April 14th, 2011
02:58 PM ET
'All My Children,' 'One Life to Live' canceledABC has announced that the network is “evolving” its daytime offerings by canceling “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” and making room for two new shows. The two longtime staples of afternoon TV-viewing will conclude in September 2011, and January 2012, respectively. (What do you think about this? Let us know with an iReport.) So what will you be watching instead? An hour-long show all about food called “The Chew.” It’ll be hosted by “Top Chef” fan favorite Carla Hall, “Iron Chef” Michael Symon, nutrition expert Daphne Oz, “What Not to Wear’s” Clinton Kelly and Mario Batali.
According to the release from ABC, the show will cover all angles of food, examining it “as a source of joy, health, family ritual, friendship, breaking news, dating, fitness, weight loss, travel adventures and life’s moments.” That one will launch in September. The other show coming to ABC is currently being called “The Revolution,” and is focused on “health and lifestyle transformations,” the statement says. The idea is to help viewers live better lives by showing them how to “transform all areas of their lives, from relationships to family, food, style, home design, finance and more.” It will also feature one woman’s five-month weight loss journey each week, and will reveal each step of the story over five days, with a final unveiling of her total transformation on Fridays. The daily program, arriving in January 2012, will be hosted by "Project Runway's" Tim Gunn, former “Idol” contestant Kimberley Locke, and celeb trainer Harley Pasternak. The president of daytime TV at the Disney ABC television group, Brian Frons, acknowledged in the statement the impact this shift will have on viewers. “While we are excited about our new shows and the shift in our business, I can’t help but recognize how bittersweet the change is,” Frons said. “We are taking this bold step to expand our business because viewers are looking for different types of programming these days. They are telling us there is room for informative, authentic and fun shows that are relatable, offer a wide variety of opinions and focus on ‘real life’ takeaways. A perfect example of this is ‘The View,’ and that factored into our decision.” ABC promises to close out both “One Life to Live,” which began on the network in 1968, and “All My Children,” which got its start on ABC in 1970, in a way that honors the viewers and the legacies of the programs. |
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I agree Tiffany I watch All my children when i was really young and i grew to love watching One life to live now it is off the air and both programs had a very dumb ending and i know One life to live didn't have a fair chance.I would love for both programs to come back on the air we really don't need any more cooking shows and there are more shows for men to watch then women because there are alot of movies that i can't watch with my children because of garbage. i feel ABC won't hardly have any viewers to watch there channel
I think that is crap to take off all my children and One life to live, Men get there sports and from 7am to 11am there is enough shows like the view and the kelly show and dont get me wrong i love the food shows but thats why i watch the food network and the travel channel. Come on Now give us back our shows. you cant just leave one life to live the way you did. there is so much left for he story. Your making a huge mistake no more ABC for me
The Chew is boring just like the view. The past few years I have increasingly stopped watching tv. I started watching the 3 soaps with my mother, she's gone and now my favs. I can't believe ABC is jumping on the real world tv like everyone else. How many people watch the crime shows vs reality. The reality show is on it's last leg and I think you are making a big mistake. I watch very little tv and wonder why I have cable considering I watch most of the time my internet, in which, I watch what I want and it's not reality shows. Boring.
I will miss my shows I have been watching since my childhood. I was first introduced to them by my mother who was introduced to them by her mother. I have memories of being young sitting on the couch while mom folds laundry and watching theses shows. I can't believe they are no more. Why?!?!!!!! More jobs lost in the US
Thanks a lot ABC for damaging lives!
I was so angry to see that my shows are going off I've watched them since I was like 10 and ever since I have been hooked they cut all my children just when it was getting good stewart came back is back soeone shot at the party and thats how it went off.you just cant do that to us.all my children and one life to live are my two favorite soaps they are the only ones i watch.please bring and keep them on.take off millionaire and the news it comes on at 12 4 and 11 who needs the news that much and its the same news stories nothing new they are reporting take off the view but leave on my stories please
I'm am 18 years old from a small town in Missouri. I look forward to soaps every day. I do not like the idea whatsoever about canceling out One Life To Live, I've been watching soaps for nearly 4 years now and never miss an episode. I think if your gonna replace it with food shows they should be on food network, not abc. This is ridiculous, I love one life to live and I love the cast! They do an amazing job, and I look forward to new storylines!! It never gets boring. Please don't take one life to live off the air!!!
can't believe u have cancelled all my children after all these years,and u r also going to be cancelling one live to live,its like losing a family member.i am an upset vewier
and erica she ruin it to if you like the show im so sorry it has go one off but i don't like it
i don't want it to leave why did kendal come back she ruin the show
Really?!? Your canceling two of the 3 of my favorite shows.. I got into watching soaps about 4 years ago and now your going to cancel them? I will NOT be watching another food channel or talk show! If i wanted to watch that i would of moved to a different channel.. I DVR AMC,OLTL, and GH EVERYDAY and i watch them as soon as the kids go to bed! I'm so upset and will deff not be watching ABC again after they remove the shows.. I am so sick of crap tv!! Now i wont have anything to watch when i have my next baby!!!!!
stupid move abc just what every one wants another mundane food show we can watch any number of them anytime amc and oltl are icons most people grew up watching them and a lot of shut ins live for their soaps in the afternoon i hope the net work goes under since you dont care what veiwers want its all about money bs
It's about time both AMC and OLTL were done with. Yeeeeehawwww. Now get rid of the remaining ones.
Ann is right the higher ups really do not care what "We the People" want all they care about is the almighty DOLLAR and that is what sponsors want too. Boycott the sponsors and maybe boycott the station where you watched. We really DO NOT need another nutrician show or cooking show. They are everywhere. Well, losing All My Children and One Life To Live just gives me more time to do something else and rest my tv. I will NOT be watching the replacement shows!! Too, bad the sponsors and ABC will not read all of our comments, they might see they made a BIG mistake.
the only way to change things is boycott thesponsors. I love to watch soaps, very relaxing
Looks like ABC is doing what they have done to AMC & OLT to General Hospital as to their story lines.. they ARE in the possess of wrapping things up. Were starting to see them conclude story's, makes sense as the talk has been they too are leaving the air in September 2012. And NO, I WONT be watching the c r a p replacement shows that ABC is putting on Daytime. January 20th 2012 when OLTL goes off the air.. SO DOES ABC in my home.
For the record I join the ranks: I will NEVER watch The Chew or Katie Couric or Diane Sawyer. I am through with ABC. Dancing With the Stars, that's it. Fox has better shows at night. Clearly ABC has no respect for the viewer and will soon go down the (sorry) tubes. ABC used to be my favorite channel. I'm done. You show no respect for me? You can't even imagine what I think of ABC. You will be shocked at how much you will lose. Basically you nuked any hope of success for your corporation.
So stupid. I don't see how those new shows will make it. I know I won't be watching them. I've watched them from the beginning. And if they are trying to get the younger crowd, the employed ones are at work at that time and the unemployed bums are usually asleep until the afternoon. The people who pay the sat bills are 40 somethings like me. Oprah should buy AMC and OLTL then her station would probably do a lot better than it probably is, I know I don't tune in to watch her buddy Gail or the thousandth re run of the Color Purple.
Go to CBS NEWS It tells about it there on the internet!!!!!! SMILES SMILES AND MORE SMILES!!!!!!!!
YES YES AND YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PROSPECT PARK just bought one life to live and all my children and will be running them on their website!!!!!!! Check it out now we don't have to watch that stupid cook show! This is great guys!!!!!!!
Prospect Park P has only bought only the "ONLINE RIGHTS". They CANT broadcast them over cable/satellite channels as ABC OWNS all the TV/ Cable/Satellite broadcasting rights to the shows. You'll have to go to Prospects Site to watch the shows IF and when they show them as thats what they paid for. Thats why Bravo cant show but them as ABC will never relinquish their ownership to them.
YES!!!!!! Prospect park on the web is going to having one life to live and all my children on!!!!!! I just read it and I am so HAPPY! Look into this people this is absoulety the BEST NEWS EVER!!!! Let them keep this crap food show all they want we don't have to watch it now! YEA YEA YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh boy now we can cook tofu yummmmy! Glad I have a dvd player hey disney learn to cook! The things they will try to show us to cook I WOULDN'T FEED THAT CRAP TO A PIG LET ALONE HUMANS EATING SHHHHHHHHH! Yuk! If you replace soaps at least you could show how to eat healthy food like chocloate cupcakes with real filling homemade bread cakes you know healthey FAT stuff that I make at home! GEEZ TOFU GET A LIFE! Give it one week before re-runs start just like that stupid doctor show the view will start to with re-runs if they haven't already! Cacling thats it! I can't wait for it to go right down the drain where it belongs! Fill the whole tv with cook shows if thats what you want to call it. Go get a celery stick and eat that! Out with health eating and onto GREAT eating. ABC yeper I am a soap drama queen! WOW SURE BEATS OUT A FOOD DRAMA AND VIEW DRAMA QUEEN! Fall abc fall! Ha Ha Ha!
Did anyone else read or hear that the Soaps are going to continue on the internet????
Great ANOTHER cooking show and ANOTHER health show. I will be moving on to another network.
I hope that everyone understands that since abc has license for this company to put only on the internet that leaves a large population of soap fans out.Assisting living,lowi income who cannot affod internet.I wonder why abc wants to keep them off of tv.Is it that they didn't forsee the fans taking this on this long and now there move is to make us think that are trying to please us.Wasn't this tried by passion and the numbers weren't there on the internet.I really think think this is a PR move to give them enough time to improve there imagine and down the line cancel!!!Then it will be this company's fault which is a ex disney executive To many strangte things here.
Its a shame us veiwers dont mean a thing to yous.if you cared,theres enough people who wrote and emailed about one life to live youd live it on.im boycotting after its gose off,and millions of ours will to.i printing flyers on boycotting.thanks for not caring,and showing fans dont matter
I can't believe ABC would not sell OLTL & AMC to another network. Just because ABC would rather put food shows on the air which I am sure will not get many viewers, other networks would be happy to add both soaps! As far as Brian goes, 'BRIAN FRONS YOU SUCK".
Maybe all of us die hards should make a suicide pact, and force abc to see it our way.... lol if nothing else that would make for another fabulous reality show ya think?
Seriously – replace AMC and OLTC with dime a dozen lifestyle and food reality junk? Just another reason to stop watching ABC. Don't we get quite enough REALITY from our juvenile politicians? Someone might have thought to ask US what we want.
I cant believe this true, I set my DVR so when get hm I can watch All My childern, One Life Live and General Hospital so what will I do to relax after a crazy day at wrk ?????
TAKING OF ZACH ON ALL MY CHILDREN WAS ANOTHER GREAT MOVE.
LETTING GO OF DANIELLE AND TREVOR AND ERIN AND CARLOS AND SIMONE WAS THE BAD MOVE ON ALL MY CHILDREN. SAME WITH AIDAIN, ADAM. BRING BACK LIZA WAS ANOTHER BAD MOVE.
I WAS SO MAD WHEN YOU FIRED JOHN BROTHERTON, BRAIN KERWIN, JUSTIS BOLDING, MELISSA FUMERO AND KAMAR DE LOS REYES. BRING BACK KEVIN WITH ZANE. I'M NOT HAPPY WHAT MARTY BECAME. SMAR MOVE TO BRING BACK JOEY. I HAVE BEEN A FAN OF HIS SINCE HE WAS DON JEFFCOAT.. SMART MOVE TO FIRE FORBES MARCH. I NEVER REALLY LIKED HIM.
TO FIX ALL MY CHILDREN. GET RID OF ASHER AND BRING BACK SEAN BACK FOR COLBY. DON'T FIRE NATALIE HALL. KEEP SUSAN LUCCI. NO MORE FIRINGS AND KILLINGS. LIKE YOU KILLED OF EDMUND. HE WAS MY FAVORITE AND STILL IS. GET RID OF LIZA AND BRING BACK HER SISTER MIA. GET KRYSTAL A LOVE HER LIFE LONGEST IT IS NOT JACKSON. HE BELONGS TO ERICA NOT KRYSTAL OR JANE. GET RID OF RICKY. BETTER STORY LINES. BRING BACK LILY, SEAN, REGGIE, MIA, EMILY ANN AND JONTHAN AND ADAM WITH BROOKE.
TO MAKE ONE LIFE TO LIVE BETTER. LET GO OF THE STORY LINES LIKE THE DID STORY LINES. JESSICA NEEDS TO BACK TO HER BEST FRIEND KELLY AND HER DAD CLINT. LET GO OF MARK LAWSON, MICHAEL ESTON, MELISSA ARCHER AND NEFESSA WILLIAMS. BRING BACK SOME OF THE PAST. ERIKA PAGE, JAMES DEPAIVA, NATHAN PRUDEE, JOHN BOLGER, JASON SHANE SCOTT, CATHERINE HICKLAND, DARLENE VOGEL, TY TREADWAY, DPAHAINEE DUPLAIX, CHARISSA CHAMAROO, ERIKA PAGE, STEVE RICHARD HARRIS, MELISSA FUMERO, KAMAR DE LOS REYES, WORTHAM KRIMMER AND LAURA KOFFMAN. STOP THE KILLINGS. I'M STILL UPSET WITH KILLING OFF BEN, ASA, DREW, SAM, GRACE, GINGER, HUGH, JEN AND LUNA. I HAVE TO SAY IT WAS STUPID TO KICK OFF THE RAPPAPORT CLAIN OFF.
I have been a faithful fan for years! Watched the 2 shows when ever I could when I first started my family and later was able to tape them while working. Now tha I am retired and can watch more often you decide to cancel them. We have enough court shows, talk shows, food shows, and certainly enough health and doctor shows. I am so sick of the reality shows and dumb game shows. We want our "All My Children and One Life to Live" and don't dare take off GH. We retired people need something to watch too. Please don't take off these to shows, I really look forward to watching them every day.
Like many of you, I don't want to see AMC go for sure. This is the show that I have loved since it aired in 1970. I was hoping that another network would pick it up. I thought for sure Oprah would say yes. But she made an apology and said simply "that enough people aren't home during the day to watch"....Isn't (or wasn't) her show during the day? Put the AMC and OLTL on your network, Oprah, and just put them at a later time slot! Or, Soapnet....keep airing the shows for the fans! Come on people, it's very simple. Keep the fans happy by keeping the shows. I won't be watching ANOTHER FOOD SHOW....ANOTHER HEALTH SHOW. Let us keep our daily escape!
