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{{Infobox television
| image                = One Life to Live (logo).svg
| genre                = [[Soap opera]]<br/>[[Drama (film and television)|Drama]]
| creator              = [[Agnes Nixon]]
| writer               = [[Thom Racina]] and Jessica Klein (head writers)
| producer             = ''[[#Producers|See below]]''
| director             = ''[[#Directors|See below]]''
| starring             = [[List of One Life to Live cast members|List of cast members]]<!--"List of cast members" is not a proper title and, hence, is not capitalized-->
| theme_music_composer = [[Snoop Lion]] (web series)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Snoop-Lion-One-Life-Live-1063994.aspx |title=Snoop Lion Is Writing a New Theme Song for ''One Life to Live'' |last=Abrams |first=Natalie |website=[[TV Guide]] |date=April 12, 2013 |access-date=May 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517051018/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Snoop-Lion-One-Life-Live-1063994.aspx |archive-date=May 17, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| opentheme            = "Brand New Start"
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 45
| num_episodes         = 11,136
| executive_producer   = Doris Quinlan (1968–77)<br/>Joseph Stuart (1977–83)<br/>Jean Arley (1983–84)<br/>[[Paul Rauch]] (1984–91)<br/>[[Linda Gottlieb]] (1991–94)<br/>Susan Bedsow Horgan (1994–96)<br/>Maxine Levinson (1996–97)<br/>[[Jill Farren Phelps]] (1997–2001)<br/>[[Gary Tomlin]] (2001–02)<br/>[[Frank Valentini]] (2003–12)<br/>[[Jennifer Pepperman]] (2013)<br/>[[Jeff Kwatinetz|Jeffrey Kwatinetz]] (2013)<br/>[[Richard H. Frank|Richard Frank]] (2013)
| company              = {{Plain list |
* Creative Horizons, Inc. (1968–74)
* [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1974–86; 1996–2012)
* [[Capital Cities/ABC Inc.|Capital Cities/ABC Video Enterprises Inc.]] (1986–96)
* [[Prospect Park (production company)|Prospect Park]] (2013)
}}
| location             = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] (1968–2012)<br/>[[Stamford, Connecticut]] (2013)
| runtime              = 30 minutes (1968–76; 2013)<br/>45 minutes (1976–78)<br/>60 minutes (1978–2012)
| network              = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| network2             = [[The Online Network]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1968|7|15}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|2012|1|13}}
| first_aired2         = {{Start date|2013|4|29}}
| last_aired2          = {{End date|2013|8|19}}
| related              = ''[[All My Children]]<br/>[[General Hospital]]<br/>[[The City (1995 TV series)|The City]]<br/>[[Loving (TV series)|Loving]]<br/>[[Port Charles]]''
}}

'''''One Life to Live''''' (often abbreviated as '''''OLTL''''') <!-- STOP...do NOT change to 'was' -->is<!-- NOTE-remains as "is" per Wikipedia convention; see [[WP:WikiProject Television/Style guidelines#Lead paragraphs]]. --> an American [[soap opera]] broadcast on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as a [[web series]] on [[Hulu]] and [[iTunes]] via [[Prospect Park (production company)|Prospect Park]] from April 29 to August 19, 2013.<ref name="1985 Encyc">{{cite book |last=Schemering |first=Christopher |author-link=Christopher Schemering |title=[[The Soap Opera Encyclopedia (Schemering book)|The Soap Opera Encyclopedia]] |date=September 1985 |pages=158–166 |publisher=Ballantine Books |isbn=0-345-32459-5}}</ref><ref name="1997 Encyc">{{cite book|last=Waggett|first=Gerard J.|title=[[The Soap Opera Encyclopedia (Waggett book)|The Soap Opera Encyclopedia]]|publisher=[[Harper Paperbacks]]|date=November 1997|pages=[https://archive.org/details/soapoperaencyclo00wagg/page/163 163–188]|chapter=''One Life to Live''|isbn=0-06-101157-6}}</ref><ref name="NY soaps"/> Created by [[Agnes Nixon]], the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature ethnically and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social issues.<ref name="1985 Encyc"/> ''One Life to Live'' was expanded from 30 minutes to 45 minutes on July 26, 1976, and then to an hour on January 16, 1978.

''One Life to Live'' heavily focuses on the members and relationships of the [[Lord family]]. Actress [[Erika Slezak]] began portraying the series' protagonist [[Victoria Lord]] in March 1971<ref name="1985 Encyc"/> and played the character continuously for the rest of the show's run on [[ABC Daytime]], winning a record six [[Daytime Emmy Award]]s for the role.<ref name="SOD stats Slezak">{{cite web|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/soapstarstats/erikaslezakbio/|title=SOAP STAR STATS: Erika Slezak (Viki, ''OLTL'')|publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com|access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218121338/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/soapstarstats/erikaslezakbio/ <!--Added by H3llBot-->|archive-date=December 18, 2008}}</ref> In 2002, the series won an Emmy for [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]].<ref name="Emmy 2002">{{cite web|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners2002/index.html|title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 2002|publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com|access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912162844/http://soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners2002/index.html|archive-date=September 12, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

On September 17, 2010, ''One Life to Live'' became the last American daytime soap opera taped in [[New York City]]; it earned this distinction after ''[[As the World Turns]]'', which had been taped in New York since its 1956 premiere, aired its final episode. No daytime serial has emanated from New York since; ABC's lone soap, ''General Hospital'', CBS' ''The Young and the Restless'' and ''The Bold and the Beautiful'', and Peacock's ''Days of Our Lives'' are all recorded in California and CBS' other serial, ''Beyond the Gates'', is produced outside of Atlanta.

On April 14, 2011, ABC announced that it was canceling ''One Life to Live'' after nearly 43 years on the air due to low ratings.<ref name="LA Times cancel">{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2011-apr-15-la-fi-ct-soaps-20110415-story.html | work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] | first=Meg | last=James | title=ABC ending soaps ''All My Children'' and ''One Life to Live'' | date=April 15, 2011 | access-date=October 24, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215110948/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/15/business/la-fi-ct-soaps-20110415 | archive-date=December 15, 2014 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="cancellation notice"/> On July 7, 2011, production company [[Prospect Park (production company)|Prospect Park]] announced that it would continue the show as a [[web series]] after its run on ABC,<ref name="Prospect Park">[http://abc.go.com/shows/one-life-to-live/OLTL-licensing-announcement ABC.com - - One Life to Live Announcement<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021045607/http://abc.go.com/shows/one-life-to-live/OLTL-licensing-announcement |date=October 21, 2012 }}</ref> but later suspended the project.<ref name="suspended"/> The show taped its final scenes for ABC on November 18, 2011, and its final episode on the network aired on January 13, 2012, with a [[cliffhanger]]. On January 16, 2012, the following Monday, ABC replaced ''One Life to Live'' with a new and short-lived talk show called ''[[The Revolution (TV program)|The Revolution]]'' that aired until July 6 of the same year.

On January 7, 2013, Prospect Park resumed its plan to continue ''One Life to Live'' as a daily 30-minute web series on Hulu and iTunes via The Online Network.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lash |first=Jolie |date=25 January 2013 |title=One Life To Live, All My Children – New Episodes On The Way This Spring Via Hulu, iTunes |url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/one-life-to-live-all-my-children-new-episodes-on-the-way-this-spring-via-hulu-itunes_article_75634 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223195134/http://www.accesshollywood.com/one-life-to-live-all-my-children-new-episodes-on-the-way-this-spring-via-hulu-itunes_article_75634 |archive-date=December 23, 2014 |access-date=26 January 2013 |newspaper=[[Access Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref name="Relaunch premiere">{{cite news|title=''One Life to Live'', ''All My Children'' Set Online Premiere Date; Roger Howarth Returning To ''OLTL''|website=[[Access Hollywood]]|date=2013-03-11|access-date=2013-03-11|url=https://news.yahoo.com/one-life-live-children-set-online-premiere-date-171306715.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305063819/http://news.yahoo.com/one-life-live-children-set-online-premiere-date-171306715.html|archive-date=March 5, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The relaunched series premiered on April 29, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogersmediatv.ca/pr_detail.php?id=864|title=FX Canada Brings New Episodes of All My Children and One Life to Live Back to Television in Exclusive Canadian Broadcast, Beginning April 29|publisher=Rogers Media TV Access|date=April 16, 2013|access-date=April 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202224537/http://www.rogersmediatv.ca/pr_detail.php?id=864|archive-date=December 2, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The new series was plagued with several behind-the-scenes problems, most notably a litigation between Prospect Park and ABC regarding the misuse of ''One Life to Live'' characters on ''[[General Hospital]]''.<ref name="OLTL suspended">{{cite news|title=Reviving canceled ABC soap operas becomes a real-life drama|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2013-sep-03-la-fi-ct-epic-soap-20130828-story.html|first=Meg|last=James|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 3, 2013|access-date=January 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106131707/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/03/business/la-fi-ct-epic-soap-20130828|archive-date=January 6, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 3, 2013, Prospect Park suspended production of the series until the lawsuit with ABC was resolved.<ref name="OLTL suspended"/>

==Creation==
Impressed with the ratings success of [[NBC]]'s ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'', ABC sought out ''Another World'' writer Nixon to create a [[Serial (radio and television)|serial]] for them. Though Nixon's concept for the new series was "built along the classic soap formula of a rich family and a poor family," she was "tired of the restraints imposed by the [[White Anglo-Saxon Protestants|WASPy]], noncontroversial nature of daytime drama."<ref name="1985 Encyc"/> ''One Life to Live'' would emphasize "the ethnic and [[socioeconomics|socioeconomic]] diversity" of the characters in its fictional setting.<ref name="1985 Encyc"/> Nixon would go on to create ''[[All My Children]]'' in 1970 and ''[[Loving (TV series)|Loving]]'' in 1983.

The initial main titles of the series featured the image of a roaring fireplace, a visual representation of the originally proposed title—''Between Heaven and Hell''—ultimately changed to ''One Life to Live'' to avoid controversy.<ref name="OLTL 40 1st">{{cite book|last=Waggett|first=Gerard J.|title=One Life to Live 40th Anniversary Trivia Book|publisher=[[Hyperion (publisher)|Hyperion]]|date=July 15, 2008|pages=1–2|chapter=First Impressions|isbn=978-1-4013-2309-7}}</ref> ''One Life to Live''{{'s}} first sponsor was the [[Colgate-Palmolive]] company, who also sponsored ''[[The Doctors (1963 TV series)|The Doctors]]''. ABC bought the show from Nixon in December 1974 when they purchased all stock to her Creative Horizons, Inc. The show was originally a half-hour serial until it was expanded to 45 minutes on July 23, 1976, and to one hour on January 16, 1978.<ref name="1997 Encyc"/>

==Series history==
''One Life to Live'' is set in the fictional city of [[Llanview, Pennsylvania|Llanview]], a suburb of [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name="1985 Encyc"/> The show continually centers on the wealthy, White Anglo-Saxon Protestant [[Lord family]], with the working-class [[Polish Americans|Polish American]] [[Wolek family]], the less wealthy [[Irish Catholics|Irish Catholic]] [[Riley family]], and the first regular African-American characters in U.S. soap operas, working-class mother and daughter [[Sadie Gray]] and [[Carla Gray]], are present at the series' inception.<ref name="1985 Encyc"/> ''One Life to Live'' has been called "the most peculiarly American of soap operas: the first serial to present a vast array of ethnic types, broad comic situations, a constant emphasis on social issues, and strong male characters."<ref name="1985 Encyc"/>

From the debut episode, ''One Life to Live'' centered on fictional character [[Victoria Lord|Victoria "Viki" Lord]] (originated by [[Gillian Spencer]]), portrayed by six-time [[Daytime Emmy Award]] winner [[Erika Slezak]] for longer than any other ''One Life to Live'' series actor, from March 1971 through the series finale January 13, 2012,<ref name="1985 Encyc"/> as well as the 2013 web revival.<ref name="Revival Soaps in Depth">{{Cite web|url=http://abc.soapsindepth.com/2013/01/slezak-and-more-sign-on-with-oltl.html|title=Slezak (And More!) Sign On With ''OLTL''!|date=January 22, 2013|publisher=ABC Soaps in Depth|work=[[ABC Soaps in Depth]]|access-date=January 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125074509/http://abc.soapsindepth.com/2013/01/slezak-and-more-sign-on-with-oltl.html|archive-date=January 25, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Long-suffering heroine Viki weathered love and loss, widowhood, rape, divorce, stroke, and breast cancer, and was plagued by [[dissociative identity disorder]] (or DID, once known as multiple personality disorder) on and off for decades. Viki also had heart problems and received a transplant from her dying husband [[Ben Davidson (One Life to Live)|Ben Davidson]] ([[Mark Derwin]]). Featured male protagonist Dr. [[Larry Wolek]] also appeared at the debut episode and for 36 years, played from 1969 until the character's last appearance in 2004 by Emmy-nominated actor [[Michael Storm]].

