At least the show would start looking pretty again, even if the budget is shot.

... except when they do fast-swish transitions between scenes. Oy, those started to get so sloppy on GL.

Go enjoy your bucket of KFC, Jamey...

Good riddance. After they got rid of Knots, Dallas, and Dynasty the only thing I watched there was DOOL and an occasional episode of One Tree Hill.

Awwwww...what a shame!! **chuckles** When networks start looking at cost reduction initiatives...s*** happens!! If only SoapNet was making lots more money vs. losing. Disney did themselves a favor and this should have happened a long time ago IMO.

Edited May 27, 201015 yr by JimTolkien

At least the show would start looking pretty again, even if the budget is shot.

Marty West IN as nuBilly Abbott! Aubrey Dollar IN as nuHeather Stephens! Lindsay McKeon IN as nuMac!

Van Hansis IN as nuNoah Newman! Yani Gellman signed to a five year contract as Rafe Torres! [Jamey Giddens]ROAH![/Jamey Giddens]

Abby Newman Designs! Fashion show in Times Square NYC set to Lady Gaga's The Fame album! Locked into an airtight deal where the songs cannot be replaced in international syndication or domestic re-airings! But, instead of an on-location shoot, Conboy clears out both Y&R soundstages to create NYC for one episode! Skyscrapers and all with real cars and tons of shirtless gay male extras. And he flies Michael Bloomberg to LA, puts him up in a hotel and pays him an obscene amount of money to appear in one episode.

Maria/Hogan/Hamner OUT! Ellen Weston IN!

Good riddance. After they got rid of Knots, Dallas, and Dynasty the only thing I watched there was DOOL and an occasional episode of One Tree Hill.

Wasn't Falcon Crest on too?? I miss it on SoapNet.

Go enjoy your bucket of KFC, Jamey...

+1 Frons called? Or maybe Jamey called the office and got an intern or low-level receptionist?

Maria/Hogan/Hamner OUT! Ellen Weston IN!

Sadly, EVEN THAT would probably be a step up at this point.

Marty West IN as nuBilly Abbott! Aubrey Dollar IN as nuHeather Stephens! Lindsay McKeon IN as nuMac!

Van Hansis IN as nuNoah Newman! Yani Gellman signed to a five year contract as Rafe Torres! [Jamey Giddens]ROAH![/Jamey Giddens]

Abby Newman Designs! Fashion show in Times Square NYC set to Lady Gaga's The Fame album! Locked into an airtight deal where the songs cannot be replaced in international syndication or domestic re-airings! But, instead of an on-location shoot, Conboy clears out both Y&R soundstages to create NYC for one episode! Skyscrapers and all with real cars and tons of shirtless gay male extras. And he flies Michael Bloomberg to LA, puts him up in a hotel and pays him an obscene amount of money to appear in one episode.

Maria/Hogan/Hamner OUT! Ellen Weston IN!

ConWest returns!!

I don't know all the figures and facts behind the scenes when it comes to ad revenue and all that jazz, but I do wonder what some of these other obscure cable networks do to support themselves. Surely if they reformatted Soapnet into something new, something that gets its financial support from wherever cheap cable networks get their money from, they could re-air all the soaps as they do now, and fill the other hours with classic soaps, much like they used to, only do NOT EXPECT MIRACLES. Let it be a haven for octogenarians to re-watch that sexy John Forsythe battle over 2 menopausal ladies in Denver or a bunch of Irish-Catholic peeps in New York City having romances in mustard-colored living rooms. Don't expect it to be a hit, but let the few and proud out there enjoy their soaps and the soaps of yesteryear.

I've always wondered why ION and RTN never went for classic soaps. I could see an hour of Search and Edge fitting in nicely with RTN's lineup.

Edited May 27, 201015 yr by bellcurve

I've always wondered why ION and RTN never went for classic soaps. I could see an hour of Search and Edge fitting in nicely with RTN's lineup.

If anyone starts airing SEARCH again, let's hope they start with the flood! I've just GOT to see that sh!t!

Edited May 27, 201015 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

Jamey is also saying Y&R is facing another budget slash and that they'll need the extra cash from the licensing fees.

Music to my ears.

Now here's a novel idea, if the damn bloody show was racking in the ratings, viewers and decent s/ls, maybe, maybe just maybe this wouldn't happen. I would like to believe that the CBS executives have faith that MAB & her motley crew will do such a bang-up job of making this show good again since MAB thinks she is so great at all. Sadly I don't think they do. Which corporation continues to pay extra for a sh***y product. But I love that MAB thinks she is so great.

Wasn't Falcon Crest on too?? I miss it on SoapNet.

Yep, they got rid of it right around the time they started showing Dynasty and Dallas though.

I've always wondered why ION and RTN never went for classic soaps. I could see an hour of Search and Edge fitting in nicely with RTN's lineup.

The claim is usually that the ratings aren't good enough. Instead it's just more vomiting up of the same dozen shows.