Erika Slezak Interview: 'One Life to Live' Star Speaks Out on Prospect Park and Series Finale
Written by Melissa Parker, Posted in Actors
Emmy-winning actor Erika Slezak is best known for her 40-year role as Victoria Lord on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. Slezak has taken home six (1984, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1996, and 2005) Outstanding Lead Actress Daytime Emmy Awards for her performance (tying Justin Deas and Anthony Geary for most wins).
The 65-year-old Hollywood, California native is the daughter of Tony award-winning Austrian actor Walter Slezak and Johanna “Kaasi” Van Rijn, and the granddaughter of opera tenor Leo Slezak. She is married to Brian Davies and the mother of two children, Michael (born 1980) and Amanda (born 1981).
“I’m not too pleased with ABC. ABC has let so many people down by cancelling these two shows. It’s all about money.”
On April 14, 2011, ABC announced that it had cancelled One Life to Live, and on July 7, 2011, production company Prospect Park announced that it would continue the show as a web series after its run on ABC, but suspended the project in late November due to numerous complications.
One Life to Live is scheduled to air its final episode on January 13, 2012.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Erika, I’m one of those fans that just hated to hear the news that All My Children and One Life to Live had been cancelled.
Erika Slezak: Yeah, join the crowd.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): What is your opinion about how Prospect Park has handled things so far?
Erika Slezak (ABC/Donna Svennevik)
Erika Slezak: I think they had all good intentions. I think they really wanted this to work. But, and how do I phrase this, they’re Hollywood people. In Hollywood, things are done quite differently. You get your actors, your script, director and producer together, and then you get the money. In daytime, you have to have all the money up front (laughs). I think that was their difficulty.
They really did not have any idea of the scope of the work that is required to put a daytime show on. But, I think that their intentions were wonderful, and I was so excited when they said they wanted to do this because I thought, “This would be wonderful to open up a whole new medium for original programming.” It has worked for so many people and has been entertainment for so many people.
When I started on One Life to Live, we had four channels – ABC, NBC, CBS, and Channel 13, and then FOX came along. All of a sudden, cable came along, and now the choices are so enormous that to add the Internet to that makes it even better. So, I think their intentions were really good, and I’m very sorry it didn’t work because the loss of jobs is just horrendous.
I’m not too pleased with ABC. ABC has let so many people down by cancelling these two shows. It’s all about money. I understand that. But, how much money are they going to make with The Chew and The Revolution? I don’t know if anybody is watching The Chew. The problem is they’re all trying to be television personalities. They scream and laugh and they talk over each other, and it makes it impossible to watch. I’ve said this to one of their producers. I asked, “Can’t they just speak one at a time?” He said, “No, no, no, they can’t do that. They have to show enthusiasm.” But, you can’t understand them and you can’t hear them.
The reason that ABC … when I spoke to Brian Frons, he said, “People don’t want entertainment anymore. They want information.” I disagree with that. I think there’s plenty of information out there to be gotten. If you want it, you can find it anywhere, but entertainment is something different, and there are people who have spent their lives sitting down for an hour in the middle of the afternoon when the babies were little or when they’ve just had lunch, and they’ve watched entertainment. They don’t want to watch a cooking show.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): People also feel like these characters are a part of their family.
Erika Slezak: Well, that’s true.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Is Prospect Park trying to find financing overseas?
Erika Slezak: I don’t know. We were sort of kept in the dark about everything. They were all enthusiastic in the beginning and they made deals with many actors … very generous deals, I must say. We thought, “Wow, that’s great!” I mean, they obviously had money if they were going ahead and making deals. But, they did all that before they contacted the unions, before they were actually legally ready to go ahead.
Some of the actors did not want to make deals until there was a deal with the unions. It was like they left that to the end, and then it didn’t happen. I guess they lost their financing. I don’t know.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Did they approach all of the actors in the beginning?
Erika Slezak: They did it in groups. There were like four or five of us in the very beginning and then the next group and the next group and the next group because they had one person doing all the negotiating. She couldn’t handle 35 people, so they were doing it in groups and pretty much getting to everybody within a few weeks.
I’m hoping they will continue to try. That’s what I’ve heard. That’s what the rumor is. But, we’re the actors. They don’t tell us anything (laughs). Frank Valentini who was our producer and was going to continue with us, has now been asked to go to General Hospital and of course, he’s going to go because that’s a great job. So, we’ve lost him and without him, it would be very hard to put this show together. Very hard.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): And, unfortunately, General Hospital will probably end next year.
Erika Slezak: I know. Next year, unless Frank can work his magic and save them a ton of money. He’s brilliant and a wonderful producer because he’s a businessman and an artist. It’s hard to get that combination.
Erika Slezak (ABC/Donna Svennevik)
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): What was the atmosphere like during the last week of taping?
Erika Slezak: At that time, we thought we were going on, and it was just all questions. We didn’t know where we were going, but they were looking at studios. But, nothing had been said regarding the total ending of the show. So, in a way, I guess it was better that way because otherwise that last week would have been just desperately unhappy. It was the end of an era for the show, and then we were going to continue somewhere else in a couple of weeks or a month. We had a wonderful wrap party that Friday night and everybody was very happy, and it was terrific because we were going on.
It was the day before Thanksgiving when we heard that it was not going on. I’ve been back to the studio because we had to clean out our dressing rooms and saw many of the guys, and they’re really very upset and very unhappy. People have lost their jobs. I’ve lost my job, too, but I was there 40 ½ years, so I can’t complain. But, there are people with families and kids in college, and they need the jobs.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): It is very sad.
Erika Slezak: It’s horrible. It’s horrible.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): All My Children ended in a cliffhanger.
Erika Slezak: Yes, I heard.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): They filmed an alternate ending.
Erika Slezak: They also have one for us. A lot of stories are being wrapped up, but wrapped up in the sense that, “Okay, that’s this and where do we go from here?” That would have been wonderful to go on the Internet because there were questions, but they were questions you kind of thought you knew the answers to … and, then we continue.
There were one or two things that I believe they shot duplicate endings for because I think, at that point, they weren’t even quite sure what they wanted to do. So, I’m hoping they use the correct endings now (laughs).
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Will old characters return and what about Dorian?