The apparent murder of [[Marco Dane]] ([[Gerald Anthony]]) by Victoria Lord in 1979 and the ensuing prostitution storyline of Larry Wolek's wife, [[Karen Wolek]] ([[Judith Light]]), garnered widespread critical acclaim and several [[Daytime Emmy Award]]s. The 1980s brought great ratings success with the introduction of the [[Buchanan family]] and the rise to prominence of Viki's scheming sister, [[Tina Lord]] (notably played by [[Andrea Evans]]). In the 1990s, the show introduced one of the first married interracial couples in soap operas with attorneys [[Hank Gannon|Hank]] and [[Nora Hanen|Nora Gannon]] ([[Nathan Purdee]] and [[Hillary B. Smith]] respectively), and the story of the involvement of Viki's estranged brother, [[Todd Manning|Todd]] ([[Roger Howarth]]), with the rape of [[Marty Saybrooke]] ([[Susan Haskell]]), was called "one of the show's most remembered and impactful."<ref name="Marty 101">{{cite web |url=http://soapnet.go.com/soapnet/article/path-articleNum_6117/category_shows |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614001110/http://soapnet.go.com/soapnet/article/path-articleNum_6117/category_shows |url-status=dead |title=Marty Saybrooke 101 |last=Murray |first=Jesse |date=June 10, 2008 |website=SOAPnet.com |access-date=April 5, 2016 |archive-date=June 14, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

''One Life to Live'' celebrated its 40th anniversary in July 2008 with the return of several former cast members<ref name="Soaps.com 40th Anniv">{{cite web|url=http://www.soaps.com/onelifetolive/news/2004/One_Life_to_Live_Big_Returns_and_Plots_For_40th_An|title=''One Life to Live'': Big Returns and Plots For 40th Anniversary!|work=[[Soaps.com]]|date=June 10, 2008|access-date=August 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111083130/http://www.soaps.com/onelifetolive/news/2004/One_Life_to_Live_Big_Returns_and_Plots_For_40th_An|archive-date=January 11, 2009|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and by revisiting notable plot lines from its past.<ref name="TVG 2008-06-11">{{cite web |author-link=Michael Logan (journalist) |last=Logan |first=Michael |url=http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Soaps-News/Life-Live-40th/800041323 |title=Soaps News: ''One Life'' Celebrates No. 40 with Blasts from the Past |website=[[TV Guide]] |date=June 11, 2008 |access-date=August 5, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801083707/http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Soaps-News/Life-Live-40th/800041323 |archive-date=August 1, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> "Deceased" characters and even creator Agnes Nixon appeared in a storyline in which Slezak's Viki dies and visits Heaven, an homage to Viki's 1987 heavenly trip.<ref name="Soaps.com 40th Anniv"/><ref name="TVG 2008-06-11"/><ref name="Soaps.com 2008-07-21">{{cite web|url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/one-life-to-live/recaps/4851/a-journey-to-the-great-beyond/|title=''One Life to Live'' Recaps: A Journey To The Great Beyond!|website=Soaps.com|date=July 21, 2008|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024150130/https://soaps.sheknows.com/one-life-to-live/recaps/4851/a-journey-to-the-great-beyond/|archive-date=October 24, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Soaps.com 2008-07-22">{{cite web|url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/one-life-to-live/recaps/4859/lost-in-an-anniversary-time-warp/|title=''One Life To Live'' Daily Updates: Lost in an Anniversary Time Warp!|website=Soaps.com|date=July 22, 2008|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926173620/http://soaps.sheknows.com/one-life-to-live/recaps/4859/lost-in-an-anniversary-time-warp|archive-date=September 26, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Daytime Emmy Award]] nominee [[Andrea Evans]] and others returned for a tribute to [[Tina Lord]]'s famous 1987 plunge over the [[Iguazu Falls]]<ref name="Soaps.com 40th Anniv"/><ref name="TVG 2008-06-11"/><ref name="Soaps.com 2008-07-21"/><ref name="Soaps.com 2008-07-22"/> and the 1990 royal wedding in fictional Mendorra.<ref name="DC 2008-05">{{cite web |last=Kerr |first=Luke |url=http://www.daytimeconfidential.com/2008/05/08/one-life-to-live-returns-to-mendorra |title=''One Life to Live'' Returns to Mendorra! |work=[[Daytime Confidential]] |date=May 8, 2008 |access-date=August 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022210649/https://daytimeconfidential.com/2008/05/09/one-life-to-live-returns-to-mendorra|archive-date=October 22, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ABC 1990-3">[http://abc.go.com/daytime/onelifetolive/episodes/1990-91/19902.html ''One Life to Live'' recaps (1990, Part 3) - ABC.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423053815/http://abc.go.com/daytime/onelifetolive/episodes/1990-91/19902.html |date=April 23, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/daytime/onelifetolive/episodes/2008/20080731.html|title=ABC TV Shows, Specials & Movies - ABC.com|work=ABC|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605223418/http://abc.go.com/daytime/onelifetolive/episodes/2008/20080731.html|archive-date=June 5, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> And like the 1988 Old West storyline in which the character [[Clint Buchanan]] steps back 100 years in the past, on July 21, 2008, [[Robert S. Woods]] began an extended storyline in which his character [[Bo Buchanan]] finds himself transplanted back into his own past—specifically 1968, the year of the series' inception—witnessing the [[Buchanan family]]'s [[backstory]] unfold.<ref name="Soaps.com 40th Anniv"/><ref name="TVG 2008-06-11"/><ref name="Soaps.com 2008-07-21"/><ref name="SOD 33-32">{{cite book |chapter=''One Life to Live'' Summary: Flashback to 1988|title=[[Soap Opera Digest]] |date=August 5, 2008 |volume=33|issue=32|page=98)}}</ref> ''[[Soap Opera Digest]]'' subsequently named ''One Life to Live'' their "Best Show" of 2008, calling it "the year's most compelling" series and citing a myriad of story lines the magazine found "heartbreaking," "stunning," and "gripping," as well as complimenting its risk-taking and "diverse and talented" cast.<ref name="SOD 33-51">{{cite book |chapter=The Best & Worst of 2008 |title=Soap Opera Digest |date=December 16, 2008 |volume=33|issue=51|page=84)}}</ref>

On August 4, 2009, it was announced that ''One Life to Live'', which was taped in [[New York City]], would move from ABC Studio 17 at 56 West 66th Street to Studio 23 at 320 West 66th Street, [[Manhattan]] in early 2010. This studio was made available by the move of sister serial ''All My Children'' to a production facility in [[Los Angeles]], where that series began taping on January 4, 2010.<ref name="SN Move 2009-08-04">{{cite web |url=http://sn.soapnet.go.com/news/article/huge-all-my-children-and-one-life-to-live-news |title=Huge ''All My Children'' and ''One Life to Live'' News |last=Murray |first=Jesse |date=August 4, 2009 |publisher=SOAPnet.com |access-date=August 27, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807095524/http://sn.soapnet.go.com/news/article/huge-all-my-children-and-one-life-to-live-news |archive-date=August 7, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="ABC Move 2009-08-04">{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Television/story?id=8247876&page=1 |title=''All My Children'', ''One Life to Live'' Moving to New Production Facilities |publisher=ABCNews.com |last=Marikar |first=Sheila |date=August 4, 2009 |access-date=August 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825144431/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Television/story?id=8247876&page=1 |archive-date=August 25, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> The new studio was 30% larger than ''One Life to Live''{{'s}} previous one, and both ''One Life to Live'' and ''All My Children'' were to be taped and broadcast in [[high-definition television]] (HD) after their moves.<ref name="ABC Move 2009-08-04"/>

On October 8, 2009, ABC announced that it had postponed the transition to HD for ''One Live to Live'', citing the economic climate at the time, though an ABC spokesperson stated that they "...will re-examine it next year."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soapcentral.com/oltl/news/2009/1012-hidef.php|title=ABC postpones One Life to Live's HD conversion - One Life to Live @ soapcentral.com|work=[[SoapCentral]]|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010011029/http://www.soapcentral.com/oltl/news/2009/1012-hidef.php|archive-date=October 10, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 6, 2010, ''One Life to Live'' became the fifth daytime serial to broadcast in the [[16:9 aspect ratio]] [[widescreen]] picture format but still not in true HD, after ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'', ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'', and fellow ABC soap operas ''All My Children'' and ''[[General Hospital]]'', though those series are produced in high definition.<ref name="soapcentral.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.soapcentral.com/oltl/news/2010/1026-16x9.php|title=OLTL to broadcast in 16x9 SD format - One Life to Live @ soapcentral.com|work=[[SoapCentral]]|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230025245/http://soapcentral.com/oltl/news/2010/1026-16x9.php|archive-date=December 30, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> ABC's picture disclaimers at the start of the program list it as being aired in "digital widescreen" rather than HD. The September 17, 2010, series ending of ''[[As the World Turns]]'' left ''One Life to Live'' as the last remaining American daytime serial being produced in the [[New York metropolitan area]] as well as the only one produced outside the [[Los Angeles metropolitan area]].

===Cancellation===
Rumors about a potential cancellation of ''One Life to Live'' arose from ''[[TV Guide (Canada)|TV Guide Canada]]'' in late 2009, after ABC announced that it was moving ''[[All My Children]]'' from [[New York City]] to [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="Cancellation rumor 1">{{cite web|url=http://tvguide.ca/Soaps/Nelson_Ratings/Articles/090928_soapgeist_NB|title=TV : The Loop|work=tvguide.ca|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218164308/http://tvguide.ca/Soaps/Nelson_Ratings/Articles/090928_soapgeist_NB|archive-date=December 18, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> ''One Life to Live''{{'}}s lone presence in New York among the ABC soap operas, along its non-transition to HD and its struggling ratings, made it a program at risk of cancellation. The article from ''TV Guide Canada'' also pointed that once ''One Life to Live'' is cancelled, some of the actors could be offered to join the cast of ''All My Children'' in Los Angeles.<ref name="Cancellation rumor 1"/> In May 2010, rumors of possible cancellation of not only ''One Life to Live'', but this time of also ''[[All My Children]]'' and ''[[General Hospital]]'', resurfaced when [[Walt Disney Television]] officially announced that it was shutting down [[Soapnet]], effective in 2012. After a failed attempt to give [[Aisha Tyler]] a talk show in 2009, ABC restarted auditioning a few pilot shows as candidates for its daytime lineup. At this point, ''All My Children'' had the lowest ratings so rumors began heating up in March 2011 about the show's demise, with hints that ''One Life to Live'' was safe for a while longer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2011/03/abc-may-be-ready-to-trim-its-daytime-drama-lineup-will-all-my-children-go-115630/|title=ABC May Be Ready To Trim Its Daytime Drama Lineup: Will 'All My Children' Go?|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=March 21, 2011|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703012024/http://www.deadline.com/2011/03/abc-may-be-ready-to-trim-its-daytime-drama-lineup-will-all-my-children-go/|archive-date=July 3, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> However, early in April 2011, rumors suggested that both ''All My Children'' and ''One Life to Live'' were in danger of cancellation.<ref>{{cite web |last=Logan |first=Michael |date=April 1, 2011 |title=Breaking: Is ABC Preparing to Cancel All My Children and One Life to Live? |url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/ABC-Cancel-Children-1031345.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105055305/http://www.tvguide.com/News/ABC-Cancel-Children-1031345.aspx |archive-date=January 5, 2015 |access-date=February 28, 2015 |work=TVGuide.com}}</ref>

