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The Biz: Why soaps are bubbling

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So are ratings for talk shows, courtroom 'reality' shows, cooking shows and whatever other cheap 'reality' programming that now fill daytime losing ratings? Are people switching from those shows back to soaps? Or are new fans looking at daytime drama?

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So are ratings for talk shows, courtroom 'reality' shows, cooking shows and whatever other cheap 'reality' programming that now fill daytime losing ratings? Are people switching from those shows back to soaps? Or are new fans looking at daytime drama?

Talk shows have been falling for years now, aside from a few of the major ones.

I don't think it's that these shows are dropping (The Talk, The Chew, The View still seem to be doing OK, although I think The View has dropped a lot in recent years), but that soaps have gotten some viewers back.

Even then, the gains for soaps haven't been that strong, so the article feels somewhat hollow to me.

I did get a good laugh that they credited GH's ratings rebound to the vets that Ron has little time or patience for, not his [!@#$%^&*]-ass writing. And I got an even bigger laugh that they used a photo of two people who are no longer on soaps. That says it all for how much attention the industry pays to this genre.

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If soaps are doing so well then why can't they create a new one?

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The article lost me already with the picture choice... I LOVE both SF and LAD, yet they are TWO actresses who are NOT on daytime anymore. From a show whose ratings have improved quite a lot since they departed. LOL

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