Erika Slezak: Yes, old characters will return. Robin (Strasser), unfortunately, had a lot of health issues. She had a very bad back and got very ill and was not able to come back. But, many other people did, and that was wonderful.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): I think it’s great the old storyline of “Fraternity Row” has been revived. The “dream” show (that aired on December 19) was so funny.
Erika Slezak: Yes. It was very cleverly done, if I say so myself. Roxie’s fantasy was hilarious! She fell down and bumped her head and thought she was the star of “Fraternity Row.” All the actors on the show played opposite characters and she was married to Tuc.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Speaking of Tuc, how did you ever keep a straight face while working with him?
Erika Slezak: Oh, that’s really hard! Tuc is so brilliantly funny and although our writers are wonderful, he added a lot of material to that, which is just so humorous because he’s a very funny guy.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Ad libbing?
Erika Slezak: He doesn’t ad lib. You can’t really do that because the production people go crazy. What he does is he writes it, and it’s rehearsed from the beginning. Otherwise, we’d be laughing a lot more.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): The scene where Viki picks up the Daisy Award was funny.
Erika Slezak: Yes. Years ago when Megan was on the show and the “Fraternity Row” storyline was playing, we had an episode where we had the “Fraternity Row” equivalent of the Emmys. It was the Daisy Awards and there was a huge show done all about the awards. Megan and another character who was sort of her rival … it was a musical. They were singing and dancing, and we all attended the Daisy Awards. Megan won.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): What comes to mind when you think about memorable moments playing Victoria Lord?
Erika Slezak: You know, in 40 years, I have played so many storylines. The one thing I’m really bad at is picking things out of the air like that. I’ve enjoyed every single day. Obviously, I loved the heaven storyline because it brought back all those other actors who had left the show. I loved the multiples. I loved the Paris, Texas storyline.
The one that kind of sticks out is when I got to go to the old West because ever since I was a child, I wanted to ride in a stagecoach. I thought that would be the coolest thing on earth. And, I got to ride in a stagecoach. It wasn’t a long ride, but thank God for that because riding a stagecoach is probably the most uncomfortable thing I’ve ever done in my life (laughs). There’s no padding! There are no shock absorbers! It’s just bounce, bounce, bounce on a hard bench. I got to play my great great great grandmother and wear the clothes, and we shot in Old Tuscon, which is a city that was built for the movies. It’s an old western city, and that was wonderful.
But, there are so many highlights, and it’s very hard to pick one. I guess the other thing is the people I’ve been privileged to work with. Every scene with Robin was just a jewel. I’ve loved every scene with Jerry Van Dorn and Brian Kerwin. I loved working with Phil (Carey), Clint (Ritchie), Lee Patterson, Roy Thinnes, and Mark Derwin who played Ben. Everyone was so different and we had so much fun. Have I left out a husband? Larry Pine. Yeah, I left out Larry. I loved working with him, too (laughs).
You know, they’re all grownups and were there to do a wonderful job. They love what they do and they’re happy to be there, and that was really special. I loved working with Bob Woods. He was another one that it was hard to keep a straight face around as well as Michael Storm who played Larry. I don’t think I could ever look at Michael during a scene because there was something in his face that was saying, “You can laugh now. You can laugh now.”
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Too funny (laughs). What was the hardest thing about playing the multiple alters, and did you have a favorite that was more fun doing than the others?
Erika Slezak: Well, Niki (Smith) was the most fun and was around from the very beginning. They never really dealt with where she came from and when Michael Malone was our head writer, they decided to delve into this. It’s very very sad and a horribly difficult illness. The biggest problem we had, as is with real people who have Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), it’s sometimes very hard to distinguish the alters because they are really facets of your own personality. We had to make sure with each of the alters (and there were seven) that if the audience tuned in on a Tuesday without having seen Monday’s episode and there was one of the alters on the air, they would know exactly which one it was. So, we had to make them very very specific.
The hardest one to make very specific was Tori because she was sort of the Joan of Arc character. She wanted revenge for the abuse. It’s a fascinating illness. It’s horribly sad, but it’s fascinating because the alters almost always stay the age they were when they were created. And, since most of it happens to children, children create alters to protect them and to deal with aspects of the abuse or whatever is going on. So, they create older characters.
Tommy was created because they thought a 14-year-old boy would be her protector and so Tommy was a 14-year-old boy. Tori was a 19-year-old girl. Niki was always an adult because she had to enjoy the sex. I think the hardest one was Tori. We had to do Victor once because, unfortunately, the victim always harbors the personality of the abuser. We did Victor only once, and that was just with the voice. The most fun was Niki because she’s that part of us that doesn’t care about anything. She doesn’t give a shit about anything. She’s just there for herself. She wanted to have fun and to be left alone. But, Tori was the hardest one to make specific.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Let’s talk about your early life. Did you want to become an actor because your father (Walter Slezak) was in show business?
Erika Slezak: From the time I can remember, yes. It’s all I ever wanted to do. And, believe me, they tried to talk me out of it.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Really?
Erika Slezak: Yeah. Until I was about 12 or 13, it was just, “Oh sure, okay, fine.” Then when I was about 14, my father asked, “Are you serious about this? Do you really want to be an actor?” I said, “Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.” So, he took me in his little office, sat me down for about an hour and told me everything bad about this business. He said, “You have to be prepared for all the awful things that happen to actors, the rejection, humiliation, and embarrassment and receiving bad reviews if you do get a job. You have to be prepared for all of that.”
I walked out of there thinking, “I don’t care. I still want to be an actress.” My father told me that if I really wanted this, I had to be properly trained, so he and my mother investigated, and they decided there were excellent colleges in this country that had drama programs where you could get an education as well. Then, he suggested trying the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), which was sort of the crème de la crème at the time, and I guess it still is. It’s just an awesome school.
I applied to various colleges and also applied to RADA, and I was accepted there. That was kind of the difficult part. Do I now go to college, or do I go there? This was in 1963 where it wasn’t imperative that everyone goes to college. Now, it really is. But, my father and mother and I sat down, and I said, “I really want to do this.” My father said, “Then go to RADA.” I did, and it was the most brilliant decision I’ve ever made.
