Their decision will drive me crazy!
I can not wait for the next days episode!
I watch every day the same as I did when the soaps were on newwork tv..

Now taht it will only be 2 days a week, NOW is when I will save up the episodes until there are 7 or ten of them and watch them all at one time on a Saturday night..

So – I was watching daily ..
now I will be watching them all at one time, once a month ..

I am not happy with the change. Because the shows are relatively new with their online starts, folks are eager to start watching from the beginning. Six months from now people will drop in starting with the current episode. I think this sends a foreboding message to fans and they will begin to give up. I am bummed.

Well, yes, people are watching the shows like online content because they are online content.

As much as I love the return, I find myself impatient with the gratuitous scenes and characters added to try to capture young viewers. You know what I mean. They need to concentrate on good storytelling and compelling characters. That’s harder than teen strip games and actresses with giant implants.

Is three weeks the ultimate test period in online viewing? Sad.

I like it, plus it will give them time to “bank” more episodes so when they renew both shows they can start to add more episodes later in the year. People, KEEP Calm and View ON! Our shows are back and will be better than ever. Yes this is an adjustment period, but I have NO doubt PP is in the for the long haul and soon AMC and OLTL will be back to their former glory!!

This is so unfortunate. I ordered Hulu Plus and have been watching both shows every day since the premiere on April 29th. I would watch OLTL before I leave for work and AMC when I come home. I haven’t missed an episode and the pace of the shows are much faster than they were on ABC. Since it’s online, this does give viewers more flexibility to view the shows, but not like a set time and channel like television. I hope this isn’t an indication that the shows won’t last long via Online Network. If a network were to pick these shows, it would be more successful because viewers would be forced to watch it at a particular time. I watched OLTL episode today and it was so good, now I have to wait until Tuesday.

I have been watching one life. It seems like there are more and more Hulu promos and less commercials. This would indicate to me that things are not going well financially or audience wise. Why would they make this switch so quickly otherwise?

Sounds like code for “big trouble” // these shows are expensive to make plus poor ratings…cutting back to two episodes a week for both shows…it’s all about money, their spin on it is flmsy. This is their first effort to avoid having to cancel the shows.

I have to say that this week I was getting into All My Children. I would watch AMC every morning with my coffee. I was hit and miss with OLTL. It is a lot of time to watch online so I get what they are saying. I am disappointed that I will not have AMC every morning but it will allow me to watch OLTL. I think I like this idea. Hopefully once things settle down, they can increase the time per episode. I do remember that you could miss weeks of the soaps and not really miss anything. I just hope that this isn’t the beginning of the end. I hope it is the beginning of higher quality soaps. I am getting use to adapting.

If people are falling behind, this is done for the best. At least the shows aren’t cancelled again.

I think I would have compromised with a 3 day episode cycle — Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday — with Mondays being a “What You Missed Last Week” recap for new or lapsed viewers and Friday being the Behind The Scenes ep they’ve been doing all along.

The 3 episode cycle would give viewers a full week to watch before the next 3 aired, plus a “What You Missed Last Week” episode could be beneficial in the long run if it was 15 minutes being devoted to recapping the previous week and the remaining 15 minutes spotlighting the history of one of the show’s veteran characters to help newer viewers understand their connections to other characters.

I JUST DON’,T WANT TO LOOSE IT AND TSJ AGAIN I WANT HOW FX WILL DEAL WITH THIS,?

I will continue to watch and I hope prospect park will add more episodes if they feel it is going good,I just hope it is not the beginning of the end i cant go through that again.

do i like the change – no!
the bottom line is we still have our soaps!

No reason at all for people to fall behind. They are not OLTL or AMC fans if they fall behind. Its only 24-27 minutes 4 times per week. That is nothing.
Grim Reaper is sharpening his scythe.

I am very very happy to have AMC & OLTL back. I watch both love them watch them dailey M–Thurs and sometimes rewatch on Sat. Took out Hulu Plus to thank.Please watch them every day.So how about 3 a week.Please watch them every day!Could this have anything to do with the cost of trying to get Susan Lucci back.I really want these shows on more but I am very happy to just have them back.

