Editing One Life to Live (section)

===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>