After months of cancellation rumors, ABC announced on April 14, 2011 that ''All My Children'' and ''One Life to Live'' would end their runs. ABC cited "extensive research into what today's daytime viewers want and the changing viewing patterns of the audience."<ref name="cancellation notice">{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/04/abc-evolves-the-face-of-daytime-television-with-the-launch-of-two-new-shows-the-chew-and-the-revolut/ |title=ABC EVOLVES THE FACE OF DAYTIME TELEVISION WITH THE LAUNCH OF TWO NEW SHOWS, ''THE CHEW'' AND ''THE REVOLUTION'' |date=April 14, 2011|access-date=March 10, 2015 |publisher=ABC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222142319/http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/04/abc-evolves-the-face-of-daytime-television-with-the-launch-of-two-new-shows-the-chew-and-the-revolut/ |archive-date=December 22, 2013}}</ref> The network stated it was replacing ''One Life to Live'' with a new production entitled ''[[The Revolution (TV program)|The Revolution]]'', which would focus on health and lifestyles.<ref>{{cite news|last=Verrier|first=Richard|title=Jobs will go down drain with cancellation of ABC soaps|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/04/soaps.html|access-date=14 April 2011|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=14 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417054132/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/04/soaps.html|archive-date=April 17, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> While the cancellations of both soap operas were announced on the same day, ''One Life to Live'' was to remain on the air four months longer because its replacement would not be ready until later. In response to the cancellations, vacuum cleaner manufacturer [[The Hoover Company]] withdrew its advertising from all ABC programs out of protest.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bricker|first=Tierney|date=April 19, 2011|title=Hoover pulls ads from ABC due to cancellation of 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live'|url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/04/hoover-pulls-ads-from-abc-due-to-cancellation-of-all-my-children-and-one-life-to-live.html|publisher=Zap2It|access-date=13 January 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222001251/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/04/hoover-pulls-ads-from-abc-due-to-cancellation-of-all-my-children-and-one-life-to-live.html|archive-date=February 22, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=April 19, 2011 |title=Hoover Pulls ABC Advertising In Protest Over Cancellations Of Soaps 'AMC' & 'OLTL' |url=https://deadline.com/2011/04/hoover-pulls-abc-advertising-in-protest-over-cancelations-of-soaps-amc-oltl-123834/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107123536/http://www.deadline.com/2011/04/hoover-pulls-abc-advertising-in-protest-over-cancelations-of-soaps-amc-oltl/ |archive-date=November 7, 2013 |access-date=February 28, 2015 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/hoover/to-our-loyal-abc-soap-fans/10150153106441487|title=To Our Loyal ABC Soap Fans|work=facebook.com|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904065014/https://www.facebook.com/notes/hoover/to-our-loyal-abc-soap-fans/10150153106441487|archive-date=September 4, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

The final episode aired on January 13, 2012, with villainess [[Allison Perkins]] ([[Barbara Garrick]]) narrating her views about the people of Llanview. During the last minutes of the episode, Todd Manning (Howarth) is put under arrest for the murder of twin brother [[Victor Lord, Jr.]] ([[Trevor St. John]]). The show ends with the discovery that Victor Lord, Jr. is still alive and has been kidnapped by Perkins. Perkins closes the 43-year-old soap opera by breaking the [[fourth wall]] by throwing a ''One Life to Live'' script at Victor saying to him: "But why spoil what happens next. You of all people should know things are rarely what they appear". The decision to conclude ''One Life to Live'' with an open-ended story is because the serial was supposed to continue on another network at the time the last scenes were taped (see [[One Life to Live#Unsuccessful revival attempt|section]] below).

On the day of the final episode, ''[[The View (talk show)|The View]]'' hosted a tribute to ''One Life to Live'' where several actors were invited including [[Erika Slezak]], [[Robert S. Woods]], [[Robin Strasser]], [[Hillary B. Smith]], [[Kassie DePaiva]], [[James DePaiva]], [[Andrea Evans]], [[Judith Light]] and the show's creator [[Agnes Nixon]].

The departure of ''One Life to Live'' ended a 62-year history of daytime television soap operas taped in New York which started in 1950 with the [[CBS]] daytime drama ''[[The First Hundred Years]]''.<ref name="NY soaps">{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/nyc_soap_bubble_bursts_77jXTowUItYBOhVbhCN41M/0 |work=New York Post |title=NYC's soap bubble bursts |date=January 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111040111/http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/nyc_soap_bubble_bursts_77jXTowUItYBOhVbhCN41M/0 |archive-date=January 11, 2012 }}</ref>

===Cast and characters===
{{Main|List of One Life to Live cast members|List of One Life to Live characters}}
[[File:OLTL ABCD Finale.png|thumb|300px|The season 44 (2011–12) and official [[ABC Daytime]] finale cast photo of ''One Life to Live''.<br/>Front row (l–r): Portrait of [[Philip Carey]], [[Patricia Elliott]], [[Hillary B. Smith]], [[Robert S. Woods]], show creator [[Agnes Nixon]], [[Erika Slezak]], [[Jerry verDorn]], [[Melissa Archer]], [[Ilene Kristen]]<br/>Second row: [[Peter Bartlett (actor)|Peter Bartlett]], Shenell Edmonds, [[Eddie Alderson]], [[Austin Williams (actor)|Austin Williams]], [[Farah Fath]], John-Paul Lavoisier, [[Kassie DePaiva]], [[Roger Howarth]], [[Kristen Alderson]], [[Michael Easton]], [[Mark Lawson (actor)|Mark Lawson]], [[Bree Williamson]], [[David A. Gregory]]<br/>Third row: [[Lea DeLaria]], [[Josh Kelly (actor)|Josh Kelly]], [[Terri Conn]], [[Shenaz Treasury]], Andrew Trischitta, [[Ted King (actor)|Ted King]], [[Florencia Lozano]], [[Sean Ringgold]], [[Kearran Giovanni]], Kelley Missal, [[Lenny Platt]], Nic Robuck]]
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The show originally concentrated on the wealthy, [[White Anglo-Saxon Protestants|White Anglo-Saxon Protestant]] [[Lord family]], the less wealthy [[Eileen Riley Siegel|Siegels]] (among the first attempts to showcase either an [[interfaith marriage]] or Jewish character on daytime television),<!--This fact about the Siegels is notable and specifically mentioned in the source.--> the middle-class [[Riley family]] and [[Wolek family]], and the working-class African-American mother and daughter [[Sadie Gray]] and [[Carla Gray]].<ref name="1985 Encyc"/> Heiress [[Victoria Lord]] and her extended family remained a prime focus until the series ended. Over the years many other families were introduced, most notably the [[Buchanan family]] and the [[Cramer family]], who intermarried with the Lords and also remained a fixture on ''One Life to Live'' until its end.

Several actors performed on ''One Life to Live'' for 20 years or more, including [[Erika Slezak]], [[Michael Storm]], [[Robert S. Woods]], [[Philip Carey]], and [[Robin Strasser]]. Actors who became famous for their work on the show and who went on to greater fame with their prime time, feature film or theatre work include <!--Regular cast members in order of appearance-->[[Lillian Hayman]], [[Ellen Holly]], [[Tommy Lee Jones]], [[Al Freeman Jr.]], [[Laurence Fishburne]], [[Judith Light]], [[Phylicia Rashad]], [[Blair Underwood]], [[Marcia Cross]], [[Roma Downey]], [[Mario Van Peebles]], [[Jessica Tuck]], [[Ryan Phillippe]], [[Hayden Panettiere]], [[Nathan Fillion]], [[Renée Elise Goldsberry]], and [[Tika Sumpter]].

===Controversies===
In 2002, the popularity of [[antihero]] [[Todd Manning]] ([[Roger Howarth]]) prompted ABC to market a rag doll of the character, complete with his signature scar.<ref name="NYT 2002-05-13">{{cite news |first=Bob |last=Tedeschi |title=E-Commerce Report; Recent snafus at the online shops of TV networks have barely dimmed the glow of merchandising on the Web |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=8 (Section C) |date=May 13, 2002 |access-date=July 14, 2009 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/13/business/e-commerce-report-recent-snafus-online-shops-tv-networks-have-barely-dimmed-glow.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326034717/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/13/business/e-commerce-report-recent-snafus-online-shops-tv-networks-have-barely-dimmed-glow.html |archive-date=March 26, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Stranger 2002">{{cite web |first=David |last=Schmader |title=Last Days: The Week in Review |work=[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]] |publisher=TheStranger.com |date=May 9, 2002 |access-date=July 14, 2009 |url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=10762 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918044541/http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=10762 |archive-date=September 18, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> First offered for sale on April 29, 2002, the doll was pulled on May 7, 2002, after a backlash begun when ''The Jack Myers Report'' "harshly criticized the network's judgment" on creating and releasing a doll based on Manning, a character who had notably been convicted of rape in 1993.<ref name="NYT 2002-05-13"/><ref name="Stranger 2002"/><ref name="SID 2002-06-11">{{cite news |title=Todd Doll Gets Ragged On!|work=ABC Soaps In Depth|date=June 11, 2002}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' later quoted then-ABC President Angela Shapiro stating, "I was insensitive and take total responsibility for it. I should have been sensitive to the history of the character and I wasn't."<ref name="NYT 2002-05-13"/>

Shortly after receiving a March 2005 [[GLAAD Media Award]] for its coverage of [[LGBT]] issues,<ref name="GLAAD 2005">{{cite web|url=http://archive.glaad.org/publications/archive_detail.php?id=3795|title=Billy Crystal, Alan Cumming, ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'', ''Bad Education'', ''People en Español'' Honored at 16th Annual GLAAD Media Awards|date=March 29, 2005|publisher=GLAAD.org|access-date=July 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726105925/http://archive.glaad.org/publications/archive_detail.php?id=3795|archive-date=July 26, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>''OLTL''{{'s}} GLAAD Media Award was a result of the 2004 [[coming out]] storyline of gay character [[Mark Solomon (One Life to Live)|Mark Solomon]] ([[Matt Cavenaugh]]).</ref> ''One Life to Live'' was met with criticism when married district attorney Daniel Colson (Mark Dobies) was revealed to have murdered two people to cover up the fact that he was secretly gay.<ref name="AE 2005-05">{{cite web |url=http://www.afterellen.com/archive/elton/TV/2005/5/gayvillains.html |title=Gay Villains Back with a Vengeance on Network TV |last=Warn |first=Sarah |date=May 18, 2005 |publisher=AfterElton.com |access-date=July 14, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404122223/http://www.afterellen.com/archive/elton/TV/2005/5/gayvillains.html |archive-date=April 4, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="EW 2005-05-05">{{cite magazine |last=West |first=Abby |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2005/05/05/soap-follows-glaad-award-outing-gay-killer |title=Killer Plotline: Soap follows up GLAAD award by outing gay killer. |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |publisher=EW.com |date=May 5, 2005 |access-date=July 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818211322/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1058487,00.html |archive-date=August 18, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[GLAAD]] itself criticized the storyline "for reinforcing the idea that being gay is something to be ashamed of," while ''[[TV Guide]]'' noted "It's hard to disagree with those who say that's a lousy representation of gay folks."<ref name="AE 2005-05"/> Executive Producer [[Frank Valentini]] defended the story, saying, "This is a story about the harsher side of intolerance and about one man not being true to himself. There are going to be meaningful, frank discussions that come out of this."<ref name="AE 2005-05"/> Then-head writer [[Dena Higley]] explained, "The number one rule of soap opera is never cut drama. Daniel being gay and keeping that a secret is a dramatic story."<ref name="AE 2005-05"/>

In June 2009, actress [[Patricia Mauceri]] (a performer on the series since 1995) was replaced in her role as Latin matriarch [[Carlotta Vega]], reportedly after voicing personal religious objections to a planned storyline in which Carlotta would be supportive of a gay relationship.<ref name="TVG 2009-07-02">{{cite web|url=http://tvguidemagazine.com/soaps/the-gays-of-summer-1584.html|title=Soaps: The Gays of Summer|last=Logan|first=Michael|date=July 2, 2009|publisher=TVGuideMagazine.com|access-date=July 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704221112/http://tvguidemagazine.com/soaps/the-gays-of-summer-1584.html|archive-date=July 4, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Advocate 2009-07-02">{{cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid95502.asp?page=2|title=Soapside: ''Advocate''{{'}}s Guide to Daytime|last=Fairman|first=Michael|date=July 2, 2009|publisher=Advocate.com|access-date=July 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704220215/http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid95502.asp?page=2|archive-date=July 4, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Carlotta SOD 34-29">{{cite book |chapter=Comings and Goings: ''OLTL'' Casting Controversy! |title=Soap Opera Digest |pages=19 |date=July 21, 2009 |publisher=(Vol. 34, No. 29)}}</ref>

