TWO MORE LONG-RUNNING SOAPS GO DOWN THE DRAIN

ABC has canceled One Life to Live, which debuted in 1968, and All My Children, which debuted two years later. The demise of the two shows continues the slow fade of daytime drama, a television staple since the medium’s inception. All My Children, which was once the highest-rated show on daytime television, will end its […]

DISNEY TO UNPLUG SOAPNET, REPLACE IT WITH DISNEY JUNIOR

Like many of the shows that have appeared on it over the past decade, the cable channel SOAPnet is all washed up — or will be in 2012. That’s when the Walt Disney Co. intends to convert it into a new kids channel called Disney Junior, the New York Times reported on its website today […]