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Wall Street Journal: Prospect Park's Pitch for More Investors for OLTL & AMC's move online!
There is a very interesting read for all soap fans and those in the industry out today from the Wall Street Journal’s Digital Network’s, Peter Kafka. In it, Kafka details part of the overall investment pitch and the goals for Prospect Park moving One Life to Live and All My Children to the web come January, and that according to Kafka, Prospect Park’s Jeff Kwatinetz still needs some additional funding to make the project work as he has envisioned. Here are some excerpts below!
Wall Street Journal: “Kwatinetz and his Prospect Park production firm want to take two long-running ABC soap operas – “All My Children”, which went off the air in September, and “One Life to Live”, which will end in January — and start making new episodes that should look and sound exactly like the originals. Except you’ll need a broadband connection to watch them. If you’re one of the people who thinks many folks no longer make a distinction between stuff they watch on TV and stuff they watch on the Web, this will make perfect sense. But Kwatinetz has yet to win over enough financial backers, which is why he’s now talking to people like me, hoping we’ll help him make his case.
Cost: An average hour of one of his soaps currently costs ABC around $160,000 to make, which is outrageously cheap for TV but fantastically expensive for the Web. But Kwatinetz says he’s not going to be able to save much money when he moves the shows online — he’ll still be paying the same writers, actors and production staff. Overall, he figures he’ll need around $80 million to produce both shows for a year, and $65 million in hand to start up production.
Audience: Both shows averaged around 2.5 million viewers an episode on ABC this year. But Kwatinetz thinks he can make a profit if he can just bring 10 percent of those eyeballs to the Web. That doesn’t seem outrageous given the commitment that some soap viewers make to their shows.
Revenues: This is the part requires the biggest leap of faith. Kwatinetz figures that if Web TV portals like Hulu can command $40 cpms for their stuff, he can, too. Particularly because his episodes will be new, not re-runs that aired days earlier. He also figures he can re-sell the shows to traditional cable down the road, and/or sell them via distributors like Apple’s iTunes.
But there’s a reason that no one is making video with TV-level budgets for the Web yet, and that’s because ad buyers aren’t paying up consistently for it. YouTube’s new plan, for instance, assumes that its channel partners will spend considerably less than $100,000 per hour to make their stuff for the site. And the stuff that runs on Hulu isn’t dependent on that advertising revenue — it’s built with TV ad dollars in mind.
Still, compared to some pitches we’ve seen win funding in the last couple years, this one seems almost conservative. But Kwatinetz still doesn’t have all of the cash he needs to go forward. “A lot of the investor pool that we go to are people with Hollywood backgrounds,” he says . “And while we feel that it’s obvious that convergence is here, we’ve met with an unusual amount of skepticism. So now we’re going out to Silicon Valley, and they seem to get it.”
Kwatinetz would like to have his shows up and running as soon as “One Life to Live” ends in mid-January, but unless he starts very soon it will be hard to hit that deadline.”
So if anyone with pockets books is out there and reading this, you may want to consider making this investment!
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‘All My Children’ Movie Writers for Lifetime Revealed: Ron Carlivati, Jamey Giddens and Leo Richardson
This week began and as reported with a spotlight article on Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos and how their production entity, Milojo, has been teeing up the All My Children reboot with Lifetime.
The L.A. Times featured the married couple, co-hosts of Live with Kelly and Mark, and former All My Children cast members (where they met and fell in love) about their plans to bring two All My Children movies to Lifetime and how they are working with the Agnes Nixon estate to make it come to fruition,
On Wednesday, it was revealed by Daytime Confidential, that All My Children reboot producer, Andrew Stearn handpicked none other than Ron Carlivati (ex-head writer, One Life to Live, General Hospital and Days of our Lives) and Jamey Giddens (who is the new co-head writer of The Young and the Restless, following his tenures on the writing teams of Beyond the Gates and Days of Our Lives), as the two scribes who will bring the first of two of Kelly and Mark’s All My Children movies to the page.
