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ABC greenlights two new primetime soap opera pilots
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Lynn Kelly
Jan 30, 2012, 10:27:06 PM1/30/12
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From Michael Fairman Soaps:
"While ABC Daytime is all but destroyed from its former self, with the
influx of The Chew, and The Revolution, and the status of General
Hospital now consistently on the chopping block, the primetime
division of ABC apparently sees a resurgence in bringing back soapy
drama to the nighttime! Quite the paradox!"
http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/abc-greenlights-two-new-primetime-soap-opera-pilots-americana-and-nashville/2012/01/28/
"While ABC Daytime is all but destroyed from its former self, with the
influx of The Chew, and The Revolution, and the status of General
Hospital now consistently on the chopping block, the primetime
division of ABC apparently sees a resurgence in bringing back soapy
drama to the nighttime! Quite the paradox!"
http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/abc-greenlights-two-new-primetime-soap-opera-pilots-americana-and-nashville/2012/01/28/
terry
Feb 1, 2012, 11:48:21 PM2/1/12
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On Jan 30, 9:27 pm, Lynn Kelly <lynn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From Michael Fairman Soaps:
>
> "While ABC Daytime is all but destroyed from its former self, with the
> influx of The Chew, and The Revolution, and the status of General
> Hospital now consistently on the chopping block, the primetime
> division of ABC apparently sees a resurgence in bringing back soapy
> drama to the nighttime! Quite the paradox!"
>
> http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/abc-greenlights-two-new-primetime...
> From Michael Fairman Soaps:
>
> "While ABC Daytime is all but destroyed from its former self, with the
> influx of The Chew, and The Revolution, and the status of General
> Hospital now consistently on the chopping block, the primetime
> division of ABC apparently sees a resurgence in bringing back soapy
> drama to the nighttime! Quite the paradox!"
>
Not that I'd watch either one, but KDP would be a natural fit for
Nashville. I still have an episode of Time Trax where she played a
country music singer just starting out, who would later be a mega-
star. It was fun, and her songs were sweet. It had John deLancie in
it, too, always a bonus.
Terry
Francine
Feb 3, 2012, 8:46:46 AM2/3/12
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On Jan 30, 10:27 pm, Lynn Kelly <lynn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From Michael Fairman Soaps:
>
> "While ABC Daytime is all but destroyed from its former self, with the
> influx of The Chew, and The Revolution, and the status of General
> Hospital now consistently on the chopping block, the primetime
> division of ABC apparently sees a resurgence in bringing back soapy
> drama to the nighttime! Quite the paradox!"
>
> http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/abc-greenlights-two-new-primetime...
> From Michael Fairman Soaps:
>
> "While ABC Daytime is all but destroyed from its former self, with the
> influx of The Chew, and The Revolution, and the status of General
> Hospital now consistently on the chopping block, the primetime
> division of ABC apparently sees a resurgence in bringing back soapy
> drama to the nighttime! Quite the paradox!"
>
In keeping with my boycott of anything new on ABC, I will not watch
anything they put on the air.
It's bad enough that I still watch Desperate Housewives and Grey's
Anatomy. Although DH is soon history.
Francine "Boycott ABC!" Goldberg
mnke...@comcast.net
Feb 3, 2012, 12:33:50 PM2/3/12
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But i am very anti-ABC these days.
ABC= Allready Been Cancelled!
Rthrquiet
Feb 3, 2012, 9:10:01 PM2/3/12
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On Feb 3, 12:33 pm, mnkeeb...@comcast.net wrote:
> I'm with you, Francine. Pity... "Once Upon a Time" looks SOOOO cool.
> But i am very anti-ABC these days.
> ABC= Allready Been Cancelled!
Even if someone isn't boycotting just because he/she is angry, why
> I'm with you, Francine. Pity... "Once Upon a Time" looks SOOOO cool.
> But i am very anti-ABC these days.
