I wish they would get someone else to be over the soapnet programming:

I would love to see primetime line up start at 6 pm:

6:00: Y&R

7:00: AMC

8:00: OLTL

9:00: GH

10:00: DAYS

11:00: SoapTalk (Hosted By Linda Dano & Stephen Schetnez) (spelling wrong, i know)

12:00: Loving/The City

12:30: Capitol

1:00 am: Ryan's Hope

1:30: PC

2:00: Another World

3:00: Santa Barbara

4:00: Somerset/Texas

5:00: The Edge of The Night

6-10 am: repeats of yesterday's episodes

11: Dallas

12: Knots Landing

1: Sisters

2:00: The Doctors

3:00: Falcon Crest

4:00: Dynasty

5:00: classic episode (Days, Y&R, AMC, OLTL, or GH)

Run the weekend marathons starting at 9:00 am and the hour break between them show a classic episode or specials such as: reunion episodes of classic shows, where are they now specials, Would you return to daytime specials, and so on.

My SoapNet died when Brian Frons took charge of the network. It's been going downhill ever since.

I would be happiest if they could just find a way to add Santa Barbara to the programming. Most everyone can agree that it was one of the best soaps. We all miss it so I don't see how the ratings wouldn't be good enough to support it. The royalties can't be that bad.....

I heard a rumor that Santa Barbara had some kind of clause in their contract that makes it impossible for S/N to get it for re-airing. Maybe someone who understands that more than I do can explain it.

I heard a rumor that Santa Barbara had some kind of clause in their contract that makes it impossible for S/N to get it for re-airing. Maybe someone who understands that more than I do can explain it.

The story is that JFP filled it with popular music. So, negotiating the music rights for each episode would be far too time consuming, and the royalties too expensive.

That's apparently what put the kibosh on Soapnet showing the full run of Ryan's Hope.

What it translates to is that Soapnet is unwilling to spend the money. Just like they won't close-caption Ryan's Hope. Zero investment in legacy properties.

^A lot of t shows are not out on dvd or in reruns because of songs sued on the show.

However, shows like Dawsons Creek and Roswell just change out the song.

I thought that shows could use their original music in reruns. DC definitely does. The theme song and all background music is the same as when it first aired on the WB. DVDs are a completely different story.

^Original music yes, however DC was a show that used a lot of hot music at the time. and some songs are taken out depending on what network is rerunning it.

^Original music yes, however DC was a show that used a lot of hot music at the time. and some songs are taken out depending on what network is rerunning it.

Right. TBS used the stuff from the network airings, though, right? I don't recall any major changes (meaning songs used in very poignant moments from the show), so I'm guessing the songs were kept in.

^TBS aired the exact same as thewb.

i think its the-n, idk, some network that reruns it or did took out the scenes where joey sings or certin huge hit songs they used.

Right but I doubt that played a prob with Ryan's Hope--didn't they just not wanna show the less popular eras? Surely they could change a few montages if they had to...