When The Oprah Winfrey Show went off the air in 2011 — which coincided with the beloved All My Children and One Life to Live being canceled in one fell swoop by then ABC Daytime executive Brian Frons – suddenly the daytime programming market became a wide open space, and networks were more than eager to take chances on new talk shows than anything else, and after all the disappointment, after disappointment for soap fans, that day is here when on Monday three new talks shows take up room on the daytime programming block! The Ricki Lake Show, Katie, and The Jeff Probst Show — all premiere tomorrow Monday, September 10.
Beloved stars from All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital will reunite for ABC Daytime: Back on Broadway, a one-night-only streaming concert benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The free streamed event can be viewed on the Broadway Cares website beginning at 8 pm Eastern on Thursday, February 11.
Additionally, the event can be seen on Broadway Cares’ YouTube Channel, ABC-owned television stations’ 32 connected TV apps on Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Roku and each of the eight stations’ websites around the country, including abc7ny.com and Good Morning America’s Facebook page..
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The star-studded lineup will include performances by All My Children’s Bobbie Eakes, Melissa Claire Egan, Vincent Irizarry, Eva La Rue, Susan Lucci, Cameron Mathison, Eden Riegel, Chrishell Stause and Walt Willey, One Life to Live’s Kristen Alderson, BethAnn Fuenmayor, Kathy Brier, Kassie DePaiva, David Gregory, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Catherine Hickland, Mark Lawson, Hillary B. Smith, Jason Tam and Brittany Underwood; and General Hospital’s Bradford Anderson, Brandon Barash and Anthony Geary..
For the February 11 streaming special, viewers can expect to hear a bevy of Broadway classics and jazzy standards. The streaming event will be directed by John Dietrich, who also directed each of the live stage performances.
Dedicated fans also will have the opportunity for one-on-one virtual meet-and-greets with their favorite soap stars on Saturday, February 13. Further information on tickets and the lineup of special guests will be announced later this month.
From 2005-2011, the stars of ABC Daytime took the stage at New York City’s Town Hall one night each year for ABC Daytime Salutes Broadway Cares. The evening featured dynamic production numbers, heartfelt ballads and hilarious skits. Now, 10 years after that final performance, the iconic ABC Daytime actors revisit their performances as they help raise money for those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
When the event began in 2005. it was for a one-night benefit concert to celebrate All My Children’s 35th Anniversary. With overwhelming support from fans, the event continued for six more years and included cast members from One Life to Live, General Hospital and co-hosts of The View. Over its seven-year run, ABC Daytime Salutes Broadway Cares raised an incredible $1.85 million.
“This event is truly one of a kind,” Broadway Cares Executive Director Tom Viola said. “We are so thankful to the stars from ABC Daytime for joining us again as we relive moments from this delightful tradition, while helping to provide lifesaving medication, healthy meals and emergency support to those struggling during this ongoing pandemic.”
“It was such an incredible privilege and joy to join my fellow co-stars to perform in the seven ABC Daytime Salutes concerts to benefit Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS,” said former All My Children star Susan Lucci. “There are no fans like ABC Daytime fans. Their love and support continue to astonish us. We can’t wait to share these special performances with them and help raise money for so many in need during this difficult time.”
Lucci also shared her excitement on her Instagram account expressing: “We’re getting the fans and cast back together!!! Join us on Thursday, February 11 at 8pm for “ABC Daytime: Back on Broadway”—a fabulous online event revisiting seven years of singing, dancing and plot twists, featuring your favorite ABC Daytime stars. And it’s all to help Broadway Cares support our friends and neighbors who are struggling during this pandemic. Watch the stream at
broadway-cares.org, to join the fun! I hope to see you there!”
So excited to hear about the ABC Daytime Back to Broadway event? Let us know in the comment section, and check out the announcement from The View’s Whoopi Goldberg below.
BREAKING! Queen of @theview @WhoopiGoldberg announces ABC Daytime: Back on #Broadway will stream on February 11. Theatre and Soap fans alike are sure to swoon over performances of Broadway hits and parodies by @Susan_Lucci and stars from AMC, OLTL, and GH. https://t.co/Nxa3X2oJcx
— Broadway Cares (@BCEFA) January 14, 2021
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Won’t be watching any of these talk shows….and the cynic in me says that their success or failure won’t bring soaps back. The network will just keep replacing the failed shows with more “reality/lifestyle/talk” shows, because they claim that they are cheaper to produce!
