'One Life to Live' Taped Final ABC Episode This Past Friday - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 11-19-2011, 12:01 PM

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/11/18/on...bc/#more-65987

catlover79 · 11-19-2011, 05:21 PM

"...and another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust."

MickeyMac · 11-20-2011, 02:56 PM

80sTrivia · 11-20-2011, 04:38 PM

Sad to see OLTL go. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed about the online version...

Schmoopie · 11-20-2011, 08:23 PM

Anyone know when the last episode is going to air? Because I used to be an OLTL fanatic (even met a lot of the cast!), so I think I'm going to DVR it. Probably won't be watching online though.

comedyfreak · 11-24-2011, 09:41 AM

Online is dead:

Updated: Effort To Put 'All My Children' & 'One Life To Live' Online Ends In Failure

Categories: 1-Featured,Daytime and Soap Opera TV Ratings

Written By Bill Gorman

November 23rd, 2011

Deadline.com is reporting that Prospect Park, who has been trying to put together terms to put productions of All My Children and One Life To Live online "are still trying to find a last-minute solution to keep the soap online venture going but feel pressed into a corner and may decide to pull the plug as soon as today."

No surprise to anyone with even the slightest knowledge of TV economics. There was no chance that a production even remotely like the existing TV shows could be sustained by online advertising alone. Anyone who thought that was in Fantasyland. Prospect Park almost certainly needed a cable network to pick up part (or most) of the tab for some sort of telecast rights, but it doesn't look like they were able to do that.

Back in September, I asked how much fans would be willing to pay to watch the shows online, because there was no way they were going to see them for free. Now, it appears they aren't likely to see them at all.

Update: It's over. Prospect Park released the following statement:

After five months of negotiations with various guilds, hundreds of presentations to potential financial and technology partners, and a hope that we could pioneer a new network for the future, it is with great disappointment that we are suspending our aspirations to revive One Life To Live and All My Children via online distribution. It is now becoming clear that mounting issues make our ability to meet our deadlines to get OLTL on the air in a reasonable time period following its Jan. 13, 2012 ABC finale impossible.

We believed the timing was right to launch an Online TV Network anchored by these two iconic soap operas, but we always knew it would be an uphill battle to create something historical, and unfortunately we couldn’t ultimately secure the backing and clear all the hurdles in time. We believe we exhausted all reasonable options apparent to us, but despite enormous personal, as well as financial cost to ourselves, we failed to find a solution.

While we narrowed in on a financial infrastructure, the contractual demands of the guilds, which regulate our industry, coupled with the program’s inherent economic challenges ultimately led to this final decision. In the end, the constraints of the current marketplace, including the evolution and impact of new media on our industry simply proved too great a match for even our passion.

In our opinion, new models like this can only work with the cooperation of many people striving to make them happen, and we would like to thank and praise the numerous people who tried to help and showed us incredible support. We are extremely grateful to the fans and media who showed great support to us through this process, to ABC who did everything in their control to help, and we are especially grateful for the support and encouragement from many of the soaps’ cast and crew themselves.

We hope that our efforts are not lost, and that we somehow created a dialogue and movement on the feasibility of first run, network quality content online. Of special note, we would like to thank Frank Valentini (Executive Producer), Ron Carlivati (Head Writer of OLTL), Agnes Nixon, many of the cast of OLTL including Michael Easton, Ted King, Kelley Missal, Melissa Archer, and of course Erika Slezak all of whom signed on quickly and did all they could to help, as well as our own Christine Sacani. Cameron Mathison and Lindsay Hartley also get our sincerest thanks for their support. We feel terrible we couldn’t come through for them and we were very much looking forward to working together.

MickeyMac · 11-25-2011, 05:54 PM

I am dissapointed this happened, but not suprised. Sadly soaps are going the way of the westerns.

jacoboram75 · 02-06-2012, 05:58 AM

I used to be an OLTL fanatic (even met a lot of the cast!), so I think I'm going to DVR it. Probably won't be watching online though.

11-19-2011, 12:01 PM	#1
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11-24-2011, 09:41 AM	#6
comedyfreak Cheers! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Dec 14, 2005 Location: Sunny California Posts: 11,058	Online is dead: Updated: Effort To Put 'All My Children' & 'One Life To Live' Online Ends In Failure Categories: 1-Featured,Daytime and Soap Opera TV Ratings Written By Bill Gorman November 23rd, 2011 Deadline.com is reporting that Prospect Park, who has been trying to put together terms to put productions of All My Children and One Life To Live online "are still trying to find a last-minute solution to keep the soap online venture going but feel pressed into a corner and may decide to pull the plug as soon as today." No surprise to anyone with even the slightest knowledge of TV economics. There was no chance that a production even remotely like the existing TV shows could be sustained by online advertising alone. Anyone who thought that was in Fantasyland. Prospect Park almost certainly needed a cable network to pick up part (or most) of the tab for some sort of telecast rights, but it doesn't look like they were able to do that. Back in September, I asked how much fans would be willing to pay to watch the shows online, because there was no way they were going to see them for free. Now, it appears they aren't likely to see them at all. Update: It's over. Prospect Park released the following statement: After five months of negotiations with various guilds, hundreds of presentations to potential financial and technology partners, and a hope that we could pioneer a new network for the future, it is with great disappointment that we are suspending our aspirations to revive One Life To Live and All My Children via online distribution. It is now becoming clear that mounting issues make our ability to meet our deadlines to get OLTL on the air in a reasonable time period following its Jan. 13, 2012 ABC finale impossible. We believed the timing was right to launch an Online TV Network anchored by these two iconic soap operas, but we always knew it would be an uphill battle to create something historical, and unfortunately we couldn’t ultimately secure the backing and clear all the hurdles in time. We believe we exhausted all reasonable options apparent to us, but despite enormous personal, as well as financial cost to ourselves, we failed to find a solution. While we narrowed in on a financial infrastructure, the contractual demands of the guilds, which regulate our industry, coupled with the program’s inherent economic challenges ultimately led to this final decision. In the end, the constraints of the current marketplace, including the evolution and impact of new media on our industry simply proved too great a match for even our passion. In our opinion, new models like this can only work with the cooperation of many people striving to make them happen, and we would like to thank and praise the numerous people who tried to help and showed us incredible support. We are extremely grateful to the fans and media who showed great support to us through this process, to ABC who did everything in their control to help, and we are especially grateful for the support and encouragement from many of the soaps’ cast and crew themselves. We hope that our efforts are not lost, and that we somehow created a dialogue and movement on the feasibility of first run, network quality content online. Of special note, we would like to thank Frank Valentini (Executive Producer), Ron Carlivati (Head Writer of OLTL), Agnes Nixon, many of the cast of OLTL including Michael Easton, Ted King, Kelley Missal, Melissa Archer, and of course Erika Slezak all of whom signed on quickly and did all they could to help, as well as our own Christine Sacani. Cameron Mathison and Lindsay Hartley also get our sincerest thanks for their support. We feel terrible we couldn’t come through for them and we were very much looking forward to working together.
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11-20-2011, 02:56 PM	#3
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11-25-2011, 05:54 PM	#7
MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,004	I am dissapointed this happened, but not suprised. Sadly soaps are going the way of the westerns.

02-06-2012, 05:58 AM	#8
jacoboram75 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 06, 2012 Posts: 7	Escort Bayan I used to be an OLTL fanatic (even met a lot of the cast!), so I think I'm going to DVR it. Probably won't be watching online though.