While saying that, had I to do it over again, I would have gone to college first and then applied to RADA. But, once you apply to RADA and you’re accepted, if you say “no,” they’re not going to let you in again. So, I really didn’t have the choice back then. But, I would’ve gone to college first because I think I missed those four years of just growing up.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): I saw a photo of your father as the Clock King in the campy 1960s Batman TV show.
Erika Slezak: Oh yeah (laughs). My father was very well known. Actually, when they asked him to do Batman, he watched the show and called them. He said, “Aren’t you all over acting a bit?” They said, “No, that’s what we do.” He went there and started to do his performance and the director came to him. My father said, “It’s too much, right?” The director said, “No … more! You’ve got to do much more!” It was a fun show.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Were your siblings ever interested in acting?
Erika Slezak: Never! My brother, at one point, wanted to be a director, but he never wanted to do the work for it. So, he became a pilot instead and flew small planes. He’s retired now and lives outside of Seattle, Washington. My sister never had any interest in acting. She became a lawyer and is sharp as a tack.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Erika, if Prospect Park falls through, would you consider joining another soap?
Erika Slezak: Yes! Yes, I would. I’ve worked for so long and am so used to it, and I love it so much that I’ve said I’m not retiring voluntarily. I will work anywhere I can. I’ve sat down with my agent and said, “I would like to do a play. I’d like to do a TV show. I’d like to do a movie. I’d like to do anything that anyone would hire me for.” We’ll see what happens. The problem is I’ve been identified with one character for so long that it would have to be a very different kind of character. But, I’ll do anything.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): After Prospect Park’s announcement in November, several actors moved to Los Angeles and some have moved on to other projects. Even if Prospect Park could come up with the money now, I’m wondering if it would be too late.
Erika Slezak: Oh, I think it’s too late to revive One Life. But, I said that up front. Without Frank, it would be hopeless because Frank was the heart and soul of that show. I think without him, it would be impossible to put it together unless he becomes available again. But, many have moved on, so I think it’s pretty much dead.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): What will you miss most about One Life to Live?
Erika Slezak: That’s my other family, you know? I have so many friends there. I had to increase my Christmas card list this year because I don’t want to say goodbye to any of them.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): The View will air an hour-long special episode to pay tribute to the show on January 13. Do you know what actors, beside yourself, will appear?
Erika Slezak: I do not know. I believe there will be many cast members. I’m not sure that everybody will be there because not everybody is available. As you said, people have moved to California. But, I’m going to be one of the co-hosts. I told them as long as we don’t have to discuss politics, I’d love to do it. I hate it when they fight on that show.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): And scream and yell over each other?
Erika Slezak: Yeah. I hate that. But, it will be fun.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): You won six Daytime Emmy Awards in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, tying the record for most wins by an actor (shared with Justin Deas and Anthony Geary). Did the excitement wane some after the third or fourth win?
Erika Slezak: No. It was more exciting each time. The last one when there were eight women nominated was stunning. I still walk past them and can’t believe that they’re mine. They’re beautiful, and I really am so privileged and honored to have them because you are awarded them by your peers.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Was Susan Lucci’s “streak” ever in the back of your mind?
Erika Slezak: No. We were nominated together a bunch of times. She was always very gracious and finally she won. Thank God. She has been the face of daytime for a really long time and has done more for this genre than anyone. Susan is a delightful lady, very quick, bright, funny, and a very good actress. She works her tail off and that’s wonderful. She has done so much for daytime.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): You have also done so very much for the daytime genre, and I’m sure your fans thank you for many hours of entertainment. I wish you continued success in whatever you do now.
Erika Slezak: Well, thank you very much, and thank you for the lovely conversation.
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erika, I love you and and I love your PARTNER vicki, I haved watched you for over 40+ years, I will miss you and the One Life To Live FAMILY more than you will ever know! THANK YOU,THANK YOU, lynn vogel lynnvogel@aol.com ABC is dead to me, along with Disney!
AMEN
ditto!!
agree
I am with lynn, I hate to see the show go, I just retired Jan 28,2011 and was able to keep a better eye on the 2 shows, and now they are gone. I will NOT watch the Chew, it’s dumb and so will the other show, I hope the ratings on those show’s bottom out. Erika is a great person and just loved watching the show. I hate ABC for doing this.
me too!!!
I agree… Not watching The chew or The Revolution!!!!We want Entertainment NOT Information!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ditto!
I am surely going to miss OLTL. As I say goodbye to all show on Friday. ABC will forever be blocked on my cable line up. I have no use for the messed up crap they are putting on in its place. I have never ever watched one episode of “The Chew” and I will never watch one episode. Now I will never watch one of anything that is shown on ABC. Goodbye ABC Friday when OLTL goes off the air.
I’ve watched from day one, I will miss you and OLTL so badly! God bless you and Thank You for the decades of pure entertainment! P.S. Keep telling them for us: No More Info shows! We want our stories!
ABC STINKS!!!!!!!!!!!Their daytime programming especially STINks!!!!!!and primetime STINKS also………These replacement shows for the soaps won’t last over 40 years!!! I am watching CBS now they have shows that are ENTERTAINING!!!!!!!!!!! We don’t want this information crap programs.. There’s enough information out there already!!!!! Cooking shows , GARBAGE!!!! Just buy a cookbook!!!You can find enough information on line & T. V. , which we can find already.. don’t need The Revolution!
It’s funny you said that ,, My wife were actually mentioning , we had no idea those other channels had great shows on. I’s not an ABC Boycott in our case. it’s just .. why bother.. Like I said it’s a shame , Ty Pennington I like , but he is associated with losers.
They would get us back if they ever bring back the shows , but until them.. why bother
On a MUCH lighter note… my DVR is now down to below 50%bfor the first time in a year, lol
One Life To Live will be greatly missed, all of U were like an extended part of my family! Vicki was always my most favorite, Erika u are such a Talented and beautiful actress! Thanks for all the wonderful times U shared with us in One Life! ABC and Disney both make me SICK!
tears running down face. ABC is rotten rotten rotten. I lose more respect for them as every day goes on. New shows that look dumb dumb dumb(oh and cheap because they are cheap shows and you can tell they are cheap shows. s
I totally agree with you sue…abc is totally rotten and they will pay for this stupid mistake, wait and see. Those shows are going to lose them buckets of money, that really waste of air time, the chew, is never gonna make it….But, they deserve whatever they get after what they have done. I miss AMC !!!!
