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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 154560" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>I recall reading that<em> Days</em> was exported to Australia as early as the 1970s. AW was really popular in Canada right up to the end. <em>Santa Barbara</em>, though, became such a hit in France that NBC actually had them do remotes there occasionally (just as CBS will occasionally send B&B overseas for remotes). I think SB was their first and only taste of international acclaim, and this likely helped the show stay on the air a bit longer than it might have. Still, NBC soaps had various different owners, so they (NBC) likely did not want to stick their neck out too much for shows they did not own directly. Witness the difference between their treatment of the above-mentioned shows and how they treated <em>Passions</em>, a show they owned outright. The ratings were disastrous, but NBC pummeled viewers with <em>Passions</em> promos, and kept finding new ways to get exposure for the show (running it on Sci-Fi Channel for a while, eventually on DirecTV, and placing it online when that was a new thing). ABC did try to sell some of its shows overseas, but I don't think they had much success; the only one I recall was <em>Loving</em> being sold to Italy and being a hit for a while. I recall when I went to Italy in 1988, they had <em>Guiding Light </em>reruns airing under the name <em>Sentieri</em> (lighthouse?) or something like that, and I was transfixed by the dubbing. It was especially surprising since the owner of that show, Procter and Gamble, rarely syndicated any of their shows (AW being one of them). P&G could make a handsome sum of money if they would release their shows on some kind of streaming service...but I guess they feel they don't need the money, so they just sit on tons (30+ years) of old tapes.</p><p></p><p>The best part of having these soaps syndicated overseas (or anywhere) means there are more opportunities for fans to discover old, "lost" episodes. A lot of old <em>Days</em> stuff was found in Australia, and a lot of the best SB stuff comes from French-dubbed or Dutch-dubbed clips.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 154560, member: 27"] I recall reading that[I] Days[/I] was exported to Australia as early as the 1970s. AW was really popular in Canada right up to the end. [I]Santa Barbara[/I], though, became such a hit in France that NBC actually had them do remotes there occasionally (just as CBS will occasionally send B&B overseas for remotes). I think SB was their first and only taste of international acclaim, and this likely helped the show stay on the air a bit longer than it might have. Still, NBC soaps had various different owners, so they (NBC) likely did not want to stick their neck out too much for shows they did not own directly. Witness the difference between their treatment of the above-mentioned shows and how they treated [I]Passions[/I], a show they owned outright. The ratings were disastrous, but NBC pummeled viewers with [I]Passions[/I] promos, and kept finding new ways to get exposure for the show (running it on Sci-Fi Channel for a while, eventually on DirecTV, and placing it online when that was a new thing). ABC did try to sell some of its shows overseas, but I don't think they had much success; the only one I recall was [I]Loving[/I] being sold to Italy and being a hit for a while. I recall when I went to Italy in 1988, they had [I]Guiding Light [/I]reruns airing under the name [I]Sentieri[/I] (lighthouse?) or something like that, and I was transfixed by the dubbing. It was especially surprising since the owner of that show, Procter and Gamble, rarely syndicated any of their shows (AW being one of them). P&G could make a handsome sum of money if they would release their shows on some kind of streaming service...but I guess they feel they don't need the money, so they just sit on tons (30+ years) of old tapes. The best part of having these soaps syndicated overseas (or anywhere) means there are more opportunities for fans to discover old, "lost" episodes. A lot of old [I]Days[/I] stuff was found in Australia, and a lot of the best SB stuff comes from French-dubbed or Dutch-dubbed clips. [/QUOTE]
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