===Historical storylines===
* [[One Life to Live storylines (1968–1979)|Storylines: 1968–1979]]
* [[One Life to Live storylines (1980–1989)|Storylines: 1980–1989]]
* [[One Life to Live storylines (1990–1999)|Storylines: 1990–1999]]
* [[One Life to Live storylines (2000–2012)|Storylines: 2000–2012]]

==Prospect Park==

===Unsuccessful revival attempt===
On July 7, 2011, ABC announced that it had licensed the rights to ''One Life to Live'' and ''All My Children'' to television, film and music production company Prospect Park, allowing both series to continue producing new first-run episodes beyond the conclusion of their television runs on ABC, with the series moving to a new [[Hulu]]-style online channel currently in development by Prospect Park; as a result of the company's acquisition of the two soap operas, ''One Life to Live'' and ''All My Children'', would become the first soap operas to transition their first-run broadcasts from traditional television to [[internet television]].<ref name="Prospect Park"/>

On September 16, 2011, executive producer [[Frank Valentini]] was retained by Prospect Park for that serial as well as ''[[All My Children]]'' when both shows would move to The Online Network.<ref name="Frank Valentini">{{cite web|url=http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/breaking-news-frank-valentini-signs-on-to-ep-oltl-at-prospect-park-named-vp-serial-dramas-for-online-venture/2011/09/16/|title=BREAKING NEWS: Frank Valentini signs on to EP OLTL at Prospect Park & named VP Serial Dramas for online venture!|work=[[Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps]]|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326074105/http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/breaking-news-frank-valentini-signs-on-to-ep-oltl-at-prospect-park-named-vp-serial-dramas-for-online-venture/2011/09/16/|archive-date=March 26, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> On September 28, 2011, Prospect Park confirmed that ''One Life to Live'' would start on its '''The Online Network''' internet channel in January 2012, but without specifying the exact date.<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS273846887220110928 | work=Reuters | title=New Episodes of 'All My Children' Will Premiere Online in January | date=September 28, 2011 | access-date=July 1, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106194402/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/28/idUS273846887220110928 | archive-date=November 6, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> On September 30, 2011, it was announced that head writer [[Ron Carlivati]] would be also heading to the internet version of the show.<ref name="Ron Carlivati">{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2011/09/30/one-life-to-live-prospect-park-archer-carlivati/|title=More One Life to Live Stars Join Online Venture|first=Matt Webb|last=Mitovich|date=September 30, 2011|access-date=August 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013164316/http://tvline.com/2011/09/30/one-life-to-live-prospect-park-archer-carlivati/|archive-date=October 13, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Since the agreement made between ABC and Prospect Park was not limited to [[internet television]] and did allow for ''One Life to Live'' to be broadcast on traditional television, there was an announcement on August 3, 2011, about a possibility of ''One Life to Live'' airing on a [[cable television]].<ref name="cable 1">{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=August 3, 2011 |title='All My Children', 'One Life To Live' To Return To TV? Soaps Shopped To Cable Networks |url=https://deadline.com/2011/08/all-my-children-one-life-to-live-to-return-to-tv-soaps-shopped-to-cable-networks-153240/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107125549/http://www.deadline.com/2011/08/all-my-children-one-life-to-live-to-return-to-tv-soaps-shopped-to-cable-networks/ |archive-date=November 7, 2013 |access-date=February 28, 2015 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref><ref name="Salary of Lucci">{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=August 18, 2011 |title='AMC' Star Susan Lucci Mulling Offer To Continue On The Show As It Moves Online |url=https://deadline.com/2011/08/amc-star-susan-lucci-mulling-offer-to-continue-on-the-show-as-it-moves-online-159941/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013115649/http://www.deadline.com/2011/08/amc-star-susan-lucci-mulling-offer-to-continue-on-the-show-as-it-moves-online/ |archive-date=October 13, 2012 |access-date=February 28, 2015 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> On October 5, 2011, the project to bring ''One Life to Live'' to cable was reiterated in a ''[[New York Times]]'' article, where it was revealed that Prospect Park planned to first air episodes on The Online Network, then make them available on [[video on demand]] and, then weeks later, on cable television.<ref>{{cite news |last=Barnes |first=Brooks |date=5 October 2011 |title=Rebirth for Soap Operas, and a Career |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/business/media/using-soap-operas-jeff-kwatinetz-plans-an-online-tv-network.html?_r=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522115108/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/business/media/using-soap-operas-jeff-kwatinetz-plans-an-online-tv-network.html?_r=1 |archive-date=May 22, 2018 |access-date=5 October 2011 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

On November 23, 2011, Prospect Park officially suspended its plans to continue the show after its run on ABC.<ref name=suspended>{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=November 23, 2011|title=It's Official: 'One Life To Live' And 'All My Children' Won't Continue Online|url=https://deadline.com/2011/11/its-official-one-life-to-live-and-all-my-children-wont-continue-online-197987/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=13 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528180520/http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/its-official-one-life-to-live-and-all-my-children-wont-continue-online/|archive-date=May 28, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/prospect-park-cancels-plans-to-put-one-live-to-live-all-my-children-online_article_57141|title=Prospect Park Cancels Plans To Put 'One Live To Live,' 'All My Children' Online|date=November 23, 2011|work=Access Hollywood|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706230800/http://www.accesshollywood.com/prospect-park-cancels-plans-to-put-one-live-to-live-all-my-children-online_article_57141|archive-date=July 6, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
Reasons given by Prospect Park included funding problems and poor negotiations with the unions representing the cast of ''One Life to Live''. [[Writers Guild of America]] and [[American Federation of Television and Radio Artists]], which respectively represent the writer and the actors, have expressed disappointment over Prospect Park's decision.<ref name="unions reaction">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2011/11/wgaw-aftra-react-to-amc-oltl-not-moving-online-dont-blame-us-198059/|title=WGAW & AFTRA React To 'AMC' & 'OLTL' Not Continuing Online: Don't Blame Us|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=November 23, 2011|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107120633/http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/wgaw-aftra-react-to-amc-oltl-not-moving-online-dont-blame-us/|archive-date=November 7, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Though not one of the reasons given by Prospect Park, ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'' suggested that the company's lack of success in finding a cable network to carry the show may have been instrumental in the company's decision to not pursue the project.<ref>{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=November 23, 2011 |title=ON THE BRINK: Online Soap Opera Network May Fold, Spelling The End Of 'OLTL', 'AMC' |url=https://deadline.com/2011/11/on-the-brink-prospect-park-may-be-forced-to-pull-the-plug-on-oltl-amc-197940/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303021122/http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/on-the-brink-prospect-park-may-be-forced-to-pull-the-plug-on-oltl-amc/ |archive-date=March 3, 2014 |access-date=February 28, 2015 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>

Despite its fruitless attempt to save the series, Prospect Park had succeeded in retaining 13 actors to sign for the online venture, compared to only two actors for ''All My Children''. Matriarch actress [[Erika Slezak]] (Victoria Lord) was among the 13.<ref name="Slezak staying">{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=September 6, 2011 |title=Four Actors Sign On To Continue On 'OLTL' While Susan Lucci Turns Down 'AMC' Offer |url=https://deadline.com/2011/09/four-actors-sign-on-to-continue-on-oltl-while-susan-lucci-turns-down-amc-offer-167215/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705135615/http://www.deadline.com/2011/09/four-actors-sign-on-to-continue-on-oltl-while-susan-lucci-turns-down-amc-offer/ |archive-date=July 5, 2014 |access-date=February 28, 2015 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> The 12 other actors were [[Melissa Archer]] (Nathalie Buchanan), [[Kassie DePaiva]] (Blair Cramer), [[Michael Easton]] (John McBain), [[Shenell Edmonds]] (Destiny Evans), [[Josh Kelly (actor)|Josh Kelly]] (Cutter Wentworth), [[Ted King (actor)|Ted King]] (Tomás Delgado), [[Florencia Lozano]] (Tea Delgado), [[Kelley Missal]] (Danielle Manning), [[Sean Ringgold]] (Shaun Evans), [[Andrew Trischitta]] (Jack Manning), [[Jerry verDorn]] (Clint Buchanan) and [[Tuc Watkins]] (David Vickers).<ref name="Actors that signed with Prospect Park">{{cite magazine |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/11/23/plans-killed-to-take-one-life-to-life-and-all-my-children-online/ |title=''One Life to Life'' and ''All My Children'' dead: Online plans canceled |first=Lynette |last=Rice |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=November 23, 2011 |access-date=October 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007172232/http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/11/23/plans-killed-to-take-one-life-to-life-and-all-my-children-online/ |archive-date=October 7, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===2013 revival===
[[File:OLTL Cast 2013.png|260px|thumbnail|The new cast of [[Prospect Park (production company)|Prospect Park]]'s ''One Life to Live'' revival.<br/>(l-r) [[Jerry verDorn]], [[Kassie DePaiva]], [[Melissa Archer]], [[Robert S. Woods]], [[Andrew Trischitta]], [[Laura Harrier]], [[Tuc Watkins]], [[Erika Slezak]], [[Josh Kelly (actor)|Josh Kelly]], [[Florencia Lozano]], [[Kelley Missal]], Robert Gorrie.]]
On January 7, 2013, Prospect Park made an official statement about its plans to restart production of ''One Life to Live'' and ''All My Children'' as [[web series]].<ref name="Second attempt">{{cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=2013-01-07 |title=Prospect Park Confirms 'All My Children' & 'One Life To Live' Revivals, Production To Begin In February |url=https://deadline.com/2013/01/prospect-park-to-confirm-all-my-children-one-life-to-live-revival-approaches-wga-398028/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140619193303/http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/prospect-park-to-confirm-all-my-children-one-life-to-live-revival-approaches-wga/ |archive-date=June 19, 2014 |access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Second revival (LA Times)">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-prospect-park-to-revive-all-my-children-one-life-to-live-20130107,0,4341174.story|title=Prospect Park to revive 'All My Children,' 'One Life to Live'|last=James|first=Meg|date=January 10, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 10, 2013|archive-date=January 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109115841/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-prospect-park-to-revive-all-my-children-one-life-to-live-20130107,0,4341174.story|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Second revival NY Times">{{cite news|url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/07/canceled-abc-soaps-to-be-reborn-on-the-web/|title=Canceled ABC Soaps to be Reborn on the Web|last=Barnes|first=Brooke|date=January 10, 2013|newspaper=New York Times|access-date=January 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109074529/http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/07/canceled-abc-soaps-to-be-reborn-on-the-web/|archive-date=January 9, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The two soap operas will serve as anchor shows for The Online Network (Prospect Park's new [[streaming television]] that was supposed to be launched during the original attempt in 2011).<ref name="Second attempt"/><ref name="Second revival NY Times"/> Prospect Park inked deals with [[SAG-AFTRA]] and [[Directors Guild of America|DGA]].<ref name="Second attempt"/> Prospect
Park confirmed that former coordinating producer, [[Jennifer Pepperman]] had signed on as the new executive producer for the web reboot of ''One Life to Live''.<ref name="Second attempt"/> Creator Agnes Nixon would work as consultant for the new web series.<ref name="Second attempt"/> On January 13, 2013, it was confirmed that [[soap opera]] writers [[Thom Racina]] and Susan Bedsow Horgan were named as the new Head Writers of ''One Life to Live''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soapoperadigest.com/content/pp-hires-oltls-head-writers|title=PP Hires OLTL's Head Writers|date=January 13, 2013|publisher=[[American Media (publisher)|American Media, Inc.]]|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]|access-date=January 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115060700/http://soapoperadigest.com/content/pp-hires-oltls-head-writers|archive-date=January 15, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 9, 2013, it was reported that Horgan citing "personal reasons" had stepped down as co-HW, leaving Racina as ''OLTL''{{'}}s sole HW.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/oltl-co-head-writer-out|title=OLTL Co-Head Writer Out|date=April 9, 2013|publisher=[[American Media (publisher)|American Media, Inc.]]|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]|access-date=April 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412040242/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/oltl-co-head-writer-out|archive-date=April 12, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