I wish that you would reconsider cutting back on the air time of these shows , please . I want more not less . Thanks

NOT thrilled by this. Not one bit. I’m one of the viewers who got up every morning and watched both shows over breakfast. So if I want to KEEP watching an hour’s worth of both shows a day, now I have to bank up 2 months behind’s worth of eps, to keep that schedule going. Well, looks like I won’t be tuning into Llanview or Pine Valley happenings until like… mid to late JULY. Thanks, TOLN. You just forced my hand into taking an early vacation after 3 weeks of fun. Oh, well. I have 2 months of GH backed up on the DVR, to catch up on….

thats not true. you have us fans that truly will watch and make time for every episode. you want to build your fan base. takes time! big mistake to take it down to two episodes a week.not fair to us true fans! there are many of us out here. i dont know what stats you read it is not what we feel as true fans.

I really do not appreiate Park Place dictating how we watch our online soaps. Park Place, we feel you are punishing us because we watch several episodes in a row instead of watching 26 min a day. You are making a mistake. A huge mistake. Just like ABC.. You were on to a good thing, and more people were joining hulu daily. Majority of the die hard fans have not missed 1 episode and you want to cater to those who are hit and miss viewers. WTF? Are you seriouse? I feel betrayed again! Have you not learned anything from ABC’s mistakes?

i watch each day when i get home both shows ! u need to rethink this.

If we have only two shows per week why not increase them to one hour shows? Either that or leave things as they are now. ABC can produce these shows daily. If they can do it PP can do it too. Don’t fix something that aint broke folks.

Interesting to think about. If the repetition of story is taken out, then it’s become to actually stop and watch and not to keep you company the way it used to. Less repetition of story means less episodes, less costs but the distinct loss of “comfort” from the background noise these used to be. There’s the risk: The change of viewer experience.

Plus all this fast change and communication is not going to work with the traditional at-home daytime TV viewer. Take away the comfort factor from this demographic and who’s left to watch?

Nice to see old friends again, but if you made them bionic and the viewer can’t keep up……

The interview explanation is even more ridiculous than their letter! Viewers are watching the show like it an online show? Isn’t it an online show? I think they are phasing it out! How can they be #1 and and make that kind of assessment in this amount of time? So much for supporting Prospect!

My big concern is that there will be a 2 month hiatus. I think they will lose whatever momentum they’ve had – which is not a lot if you read between the lines. I have feeling these shows might not even make it 6 months!

I ordered and pay now for “HULU +” just so I could watch AMC (although I do tune in to One Life, I don’t follow it as strongly) – this is just bad news to my ears. Two short shows a week won’t be enough to maintain current views nor attract new ones. We all thought things were going just great, now it doesn’t feel that way at all. I sincerely would love to hear what the actors have to say about this announcement.

Are viewers really complaining about falling behind on episodes? Anyone here feel that way? I have watched both shows every M-F, just like I did when they were onTV. They are a half hour instead of a full hour, so are people really having trouble keeping up? I’m getting the feeling that this is a cost-saving measure, and if so, I’d rather PP just be honest about it. My fear is that longtime viewers, the ones who fought so hard and so long for the soaps to return, will lose interest if each show isn’t on everyday. 🙁

CRAPPY idea, I watch both every day and now it’s not about the “true blue” fans again, it’s about the minority….Why can’t they just leave a good thing alone. I hate the Friday recap stuff, just want to watch my soaps.

It’s a bit of a concern, but just happy they will still be airing. I watch just like I used to when they were on television, while eating dinner.
Not sure I agree with viewers having to “catch up”; the show is 30 minutes now. In the past, if for some reason I missed an episode, I would make sure to watch both (or however many,say if I was away). Other shows in my DVR would just wait and sometimes I’d end up two weeks behind on other shows.
But we all have our priorities as to what we watch and I for one and just glad the soaps are back.

I want to know who thinks there are to many episodes? I enjoy watching them all at once. I have always done that, even when I taped them with my VHS and DVR. I prefer to sit and watch the weeks worth. I am not behind, but if they do go to 2 episodes a week, it will be harder to follow. I am ok with 4 a week but prefer 5. I was hoping they would go to 5 not down to 2. I will keep watching though, but I think it has to do with money, even though the shows are the highest watch on Hulu.