The above comment was made by me. I don’t know how the other address/name showed up in my computer.
I’ve had that happen…it’s weird!
NO,won’t watch any of these new shows! Bring back my soaps,enough said!!!!
They’re all just talk shows which all end up being the same crap!
Will Not Watch any off them!
They took our soaps off for Crap! SAD!!
Ditto!!!!!!!!
Agree totally! Too many talk shows & almost all end up failing! Don’t they get it? We don’t want that crap!
NOT A CHANCE WILL I EVER WATCH ANYTHING BUT MY SOAPS. ALL TALK SHOWS ARE GARBAGE AND NOT WORTH THE PAPER THEY ARE PRINTED ON. NO GH NO WATCHING ANY SHOW THAT ABC OWNS AND/OR OPERATES WILL THIS DIEHARD SOAP FAN WATCH AND YOU HAVE MY WORD ON THAT. AND NOT EVEN MY CHILDREN WILL WATCH ABC IF DAYTIME SOAP GH GOES OFF AIR AND IS REPLACED BY A CRAPPY TALK SHOW!!!!
They will all die a quick and painless death. Unlike a soap, there will be no resurrections.
I don’t watch lame talk shows. I’ll only be tuning in for GH.
Me Too!
im not watching any of them and I predict that all 3 will have dismally low ratings. Soap fans are devoted and have very long memories and wont be tuning in to see anything that replaces a cancelled soap. The network will get the message eventually, we can outwait them!
None of these shows appeal to me. There’s too much talk in daytime and, in my humble opinion, nothing being said. Long live ONE LIFE TO LIVE.
YES!! I miss OLTL more than ever. Seeing Tea the other day at supposedly her & Victor’s house in Llanview made me so sad.
I don’t believe any of these talk shows will be successful, especially the ones that will be on ABC. The daytime viewing audience is burnt out on talk/reality programs, and are longing for a return to scripted dramas. The soap fans, especially, are still angry and smarting from the loss of AMC and OLTL. If the networks don’t listen to what the audience wants, and they haven’t so far, they should not expect good ratings for these talkers that they are trying to shove down our throats!
GH is the only show now on ABC during the day. Seems strange though Katie is having a thing called YOLO (You Only Live Once) a stab in the back to soapfans to the show she took off the air OLTL. Ratings will fail but ABC will never admit their mistakes. DON’T forget to change your DVR times, I plan on stopping mine at 2:59 pm so it doesn’t spill into her rating.
I love the way you think.. Awesome!!!!!
That’s the way to do it! She’s not getting any ratings credit! She’s only using GH the same way Doprah used the soaps for ratings! You notice they only cancelled the soaps after she was already gone because they didn’t need them anymore as a lead-in for her show.
I like Jeff Probst on Survivor but don’t feel any draw to watch him on a talk show. As far as Katy I just don’t care for her on any show. Ricki Lake I think is pretty relatable so she might get some viewers. In my area the line up on ABC is going to be General Hosptial, Dr. Oz and then Katy. I defitinely won’t be dvr’ing Katy I like I do GH. If I was sure they would keep GH on, I would watch her just out of loyalty to ABC but since I think their plan is… Read more »
In my area its General Hospital,Katie Couric and Jeff Probst on ABC from 1 to 4pm.
My cable co. has Katie on at 2:00pm.(Wesh) whhich is NBC aAnd 3:00 p.m. this harvey guy is in GH’s old timeslot…
I have said it before and will say it again, “I WILL NOT WATCH ABC DAYTIME OTHER THAN GH” doesn’t matter what they put on unless a soap. I wish the talkers good luck as they will need. Brian Frons should be held accountable for his crimes on the daytime genre.
Brian Frons should be held for crimes against humanity. The daytime Devil himself.
DIITTO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’sall his fault!!! He got the ball running in getting our beloved soaps cancelled…
If I could dream of OLTL constantly I would not wanna wake up. Does that sum it up? I won’t help ABC get any ratings other than GH.
I won’t watch these shows either…Don’t want to boost their ratings at all..The only ratings I want to boost is GH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DITTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bring back OLTL and I (AND MANY OTHERS) will watch
I hope all three bomb. Sorry to the production staff that will suffer as a result of yet another boring talk show going off the air…hopefully they can find work again when ABC finally swallows their pride and returns shows viewers WANT to see!
