ABC execs have been planning the cancellation of the long-running"All My Children" and "One Life to Live" for about a year, according to the network's daytime president Brian Frons. That's when
"pretty discouraging" ratings projections came in and ABC started developing 15 replacement shows, four of which were chosen to pilot.
The two lifestyle shows picked up -- "The Chew" and "The
Revolution"-- were chosen because "I wanted to do shows that were unusual for daytime," Frons told Deadline Hollywood. "What's happening now is people are looking for information to make their lives
better, they're obsessed about what they eat and they're obsessed with weight." And,of course, the new shows will be much much cheaper to produce!
What about the fate of ABC's only remaining
soap, "General Hospital"? It's safe "for the time being," Frons said.
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