You are right with your opion
Have to agree with Erika that people want to be entertained. I don’t want to watch an hour long show just to get information. It’s much easier to go online than to hear people talking on top of each other for an hour. ABC made a big mistake by cancelling OLTL. I will miss it.
Good bye ABC….. I will, however, support General Hospital, can’t dump on them. Erika is a class act; and yes, people still want stories. I don’t need to be entertained through reality shows, told how to cook or improve my life…I am more than capable of that capable of that.
What an amazing lady! I have ALWAYS loved OLTL (we premiered three days apart back in 1968, and have ALWAYS felt that OLTL was the red-headed stepchild of ABC. From back when Edge of Night, Ryan’s Hope and Loving were around to now when AMC and GH constantly were promoted on prime time. I always knew OLTL was “the little engine that could”. I am SOOOOOO happy that OLTL is FINALLY showing the daytime world what it can do with the amazing ratings, thanks to multiple ages and ethnicities, fan favorites, and EXCELLENT stories! ABC daytime for me ends at 2pm CST. I wish Erika the very best and hope she finds whatever jobs she desires……if anyone on TV deserves it she does!
I have watched One Life To Live practically my whole 42 years of life and I cannot believe it is ending – but I am not giving up! I have hope that someone, some network or company will be the hero and save the day – save our soap in this case. Thank you for all the wonderful years Erika!
I have watched oltl since it started and it will be greatly missed. I had the privilege of meeting Erika Slezak once at super soap weekend she is truly a very extroidinary lady. I will miss seeing her each day as Vicki. This saddens me that abc has cancelled these 2 soap operas. I think it is a big mistake that they did this. I also think that one of the reasons the ratings have gone down is that many woman work and they were not home to watch the shows during the day. I also think the ratings would have picked up if they put both these shows on in the evening. I also am saddened that they are going to end soap net some time this year. I wish all these wonderful actors and actresses luck and I will look forward to seeing what they do next.
I want to say “Thank you”, so much for so many great years of amazing entertainment!!! I, like so many others are sad that ABC has chosen to end OLTL. I will miss watching you Erika, you have always made the show so wonderful, exciting and funny!!! Thanks again for being such a entertaining part of my life!!
only one thing to add (with tears) I JUST CANT COPE WITH OUT MY SOAP!!! one life to live is like family to me & meany more people have been a fan starting in the mid 70s we dident have a vcr so my grandpa would record it on cassette so i could keep up during school days my heart is broken & ABC is dead to me for killing my shows i believe “the chew” & “the renovation” will fail how meany “day time talk shows” have we seen come & go over the last 40 years??? all the time amc & oltl stood strong proving that people want to be entertained not bored with loud opinionated people telling us what were doing wrong!!!!!!!!! shame on you ABC shame on you!!!!!!!
the total shock of this has set in for me. for over 40 years, whether i was working 20 or 80 hour weeks, i found the time or means to watch One Life To Live. i have known these people longer than most of my current friends. the same somewhat applies for All My Children. it boggles my mind that they have been replaced with such inane, trash programming, like the chew.
abc has shown a total disregard for loyal viewers. with sincerity, i hope the execs behind these cancellations suffer a good karmic ass kicking.
AMEN!!!!!
Sure going to miss the show .. been watching One Life to Live for 10 years.. everyone is great and does an amazing job.. You filled our lives for so many years all of us soap fans are upset and feel like we are loosing a family . Thanks for giving us a great show and Best of Luck to all of you in the future … Joe DeVitto ….
Erika, we are just a few years apart in age, so I shall address you as Erika. I hope you don’t mind. I have been watching OLTL for decades and have enjoyed every single moment. YOU have brought such class and elegance to the Vicki role, for which I thank you sincerely.
My favorite male hsa always been Robert Woods with Mr. Easton coming in a close second. I shall miss you all terribly. I wish you the best of luck in whatever you choose to do.
Hi, Donna. I, too, watched oltl for over 30 yrs. My first soap began at 16 yrs old watching We Were Never Too Young and followed by Dark Shadows, then by GH. I waw hooked ever since! I know you if you are Cami’s friend, by the way. I am her sis in law. Hope we will see Erika do a guest appearance on GH, and I hope we find out if Todd gets cleared of murder. Peace out.
What a wonderful interview and an intelligent, sophisticated woman. I love One Life To Live and have been watching it for 30 years. I sincerely hope Erika is wrong about it being the end, even if it is revived with a partial cast. I can’t imagine relaxing at the end of the day without OLTL. I hope some smart entrepreneur recognizes OLTL is an opportunity!
I wanted to take a second and say how much I will miss OLTL. It has truly been a part of me since practically the beginning. I remember watching it with Mom after school (along with Dark Shadows and GH)…and it has been a consistant friend for these 42 years.
I don’t know if Ms Slezak will ever read this but I wanted to tell her and the rest of the cast and crew how much I have enjoyed the show over the years and how much it has meant.
I truly feel like a good friend is moving away forever and it hurts. ABC will regret this one day….but sadly far too late.
I am so saddened by the ending of this show! I have watched it for as long as I can remember! I watched it with my mom as a child. She is now gone and this was a connection I felt I still had with her. Now they are taking this away! I watch it with my children now and they are saddened by it’s loss. A soap opera is a way to get away from our own lives and follow others, a distraction from our own lives. A book that I thought would never end. I am so sickened by the excessive amounts of information or reality shows! Enough is enough! We need shows like this!
I just love her I would love to see her on DAYS! Or a prime show like Revenge!
What a great article! Erika comes across as a very classy and very intelligent lady. I am so sad to see OLTL go. I am watching the last shows and the marathon that Soapnet had of all the different shows from over the years. I can’t believe the ending is coming soon.
Thank you so much for a great interview!
As others have posted, I too, have watched One Life for many years (mid-70s). This show has brought much joy to my life. It is such a sad time that it will go away in a week. To Mrs. Slezak: You are a delight and I’ve always enjoyed your work. I met you once in the early 1990’s in front of the old OLTL studio and you were so friendly and kind to the small group of fans that had gathered. Your grace and elegance is beautiful. I wish you and the entire production company of One Life to Live the best. Thank you for providing wonderful entertainment, comfort and enjoyment to those of us who loved the show.
