Soapdom.com - ABC Announces New Primetime Shows - 3 of Which are Soaps!

If I were an ABC soap fan - and I am, by the way -- I would be just livid. There is definitely some hypocrisy afoot in the hollowed hallways of the ABC executive suite. They have cancelled two daytime soaps (All My Children and One Life to Live) only to give green lights to not one, not two, but three prime time soap operas.

As the net gears up to announce it's entire Fall line up on Tuesday, May 17th in NYC, the Hollywood Reporter is sharing today that ABC has already decided what pilots they are picking up. Three of them have the word "soap" clearly in the description.

Pan Am
From Sony, the sexy soap set in the 1960s focuses on stewardesses and pilots, some of whom live double lives as spies. Christina Ricci stars.

Revenge
The Count of Monte Cristo-inspired soap from Mike Kelley (Swingtown), centers on a woman (Emily VanCamp, Brothers and Sisters) who moves to the Hamptons.

Good Christian Belles (formerly Good Christian Bitches)
The soap, which will inevitably be retitled, revolves around a former high school "mean girl" (Leslie Bibb, Popular) who returns home to Dallas after her marriage ends in scandal.

But wait! Didn't ABC just basically say soaps were dead? Please share your comments below.

Check out Hollywood Reporter's story.

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ladypairody said:

	... I WILL NOT WATCH THIS TRASH!!! I want OLTL not some garbage thrown together in the hopes it'll shut us up.They look stupid and I will not watch a one of them
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May 13, 2011
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kat51160 said:

	... WHAT????? Well, all I have to say is......I WILL NOT BE WATCHING!!! I will NOT watch ANY "soap" that isn't One Life to LIve!!!!!!! How can they do this??? They do NOT care about their viewers, so we do NOT care about them, their new shows...or ANY advertisers that sponser them....PERIOD!
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May 13, 2011
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Heavenly77 said:

	... They are so foolish. Me and my mom wont be watching that crap. Boy they think we are so DUMB and stupid. They think me and my big family of 11 brothers and sisters, and cousins and neices will forget what they have done to us. Word of mouth is a SUCKER ABC!
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May 13, 2011
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Heavenly77 said:

	... If it aint broke dont fix it, goes an old southern sayin.
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May 13, 2011
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VickiLynn said:

What a bunch of crap!! SAVE OUR SOAPS..PLEASE!! WE don't want these new shows!!
I can not believe ABC...I have been a loyal viewer of ABC soaps since 1976. I am stiill in denial that one day soon..I will come home and have NOTHING to look forward to watching...nothing at all! I watch my soaps on Soapnet EVERY night from 8 p.m. until 11 p.m.
These shows have gotten me through so much in my life and is my only escape from reality...my relaxation, my therapy. I will NOT be watching ANYTHING on ABC except the soaps and IF they do go..so will I to another network..I have been a loyal ABC viewer for over 35 years now but apparently ABC doesn't care about their viewers..it is all about the bottom line..money money money!! Hope their ratings TANK when the soaps go!

May 13, 2011
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WE ARE ONE said:

WHAT IS WRONG WITH ABC/DISNEY?
Amazing that Daytime producers see soap operas as a dying genre - but primetime at ABC is going to be home to THREE new series that are considered to be soaps? I hope the stock holders at ABC/DISNEY realize that the daytime viewers that they currently have WILL BE leaving ABC once the cancellations of AMC and OLTL happen. We will not back down from this and are also determined to leave DISNEY out of our lives for good. Our LIFETIME party with ABC and DISNEY will be over come 2012 and exempt only will be General Hospital as it will be the last soap left on ABC daytime. What a crying shame! I am a travel agent and WILL NEVER recommend a DISNEY cruise or land vacation EVER again and my family will NEVER attend a movie premier owned by DISNEY/PIXAR, purchase a toy, video game, DVD, shop at there stores or visit any of their theme parks again! We are a strong and loyal lot and we plan to leave our mark regarding this situation! YOU CANCEL OUR SOAP AND WE WILL CANCEL YOU out of our lives for good. ABC and DISNEY are done - - - and that is a sad state....but has to be done! smilies/angry.gif

May 14, 2011
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laurent0510 said:

Yes! We are ONE!
So ABC plans 3 Prime Time Soaps as they cancel OLTL & AMC? Now that is interesting. I can't wait to watch those 3 ... but that will only be: when hell freezes over and ABC and the devil build an ice rink down there! Screw ABC. The ONLY good programs ARE: OLTL and AMC. I NEVER watch ABC prime time since there is nothing but crap! I hope ABC exec's like and can keep the prime time rating up - since they'll be the only ones watching!

May 14, 2011
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laurent0510 said:

	Forget to add: The dumb jacka*ses!
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May 14, 2011
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kprsmom said:

	ABC We have to remember that Brian Frons is the head of DAYTIME, not PRIMETIME. Apparently whoever heads primetime understands the value of soaps! So, my real question is WHY didn't ABC just move AMC and OLTL to primetime instead of cancelling them??? Wouldn't this have been wiser??? Just imagine how many more viewers they would have!!!
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