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Date Posted: 03:26:48 03/19/11 Sat
Author: DWinPhx
Subject: Re: Red Hot Spoilers, Rumors, News & More! Updated 3/14/2011!
In reply to: JLC7930 's message, "Re: Red Hot Spoilers, Rumors, News & More! Updated 3/14/2011!" on 03:30:56 03/18/11 Fri

By and large, i've seen that fans seem very resistent to the idea of a merged show.

Crossovers can be a lot of fun - when they're short-term exercises. The What Its were great as they were internet shorts. There's been many times over the year where a character or two dropped in on another show for a quick visit (esp on AMC/OLTL since the soap towns are close) and these are often well-received.

But when it's more extensive involving three or more characters and/or a long story arc, it feels more like an intrusion (if not invasion) more than a fun exercise. The AMC/OLTL baby switch and Linda Dano's tour of all (then) four shows were too much.

I don't see anyone being happy with a full merger of the two - people will begrudgingly accept it only as an alternative to seeing them cancelled but that's it. A "half-and-half" type merge would just really turn off a lot of people - if a select few from AMC migrated to Llanview after the show ended, i don't see that as being too problematic but an all out permenant crossover is just asking for trouble.

Besides stripping away the identity of the original show, both programs have their own tone, viewer expectations, and different writing/directing staffs that are experts in their own show's cast of characters. Besides being rejected by viewers, it's also one big logistical nightmare.

Several have brought up the possibilty of keeping them as seperate shows but reducing them each to 30 minutes. That sounds like a much better idea on paper (and the shows were originally half hour shows to begin with) and perhaps shorter shows might mean tighter stories, but how feasible is it? While casts of each may be cut (which seems like it would happen anyway) there would still be about the same amount of crew members and less time for commercials/sponsors. Maybe it could work but i honestly don't know.

I know when it comes to the daytime drama genre, it's a matter of time before we have to eventually say goodbye to these American Institutions but speaking personally, with only a handful left, i think the networks should focus more on plans to eventually transition them to primetime shows. This would free up the daytime hours for the new shows they want to make room for and allow these shows to continue in a revised format where they may actually benefit and thrive - bigger budgets, more rehearsal time, much shorter and easier production schedule plus a weekly rather than daily show gives them opportunity to streamline the shows with tighter stories and more brething space for the writers to carefully plan them and give them care rather than churning them out on a never-ending treadmill. Plus these new additions to the primetime lineup would be arriving with a built-in fanbase (some of which have already gotten used to watching them at night via SoapNet).

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