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New Daytime Soap Opera at CBS In Development

CBS is the only broadcast network left with anything resembling a traditional daytime schedule: two soaps, two game shows, and "The Talk," which I look for the new soap to replace in January. ABC has one soap ("General Hospital") but it also has "The View" and "GMA3," while NBC's only daytime offering after the "Today" show is "NBC News Daily." A few years ago, I read about a woman in Dallas who was loyal to ABC's soaps and was angry because the only entertainment show left on WFAA before 7 PM (Central) is "General Hospital." She said she was going to start watching KTVT (CBS) during the day. I don't know if she made good on that, but she wanted her soaps and maybe her games.
 
crainbebo said:
They were all 15 minutes in the early days. CBS soaps in the mid-1950s, including Search for Tomorrow and The Secret Storm - all 15 minutes long. SfT and Guiding Light were still 15 minutes long until 1968!
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But that was when Daytime Television was ON THE RISE !! It's A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WORLD we live in today
 
JeeperOne said:
On a serious note, an LGBTQIA-themed Soap Opera might not be a bad idea to try (But not on OTA TV though)
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Dynasty's Wednesday night airing turned into a big theme party night at many gay bars in the 80's Shown on a big screen with lots of silly camp from the audience (i.e. contest on number of times Joan Collins changed outfits that episode).

So yes, an LGBTQ soap with a good amount of campy humor and relatable storylines could absolutely be successful, and would be great original programming for LOGO, Revry, or Out Proud.
 
The Elizabeth Gillies version of "Dynasty" didn't have enough gay characters to be an LGBTQ soap, but one pretty girl was bi (and had a girlfriend) and one of their best characters was gay. His husband was also gay but got dropped from the show, and he went on to have other relationships.

That's actually pretty typical for prime time these days.
 
vchimpanzee said:
The Elizabeth Gillies version of "Dynasty" didn't have enough gay characters to be an LGBTQ soap, but one pretty girl was bi (and had a girlfriend) and one of their best characters was gay. His husband was also gay but got dropped from the show, and he went on to have other relationships.

That's actually pretty typical for prime time these days.
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And also about the same as the original version of Dynasty, which had a gay character from its very first episode in 1981:

 
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