via press release:
THE ONLINE NETWORK PRODUCTION UPDATE
FOR “One Life To Live”
TOLN Adds Cast, Writers and Production Executives To Daytime Soap
Los Angeles, Calif and New York, NY – January 22, 2013 – Prospect Park announced today that it has closed the following deals with cast members and production executives, with more deals expected to close in the coming weeks, for The Online Network’s production of “One Life To Live.”
Cast:
Erika Slezak as Victoria Lord Buchanan
Robin Strasser as Dorian Lord
Tuc Watkins as David Vickers
Robert S. Woods as Bo Buchanan
Kassie DePaiva as Blair Cramer
Jerry verDorn as Clint Buchanan
Florencia Lozano as Tea Delgado
Melissa Archer as Natalie Buchanan Banks
Hillary B. Smith as Nora Buchanan
Kelley Missal as Danielle Manning
Josh Kelly as Cutter Wentworth
Andrew Trischitta as Jack Manning
Recurring Cast:
Sean Ringgold as Shaun Evans
Shenaz Treasury Rama Patel
Nick Choksi as Vimal Patel
Co–Head Writers:
Susie Bedsow Horgan (“As The World Turns” Head Writer, “One Life To Live” Breakdown Writer)
Thom Racina (“General Hospital” Head Writer, Best-selling author of Snow Angel and Hidden Agenda)
Writers:
Jessica Klein (“As The World Turns” Head Writer, “Beverly Hills, 90210” Executive Producer)
Alex Douglas (USA Network's “Royal Pains” Writer)
Jeff Wilber
Production:
Carole Shure, Production Executive for TOLN
Chris Savage, Unit Production Manager/Line Producer for “All My Children” and “One Life To Live”
About Prospect Park
Prospect Park is a media and production company founded in 2009 by entertainment industry veterans Jeffrey Kwatinetz and former Disney Studios head Rich Frank. Along with successful film and music divisions, the company’s television group has numerous shows in development and breakout network hits airing including “Royal Pains” and “Wilfred.”
More information about TOLN series will soon be available at www.TOLN.com and www.theonlinenetwork.com
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THE ONLINE NETWORK PRODUCTION UPDATE
FOR “All My Children”
TOLN Adds Cast and Production Executives To Daytime Soap
Los Angeles, Calif and New York, NY – January 22, 2013 – Prospect Park announced today that it has closed the following deals with cast members and production executives, with more deals expected to close in the coming weeks, for The Online Network’s production of “All My Children.”
Cast:
Darnell Williams as Jesse Hubbard
Debbi Morgan as Dr. Angela Hubbard
Vincent Irizarry as Dr. David Hayward
Lindsay Hartley as Cara Martin
Jordi Vilasuso as Griffin Castillo
Jill Larson as Opal Cortlandt
Thorsten Kaye as Zach Slater
Production:
Carole Shure, Production Executive for TOLN
Chris Savage, Unit Production Manager/Line Producer for “All My Children” and “One Life To Live”
About Prospect Park
Prospect Park is a media and production company founded in 2009 by entertainment industry veterans Jeffrey Kwatinetz and former Disney Studios head Rich Frank. Along with successful film and music divisions, the company’s television group has numerous shows in development and breakout network hits airing including “Royal Pains” and “Wilfred.”
More information about TOLN series will soon be available at www.TOLN.com and www.theonlinenetwork.com
They better bring back Nate, Matthew, Destiny, Ford, Jessica and James.
Tragic
@Machayla Matthew & Destiny are confirmed as well but they will both be recast.
Doing the Happy Dance! Love it!
I felt at the beginning that AMC was not going to get the short end of the deal this go around, but now am not so sure. AMC was always my show among the ABC shows and here we have a very limited cast and no writers yet. It seems as if they have just dropped AMC again.
Looks like they got the ‘heavy hitters’ for OLTL at least.
It looks like both shows have a solid cast. Any news on Alicia Minshew(Kendall) returning? I noticed that both Jordi and Thorsten signed on
@Machayla- Ford was killed off the show..not that he can’t return, it’s a soap so anything is possible. He was of my faves.
we need balsom and marasco!!!
A year from now they’ll all be unemployed…again!
If the shows are only a half-hour each, four days a week (as reported), they can’t possibly support or feature the same number of actors/characters as the hour long, 250+ episode per year shows they used to be. I wouldn’t doubt they’ll probably top out at around 15-18 actors a piece.
GREAT cast for OLTL. Getting Slezak, Strasser, Woods, Smith, Lozano, & DePaiva. Also Rama & Vimal were great new characters towards the end of OLTL’s run. The choice for writers is also great.
AMC, however, what a mess. No one wants to write for this show plus no Susan Lucci.
@Fox: Actually, a large ensemble cast could help in at least balancing out storylines and avoid overexposing certain front-burner characters every day of the week, especially if they’re sticking with a year-round production cycle (even with the possibility of seasonal breaks in between). This is the kind of model followed by several Anglophone soaps like Coronation Street, Home and Away, Shortland Street, and Emmerdale, all of them half-hours but has at least 20 or more core characters (major families, supporting players, etc). It could definitely work for the new versions of OLTL and AMC.
You have to respect what they have accomplished so far, and they clearly are not finished lining up casting for AMC, so fans should not fret. Bold and the Beautiful has been a half hour show for 26 years, so fans need not fret. If it is successful, you could see the shows expanding to an hour. Since they will be on the net, nothing would stop that.
Eww Rama, Cutter and Jacka$$? You are scraping the bottom of the barrel here, PP!
I would love to write for AMC!
I live in Connecticut near where this is filming and am an actor. Have me audition for a role! I’d love to join the cast of one of these shows!
You had me at Erika Slezak as Vicki OLTL! The rest of the cast could have been recast and I would have been fine. she is the reason I love OLTL, her Multiple Personality storyline in the 90s hooked me on this show at the ripe age of 10. Been a fan since!
I’m no fan of AMC or Susan Lucci but even I know without her this revamp for AMC is going to suffer right out of the gate….. Love the cast line up for OLTL so far with the exception of the exceptionally annoying Danielle character. I absolutely HATE that type of character on a soap these days — a whiny teenager.
OLTL needs Jessica and hopefully played by Bree Williamson who was fantastic in that role, but maybe she’s not available now. I will miss the gorgeous Ford who was killed at the end of ABC’s run of OLTL….. Lord, I’m getting more and more excited by the day. Thanks!!!!!!!!!
@TimsDale4ever- Bree Williamson is currently on Deception, but based on the ratings, it’s possible the show will be cancelled by the end of the season.
I would love to see her back on OLTL!!