Is actress Susan Lucci (ERICA KANE) going to still “sit down and talk” with them? How will that conversation go I wonder? “Oh, by the way, Susan, we may have neglected to tell you the show is now 2 times a week instead of 4 times a week” – I hate being the voice of doom, I have loved the show for more years than I care to admit to,
but honestly, this doesn’t seem like a positive move in the right direction. If my boss came to me and said, “John, you’re a great guy but in order to keep up with work demands we are cutting you down to two days a week and your co worker to two days a week and on Fridays we’ll just have to make do” HOW DO you think I would interpret that? Budget cuts, that’s how I would interpret that!

I am not happy about this. If the reason is because they’re too expensive to do 4 a week, then just say that. OR be like prime time or other online shows and do ONE HOUR a week. It’s still more than I had 3 weeks ago. I am a lifelong fan and will not stop watching. And I’ve been watching every day with baited breath. I won’t stop watching but there better be some good news after this point.

Don’t like this one bit — I think people will lose interest in just one hour a week. And I watch everyday. Not happy about this.

Don’t know who these supposed people are but for myself I have been watching it every single day! I’m bummed!

This decision does not make me happy. What’s wrong with binge viewing? That’s what many working people did in the VCR/DVR days. The shows are still being viewed. I know some people don’t feel that the shows are the same as when they were on network. Change is to be expected. When they were cancelled, both shows certainly had changed from what they were in the 1970s. The current changes don’t bother me one bit. From the first episode, I have felt the same excitement and anticipation I’ve always felt with OLTL. I feel the same about AMC.

I sincerely hope this schedule change is not code for they are planning to pull the plug on the shows. Maybe Hulu and iTunes want out because so many people are watching on the free Hulu platform instead of paying for Hulu Plus and iTunes. If they are going to cancel the shows, they should just do it now rather than prolong the agony.

Are you f****** kidding me, I was looking forward to more not less, don’t have time? Nonsense, is no different if you missed an episode on tv tough luck, so the rest of us that take the time and watch faithfully have to cut back so others can catch up, really? This is the biggest crap I ever heard. Two thumbs down to whom ever came up with this dumb ass idea.

The only way I’ll be happy is if they post two ONE HOUR episodes a week. We are already down to half hour episodes four times a week…I fail to see how it is needful to cut back any more. People will either watch or they won’t. I don’t want to have the entire thing slowed down because people can’t watch 4 half hour episodes a week. What’s next??? Once a month???

Of course the episodes are being watched online like online shows…because we are watching online! What did they expect?

We supported Prospect Park, it’s their job to bring the shows to the internet. Which they’ve done thankfully.

It is our job to watch the shows… and the numbers prove that we are doing just that.

We were told that the great thing about the shows going to the internet is that we could watch when, how and at what times we “chose” to watch. We are doing our part….we are watching the shows.

And now Prospect Park is telling us that we are watching wrong or at the wrong time, and that because of that they are penalizing us for it.

The episodes are downloaded to Hulu at 5:00 am four days a week and are available the whole of the day and thereafter. People can catch up very easily because the episodes are still there. What difference does it make when we watch as long as we watch. I repeat… we are watching. We are doing our part….Prospect Park should have told us that were time constraints attached to this deal and that there would be consequences or punishment if we didn’t adhere to their time constraints. This whole thing is ridiculous.

Soap viewers have been put through hell already. Prospect Park should leave things as they are. Leave our episodes to four a week.

Absolutely a bad sign. What mystifies me is they have persevered for almost two years and then three weeks into it they’re giving up. Things take time. I’m still trying to figure out how to fit the two shows into my busy day. To watch these shows I bought Roku, signed up for Hulu Plus and made a sizeable financial commitment. 1 hour of new programming for each show each week is not worth it. Why do they make it sound like it has to do with the amount of space the shows take up on Hulu? BUY MORE MEMORY….HAVE PEOPLE WATCH IT ON The Online Network instead.

A fine example of pee being called rain.