> ABC= Allready Been Cancelled!
would any sane person risk getting invested on ANYTHING on ABC given
how cancellation-happy ABC has become? I just don't have it in me any
more to do that. I'm angry enough not to watch ABC just because, but
really, even if I weren't, there's a practical, self-protective reason
not to invest in anything ABC offers anymore.
Michael
mnke...@comcast.net
Feb 4, 2012, 4:29:54 AM2/4/12
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Maybe it's my age and all.. but remember when ABC was on TOP? When we
watched them kick-ass on Battle of the Network Stars? When they gave a
show more than 3 episodes before they gave it the ax or it would not
be there TO BEGIN WITH??
Exactly.... i miss the old ABC... pre-Disney.
Boffman
Feb 9, 2012, 10:15:21 AM2/9/12
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On Feb 4, 4:29 am, mnkeeb...@comcast.net wrote:
> On Feb 3, 6:10 pm, Rthrquiet <rthrqu...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > On Feb 3, 12:33 pm, mnkeeb...@comcast.net wrote:
>
> > > I'm with you, Francine. Pity... "Once Upon a Time" looks SOOOO cool.
> > > But i am very anti-ABC these days.
> > > ABC= Allready Been Cancelled!
>
> > Even if someone isn't boycotting just because he/she is angry, why
> > would any sane person risk getting invested on ANYTHING on ABC given
> > how cancellation-happy ABC has become? I just don't have it in me any
> > more to do that. I'm angry enough not to watch ABC just because, but
> > really, even if I weren't, there's a practical, self-protective reason
> > not to invest in anything ABC offers anymore.
>
> > Michael
>
> Exactly!!
> Maybe it's my age and all.. but remember when ABC was on TOP? When we
dirty dealings and blind amwatched them kick-ass on Battle of the
> On Feb 3, 6:10 pm, Rthrquiet <rthrqu...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > On Feb 3, 12:33 pm, mnkeeb...@comcast.net wrote:
>
> > > I'm with you, Francine. Pity... "Once Upon a Time" looks SOOOO cool.
> > > But i am very anti-ABC these days.
> > > ABC= Allready Been Cancelled!
>
> > Even if someone isn't boycotting just because he/she is angry, why
> > would any sane person risk getting invested on ANYTHING on ABC given
> > how cancellation-happy ABC has become? I just don't have it in me any
> > more to do that. I'm angry enough not to watch ABC just because, but
> > really, even if I weren't, there's a practical, self-protective reason
> > not to invest in anything ABC offers anymore.
>
> > Michael
>
> Exactly!!
> Maybe it's my age and all.. but remember when ABC was on TOP? When we
Network Stars? When they gave a
> show more than 3 episodes before they gave it the ax or it would not
> be there TO BEGIN WITH??
> Exactly.... i miss the old ABC... pre-Disney.
These new shows sound dreary. Sex crazed women, improbably buffed up
> show more than 3 episodes before they gave it the ax or it would not
> be there TO BEGIN WITH??
> Exactly.... i miss the old ABC... pre-Disney.
men, greed, bedroom antics, dirty dealings and blind ambition, bad
acting, models who havn't learned their craft, shallow writing, and
boring repetitive plot-lines. What these shows won;t have are
interesting, multi-dimensional characters who have Lives. These shows
will tank.
Francine
Feb 9, 2012, 1:27:04 PM2/9/12
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times in the past getting involved in a show and then having them
cancel it out from under me.
I hate being left hanging without closure.
Francine "Besides, my boycott gives me lots of free time!" Goldberg
CindiA
Feb 20, 2012, 1:51:46 PM2/20/12
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<snipped>.... i miss the old ABC... pre-Disney.
Ironically, I am a huge Disneyphile in every other way. But I hate what's
happened to ABC since they were bought by Disney. Not just AMC, to which I
was devoted for all those years. But watching so many other good shows be
cancelled, or just tank; or new shows that are crap to start with--just so
far below what used to be the ABC quality standards; and the relentless
shameless Disney self-promotion (like they need it, for God's sake). But I
confess that I still watch ABC shows, I really can't boycott the entire
network, there ARE other shows I occasionally like. And I hold out some hope
that someone, somewhere in that mess of a management will hear the hue (sp?)
and cry and save it from complete demise. [Do entire networks ever shut
down? Seems doubtful but at this rate ABC could be the first.]