On January 22, 2013, Prospect Park released a full cast of the reboot of ''One Life to Live'' who signed on, which include [[Melissa Archer]] (Natalie Buchanan), [[Kassie DePaiva]] (Blair Cramer), [[Josh Kelly (actor)|Josh Kelly]] (Cutter Wentworth), [[Florencia Lozano]] (Tea Delgado), [[Kelley Missal]] (Danielle Manning), [[Erika Slezak]] (Victoria Lord), [[Hillary B. Smith]] (Nora Buchanan), [[Robin Strasser]] (Dorian Lord), [[Andrew Trischitta]] (Jack Manning), [[Jerry verDorn]] (Clint Buchanan), [[Tuc Watkins]] (David Vickers) and [[Robert S. Woods]] (Bo Buchanan). Recurring actors who have signed on are [[Sean Ringgold]] (Shaun Evans), [[Shenaz Treasury]] (Rama Patel), and Nick Choksi (Vimal Patel).<ref name="Revival Soaps in Depth"/>

Production of ''One Life to Live'' began on February 25, 2013<ref name="Production date">{{cite news|title=''All My Children'' & ''One Life To Live'' Set To Resume Production Feb. 25|author=The ''Deadline'' Team|url=https://deadline.com/2013/02/all-my-children-one-life-to-live-production-begins-february-25-427591/|newspaper=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=February 11, 2013|access-date=February 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301035052/http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/all-my-children-one-life-to-live-production-begins-february-25/|archive-date=March 1, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> with taping of new episodes beginning on March 18, 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Errol |date=March 11, 2013 |title=Revised ''OLTL'' Cast List Includes Contracts for Shenaz Treasury and Roger Howarth! |url=http://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2013/03/revised-oltl-cast-list-includes-contracts-for-shenaz-treasury-and-roger-howarth |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314103150/http://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2013/03/revised-oltl-cast-list-includes-contracts-for-shenaz-treasury-and-roger-howarth |archive-date=March 14, 2013 |access-date=March 14, 2013}}</ref> The series premiered on April 29, 2013, at 12PM Eastern<ref name="Airing date">{{cite news |title=Online Premiere Dates for ''All My Children'' and ''One Life to Live'' Announced |first=Amanda |last=Kondolojy |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/03/11/online-premiere-dates-for-all-my-children-and-one-life-to-live-announced/172900/ |date=11 March 2013 |access-date=14 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315004714/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/03/11/online-premiere-dates-for-all-my-children-and-one-life-to-live-announced/172900/ |archive-date=March 15, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The revived ''One Life to Live'' is a 30-minute program taped in [[Stamford, Connecticut]].<ref name="Production date"/> It is available on [[Hulu]] and [[Hulu Plus]] as well as various [[iTunes Store|iTunes]] applications including [[iPhone]], [[iPad]] and [[iPod Touch]].<ref name="Production date"/>

On May 17, 2013, The Online Network announced that ''All My Children'' and ''One Life To Live'' woould no longer air five days a week together, due to viewer ratings that have been seen as certain patterns that resemble more closely the typical patterns of online viewing rather than how one would watch traditional television. Starting May 20, 2013 ''All My Children'' and ''One Life to Life'' would be presented in a new schedule, with ''All My Children'' airing on Mondays and Wednesdays and ''One Life to Live'' airing Tuesdays and Thursdays. The recap shows ''MORE All My Children'' and ''MORE One Life To Life'' would also combine together as one show airing on Fridays. The following day on May 18, 2013, both shows were noticeably missing from the FX Canada website and schedule, and subsequently were available on iTunes Canada; it was later revealed that FX Canada dropped ''All My Children'' and ''One Life to Live'' due to the reduction of episodes, the carriage agreement called for four episodes a week of both shows. With the reduction, FX Canada has said "the agreement is no longer valid."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/fx-canada-no-longer-carrying-all-my-children-and-one-life-to-live-however-amc-oltl-are-now-available-in-canada-on-itunes/2013/05/20/ |last=Fairman |first=Michael |title=FX Canada No Longer Carrying All My Children and One Life to Live! However, AMC & OLTL Are Now Available In Canada on iTunes! |publisher=[[Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps]] |date=20 May 2013 |access-date=24 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613002743/http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/fx-canada-no-longer-carrying-all-my-children-and-one-life-to-live-however-amc-oltl-are-now-available-in-canada-on-itunes/2013/05/20 |archive-date=June 13, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc.soapsindepth.com/2013/05/amc-oltl-still-available-in-canada.html|title=AMC & OLTL Still Available In Canada|date=May 20, 2012|publisher=[[American Media (publisher)|American Media, Inc.]]|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]|access-date=May 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619140218/http://abc.soapsindepth.com/2013/05/amc-oltl-still-available-in-canada.html|archive-date=June 19, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> On May 20, 2013, the first episodes of the new ''All My Children'' and ''One Life To Live'' were available worldwide on The Online Network's [[YouTube]] page, ''TOLNSoaps''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/all-my-children-and-one-life-to-live-premiere-episodes-now-up-on-you-tube-worldwide/2013/05/20/ |last=Fairman |first=Michael |title=All My Children and One Life to Live Premiere Episodes Now Up On You Tube Worldwide! |publisher=[[Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps]] |date=20 May 2013 |access-date=24 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613002718/http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/all-my-children-and-one-life-to-live-premiere-episodes-now-up-on-you-tube-worldwide/2013/05/20 |archive-date=June 13, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On May 24, 2013, in a press release Prospect Park announced through Agnes Nixon that Racina would be replaced as head writer of ''One Life to Live'' by the then-current [[screenwriter]]s Jessica Klein and Marin Gazzaniga.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/breaking-news-agnes-nixon-reveals-prospect-park-names-new-head-writers-for-amc-and-oltl/2013/05/24/ |last=Fairman |first=Michael |title=BREAKING NEWS: Agnes Nixon Reveals Prospect Park Names New Head Writers For AMC and OLTL! |publisher=[[Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps]] |date=24 May 2013 |access-date=24 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613002726/http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/breaking-news-agnes-nixon-reveals-prospect-park-names-new-head-writers-for-amc-and-oltl/2013/05/24 |archive-date=June 13, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc.soapsindepth.com/2013/05/new-writers-at-amc-oltl.html|title=New Writers At AMC & OLTL!|date=May 24, 2012|publisher=[[American Media (publisher)|American Media, Inc.]]|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]|access-date=May 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609074741/http://abc.soapsindepth.com/2013/05/new-writers-at-amc-oltl.html|archive-date=June 9, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On June 5, 2013, due to a labor dispute with the [[International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees|I.A.T.S.E.]] ''All My Children'' and ''One Life to Live'' were forced into an early [[Hiatus (television)|hiatus]] with the writers, directors and editors still working; there were talks of production being moved out of state, but those plans were later shelved.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/06/all-my-children-one-life-to-live-start-hiatus-early-because-of-i-a-t-s-e-dispute-shows-mull-move-to-new-location-514403/|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title='All My Children' & 'One Life To Live' Start Hiatus Early Because Of IATSE Dispute, Shows Mull Move To New Location|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 5, 2013|access-date=June 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611212951/http://www.deadline.com/2013/06/all-my-children-one-life-to-live-start-hiatus-early-because-of-i-a-t-s-e-dispute-shows-mull-move-to-new-location/|archive-date=June 11, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/amidst-labor-dispute-amc-oltl-writers-have-been-told-to-keep-writing/2013/06/05 |last=Fairman |first=Michael |title=Amidst Labor Dispute AMC & OLTL Writers Have Been Told To Keep Writing! |publisher=[[Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps]] |date=June 5, 2013 |access-date=June 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613030736/http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/amidst-labor-dispute-amc-oltl-writers-have-been-told-to-keep-writing/2013/06/05/ |archive-date=June 13, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On June 20, 2013, a deal was reached between Prospect Park and the Union and taping resumed on August 12, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/06/all-my-children-one-life-to-live-start-hiatus-early-because-of-i-a-t-s-e-dispute-shows-mull-move-to-new-location-514403/|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=Prospect Park Resolves Dispute With IATSE Over 'All My Children' & 'One Life To Live'|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 20, 2013|access-date=June 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611212951/http://www.deadline.com/2013/06/all-my-children-one-life-to-live-start-hiatus-early-because-of-i-a-t-s-e-dispute-shows-mull-move-to-new-location/|archive-date=June 11, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> On June 25, 2013, TOLN announced that there would be a scheduling switch for ''One Life to Live'' and ''All My Children''. Starting on July 1 (Monday) all episodes of the week, for both shows, would be released on Mondays.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/amcoltl-switch-programming-schedule|title=AMC/OLTL Switch Programming Schedule|date=June 25, 2013|access-date=June 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629234359/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/amcoltl-switch-programming-schedule|archive-date=June 29, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

Beginning July 15, 2013, ''All My Children'' and ''One Life to Live'' aired for a ten-week limited engagement on the [[Oprah Winfrey Network]] Monday through Thursday at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/oprahs-network-picks-amc-and-oltl|title=Oprah's Network Picks Up AMC and OLTL!|date=June 26, 2013|work=SOD|access-date=June 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629225918/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/oprahs-network-picks-amc-and-oltl|archive-date=June 29, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

''One Life to Live''{{'s}} first-season finale aired on August 19, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/amc-oltl-season-one-finales-set|title=AMC, OLTL Season One Finales Set|date=August 1, 2013|work=SOD|access-date=August 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804064457/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/amc-oltl-season-one-finales-set|archive-date=August 4, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

On September 3, 2013, a report from the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' stated that ''One Life to Live''{{'}}s second season was to be put on hold while Prospect Park dealt with its [[Prospect Park (production company)#Litigation with ABC|lawsuit against ABC]] over ''[[General Hospital]]''{{'}}s treatment of ''One Life to Live'' characters loaned to the series when they crossed over in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-fi-ct-epic-soap-20130828,0,4784161,full.story|last=James|first=Meg|title=Reviving canceled ABC soap operas becomes a real-life drama|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 3, 2013|access-date=September 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907090113/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-fi-ct-epic-soap-20130828,0,4784161,full.story|archive-date=September 7, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In December 2016 the lawsuit was dismissed, with the rights to the series reverting to ABC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2016/12/abc-regains-rights-to-all-my-children-and-one-life-to-live|title=Rights to ''All My Children'' and ''One Life to Live'' Revert Back to ABC|first=Errol|last=Lewis|date=December 2, 2016|publisher=Soap Opera Network|access-date=December 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216031301/http://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2016/12/abc-regains-rights-to-all-my-children-and-one-life-to-live|archive-date=December 16, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Transition to ''General Hospital''==
On December 1, 2011, two weeks after ''One Life to Live'' finished taping its final scenes,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/11/18/one-life-to-live-exclusive-final-taping-abc|title='One Life to Live' says goodbye to its ABC studio|last=West|first=Abby|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 18, 2011|access-date=January 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107003227/http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/11/18/one-life-to-live-exclusive-final-taping-abc/|archive-date=January 7, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> ABC confirmed that former executive producer [[Frank Valentini]] and head writer [[Ron Carlivati]] would assume the same roles on ''[[General Hospital]]'' effective January 9, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://abc.go.com/shows/general-hospital/GH-Valentini-Carlivati |title=Valentini and Carlivati to Take the Reins at "General Hospital" |access-date=2012-01-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207224412/http://abc.go.com/shows/general-hospital/GH-Valentini-Carlivati |archive-date=February 7, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Several former ''One Life to Live'' actors - [[Kassie DePaiva]], [[Roger Howarth]], [[Michael Easton]], and [[Kristen Alderson]] - moved with Valentini and Carlivati and reprised their characters on ''General Hospital''.<ref name=ghtrans>{{cite news|last=West|first=Abby|title='One Life to Live' finale: A look at the final day of taping|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/01/13/one-life-to-live-finale/?iid=rcfooter-tv-%27one+life+to+live%27+ends%3A+what+we+saw|access-date=January 14, 2012|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly|date=January 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115030335/http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/01/13/one-life-to-live-finale/?iid=rcfooter%2Dtv%2D%27one+life+to+live%27+ends%3A+what+we+saw|archive-date=January 15, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> With the exception of DePaiva, all of these actors were eventually put on contract and stayed permanently with the show. On May 9, 2012, [[Florencia Lozano]] joined the cast, reprising her ''One Life to Live'' role of [[Téa Delgado]] in a recurring capacity.<ref name="OLTLInvasion">{{cite book |chapter=Comings and Goings |title=Soap Opera Digest |page=10 |date=May 14, 2012 |publisher=(Vol. 37, No. 20)}}</ref>

On April 18, 2013, after Prospect Park had announced they would be reviving the series, Prospect Park filed a lawsuit against ABC, alleging ABC failed to honor its part of their licensing agreement. Among the issues named in the lawsuits included ABC's alleged attempts to sabotage Prospect Park's revival of the soap by killing off ''One Life to Live'' characters loaned to ''General Hospital'' (Cole and Hope Thornhart), failure on ABC's part to consult Prospect Park on storylines involving ''One Life to Live'' characters (breaking up popular ''One Life to Live'' couple John and Natalie to pair Michael Easton's John McBain with former ''Port Charles'' love interest, Kelly Monaco's Sam Morgan, the death of Tea Delgado's baby and the subsequent switching of her baby with Sam Morgan's live baby, orchestrated by Howarth's Todd Manning), as well as claiming one ''One Life to Live'' character Tomas Delgado was actually ''General Hospital'' character, Lorenzo Alcazar.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/custom/Documents/ESQ/PROSPECT_ABC_Complaint_WM.pdf | work=The Hollywood Reporter | title=Prospect Park Networks, LLC vs. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. | access-date=October 24, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924215205/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/custom/Documents/ESQ/PROSPECT_ABC_Complaint_WM.pdf | archive-date=September 24, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> Effective immediately, the three ''One Life to Live'' characters bound to contracts with ABC were to exit the show, and the three actors who played them, Kristen Alderson, Michael Easton and Roger Howarth were rewritten back onto the ''General Hospital'' canvas playing new characters, while Howarth also crossed his character of Todd back over to ''One Life to Live'' for its inaugural season.

