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Agreed, in ten years most people will just be downloading shows and daytime TV will be a thing of the past. I'm suprised ABC just didn't add an extra hour of GMA considering they already own the sets and studio. There is a rumor that ABC wants to merge the news division with Bloomberg so maybe that would make for less profit.

OLTL must still be making money for ABC. The ratings are not that far below GH with a way lower production cost. Speaking of which, I can see the cost cuts on GH. Last week, the cam was shaky and the episode just didn't feel GH lush.

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Amen to that! I'm watching Maude as we speak. If ABC thinks they are going to do better cooking shows that PBS create, good luck. I love cooking shows, but I just don't think some stupid name like "Chew" is going to fly. The name isn't exactly appetizing. They might as well call it "Belch".

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GH is dead. TPTB tipped their hand when we found out Sweeny wanted to cancel it along with AMC and OLTL. I bet anything it goes out either fall 2012 or Spring 2013. IMO, Y&R will be the last one standing. B&B will ride it's coat tails for awhile perhaps. Damn. I just wish these shows could have lasted 5 more years. I can't believe it's over, even though we knew it was coming.

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Yeah, I don't think any of them get renewed beyond their current contracts, which means DAYS in Sept 2013, B&B in Nov 2013, and Y&R in Sept 2014. In fact, I bet NBC regrets their two-year renewal of DAYS when they were heady over its big increases at the time.

As for GH, the fact that the cheaper OLTL was canceled when it was just 0.1 below it in both women 18-49 and women 18-34 tells me its toast around this time next year (to end in Sept 2012).

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I love Robin Roberts. One of my favs from her sportscasting days:

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RT @Grandpam: @RobinRoberts Can you not do something about All My Children!!! What a mistake ABC is making! Grand, I hear ya! Wish I could.

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Believe me, people, I can be as cynical as the rest of you, lol. OTOH, though, MW makes a good point: AMC's cast and crew must have sacrificed a ton to make this cross-country move work. And now that it hasn't, what happens for those who didn't want to move in the first place or who might try and stay in L.A. after the show's cancellation, but find their job prospects are few and far between? Yeah, I'm definitely praying for everyone at AMC and OLTL. This is really not the time for anyone to be unemployed.

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My guess is the replacement for OLTL won't be ready until January so thats why OLTL got the extra time. I disagree with you that it's too much time. Soaps plan story months/year in advance, so much of what we see for the rest of the year is likely going to be what they planned all along, with some edits of course, and then Nov-Jan will be the wrap up. NBC announced "Santa Barbara" cancellation in October for a January finale, that was way too short as stories ended abuptly. I too am grateful this announcment was made now as ABC could have easily waited to announce OLTL's demise until late summer, and it would have appeared OLTL had a chance when it didn't, imagine if ABC had waited and just announced AMC's demise and kept OLTL's a secret until the summer, lol some on here would have had a fit! lol

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