With the axing of One Life to Live, I no longer watch daytime tv–and not much prime time tv either. The networks have no one to thank for that but themselves.
I respect Riki Lake. I think she has the best shot. Especially if her show is a half hour. Most people can deal with a half hour show.
Her show is one hour.
OMG…. reading that Couric’ Show (80 mill.) costs twice as much… to produce a daytime show (40 mill.)…
is enuf for me….
Screw them!
yeah! like they cancelled AMC and OLTL to pay for her stinkin’ show!
And they say AMC & OLTL were TOO expensive to make…Abc are so two-faced….
I will not watch any of those new talk shows. I didn’t watch OLTL or AMC but am not a fan of talk shows. The only soap I watch is DOOL and have been a fan for 46 years. I can only hope that my favorite daytime show, DOOL, will not follow in the path of the ABC and CBS soaps.
DOOL??????????????? What is that????????????I was a fan of AMC & especially OLTL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DOOL is an acronym for Days of Our Lives. I’m sorry about your favorites being cancelled. Mine is probably the next one to go. It’s ratings are pretty low except when they have storylines featuring James Scott and Alison Sweeney. I have enjoyed this program for 46 years.
I hope for you that dool stays on the air & the ratings pick up…Since you have been watching it for 46years….
KATIE will burn fast. She is too Perky to be serious. She is not Ellen, Oprah and show sounds like Anderson which has not been a ratings hit. There is a reason she was last place on CBS News.
Also It isn’t even an sole ABC show, it is syndicated like LIVE (shot at W-ABC) and Rosie (SHOT at NBC). In Seattle it is on NBC. So tomorrow, GH moves to 1p and the Doctors Move to 2p, followed by Dr. Oz. (I think this was a ploy to give an hour back to the affiliates).
EVEN IF THIS CRAP DIDN’T REPLACE THE SOAPS I STILL WOULD NOT TUNE INTO any of this drivel. NO INTEREST IN MORE BLAH, BLAH, BLAH!
ENOUGH ALREADY with the talk. Life’s too short to waste it on this generic junk! AND I’M A NEWS JUNKIE, news…not crap.
Oh look, Honey Boo Boo is having her third interview this week. No thanks.
“The New Faces Of Daytime: Couric, Probst & Lake! Can They Make A Dent Over Beloved Missing Soaps? ”
No, no, and NO!
I say NO also!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love Jeff Probst as the host of SURVIVOR, but honestly, how can he help one with this: “The overall idea is saying yes to the adventures in your life,” he says. “And I don’t mean climbing a mountain. I mean being married, being a parent …” when he has been neither?
Talk, talk, talk. What more is there to talk about? We (me and the mouse in my pocket) need more DRAMA, not talk.
I don’t want to be talked to death…..A bunch of cackling hens….I want more drama also !!!!!
i have been a soap fan for almost 50 years & nothing will ever take the place of my soaps…………i would rather stick needles in both eyes rather than watch any of those talk shows!
I’m not a talk show fan either, but here is a quote from Frank Valentini on the subject:
“What’s your take on the soap fan backlash against the talk shows?”
“I’m all about moving forward. Katie [Couric] is so talented and wonderful. She has supported our show and will continue to support our show. And we support her. It’s a nice fit, now. There’s more variety. Certainly, I would like to see “One Life” and “All My Children” come back, but the reality is we’re in a different economic environment now in the television business.”
Simply put… No.
Can someone explain how Katie can cost $80 million to produce?
We live in a world of insanity. Most all these shows are just commercials for celebrities pitching shows, movies or books. The hosts go on each other’s shows to promote themselves. It’s total commercialism and garbage. The shows’ content is commercials, then they cut to ads, and we pay exorbitant cable bills to watch nothing but commercials.
Anne the networks dont want anybody to know that.Can somebody tell me why they cancelled AMC and OLTL and put on a idiotic show like the Spew and Katie Couric show?You can produce both AMC and OLTL for the cost they are producing the Katie Couric show.
NO NO NO NO NO NO WON’T be watching these..GIVE me back my SOAP..OLTL.. KATIE will never get the ratings that IT did and if she happens to.. I STILL WON’T WATCH IT!! Blehhhhh won’t watch any of them!!