Sincerely,
Erik
Houston, TX
Thank you for this interview!
I have watched OLTL for 30 years and it just breaks my heart that it is going away. All those wonderful actors and stories which kept me entertained will be sorely missed in my life.
It’s interesting she mentions the old west story as a fave because it’s one of the ones I always refer to when I tell people about some of the fun storylines from the show…
And yes, Erika is truly a class act.
I agree! I refuse to watch the chew and also I will not watch the other show that is coming soon instead of one life, I will miss you Erika I grew up watching you!! you’re like my family!!
Have enjoyed OLTL and will certainly miss it, along with the talented actors and the characters they portray. Erika exemplifies class, of which there is so little these days.
Great interview!
I will not watch anything on a b c between. The hours of 1-3put back my soap
Idon’t understand why they just didn’t move the soaps to soap network. I have to pay extra to get the channel as it is. I am very upset that OLTL is ending, and will never watch the stupid crap they are putting on in it’s place.
im upset that these shows r ending it is unfair i also wont watch those new shows oltl gave life meaning
How r fans gonna live wiout one life to live, we will all be lost, Plz rethink this come on
i just cant cope with out my soap!!
That’s like our family come on what r u guys thing, I guess when it comes down to it one life fans vdidnt matter do we? All of u will b missed I know it won’t. B one life go get on another soap so we fans can still watch u act.
Abc is going the tubes how can their take this life long show are family off please come to your cents and at less put it on soap net money is tough every were their shows are like radio was in the 30′ my gradma always came back and thats how tide and gum got big help us were are going to die without one life to live and amc cable help help
This has been a part of my daytime routine since the show started. This was my downtime of the day. No, I will not be watching “the Chew” or “the Revolution”. I would rather watch CNN or the tv channel guide than these 2 shows.
Suggestion: Erica, what about joining the cast of Hot in Cleveland as a neighbor or relative of one of the women. You would be fantastic in that show.
Missing OLTL already!
How sad. I’ve been watching abc soaps since they first came on. ryans hope right on up to dark shadows. (dark shadows when i’d get home from school) i will not watch anything on abc anymore. Once general hospital is over at 4, I switch to another station. I used to watch Judge Judy but, that would be telling abc its ok what they’ve done. Its too bad nbc or cbs can’t grab these wonderful shows. And now I’m hearing GH doesn’t have much longer. Total nonsense. If Disney is the reason behind all this, then I don’t see me ever visiting one of the amusement parks. Oh well, we can all rant on and on, its not going to get us anywhere. I wish only the best to all the actors & actresses from the abc soaps. I hope you can get on to another show. Be sure I’ll be watching you there.
i wont be watching ABC anymore!!!!! and as far as the chew goes Stupid!!!! Going to miss OLTL cant believe you are taking it off the air so so mad
I will no longer be watching ABC after they have done this. They definitely do NOT think of their customers satisfaction.
Like we need one more reality show? One Life to Live is somewhat of a family tradition- i watched it with my mom and sisters, then my girls with me, and now my grand-kids watch it!
I will be switching to ANY show available that is not on ABC. What a shame that they don’t value the customers satisfaction. One Life to Live will be missed everyday and I will DEFINATELY watch it online.
My Dear Erica, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for being part of my life for almost 42 yrs. I will miss you & all the fabulous actors from my most favorite “One Life TO Live” Show. You have been “outstanding”. “One Life To Live” is outstanding & will always be a part of me. I wish you all the very best… Thank you again…I will never give up in hoping & praying for continuance…
me too!
I sooo agree with Ericka in that “The Chew” is such an annoying show!! Everyone is over dramatized and over-acting! Not to mention they dont stand a chance because NOBODY who ever was a fan of AMC and OLTL is going to watch those shows!! Between the hours of 1 and 3(EST). is unbearable for me every day now!! I am totally lost. Curse you ABC!!!
Classy to the end, Erika, but not afraid to tell it like it is. I will not only miss the storyline and the characters, but the rich diversity of people and relationships that you can’t find anywhere else.
Lauren I totally agree . That sums it up. A lady who can tell it like it is without being rude. A great example.
What a terriffic interview from a terriffic and MAGNIFICENT lady. I have been watching OLTL since 1972!! What a terrible loss this will be. Shame on ABC for doing this. My very best wishes to Erika and THANK YOU for the wonderful entertainment!!!!!!
I want to THANK the cast of ONE LIFE TO LIVE. I have been a fan since 1973. I also enjoyed reading this interview with Erika. I have been fortunate enough to attend fan luncheons, softball games in Brooklyn, siging of the One Life/Many Voices at Barnes & Nobel which Robin put together.
I particpated in Daytime Encounter where a fan becomes a Soap star for a day. It was a privilege working with some of the cast from ONE LIFE TO LIVE. It gave a new meaning in watching the show because you felt that you knew them personally and not just watching a show on TV.
All I have to say is THANK YOU for being part of my life. I will miss you all and mostly the show.
I will miss the show need no more improvement on tv. I see the ratings have gone down for abc as per tv guide ha ha. maybe they will learn something from this but it is to late. will block abc from my tv.
i dont know how im gonna survive with out OLTL, im 49, been watchin since day 1…..when they announced thet were cancelin, OMG it broke my HEART, it was if someone told me a familey member had DIED. wait OLTL IS A PART OF MY FAMILEY, which the only familey i have leftis my kids an they r grwn….with AMC AN OLTL canceled ,.my life with nver b the same, big part of my life is gonna b missin, an i so hate 4 the 13 to get, then i loose OLTL LOVE ALL YALL WITH ALL MY HEART, PLEASE SEND ME SOME PIC OF YALL TO MY EMAIL, THANXXZ
OLTL has been a part of my life sence its beginning. I was saddened by the loss of AMC & now loosing OLTL..its the worst. I have been thankful for tivo the last 5 years, being able to record and enjoy the shows at the end of my day. I will NOT fill in the space with any of ABC’s midday replacements. cant stand the yelling shows and food garbage. ABC you are making some big mistakes.. but hey whats a few more 100 individuales uunemployed.. bet they dont watch your daytime garbage either..!! best of luck & life to all at OLTL & AMC.. <3
I can’t believe this is happening. All I want for Christmas is my soaps back. I can’t go on with out them. I have nothing in my life,but the soaps. I can’t stsnd the shows that are on. I hate this
The end of OLTL is such a loss and such a mistake. I will miss it terribly. However, Erika’s agent needs to get out there and earn his/her 10% (is it still 10%?). Another soap would be great, but I want to see ES shine on prime-time and film. Yes!
