Long Time ABC soap opears "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" are cancelled

[R68 Subway Car]

The Soap Opera Era is dying because more and more women are working instead of sitting at home watching the latest craziness on shows like these two, The Young and The Restless, General Hospital, and Days Of Our Lives. Times change.

[Shortline Bus]

An update. Over 40 people today 4/26/11 was outside ABC's Lincoln Center studios in a last minute attempt to save 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live.' Plus a letter writing campaign that has already produced over 1,000 letters and e-mails has come on to ABC.

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/04/26/2011-04-26_soap_opera_fans_protest_at_abcs_offices_over_cancellation_of_all_my_children_one.html

 

 

PS I have a feeling a cable channel geared for woman like Lifetime may save the day and pick up these long time daytime staples and turn them into 'weekly' shows to cut costs. However I think it's done on ABC. Just a hunch.

[Shortline Bus]

Update. Good news for "AMC" and 'OLTL' fans. Although the shows and maybe soon "General Hosptial' are leaving ABC they found a new home.

The Tv entertainment website "Prospect Park" will show 'occasional new shows' of the '2' classic soaps and also make available shows going back to the 1970's.

 

Personally I though a cable outlet like "ABC Soapnet' "Lifetime' or even "E!" might have returned it as maybe a once a week 'nightime' soap. Still a bit of good news for soap fans.

[553 Bridgeton]

Agreed.....I watch All My Children faithfully.....sad to see it end after all these years. Good things must come to an end!

 

No comment lmao

[via White Plains Road]

No comment lmao

 

Hush you lolololololol!

[Quill Depot]

America, don't waste time watchng Soaps!!!!!!!!!

[Joel Up Front]

That image of the mid-20s to early 30s woman curled up on a couch in a t-shirt and jogging pants, crying and eating out of a pint carton of ice cream is what this thread makes me think of.

[Shortline Bus]

It's all over for All My Children and One Life to Life:cry::eek:. Today 9/23/11 was their final shows. Reruns of these classic daytime sopas will be shown on ABC soap net. However there are rumors that AMC Creator Agnes Nixon is in talks to revive All My Children as a weekly show on a woman-oriented cable stations such as AMC, Lifetime, E! and couple of others.

 

We shall see.

[B35 via Church]

What self identifying man keeps tracks of that ???

[trainspot12]

It's all over for All My Children and One Life to Life:cry::eek:. Today 9/23/11 was their final shows. Reruns of these classic daytime sopas will be shown on ABC soap net. However there are rumors that AMC Creator Agnes Nixon is in talks to revive All My Children as a weekly show on a woman-oriented cable stations such as AMC, Lifetime, E! and couple of others.

 

We shall see.

 

One Life to Live's last episode is scheduled for January. Only All My Children had it's last episode today.

[Shortline Bus]

:cool:

What self identifying man keeps tracks of that ???

 

Bro i am more into "Young & The Restless' myself lol. Seriously it was all over the tv morning newsshows this morning on tv (9/23) i.e "GMA" "Today" Fox 5' Good Day" etc. even on the local news station up here focused on this being the last show. Thus why i brought back this thread.:eek: Even some of staff at work was discussing it today.

 

Like or not, it was a landmark tv show that been on so damn long, it was going to get media attention as it exits 'stage left' into tv history.

[Santa Fe via Willow]

My favorite soap opera was "Days of the Week" on SCTV.