If you are going to cancel One Life To Live, why I don't understand, you might as well cancel General Hospital which is boring and all the other soap operas. Thanks, that was my one show that I have been watching for years. What kind of stupid show is going in it's place? I know I won't watch it, I'll have to find something else to do with my afternoon time.
Now maybe my lazy ass sister will get off her butt and clean her filthy house!
Add me to the list of faithful viewers! Please reconsider and leave All My Children on. I have watched since I was a little girl, and really look forward to seeing it at night (I DVR it) after work. I won't look at ABC at all, if it is taken off..just to have another cooking show and whatever else you plan. I can see those anytime on other stations. I feel you will lose a huge amount of viewers if you proceed with taking it off. You can change the time, but please leave it on for the majority of your audience to see.
It's truly sad to see these iconic shows cancelled. I have been watching them since they aired. I hope ABC will reconsider, or that another network will be pick them up. I'm also fed up with reality shows and will not watch the replacement shows. We have enough reality shows. Come on, how about some creativity.
I can't believe these shows are going to be taken off the air!!!these shows are part of HISTORY.wE HAVE ENOUGH COOKING SHOWS ON TV,WHY DNT ABC JUST LEAVE IT ALONE.THERS ALOT OF PPL NOT JUST WOMEN THAT WATCH THESE SHOWS FAITHFULLY AND THIS IS WHAT THEY GET FOR BEING FAITHFUL TO ABC,ANOTHER COOKING SHOW.COME ON,LEAVE THEM ON THE AIR....
all through change is a good thing this is a sad one. i really dont think we need anymore reality tv. this will be two less shows i watch and i will not be watching the replacements. i think abc is making a very big mistake. who and how is things kinda decisions made? what is the reasons for this? THIS IS JUST CRAZY!!!!!!! and THIS SUCKS!!!!!!!!
I started watching 3 years when I was pregnant with my daughter, my mom was always watching and s finally got me to watch well needless to say I was Hooked right aways and since than I haven't missed one eposide! I think its insane to cancle 2 shows that have been on for so many years and have so many fans! Me and my mother will no longer watch anything on abc no news no shows! And a lot of friends are also huge fans and they will be doing the same! Its sad to think they would risk loseing millions of viewers! And it will be to late to get them back cuz all of us fans know these amazing shows will be picked up by another network! SO SCREW U ABC!
I really wish they wouldn't. I am 21 nd a young viewer nd I love OLTL. I watch it everyday and if I miss an episode I go to abc.com and watch it. I know a lot of other young viewers also. So while they bring in a different type of viewer they are losing a whole team of people that expect to watch these shows and have for years of their life without missing an episode. I doubt they'll be able to say that about the new shows
I am glad you have taken the two soaps off but you could put some shows that people want to watch not sure the two shows to replace the soaps sound like anything worth checking out hope you have some other shows in mind because I am afraid these two shows are going to. Be hits off a lot of shows are the same as what your talking about except they are on cable channels so in close good luck
I hate that the networks are not paying atention to what the viewers want! WHy not just keep them on and move them to the soap net? That way those of us who LOVE our soaps can continue to watch? I bought cable just so that I could catch them if I missed them during the day on the soap net. Millions of viewers would be happy to do the same! Whild they were at it, they could revive GUiding Light!
This sucks! Do any of us really need another cooking show or whatever? NO, they can keep that crap on the cooking channel, Afterall we have Rachel Ray in the mornings.
This better just be a rumor, cause if it is true ABC will lose millions of viewers
ABC is a horrible horrible network.. I stopped watchiing any new shows on ABC after they started cancelling primetime shows in mid season and not even giving them a fair shot. My DVR is full of shows I now watch on other networks. The only two I tape are General Hospital and OLTL. If they cancel I will not watch anything on this network. This network needs to get a grip on what audiences want and more talk shows is not what America want. Nor do we want more reality TV. Just shutdown this worthless network then.
I don't know what I will be watching when AMC and OLTL are cancelled. But I surely will NOT be watching these 2 new shows. If I wanted another show about food I would go to the food network! If I wanted another show about lifestyles and weight loss, I would go to the Dozen of other channels that have stupid shows like this. Not only are you deeply hurting your fans such as myself, your hurting the hundreds of people that these shows employ. All that great talent! Stupid, stupid stupid! Mr.Frons, do you not have a heart?! These shows are beloved by so many and you are just tossing them out like trash. Do you not realize that there is a reason they have lasted for so many years? Its because they are great shows! I understand that ratings may have dropped but thats NOT because people aren't watching!!!!!! Get with the times, man! More people have to work today than they did, 40 years ago! But people still watch! They tivo or DVR them, watch them online, and some people still tape them. And you're just ignoring all that. How rude, heartless, and incredibly inconsiderate of you. I will no longer be watching anything anything on ABC or your affiliate channels out of pure lack of respect I have for you now. Many other people feel the same. So you just tanked the network. Kudos
AND ALSO JAMES DEPAIVA AND NATHANIEL MARTSON AND NATHAN PRUDEE. DO YOU WANT THESE PEOPLE NOT HAVE A JOB OR A FEATURE. I WOULD GIVE ANY TO THEM. THEY NEED TO MAKE A LIVING. YOU CAN'T JUST SEND THEM PACKING AND SAY TO THEM DO YOU WANT FRIES WITH THAT.
I'M ALREADY LOSING BRAIN KERWIN AND SUSAN HASKELL AND MAYBE TREVOR ST. JOHN. I HAD LOST SO MANY OVER THE YEARS. JASON SHANE SCOTT, JESSICA MORRIS, KALE BROWNE, MARK DERWIN, CATHERINE HICKLAND, SMAUEL BALL, PHIL CAREY. STEVE RICHARD HARRIS, SANDERA P. GRANT, MARVA HICKS, DON JEFFCOAT ALTHOUGH I DO LOVE THE NEW JOEY SAME WITH KEVIN AND JESSICA. JOSH CASAUBON, KATHY BRAIRE, CHRIS STACK, CHARISSA CHAMAROO, JOHN BOLGER, PATRICIA MACERI, KAMAR DE LOS REYES, SHERRI SAUM AND JUSTIS BOLDING AND DAVID CHUSIM.
DIDN'T YOU HAVE A FAVORITE SHOW THAT YOU LOVE AND CAN'T LIVE WITH OUT. WHEN THEY HAD TO CANCEL IT HOW DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL? I FEEL LIKE MY HEART GOTTEN TEARED UP. I LOVE BOTH ALL MY CHILDREN AND ONE LIFE TO LIVE. LOSING THESE SOAPS IS LIKE LOSING ONE OF FAVORITE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES. LIKE JOSH CASAUBON AS HUGH FROM ONE LIFE TO LIVE AND JOHN CALLAHAN EDMUND FROM ALL MY CHILDREN. PLEASE RECONSIDER FROM BOTTOM OF MY HEART. I LOVE THESE SOAPS AS MUCH I LOVE ROBERT S.WOODS AN.D BREE WILLIAMSON AND JERRY VERN DORN. SAME WITH JOHN CALLAHAN, AMELIA HEINLE. THEY ARE MY LIFE AND ALWAYS WILL BE. CANCELING THEM I SA HUGE MISTAKE.
Oh no... Now what am I supposed to do? How am I supposed to feel? What is the point of living any more? Life is over for me. No, seriously people: get a life.
please leave our soaps on the air .
if u take all my children and one life to live off the air i will not watch abc anymore these are my favorites and who want a suckie cooking show anyway they suck we love our soaps.
There is room on American network television for daytime drama. AMC has consistently showcased fine actors, great writing and good entertainment. It is difficult to believe that 'research' could have shown that the watching public wants yet another hour or two of self-styled celebrities shouting one another down. If ABC doesn't want AMC, why not keep it going as original programing on Soap.net or one of the other cable channels?
THE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES HAVE FAMILIES OF THEIR OWN. HOW CAN SUPPORT THEM WITH OUT JOBS AND MONEY. CHRISTMAS GIFTS AND BIRTHDAY GIFTS. THINK ABOUT IT.
I HATE THE IDEA OF THE FOOD AIRING NEXT YEAR. I RATHER WATCH ALL MY CHILDREN AND ONE LIFE TO LIVE INSTEAD OF THE CHEW. TELL ME YOU ARE NOT THAT STUPID. I GREW WITH ALL MY CHILDREN AND ON LIFE TO LIVE. ALL MY CHILDREN HAS TOW NEW PEOPLE. GRIFFIN AND CARA. THEY ARE GREAT ACTORS. THEY NEED A CHANCE TO HAVE A LOT MORE STORY LINES. IT WILL BE HARD TO SAY GOOD BYE TO THEM AND SPECIALLY GRIFFIN WITH KENDALL. WHAT DO YOU SAY IN FRENCH? THEY ARE HOT. I WOULD LOVE GO BACK TO 2000 ON ONE LIFE TO LIVE. SEEING THE RAPPAPORTS AND THE DAVIDSON'S. HOW CAN YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT. OR LIVE WITH YOUR SELVES WHEN THE TWO BEST SOAPS GOING TO BE IN THE DARK. HAVE A HEART.
Like many comments already listed, I am saddened by this decision. I have watched these shows for more years than I can count and won't be a supporter of ABC Television.
So not right that they are ending these shows. Replacing them with MORE talk shows...well, Im not watching them. Yawn fest! AMC has been my favorite time of the day for the past 15 years- and now there will be a huge void. Bad decision, ABC- very bad. Way to thank your loyal viewers of many years....t.v. is not going to be the same. Guess I will work out in the afternoon, now and not the morning...because I sure as heck will not be watching a "Food"
show or a "change your life" show!!!
Me and my mom have watched these show for at least 25 years. We are very upset about them being canceled. They want to update ABC's network, then they should cancel some of the stupid shows that are NOT appealing to anyone
I watch these shows every day. So does my mom How do I get them to keep them or will they still be shown on soap net I mean they just can't shut them off all together right. My mom thinks that if enough people call in or write in then they will have to do something maybe change the time they have them on. I am very upset they are doing this if they continue with this then I will no longer be watching abc
INSTEAD OF PUTTING THOUSANDS OUT OF WORK... WHY NOT JUST MOVE THERE TIME SLOTS TO AFTERNOON OR AT NIGHT. ITS JUST NOT RIGHT.
whoever made the decision to cancel AMC should be fired immediately....really a food and health show...does anyone from ABC watch TV? Obviously not, those shows are a dime-a-dozen
If ABC takes off All My Children, and One Life To Live, I will boycott ABC and will not watch any shows, and will put the word out to all I know and don't know. This is why I will not watch some shows, they take the good and give the ugly!!!! Shame on ABC for doing this!!!! I am upset!!!!!
I can't believe this, after some 40 years are they kidding, and another food show no wonder America is over weight! The heck with ABC. Couldn't soapnet pick up the show? Watching AMC now is sad because I know there is no future. That sucks!!!!
Maybe there should be a new daytime president after all he doesn't fit in 18-40 demo
I can not believe that they are cancelling 2 of their best shows.With the economy the way it is,people can't afford to go anywhere any more,gas is too high.We look forward to sitting home losing ourselves in our soaps.Somehow it takes our mind off our own troubles for a little while!I am with you guys,I will not watch anything on ABC again!!!! Let's see how their ratings go then!Another food show-come on-people do good to buy the basic foods to survive.
i am 14years old and i love one life to live and all my children i can relate with the young people on one life to live and i love doriah i watch aqt 700 on saopnet every night i look forward to it all day please dont kill my shows i also have many friends at school that watch
all this talk about only old people watch soaps is a bunch of bull i have watching all my children and one life to live for years i am 28 years old and all of my friends between 20-35 all watch soaps we love drama not cooking shows they can watch that on the food network and for the record i have hated the view science it began it really sucks keep our soaps onthe only thing that should be canceled is brian fonts and the view with these old bats calking and fighting all the time
I am so disgusted w/ ABC these two soaps are the best and I love them and watch them and look forward to them !!! I would rather lose General Hospital.. Has been so stupid lately,,. I am not happy w/ the a cooking show and healthy living show.. more Dr. Oz and the view !!! I will be turning off ABC completely !!! I have always watched ABC day and night programming used to be good.. but after September I will be turning off ABC !!!!!
I have watched AMC & OLTL since it started. I don't see how you can take them off & put on more stupid cooking shows. My husband & I are shutting off our satilite dish because there are to many reality, cooking and cop shows on. So we decided to shut it off completely!!!! Get a grip ABC, you are just asking people not to watch your station!!! You guys are airheads. Overpaid airheads at that.
How STUPID is ABC. !!!!!!!! Who wants more gossip shows or cooking. There are more than enough of those. There are many who want to escape. From all of that. !!! And ABC is screwing up daytime for millions.that have watched these shows for years and have looked forward to them. Can another. Station be smart and take over these great daytime soaps. !!!?????
I have watched these two shows since i was a young girl take a poll to ask us what we want as viewers ABC sounds like our government takes from the american people without asking and you see whats happening to that. So you might want to re think this one ABC.
I JUST ONE QUESTION FOR YOU ABC. HOW CAN YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT AFTER WHAT YOU DID TO ONE LIFE TO LIVE AND ALL MY CHILDREN. YOU GOT TO BE GYPED. DON'T NOT TURN OFF THE LIGHT OF ALL MY CHILDREN AND ONE LIFE TO LIVE.I WANT TO SEE HOW GRIFFIN AND KENDALL AND THEIR REALANTIONSHIP IS GOING. THIS IS A THREAT. YOU TAKE THEM OFF I WILL SOME SEROUS DAMAGE TO SOME OF YOUR SITCOMS. I MEAN WHAT I SAY. DON'T MESS WITH ME.
It is interesting to observe that most of the comments objecting to cancellation are from older viewers who have been watching for a long time. (Like me.) Older viewers oftern get out of touch with what works for younger viewers. It is a mistake to think that the networks do not have a good idea what they are doing and where the appeal is. Emotional reactions without any data are not of much use except as a salve. In any event, the show has been going downhill for quite a while. It is worn out. It lost its alpha males when David Canary and Thorsten Kaye didn't go to Hollywood. Caleb is a different kind of alpha who does not bring tension to the show. JR cannot grow into the alpha role anytime soon, no matter how much the writers pretend for him. Erica is a legend but also a repeating tape. The other actors and actresses are generally good to excellent at their trade, but they are limited by the necessity of the script to be ridiculous. They will not be out of work. In the end, don't make the mistake of thinking your opinion and reaction represents that of the general public.
