Watch MORE ONE LIFE TO LIVE (Video)

The Friday recap of Prospect Park's ONE LIFE TO LIVE is now online at Hulu.com and iTunes. Hosted by Leslie Miller, the show features Erika Slezak (Victoria Lord), Robert Gorrie (Matthew Buchanan) and OLTL executive producer Jennifer Pepperman. Watch it below:

ALL MY CHILDREN & ONE LIFE TO LIVE News Roundup

Can Online Shows Be Habit-Forming? Soaps May Provide Some Clues
Back in 1994, one Kaiser Family Foundation study found that viewing was highest in young women (18-29) and older women (50 and over). But Reuters reported that as of the end of ALL MY CHILDREN's run on ABC, the median viewer age was 57. Hulu, on the other hand, has a younger viewer base — earlier in April, it was reported to have an average age of 38.

So the challenge for Hulu is presumably in two parts: they need a younger audience (candidly, you can't just let the audience age and age and then die), and they need to keep a base level of the older audience that has sustained these shows always. The opening episode of ALL MY CHILDREN on Hulu is fairly transparent on that point — it introduces some younger characters and a high school plot, but also focuses on people who were on when I was a teenager, including Angie and Jesse Hubbard, who became a so-called "supercouple" in the early 1980s and are still making out 30 years later. (And good for them.)

The Beloved Return of Angie and Jessie (Again)
With the regular assaults on Black love and marriage in the media, this is one couple that has stayed the course, no matter how difficult. Their 1980s heyday cemented them in the minds of viewers who weren’t used to seeing a young African-American couple on TV everyday, who were held in equal regard to the White characters on the show.

The lesson of Angie and Jessie may not be that love conquers all (we know it doesn’t), but certainly that when love exists, it’s hard to break its bonds.

ALL MY CHILDREN & ONE LIFE TO LIVE: Traditional TV Storytelling Distributed In 'A Superior Way'

A new syndicated story by the Associated Press on the April 29 returns of ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE features a number of interesting quotes. Here are some excerpts:

ALL MY CHILDREN Executive Producer Ginger Smith: "We want to keep the core. I still want escapism and romance, but we’re going to have stories that are sometimes a little darker and edgier than we did on ABC."

ONE LIFE TO LIVE Executive Producer Jennifer Pepperman: "Being online is going to draw people in. You can click on it and watch it any time you like. This is a second chance. It is a wonderful gift."

Jennifer Pepperman Named ONE LIFE TO LIVE Executive Producer; Lindsay Hartley Signs On For ALL MY CHILDREN

Jennifer Pepperman has been tapped as the new executive producer of Prospect Park's ONE LIFE TO LIVE web reboot, according to Soap Opera Digest.

Pepper was a coordinating producer at ONE LIFE TO LIVE, and directed at OLTL winning a DGA Award in 2001.  She also AS THE WORLD TURNS, where she won an Emmy in 2007.   She has also been involved with THE VINDICATED, a web soap from Julia Barr and Jill Larson, and worked as a production coordinator on GUIDING LIGHT.

Digest also reports actress Lindsay Hartley has inked a deal to appear ALL MY CHILDREN as Cara, and reveals Prospect Park has "reached out to three other big name Pine Valley stars and has its sights on some OLTL biggies, too."

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