"One Life to Live" adds a gay love story starring an out actor

....good news except I heard that One Live to Live is cancelled. Does this mean they can be as reckless as they want with their story lines now that their days are numbered?

 

 

 

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You just beat me in posting this story.

As far as OLTL being cancelled, that's not true. The soap will continue being produced by ABC and shown here. It has, however, not been picked up for next season by the Canadian network that has been showing it up north. Them Canucks will have to watch the American feed from now on.

 

 

The blog has daily recaps of One Life to Live. Because you only have One Life to Live.

One Life to Live was cancelled by CTV in Canada.   ABC hasn't done the same, nor do they plan to in the near future.  If any soaps are safe, it's the ABC soaps.

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"Kyle & Fish would make a cute couple."

This morning I turn on my computer and find that they will make a cute couple.

Tonight I intend on thinking about how much this nation will benefit from the repeal of DADT and the gay marriage ban.

Brian, be prepared to break the story tomorrow.

It seems that now that the pressure against gay characters is not the same than the last couple of years, more soaps introduce gay characters. We'll see how this work in the future.

And ABC soaps are safe? Well it's not obviously because the ratings, last week ABC soaps were only ahead Guiding light

Just last week, I heard that OLTL had a couple guys with this Otalia level of chemistry that had viewers wondering. I still have a week's worth of episodes on the DVR.

I`m soooo happy for Scott Evans.I`ve been very fond of him ever since I found out that he was an out gay man.Hopefully someone will upload this story somewhere for us folks outside of US.

I said in the comments section of last week's Gays of our Lives that it would be interesting if they were messing around in college and had to deal with their feelings now and this is announced today.  Maybe they read my comment and decided to use it.  Do I get a consulting fee? ;-)

Congrats to OLTL, I'm looking forward to this story.  Fish is a good character and I love that he is going to be living with Christian and Layla now.

YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES!!!!!!

I've been waiting for this for months!

Ever since they introduced Fish, I thought there was something sort of gay about him, then you guys told me the actor is gay (thanks!).  Then, when they first had Fish and Kyle meet, and everytime they meet up, there've just been these looks and pauses between them.  I thought, maybe....?   Then they had Fish sleep with Stacy, and Kyle seems googly over her too.  I even asked the Flying Monkey a month or 3 ago, and he sadly reported to me that OLTL had nothing planned for that.

But here it is!  Now, I love Luke & Noah, but after months of trying I have to fast forward most every other part of ATWT(due to lameness).  I've started watching Y&R the past few weeks, but no gayness in that time.  I always already watch GH & OLTL, which is defintely the most fun of the shows to watch.  Fun enough my bf even likes it.  Both of us couldn't beleive the tension they were showing with Fish & Kyle would lead to nothing...and now here we are!  YES!!!!

Can you tell I'm excited?  *)

The more gay visibility the better. I love Scott. He seems like such a sweet guy. I haven't watched OLTL before, cause we don't have that show here. But I will definitely start to watch, cause this story seems interesting.. Someone has to upload it to Youtube though;) 

 

Harvey Milk: You gotta give 'em hope.

This is great news.  It should be a big departure from the OLTL Billy Douglas' (Ryan Phillippe) coming out story line of times past.   Am looking forward to it. I wonder if anyone will upload it (hint hint) so we don't miss watching it.   Thank you for keeping us informed.  

YES! I'm all for uploading on YouTube too! LOL! I don't know the show at all, but that Scott Evans guy is so cuuuuuuuuute! 

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Dear AfterElton,

 Please feel free to include as much Scott Evans coverage as you can on the site. Until it reaches the same level of saturation as Jon & Kate Plus 8 in the supermarket tabloids, I will not be satisfied. More Scott Evans. MORE! I predict a top ten placement in next year's Hot 100.

 Thanks! 

Seriously this is the best news I've heard all day!  OLTL is one of the best soaps on TV, and to hear that they are finally adding not just a gay couple, but a gay romance (and possible triangle) makes me so happy.  OLTL has had a great history with gay characters (well, with one little misstep a couple of years ago with Nora's husband), and has a great history of using out actors, so this makes me love the show even more.  I'm overjoyed right now.  Fricken overjoyed! 

 (If you can't tell, I'm a One Life fan.) 

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So long as this story actually has legs and the couple aren't treated like token gays Bob and Lee on DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, I'm all for it.  The thing is, as far as I know, these two are isolated characters: neither Fish nor Kyle is connected to a core family in Llanview like Luke is connected to the Snyders in Oakdale.  I hope this isn't a mere stunt storyline.

Also, OLTL better not do a repeat of its last gay storyline where Daniel Colson, who married Nora, was having an affair with a younger character (Mark something?) played by Matt Cavenaugh (Tony, WEST SIDE STORY), and Colson ended up going psycho and killing people because he didn't want to be outed.

THAT I don't want to see...

I have a hard time believing most of what he writes. I do hope this story happens. They're both very low-level characters, they have no real ties to anyone on the show, but both actors are talented and attractive.

I hate to say I told you so, but...

Last summer I predicted that the other soaps were undoubtedly developing gay characters as a result of the Nuke publicity. Remember last summer? The sex and kissing ban on ATWT? I got alot of crap for that and everyone was like, "yeah sure, what ever Nukely", and "if they're writing gay characters, where are they" And I was like, "ATWT dropped the ball and other shows are going to be picking it up as soon as they can. I gave them 9 months."

Well. All I can think to say is, I told you so.

 

So I watched a couple of episodes after reading this article.  They didn't feature either of the characters in question, but here's my thoughts of the show in general for anyone considering checking it out.

In summary, I prefer it to the two other soaps I've started watching recently (As the World Turns and Young and the Restless, of course.)  The things that draw me to it are probably invisible to long-time soap fans, who clearly prefer Y&R:

1) It makes the relationships and storylines clear to newcomers rapidly, even if you come in mid-story. I started Y&R when Kevin and Amber were in the middle of a major storyline, and yet it took two weeks for me to figure out that they weren't a couple. I still don't understand all this Katherine-Jill and Chancellor babyswapping, DNA-testing stuff, after watching the storylines for over a month. After two days, I feel like I understand the relationships on OLTL quite clearly (at least, the ones relevant to the current stories. Obviously, the big family dynasties can only be understood over time on any soap.)

2) Plot pacing. I know long-time fans seem to relish the glacial pace at which Y&R moves, but it's quite off-putting to me and, to judge from comments of other people I've seen drawn in by the promise of gay-inclusive storylines, to many people who aren't traditionally daytime-watchers. I think it's one of the few things ATWT is right about in trying to attract new viewers, even though I know it's one that long-time viewers don't like. With OLTL, I feel like I saw more development on the stories in two days than I saw in the entire first week I watched Y&R. I guess I'll see of that holds up in the long term, but it's a promising start.

I realize you can't judge a soap on its whole by watching two random days, but it says something that after those two days, even though they didn't feature even a walk-on by the characters I came in to see, it's probably going to be the first one I watch when I hit the DVR tomorrow. 

I really dunno if someone's gonna notice my little comment here but i must say that this wonderful site suits happy gays like me... Oh my! I would really love to be a part of the newest "one life to live" doing the role of Griffin.

Coz the character itself is so like me, NAUGHTY SWEET! If im going to have a rare opportunity like that i'm surely gonna love it as you will too... hehehe...

 

Raffy here,

MWAH!

Someone told me the guy who plays David Vickers and one of the gay guys on Desperate Housewives is gay in real life. Confirm or deny? Anyone?

 

A gay guy trapped in a straight woman's body.