Jane, I'm not an older fan unless 30 is now old. I grew up watching the soaps, ABC and NBC, and I'll tell you that some of the A-listers got their start on soaps because of the "ridiculousness." I'm in that golden demo and I find this appalling. Every single person in my peerage, including across the world, are tried of reality. It's a cost thing, but what the Big Three forget is they're no longer the big guys in town. They're the little ones now. And NOT listening to their consumers (how long have people been BEGGING for scripted shows?) and telling them what they want is something else entirely.
And you may say "not the general public" but that's a tactic used to discredit the efforts used to be heard. Campaigns have worked in the past, and some have not. But the whole point is to remind those in the select portion with dollar value that we're still there. I don't expect them to keep forever. But I do expect them to allow for a better ending, to arrange story lines that satisfy the major points.
After the revenue that soap fans have created for the network, it's not unreasonable to assume they could give an extra month or so to finish up since episodes are already filled up. Not perfect, but it's reasonable in ending a show that's spanned longer than some of the execs lives.
If AMC goes, so do I. Sorry, no more ABC for this avid TV watcher. AMC has been there for me thru the years. Love to watch it and relieve all my stress! Bye, bye...
I am so sad to think you could remove "traditional" television! I watched as my Mom use to say All My Kids since I was in diapers! My daughter has grown up with the show and now I have a grand-daughter... It might be silly Soap Opera's but it something some of us look forward too! And now in the age of DVR's we never miss a show!! I'm so disappointed in my favorite network! If there is ONE thing we DO NOT NEED is another reality television show!!! Please listen to the fans and DON'T TAKE OUR SHOWS OFF!! One Life to Live rocks as well!!! smh! Michele
Imagine my surprise and total meltdown when they cancelled "Popeye". What was I to do with my life? Oh wait, I just had to get one! Get over it people, Soaps are crap.Reality shows are even crappier and most of what's on TV these days shouldn't make it past the pilot. Right? These TV Execs seem to get more idiotic every day. Someone makes a hit show and they all want to get on the bandwagon because they can't come up with a good plan of their own.
I realize that reality tv is cheaper...but comeo on...we have ENOUGH reality...people watch TV to ESCAPE REALITY. I don't watch these soaps, but I lost my CBS soaps...so I know what a loss this is to fans...and what a crap replacement. Almost as bad as Let's Make a Deal.
This is outragious!!! I have been watching the two soaps since I was born. Even though I work during the day, I still find time to watch them. They are my "unwind" shows. Television just isn't the same anymore.
General Holspital will be next. Book it
Does ABC even realize how many people really watch these shows ?
Because most people use DVR's to record them and play them back later.
I think they'll be surprised when people totally stop watching their channel . . .
This being "all about the viewers" is such nonsense. Our house has been watching these shows for a couple of decades (say that about ANY other TV show) and it's engaging and fun and actually entertaining (a rare word in TV these days) to discuss what crazy stuff the characters have done now.
This is all about money and that the networks will screw every last dollar out of any programming they can by making it cheap, "fake celebrity", product placement shows that are BORING and that no one will watch, no one will Tivo, no one will talk about, no one will care about.
That's about the last interesting stuff that ABC had on. TV, daytime and nighttime has been lead around by a bunch of idiots. This is what our house things of Mr. Frons (safe for work): http://mflinn.com/cartoons.php?lidenti=394
Waiting for the pendulum to return from the "reality show" (boring) extreme and back to some character driven narrative.
i think its good they are taking the soaps of the air. my mom isnt happy but hey atleast we wont have to watch everybody sleep with each other and everybody being everybodies kid nomore. soap operas are over rated and people need to comeback to reality and realize thats not their life and live our own. all soaps are is gossip and we have enough of all this in real life. take them all off the air i say. and susan lucci who played as erica cane had been married to evryman on all my children what is up with that damaged goods is all she is.
I'm very sorry to hear this news. All the best to the wonderful cast of OLTL and All My Children. You will be missed.
I have watched All My Children since it debuted in 1970. To replace this beloveed show to millions by some vapid cooking show and God only knows what else is absurd. ABC is making a huge mistake. It is bad enough that we are already bombarded by stupid reality TV, which is basically TV for the brainless. No longer will I have All My Children to look forward to on the weekends (I tape it during the week). All My Children tackled subjects that no one else would touch and provided a great escape from the everyday turmoil we all experience. I will no longer watch ABC if AMC is canceled and will encourage anyone I know to follow suit. Of course we must have stupid shows like Wipeout and all shows of that ilk. Goodbye ABC!
it is sad to see All My Children and One Life to Live cancelled BUT it is even sadder to see another talk show...
Soon we will have nothing but reality tv and talk shows to watch.
I stopped watching All My CHildren around 2001 the storylines since then have been abysmal. All the charismatic old actors have either died or were written out for thse young actors that have no charisma whatsoever. It's about time they should have cancelled this along time ago. Soap Operas are passe anyway, they were originally broadcast for bored housewives to watch while they were waiting for their kids to get home from school. Different world now and these shows look silly.
Just what we need another do gooder fix your life food and nutrition show UGHH wont watch it either
It's about time. I've always disliked soap operas and kind of hoped this day would come. But it sounds like they're just replacing them with more mindless programming.
I heard that they were talking Soap Net off the air too.
I can understand why they are cancelling All My Children. It has been going down hill for some time now. But Why Oh Why are you cancelling One Life To Live, especially since they are bringing back Roger Howarth. And I don't think I can live without Dorian and David. I will miss my daytime family.
I suppose this is being done so they can fill up the slots with more ridiculous reality garbage. I can't believe people actually watch that moronic sh_t. I can't even stand to watch TV anymore because of this garbage. Americans are becoming a bunch of uneducated fat slobs if this is all they watch. What next, you will take away the History and Discover channels because people don't like to learn things Oh yes, lets have some more big fat ass pigs gorging themselves on TV. YOU ALL MAKE ME SICK.
To cancel OLTL and AMC, huge mistake. I will not be tuning in for the
new lame programs. wake up ABC, you are gonna lose a ton of viewers.
TO SD54321:
Do you really think that having a job prevented people from watching soaps. Before Tivo I would tape AMC everyday just like everybody else.
To all the people on this board who are not soap viewers and feel they need to ridicule- there is not a show on today that will last 40+ years the way AMC and OLTL have.
who gives a flying f)U(k?@
Apparently, thousands !
My stories are cancelled, so I now cancel ABC except for GH. Once they cancel GH, that's it. I'm totally done with ABC. They're making a BAD move!
Well, ABC is looking to be at the bottom in standings huh? What you are replacing the soaps for is just the stupidest thing. We all will see ABC is making the biggest mistake in there history. Good Luck you are going to need it bad... Fox here i come move over there is lots moere behind me....
It is a lot cheaper for the network to put out a cooking show with a few stars than it is to support all of the actors on a soap.
So here is the deal, I will not be watching the two new shows, even though I like Carly from Top Chef...If I want to watch a food show, I will go to food network...You know OLTL is really covering a good story about bullying, and handling it will...Hopefully another network will be smart enough to take these to fabulous soaps that are relative to this day and age, and wipe out ABC for doing so...and I hope they get higher ratings than before..then ABC will be sorry. We have enough shows about food and health...during the day we like entertainment....this will be the start they will then move on to take off DOOL, which I am sorry tired of Sami and her stupidity..., then Young and the Restless...then there will be no soaps...then daytime TV will only be news and education...what a rip off...soon they will remove our favorite nighttime shows...for education... control...control...might as will be in the Soviet Union....
LOL!!
The only thing challenging about your post, is deciding where to start mocking it, as your comments are so ridiculous and trite.
As such, the best approach is to simply summarize by stating that you are clearly not the sharpest tool in the shed, and to let you know that your little world will not implode when your "stories" go bye-bye, and that ABC will certainly not explode by changing its lineup.
For the millions of non-soap viewers, the changes are a welcome addition to daytime tv.
This is why people are not watching television anymore. It's almost like ABC wants to end their channel.
is there any chance that the soap network can pick up these two show because the ratings are higher on that network i do believe.
No. SoapNet will be going off the air in January 2012.
It is about time! These shows are ridiculous! They show all the bad things about relationships and waste people's minds. Get over it folks! Go out and do things. Enjoy life. Instead of going home to watch a tv show get out and take a walk. If you want the same type of excitement read a bookT. hey have lots of great fiction out there and you don't have to wait until the next day to find out what happens!
Karoline, I misspelled another guess better fix that as well. And once again I could care less!
More reality tv shows good grief
Karoline,
Talk about antother good reality tv show yours is the best maybe ABC should put you onboard!
Gonna miss AMC? Getta life and you will be fine.
I do not mind the soap operas. It is the stupid judge shows and the talk shows where the guests are recruited from the kiddy-wading end of the gene pool that I mind.
I would like to thank the actors of all the soaps. I want to say I do not like the view its just women talking to hear themselves talk! ABC you took from us the public I am disgusted and I will no longer watch ABC! Heres a good reality TV show for ABC to put together, how they could care less about what we want I think I might just might tune in to that!
I am pulling the rug out on you to. Hope your half-baked idea goes no where which it won't! Ha! Ha!
Carol:
Firstly, the expression is "I couldn't care less", not "could care less".
Secondly, although you might not like "The View", millions of viewers do.
Thirdly, ABC is a multi billion dollar company that spends huge amounts of money to research & analyze trends/ratings/viewing patterns/etc. in an effort to raise shareholder returns. Why do they do this? Because it's a business. Just like Walmart and Target. If there's something on the shelf that isn't producing good returns year over year, a store will pull that product off the shelf. This is what ABC has done with soaps. The viewership has declined year over year over year and it is no longer profitable. As such, the smart business decision was made to remove and replace with things people DO want.
So the next time you throw a temper tantrum, try parking your emotions, and looking at the situation logically and maturely. Your little fit shows that you've been watching soaps for too long, as you're over-reacting, overly emotional and acting like a drama queen character from a soap opera.
Us Soap Fans, DON'T WANT more cooking shows. Between TLC, The Cooking Channel and The Food Channel, there are already over 200 shows! We don't need anymore stupid cooking shows!!! ABC is committing network suicide by doing this. Soaps have been a part of American TV for years. If you're not a soap fan, then find something else to watch. Reality tv SUCKS. There are currently 20, and counting reality tv shows on now. ENOUGH!!
I could care less about the view just women talking to hear themselves talking! I wish and want to thank all soap stars the best in the future that was takin from them. It was also takin from us. But reality is they don't care at all about our views. New reality show! How ABC could give a care less! Well I have enough movies to watch and will no longer be in support of ABC Get ready to take the plunge ABC the water is icy cold! Goodbye for good
I'm glad to hear that ABC will be changing their lineup. For the millions of us who don't like soaps, these new shows will be a great way to pull in new viewers. It's definitely time for something different and to re-invigorate daytime tv.
Well, I guess all the children have grown up and that other show only has one life to live and it's done. The only thing I can ever recall about any of those shows is Erica Kane. At least Susan Lucci has carved a niche for herself outside of AMC. Reality t.v. is taking over. At least those Real Wives...are "real"...lol!
I think they are making a wrong moved by cancceling ALL MY CHIDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE.I think its a wrong moved because i was broght upwatching those shows when i was young my mom got me watching them .i am 48 and i still watch them and my roommate calls them to struip shows he said if you what a soap oprea just walk out your door and you get a sop opera . and i tell him i like my soap oprea he said they are damn.
I think they are making a wrong moved by cancceling ALL MY CHIDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE.I think its a wrong moved because i was broght upwatching those shows when i was young my mom got me watching them .i am 48 and i still watch them and my roommate calls them to struip shows he said if you what a soap oprea just walk out your door and you get a sop opera . and i tell him i like my soaps
What an atrocious command of the English language. Perhaps the time you spent watching soaps would have been better spent focusing on your studies.
Canceling these two soaps is one of the biggest mistakes that ABC has ever made. To some these soaps are like family that we enjoy and look forward to seeing every day. They are our escape from reality. I will very much miss watching them and feel for the many people involved who will now all lose their jobs. My heart goes out to them and wish them the very best.
Good! Now maybe the wife can have dinner ready when I get home. These shows were a waste of time anyway. Any guys posting that they have been watching these with their wives need to seriously do a sack check!! Make sure you still got 'em.
I can tell u one thing foe sure, I WILL NOT b watching The Chew. Force someone else to watch that c+ap, there is way to much on TV. If I cant watch OLTL. I'll not watch what u think I shoud.
You'll not watch what the network thinks you should watch? LOLOL!! You've already been doing it for years, by watching soaps!
If my soaps are cancelled, I will cancel ABC. I have been watching both shows for years and enjoy watching every episode. Because like most I have to work so I record my day time soaps daily on my DRV to watch when I have time to relax in the evening. ABC is making a big mistake cancelling these soaps! ABC will lose many watchers including myself!
Holy crap. I cant believe the outraged responses. Maybe instead of driving home during lunch to watch outdated soaps you should drive to the gym or take a yoga class or sit outside in the sunshine or ride a bike or run or walk or have a good conversation or meditate or work in your garden or have some coffee with a friend or play a game or...jeez...the list could go on and on...and hey! maybe if you did any one of those you might not have the need to escape your obviously boring life by watching soaps. Get a hobby already.
I remember when me and my frat brothers would always hover around the tv watching OLTL, Y&R, AMC after classes. And yes we watched football on Sundays as well. Even though we were poked fun at by some of our bretheren, guess who ended up with the dates on the weekend? Hint: We had better & more diverse things to converse about than typical 'jock talk'.
You'll be sorely missed OLTL & AMC.
