows during the final airings of our beloved shows. Rubbing salt in the wound did nothing to heal the breach. They only widened it.
ABC-D’s behavior left me very wary of getting attached to any of their programming. Daytime or evening. With their lust for cheap tv and high ratings right out of the gate (they don’t give shows time to catch on), I just have no interest in them as a network.
The best TV today is on cable.
I cant wait to see Erika Slezak and all the other talent on OLTL again. I watched the Revolution once and felt it wasnt quite as bad as that silly, stupid Chew which ABC should axe asap. There are too many food shows, talk shows and make over shows with reality stars who cant act. Some of our best actors are in soaps and have started their careers with soaps. I am looking forward to seeing it again and will miss S. Lucci J. Young who have gone to other shows. Also I am looking forward to PP getting Ilene Kristen back to play Roxie. She was so funny.
I love OLTL and I can’t wait to watch again. Llanview is like a second home to me.