SOAPNet is dead, Disney doesn't care if it's only ABC network not to mention they only have one soap. CBS bought TVGuide and now they're airing Y&R there's no conspiracy.

With the great ratings it got for the marathon they should just air classic episodes all day

Sounds like they're doing this as a backup for when SN is finally gone

oh and you know they'll edit this to death

...Why would current episodes be edited?

I think Days n B&B join the network as well

I would totally watch Y&R on TVGN.

I'd like to see the AMC and OLTL online repeats to air on TVG, as well!

Make you wonder is SOAPnet really going off or is the network trying to be a ABC only network. Plus is DOOL going to jump ship too?

Soapnet hasn't been in a LOT of homes since the first drop of the channel, I'm surprised it took them this long to find a new home for YR.

Soapnet hasn't been in a LOT of homes since the first drop of the channel, I'm surprised it took them this long to find a new home for YR.

There have been rumors the last couple months about Disney using the remaining Soapnet carriage base to launch a new ABC-branded cable channel, but there hasn't been much talk about that since the new year.

It guess it's leaving SoapNet, since TV Guide now has the exclusive cable rights per this article.

Strange, but I guess they must be making more money this way (as TV Guide channel is available in more homes).

Wasn't it the most viewed of the Daytime soaps that air of Soapnet? For some reason they dropped the Saturday night Y&R marathon in favor of brinnig back the DAYS marathon though.

I'd rather see B&B and Days first to go along with Y&R.

Edited April 4, 201313 yr by katie_9918

Wasn't it the most viewed of the Daytime soaps that air of Soapnet? For some reason they dropped the Saturday night Y&R marathon in favor of brinnig back the DAYS marathon though.

The article mentions that Y&R is SoapNet's #1 rated program (and has been since it debuted in 2006).

I guess when the show's contract was renewed a few years back, they had to drop the weekend marathon due to fees/guarantees.

...Why would current episodes be edited?

I'm wondering the same thing lol A 36-minute episode doesn't need to be edited for a 36-minute timeslot, but then again, I'm unfamiliar with TVGN's editing of their other shows. I generally refuse to watch Designing Women on there as long as they still have listings taking up so much of the screen.

Make you wonder is SOAPnet really going off or is the network trying to be a ABC only network. Plus is DOOL going to jump ship too?

I'm in NYC and I was flipping channels the other day and saw Disney, Jr is actually on another channel in this area. Soapnet is still on here and no idea what's supposed to come in its place if DJ is already airing on another network.

With all of the over-the-air digital substations popping up showing classic shows (like Antenna TV, COZI-TV, etc.) I wish they would use one of the stations for daytime classics.

Edited April 4, 201313 yr by applcin

I'm in NYC and I was flipping channels the other day and saw Disney, Jr is actually on another channel in this area. Soapnet is still on here and no idea what's supposed to come in its place if DJ is already airing on another network.

With all of the over-the-air digital substations popping up showing classic shows (like Antenna TV, COZI-TV, etc.) I wish they would use one of the stations for daytime classics.

I kina get why, at SoapNet's peak, they didn't think showing regular classics was rating wise viable (although surely showing one a day--aside from Ryan's Hope--or a few every weekend from each major ABC soap would have worked)--but with ALL the channels, like you mention above, devoted to classic tv programming, it seems like this is a no brainer to me.

I kina get why, at SoapNet's peak, they didn't think showing regular classics was rating wise viable (although surely showing one a day--aside from Ryan's Hope--or a few every weekend from each major ABC soap would have worked)--but with ALL the channels, like you mention above, devoted to classic tv programming, it seems like this is a no brainer to me.

I totally agree 100%. There is absolutely no real reason why Guiding Light, the longest-running dramatic series in the history of the world, has never aired regularly in its home country outside its original broadcast run. It makes no sense whatsoever, it boggles the mind, etc. Weekend syndication can be chock-full of "lifestyle" sh!t that no one watches and reruns of "extreme teens" programs from circa 1997, yet we're to believe a company will go bankrupt if they reran daily episodes of a long-running, cancelled soap? It's nonsense.

I totally agree 100%. There is absolutely no real reason why Guiding Light, the longest-running dramatic series in the history of the world, has never aired regularly in its home country outside its original broadcast run. It makes no sense whatsoever, it boggles the mind, etc. Weekend syndication can be chock-full of "lifestyle" sh!t that no one watches and reruns of "extreme teens" programs from circa 1997, yet we're to believe a company will go bankrupt if they reran daily episodes of a long-running, cancelled soap? It's nonsense.

I think part of the issue is simply that nobody has tried it yet (not really.) Someone just has to, and then I could see other tiny tiny tv cable stations doing the same. Apparently back when Hallmark was the Romance Channel, its reruns of Peyton Place (they ran through all four years twice I believe--which is a lot if you remember that the show never had reruns and aired 2-3 times a week) was extremely highly rated which is one reason it was even considered for its initial DVD release.

*edit* I guess it has been done with Dark Shadows (with, I understand, considerable success) and Strange Paradise but people see those as exceptions being genre soaps.

Edited April 4, 201313 yr by EricMontreal22