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Busting bad dish!

Susan Lucci Blasts ABC Over “All My Children” Cancellation

Truth rating: 10

(Associated Press)

Susan Lucci unloads on ABC in a new epilogue to her book, slamming executive Brian Frons and others for the cancellation of “All My Children.”

The actress, who has portrayed Erica Kane on the series since 1970, claims in the new paperback edition of “All My Life: A Memoir” that Frons and ABC Daytime brass destroyed the long-running series with bad moves before announcing that they’d take it off the air.

Lucci alleges that Frons ordered the show to move from New York to Los Angeles, pushed out its creator and replaced the head writer with personnel who produced “subpar” material.

“I watched Brian Frons’ decisions destroy the production of our show and the lives of people on both sides of the country,” writes Lucci, who says Frons possesses “that fatal combination of ignorance and arrogance.”

“An iconic show was losing out to greed… If Brian Frons could show his bosses that he could save the network 40 percent… he could keep his job even if the rest of us lost ours,” she explains.

Lucci recalls telling Frons directly, “I think our being in this position is the result of some very bad decisions by you,” although she says stopped short of calling her ABC bosses and leaving the message, “F.U. – and your little dog, too.”

Wow.

Somehow, we don’t think Lucci will be giving Frons the Brian Kilmeade treatment anytime soon.

What do you think of Lucci putting ABC on blast?

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  • Junglejim123

    Susan Lucci is 100 percent correct. Brian Fronz ruined both shows and his writing team alienated the viewers of One Life to Live when he insisted on ramming a mass gay wedding down the viewers throats. He is incompetent and he has no clue as to what daytime viewers want to see. May his 2 new shows go down the tubes within months ! Hopefully daytime viewers will inundate ABC with complaints and Frons will be terminated. He is a disgrace to the industry !!! As for Susan he will undoubtedly see her resurface on some other show..she is loved by many- especially here in Florida !!
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  • Anonymous

    Good for her. Typical of corporate America. Save us money and you keep your job never mind the people whose backs helped to build our brand. They be damned.

  • Dana

    OLTL and AMC were not canceled because of gay weddings. If both shows were as good the last two years as they have been the last 4 months they would not ne canceled. I have watched both since I was a child and think they ate making a huge mistake, but it has nothing to do with gay story lines.

  • omg

    I just read the ABC soap ratings and General Hospital is their lowest rated soap. Are they trying to get that show cancelled too?

  • Corie

    I thought that they were still going to film All My Children and put them Online. What happened to that?

  • Corie

    I thought that they were still going to film All My Children and put them Online. What happened to that?

  • http://twitter.com/DrivelLady Laurie B.

    Brian Frons has been a disaster for ABC daytime. Poor Susan. She’ll land on her feet though. I think she’d be great in a sitcom. Are you listening, TV Land?

  • Anonymous

    HA!!! Lucci has some nerve going after Brian Frons. She’s been on the same soap for 40 years and for the past 20, she’s been phoning it in!! The woman is the worse actress in the history of soaps and she shouldn’t blast anybody for All My Children being canceled. She’s lazy and untalented and, hopefully, we will never hear from her again.

    In my opinion, the only reason she’s decided to make Frons the scape goat is because she knows she will not be getting anymore fat checks from a soap that she contributed nothing to and because she knows her “career” is over!! She wants some publicity hoping that some producer will notice her and give her a job. Sorry Ms. Lucci. Everybody knows you have zero to contribute to acting. I guess your shopping channel job has to make do for now.

  • Jen

    General Hospital is typically ABC’s top rated soap. I think due to the cancellation of the other 2 their ratings went up.

  • chevjuls

    Good for her, Brian Frons is big JERK I hope the chew tank and get no viewer and have to cancel.

  • omg

    nope. I stopped watching years ago but for some reason I still keep up with the gossip and ratings and the ratings are in the toilet and the show is about to be flushed. it got as low as 1.5. shocking.

  • joyce

    AMC and OLTL ratings when up when everyone found out they were being canceled. GH was ahead of them in the ratings until then. As a long time viewer of all three GH will be following because just like the other two the writing has sucked big time. They’ve taken three great soaps and distroyed them with subpar writing and trying to save money.

  • Dschillmaier

    I have been watching AMC on and off since it’s inception. Susan Lucci is anything but lazy-I really don’t understand what you mean about her “phoning in” her appearances. Look,everyone is entitled to their opinion but we are talking soap operas here,not Broadway dramas.

  • http://twitter.com/AD76 Kim

    I hate Brian Frons. I used to love OLTL, but he damaged it beyond repair.

  • http://twitter.com/AD76 Kim

    Gay weddings do not ruin soap operas. Many daytime fans are open to different things – including gay weddings. I agree with you on your other points though.

  • higglty pigglty

    Brian is that you?…If it isn’t then the person writing this is both delusional and bitter. Susan Lucci is neither a lazy person or lacking in talent and I am not even a fan of AMC…so, please take your message of hatred and bitterness back to blogs like Perez Hilton where it will be appreciated.

  • Jriggs

    Bitter much Lewis? Or is it Frons? Lucci has contributed more to daytime than almost anyone other Agnes Nixon (The original creator of AMC and OLTL and GH) so your comments are baseless, ill informed and insulting. Lucci makes a valid point, the network set out to destroy all three shows to save money and in order to alienate as few people as possible, they intentionally made them bad, nothing else makes sense if you understand this business, it’e the logical response if you have no soul of course. I wonder if Frons is related to Dick Cheney?

  • Lisa31498

    Oltl i think has been pretty good for a while now…all the soaps go through ups and downs i try to watch all 3 a few times a week i record them and watch at a later time depending on which one is better is the one i watch first most times its OLTL or GH, AMC has been pretty stale ever since Adam left dont know why but probably the writers and that Brian now both shows will be gone i really have a hard time with loosing both shows especially OLTL, Hope Brian looses his job i can tell you that i will not be watching what is in that time slot thats for sure what an ass he runied a 40 year show hope he gets the AX!

  • Lisa31498

    YOU are an idiot! As for Susan fat pay checks she took a pay cut to keep the soap on the air voluntary btw, she is very talented and i am sure she could have said no and still got paid more money because she is one of the main characters on the show and has been for decades! I have seen her in other movies and she is a great actress, she will have no problem getting work. Soap stars work hard it is a full time job with long hours, so she may take some time off because she wants to not because of lack of work. She is one the hardest working actresses in the industry…and as for Brian he moved the whole soap to the west coast made all of these people actors, actresses, camera men, the people that work in the business office wardrobe people set designers etc. all these people up rooted there families sold there homes to go to the west coast to keep the soap on the air because it was lower production cost…a few months later they here the shows are going to be canceled this man has ruined so many lives in such a hard economy i am not talking so much about the “soap stars” they make good money and i am sure will be fine, I am more talking about the behind the scenes people he played GOD with there lives and set the show up to fail all too keep his job and screw hundreds out of there job, i dont know how he can sleep at night but pay back is a bitch FU Brian hope you loose your job.

  • BeachBoxerBingo2

    Oh get out from under Frons’ desk and wipe your mouth. The show was murdered by the executives in charge.

  • Nonniepeg

    I have to agree with susan…any good shows abc has produced are now cancelled…Good bye advertising for ABC you will not have any decent programing to watch!

  • Bice1219

    Think it’s awesome…..luv it…..luv it more when Brian gets fired for canceling AMC and OLTL
    Have boycotted abc after AMC went off the air and now will do the same after OLTL

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