All My Children and One Life to Live: Internet Bound!
They're alive!
Two months after All My Children and One Life to Live were canceled by ABC, the network announced today that the soap opera would be revived via the Internet.
What will this mean as far as budget, casts and other details go? It's unclear at the moment. But ABC has entered into a multi-year licensing deal with media firm Prospect Park, whose reps - Rich Frank and Jeff Kwatinetz - released the following statement today:
“We are privileged to continue the legacy of two of the greatest programs to air on daytime television, and are committed to delivering the storylines, characters and quality that audiences have come to love for over 40 years. ‘All My Children’ and ‘One Life to Live’ are television icons, and we are looking forward to providing anytime, anywhere viewing to their loyal community of millions. Technology changes the way the public can and will view television shows.
Now that there are so many devices available in addition to television sets, viewers are taking advantage of watching shows wherever they are and on any number of devices. The driving force in making the switch and attracting new audiences is to have outstanding programs that people want to watch. We believe that by continuing to produce the shows in their current hour format and with the same quality, viewers will follow the show to our new, online network.”
Details will follow. But All My Children airs its final ABC broadcast on Friday, September 23, while One Life to Live will do so in January.
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January 9th, 2012 11:30 AM
where will i be able to find oltl on the internet at? if someone would give me a web sit address thanks and when does it start online
January 1st, 2012 1:57 AM
I NEED AMC AND OLTL TO BE ON THE INTERNET, DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN? I'M SICK OF FOOD SHOWS AND I'LL NEVER WATCH THE REVALUTION. PLEASE SEND ME AN ANSWER. THANK YOU
October 4th, 2011 7:47 PM
I have been a loyal fan of AMC since day one, used to take my lunch from 1-2 so I would not miss it. I am now retired and miss it very much. I would love to know when and how I can begin watching again on the internet. Please ensure the fans of this show and OLTL know how we can follow our fav. soaps
October 4th, 2011 5:07 PM
I miss all my children . I miss the cast . I have watched the show since I was very young. I was hoping soap network would pick it up. But if the only way I can watch it is online I plan on watching .
October 3rd, 2011 9:43 PM
At least put it on Soap net so we can at least tape to watch it later... Like the reruns at 3am...I have watched this show since it's beginning in 1970 before Arica was EVER married, when I was a teenager... PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!!!
September 27th, 2011 1:10 AM
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH EVERYONE ELSE ABOUT AMC.YOU DO FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE LOST SOMEONE SPECIAL.I HAVE WATCHED THE SHOW FOR YEARS AND WOULD ALSO RECORD WHEN AT WORK.I WOULD GET OFF WORK AND PICK UP DINNER AND GO TO PINE VALLEY FOR 1 HOUR.HOW AND WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO PUT ON INTERNET AND WHY CAN'T IT GO ON ANOTHER CABLE CHANNEL.SO DISAPPOINTED IN ABC.
September 26th, 2011 12:12 AM
I have watchd thes shows since the begining and evan when I couldn'nt watch them on time I would tape them to watch at my convenience . Please tell me How I can see them online and when. Thank you
September 25th, 2011 6:46 PM
please help me! I need to know how to get AMC, & OLTL online, what website?? When does it come on?? Will it work w/ my iPad? Been online for 2 hrs & can't find any answers!! Tomorrow is the 26th! PLEASE TELL ME!!!
September 25th, 2011 4:38 PM
how do I find the new AMC & OLTL online?? What web site?? When do they start?? I only have an iPad , will I be able to get these shows?? And for what it's worth ----- I hate ABC for putting $ before how all this effects people's lives, the actors, their family,the crew, etc. ABC SHOW "the chew" looks like crap, nobody will "swallow" that !!!
September 24th, 2011 1:34 PM
I watched the very first episode of AMC on Jan 5, 1970 my 22th birthday. I was hooked and have been a loyal AMC fan for almost 42 years. Two years earlier on July 15, 1968,I had become a loyal fan of OLTL with its first episode. OLTL and I had a first anniversary in my hospital room, the day after the birth of my first child, a daughter. My love for the soaps began on April 1, 1963. I watched the first episode of GH at the age of 15 when I was home sick from school with my aunt. A date now marked forever in my mind. On April 1, 2002 my first granddaughter was born.
These three soaps have been a large part of my life. I watced the last episode of AMC yesterday and fell as if there has been a death in the family.
To ABC: I will not be watching the Chew or any other new series on ABC. When OLTL is gone; I will only watch GH until it is canceled.
To the sponsors of the Chew: I will boycott your products, and send out emails asking friends to do the same.