HI ABC SOAP FANS,
I HAVE WATCHED ABC, AND OLTL FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY, AND I WILL NOT GO DOWN WITH OUT A FIGHT. MY MOM RAISED ME WITH THESE SOAPS, AND I RAISED MY CHILDREN WITH THEM. THIS IS MY SOAP FAMILY, AND MY DAILY DOSE OF THERAPY. I FEEL LIKE A GENECIDE IS HAPPENING TO A GENRE WE HAVE KNOWN FOR 40 YRS. WHO WOULD HAVE WATCHED A COOKING SHOW FOR 40 YRS; SURELY NOT ABC SOAP FANS. PLEASE RECONSIDER THIS TERRIBLE TRAVESITY BEFORE IT IS TO LAST ABC/DISNEY. I WILL BOYCOTT ABC/DISNEY IF MY SOAPS ARE TAKEN AWAY. OPRAH WE NEED YOU PLEASE RESCUE OUR SOAPS FROM ABC. THERE WILL BE 600 PEOPLE WHO LOSE THEIR JOBS IF THIS HAPPENS, AND ALL FOR A COOKING SHOW? I THINK NOT.... PLEASE JOIN US IN OUR GROUP BELOW IF YOU WANT TO KEEP OUR BELOVED SOAPS ON THE AIR. THANK YOU HUGSSS DEBBIE JACKSON P.S. BRIAN FRONS SHOULD BE FIRED.
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LOLOL!!!
Do you seriously think typing a juvenile tantrum in caps will make a multi-billion dollar company re-consider a decision that they've spent years analyzing?
Grow up, accept change like a mature adult and move on.
Hi Debbie – Don't know if you have this info for your groups already (?) but someone on the comment section of Friday's OLTL online posted this info: 1-818-460-7477 for ABC Daytime, ext. 255 for AMC and ext. 663 for OLTL. I've called several times and was quite amused that the ABC recording goes immediately to "if you are calling about ABC's announcement regarding Daytime's programming and want to leave a message about AMC or to leave a msg about OLTL.......". Apparently, there have been enough calls that they've changed their regular message to recognize the masses that are calling in !
I think ABC execs have lost their minds. If I want to see another cooking show I will turn to the food network. If my soaps are indeed cancelled, I will cancel ABC. I have blocked Fox for years, I will do the same for ABC. I will not watch a network that does not value its viewers.
Seriously another food show and the other show sounds boring as wall.Geeze there are too many of those type shows already and the information they have on these show I can get off the internet. I was reading recently that ABC isn't wanting to pay the actors the high salaries anymore. This is about money, not about what the viewers want and I can't stomache Tim Gunn and his nasal whiney voice.
Wow, I used to watch AMC, OLTL and GH when I was in high school, loved them! I stopped watching once I left for college, this was back in 1990. I thought that these soaps would go on forever. Oh well, these new shows sound like duds, BTW, is General Hospital still around?
This is absolutely terrible news. ABC should be ashamed of themselves. What crappy ideas. They're so souled out. The reality tv craze and self absorbed wieght loss shows that never work are mindless fodder to keep us oppressed. What other reason is there to watch tv then to get your mind off yourself for a change and be transported to another place. Bring back drama and sassy stories!!! Just say no to reality tv schemes!!!
It's about time... soaps are the original incarnation of Trash TV
What about primetime? ABC had Dynasty and The Colbys; CBS had Dallas, Knots Landing and Falcon Crest. Those shows were on just once a week, but with what's going to happen, this would be better than nothing. If another network picks up both shows, great. My next worry is that ABC will just figure to get rid of General Hospital, too.
Please another network, pick them (AMC & OLTL) up. We don't need another food show.
Most American women go to Walmart; get a frozen t.v. dinner, and pop it in their microwave for twenty seconds, and that's their idea of 'home cookin'.. Of course they don't want a food show to replace their soaps.. You can be unconscious to watch a silly soap, but you might have to think to watch a food prep program
I notice a lot of comments saying " I've been watching these soaps since I was a kid",.. That tells me you don't have to have much of an intellect, to watch these silly soaps... They say the average t.v. program is aimed at thirteen year olds.. I think these soaps were aimed at nine year olds
Only turds watch these shows anyway. Flush em
Shame on ABC!!!! I am the administrator of the Facebook page Save AMC & OLTL. There is a huge uprising on Facebook & we are boycotting ALL ABC programming except AMC & OLTL & the sponsors of what ABC considers their "stronger" daytime programs. We are also organizing several protests. We will fight this to the bitter end. If you love these shows please join us
Grow up. Shame on you for being such an immature brat, stomping your feet and carrying on because your favorite toy was taken away. Pay attention to things in life that actually matter.
Well what can I say? Reality Show Killed the Soap Opera Star!! I Guess 21st Century Viewers Prefer Actual People to Air Their Dirty Laundry than Actors to Perform for A Living...And If You Asked Me, I Think That's Really Pathetic & Sad!!!
Nobody asked you. Time for you to learn to accept change, honey. It's called, "being a mature adult".
I don't know how you could do this, it is crazy. ABC is done for me!!!!!
Read the post by Justin, directly above yours, Nancy. This will hopefully give you the perspective you desperately need.
I agree the only reason I watched the night shows was because of my loyalty, now that is over. It started with the decision not to put V online. Now I have no reason to watch ABC at all. I grew up on these soaps it has been a tradition in my family. Now it's over... Goodbye ABC...
Honestly, the show has been on for 43 years. Do you think ABC has an obligation to run these shows until the end of time? Certainly not. Just like every other show on television, they eventually come to an end. It's just TV, folks. Instead of threatening ABC that they will lose viewers simply because they're changing their lineup, perhaps turning off the television, going outside for a nice walk, or doing some charity work for the hour you'd normally spend in your living room watching daytime drama would be a nice change of pace.
yay!!!!!!!!
finally, getting rid of mind poison.
serves only to kill brain activity, joy and self-worth.
say good-bye to dysfunction!!
I cnt believeve it n 4 dose stupid shows
Great! Another food show or clothing show that I WILL NOT watch.
Thank God they are takeing all of that trash off the air.
People know how to eat well, they just choose not to! What....is ABC our parents now! Cancel my soaps and you will live to regret it you stupid young executives!
Are you finished with your immature little hissy fit now Kayla? If so, time to move on an grow up now.
I think ABC has made a huge mistake. I've watched these shows since they started and can't beleive we're getting a food/reality show instead. There are other places those shows can be viewed. The soaps have a huge fan base which will never happen with the new shows. Good luck ABC.
Even tho I havent watched in 10 – 15 yrs its still a shame that somthing as mundane as a TV show could evoke such emotion – these shows are a great escape from reality – and a big part of alot of peoples lives over the years – the only thing in life that is certain is change....RIP OLTL AMC
What? Simply unreal....I am just heart broken knowing 2 great soaps after GH ofcourse will be cancelled. Overall I love GH more so than AMC and OTL but it will be weird not watching both soaps on channel 7 . After January it will be very different. Maybe another national channel will pick them up. Its too early for this bad news. Anything positive can happen lets keep our fingers cross.
PLEASE SAVE DAYTIME!!!!!!!!, We really don't need another FYI/Health?game?reality or Talk show on the air, we have more than eonugh, and we are not watching them
Just terrible that ABC is throwing away a loyal audience! I will not be watching the 'new' talk shows. I've had enough of those kind of shows already. I want scripted shows with actors and characters. I like the View fine, but I don't want to watch it for three hours a day. No more "reality" shows and make-overs, and as for a food show, that already has a channel of its own. It's a crime to cancel AMC & OLTL. Shame on Frons and ABC.
Oh, alas and alac, whatever will I do? (Forearm to forehead) My life shall never be the same again. Oh, I still have the only two left, on CBS! Life is good again.
Does anyone know if this is going to be on the TVDevo website? I know they offer a lot of TV shows online, but not sure if this is one of them??
The comments make me laugh. All good things must come to an end..even soap operas. Did really that many people watch it? I'm a female and I think soap operas are so silly and dumb. Who really cares what they put on tv? Go do something else. And boycotting ABC just because they take a tv show off the air? LOL..funny stuff man.
I CAN'T STAND "REALITY" SHOWS!!!! I put "reality" in quotes, as it's not really reality, anyway. I miss the over-the-top fantasy that the soaps provided. Oh well, thank God for DVDs and cable. Yet more proof that the networks are a dying breed.
Not what I would like to watch Omg I grew up watching those soaps. I will stop watching abc all together if they take soaps away. Pure bs
LOL!! Are you finished with your pouty fit now? If so, time to move on and grow up.
ABC won't give a rat's backside with all the complaints about All My Children and One Life to Live being cancelled. They will NOT admit it on the record, but the soap operas are not drawung the right ratings points that ABC wants. The soap operas draw the older viewers, and the networks do NOT give a damn about the older viewers. They would rather cater to the younger viewers. I would like to hear a TV executive prove me wrong on this, but they won't. The viewing public isn't supposed to know this.
Food shows are replacing soaps? I am not Soap person but I thought there was a network called Food Network?
I watch or tape these shows everyday and now to be told that they are going to be gone very soon and have to watch another cooking show and a talk show – I most definitely do not want to see them. PLEAVE LEAVE the stories alone. ABC you are ruining your reputation if you take them away as I like most viewers will not be watching your Channel – so please arrange for them to be kept on going.
My daughter (Sue) also watches these shows everyday and is most devastated to think that they are being taken away from us.
I just heard a good one today. Some SOAPS are getting cancelled and they are replacing them with, now get this, reality shows, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hooo, get it?
I'm a normal person. Have a home, job, I cook , clean, go out with friends. I also have all the stress's in life. These shows, silly and unreal as they get at times, just give me a little get away and something to look forward to everyday. I watched OLTL with my mom when I was in kindergarden–it was like "our time". No, I didn't know what was going on but I was with my mom. As for the people out there who say "Get a Life" or whatever , I'm sure you have your vises and are in no way better than others to judge. I'm sure it's the almighty dollar. Soaps don't bring it in anymore. During this time of economic downturn, I'm sure all the longterm employees of these shows appreciate being back out looking for jobs that simply are not there. Funny, where are all the viewers going to come from to watch these new shows? They are too busy working a job or already invested in another show on cable....No AMC or OLTL to watch or DVR.
I've been a loyal AMC fan for years and am sad to hear that it's been cancelled. But all things must come to an end and we have to move forward. Thank you for many great years ABC – I've enjoyed the ride.
I will be watching anything but ABC.. There are hundreds of food shows on cable and I think The Chew is a cheesy lame attempt patterned after The View.
mmmmmmm! Cheese! Can't wait to see The Chew!!!
Finally!!!!!!! Did anyone ever really watch that crap?? (If you did, shame on you – Get a life!)
This decision makes me physically sick. I have been hearing the rumors for a long time now, but NEVER thought they would kill both the shows!! I have watched AMC for over 20 years and OLTL for about 10. I always told myself that if they cancelled one of them, I'd at least have the other and maybe see some of the actors pop up again. This breaks my heart. For years my soaps have been the highlight of my day. True soap fans know the characters inside and out... we have history with them and are disappointed to miss even a day! I always pictured myself sitting in a nursing home when 90 years old gathering in the lounge to watch my soaps! Soaps are a genre that can bond generations of women together.... it is the only thing that my grandmother, mother and I can genuinely relate to without a huge gap! I honestly feel like someone died... these characters are like family! I have spend an hour or two every single day getting to know them and following their lives. There are special networks for shows about FOOD AND LIFESTYLE. Why take away shows that still have an audience! Why add 2 shows that are similar to hundreds already out there?? I NEVER thought these shows would come to an end. I hoped that I would watch them with my daughters someday! I hope these new shows tank. I also hope some other network saves these soaps and that ABC will get a big I TOLD YOU SO kick in the face. I will NOT watch abc daytime once these shows are gone. Such a poor decision, clearly disrespectful to all fans of soaps. They talk about honoring viewers.. I don't think so.... a double blow??? That honors NOTHING.... if anything... just shows how little they actually care about us.
Well now you can spend your time paying attention to your OWN family and friends. How about working on THAT bond?
If you think you need a tv show to connect you to your family, you've got some mental health issues.
Watching soaps all these years has clearly turned you into what these soap operas are all about: histrionic, over-reacting, overly emotional drama queens.
so mad right now,I been looking at the soaps since I was eight years old and I just turn 48 years old so that is forty years I been looking at the soaps,and will not support ABC no more, this is heartbreaking.
Asa Buchanan is probably rolling over in his grave about now.
who?
Screw you ABC! This is the WORST decision you have ever made! You get rid of two of the best soaps and leave that crappy General Hospital on that NO one has any interest anymore! Way to go ABC=- I feel betrayed. Even though I haven't watched for awhile, It was nice to know that they were still there. SO much for honoring the LIFETIME contracts with the main actors on OLTL. do you plan on buying their contracts out too?
This is funny I know cuz I am a guy but I trurly enough this series! I am very upset about it getting canceled, lol, this was my grandma's favoritr show and it kinda reminds me of her when I watch..very disappointed about this loss!;-(
Take a very loud hint ABC – the amount of responses here are just the tip of the fallout iceberg. People are tired of reality, talk and cooking shows. People watch TV programing to escape the stress of there own lives. After more than 40 years these characters have become like family to thousands of people around the country. Your attempt to get more ratings by doing this will have horrific results for your company. OLTL was the only show I watched on daytime ABC. Not only are you making a terrible mistake in programming your devastating the hundreds of people emplyed by the shows themsleves. You are creating job losses not only for the actors but the support staff as well. No wonder NYC is in an uproar over this idiotic move. Perhaps you should talk to your loyal TV viewers of over 40 years instead of some marketing department's directors who have no clue what the viewing public wants!
PLEASE DO NOT TAKE OFF ONE LIFE TO LIVE THAT IS PART OF MY NORMAL ROUTINE OF MY DAY
Get a new routine. A tv network is not responsible for your little routines in life.
What the heck is ABC thinking? These wonderful soaps can never be replaced by YET another cooking show or a lie style show!!! Don't we have enough of these already on Oxygen, Lifetime, Discovery, TLC, Food Network, Cooking Channel, Rachel Ray, even GMA and other cable networks?? Big Mistake ABC because I will leave ABC altogether!
Damn. Now I have absolutely nothing to do all day 'cept jack off.
So much for the distraction.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY WOULD ANY DO TAT!!!!.... I have been watching AMC ans OLTL sense my mom got me in to it when I was a kid. I'm done I will not support this at all WHY wud any one make it a food hour if any one wants to watch food put the food netwrk helloooooo. I am surely gona miss my two soap.. AMC OLTL..