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RON CARLIVATI AND JAMEY GIDDENS CONFIRM THEIR BOARDING THE ALL MY CHILDREN MOVIE PROJECT
The second installment is said to be written by primetime writer Leo Richardson whose credits include: Star, Katy Keene and more recently the Penn Badgley (ex-Phillip Chancellor IV, The Young and the Restless) starring series, You.
Richardson also wrote for three years on the U.K.’s long-running soap, EastEnders. All My Children revival fans will recall Richardson’s name was attached as the writer for the first incarnation of the All My Children movies, entitled, Pine Valley.
Ron Carlivati took to X and confirmed he is indeed boarding the All My Children movie project. Carlivati shared, “So excited to share this news! Thanks to Andrew Stearn, Kelly Ripa, Mark Consuelos, Albert Bianchini and the Agnes Nixon estate for entrusting Jamey Giddens and me with the first of two planned All My Children movies for Lifetime! Stay tuned!”
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Jamey Giddens confirmed DC’s announcement by taking to his account on X and expressing, “I’ve been booked and busy in 2026. Thanks to Andrew Stearn, the Agnes Nixon estate, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos for entrusting Ron Carlivati, and me with the first of two planned All My Children movies for Lifetime!”
Some fans seemed to question how Giddens could be writing for the first All My Children movie at Lifetime, when he is the new co-head writer at The Young and the Restless with Dan O’Connor. Jamey answered that head on via X and explained, “We turned in our All My Children script months ago. My sole focus as of this past Monday, is Genoa City, Wisconsin! #YR”
ERICA KANE, MARIA SANTOS AND HAYLEY AND MATEO SANTOS TO APPEAR IN THE ALL MY CHILDREN MOVIE REVIVAL?
In the planned stories, Susan Lucci’s Erica Kane and Eva LaRue’s Maria Santos will be two characters whose lives we will get to see for the first time since the series was canceled by ABC back in 2011 after 41 years on the air. As well, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos confirmed they will make brief appearances on-screen; one could assume as Hayley and Mateo Santos.
“It’d be wonderful to give the fans something that they’ve been yearning for so many years,” shared Mark Consuelos to the LA Times. “All My Children gave me my family. I met my wife there. It gave me my start in the business. It gave us so much. It would be a dream to be able to give back.”
So, what do you think of Ron Carlivati and Jamey Giddens getting nod to write the All My Children movie #1 script and Leo Richardson #2? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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‘All My Children’ Revival Updates: Lifetime EVP Speaks on Why Proposed Movies are Great Fit, Mark Consuelos Wants To ‘Give Back’ to Fans
The All My Children revival via movies at Lifetime is still in the works from former series stars and marrieds, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, through their production company, Milojo.
The co-hosts of Live with Kelly and Mark were featured this week in a Los Angeles Times article which detailed their efforts to bring some of the citizens of Pine Valley back to your screens.
As previously reported, and reaffirmed by the L.A. Times, the All My Children movies will be set in the present day and focus on what beloved characters such as Erica Kane (Susan Lucci) and Maria Santos Gray (Eva LaRue) are doing now. In addition, Kelly Ripa confirmed that she and Mark Consuelos will also appear on screen briefly most likely appearing in their signature soap roles as Hayley and Mateo Santos.
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ALL MY CHILDREN MOVIES BRING NOSTALGIA THAT CAN BE MADE TO FEEL NEW AGAIN
Elaine Frontain Bryant, executive vice president and head of programming for A&E, Lifetime, and Lifetime Movie Network said of the All My Children reboot, “Lifetime is always interested in shows that kind of tap into a powerful nostalgia that can be made fresh for today’s audience. There’s a whole generation of women that have missed these stories and these characters.”
As for working with Kelly and Mark on the Lifetime movie versions of the soap, “They’re exactly the kind of partners you want at a brand,” expressed Bryant. “They’re trusted voices because every day they’re talking to their audience, which, a lot of times, is our audience. They bring a real credibility and have an authentic point of view. You meet Kelly and Mark and kind of what you see is what you get, and I think they bring that same authenticity to their development standards.”
