Classic Soaps Love of Life returning as audio soap

Carrie Fairchild

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I thought that this random bit of news deserved its own thread. 47 years after its cancellation, Love of Live will be revived next year as a scripted audio drama. It’s being led by the producer and writer of other scripted soaps, Haven Falls and Forever and a Day (neither of which I’ve ever heard of but must check out). A former LOL associate producer will act as consultant on the series.

I’m open to being corrected but I think Dark Shadows is the only other US daytime soap to date, that has had an afterlife in audio format.
 
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The guy writing this is super passionate but I can't get behind his work. I tried to listen to Haven Falls and it was hard to get through one episode. The sound quality is different for everybody and some of the actors read their lines like they're just reading something for the first time. Having listened to some of the old radio soaps, the quality difference is pretty huge.

I also find it odd he's revamping Love of Life. I know he was trying to get multiple soaps and I guess this i the only one he was able to get the rights to. But then I wonder: how much does he even know about the show? And is there really a point in bringing it back at all after so long? It would have to be all new characters based on the actors ages.
 
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