OLTL’s Back—Day 1

The day started with a van in the dark, lots of hugs, and speeches about the historic value of what we were doing. Then, suddenly, it was almost as if what ended last year never had. Sure, the studio was oddly tighter. And the control room was oddly hotter. And there were only three cameras and only two booms. And the team was a mix of many teams. But twenty-some odd scenes and many hours later, doing much the same work that we’ve done for years, we had completed Day One of shooting the new One Life to Live. And we were done, and it was snowing, a bunch of us jumped into a van and just made the train back to New York, and shared old soap stories on the ride home.

I thought I would be writing a profound post about this day—after all, it is profound for so many people and for so many reasons. But it is also the end of a long day that begins a long week, so perhaps I will save the profound for another day. One Life to Live is working again. So, I’d better get to sleep before it’s time to go back for more.