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As The World Turns cancelled

Posted Dec 8th 2009 11:56AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Daytime, Cancellations, Reality-Free

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First Guiding Light and now this: CBS confirmed this morning that they are canceling another long-running soap opera. Don't worry Young & The Restless fans (for now), the show that is going away is As The World Turns.

The show has been on the air for 54 years. The last episode will air in September.

This is actually really depressing. Soap operas (daytime soap operas, not prime time shows like Melrose Place) are a great dramatic format and deserve a place on the television landscape.

Unfortunately, it looks like the networks are moving further and further away from them, looking for cheaper alternatives. It's weird to think about, but now the only soaps that are left are Y&R, The Bold and the Beautiful, All My Children, General Hospital, One Life To Live, and Day Of Our Lives. And I bet none of those are safe (especially the ones on CBS).

I wonder if we'll get to the point where CBS cancels all of their soaps and NBC cancels Days and ABC decides "you know what? We're the only place on TV where fans can find their daytime soaps, let's keep them on the air." Or maybe all of the current daytime soaps will be canceled and then some time in the future, 5 or 10 years from now, daytime soaps make a spectacular comeback somehow.