ERICA I HATE TO SEE YOU AND VIKI LEAVE.YOU HAVE BEEN A LOVED AUNT FOR 40 SOME YEARS…VIKI WAS A PERSON I HAVE ADMIRED,AS I ADMIRE YOU.YOU AND THE REST OF THE CAST OF OLTL ARE PART OF MY LIFE AND MY FAMILY…YOU WILL ALL FOREVER BE IN MY HEART..I WILL MISS YOU ALL TERRIBLY.
I also agree with you Angela.. I will not watch much on abc at all but I definitely do not watch ABC from 10:00 am thru 7:00 pm. They have killed any respect or caring I ever had for that station. I want the soaps back, as do millions of other fans. BRING OUR SOAPS BACK abc !!!
YES!
Erika… you’re such an outstanding actress and such a gracious lady, you’ll be missed desperately. I’ve been watching since I was a child, and I consider the people on AMC, OLTL, and GH as family. I don’t know what I’ll do with myself when the soaps are all gone. I often taped them and watched later or sometimes had a lazy afternoon and watched them, but they brought me more joy and more entertainment than any other TV show. Nothing in the evening compared to my beloved soaps.
I’m sure I’ll be seeing you on some other show. It won’t be the same without “Vicki”, but you’re such a great actress, I’ll believe the new character easily.
Thank you for the many, many years of joy that you’ve brought your fans. We miss you already, and love you too.
Good luck in all you do…
Diane
I am so tired of hearing abc was going to put one life to live and all my children on prospect park, and let views down. This is not about what people want but about ratings and money. What makes people of abc think viewing public likes information via soaps. They have to much news on tv, and also too many talk shows to see all day long. Phila area, all people see on springer, morry and steve wilco who slept with this one and that, how many times man fathered a children or slept with another woman, and the fighting on tv is nuts and should not be allowed. Time viewing public can have what they like on tv not what abc wants us to see…… I do not think any one really cares one way or other, just would like too see abc saops kept on tv. Theses shows could of been picked up by network. When you start seeing rating go down on these wounderfull shows you want us to watch, just like regis and kelly, then think twice, mabey abc should of kept soaps on tv permanet.
Erika is such a class act they don’t make them like her anymore . It’s really sad to hear how everyone was all in for the pp deal and then to have it fall through like that. I will miss erika and one life to live so much I’m so sad btw did I read correctly did Victoria lord just say shit???!! Wtf that made my day I swear!!!
My thoughts too, Victoria Lord, using street language, Why Phobe Tyler, has rolled over in her grave.
& Asa is toasting her with a burbin neat!!! 🙂
I have watched One Life to Live for thirty years along with all my children and will miss the shows. I always liked the way you have the role of Vickie. Your life on the show has great family appeal, Good luck and hope you and the rest of the show come back someway.
I would like to thank all the actors, present an and past, who have given me years of job watching this show. I am 58 years old and have watched this show since the 7th or 8th grade. It helped me through some really hard times in my life. Not because it gave me the answers to anything important, well maybe a little, but when reality was hard sometimes I could turn on my One Life to Live family and laugh a little and maybe at the end of it realize that things were not so bad. I loved not knowing whether I liked or disliked Dorian Kramer Lord Buchanan Vicars (sure I left out someone in there), but Dorian and Vicky were the nucleus of the show. And Vicky is the Mom we all wanted in our life. My son who is now thirty and doesn’t watch the shows walked pass the TV yesterday and I mentioned to him that OLTL was going off the air next Friday, he said to me “is that the one with Todd” and I said Yeah, he said “Wow that sucks.” So in the words of my son, WoW this sucks.
*joy
This is so sad… I have watched OLTL my whole life and I too, feel like they are a part of my family. Viki has always been my favorite! I have read that some of the change is due to so many people (women) work during the day and cause a lack of support now is one of the reasons. Let me tell you, yes I work and I still see OLTL everyday – on SoapNet or either record it. My husband watches it with me – he has watched it from day one also.
I and along with others hate the new shows on tv (ie Chew…)! Soap operas let us escape from our day to day boring worlds and DREAM! I have never watched soaps on any channel but ABC, those were always my favorites. Now, there’s nothing for me to watch on ABC ~ so guess what? See ya ~ ABC…
ABC is definately made a mistake!
One Life To Live -thanks for all the memories!!!!
There is just so much cooking you can do. These”5 chef’s” need to find a real job. They are rude to each other, working too hard to be funny, and I am sick of them. I do not and will not make an effort to watch them or the other guys.
so well put I’ve always worked & haven’t missed a show ether & when i got married my hubby told me to pick one of the 3 ABC soaps & he’d give it a try so i picked oltl & he got hooked before long he wanted more & started watching all 3 with me we cried when amc was done & cant even talk about this being the last week of oltl! so that’s it the real reason ABC has done this to us they r loosing night time ratings because so meany of us are recording daytime shows to watch at night?? go figure?
How sad they ended both shows, but I liked One Life to Live the best. It was an escape from the news and daily life. I use to watch ABC all day but now only watch the news during the day and change the channel or turn it off. They will lose many viewers. We will miss you.
ABC should give Erika Slezak her own primetime sitcom. They owe it to her.
THAT is a great idea. Except, I’d say CBS or NBC should do it because ABC is not worthy of Erika.
What a wonderful idea!! I think she could pick and choose the characters she wants. I will sorely miss her acting abilities. ABC just doesn’t understand the brillance of the actors they had on AMC and OLTL – they outdid any show on night time TV.
Thank you, Erica, for many years of wonderful entertainment. May the 2nd half of your career be as successful and rewarding as your time on OLTL!
Erika is a wonderful person, she has CLASS!!! It IS a real shame ABC and Brian Frons cancelled “One Life To Live”. She’s so right, people want ENTERTAINMENT, not these stupid “reality” or “information” shows. The only thing I disagree with is that Frank was not the greatest ‘producer’. I’ve been watching for 40 years and feel he ran the show into the ground. He didn’t care, he was going to “GH”. Jill Farren Phelps was terrific as producer, that’s the ONLY year “One Life To Live” won Best Soap at the Emmy’s. She went to “GH” and they’ve won many times.
