Roth better be prepared for lousy ratings when his “Revolution” show starts. NO ONE will be watching!

Yeah well I’m not sorry to say this is one revolution I won’t be taking part in. I’ve had enough of these reality programs, they are practically interchagable at this point and you can bet I won’t be watching this or “The Chew” when they replace my beloved soaps. If ABC will remember NBC tried something similar when they took off Passions for 4 hours of The Today Show ad people who watched the first 2 hours continued to do so and then tuned out for the other two till they ended up going back to their morning show’s regular hours, only by that chance Passions was already gone. Just like the excess 2 hours of The Today Show that was trimmed, “The Revolution” and “The Chew” will be trimmed as well because there’s no way daytime viewers are going to be watching cheap crap in lieu of the beloved soaps we’ve watched for years.

own said no. does oprah not realize that housewives /soap fans start with amc and watch thru gh then watch oprah next… she owes these shows because she followed the masters its really sad.

Michael, have you ever interviewed Claire Labine? Any chance of getting her back to GH, even as a consultant? As I see it, she is the last hope of ABC’s Last Remaining Soap…

i feel like half of me will be gone without one life to live. i am 35 yr. old male and i have been watching oltlsince i was 12yrs old with my mom. i record it every day and watch at night. this show is unique and i feel like i am losing part of my family. i will never watch any shows on abc ever again, i will not let my son watch shows on abc anymore either. you lost a viewer for life and i hope many more follow in mt fashion

I hope ABC fails completely with there new line up…There is enough reality TV and one to many food and health shows. I guess the only health about it that may work out for some people is getting them out of the house during soap hours once AMC and OLTL are no longer on.

THis is very sad like losing a family member.. I wouldn’t spit on The Chew and bleep the revolution i will be tuning out abc altogether

A big sucks!! I do not need anymore talk shows. From a woman who is a house wife. I love a little drama during the day! It is fun and i look foward to it every day. You are making a big mistake. I will just change the channel. A big hands down to you! I love oltl.

I wonder would GH entertain the ideal of some actors coming to the show..

My List:

Mr Easton
Mr.Goldin

Far as the cancellation iof OLTL and AMC, they didn’t pull in great #’s, Y&R crushed AMC in the ratings….But who knows maybe this is a publicity stunt to get people to watch both of the shows…

But I wouldn’t mind Michael Easton coming to GH as a Cassadine, or someone who falls in love with a Cassadine..LOL

But i still want my Jasam baby, Twins like Cain and Lily

I hope that a network does pick them up! I know I’ll watch. As for the callous comment about how OLTL & AMC did pull in great numbers…. Umm…. OK well I guess OLTL beating GH for the #3 spot last week was all in our imaginations. And I suppose the fact that OLTL pulls equal ratings numbers as GH for some time now is all made up too. Yeah…. sorry but OLTL helped keep GH on air & helped them to be able to do their big stunts over the years by the fact that they ALWAYS came in under budget. So excuse me but I’m tired of hearing all this smack talk about OLTL cause it’s not true! And GH needs to get their collective house in order cause if this network can hang SUSAN LUCCI (the face of ABC daytime) out to dry on every talk show, while she’s promoting her book, then the writing is on the wall. The mob & bad storytelling, isn’t going to cut it anymore. And I know that I will not be watching any of these new shows that replace AMC or OLTL. I’m disgusted by the shadiness & the lies the network told not only to us fans, but to both of the soaps. It’s a sad day when people are treated as collateral damage. Enough with reality TV & talk shows, give me a good scripted drama any day of the week.

I am done with ABC, soap viewers are loyal and I believe ABC will regret dismissing us daytime viewers. ABC can have their cheap reality/talk shows because I will no longer be watching that network after the last episode of OLTL airs.