On September 3, 2013, Prospect Park announced that production of ''One Life to Live'' would be on hold until their litigation with ABC was settled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2013/09/03/breaking-news-prospect-park-shelves-one-life-to-live|title=BREAKING NEWS: Prospect Park Shelves One Life to Live|work=[[Daytime Confidential]]|access-date=February 28, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222171758/http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2013/09/03/breaking-news-prospect-park-shelves-one-life-to-live|archive-date=February 22, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

==Crossovers==
Throughout the show's history, the plot lines of ''One Life to Live'' have been established as existing in the same [[fictional universe]] as other ABC-owned daytime series, in particular [[Agnes Nixon]]'s ''[[All My Children]]'', which premiered in 1970. As noted from time to time in both series, fictional Pine Valley—the setting of ''All My Children''—is located in Pennsylvania near ''One Life to Live''{{'s}} Llanview. Over the years, many characters have [[Crossover (fiction)|crossover]] from one series to another in both short appearances and extended runs.<ref name="OLTL 40 Crossing">Waggett (2008). "Crossing the Line". ''OLTL 40th Anniversary Trivia Book''. pp. 164–167.</ref> As early as 1968, ''[[General Hospital]]''{{'s}} [[Steve Hardy (General Hospital)|Steve Hardy]] appeared in Llanview to consult on [[Meredith Lord]]'s blood disease as a means to lead ''General Hospital'' viewers to the new series; similarly, ''One Life to Live''{{'s}} [[Larry Wolek|Dr. Larry Wolek]] visited ''All My Children'' shortly after its premiere in 1970.<ref name="OLTL 40 Crossing"/>

In 1979, when Viki Riley was on trial for the murder of Marco Dane, she was defended by Pine Valley attorney Paul Martin. Two characters that also appeared on ''[[All My Children]]'' are [[Sadie Gray]] ([[Lillian Hayman]]), when she sang for the wedding of Dr. Frank and Caroline Grant, and [[Delilah Ralston]] ([[Shelly Burch]]), when she designed a special dress to be worn by [[Erica Kane]] ([[Susan Lucci]]).

In 1999, [[Daytime Emmy Award]]-winner [[Linda Dano]]<ref name="Emmy 1993">{{cite web|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1993/index.html|title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1993|publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com|access-date=February 18, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726134819/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1993/index.html|archive-date=July 26, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref> returned to ''One Life to Live'' as [[Rae Cummings]], a character she had previously played on the series from 1978 to 1980.<ref name="SC 2003-12-29">{{cite web|url=http://www.soapcentral.com/oltl/news/2003/1229-dano.php|title=''OLTL'' News: Dano's Run as ABC's Rae About to End|last=Kroll|first=Dan J.|date=December 29, 2003|publisher=[[SoapCentral]]|access-date=February 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803174516/http://www.soapcentral.com/oltl/news/2003/1229-dano.php|archive-date=August 3, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SC Rae Cummings">{{cite web|url=http://www.soapcentral.com/oltl/whoswho/rae.php|title=Who's Who in Llanview: Rae Cummings|publisher=[[SoapCentral]]|access-date=February 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305003129/http://www.soapcentral.com/oltl/whoswho/rae.php|archive-date=March 5, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="EW 1999-06-25">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/1999/06/25/daytime-soaps-aim-please-youth-market|title=Soap Dish|last=Angulo|first=Sandra P.|date=June 25, 1999|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=EW.com|access-date=February 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203213601/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,84474,00.html|archive-date=December 3, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> In a 2000 move of network [[synergy]] designed to "entice viewers to tune into soap operas that they might not have usually watched," then-President of [[ABC Daytime]] Angela Shapiro orchestrated Dano's concurrent appearance as
Gretel on the three other ABC daytime dramas at the time—''All My Children'', ''General Hospital'', and ''[[Port Charles]]''—in an extended [[fictional crossover|crossover]] storyline<ref name="OLTL 40 Crossing"/> which was the first time a daytime character had ever appeared on four series.<ref name="SC 2003-12-29"/><ref name="SC 2002-04-01">{{cite web|url=http://www.soapcentral.com/soapcentral/news/2002/0401-shapiro.php|title=Angela Shapiro to Leave ABC Daytime Post|last=Kroll|first=Dan J.|date=April 1, 2002|publisher=[[SoapCentral]]|access-date=February 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013141527/http://www.soapcentral.com/soapcentral/news/2002/0401-shapiro.php|archive-date=October 13, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SC 2003-01-12">{{cite web|url=http://www.soapcentral.com/amc/news/2003/1117-crossovers.php|title=''AMC'' News: ABC Plans ''AMC'', ''OLTL'' Crossovers|last=Kroll|first=Dan J.|date=November 12, 2003|publisher=[[SoapCentral]]|access-date=February 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525215245/http://www.soapcentral.com/amc/news/2003/1117-crossovers.php|archive-date=May 25, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Gretel's search for the child she had given up for adoption takes her to ''All My Children'', where she discovers in 2000 that her own birth mother is Pine Valley's [[List of All My Children characters|Myrtle Fargate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/features/all-my-children/articles/its_a_girl/index.html|title=''All My Children'' Features: It's A Girl!|first=Mara|last=Levinsky|publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com|access-date=February 19, 2009}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Following clues to ''Port Charles'' and ''General Hospital'', Gretel finally finds her daughter back in Llanview on ''One Life to Live'': [[Skye Chandler]], herself a former ''All My Children'' character who had relocated to ''One Life to Live'' in 1999.<ref name="OLTL 40 Crossing"/> Skye's adopted ''All My Children'' father [[Adam Chandler]] appears on ''One Life to Live'' in 2001, and Gretel initially identifies Skye's biological father as [[Alan Quartermaine (General Hospital)|Alan Quartermaine]] of ''General Hospital''. Both women subsequently appear on that series, with Skye moving to ''General Hospital'' full-time in 2001 and Gretel returning to ''One Life to Live'' until 2004, making some appearances on ''General Hospital'' later in 2002 and 2003.

A December 30, 2003, visit by ''One Life to Live''{{'s}} [[Paul Cramer]] to his estranged secret wife [[Babe Carey]] on ''All My Children''<ref name="SC 2003-01-12"/> ultimately leads to an extensive 2004 "baby switch" storyline which features crossovers of over 20 characters between the two series. With his sister [[Kelly Cramer]] desperate for a child to save her marriage after miscarrying her own, Paul finds himself delivering the babies of both Babe and her friend [[Bianca Montgomery]] during a rainstorm and subsequent flood in nearby Pine Valley on March 24, 2004. Paul stages a crash with his [[medical evacuation]] helicopter; he takes [[AJ Chandler]] for Kelly,<ref name="OLTL 40 Crossing"/> gives [[Miranda Montgomery]] to Babe, and tells Bianca that her baby had died in the accident. Unaware of the child's origins, Kelly brings Babe's infant back to Llanview, passing him off as her child with her husband [[Kevin Buchanan]]. Months later, Babe discovers that her daughter is really the grieving Bianca's, but remains silent and allows Paul to manipulate her. Meanwhile, a devastated Kelly discovers that Paul had stolen her son from his mother and, desperate for cash, he blackmails Kelly by threatening to reveal the secret to Kevin. Bianca's daughter is returned to her for Christmas 2004, and once Kevin learns the truth, he and Kelly return Babe's son as well in 2005.<ref name="SOD Switch 34-08">{{cite book |chapter=Babes 'N' Switch: Double Trouble (''AMC/OLTL'' 2004–2005) |title=Soap Opera Digest |first=Naomi |last=Rabinowitz |pages=72–75 |date=February 24, 2009 |publisher=(Vol. 34, No. 8)}}</ref>

While ''One Life to Live'' was off the air from February 2012 to March 2013, the characters of Todd Manning, Starr Manning and John McBain moved to the setting of ''General Hospital'', Port Charles, New York.

After the [[Prospect Park (production company)|Prospect Park]] lawsuit was dismissed, the character of [[Nora Buchanan]] made appearances on ''[[General Hospital]]'' in 2017.

==Executive producers and head writers==
{{main|List of One Life to Live crew}}

===Executive producers===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Duration || Name
|-
|July 1968 – July 1977 || Don Wallace, Doris Quinlan, and Robert Gorman
|-
|July 1977 – August 1983 || Joseph Stuart
|-
|August 1983 – July 1984 || Jean Arley
|-
|August 1984 – June 1991 || [[Paul Rauch]]
|-
|September 1991 – June 1994 || [[Linda Gottlieb]]
|-
|July 1994 – October 1996 || Susan Bedsow Horgan
|-
|October 1996 – December 1997 || Maxine Levinson
|-
|December 1997 – January 2001 || [[Jill Farren Phelps]]
|-
|January 2001 – January 2003 || [[Gary Tomlin]]
|-
|January 2003 – January 2012 || [[Frank Valentini]]
|-
|April 2013 – August 2013 || [[Jennifer Pepperman]]
|}

===Head writers===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Duration || Name
|-
|July 1968 – July 1972 || [[Agnes Nixon]]<br/>Paul Roberts<br/>Don Wallace
|-
|August 1972 – September 1973 || [[Agnes Nixon]]<br/>[[Gordon Russell (writer)|Gordon Russell]]
|-
|September 1973 – October 1978 || [[Gordon Russell (writer)|Gordon Russell]]
|-
|November 1978 – March 1980 || [[Gordon Russell (writer)|Gordon Russell]]<br/>[[Sam Hall (writer)|Sam Hall]]
|-
|March 1980 – May 1982 || [[Sam Hall (writer)|Sam Hall]]<br/>[[Peggy O'Shea]]
|-
|July 1982 – January 1983 || [[Sam Hall (writer)|Sam Hall]]<br/>[[Henry Slesar]]
|-
|February 1983 – June 1983 || [[Henry Slesar]]
|-
|June 1983 – December 1983 || [[John William Corrington]]<br/>[[Joyce Hooper Corrington]]
|-
|December 1983 – June 1984 || [[Sam Hall (writer)|Sam Hall]]<br/>[[Peggy O'Shea]]
|-
|July 1984 – June 1987 || [[Peggy O'Shea]]
|-
|July 1987 – July 1990 || S. Michael Schnessel
|-
|September 1990 – May 1991 || [[Craig Carlson]]<br/>[[Leah Laiman]]
|-
|May 1991 – September 6, 1991 || [[Craig Carlson]]
|-
|September 9, 1991 – 1992 || [[Michael Malone (author)|Michael Malone]]
|-
|1992 – September 1995 || [[Josh Griffith]]<br/>[[Michael Malone (author)|Michael Malone]]
|-
|September 1995 – March 1996 || [[Michael Malone (author)|Michael Malone]]
|-
|April 1996 – December 1996 || [[Leah Laiman]]<br/>[[Jean Passanante]]<br/>[[Peggy Sloane]]
|-
|December 1996 – Spring 1997 || [[Jean Passanante]]<br/>[[Peggy Sloane]]
|-
|Spring 1997 – March 29, 1998 || [[Claire Labine]]<br/>[[Matthew Labine]]
|-
|March 30, 1998 – December 31, 1998 || [[Pam Long]]
|-
|January 4, 1999 – July 15, 1999 || [[Jill Farren Phelps]] ([[de facto]], uncredited)
|-
|July 16, 1999 – October 1, 1999|| [[Gillian Spencer]] (interim)
|-
|October 4, 1999 – November 25, 1999 || Gillian Spencer <br/> Megan McTavish
|-
|November 29, 1999 – May 4, 2001 || [[Megan McTavish]]
|-
|May 7, 2001 – December 13, 2002 || [[Lorraine Broderick]]<br/>[[Christopher Whitesell]]
|-
|December 16, 2002 – January 31, 2003 || 
[[Lorraine Broderick]]
|-
|February 3, 2003 – March 7, 2003 || [[Josh Griffith]]
|-
|March 10, 2003 – March 22, 2004 || [[Josh Griffith]]<br/>[[Michael Malone (author)|Michael Malone]]
|-
|March 23, 2004 – November 24, 2004 || [[Michael Malone (author)|Michael Malone]]
|-
|November 29, 2004 – December 10, 2004 || [[Brian Frons]]<br/>[[Frank Valentini]]
|-
|December 13, 2004 – May 7, 2007 || [[Dena Higley]]
|-
|May 8, 2007 – September 10, 2007 || [[Dena Higley]]<br/>[[Ron Carlivati]]
|-
|September 11, 2007 – February 14, 2008 || [[Ron Carlivati]]
|-
|February 15, 2008 – May 1, 2008 || [[Gary Tomlin]] ([[2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike]])
|-
|May 2, 2008 – January 13, 2012 || [[Ron Carlivati]]
|-
|April 29, 2013 – July 1, 2013 || [[Thom Racina]]<br/>Susan Bedsow Horgan
|-
| July 1, 2013 – July 15, 2013 || [[Thom Racina]]<br/>Susan Bedsow Horgan<br/>Jessica Klein
|-
| July 22, 2013 – August 19, 2013 || [[Thom Racina]]<br/>Jessica Klein
|}