Let’s hope another channel, or cable channel will do something.
I so enjoyed reading this conversation with Erika. I have loved her characterization of Victoria Lord for decades. I sincerely hope Erika finds work so that we will be able to watch her once again.
Change is hard and often very sad. The change in the face of daytime is sad and I really feel none of the quick buck shows will ever stand the test of time or be remembered so fondly as any of the soaps.
Thank you so much for sharing Erika and her thoughts with us.
Erica, I’m so overwhelmed with sadness at the thought of not seeing you everyday. You were like the kind mother we wish we had, yet like our own Mom’s not so perfect we couldn’t relate. The way you and Dorian finally became friends was a life lesson to us all. Those are the moments I treasure and will miss so dearly. I wish you all the best and KNOW that you will have it, because you will make it so.
ERIKA{VIKI},WHAT CAN I SAY,ONLY THAT I LOVE YOU!MY FAMILY AND I HAVE ENJOYED SO MANY YEARS OF THIS WONDERFUL SHOW,AND ITS JUST SO SAD THAT THEYVE CHOSEN TO LET THIS SHOW END.MY DAYS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU.THANK YOU FOR ALL THE YEARS AND HARD WORK THAT YOU AND OTHER CAST MEMBERS HAVE PUT INTO THIS SHOW.YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.YOUR A PIECE OF HISTORY.I HATE TO SAY GOODBYE,BUT WEVE BEEN GIVEN NO CHOICE.HOPE TO SEE YOU IN THE FUTURE IN ANOTHER PROJECT,WE WILL WATCH.YOU HAVE SO MANY FANS.AND YOU HAVE A FAMILY BIGGER THAN YOU CAN IMGINE.LOVE YOU,THANKS FOR THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE!!!LORI MILLER
It is so hard and so sad to believe One Life To Live will be no longer.
Has ABC thought about how many people will be boycotting their network?
This soap is so much better entertainment than any of the other daytime shows, and also General Hospital is one of the best. One Life To Live has always had the best actors and storylines…….how can you be so dumb to think these cooking and other talk shows will be better??
ABC needs to clean house and get some people in that know what people want. Great interview with Erica……love her. Not a better actress around.
i will miss OLTL & AMC also & B&B i hope they come back soon if not i will be thinking of them
I was wondering if OLTL & AMC have the same writers,mainly because the story lines are VERY similiar,ANC before departing old people came back to haunt AMC & now on OLTL same scenario old people came back (in a jail break) to haunt and torture the finale. I have noticed this foa a very long time many years, but what the heck, I enjoyed them very much from the start 40 years ago.
I am SICKENED by the show being cancelled!!! >:-( ABC you blew it!!
Prospect park pa-leeeeeez get it together we want OLTL to stay alive!!
I grew up watching ABC Daytime. One Life To Live has always been my favorite. I have watched for over 40 years as well. I remember not minding getting sick because it meant I could stay home from school and watch OLTL. Then when recording came around I never missed a show. I still can’t believe they cancelled AMC and OLTL. And if GH goes next year TV will never be the same. Listen up ABC!!! You’re WRONG we DO WANT ENTERTAINMENT!!!! WE WANT ONE LIFE TO LIVE!!!! My tv is was set to record from Noon to 4pm and now I will record GH of course but I will never watch those dumb cooking or reality shows. ABC deserves what I am sure they are going to get a big fat ratings loss!!! BRING BACK OLTL AND OUR SOAPS IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR RATINGS!!! I know there are thousands if not millions of people that agree with me. I thank you Erika Slezak and all of the cast of OLTL I have enjoyed you all for many, many years.
Losing AMC was devastating, like losing a part of your family. The way One Life To Live ended today was so emotional, I cried like a baby. I’m not looking forward to the last day of my soap. Been with the show since the beginning, all abc soaps actually.How can they end such a great thing? Millions of fans, devoted fans infact. How many people can say they have watched a show for 40 years! That’s devotion. You are dissappointing alot of people. I, like many will not be watching the crap that will replace our soaps (never will) What a joke! Heart-broken in Indiana.:((
To Erika and the cast and crew of OLTL all of you will be missed. I watched on soapnet at night. My husband and I are fans and will miss the entertainment all of you provided us. I wish all of you well in your future work. I hate ABC and will not be watching those reality shows in the afternoon or evening. I tried watching the other soaps that are left and they do not hold my interest but I will try again to watch them as I no longer have my favorite OLTL and I would not want those soaps meeting the same fate as OLTL. I would like to know how this idiot Frons made his decision and is now leaving the network but left GH alone. He needs a rality check on what we want.
How many actors, politicians, or just regular people are so honest? Not many! I think if you hooked Erika up to a lie detector test she would have passed 100% of the time in this interview. How refreshing! How honest! Good for her to be such a stand up person that she didn’t sugar coat anything. Brian Frons and Sweeny are out and out idiots. Viewers dont want entertainment? If that is true, why not just cancel the whole primetime line up? OLTL makes money, just not ENOUGH because its greed, greed, greed. Maybe after a few years of all this reality crap ABC will decide reality costs too much to pay the crew and hosts. Why not have one cameraman follow dogs around all day and watch them play and poop? Then they wouldnt even have to pay reality show hosts.Then they’ll tell us they put the dogs on because “the viewers told us that’s what they want”. Just feed dogs a few bones now and then to keep costs down.
Was 40 years of loyalty on Erikas part (or Susan Lucci) appreciated by ABC? How shameful ABC should be, how despicable. Fans as well as actors, writers, directors, crew were all spat in the face. Trust me, if all I can do is switch off ABC, consider it done. (I already stopped ABC some months ago). THANK YOU ERIKA for being so honest! Us fans really need that. You are truly appreciated.
I to have watched all of the ABC soaps since the very begining. Erika, you are a first class lady. I love you and everyone on the cast so much. I hope that Prospect park will pick up the ball again. To think of all of the actors and actresses that packed up and moved from N.Y. to L.A., and now for what?? I will no longer watch ABC at all!!