ABC is going down hill anyway. They have very few good programs. I've been watching OLTL AMC, and GH from the begining of each of the shows. If they take OLTL and AMC off I will not be watching ABC at all. Like we don't have enough talk shows and cooking shows out there? Maybe they should replace them with some more of the "paid program shows". I'm sure those would be more interesting then the garbage they are using to replace OLTL and AMC>
This is terrible news! I have been a loyal fan for over 30 years of both shows but love One Life to Live!!! I can't believe ABC is making this decision – a huge mistake abandoning they loyal followers. I am so upset with this news. PLEASE tell me they will reconsider this terrible decision.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
I will absolutely not one bit not watch the new shows, frankly they sound awful, but taking off 2 of longest soaps ever, frons has done nothing for soaps for abc. He hired the same writers that wrote for the last of GL, and ATWT ,The writers were horrible, and before them it was writers that did not care about the history of the show. These ppl are saying soaps are being like a dinosaur,they are wrong. There is so many ways ppl do watch soaps, on i phones,computers, dvr , soapnet.I truely wish and hope Agnes Nixon can find a place for our soaps .Again I will turn my tv off of abc daytime when amc and oltl go off, period!
This is ludicrous! Not only has ABC not taken in account the number of loyal fans that actually do watch, but we DVR because we are working, they think a cooking show and a health show will get more viewers. I WILL NEVER watch anything ever again on ABC, ESPN, DISNEY, ECT if they cancel AMC. I watch food network when I want to watch cooking and I watch TLC or Lifetime or what you when I want health. KEEP OUR SOAPS ON! ABC made a HUGE mistake and it will cost them MILLIONS of viewers if they go ahead with this cancellation! I am appalled, heartbroken and disgusted with this decision! KEEP AMC CBS OR LOOSE YOUR VIEWERS AND YOUR SPONSORS! WE WILL BOYCOTT ALL OF THEM TOO AND YOU WILL SUFFER!!!!!!!!
As a long time fan of both soaps, I am ashamed that ABC is doing this. Brian Frons is past his prime, and needs to be let go from his duties as well as everyone else he has backing him up. And if you want a food talk show go to the Food Network. Leave our soaps alone. But I for one will boycott ABC and all their subsidaries as well as any sponsor that does NOT help save our shows. This is an outrage and Brian Frons needs to be removed from power NOW. He doesn't care that his network will suffer and if that's a man you want running your daytime programs then your mistaken about how the viewers feel.
Just think. The day is coming to a welcome end where viewers think that they can live their lives like the soaps. Where adultery, multiple marriages, no obvious employment, lying, cheating, unknown baby-daddies, kidnapping, assault, the dead resurrected, split personalities etc. are all in a "normal" day. And now they just can't imagine ever watching something that could be healthy for both mind and body. Take a good look in the mirror. THANKS ABC.
I am so disappointed and outraged over All My Children's cancellation. How are the ratings calculated? Many folks still watch AMC and OLTL. There is enough programming for the young folks. Please don't take away a show that so many of us enjoy and watch regularly. ABC, there is already enough Food and Talk shows. Please don't give us more. I for one will NOT watch them.
The current ABC daytime president has never been a friend to the soaps he has been in charge of. His lack of respect for the genre, its fans and the creativity involved in producing a quality product has come through loud and clear on many occasions. My guess is that for awhile now, his agenda has been to get rid of daytime dramas. He was put in charge of Soapnet and that is ending next year. But soap fans are the customers who all sponsors want because are soap fans are among the most loyal viewers and consumers around. You will never get decades of loyalty for any cheap reality show. And let's not forget that soap fans made Dancing with the Stars what it is. For the first season, no one wanted to be on that show. Then they got General Hospital's Kelly Monaco signed on and she brought the ABC soap fans with her. It was a ratings hit and she won the first season. So the fans – the viewers – are there and they are a force to be dealt with. But I don't think that the current ABC daytime president cares. He wants what he wants and he is going to do it – common sense and the good of the corporation be damned. Ego comes before what is best for the company, the sponsors, the viewers and the shareholders.
This sucks. I have been watching All My Children since it started. I hope you are not thinking of canceling General Hospital too. The new shows will not be as popular. You guys are crazy.
this is so wrong.. i wont watch daytime abc now.. this sucks.. who ever made this decision is stupid.... and certainly not in touch with the viewers...
HELLO? DO YOU HONESLTY think people want to sit around and watch tv about food all day??? NO thats why the "FOOD NETWORK" was created! If this happens ABC will loose hundreds Of thousands of fans! Keeop food crap on food network.
Hey people don`t you think we have enough Food shows already and Talk shows ! What more can we cook & talk about
you are making a big mistake
BAD BAD DECISION I have watched one life to live on and off since I was a baby and watched it religiously since I was 11.I know alot of teens who watch this show and SOAPS are watched by most of the age range from 10-90 so taking of a SOAP for shows that have been done 1,000 times over is a plain BAD DECISION they are going to regret this ABC will plummet after this there ratings will go down immensely.
Well let's see....they are replacing soap operas with a reality show–so instead of well spoken, well dressed people we can opt to watch ignorant, foul-mouthed, who's your daddy, I married my cousin loud mouths–no thanks!
Excellent post!!! Love it!
I'm sure ABC certainly appreciates all you fans and your loyalty to these shows, but folks, get a grip. They're just TV shows. Why don't you take all that energy you're using to cry about the cancellation of these TV shows and put it to good use. Get out of the house and do some volunteering. There are seniors out there that need help with grocery shopping, or maybe just a ride to the doctor's office, or maybe you can volunteer to deliver food to shut-ins. If you've got small kids so your time is limited then just put them in the stroller and go take a walk – you'll do more good for your own health and for your kids by doing that then sitting in front of the TV! Start your own home business. In that hour you used to spend watching Erica marry AGAIN, maybe you could earn enough to pay down some bills, or treat your family to a night out, or just put some money away for a nest egg. While you're sitting at home watching someone else's fantasy life you're letting your own life slip away. We've all only get one go at life. Don't waste it bemoaning the cancellation of a TV show!
BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Excellent post!!
Hey Erb...it may just be TV shows to you but these soaps are a great escapism for us who want to get away from the real world! They are put on by wonderful actors, cast and crew who work very hard every day for us! Is it right to just cancel their livelihoods like this? Most of us have lived through these soaps for 40 plus years and we have grown to love the stories and the people who work at these hard jobs! And you make it sound like soap watchers don't work or are doing other good things in our lives....YOU ARE SO WRONG! You can't just blanketly put us all under your narrow-minded umbrella! How ignorant! Sorry!
I've watch All my Children and One Life to Live since I was a little girl and now I'm 41. I really thought ratings determined the success of daytime television. Who wants another cooking show??? I can watch those on serveral different cable networkS 24 hours a day. And you choose to bored us with Dancign with the Stars, ARE YOU SERIOUS??????Why not sell to another network instead of cancelling altogether. BIG MISTAKE.....
I was shocked when I went online and read that AMC and OLTL were being cancelled. I lost my job in 2007 and started to watch this programs again. I usually watch at night on soapnet while I'm doing exercise or cooking. In the day I'm doing things and I do not have time to watch TV. I only watch AMC, OLTL, and GH at night thats the only thing that is good in TV to watch at night. I stopped watching Greys Anatomy and Private Practice to watch AMC, OLTL, and GH. I love these programs I can forget about everything that is going on in the world for three hours. It keeps my mind off all the bad things now a days. I guess I'm only have GH to watch and LMN and the pay channels (uverse) because everything else sucks in TV. Also I heard that soapnet is being replaced by a Disney channel. It really sucks!!! All the producers at ABC suck and are bunch of idiots!!!! They do not care about the viewers.
So to recap:
You've been unemployed for 4 years and yet you're "too busy" during the day to watch tv. And you need 3 hours a day of soap opera watching to escape from the pressures of ... ? And without an income for 4 years, you still have pay channels.
My my my. Somebody needs a reality check so here you go:
Cancel the pay channels – you have no job and these are not a necessity.
Take the money you'll save from the cancellation of the pay channels and put it towards your job search.
Finally, take the 3 hours you wasted every day in front of the tv watching soap operas and put that energy into getting a job (buy a good outfit to interview, volunteer – it looks great on a resume, go back to school and upgrade your skills, learn to use appropriate language (ie: remove "you suck" from your repertoire).
Once you accomplish the above, you'll get your self-respect back and you will no longer need a 3hr tv escape with mindless drivel.
Now that you've had your hissy fit, get on with acting like a responsible adult.
Okay I have to agree with so many who said they would stop watching ABC!!!!!!!!! I can do with out dancing with the stars (which I do watch) so I will follow through with the no more ABC!!!!!!!!!!! I am often not feeling well due to chronic illness and these two shows are one of the source of my comforts! One person said BS and I agree!!!!!!!!!!!
WIth all the crap they have on their station they can't keep our soaps! BS BS BS!
Thank you ABC! These ridiculous shows have long since passed their prime. By getting rid of them, you'll draw in far more viewers ... the viewers who never had interest in soaps, and there are just as many of us as there are soap opera viewers. I'm looking forward to the new shows you'll be premiering!!! Great move!!
If it is bye bye soaps....then I shall say goodbye to ABC. Have been a hard core fan for 40 years and it feels like losing
my best friends. Those food and health shows are just a crock of sour cream. ABC's programing gets worse every year!
ABC - what are you thinking? So many people, including myself, enjoy soaps. I am able to escape for an hour a day with AMC. Where is your head? Oh, I know .........
Everyone here should take a cue from Susan Lucci. In interviews discussing the end of the show, she has expressed excitement about new beginnings and moving on. Do the same. I too watched this show as a kid with my grandmother. So? I'll always have those memories. Just because YOU think this is the worst thing to happen doesn't mean the rest of the population feels the same.
Best post on this entire thread. Well said jayjay
No! No! No! I have so many happy memories of watching 'All My Children' in high school and college. The shows they are replacing them with sound like any number of other cable food and 'lifestyle shows', in other words they are a dime a dozen. With dvr's so popular, I find it hard to believe lots of viewer's aren't recording these shows to watch later. They are doing this to save money, that's all. RIP, AMC!
THIS IS BULL CRAP....I GREW UP WITH CHARACTERS. SO WHAT NOW TAKE AWAY ALL THE GOOD DRAMA FOR ALL THE WRONG SHOWS...
Well I grew up with a teddy bear, but the time eventually came for me to say goodbye to that, too. Get over it.
Am 48 years old been watching this show for 35years, now they gonna kill me by axing me from MY AMC AND OLTL no way were are My RIGHTS as a viewer. ABC PRODUCER DONT AX MY SHOW BUT AX ERICA KANE WITH ALL HER HUBBYS AND LOVERS. AX NORA BUCHANAN, TESS, TODD MANNING, AX GH. THANK YOU ***CANDIEGIRL*** BDB
This is truely unamerican. Awww well!!! People in charge always find a way to mess up everything else, so why not the best two day- time Soaps? this was down right hurtful and depressing for me to log on to the entertainment News and see that my favorite two Soap Operas are being canceled. Replaced with Food shows!!! that is really stupid, and I will never turn my TV to any other show that ABC schedule, and thats my earnest promise...Should be ashame to even bring something as this to the PEOPLE. I only watch Day time TV, nothing else on but reruns and rerun movies thats not worth watching. I wait for the Season when Dancing with the Stars, and American Idol are schedule because those are the only two shows I watch at night. This would be doing a huge disservice to so many TV Soap Watchers.
"...I will never turn my TV to any other show that ABC schedule, and thats my earnest promise..." You go on to say that you watch Dancing with the Stars. Are you aware that it is also an ABC show? Well I guess you'll have to turn off your TV in the evening too. These soaps are well past their time in entertainment. Nothing but rehashing of adultery, failed marriages, unrevealed baby daddies, killing, lying, cheating. If that's what you unAmerican, then I say "GOOD GOING ABC". BRING ON WHOLESOME TV.
This has got the be the single most ridiculous thing I have EVER heard!!!!! I am extremely angry and heartbroken that you idiots are canceling 2 of the greatest soap operas there ever were. I have been watching these soaps since I was young and faithfully record them on a daily basis to watch after work. With the daily stresses of work and the economy, these soaps give us 2 hours a day to just forget about the bad day we have had. ANOTHER COOKING SHOW!!!!! Have you lost your minds? How many MORE cooking shows do we need???? If these two soaps go off ABC then you are not only going to lose the fans during the day but you will also lose your primetime fans as well – I for one will not watch ABC any more. I cannot believe how STUPID ABC can be. I thought it was horrible when As The World Turns Went off the air – so what, is General Hospital next? ABC is making the biggest mistake in the history of TV – You will definitely spend the next 30 years wondering why you made such a stupid mistake!!
This is so MESSED UP. I have been watching AMC since the beginning of time. And OLTL since 1975 I cannot believe ABC is doing this, big mistake. Someone needs to be fired. When Kelly Ripa talked about it this morning it made me cry. It's the ned of an era.
I think the impact that these soaps has had on its viewers is obvious. As you can see by these comments, the viewers of AMC and OLTL have all been turned into overly emotional, histrionic, melodramatic, over-reacting drama queens. Funny how life imitates art.
All I can say right now is, Wow, I'm disappointed! I bet the ranking is affected by this change.
To cancel is bad news to me. I have watched it forever, and will not watch anything that replaces it, or any other soap. AMC is the best, and the only soap I do or ever have watched. It moves fast enough that it doesn't get borning, unlike the other one following AMC. To cancel is a BIG MISTAKE, and turns me off for any other show ABC might broadcast.
I have not watched either show in years but it still saddens me to think of shows that I grew up watching with my mom are going to no longer be on. Daytime TV for me now consists of PBS or Nickelodeon when the tv is on for my young daughter but it kind of saddens me that she'll never get to see the corny cheeseball shows that I used to watch with her grammie.
The new CHEW show will probably have recipes for corny cheeseballs, so it's six of one, half a dozen of the other.