If everyone starts sending letters, emails and campaigning for AMC and OLTL maybe Oprah’s OWN channel or another channel will change their mind and pick them up. Isn’t Oprah a big fan of AMC?

i hope that the chew and the revaluate get chewed up by ratings for taking these two wonderful creations off the air the very thought of more talk shows makes me nauseated. ABC YOU BROKE OUR HEARTS SHAME ON YOU_

What about ABC’s sister cable channel, SoapNet???? I’m very surprised that NO ONE has mentioned the possiblity of these 2 shows contuinuing there, especially since they also show the same day episodes of all 3 ABC soaps!!!! I think that they would be the logical choice to keep them on! But if that’s not possible, what would happen to the channel itself?

So other networks are not interested in OLTL or AMC? The Oprah Winfrey Network is top heavy with reality shows. Apparently, its executives are not any brighter or responsive than those at Disney/ABC. Does no one in network television understand there is a significant proportion of viewers who loathe reality shows, who actually want fictional entertainment? Or is it that since reality shows are cheaper to produce, the networks will not offer anything else because it fails to maximize their profits, regardless of viewer preference?

Disney/ABC and Brian Frons think viewers want a reality lifestyle show named The Chew hosted by an unattractive, obese man with a ponytail who walks around in baggy shorts. You have to be deaf, dumb, and blind to think anyone would prefer this to OLTL and six-time Emmy winner Erika Slezak.

Americans have to stop feeding from the trough of pig slop that is network reality television if we aspire to watch anything of quality, or network television might as well end now before it suffocates Western civilization in its own filth.

I hate reality tv keep my soaps

Oprah would be so lucky to have AMC or OLTL on her network. I’ve watched the channel a few times, and I must say, I’m not impressed. Think of the millions of viewers you would gain to your new network, by putting the shows with strong fan bases among the lineup….I’m just saying, You might want to rethink this.

If you think Oprah is the place for the two soaps, people need to start writing to her and let her know what you want!

Can’t believe that they will be gone soon, after spending a life time with them. Stop and think what you are doing to soap fans….

Even if I’m from Canada , I’m still very disapointed in seeing that they will terminate , One Life To Live , I’m very sad and angry , For me I don’t watch reality shows , after awhile you get to many of those , Please change your mind and leave us our soaps , we don’t want to lose our family that we love so much , or ask Oprah to put it in hers .

SHAME ON YOU MICKEY MOUSE!! YOU HAVE BECOME A REAL RAT!!!

Enough of ABC, already. How in the he!! can you cancel 2 of the best soaps on modern t.v. and replace with some lame reality show? I am so sick of reality t.v.

This is an excellent idea IMO. The fans will follow the shows wherever they go. Just as we follow our favorite actors when they leave our favorite shows and take on bigger and brighter jobs. The key is tapping into the audience most likely to follow the shows. And today the best place to find that audience is online. People will watch Erica Kane and Viki Lord to wherever they can find them. How many followed Tristan to Y&R? How many began watching Y&R when Genie Francis joined the show? If I could have Robert and Laura I would prefer it. I will take what I can get, though, as the actors are who impress me most of all. We the fans aren’t ignorant of the facts – we just don’t want to be flushed down the toilet. Give us some respect and you’ll find us quite amenable. Being condescending ain’t gonna cut it. Thanks Michael for these articles. They give me the warm fuzzies. :-}

Big mistake for OWN not to consider picking up the soaps… I have no interest in her network but would have gladly tuned in for AMC?OLTL.

It’s very heart breaking for me to see AMC to be canceled, my mother was a big fan of the show and after she passed away in 2002 I started watching, I’m a fan of OLTL so I watch both shows and still feel my mother sitting with me everyday at 1pm while I watch her soap, so for me AMC and OLTL are very personal for me being canceled, I’m really hoping that another network picks up these 2 soaps but I don’t know…here we are, it’s May and AMC goes off the air in September, if a network is going to take over these 2 soaps they need to act now and not wait until the last minute, somebody, anybody, please save our soaps now.

Not only do I not watch “The Chew”, and have no intention of ever watching “The Revolution”, I will not watch much of Channel 7 at all. Once “Desperate Houswives”, “Body of Proof”, and “Once Upon a Time” are gone, so am I!