Erika and all of the One Life to Live Cast and Crew. My daughter and I are going to truly going to miss your show. We would call each other right after the show would for the day and talk about what happened on that day. I am saddened that some of the crew will lose their jobs I understand what they are going through. I just wish that the Internet Park Project had gotten their ducks in a row with the money first. Sure would have made it nice for the staff and viewer. The crew would still have jobs and views would still have our entertainment.
Thank you for all the wonderful laughs, and tears One Life to Live Cast and Crew. My daughter and I will miss you for ever!
Ms.Slezak,
I could not agreee with you more! this is complete Bull as you said! the fans are not happy i know I am a g.h fan myself and watched your soap on and off through the yrs due to working part time..I am so upset with the way this was handled…i refuse to watch that channel in the day time i watch my soap at night on soapnet! what we dont need is another daytime talk show! we want entertainment! I think the way they kept the cast in the dark is awfu; and wuite frankly on their part it is shameful! I wish you all the best!!!! i pray somehow they can change this around and do whats right!!!!
Kim Buca
IT WAS OFTEN HARD TO SEE THE SHOW AROUND MY SCHEDULE BUT YOU HAD TO SEE IT RECORD IT CALL SOMEONE TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPEN.
It is a sad day when the people do not have a voice anymore. I really don’t want to say that I’ll miss you, because I still can’t believe this is happening. Forty plus years is a long time to just decide it doesn’t matter anymore. You know and I know and all the fans know that this is a huge mistake on ABC’s part. It will be regretted big time. All I can say is nothing makes a soft behind like a hard head. They can’t decide for us what we will watch because we will turn our TV’s off. Thank you for being such a wonderful role model all these years. My family loves you and all the other actors of the show. Here’s hoping a miracle happens and you all get to come back for good.
This has broke my heart with these two shows going off the air, They are my relaxing time at night .Has anyone hear of soapnet picking these
shows up. I could watch them at night, But once agian it does not matter what the veiwer wants . I make a point to turn off Abc in the middle of the day, so my DVR will not record the two new talk shows, No ones needs another daytime talk show. I the network is saying no one is watching the soaps in the middle of the day what makes them think anyone will watch these two new talk shows in the middle of the day, where all the the other talk shows. So thanks for breaking mine and many other veiwers hearts.
I can not believe how bad I feel about loosing my AMC and OLTL family. I will never watch the chew or the revolution and I will stop watching ABC all together when OLTL is gone.
Thank you
One Life to Live has been in many people’s lives for such a long time that I and many other fans will realy miss the show. I have been watching since I was 12 years old and got my children into OLTL and now my two grandsons know when its OLTL time. Its refreshing sit and unwind at the end of the day to watch old friends – OLTL. Do we really need another talk show! please. ABC I will NOT watch another show on your network. I AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE BOYCOTTING ABC ALL TOGETHER.
My kids and I will miss your faces everyday. We wish you well and a bright future away from ABC!
This is absurd, and should never have happened. Not only will I boycott everything on ABC (not hard, wretched shows), I am going to cancel our family’s trip to Disney. I know others who will do the same. As for the common dribble called The Chew and The Revolution, seriously??? After having steak with OLTL and AMC, who wants sausage like that?
FROM THE TIME I WAS 3 YEARS OLD I HAVE WATCHED AMC AND OLTL IT STARTED OUT WATCHING SO I COULD SEE WHEN THE COMMERCIAL WAS ON TO GET MY MOTHER’S
ATTENTION OTHERWISE IT WAS A LOST CAUSE. SO I AM NOT HAVING TO SAY GOODBYE
TO THE SHOWS BUT SOME OF THE BEST MEMORIES WITH MY MOTHER ALSO. THANKS TO ALL THE CAST YOU BEEN A BIG PART OF MY LIFE.
Erika, Thank you for all of years I watched you on OLTL. We need to use the power of the people to get you back on TV or on the internet. ABC and NBC are owned by the same corporation. Not only do you quit watching both of those networks and everyone lets them know why, you guit buying the products that are advertised on those networks and you let the advertisers know why. Boycot the products. People need to write letters to the advertisers and tell them they need to advertise and support OLTL on the internet so OLTL can survive. Not only that, someone needs to start a computer campaign to catch the advertisers attention making it very lucrative for the advertisers to support OLTL.
Have we forgotten what the POWER OF THE PEOPLE CAN DO?
I also like so many have been watching OLTL every since it came on the air, I never missed any of the shows no matter what was happening in my life or where I would be.I just cannot even think how it is going to be missing from my life in just a few short days. As said before they are my family also. Myself and family members lost jobs like all of the actors are now so I know how they are feeling.Mr.Frons is one of the jerks that comes in and think they know best, he will get his I have seen it happen before. I am not interested in watching any more reality shows, or talk shows and my soaps, I watch one other on another network have been the thing to help me get through a lot of ups and downs in my life. I will miss it so and all of the actors. Erika have just loved you from day one, please tell all that they gave a lot of pleasure and relief into my life for all of these years.
I did write letters for support to kept the show on the air.
I will not say goodbye,just wish all who gave us such pleasure the very best.
Carol
People want information?? we have google for that, we want entertainment that is why we watch tv. I am so very sad they are taking this show off. I do feel like I am losing part of a family. I have watched this show for well over 20 yrs and watched characters actually grow up on here. My children have watched oltl and GH with me too. I really wish there was something that could have stopped this!! I wish everyone the best and know that u will all be missed by us ):
I grew up with OLTL since I was a little girl this show past on from generation to generation now my both kids loved it. I truly dislike the absurd behavior of the ABC because OLTL was a part of my family and a part of me. I wish they can surprise there fans and come up with a decision to have a come back. By the way who wants to watch people stuff there face down and don’t even talk about revolution BIG BUST. Pleople could go else where and find information like other channels. For me I’ve being watching OLTL for 25yrs and Erika you were like a mother to me because Melissa(Nataiel) is just like me and sure my husband is so much like Michael(John).I just want to say my kids and I would miss this show so since I don’t say good bye I’ll say wishing everyone the best.
I am not the only one that is going into depression over my shows going off does ABC understand WE NEED THEM
THey can CHEW MY —
So saddened by the loss of a soap that I began watching so long ago. Goodbye to ABC; I will not turn on any program that is broadcast on that station after Friday, January 13th (My 59th birthday)