Hey "Argle Bargle" (let's talk about people with brains here).....apparently you live and are part of the VERY NEGATIVE world i've been talking about since i've been trying to explain to YOU the BRAINLESS that are just ignorant and only wish to get on here and spew your negativity and self-righteousness....well.....for the last time....these soap operas....(are you with me still...just checking) have been on for over 30 years which first tells you something....but you wouldn't' understand that would you??? Secondly....they are watched by many because they are a way to take us out of our "REAL" world that's filled with "REAL" horror.....it's an escape for a few brief moments a day...as if you don't have a favorite show you watch or a book you read??? Trust me...I am no fan of Sarah Palin therefore you can take your arrogant comment and shove it possibly in a place where you may ACTUALLY carry A BRAIN!!!!
Lisa, you should stop talking now.
Please tell me they are gonna keep One Life to Live on Soap Opra Network.... I have watched One Life to Live for 35 or so yrs, love it and the only soap I still watch... HATE, HATE ,HATE, that they are taking it off the air... Please change your minds or at least keep it on Soap network.....
Another cooking show?? Life style changes?? Come on ABC...give us a berak. Like we really need more of this stuff on TV. I've been watching OLTL since the beginning and have enjoyed my trips to LLanview and the characters we meet. I DVR everyday and watch as soon as I get home. To the person or persons who made the decision to cancel and put on more blah, blah shows SHAME ON YOU!! Whoever did your market research was way off base. You all must be total IDIOTS!! Won't be watching ABC anymore..
know how you all feel, I was a huge life long fan of GL and ATWT when they got the ax I cried.
Does anyone with a brain still watch these things? Sarah Palin does? Well, that explains a lot, and I said "WITH a brain."
I am so very disappointed about All My Children getting cancelled. I've watched it from the beginning and tape it when I'm not home. The actors are fantastic and the storylines are great. It took me months to get used to Adam leaving last year and Zak this year. Opal's humor is priceless. Erica is a never aging gem who can express every emotion possible. She looks great in jeans and stunning in gowns, especially all her wedding gowns. I will treasure each episode until the last.....:(
The new ones are a lot cheaper to make, it's ensemble talent so they don't have to pay them much, if they get uppty they get the boot and another co-host gets dropped in, they can re-tool if the ratings tank, product placement leads to advertising revenue + you can bet these shows will essentially be 60 minute commericals for tons of products. They are laughing at their viewers (if they have any) because the program exexs think they are genius. Viewers are product to package and sell.
Want it to end? Don't watch. If they get a one share they'll dump them in a year or two.
ABC has devastated me! I have not missed one single episode since June of 1980. It is taped everyday and I watch it while I eat supper.
How could you make this big move to a bigger studio so you could "have all those nice new sets", and uproot the actors that moved in good faith all the way to the west coast and now just dump them? How could you? We lost some great actors and characters by the move as in Joe Martin, Adam, and Zach. We fans adjusted and waited to see what great things and stories were gonna come from it all. Now look. A cooking show? Oh paleezzzz! There is NOT one soap fan that is going to go along with that. How totally boring. I guess you were just trying to make it sound like that would be a great thing. Well wake up and smell the roses, no one will be watching, at least us fans wont.
The sad thing about writing all this is it will mean nothing to the powers that be. It is merely a place set up to let "us" vent. ABC will lose a fan on that sad day. I wont even be watching ABC news anymore. You will have lost at least this one. I will be mailing my bar of soap to Brian too!!!
My first reaction when I saw the tag line was... Well that has to be a mistake. Yes a lot of women do work as do I, but thanks to channels like soap net and DVR I have a chance to visit Pine Valley everyday. I know it is a little silly and trite but I have come accustomed to these "characters" being in my life. They will be sorely missed and if anyone at ABC has any sense left about them they will reconsider this huge mistake, AMC is the only show on ABC that I watch, once it is gone I will be too. Okay I am going to go watch AMC on my DVR
AMC & OLTL have been part of my life & I've been loyal for 40 years! I think they are underestimating the number of network viewers who's loyalty you will loose to your network over all. It is especially devastating at a time when everything else in this country is going to hell in a hand basket! It's akin to announcing that there will no longer be ice cream! I for one, will be turning to another channel day & night!
As a lifelong OLTL watcher and fan, I am very sad. The citizens of Llanview are my TV family. Sad to see so many jobs lost and beloved characters disappearing. Best wishes to all involved. Thanks for so many years of midday diversion and entertainment. My lunchbreaks going home every day at one o'clock to give our dogs a bathroom break and myself a pause from the workday grind have been made much nicer with the likes of the Buchanans, the Lords and the younger incoming characters. And mostly to Viki, as played gloriously by Ms. Erika Slezak, thanks for so many greaty story lines!
i've been a fan since the shows have been on. i raised my children then retired while watching All My Children and One Life To Live I can"t beleive ABC is doing this to daytime tv this is like a family to some of us what about the actors jobs Starr has been on One Life To Live all her life! i hope you'r new shows fail and any thing else you put in that slot time
My daughter is 28 and I would nurse her to watch the AMC show–highlite of the day!!I will NEVER support the new shows either.Susan Lucci rocks! How about if we get a consensus out there–I'll sign the protest.....
Too much information Cathy. Were you watching AMC when you conceived your daughter too?
My afternoons won't be the same when these shows go off the air.
I have mostly watched AMC but also have watched OLTL. The writing on AMC has been lousy for years now. It's ABC's fault the show has not done well. Many people have begged for ABC to find better writers to come up with new story lines instead of repeating story lines. The other thing is ABC does TO MUCH RECASTING, so much so that it's more like tuning in ALL MY STRANGERS. I also have enjoyed OLTL and can't they have canceled both. They might as well cancel GH too. Unless they don't cancel these shows, I WILL NOT WATCH ANYTHING ON ABC ONCE AMC & OLTL HAVE GONE OFF THE AIR.
I saw the very first episode of All My Children and have never missed a day yet, if I'm not home I tape it, also OLTL.
Who wants to see more cooking shows, bad idea. If I want to get a recipe I go to Food Network and get it.
Well I dont know about anybody else, but its goodbye ABC, this is one big idea your all regret.
I'm getting really tired of all these comments about 'if I want to see that I'll watch the Food Network'! Try to understand that not all of us are elitists with coaxial cable television sets!
I think this sucks. I have been watching these shows for over 25 years. I will NOT support the new shows at all!
I can not believe they are cancelling AMC. My mom and I have watched it from the beginning. The Food shows belong on The Food Network. ABC is making a HUGE mistake. They are going to loose alot of viewers.
I cant Believe they are taking one live to live off the air ABC lost me as a viewer!!!!!!!!! I have Watched this show since it started and don't care to watch food shows. if i want to do that i can watch it on cable I hope that some other station will pick these daytime shows up ABC is making a VERY BIG MISTAKE HOPE ABC CHOKES ON IT !!!!!!!!
I definitely will turn off my DVR and will switch to other daytime tv viewing. Who cares about I Chew. I hope ABC chokes on their stupid decision. No more ABC daytime for me.
Since you asked, I care about the new Chew show and am looking forward to seeing it.
I can't believe they are really cancelling these shows! Not that I mind. I used to watch both of them while I was going to school in the 70's. Although both shows dealt with current life issues, they were way too dramatic to be believable. If all that action really were to happen in a person's life, we would all have to be locked up either in jail or a nut house from going crazy. They gave young actors a way to hone their craft and sent many off to great success. They will be missed, but shows with a healthier theme make a healthier impression on the viewers.
For me that is the precise reason I watch them.......to get away from reality a little bit. I watch TV to be entertained if I want to be informed or educated there are avenues for that as well. But soaps are just that, they are fun, humorous, silly, no one that is a fan takes any of it seriously and thats the point, however after watching a show for over 30 years you can not help but feel a connection. PFFT I am very sad
I don't think we need anymore food shows, but it is about time these senseless soap operas were taken off. They glamorize promiscuity, unplanned pregnancy, unwed mothers, adultery, and generally make women look like total idiots.
Well I SURE hope the OWN network works out, and I will be watching Lifetime. I am repulsed by this! I too grew up on these "stories" and whoever says "we" can get off our fat bum now, or get a life, i HAVE a life, I am a nurse, and I LOVED unwinding to my stories. NEVER AGAIN will I watch ABC or ANY Disney affiliated channels, I already threw out my Disney movies, and now have to research just WHAT channels they operate because REALLY?? WHO was asked abut what people want to see on daytime, OBVIOUSLY not US...SICKENED. Susan Lucci, poor thing didnt have a clue last week when she was intervewing, they kept them all in the dark OBVIOUSLY. And ALL the great actor/acresses not to mention the CREW. Your not *WINNING* me ABC= all about crap.
Wow. That's a little dramatic
I'm glad to read that you're a nurse, as that might cut down on the paperwork when you get admitted to the psych ward. Chill out you nutcase.
Althought i don't watch All my Children and One life to live anymore .It is very sad that they are taking them off for food show we have enought food shows. I think it is horrible that you are doing this .
Two important points. When Star Trek was canceled in the second season back in the sixties, fans mounted a letter writing campaign which saved the show. If you want to see these shows continue then the fans need to mount an effective campaign. Write, Email and fax the producers. Second point; When Oprah could not get the deal she wanted and Howard Stern was being muzzled they simply changed mediums. The producers could move the shows to cable. Remember, Bay Watch failed on network TV but became an international hit when it was put into syndication! It does not have to be over if the fans don't want to lose these shows. My opinion? These are some of the best training grounds for up and coming actors and it would be a shame to lose them. I say fight! Post the email addresses, fax numbers and physical addresses of the networks and producers and mount a fan based campaign.
What a shame. I watch them faithfully and have no interest in what they are replacing them with. Just lost me as a viewer and I guess I'll have more time for other things.
I think ABC will be so sorry they do this.
What are they thinking of.
Alot of people look forward to watching theses shows every day.
There is many of the shows they are wanting to put on in place of these.
PLEASE think twice,,alot of people love and had watched these shows for years.
Who cares, really? Get off your bottoms girls, you are likely watching too much TV anyway. This is NOT tragedy. Starving children and people living in poverty are. THESE are 2 low cost / quality TV shows. Get over it
Personally, I'm a DOOL fan, but I can relate to all of you fans losing your show. They have threatened to cancel Days twice, but the fans rallied and internet viewings increased which drove up ad sales. The only TV that I watch now is Days online. You all might try that avenue. Maybe it can save your shows too! I really hope they don't cancel them. Soap operas are an American tradition.
If I wanted to watch the shows that you are replacing AMC and OLTL with I would watch cable/satellite. I am really tired of talk/reality television. I want to watch soaps to escape reality or to be entertained. This is really ridiculous. I am really ticked at ABC for doing this. How about not watching these replacement shows when they come on. Maybe ABC will get the hint!
ABC you are making a HUGE mistake by axing these two shows. I agree I have also grown up with the ABC soaps and I also agree that there are several cooking shows on. Me and my boyfriend watch several cooking shows. We watch all of them. Instead of axing the shows, why dont ya'll change the story line back to the way it was before or make the soaps more real?????????? I cant believe ya'll would break sooooooooo many fans hearts like this. You take my shows away from me and im telling you ABC will be dead to me!!!
OMG. What a tragedy! Where will I go for story lines that develop at a snails pace? To where will I turn to when I need to get my daily fix of over acting. What about just plain old BAD acting???? I might just get offf my oversized butt and develop my brain doing some... gasp... NEW ACTIVITIES???!!! These soap operas are so fresh and new.. why can;'t they leave things AS THEY ARE ARRRRRGGHHH
This makes me very sad – I have watched this show my entire life. As a kid I watched with my Mom. Why did they move the entire cast to LA only to cancel the show. So many lost jobs, lives upset. We do not need anymore Dr. Shows or reality. First we lose Oprah and now these two great shows.
The execs got this wrong; in fact most are so tired of talk shows. Very few are worthy of watching, and one can get all the information from the internet. ABC has ruined a good show; many of us work and record our soaps to watch at night. I for one will never watch more talk shows. I will instead rely on a good book for my drama entertainment.
ABC WHAT ARE YA DOING LEAVE AMC& OLTL ALONE IF THEY GO NO MORE ABC FOR ME PUT THE FOOD ON THE FOOD CHANNEL .
I grew up on these shows and watched them after school and during the summers but lost interest years ago. They got kind of boring and ridiculous. Really. I mean I think Erica married everyone in Pine Valley once or twice, even her own daughter...or was it her long lost daughter from her formerly dead lover that thought she was her twin?
I am very disappointed in ABC. I have been watching abc for many years which is channel 4 in Washington State. and the reason because it has three good soap operas. My favorite outside of General Hospital is One Life to Live. I have been watching it for 40 years out side of the days I had to miss it to work or take kids somewhere. I am 71 years old and I do not want to watch another food or health show. We have enough of those.I hate to say it but there are going to be other shows outside of ABC I am going to watch. Heck Sponge Bob is better then watching another food show or Health show. I watch Iron chef on another channel and believe me go to your cable and see how many food show and health shows are on. Sorry ABC you have lost another fan. I guess I can watch NBC from now on
I am very unhappy about the change. It amazes me that people would want to spend so much time watching shows about food, You can't taste it or smell it and most of the time it's made with a bunch of stuff you don't even have in your house. Health shows are great but enough already, I can find one almost anytime of the day . Upside to this is one less hour a day I sit in front of the TV!
Well, guess I can go to work tomorrow and burn all the Super Soap Weekend items in storage since there is now no way those are coming back to Disneyworld. I believe in Watls vision at work, not the executives money grubbing that goes on there now. My opinion which is covered by the First Amendment.
What is wrong with you people? Do you not realize that there are individuals out here that either have medical disabilities or are elderly that have been watching these shows for many years and in many cases this is their only form of entertainment and feel really connected to these actors? These people are their family. Keep the new food shows on their own channels. Give us a break.
I totally agree with you Joy regarding the disabled and the elderly that live for these shows. These characters are literately their family members. SHAME ON YOU ABC!
ABC can cancel General Hospital while their at it.
I find this move to be utterly ridiculous and an asinine decision all around. I grew up watching One Life To Live and I can honestly say that when One Life goes off the air that will be the last day that I tune into ABC Daytime.
I know you people are not telling ME that I need to go out and volunteer or get a life because I'm upset that OLTL is getting cancelled? I DVR it and watch it every single night. I grew up watching it with my mother and grandomother. I ALSO watched it while I was stationed in IRAQ!!! I have a pretty hectic life as an Iraqi veteran, full time student and mother. I DO volunteer at many events. YOU shouldn't judge people you don't know. I have one vice and my soap is a part of my daily routine. It' really sad that this is happening and that people who don't watch are passing judgement on those that do. GEt a life yourselves and stop commenting on CNN blogs about crap you don't even care about.