==Awards==
''One Life to Live'' and many of its actors and crew have been nominated for dozens of awards, winning on many occasions. [[Erika Slezak]] has received six [[Daytime Emmy Award]]s for her acting, a feat tied only by [[Anthony Geary]] and [[Justin Deas]].<ref name="SOD stats Slezak"/>

In 1993, the series won its first [[GLAAD Media Award]] for its storyline on homosexuality and intolerance<ref name="EW Harris">{{cite magazine|last=Harris|first=Mark|title=''One Life'' Breaks One Taboo|url=http://www.ew.com/article/1992/06/26/one-life-live-breaks-taboo|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|via=ew.com|access-date=December 14, 2012|date=June 26, 1992|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825081854/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,310941,00.html|archive-date=August 25, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> featuring newcomer [[Ryan Phillippe]] as [[Billy Douglas (One Life to Live)|Billy Douglas]], a teenager who amidst scandal confides his homosexuality in [[Andrew Carpenter (One Life to Live)|Andrew Carpenter]], played by [[Robert Krimmer]].<ref name="OLTL Trivia">{{cite book|last=Waggett|first=Gerry|title=The One Life to Live 40th Anniversary Trivia Book|year=2008|publisher=Hyperion|isbn=9781401323097|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FxIAmjBPZCQC&q=andrew%20carpenter%20one%20life%20to%20live&pg=PA25|access-date=December 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107235254/http://books.google.com/books?id=FxIAmjBPZCQC&lpg=PA25&ots=jPJYa_owbL&dq=andrew%20carpenter%20one%20life%20to%20live&pg=PA25#v=onepage&q=andrew%20carpenter%20one%20life%20to%20live&f=false|archive-date=January 7, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The character is the first openly gay teenager featured in a television series,<ref name="Gray2009">{{cite book|last=Gray|first=Jonathan|title=Television Entertainment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dsWNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA121|date=2 June 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-25349-3|pages=121–|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220011048/https://books.google.com/books?id=dsWNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA121|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Brown2007">{{cite book|last=Brown|first=Lauren|title=Reese Witherspoon: The Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n7JGMfc_oJ0C|year=2007|publisher=Thunder's Mouth Press|isbn=978-1-56025-988-6|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220020915/https://books.google.com/books?id=n7JGMfc_oJ0C|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Pohlen2015">{{cite book|last=Pohlen|first=Jerome|title=Gay & Lesbian History for Kids: The Century-Long Struggle for LGBT Rights, with 21 Activities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yKaBCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT433|date=1 October 2015|publisher=Chicago Review Press|isbn=978-1-61373-085-0|pages=433–|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220020654/https://books.google.com/books?id=yKaBCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT433|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="PullenCooper2010">{{cite book|last1=Pullen|first1=Christopher|last2=Cooper|first2=Margaret|title=LGBT Identity and Online New Media|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qCLJBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT211|date=4 June 2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-99753-2|pages=211–|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220020010/https://books.google.com/books?id=qCLJBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT211|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and is considered groundbreaking in daytime television.<ref name="EW Harris"/><ref name="Advocate2002">{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Two degrees of separation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0GIEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22billy+douglas%22+%22ryan+phillippe%22&pg=PA22 |magazine=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] |date=5 February 2002 |access-date=19 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220020818/https://books.google.com/books?id=0GIEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA22&dq=%22billy%20douglas%22%20%22ryan%20phillippe%22&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q=%22billy%20douglas%22%20%22ryan%20phillippe%22&f=false |archive-date=February 20, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="AndersenGray2007">{{cite book|last1=Andersen|first1=Robin|last2=Gray|first2=Jonathan|title=Battleground: The Media|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E9vSm3KokMcC&pg=PT168|date=30 December 2007|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-56720-746-0|pages=168–|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220013702/https://books.google.com/books?id=E9vSm3KokMcC&pg=PT168|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CurranLiebes2002">{{cite book|last1=Curran|first1=James|last2=Liebes|first2=Tamar|title=Media, Ritual and Identity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NNKEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA96|date=11 September 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-72187-0|pages=96–|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220020357/https://books.google.com/books?id=NNKEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA96|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[story arc]] also included an on-air ceremony for the [[NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt]].<ref name="OLTL Trivia"/><ref name="The Body">{{cite journal|last=McGarry|first=Mark|title=Compassion on Daytime TV|url=http://www.thebody.com/content/art30774.html|journal=The Body|publisher=thebody.com|access-date=December 14, 2012|date=June 1999|volume=12|issue=6|page=40|pmid=11367017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203162418/http://www.thebody.com/content/art30774.html|archive-date=February 3, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2005, the series was awarded another GLAAD Media Award for its coverage of [[LGBT]] issues in the 2004 [[coming out]] storyline of gay character [[Mark Solomon (One Life to Live)|Mark Solomon]] ([[Matt Cavenaugh]]).<ref name="GLAAD 2005"/> ''One Life to Live'' won the same award again in 2010<ref name="GLAAD 2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/21/nominees|title=21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards - English Language Nominees|date=January 13, 2010|publisher=GLAAD.org|access-date=February 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130031953/http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/21/nominees|archive-date=January 30, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> for a well-publicized storyline in which police officer [[Oliver Fish]] comes out and reunites with his former college boyfriend and medical school student [[Kyle Lewis (One Life to Live)|Kyle Lewis]].<ref name="Advocate 2009-07-02"/><ref name="Gays of Summer">{{cite web|url=http://tvguidemagazine.com/soaps/the-gays-of-summer-1584.html|title=Soaps: The Gays of Summer|last=Logan|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Logan  (journalist)|date=July 2, 2009|publisher=TVGuideMagazine.com|access-date=July 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704221112/http://tvguidemagazine.com/soaps/the-gays-of-summer-1584.html|archive-date=July 4, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Soaps.com Gay 2009-06-16">{{cite web |url=http://www.soaps.com/onelifetolive/news/4551/One_Life_to_Live_Gay_Storyline_On_The_Horizon |title=''One Life to Live'': Gay Storyline On The Horizon! |date=June 16, 2009 |access-date=July 21, 2009 |publisher=[[Soaps.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619042051/http://www.soaps.com/onelifetolive/news/4551/One_Life_to_Live_Gay_Storyline_On_The_Horizon |archive-date=June 19, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="SN 2009-06-24">{{cite web |url=http://sn.soapnet.go.com/news/article/gay-pride-llanview |title=Gay Pride in Llanview |last=Ozanich |first=David |date=June 24, 2009 |publisher=Soapnet.com |access-date=July 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803150923/http://sn.soapnet.go.com/news/article/gay-pride-llanview |archive-date=August 3, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

===Daytime Emmy Award wins===
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! scope=col | Category
! scope=col | Recipient
! scope=col | Role
! scope=col | Year(s)
! scope=col | {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope=row scope=row style=text-align:left| [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="lightgrey" |
| 2002
|<ref name="Emmy 2002"/>
|-
! scope=row style=text-align:left rowspan="2" | [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Al Freeman Jr.]]
| [[Ed Hall (One Life to Live)|Ed Hall]]
| 1979
|<ref name="Emmy 1979">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1979 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1979/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527182741/http://soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1979/index.html |archive-date=May 27, 2006 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
|[[Robert S. Woods]]
|[[Bo Buchanan]]
|1983
|<ref name="Emmy 1983">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1983 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1983/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527181122/http://soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1983/index.html |archive-date=May 27, 2006 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope=row style=text-align:left rowspan="5" | [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]]
|[[Judith Light]]
| [[Karen Wolek]]
| 1980, 1981
|<ref name="Emmy 1980">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1980 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1980/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527180415/http://soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1980/index.html |archive-date=May 27, 2006 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Emmy 1981">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1981 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1981/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060530214603/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1981/index.html |archive-date=May 30, 2006 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
|[[Robin Strasser]]
|[[Dorian Lord]]
|1982
|<ref name="Emmy 1982">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1982 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1982/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113052409/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1982/index.html |archive-date=January 13, 2010 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
|[[Erika Slezak]]
|[[Victoria Lord]]
|1984, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2005
|<ref name="Emmy 1986">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1986 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1986/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527180514/http://soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1986/index.html |archive-date=May 27, 2006 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com}}</ref><ref name="Emmy 1992">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1992 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1992/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527183727/http://soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1992/index.html |archive-date=May 27, 2006 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com}}</ref><ref name="Emmy 1995">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1995 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1995/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527182335/http://soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1995/index.html |archive-date=May 27, 2006 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com}}</ref><ref name="Emmy 1996">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1996 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1996/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527183120/http://soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1996/index.html |archive-date=May 27, 2006 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com}}</ref><ref name="Emmy 2005">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 2005 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners2005/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402151629/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners2005/index.html |archive-date=April 2, 2009 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com}}</ref><ref name="Emmy 1984">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1984 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1984/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402151614/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1984/index.html |archive-date=April 2, 2009 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com}}</ref>
|-
|[[Hillary B. Smith]]
|[[Nora Hanen|Nora Gannon]]
|1994
|<ref name="Emmy 1994">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1994 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1994/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726135221/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1994/index.html |archive-date=July 26, 2009 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
|[[Susan Haskell]]
|[[Marty Saybrooke]]
|2009
|<ref>{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Ed |date=August 31, 2009 |title=Daytime Emmys 2009: The Beginning of the End? |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ed-martin/daytime-emmys-2009-the-be_b_272870.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905091959/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ed-martin/daytime-emmys-2009-the-be_b_272870.html |archive-date=September 5, 2009}}</ref>
|-
! scope=row style=text-align:left | [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Thom Christopher]]
| [[Carlo Hesser]]
| 1992
|<ref name="Emmy 1992"/>
|-
! scope=row style=text-align:left | [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
| [[Susan Haskell]]
| [[Marty Saybrooke]]
| 1994
|<ref name="Emmy 1994"/>
|-
! scope=row style=text-align:left | [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Roger Howarth]]
| [[Todd Manning]]
| 1994
|<ref name="Emmy 1994"/>
|}

