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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 263182" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>I think the main reason stories on all the soaps (not just B&B) have languished in the "predictable" and "repetitive" areas has to do with a fear of innovation due to the restricted budgets. In the early 2010s, when they were cancelling shows left and right, producers recognized they had to go into survival mode. Innovation and risk had to be pushed aside in favor of the tried-and-true, since the networks had the ax out and might come for your show next if you have stories that make them "nervous". They just never got out of survival mode. If one show decides to try something different, it places them in the spotlight...or some would say, places them in the line of fire. If their experiment fails, it will fail with all eyes on it (like <em>Guiding Light</em> in 2008-9, and the online versions of <em>All My Children</em> and<em> One Life to Live</em> ). Some of the producers likely feel that as long as they keep their heads down and 'blend in' with the other shows, their show will continue to be renewed, which is basically the main goal these days (to stay on the air, as opposed to producing some great work of art). Story options are also limited by budget--virtually every soap writer I've seen interviewed will speak of story ideas that, while sounding good, had to be nixed simply because it would have been too expensive or too unwieldy to produce within the constraints of the studio space.</p><p></p><p>The Exec Producer of each show holds the lives and careers of 100-150 people (as well as their families) in their hands, so any decision to do something drastic or unique with their show has to be weighed against the very real chance that such a decision might throw all those people out of work. In years past there were options to get hired by other soaps, but obviously those jobs are drying up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 263182, member: 27"] I think the main reason stories on all the soaps (not just B&B) have languished in the "predictable" and "repetitive" areas has to do with a fear of innovation due to the restricted budgets. In the early 2010s, when they were cancelling shows left and right, producers recognized they had to go into survival mode. Innovation and risk had to be pushed aside in favor of the tried-and-true, since the networks had the ax out and might come for your show next if you have stories that make them "nervous". They just never got out of survival mode. If one show decides to try something different, it places them in the spotlight...or some would say, places them in the line of fire. If their experiment fails, it will fail with all eyes on it (like [I]Guiding Light[/I] in 2008-9, and the online versions of [I]All My Children[/I] and[I] One Life to Live[/I] ). Some of the producers likely feel that as long as they keep their heads down and 'blend in' with the other shows, their show will continue to be renewed, which is basically the main goal these days (to stay on the air, as opposed to producing some great work of art). Story options are also limited by budget--virtually every soap writer I've seen interviewed will speak of story ideas that, while sounding good, had to be nixed simply because it would have been too expensive or too unwieldy to produce within the constraints of the studio space. The Exec Producer of each show holds the lives and careers of 100-150 people (as well as their families) in their hands, so any decision to do something drastic or unique with their show has to be weighed against the very real chance that such a decision might throw all those people out of work. In years past there were options to get hired by other soaps, but obviously those jobs are drying up. [/QUOTE]
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