How touching. Go get hooked on the Price is Right or on watching paint dry, as they're on the same intellectual level as watching soaps. Watching clothes in the dryer tumbling round and round might do it for you, too.
I will be boycotting abc and Disney assets!!!!!!
Oh, well, like the sands of time, so go the days .. oh never mind lol. I never had much use for soaps, to be honest. Only time I got into 'em was when Rick Springfield played Dr. Noah Drake on General Hospital and I didn't watch all that regularly even then. Most soaps, in my opinion, are just mindless. Basically, the opiate of the TV viewer. They create these unrealistic 'romantic' characters that no regular person can ever measure up to. So perhaps this move to more useful and practical programming may be better in the long run? Who knows?
another viewer is now done with ABC maybe if we flood the station with emails just the way it was done with The Game on BET then peoples voice would be heard.
Do you think (ABC) another food show will be more sucsesfull? More watched? You must be joking? I hope if you do this the network will suffer a great deal. I deffinatly wont be tuned inn and it seems i'm not alone. I hope maybe a different network could adopt these two shows?
SHAME SHAME ON YOU ABC I AM CALLING FOR A BOYCOT OF ABC TAKE YOUR NEW SHOWS AND SHOVE IT. SOAPS ONLY TAKE UP PART OF THE TIME ON YOUR NETWORK AND THERE R MANEY PEOPLE WHO LOVE WATCHING THEM I WILL NO LONGER WATCH YOUR STATION. I HOPE A LOT OTHER SHUT U OFF ALSO. MORE MONEY FOR U I THINK NOT. SHUTTING THE LIGHTS OFF ON U NOW SHAME SHAME
Replacing Soaps for Food? There is a food channel. How more food shows can we watch? How many of us still cook? I have been an avid fan of the ABC soaps for years. Can't believe this is happening.
ABC you bite! Another reality show that's just what we don't need! I pray CBS a& NBC don't follow in your footsteps ABC!
Well I want watch day time TV then. I tape the soaps and watch them when I get off, don't care anything about anymore food shows.
These shows are old school now. I grew up watching these with my mom, its about time they got rid of these soaps now away with the rest. Most of the people commenting are older which is why you're so upset but as a 19 yr old girl living on my own, id much rather come home and watch one of these new shows. If I am home at all. Its all about health these days. Which is much more needed then a lame drama show. Have you looked around at people in America? They need to get off their ass and exercise and start eating right. People these days are so careless. Im all for a healthier America! It makes me sad to see fat parents with fat kids. What a waste of a life. Shortened by being overweight which could have been prevented. But the parents were too busy sitting on their ass eating bon bons with a tissue crying over Erica canes useless life.
They're trying to keep up to keep the younger viewers watching. And I personally think this is a great business opportunity. If the old people quit viewing, you won't be missed, because a younger viewer like me will take your place. OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW!!!!
All I can say is they just put a HECK of a lot of people out of work. I wonder how much unemployment will rise?
They'd better leave General Hospital alone!
THANK YOU !!!!! someone who cares bout GH !!!! If they get rid of GH, ill lose my Johnny and Michael lol
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TD Bank
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List all the sponsors you want–it's not the older viewer who spends the money. It's a whole new world out there and the soaps are old stuff.
U ppl suck!! I'm telln evry1 I noe nd my family 2 stop watchn ABC!! Stupid reality BS ... Open ur frggn eyes!!!!!
Wow, I am so disappointed and will not be tuning in to ABC any more. I DVR AMC everday so I can watch when I come home from work. Really another cooking show?
I can't believe they would cancel these shows! I love all my children and I have been watching since elementary school (im 47) if i happens I won't watch channel 7 any longer!
ABC is making a HUGE mistake in getting rid of these two shows. Do they really think that these two new shows will evolve into another household name like Erica Kane? I know people of have named their daughter's after Erica. BIG MISTAKE ABC, you will regeret it!
Brian Frons has spent the last several years trying to destroy these shows. The writing was so bad (because BF was dictating the plot lines) that I quit watching a couple of years ago.
The replacement shows sounds like a snoozefest. I certainly will not be tuning in. Personally, I hope the replacement shows tank and BF gets what he deserves.
Ok now im all for food shows but thats all thats on. Ive been watching all my children and one life to live since I was able to. I am 30 now. That really sucks. I really enjoy those two shows and am gonna miss "erica" and all her wonderfull dramatics!!!! And vicki and dorian just crack me up. I love those two. Will def. b sad to see the ending of my fav shows!!!!!!!
I was a huge fan of both OLTL and AMC until a few years ago when they started to lose it for me, so I turned to the Young and the Restless on CBS. Truly the best soap still on TV. That's the way to give it to ABC daytime; leave them for another network. Watch CBS ratings rise and ABC ratings drop like a ton of bricks! For all the soap fans that need their daily fix, Y&R can fill that void. And, if soaps are going the way of dinosaurs, at least there will be one soap left for us all to watch. Who knows, maybe some of the great talent from OLTL and AMC will end up cast on Y&R. So, tune in to The Young and the Restless on CBS at 12:30 everyday. As for ABC, what do expect from a network run by Mickey Mouse!
I cant believe what I am hearing....cant believe no more soaps...look forward everyday to coming home and watching my soaps .. I cant even imagine the soaps not being on...40 + years..are you kidding me ...and to all you men dogging on the soaps .. i dont have a fat ass I work everyday..and clean my house and take care of my husband and son..and the dog. & cat ....I feel for sure to say ABC will be history in my house....
ABC just lost another viewer...What will this do to the Daytime Emmys? What will they be all about now that ABC is determined to drop two of the best soaps EVER in daytime tv?....game shows, talk shows & reality TV? NO THANK YOU...soaps have always been a great escape from regular life stress. It is really a shame & a blow to daytime & afer 40 years, it's like killing off your family.
I am disappointed and won't be watching these other shows. Will just tape the Young and the Restless on CBS to watch.
bring back our soaps, they might be campy, plot lines that are unrealistic but that is what i enjoyed about watching them, they were a fun escape from the everyday. i have been watching both these shows since i was 11 and that is about 20 years now and it's truly sad to see them come to an end. tiic are making a grave mistake replacing them with these idiotic talk shows. bring back our soaps or risk looking what is left of your daytime audience.
Two things: One, I'm just guessing but I'll bet these shows have an older demographic and it remains a mystery to me why advertisers are all about appealing to young people even if older ones have the money. Second, it's all about the money. Soaps are more expensive to produce. But the fictional people in soaps are exceptional–maybe good, maybe bad, but not the mediocrity of the people glorified in most reality shows. The only thing that makes most of them exceptional is the fact that they're ON a reality show. And frankly, food shows are overwhelming all the time slots already. Sad to see these shows, which my late grandmother listened to on radio and then watched on tv, go
You're right about it being all about money. You miss the mark on who spends it. Why do you think surveys are limited to a certain age bracket? The cutoff is somewhere in the 50s. The young might not have the money but they do spend it. The older you are, the less you need more stuff so you don't spend your money on more stuff. ABC wouldn't have cut these soaps if there was still growing money in them. Just how many new viewers do you think they pick up when there is a continuing story line that continues to be the same rehash of what has been seen over and over and over. Just how many marriages, cheaters, killers, baby daddys, kidnappings can you make interesting? It's all about numbers and obviously the numbers aren't there. Can't wait to see what the future brings!
Ok. Someone please explain how AMC could possibly have any connection to reality? Jackson was in St. Barts and the next scene he's back at Pine Valley? Just what mode of transportation do they use? And you are going to miss this? Yikes!
This is so ludacris!!! I Don't understand what the hell ABC is thinking?? These are timeless classics that we all have grown up with & turned too daily for an escape of our own drama. & they are saying they were started for all the at home moms back in the 60's & now most women work.. but what about those of us who still believe in staying home & raising our children?? Not to mention ever heard of Tivo & DVR??? Every working woman I know looks forward to getting home from work & kicking back to see what took place in Pine Valley today, or they tune into Soap Net. Do those ratings not apply??? & lets also think of the huge crop of amazing actors & actesses that get their starting roles on these daytime dramas where they are molded & learn the biz before moving on to the big screen.This is like a stepping stone for them from commercials to soaps to primetime, what will happen to that industry??? I know 1things for sure, I am going to start bombarding abc with my disgust in their poor choices & then when the time comes... I WILL NEVER turn to their network during the day again!!!! Thanks a LOT ABC... like the rising gas prices & poor economy & tragedys of mother nature around the globe aren't depressing enough!!
I have watched AMC since I was in college. I have watched every episode! Even when we lived in Korea for 3 years I had a friend video tape it every day and mail it to me every couple of weeks! I will not be watching ABC any more. If it moves to another affiliate I will be most appreciative.
GOODBYE ABC ! DIE DIE DIE
YOU WONT SURVIVE THE BOYCOTT
THESE SOAPS WERE THE ONLY REASON TO WATCH DAYTIME TV
NO ONE IS GOING TO SET THEIR DVRs TO RECORD THE NEW SHOWS
I am saddened by this decision. I will NOT be tuning in to ABC's replacement shows when they take OLTL off their network. I have been watching this show for more than 30 years. I look forward to watching each day when I get home from work and I am NOT interested in watching cooking shows or anything else if it means ending OLTL.
BTW...I have been watching since 1983... great way to reward your loyal fans!!
I have watched since the beginning with breaks for going back to work. But from 1989 to 2008 I recorded it every day. I walked on my treadmill every night for an hour of complete escape to Pine Valley, PA. Since retiring in 2008 I am a caregiver to a bipolar and disabled sister and I have watched every day as an escape from my "caregiver" life. I see other posts that say people will not watch ABC anymore. I can't say that but I can tell you that I am SICK SICK SICK of reality shows and your food show and health show will go unwatched by me. I am 68 and I truly do not want to watch a food show when I could be watching All My Children and escaping. You are definitely not in tune to the AMC fan base nor do you care about your audience. Shame on you !!!!!!!!!!
As a rare male viewer I am hotly upset about this and I personal hope both new shows fail horrible ,I personally will not watch either show and I am I'm the younger generation , why try to fix something that isn't broken
I am completely bummed that AMC and OLTL have been cancelled. I am 41 years old and have watched my entire life. (My Mom watched when I was kid.) I work a full time job and I would watch at night until they took SoapNet away. I take my lunch at 2pm each day so I can watch OLTL every day. I’m not interested in another “Food” show. I will not be watching at all. I hope the network has realized just how many loyal viewers there are and how many will be TUNING OUT! I know I will.
NOOOOO! AMC and OLTL have been my favorite show since I was in high school! It is the only thing I watch on TV...except for the news or movies. I cannot stand those stupid reality shows/ talk shows etc. While I understand that money drives this, couldn't there be a better way to keep the shows going? Move them to nighttime...sell it to FOX...anything...but please don't cancel them! Those shows touch on some pretty important topics...the bullying segment is incredible. I think you're making a big mistake by canceling these shows. You're selling out.
Just what we need another cooking show. There is NOTHING that is original anymore. All of this reality crap is rediculous.
I am all for change but I must admit, I'm not looking forward to two of the most iconic soap opera's cancellation. I grew up watching AMC an OLTL with my grandmother so not only are they wonderful show's that have never failed to entertain but they have sentimental meaning.
I know this question will come across as sarcastic and condescending; but I really don't mean it to.
My non-judgemental question to those who are angry about the cancellations is: "No tv show lasts forever. Why did you think AMC and OLTL would?"
My aren't you smug!
I agree with Meggie – did all these soapies seriously think that their shows would go on until the end of time???
I realize soaps are relics and I haven't watched them in 20 years but these replacement shows sound really boring.
Why have shows where the idiots are played by actors when we can have shows where the idiots are played by themselves?
Maybe they'll get a cable deal. I could see soaps moving to cable.
I HATE this!!!! ive been watching oltl since i can remember with my mom and grandma. it used to be our daily ritual, but with DVR it is now our nightly ritual. i have grown up with Starr Manning basically (im 4 yyrs older than the character). thi s is a travesty! i propose a complete abc blackout on monday, april 18th. nothin gon ABc, not even you local news. tune out from 12am till 1159 pm this monday to prove our point! take our soaps lose your viewers completely! also send soap to save our soaps! give brian frons and abc/disney enough soap to last until they bring our soaps back!
GOOD!!! The only people that watch those dumb shows are 3 types of people. Old and/or fat women who can't leave their house or the women to all they do is leach of there husbands salary. Besides if you are watching these shows, well then.........GET A JOB!!! You lazy bums.
ABC has filled its roster of offerings with game shows, food shows, talk-talk-talk shows, and has single handedly forced me into Cable. The ONLY time I turn on to network tv is to watch AMC and OLTL. They actually provide the highlight of my day! See, I am an invalid, my six children are grown and These Shows provide me with a sense of family and closeness. You know you are required to provide so many hours per week of children's tv; why not provide a few hours per week for the baby boomers (whose numbers are large, and whose purses are still spending), with programing of their own.?
My own personal thought is how many damn talk shows do we actually need??? Daytime television is really starting to suck.
I have been watching All My Children for about 28 years. It is some what surprising that it is going off the air. But. it doesn't surprise me too much. In the last few months it has seemed to draw out their story lines. A person can miss a few episodes and catch up real quick. It has been enjoyable but, not won't be too greatly missed.
I am so upset over this. I love OLTL. I can't believe they are doing this to a show that has been on the air since before I was born. MY Mom and I watch it together every night on our DVR. Except for General Hospital, I will no longer be watching any ABC shows once these 2 go off the air. ABC please do not cancel these shows. I do watch Wipeout, Castle and Dancing with the stars, but starting today I will not be watching them anymore.
Truley sadden...I love AMC....I am 60yrs old and have watched it since my high schooldays. And untill they changed our TV waves , I listened to it on my lunch hour. That was my stress release. This is crazy !!!!!
Why don t the stations let the viewer decide what they want. Put more blood and guts on..crappy boring talk shows.... whom nobody wants to watch
..ABC your station stinks.
So people in control of TV go ahead take American Idol an Dancing with the Stars off....and I will be on my computer!!!