====Wins in other categories====
{{colbegin}}
* 2009 Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Series
* 2009 Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for a Drama Series
* 2009 Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team
* 2009 Outstanding Original Song
* 2008 Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Series
* 2008 Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction for a Drama Series
* 2008 Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team
* 2008 Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team
* 2008 Outstanding Original Song (two awards for two ''One Life to Live'' songs, which tied)
* 2007 Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design for a Drama Series
* 2007 Outstanding Achievement in Multiple Camera Editing for a Drama Series
* 2005 Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series (tied with ''[[All My Children]]'')
* 2005 Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction/Electronic Camera/Video Control for a Drama Series
* 2003 Outstanding Achievement in Live & Direct to Tape Sound Mixing for a Drama Series
* 2001 Outstanding Achievement in Live & Direct to Tape Sound Mixing for a Drama Series
* 2001 Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction/Electronic Camera/Video Control for a Drama Series
* 2000 Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Series
* 2000 Outstanding Achievement in Live & Direct to Tape Sound Mixing for a Drama Series
* 2000 Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series
* 2000 Outstanding Original Song
* 1994 Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team
* 1987 Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team
* 1984 Outstanding Achievement in Technical Excellence for a Daytime Drama Series
* 1984 Outstanding Direction for a Daytime Drama Series
* 1983 Outstanding Direction for a Daytime Drama Series
* 1982 Outstanding Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts: Lighting Direction (Everett Melosh)
* 1976 Outstanding Individual Director for a Daytime Drama Series (David Pressman)
* 1974 Outstanding Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork
{{colend}}

===Other awards===
* [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Television Writing in Daytime Serials|Writers Guild of America Award]] (1986, 1993)
* [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Daytime Serials|Directors Guild of America Award]] (1993, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012)

==Broadcast history==
ABC cemented its reputation as a youth-oriented network in daytime with the addition of ''One Life to Live'' to its schedule, with much of the rest of its lineup consisting of soap operas like ''[[Dark Shadows]],'' [[sitcom]] reruns, and game shows packaged by [[Chuck Barris]]. ''One Life to Live'' replaced the short-lived ''The Baby Game,'' in a three-way shuffle with ''Dark Shadows'' and ''[[The Dating Game]]''. The network placed the new serial at 3:30 p.m. Eastern, against [[CBS]]'s established hit ''[[The Edge of Night]]'' and the popular [[NBC]] game ''[[You Don't Say!]]''. Despite the tough competition, the intense tone of the plot and strong characters allowed the show to get a leg up on ''You Don't Say,'' wearing that game down to the point of its cancellation in September 1969; NBC replaced the [[Tom Kennedy (television presenter)|Tom Kennedy]]-hosted game in that time slot with three unsuccessful serials: ''[[Bright Promise]]'', ''[[Return to Peyton Place]]'', and ''[[How to Survive a Marriage]]''.

''One Life to Live'' initially enjoyed fair-to-middling ratings, but rose rapidly as it entered the 1970s, along with the rest of ABC's daytime lineup. Matters greatly improved for ''One Life to Live'' in 1972, when CBS relocated ''The Edge of Night'' in response to packager [[Procter & Gamble]]'s demands. The four-year-old show topped the ratings for the first time over CBS's declining ''[[The Secret Storm]],'' and later, the game ''[[Hollywood's Talking]],'' which ran for only 13 weeks.

By 1975, NBC became a serious player in that time slot for the first time in over five years when it expanded its strong soap opera ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'' to an hour, with its second half occupying the 3:30 timeslot. ''One Life to Live'' lost a substantial audience share, but its lead-in, ''[[General Hospital]],'' experienced even worse losses. ABC then expanded both ''One Life to Live'' and ''General Hospital'' to 45 minutes, with each composing half of a 90-minute block between 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. Beginning on July 26, 1976, ''One Life to Live'' assumed the first position, at 2:30. ABC bet its hopes on viewers staying tuned past the half hour, making them unlikely to switch channels to ''Another World'' and ''[[All in the Family]]'' reruns on CBS (or ''The Match Game'' in the case of ''General Hospital'' fans). This approach showed some promise, until November 7, 1977, when CBS expanded ''[[Guiding Light]]'' to an hour. As ''One Life to Live'' struggled, its neighbor ''General Hospital'' was in danger of cancellation after a 15-year run. In order to save ''General Hospital'' (which was airing at 3:15 p.m.) from cancellation, ABC expanded both soaps to an hour beginning on January 16, 1978; ''[[Pyramid (game show)|The $20,000 Pyramid]]'' was moved to the noon Eastern timeslot, where it remained until its run ended in June 1980. ABC contemplated an expansion of ''[[The Edge of Night]]'' to a full hour if either of these shows were cancelled.

''General Hospital'' rose rapidly to the top spot in the Nielsen ratings by 1979.<ref name="Encyc ratings"/> As for ''One Life to Live,'' from its tenth birthday onward, its competitors declined in popularity. ''[[Search for Tomorrow]],'' for instance, spent its last several months on CBS against the last half of ''One Life to Live''. Its replacement, ''[[Capitol (TV series)|Capitol]]'', did little better, and after its cancellation, CBS aligned ''[[As the World Turns]]'' against ''One Life to Live'' and ''Another World'', a configuration that stayed in place until ''Another World''{{'}}s cancellation in 1999. The 1980s saw ''One Life to Live'' reach the height of its popularity, with an estimate of 9 million viewers early in the decade.<ref name="Encyc ratings"/> The show typically ranked between the second and the fourth positions in the 1980s.<ref name="Encyc ratings"/>

Since 1991, ''One Life to Live'' returned to the middle of the pack, but its numbers declined, in common with all other soap operas.<ref name="Encyc ratings">{{cite book|last=Waggett|first=Gerard J.|title=[[The Soap Opera Encyclopedia (Schemering book)|The Soap Opera Encyclopedia]]|publisher=[[HarperCollins|HarperPaperbacks]]|date=November 1997|pages=[https://archive.org/details/soapoperaencyclo00wagg/page/625 625–642]|chapter=Part VI: Soap Opera Nielsen Ratings|isbn=0-06-101157-6}}</ref> By the decade's end, the show rested near the bottom of the ratings pack, and it continued to hover around the lower reaches of the weekly ratings throughout the 2000s in terms of total number of viewers; however, the show tended to rank in the mid-range for the target demographic of women aged 18–49, often higher than sister show ''[[All My Children]]'' and usually still winning its timeslot in the key demographic, well ahead of its competitors such as ''[[As The World Turns]]'', ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'', and ''[[Passions]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soapoperanetwork.com/soaps/ratings/2270-ratings-abccbs-soaps-up-from-last-week/|title=Soap Opera Network - Daytime Soaps - TV and Movie News|website=Soap Opera Network|access-date=May 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503221053/http://soapoperanetwork.com/soaps/ratings/2270-ratings-abccbs-soaps-up-from-last-week|archive-date=May 3, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> During the 2000s (decade), ''One Life to Live'' ran about even with ''As the World Turns'', with NBC's ''Another World'' replacement ''[[Passions]]'' trailing significantly.

The 2009-2010 season was a particularly difficult year for ''One Life to Live''. During the week of June 28, 2010, the show ranked last among all soap operas with 2.1 million viewers, compared to 2.3 million for ''As the World Turns''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Toups |first=Xavier |date=July 9, 2010 |title=Ratings: OLTL Hits New Lows In Total Viewers and HH |url=http://www.soapoperanetwork.com/ratings/ratings-oltl-hits-new-lows-in-total-viewers-and-hh |access-date=February 28, 2015 |work=Soap Opera Network}}</ref> As ''One Life to Live'' entered the 2010-2011 season, ratings improved, but not enough to prevent ABC from cancelling the program on April 14, 2011. After the cancellation announcement, ''One Life to Live'' began to surpass ''General Hospital'' in total number of viewers, but ''General Hospital'' continued to dominate ''One Life to Live'' in several specific categories, most notably the key demographic of women between 18 and 49 years old, usually prioritized by daytime networks. By November 2011, ''One Life to Live'' had dethroned ''General Hospital'' in every category. Overall, ''One Life to Live'' was the third highest rated program among the five remaining soap operas in its last season, trailing ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' and ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'', but ahead of ''[[General Hospital]]'' and ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''. The show averaged a 2.3 rating and 3.12 million daily viewers during its final week. Its final episode on January 13, 2012 drew in a 2.7 rating and 3.848 million viewers, one of the highest ratings in the history of soap opera finales.<ref name="final episode ratings">{{cite web |last=Toups |first=Xavier |date=January 21, 2012 |title=Ratings: OLTL's Last Week - Soap Opera Network |url=http://www.soapoperanetwork.com/news/ratings-oltls-last-week |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429013930/http://www.soapoperanetwork.com/news/ratings-oltls-last-week |archive-date=April 29, 2012 |access-date=February 28, 2015 |work=Soap Opera Network}}</ref>

The ''One Life to Live'' continuation's ratings proved impressive. The first episode was the second most downloaded TV episode on iTunes and second most watched episode on Hulu, with the first place on both sites going to ''All My Children'' which premiered the same day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/05/03/tolns-statistics-for-premiere-week-of-all-my-children-one-life-to-live/180992/|title=TOLN's Statistics for Premiere Week of 'All My Children' & 'One Life to Live' - Ratings - TVbytheNumbers.zap2it.com|work=TVbytheNumbers|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708061402/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/05/03/tolns-statistics-for-premiere-week-of-all-my-children-one-life-to-live/180992/|archive-date=July 8, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Schedule==
The show aired on [[ABC Daytime]] for the entirety of its original television run.

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 50%; text-align: center"
|+ ''One Life to Live'' broadcast history
! Start date !! End date
! Time slot<br/>
! Run time<br/>{{small|(minutes)}}
|-
| July 15, 1968
| July 23, 1976
| 3:30 p.m. {{small|([[Eastern Time Zone|ET]]/[[Pacific Time Zone|PT]]}})†/2:30 p.m. {{small|([[Central Time Zone|CT]])}}
| 30
|-
| July 26, 1976
| January 13, 1978
| 2:30 p.m. {{small|(ET)}}/1:30 p.m. {{small|(CT/PT)}}
| 45
|-
| January 16, 1978
| January 13, 2012
| 2:00 p.m. {{small|(ET)}}/1:00 p.m. {{small|(CT/PT)}}
| 60
|}

† From April 1, 1974 until July 23, 1976, ''One Life to Live'' aired at 2:30 p.m. in the Pacific Time Zone.

The show aired on Hulu, Hulu Plus and iTunes during its revival.

* April 29, 2013 – May 9, 2013: one new episode a day, Monday through Thursday.
* May 13, 2013 – June 28, 2013: a new episode each Tuesday and Thursday.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=May 16, 2013 |title='All My Children' & 'One Life to Live' Schedule—2 Episodes a Week Each |url=https://deadline.com/2013/05/all-my-children-one-life-to-live-change-air-pattern-to-two-episodes-a-week-each-501601/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113015731/http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/all-my-children-one-life-to-live-change-air-pattern-to-two-episodes-a-week-each/ |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |url-status=live |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref>
* July 1, 2013 – August 19, 2013: two new episodes every Monday.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harnick |first=Chris |date=June 26, 2013 |title=More Changes for 'All My Children' & 'One Life to Live'|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/26/all-my-children-release-schedule-change_n_3502292.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310074625/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/26/all-my-children-release-schedule-change_n_3502292.html |archive-date=March 10, 2016 |url-status=live |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref>

Reruns of the show aired on OWN from July 15, 2013 to September 2013.

* July 15 – August 2, 2013: 2:00–4:00 p.m. (1:00–3:00 p.m., CT/PT)
* August 5 – September 6, 2013: 1:30–2:00 p.m. (12:30–1:00 p.m., CT/PT)

===Cable===
Soapnet aired classic ''One Life to Live'' episodes at 6:00 a.m. (5:00 a.m. CT/PT), 7:00 a.m. (6:00 a.m. CT/PT), and 8:00 a.m. (7:00 a.m. CT/PT).

Starting July 15, 2013, OWN began a ten-week trial run of both ''One Life to Live'' and ''All My Children'' on its daytime lineup. Episodes of ''One Life to Live'' are broadcast at 1:30 p.m., following ''All My Children'' which airs at 1:00&nbsp;p.m., Mondays through Thursdays.

==See also==
* [[List of longest-serving soap opera actors]]
* [[List of One Life to Live characters]]
* [[List of One Life to Live cast members]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|One Life to Live}}
* {{official website|http://www.toln.com/one-life-to-live}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080803170727/http://www.soaps.com/onelifetolive/ ''One Life to Live'': Soaps.com]
* {{IMDb title|id=0062595|title=One Life to Live}}
* [http://archives.nypl.org/the/22743 Soap Opera scripts, 1975-1989] Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.

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