All three will FLOP for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not watching ANY of them. Period (Networks, advertisers are you listening??). I’d rather watch dust fall on my furniture. Same crap, every day. Talking heads, cackling and bickering hens. Blah, blah, blah. Bring back OLTL.
Ditto.
Again, advertisers are you watching because we are not on the same channel!!!!
I agree !!!!!!!!!
ARE YOU KIDDING? I will not watch a minute of any of these shows especially Katie’s. Nothing against her personally but I WANT MY SOAPS BACK WHERE THEY BELONG. GH has been on at 2 p.m. central for nearly 50 years! That is where it belongs & I miss OLTL & AMC more than ever. Damn it.
No Way!! GH and then cable channels to watch old reruns (stories that have a plot). No talk shows of any kind are acceptable.
No Katie. No Chew. I will only watch General Hospital. I sooooo miss One Life to Live. Please note I am very happy some of the OLTL characters are on GH. It makes not seeing OLTL easier. Frank are Ron are doing a great job with GH. I would love to see more favorite GH characters return and additional OLTL characters added.
I watched a bit of each new show today and found them all the same. After twenty-five years of Oprah, I don’t think anyone can copy that, it has all been said and done, and a lot better. Do networks have old episodes of soaps in vaults somewhere? If so, I rather watch re runs of old soaps than these talk shows. I would love to see Another World again from the beginning, or soaps that were cancelled. That shouldn’t cost any money at all. If you are in the business reading this, I think there would be market for… Read more »
I agree, Mary. Unfortunately it seems like no one wants to distribute them. I would LOVE to see Santa Barbara again especially with Robin Mattson as I am loving her on General Hospital right now. I think it has to do with the rights. I worked copyright for one of these major companies and they like to keep their rights and not give them out. There is probably an issue with the music and their not having all the rights to run them or something. That is the problem with the old sitcom WKRP. I remember when one of the… Read more »
Well, that is just sad that all those shows will sit on the shelf somewhere instead of entertaining an old and new generation. Perhaps we can only hope for the day when some network will realize there was a reason this format, daytime drama, lasted as long as it did and reinvest in its return. If Dallas came make a come back, perhaps others can too. Daytime talk, is not entertaining, listening to someone’s battle with the disease of the week is not entertaining. Informative, maybe, tugs on your heart, yes, but not entertaining. Love in the afternoon, was entertaining
Talk shows, what a novel idea. Why didn’t someone think of this decades ago! Call me old fashioned but I want Love In The Afternoon. The soap fans sent the Revolution and GAA packing and look forward to doing the same to the Oprah wannabe!
I don’t think these shows will make a dent over missing our beloved soaps…NO WAY !!!!!
Jeff should stick to survivor !!!!!!!!!!! His show sounds like a lot of bull to me..All three do…
I think he will have to. His overnight ratings were not that good, nor were Steve Harvey’s or Ricki Lake. Then again, they are not on everywhere.
They are saying Katie’s were impressive. But 2.8 is the first day and it is not the numbers Y&R get. It falls between B&B & DAYS. I bet her numbers go down.
Boy, with comments like this: ” “During pregnancy, I didn’t really think about it,” she told the talk show host [Katie Couric] of her expanding figure. “I thought my doctors were telling me that it was just a lot of water and whenever my water broke my whole entire stomach would go down but that did not happen. All the weight did not come out with the baby!” and, what I heard was pretty much an infomercial for Weight Watchers for the first half hour. What an airhead. I am so glad that OLTL and AMC got canceled and that… Read more »
Just got thru catching Imus in the morning they discussed Sheryl Crow on Katie yesterday and she tried to say she got cancer from her cell phone. They really let people on that are that stupid, soap fans I do not want to read that you are watching this loon at least we know soaps are fairy tales.
I have no interest in talk shows, especially anything on ABC. If they were to return OLTL, I’d continue my 35+ years of faithful viewing and also resume watching their other programs, such as the ABC News, 20/20, etc. I’m not holding my breath though…
The only thing I still watch on ABC is GH. That’s not going to change. What’s interesting to note is that they seem to be advertising several new “soaps” for their prime time, night slots, one ad calling it a “guilty pleasure.” I think I’ve heard that before when we were all battling ABC to leave us ladies (and some men) our soaps. For a genre “that had run it’s course” they sure are investing a lot of money into these new shows. Obviously they know there was still an audience for soaps, and want to use them to build… Read more »