Cindi
who checks in here now-and-then
in hopes of finding some good news
chicagofan
Feb 20, 2012, 3:53:07 PM2/20/12
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over. I don't know if it's their overall guidance or just the choice of
executives they have made, but this network certainly has not been
managed as well as their theme parks.
Unlike you, I don't watch anything in ABC primetime, except an
occasional Castle episode, and nothing in daytime, except GH until it is
gone. Unlikely I will be watching ABC in the future for a very long time.
bj
anim8rFSK
Feb 20, 2012, 6:03:30 PM2/20/12
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In article <jhubrk$4qm$1...@dont-email.me>, chicagofan <m...@privacy.net>
wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/201112_United_States_network_television_sch
edule#ABC
Returning series:
? 20/20[12]
? America's Funniest Home Videos[12]
? The Bachelor
? Body of Proof
? Castle[13]
? Cougar Town[13]
? Dancing with the Stars[12]
? Desperate Housewives[12]
? Extreme Makeover: Home Edition[12]
? Grey's Anatomy[13]
? Happy Endings
? The Middle[13]
? Modern Family[13]
? Primetime[14]
? Private Practice[13]
? Saturday Night Football
? Secret Millionare[14]
? Shark Tank
? Wipeout[14
Revived series:
? Wife Swap
New series:
? Charlie's Angels[15]
? Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23[15]
? GCB[15]
? Last Man Standing[15]
? Man Up[15]
? Missing[16]
? Once Upon a Time[15]
? Pan Am[15]
? Revenge[15]
? The River[15]
? Scandal[15]
? Suburgatory[12]
? Work It[12]
? You Deserve It
Not returning from 201011:
? Better with You
? Brothers & Sisters
? Detroit 1-8-7
? Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution[17]
? Mr. Sunshine
? My Generation
? No Ordinary Family
? Off the Map
? Skating with the Stars[18]
? Supernanny
? V
? The Whole Truth
So of the returning series, Castle is it now that Jill is gone from
Wipeout.
Of the revived series, clearly nothing.
Of the new series ... Pan Am (which is no doubt gone) and Once Upon a
Time.
Of the not returning from the previous season I watched
Better With You (well, the one whole episode I could stand)
Mr. Sunshine
No Ordinary Family (until I couldn't stand it any more)
V (despite the ABC mandate to make it more Obama friendly)
So they cancelled more than I watch ...
wrote:
edule#ABC
Returning series:
? 20/20[12]
? America's Funniest Home Videos[12]
? The Bachelor
? Body of Proof
? Castle[13]
? Cougar Town[13]
? Dancing with the Stars[12]
? Desperate Housewives[12]
? Extreme Makeover: Home Edition[12]
? Grey's Anatomy[13]
? Happy Endings
? The Middle[13]
? Modern Family[13]
? Primetime[14]
? Private Practice[13]
? Saturday Night Football
? Secret Millionare[14]
? Shark Tank
? Wipeout[14
Revived series:
? Wife Swap
New series:
? Charlie's Angels[15]
? Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23[15]
? GCB[15]
? Last Man Standing[15]
? Man Up[15]
? Missing[16]
? Once Upon a Time[15]
? Pan Am[15]
? Revenge[15]
? The River[15]
? Scandal[15]
? Suburgatory[12]
? Work It[12]
? You Deserve It
Not returning from 201011:
? Better with You
? Brothers & Sisters
? Detroit 1-8-7
? Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution[17]
? Mr. Sunshine
? My Generation
? No Ordinary Family
? Off the Map
? Skating with the Stars[18]
? Supernanny
? V
? The Whole Truth
So of the returning series, Castle is it now that Jill is gone from
Wipeout.
Of the revived series, clearly nothing.
Of the new series ... Pan Am (which is no doubt gone) and Once Upon a
Time.