Albert Bianchini, executive producer for Milojo, says he knows All My Children is so wildly popular with the fans of daytime. That was punctuated when seeing it in person, and how the energy was off the charts back in January of 2025 when Kelly participated along with Susan Lucci, former head writer, Lorraine Broderick and casting director, Judy Blye Wilson in a conversation with Andy Cohen at the 92nd Street Y in New York City.
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“I’ve never seen a crowd like that in my life. People were lined up around the block, recalled the Bianchini. “Everyone wanted to know, ‘When is (All My Children) coming back? We want more.’ We got to see that in real life and Kelly got to feel it in real life, and it made so much sense. I just know that the minute it gets out in the world, people will want more and more and more. There’s just a love there.”
Kelly Ripa added that they are, “working closely with Bob and Sarah Nixon, who are also serving as producers.” She recalled, “She (Agnes Nixon) was so far ahead of her time. She covered topics that weren’t being covered. It was extraordinary the audiences that the show drew, and she served them real stories that were affecting Americans across the country but weren’t necessarily being represented anywhere.”
“It’d be wonderful to give the fans something that they’ve been yearning for so many years,” shared Mark Consuelos. “All My Children gave me my family. I met my wife there. It gave me my start in the business. It gave us so much. It would be a dream to be able to give back.”
THE CANCELLATION AND STOPS AND STARTS OF ALL MY CHILDREN REBOOTS
All My Children aired on ABC from 1970 to 2011. It got a second chance at life when Prospect Park resurrected the show and brought it to The OnLine Network and Hulu for one season in 2013.
Recently, the series made a return through the estate of Agnes Nixon and is streaming internationally on BEONDTV and through their partnership with PlutoTV Canada with episodes starting in 1995. Fans hope original episodes will some day soon be available in the U.S. as well, but that could prove more difficult since ABC owns the rights to the episodes stateside.
Now 13 years later, while there is no word yet on a definitive production start date to the two movies at Lifetime, all the people involved seemed determined to make it come to life.
So, what do you think of the executive vice-president of Lifetime and LMN being enthusiastic about Kelly and Mark’s All My Children movie revivals? Are you wanting to see this come to fruition? Kelly and Mark seem to have made this a very high priority. Do you hope that by 2027 we might be able to get this to the finish the line and into production? Weigh-in via the comment section.
Starting on May 1, All My Children fans in Canada will be able to see classic episodes of the beloved former ABC soap opera when they stream on Pluto TV Canada.
Pluto TV picked-up the All My Children Channel that the Nixon family has created in partnership with BEONDTV +. The show which aired for 41 years on ABC and ended on the network in 2011, had so many memorable storylines and characters; the least of which is the enduring run of Erica Kane played by soap icon, Susan Lucci.
As previously reported, starting with episodes from the year 1995, which was the 25th anniversary of the soap. Pluto TV Canada viewers will be able to catch 8 episodes on repeat per day. With the success of the venture, the Nixons are hopeful that they will bring viewers many more years of the show to come.
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Sarah Nixon, producer, shared with Michael Fairman TV exclusively, “We are thrilled that Pluto TV has launched All My Children in Canada! Let’s hope the engagement from our incredibly loyal fans across the border will encourage ABC to bring it to the U.S.! We share what Aggie (Agnes Nixon) always felt, that it is the enthusiasm and love from the fans that has kept this legacy beloved and relevant – to this day!”
In addition, 0ne week ago, during Susan Lucci’s visit to Los Angeles promoting her book La Lucci, she was joined by her former Pine Valley castmates, Rebecca Budig (ex-Greenlee, AMC, now Taylor, B&B) and Eva LaRue (ex-Maria, AMC) and the trio posed for a pic. At that time, LaRue shared via Instagram, “NEW All My Children channel streaming classic episodes 24/7 now on Pluto TV Canada! Fingers crossed to watch soon on Pluto US.”
That was also confirmed this week by TV Watercooler’s Jeevan Brar who took to X and expressed, “The All My Children channel begins streaming this Friday, May 1 on Pluto TV Canada.
