New Daytime Soap Opera at CBS In Development

[brian4]

So…the number one of three (currently) broadcast soaps. The number one of two network game shows. Wow. Quite the competition.

Better than being number 2 or 3 in a measurable category.

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

Tallest of the short people.

CBS could run a polka hour and instantly claim it’s the number one polka hour on daytime TV. Probably all of TV.

 

[brian4]

Tallest of the short people.

CBS could run a polka hour and instantly claim it’s the number one polka hour on daytime TV. Probably all of TV.

And the Winner is... Beyoncé's Polka Hour!

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

And she’d have the most successful polka album by an artist who also released hit pop and country albums. Easy to be top ranked in that field.

 

[genius]

More on the P&G aspect of The Gates:

Procter & Gamble returning to daytime TV soap operas

After a 15-year absence, P&G Studios will produce "The Gates," a 2025 daytime drama about a wealthy Black family developed through a CBS partnership with the NAACP.

www.wvxu.org

 

[genius]

Additional analysis:

Who says soap operas are dead? 'The Gates' gives hope for genre's revival.

For the first time in 25 years, a new soap opera will launch on daytime TV. An expert is hopeful it will reboot the long-overlooked genre.

www.yahoo.com

 

[JeeperOne]

Generations is irrelevant. Declining audiences for serialized daytime content in this century is relevant, not what happened decades ago in a troubled time slot on NBC. Generations could have been a big hit; it makes zero difference in 20-freaking-24.

The problem is Soap Operas AS A GENRE are in trouble on OTA TV. Why do you think DOOL was moved exclusively to Peacock??

It won't be long before Y&R & B&B are exclusively moved to either Paramount Plus or Pluto TV Soaps & disney is forced to move GH tp Hulu since Disney isn't likely to take it for Disney Plus

 

[JeeperOne]

If CBS owns the show they can place it on as many (or few) platforms as they want. If on CBS it will automatically be on Paramount Plus. And maybe they will decide to air it in PlutoTV also, possibly delayed by a few weeks to give Paramount Plus an exclusive streaming window.

Y&R & B&B air on Pluto TV soaps THE SAME DAY. Why would CBS treat this new show any differently??

 

[JeeperOne]

To who? CBS cares less about the success of B&B than the success of the new soap because CBS will own some or all of the new soap.

CBS makes money off of B&B. An upstart soap will take years to gain traction.

And this new show doesn't have years. IF IT IS LUCKY, it'll have A FEW MONTHS before CBS starts fingering the OTA ax like they did with The Talk

 

[JeeperOne]

Tallest of the short people.

CBS could run a polka hour and instantly claim it’s the number one polka hour on daytime TV. Probably all of TV.

Put CBS up against the cable networks, it LOSES BIG

 

[briancraig]

I’m not sure I understand your point.

In 2023, CBS averaged 3,518,000 viewers. The two most popular cable networks Fox News and ESPN averaged 1.8 and 1.7 million viewers.

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

Y&R & B&B air on Pluto TV soaps THE SAME DAY. Why would CBS treat this new show any differently??

Whether the production partners agree to it. Maybe they're eager, maybe it's been decided already, but they've got two other partners to work though it with.

 

[JeeperOne]

I’m not sure I understand your point.

In 2023, CBS averaged 3,518,000 viewers. The two most popular cable networks Fox News and ESPN averaged 1.8 and 1.7 million viewers.

Perhaps I should've noted my point doesn't include the news, business & sports outlets lol

 

[genius]

Perhaps I should've noted my point doesn't include the news, business & sports outlets lol

Apparently CBS doesn’t care about your point either since they’re going full throttle on this as well as canceling a show at #22 in the ratings but being the least watched on the network.