Of the not returning from the previous season I watched
Better With You (well, the one whole episode I could stand)
Mr. Sunshine
No Ordinary Family (until I couldn't stand it any more)
V (despite the ABC mandate to make it more Obama friendly)
So they cancelled more than I watch ...
chicagofan
Feb 20, 2012, 7:00:11 PM2/20/12
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>> CindiA wrote:
>>> wrote in message
>>> wrote in message
>>> <snipped>.... i miss the old ABC... pre-Disney.
>>>
>>> Ironically, I am a huge Disneyphile in every other way. But I hate
>>> what's happened to ABC since they were bought by Disney. Not just AMC,
>>> to which I was devoted for all those years. But watching so many other
>>> good shows be cancelled, or just tank; or new shows that are crap to
>>> start with--just so far below what used to be the ABC quality standards;
>>> and the relentless shameless Disney self-promotion (like they need it,
>>> for God's sake). But I confess that I still watch ABC shows, I really
>>> can't boycott the entire network, there ARE other shows I occasionally
>>> like.
>>
>>>
>>> Ironically, I am a huge Disneyphile in every other way. But I hate
>>> what's happened to ABC since they were bought by Disney. Not just AMC,
>>> to which I was devoted for all those years. But watching so many other
>>> good shows be cancelled, or just tank; or new shows that are crap to
>>> start with--just so far below what used to be the ABC quality standards;
>>> and the relentless shameless Disney self-promotion (like they need it,
>>> for God's sake). But I confess that I still watch ABC shows, I really
>>> can't boycott the entire network, there ARE other shows I occasionally
>>> like.
>>
> ? Detroit 1-8-7
> ? Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution[17]
> ? Mr. Sunshine
> ? My Generation
> ? No Ordinary Family
> ? Off the Map
> ? Skating with the Stars[18]
> ? Supernanny
> ? V
> ? The Whole Truth
>
> So of the returning series, Castle is it now that Jill is gone from
> Wipeout.
> Of the revived series, clearly nothing.
> Of the new series ... Pan Am (which is no doubt gone) and Once Upon a
> Time.
> Of the not returning from the previous season I watched
> Better With You (well, the one whole episode I could stand)
> Mr. Sunshine
> No Ordinary Family (until I couldn't stand it any more)
> V (despite the ABC mandate to make it more Obama friendly)
> So they cancelled more than I watch .
Thanks for the list! It reminded me that they did add one show in
> ? Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution[17]
> ? Mr. Sunshine
> ? My Generation
> ? No Ordinary Family
> ? Off the Map
> ? Skating with the Stars[18]
> ? Supernanny
> ? V
> ? The Whole Truth
>
> So of the returning series, Castle is it now that Jill is gone from
> Wipeout.
> Of the revived series, clearly nothing.
> Of the new series ... Pan Am (which is no doubt gone) and Once Upon a
> Time.
> Of the not returning from the previous season I watched
> Better With You (well, the one whole episode I could stand)
> Mr. Sunshine
> No Ordinary Family (until I couldn't stand it any more)
> V (despite the ABC mandate to make it more Obama friendly)
> So they cancelled more than I watch .
recent years... for 1 season... that I liked, Detroit 1-8-7, and I tried
to watch Grey's Anatomy last year, but it's not the same.
bj
anim8rFSK
Feb 20, 2012, 10:54:50 PM2/20/12
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In article <jhumqd$4c5$1...@dont-email.me>, chicagofan <m...@privacy.net>
wrote:
I've never watched Grey's Anatomy, and hate it for unreasoning and
unreasonable reasons. When Boston Legal was at the top of it's game,
they replaced it with GA, and BL never recovered. Also, the success of
GA allowed the people behind it to inflict Defiling Gravity upon a
hapless and unsuspecting audience.
wrote:
unreasonable reasons. When Boston Legal was at the top of it's game,
they replaced it with GA, and BL never recovered. Also, the success of
GA allowed the people behind it to inflict Defiling Gravity upon a
hapless and unsuspecting audience.
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