Here's what I remember about the US soaps airing & moving in Canada. Any corrections/additions welcome:
BTG - CHCH until the end of August, then CTV Drama until the end of 2025. E! in January 2026.
Sunset Beach - CHCH. At least initially it aired at 3 while the Buffalo affiliate aired it at noon. Maybe the last time before BTG that a soap here didn't air at the same time as it does in the US without being a day ahead.
AW - CTV - until the end.
AMC - CBC until the mid 90s, then A Channel (what is now CTV2, then owned by CityTV). The revival was on FX Canada.
OLTL - Same as AMC but I think A Channel stopped airing it it before ABC did.
Days - Global, then WE (same company but on cable) when it went to Peacock in the US.
Y&R - CHCH (apparently), then in the 80s Global bought the rights, airing it a day ahead at 4:30. It moved to 4 a few years ago.
ATWT - CHCH until Passions was cancelled, then Global.
GL - CHCH until the mid 90s, then none for a while? Global at the end?
B&B - Some CTV affiliates. I know for a few years around 1993 it was day ahead in Toronto. I believe at 4 (maybe 330?) to try to get the Y&R viewers to tune in before switching to Global at 4:30. Possibly because of the Sheila/Lauren crossovers. Then CTV in its regular slot. From 2013ish-2023 it was on CTV2 before promoted back to CTV.
GH - Global until 2000, then CTV until 2009?, then A-Channel/CTV2 for a few years (I think CTV bought the stations by then), then CityTV by the mid-2010s to present.
Passions - Replaced AW on CTV initially before moving to Global in 2000 to finish the NBC run. The Direct TV run aired on SuperChannel (pay-tv). Did it air day ahead at 330 leading into Y&R at some point?
There was a rumor that Global & CTV made a deal to swap their rights for GH & Passions in 2000.
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