If the writing were better, it would make it as a primetime show so it can compete with primetime shows, online viewers catch up online. If they’re gonna have a hiatus, 1 hour epi a week then give us more quality than the crap that’s airing right now. Are old writers trying to relive their young drunk party days or… are they attempting to give us a trailer trash version of Mad Men? complete fail OLTL

Make it a one hour weekly show like Dallas…reduce some of the sex and the foul language especially the fbomb that kept some fans from tuning in and replace it with more storyline by making Bo a P.I. who investigates Victors kidnapping, have Jeffry revealed as Davids son, have Mathew and Dani work undercover for Jeffry who is doing an online story on Llanviews drug problems which puts their lives in danger, give Clint and Viki a nice old fashion church wedding but at the party Kim shows up with a kid she claims is Clints…but is it? …or is Dorian behind it to get back at Viki? Replace the sex with romance scenes: Natalie and Cutter going horseback riding along a beach, Bo and Nora having a romantic candlelight dinner, Vimal and Rama slow dancing to some soft music…plus let Vimal show a more romantic side by bringing Rama flowers and gifts or taking her to nice restaruants to show he is the only man for her so she’ll have second thoughts about her open marriage suggestion, soften Dani up at least a little and have her look less trampy…show needs a young heroine, have Mathew realize he loves Destiny just as Jeffry wins her heart. CUT BACK THE PROFANTY AND SOME OF THE SEX SCENES and REPLACE THE DARKNESS OF BOTH SOAPS WITH ROMANCE AND FAMILY DRAMA LIKE IT USED TO BE! The CHANGES ARENT working and the shows are worse for it, and id hate to see them cancelled again…maybe pp needs to make one of the cable channels like lifetime or mtv a good offer to air the repeats…not everyone has internet!

im upset big time i watch the show daily and pay for hulu just to watch them i have been so ecited to have them back daily andx only getting half of that and u r cutting that in half again dont know why i botheer

The whole thing S-cks in y book! There are a plenty of die-hard soap fans out there watching these two soaps on line! They are CRAZY! They haven’t been on that long and
you have to give the a chance with this new viewing format! They said the same thing when these two soaps were on ABC. The same excuse all over again! Not enough viewers and that viewers aren’t interested in these kind of shows anymore. BULLONEY!
They are playing the same old tune again!

At first I was annoyed thinking: “My partner enrolled in HuluPlus so I could watch my shows on my bigscreen SMART TV, now I am going to only be able to watch OLTL & AMC a few times a week.”

However, upon reflection I also realize that having Hulu opens me up to watching other soaps in their proper sequence on Hulu such as Coronation Street, Being Erica, Little Mosque etc. (which is not an option on YouTube) This would not have been an option a year ago. If this also allows PP gather funds to revive shows such as As The World Turns, Guiding Light and others then it will be worth it more. I am not abandoning the PP/Hulu ship!!

I always try and be positive but this does not seem so good. It sucks.

The logic escapes me. “People think there are too many episodes.” What? Who is saying that? Not any of the diehard fans I know. And then the fact that we don’t want to miss an episode is somehow a BAD thing?

WHAT? Get a new consultant, guys. The one you have is feeding you bad info.

well I was a fan for years and now can’t get the show on net because I am in Canada–how do they expect to get their fans???

The foul language is a real turn-off. We want more storylines, less dancing and singing. Remember the older viewers are the bread and butter to sponsors.

People watch like it is online…cause it is online! I found at times I had conflicts to not watch that day so I watch them later all at one time. Like I did when I would tape them daily and when I had free time watch 2 or 4 or 5 shows in a row. In a way only think that altered how I watched is the computer has them stored for later rather then me setting the box on the tv station and timer recording. Also 2 1/2 weeks does not make for a long term test. If anything I sorta strayed in interest due to content not time or being online. I love one life and it has been a big part of my growing up so I will give it every chance I can but weak characters forced onto us.Out of place club setting and this nature of being edgy just to be edgy hurt it, 2 days a week could be its death nail. Also hard to sit with the who 3 actor debacle now going down to not sharing them for 1 hour a week of programing.

My understanding is Hulu keeps 4 or 5 shows in rotation. You can watch the shows whenever you want for about 5 days so Prospects explanation is crazy. The fans wanted the shows back and back they came. Greatly reduced in time 1/2 hour vs 1 hour and only 4 days a week. A true devoted fan would watch and make time. Plus you can fast forward all those teeny non actors kids. I feel like Prospect gave us a gift but then took it back. They can’t expect to hold onto the actors with this schedule. Not to mention we all signed up to Hulu plus. I feel that this move will alienate even the most devoted fans and doesn’t bode we’ll for the future of these shows.