So, Canadian viewers, excited about Pluto TV’s All My Children channel? United States fans, hopeful from Sarah’s message that perhaps soon, we can see the beloved soap once again as well? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
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PLEASE bring these soaps back. I’ve boycotted ABC’s STUPID CHEW. I’ve been watching AMC since I was 10 years old. I am now 51. It sickens me that this show along with OLTL (another favorite) are being cancelled. There is still an audience. I watch a lot of stuff online and would have no problem using a computer to watch these shows. This is the 21st century and technology has taken over. A new way of watching television is a gimme. It’s gonna happen eventually so I hope that the funding is gotten. I would gladly pay to watch these shows again…Even if not all the cast members are coming back, as long as a handfull are there I am satisfied. Through the years I have seen numerous cast changes. That’s bound to happen. Keep Pine Valley and Llanview alive…
Thanks for listening.
Tracy Peterson
This article, while informative …Is very unsettling for the fans of ALL MY CHILDREN…Since One Life to Live seems to be in a better position, at this time.
This will be interesting to watch. Investors take risks, but they want to see numbers/projections. They’ve got nothing to compare (I think?). But this is the future as more TV helps to dumb down a generation with meaningless reality shows (which in a strange twist have actually become more and more scripted!) Give me a meaty daytime drama filled with emotion, suspense, and quality actors any day!
I can see that he wants to charge the viewers to see these shows.Nobody I know is going to pay for these shows.Also,I can see that this is not going to come to fruition at all.Everyone say goodbye to all my children and one life to live.If you are not watching the young and the restless or days of our lives or bold and beautiful,start watching them now or 2 years from now there will be no soaps left because our economy is not going to get better.The name of the game is no cost television,stupid,dumb talk shows and idotic moronic reality shows.
People pay to support PBS because of the quality and educational content. People buy broadband, cable, and satellite programming. Soaps are unique in offering a new episode five days a week. Personally, I find OLTL more entertaining than most prime time programming that I would pay to see it or tolerate advertising.
Prospect Park’s Kwatinetz thinks he can make a profit if just 10% of current viewers will watch online. I don’t know what it takes to make a profit online, but I think Kwatinetz is underestimating the number of viewers who will watch online. But more importantly, the online distinction itself will be meaningless as people increasing own internet televisions where they can download content no different than if it was broadcast, except the viewer chooses the time to watch. This is the future of television.
Furthermore, unlike existing limited broadcast markets, internet delivery of OLTL has the potential to reach millions of new viewers internationally.
An important factor that should also be considered, and should make this more attractive to investors, is the fact that shows seen online require viewers to watch the advertisements. At least it’s been my experience that there’s no fast-forwarding through commercials; something most of us do with everything we DVR from television.
With a sign-in system and customers setting up user accounts it also provides valuable demographic experience much more precise that the traditional TV ratings system has ever been able to provide. Another reason this venture would be a such a good investment.
With internet sites finding ways to secretly track our every move, what a treasure trove of demographic/trend data this is to marketers/advertisers! Maybe PP can get into the game. Of course, the problem is skirting privacy issues.
Privacy is a huge concern. However, I am pessimistic about ever having real privacy on the Internet ever again; especially with Homeland Security announcing they are going to track social media like Facebook and Twitter even more closely as a result of the “Occupy Movement” sweeping the nation.
Maybe the best we can hope for is the possibility that the privacy we unwittingly and unwillingly surrender when we go online will help pay for some of the programming we’d like to see.
A distressing trade-off, but realistically I think it’s the best we can hope for. Your reply sure raised an important point.
Ron Klopfanstein: If you are on the internet nothing is really ever private – the public must realize and come to terms with that whether they like it or not. PLUS the government has been monitoring our electronic movements (phone calls, etc) for years – it’s nothing new. Selling demographic/trend data to marketers/advertisers (of course with subscriber permission) would be a revenue driver for sure, but to what extent? What about selling stock in PP to the public? I can see this happen down the road (hey if a co. like LinkedIn can do it, surely PP should consider it an option). But again, PP needs to prove that it can generate income.
