I hope the wait for season two is not months.

Can’t wait – Hope the return fan favorite surprise will be John McBain played by Michael Easton. Miss “JOLIE” and still feel robbed by FV/RC. One can only wish for and hope!! Will watch – can’t wait!

I wait for prime time shows. I dont wait for soaps, sorry.

Don’t hold your breath everyone. I think it’s important to notice what they are NOT saying more than what they have said. We all know this is a very amateur show. It would have had more of a chance on the networks (and I DO NOT INCLUDE OWN), but this venue is just not ready to handle the task. You are just getting into an episode when it suddenly stops and it’s done for the day. Bad form. No continuity of story, they just jump all around trying to fit the whole cast in. Too many holes in the stories because of this. I think you can kiss AMC goodbye. Don’t watch the other one, so cannot comment. But sounds like they have put a fork in AMC. Too bad for the real pros, Jill Larson, Darnell, Debbie, Thor (who is so pitifully cast in this new Zach role) – think that’s it – because they are so talented and always come through. The newbies are just that. Maybe 1 newbie at a time, like they used to do on the network – but an entire cast of them. Doesn’t cut it. Personally, in spite of what I thought I’d do, I have watched. But sometimes don’t even get to it until mid-week. It’s just such a non-professional effort. And as far as the less important matters at hand and allowing for PP’s budget constraints, hair and makeup are just a disaster. Maybe that sounds shallow, but it is hard to look at some of the characters. Zach needs a good bath, haircut and shave, Brooke has had that hairdo since she first appeared on AMC (and she is still hard to look at), Debbie had great hairdos on the ‘old’ AMC – not this horrid pom pom she is featuring now. The sets are just that – sets. Looks like a high school production. I think Pete is adorable and Colby is quite talented. Celia is very pretty, but has horrid posture. She is round-shouldered. If she has some kind of a problem that causes that, then I apologize for the comment. But I think this entire thing should come back re-vamped, if indeed it is coming back. Get it together PP. Your heart is there (I think) but the talent pool needs cleaning.

What the hell? What happened to the no break between new episodes? We soap fans are tired of being jerked around. I understand that this is new territory and PP is learning as they go along, but it seems like we are constantly being slapped with changes in the number of episodes. I have come to love the online versions of both of these soaps, but I’m so tired of being hit with distressing news everytime we turn around! Season 2 better not be too far down the road, or I’m afraid many fans will just lose interest. These are soaps, not primetime series!

Hopefully it will be a short break.
If they don’t start filming in a week or two as planned,then start worrying.

Why won’t the kettle stirrers and whiny dingleberries learn to enjoy anticipation. A few weeks off isn’t so bad – sure beats over a year off the air. It is what is – unless you have insider information – why not take the press release at face value. If PP wasn’t going to continue to support AMC/OLTL – they wouldn’t bother with a press release. Get a GRIP – all of the naysayers and nincompoops are what has driven broadcast television to the depths of extinction. Enjoy the content and LOVE the RIDE!

I wish #AMC and #OLTL the best of success. However, PP clearly does not have a solid plan. I am not even going to begin to speculate why and how these latest changes have popped up.

Any additional lapses in the air of shows will kill the momentum and interest built in these early episodes. I feel bad for the actors and crew. They must feel uncertaintly – even more than they already have.

PP has experience producing shows. So, these twists and turns are absurd. I have never heard more excuses and change of directions.

All PP could do to win back credibility with me is to tell what they are going to do and why and then just do it. No excuses.

#OLTL has a significant writing problem. I understand that. It is obvious with what is playing in the episodes. They need to make changes with writers and story bibles. But to continue to complain that ABC damaged their Big three characters and killed off ancillary ones is ridiculous. Without ABC using those characters – folks may not even be as interested in the return of #OLTL now. It comes across as unprofessional to keep repeating that as if they are a wronged party.

PP had better get their house in order. I am weary from excuses, reversals and even more changes literally every few weeks.

There is only so much PR spin that can be spun. There are major problems. I will take a wait and see attitude. Time is of the essence for both shows.

I JUST WANT TSJ TO RETURN,

TV Guide on line has OLTL ranked as number 46 in the top 103 shows most watched. And AMC comes in as well in the top 103. I would really like to know how ABC feels about that? These shows are scoring high above things like CASTLE. Katie Couric didnt even make the list.

OLTL and AMC are picking up steam and wont be going any where any time soon.

Wow, all this bitching and moaning. My take is really if people don’t like the product, than don’t watch. Why waste the energy coming on here and bemoaning how these shows are not what you wanted.

Without PP we would have *nothing*. It’s not like they took away the chance for a reboot of the network soaps–and frankly, the past decade of ABC Daytime under Frons has not been great. Case in point, currently GH the past month has been unwatchable (IMHO,) stories that should have resonance like a baby with cancer play with no emotion, and we are stuck with stories that almost seem to mock soap opera. On the other hand AMC and OLTL currently are being written more like they were in their glory days.

ABC recently ahs gotten so conservative, that they barely even let characters MENTION the word abortion, let alone have one–yet AMC online managed to deal with the subject, and give fair eight to all the points of view about the issue, just as it would have before. I could go on… (In his last years on ABC, David on OLTL was written as a full out clown–he was not a character you could picture existing in the real world. Now, while David is still largely comic relief, he also has a realistic side to him.)

As for the model. PP are a work in progress. They’re figuring out how to make this work. I wish they would do more episodes a week (at least three) and would stop throwing all these curveballs–but I understand that they jumped into this VERY quickly and are figuring things out as they go. The actual quality of the content on both soaps improves each week–so obviously they’re doing that part right.

The fact that, listening to Jen Pepperman’s interview, you hear fans calling and BLAMING her and PP for their favorite characters not returning, shows how out of touch with reality some are. If the actors won’t or can’t come back, there’s nothing the show can do.

But, really, either you like the product or you don’t. If you don’t–don’t watch. Nobody owes the fans anything, all they can do is do what they think is best.