OK, so things aren’t so rosy with Prospect Park. I’m not being the bearer of negativity, but it would seem to me that Prospect Park should have waited until the funding was in place before making any announcements to bring the shows to the web. They created inaccurate expectations of what was going to happen, and they should be ashamed of themselves.
AMC and OLTL are both Agnes Nixon creations. Perhaps in their new incarnations they become one (ONE LIFE TO LIVE FOR ALL MY CHILDREN). If money is an issue for Prospect Park, perhaps one combined show with the characters from both who, honestly, reside in proximity of one another. Heck, if anyone was left alive in Corinth, maybe a LOVING character might surface.
I am a fan of AMC & OLTL, but more so for OLTL and I’m sorry….but I don’t want to see the AMC characters making their way to LLanview or vice versa. Sorry, but if I saw Ryan Lavery show up in LLanview, I would be forced to turn the channel. The writing and acting for OLTL has been far superior to AMC, in my opinion, and I think trying to merge the two shows together would somehow muddy the waters for both shows. Not to mention, that still wouldn’t solve the problem of salaries for the actors, writers and crew….one big show with all those characters means that actors would have to fight each other for camera time….which would make it a painful experience for the fans.
A ‘living’ character? Like Oprah? Since she flatly refused to help keep the soaps on TV, maybe a nice contribution would ease her consious?? Or is she too busy with her network trying to dig it out of the hole it is in?
How in the world are these shows going to be up and ready to go for Janury 16?!
I wonder that as well. They must have start up money, as they are offering the actors a similar if not better offer than they have now. Will they be able to maintain the show I think is where the worry comes in.
I for one have no clue how to view this, where to view it, and have yet to see any advertising for it. Other than these blogs. Which reveal next to nothing.
Here’s something to think about…
If both shows averaged 2.5 million viewers daily, then if only half of those people were willing to invest in our shows, then we could totally fund the start-up costs ($65 million)and production costs for the first year ($80 million) for an investment of $116 each. Then Prospect Park would have what they need to get BOTH shows started, and then a year to get their feet on the ground. Do the math!
I would be more than willing to pay a one-time investment of $116 to have AMC and OLTL back. The amount that we would actually have to pay could even be less, because we know that Prospect Park does have some investers (very smart people with an eye for the future). I think we should ask Prospect Park to give us a figure so that we can help come up with the needed funds.
Perhaps as an additional incentive (in addition to having our shows back), Prospect Park could start a new tradition similar to Super Soap Weekend, and give all of us who helped make the shows possible a lifetime pass, or special chats online with our favorite stars, or parts as extras on the show, or who knows?
Good article
I am keeping my fingers crossed that OLTL will hit online on Mon. Jan 16th. I hope PP will find the financial backing to do it. I can’t live without my One Life to Live.
I think Prospect Park is preparing fans for some grim news. I doubt sufficient funds will materialize. Soap fans- time to get real, All My Children will not see the light of day again. One Life has a few more months. The end of an era. I wish I had never heard the name Prospect Park. Much ado about nothing.
It sounds like there are an awful lot of things in the way of making this happen! I knew it was too good to be true! We’ll be lucky if OLTL returns but it looks bad for AMC because it already ended!
Show some Vimal and Rama Patel video to investors in India. With the right storyline for the Patels, OLTL could catch on in India.
I just read an article that PP will only be focusing their launch on OLTL to the online network. As an avid viewer of OLTL, I feel bad for all those AMC viewers. It just didnt seem right to me that AMC was going to get launched. I still have my fingers crossed for my beloved OLTL, but its a sad day for AMC viewers. Since I am also reading that several actors from OLTL are not signing on, perhaps some pine valley residents could move into Llanview. We have to move forward. I don’t want the history of OLTL to change completely, but actors from other soaps have crossed over before with great success. The cast of OLTL continues to deliver great performances. Keep it up, OLTL.
Good luck Jeff and thanks sooooo much for what you are doing. God Bless You from fans and actors alike!