Please don't cancell ONE LIFE TO LIVE. I been watching one life to live for the past year and a half, don't cancel I don't care bout general hospital to tell you the truth it's a little lame, but one life to live is good show. I watched so many shows never missed one I even get it recorded when I have to work so, I won't miss it. Please don't cancel my favorite show. So many secrets still havnt came out. Who's Taya brother really? Whats the deal with James ex-girlfriend? Will Shane get revenge against Jack Manning? And so many other questions.
i think soaps are the dumbest thing ever, but honestly, your sincerity and sadness are touching. you sound like a really sweet girl/woman.
If TV would cancel Guiding Light.......which started on radio & went longer than ANY other soap....then ALL soaps have become fair game. Too bad they weren't more creative with their new shows. Those "hosts" are ALL on TLC...but in the evening.....so now ABC will target the daytime housewives with their TLC nighttime people. Ya, um, TTHAT'S innovative!! Not.
I am just about ready to say what I got too say. ABC stinks. I used to watch ABC for most of the news and local information and I always watched Soapnet for the soap stories every night on Directv. When ABC
takes of the soaps of All My Children and One life to live that will do
me with ABC. I will never watch it again. I don't like reality shows
or Oprah Winfrey shows or talk shows. I think all of the talk shows and reality shows ought to be disbarred from the air. Most of them are
nothing but trash and I don't think that we need anymore of it. The View is about the trashiest show on TV, Why can't someone do something with that group of women. At least the soap operas were enough to take the edge off at nighttime of everday ups and downs. I could not wait too see them on soapnet on directv. But, may have to disconnect that as well. This country is going the wrong way and there is not much for
the youth of today too look forward too.
Thanks for listening. Have a great afternoon.
Dee
So you think the soaps are good for the youth of today? Adultery, babies out of wedlock, kidnapping, killings, multiple marriages. Now that's good viewing? Reality may not be up to par for you but you are the one in control of you life and soap operas are certainly not going to change it for the better.
Hi, JUST REALLY TOO SAD!
I really don't agree with ABC in your choice of cancelling those shows. First i really don't believe that they don't pay enough...Second, All my children had gotten so much better in the last 3-4 years...I had stopped watching it for a while (after watching it for 10 years) because of the way everything was always coming back to the same thing many years ago...but a lot of progress had been made. Those actors are excellent and we can feel that they really like their jobs. Even if it sounds "kitchy", they had become like my family...I love them so much! Also i think it's really, extremely cheap on the part of ABC to have made them move to L.A. last year and to finally cut the show. I'm sure that most of the actors have made trumendous changes and difficult choices in their lives because of that...Even if you hadn't made any promises to them...IT REALLY IS TOO SAD! I really hope that you change your mind about this...this show is excellent and if people don't take the time to watch this show, they won't take the time to watch the new ones...and by the way, there are a few bad shows that you could cut off instead of all my children... And for all the "All my children" actors, WE LOVE YOU!!! and if you really are cut off...we will never forget you...you are and will always be the best!
LOVE to AMC, LOVE YOU GUYS AND REALLY WILL MISS YOU DEARLY...And for ABC, Hope there will be an event in NYORK where people will be able to say goodbye to the actors...
Nathalie, 41 (yes, even my generation still watch the show!)
from Quebec, Canada
living temporarily in Boston
While all those fired up over the cancellations are vowing to never watch ABC again, you won't be missed as they start counting all the NEW viewers to afternoon TV that they will gain. If you don't know what is going on in a soap, you will more than likely never watch it. Thus new viewers to a soap are few and far between. Afternoon TV needs to be something you can walk away from and return to without feeling like you missed out on pieces vital to understanding what the show is all about. GOOD GOING ABC.
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Daytime TV is getting redicious. TAlk Show and Reality Shows are taling over everything. I grew up watching GL, AMC, And OLTL. This will just make me Boycott the network evene more. Hopefully ShopeNew will consider picking some of the Daytime Soaps and consider running them on ther network. I would watch them faithfully.
These networks do not give a damn about what their viewers want. It's all about themselves, reality shows are taking over tv and putting an end to shows we've come to enjoy for many years. Yes some don't care because they weren't the ones watching them. Don't think that just because those of us who enjoy watching daytime dramas are lazy, fat or anything of that nature. Ratings, Oprah leaving the network and all the other lame reasons have nothing at all to do with why they are cancelling AMC & OLTL, just plain selfish and all about money. Huge mistake, what a shame to see these iconic shows coming to an end. The way it's going pretty soon daytime dramas will cease to exist and all these bs reality shows will be on instead. Thumbs down ABC!
This upset s me I've watched all my children for years, I look forward to lunch time to watch it. And when I lived closer to work i would run home for lunch to watch amc. And If I couldn't watch I recored it. Lots of older people watch what will they watch. and I agree with one of your writers we are an overweight nation Why do we need more cooking shows or talk shows. PLEASE THINK ABOUT THIS!!!
Oh no, please don't cancel my show. I have been watching since the beginning. Sometimes I have to tivo it but I always watch it. I talk about it with my daughter in law over the phone. She has to work and has 2 kids so sometimes I have to catch her up on it. I would not watch another food show or talk show. I would rather have my 1 hour diverson where I sit down and watch. I hate that you moved to LA and lost some good actors. I miss ZACK But Dr Grif is georgeous. I used to watch him on Guiding Light, with my Mom. Good times.
It would be great if OWN picked up these shows. I would have to pay for an additonal package to get OWN from by cable provider but I would be willing do it for OLTL. ABC is making a big mistake in forsaking their regular demographic by replacing these shows. The new programming is something we can watch on other networks but won't be watching on yours. Somehow I just can't beleive any of us soap watchers will be interested in more cooking and health shows.
I have watched both soaps since day one. I'm stunned. Just what the public wants, more shows on cooking healthy, let's talk about your problems, etc. CRAP, CRAP, CRAP. Let's see how many day time Emmys these shows will bring you! Hope you lose your ass, big time.
Please join this facebook page to help us save AMC and OLTL. It is not a hack, it is a REAL page. Help us with our fight to keep the shows going!
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DEVASTATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.
This is just WRONG!!!!! We have other channels for food and all the other stuff!!!!! Well I will not being watching ABC any more!!!
Omg!!! I never watch abc , but now I will. Getting rid of these shows is long overdue. Who has time to watch this crap. They should replace it with jersey shore. Now that's entertainment. And if you are a guy watching this crap , then my friend u are gay.
I have already started boycotting abc, except for the soaps and that is a real shame as I had abc on my tv 95% of the time. I hope our boycott completely bankrupts the American Broadcasting Company!!
This is totally ridiculous. We have enough reality shows on TV, we don't need anymore! Why do they have to mess with everything.
Very saddened to hear this. I DVR AMC everyday and LOVE the show. I've been watching it for 30+ years. Please don't do this. Move the show back to New York and bring Zach back!!
This makes me sad. I'm not home to watch either show but I would definitley rather watch those than another cooking/lifestyle show... I feel like they are beating me over the head with those already. This is a bad move, I think.
Susan Lucci IS All My Children. As a teenager I used to skip school and break into my own house just to catch a glimpse of Pine Valley. What lengths would you go to to watch your favorite soap opera? http://bit.ly/e2liwh
This is very sad, I am 24 years old and I have been watching these shows since I can remember. My grandma has been watching AMC since it started and so has my dad. I personally am tired of reality type tv shows! And like another person commented if we wanted to watch a cooking show or something about healthy living we would watch channels for that. I will no longer watch anything on ABC not even Grey's or Private Practice. I will be switching to NBC to watch Days of Our Lives.
Time to get off the couch and get busy with real living. For those who drove home for lunch just to watch, think of all the money and gas you'll save.
Whenever I have watched AMC, there has come a time in the story(?) when I could walk away because it became so-o-o-o predictably boring. Now is the perfect time to call it quits with kidnapping, lying killer minister, baby switching, jealous wife/ex-wife/fake wife and countless boring characters is so not interesting to watch. Good luck trying to write an ending that will hold anyone's interest.
Wont miss the soap operas, though they did provide us with new actors; such as George clooney, etc. "The times they are a changing."
I will miss them I watch them every day
good!! I'm glad to see dose two old ass soaps go! Maybe now all dose over weight woman can get of their heavy ass behinds and do something,like clean the house! This is why our woman are starting to look more like zumo wrestlerss than woman,cause of these dam soaps
You're a stereotypical jerk!!!! Go clean your own damn house!!!!
A lot of people need to be fired and the higher up the corporate ladder the better. The whole board of Disney should resign. They should cancel GH,is nothing but Gangster Central. There is some very good acting on both AMC & OLTL. Some episodes are lousy, others are terrific. The fault lies not with the writers but the execs. We have enough food shows. Right now there is only one primetime show on ABC worth watching which is the fault of the execs. ABC has had some great shows, but for each there are two dozen that are crap. Cancel ONTL are there will be one less show to watch and the sponsors WON"T be selling me products I don't see advertised.
While I never watched either show, I do feel bad for those who did. It just seems that we are losing another connection to our past. I think that there are already way too many "self improvement" shows on the air. Bet the new ones won't last very long. People do get a bit tired of being told how they should live their lives.
More like connection to twinkies and ice cream...get off the couch..go and clean house
Well ABC I will no longer be watching ABC anything during the day. NEED to put All My Children and One Life to Live back on. I have been watching these shows for years as many others have, apparently you don't need viewers like me. Very BIG mistake. Food shows how stupid.
Those shows will not by finding their way to my DVR, let alone I will never watch them when I am home. ABC, my viewing days watching your network are numbered. Come January 2012, no more. I HATE REALITY SHOWS AND TALK shows!! In fact, I barely watch TV as it is and by the way, when I go to the gym in the afternoon 2 out of 3 TV's have soaps on! Y&R and AMC, so what does that tell you? The other station is tuned to sports! No reality or talk!!
Well ABC Daytime lost this viewer. GH is mob central and nothing but plot point and it now centers on 4 characters with the rest begging for a minute or two a week. I refuse to watch or dvr anything on ABC Daytime. I hope this backfires bigtime and Frons finally gets fired.
wow! i really love OLTL I was hoping to one day be on the show for a guest appearance
One Live to Live is the best soap period. It has brilliant writing and acting. My mom has watched since the beginning and I have watched since 1996! We will not be watching the replacement shows.
Never watched those shows but I'm still sad & reeling over Guiding Light. Just don't take my Bold & the Beautiful!!
I just can't believe it...When I heard the news that All My Children was being canceled I almost dropped right then. I have been watching this show since the beginning and I can remember times in my life using this as an escape and comfort from what was going on in my own life. I have not always been there to watch but I could record the shows and have for years. Finding out about the cancellation is like finding out about a DEATH in the family. I really think this will be a BIG mistake for the network. I watch some cooking shows but I definitely won't be watching them on ABC...Good luck to your network I (as well as many I suspect) won't be watching ABC after the last All My Children episode airs.
We don't want reality tv or food shows. THAT'S WHAT FOOD NETWORK IS FOR. Brian Frons is a jacka**!!!
Don't use the word "we", as you're not speaking on my behalf.
I'm glad these soapswill be cancelled, and I'm looking forward to checking out the new lifestyle & food shows that ABC will be presenting.
I can't believe they are going to cancel these two Soaps to put on two shows that you couldn't pay me to watch.It's the same boring crap on every other channel.Thank God for cable and dvds.
Please people...... get lives! As for the lady who drove home at lunch to watch......why not got outside and walk for a half hour....or 15 minutes....or 10 minutes. Sit in the park or go to a library and read a book...... And as for Susan Lucci......there is a reason it took her 15+ years to win an Emmy.....she's a terrible actressl!!!
Why do you feel the need to tell people to get a life just because you don't like something they like? Did someone tell you that your opinion of things was the only one that mattered?! You don't have to like watching TV but don't preach to people that do. Mind Your Own Business and stop putting total strangers down for something they like to do. The girl that watches TV on HER lunch break every day didn't do anything to you. Maybe you should get away from your computer...go outside...take a walk.
I am a 24 year old that cannot believe the amount of people that sit and waste their lives in front of a Fing tv . I pretty much stopped watching in H.S. How can people be so devastated over. . . . television? Seriously get a life. I bet the same people crying over tv are the same people wondering why they cant lose weight. Ugh. Seriously people get up and do something and stop wasting your life in front of a TV! Good for ABC for putting something positive on Im proud of them its about time!
You do realize that just because you find daytime soaps worthless doesn't make it true for everyone. Many watchers are elderly AND if a person decides to watch them at night, it's no different than watching primetime "drama". Thanks for sweeping generalizations, though.
I cannot believe that crazy people like you sit and waste their time in front of a computer reading articles about things they hate and then feeling the need to tell everyone about it. Seriously...Get a life! Get up and do something and stop wasting your life in front of a Computer! No one cares what you think! Gotta go...I'm late for my weight watchers meeting.
I feel for the the AMC and OLTL fans. I am a huge GH fan and will still continue to watch ABC for this soap, but should they even think of canceling this soap I will definitely never watch this network again. How many food, health and realty shows do we need. It'sannoying now. There is no one out there that can write an entertaining series anymore. What is the point of watching TV these days.
I have never been more dissapointed than I am today! Actually, I am in mourning!! How can ABC cancel AMC and One Life to Live. I just reviewed ALL programming on ABC – and I do believe I will be able to ban ABC from my life without cutting off my nose to spite my face. Looks like all I will miss would be Good Morning America and Ellen Degeneres!! I'm sure I watch Good Morning America because it follows my local news since we only have one TV Station here in my home State. I will get my local news on the Internet – and I can do without a morning National news show!! Sorry Ellen!!
I think this is a sad mistake. The only reason people are not watching it during the day is they have the option to watch it at night or on the net! I am only 30 and I still watch, and so do all of my friends! I do work during the day so I watch it at night. Before soapnet was availale, I recorded it!!! If they take General Hospital off, I will be mad for a long time and probably will not watch any shows on ABC for a while, if ever again. Hopefully the numbers of 2.5 million viewers for All my Children will not be the same for some dumb cooking show!
The only soap that I watched as a kid was 'Dark Shadows'
But to tell the truth, I do not like much TV anymore. It REALLY is a BOOB TUBE!
My GF sometimes watches these and it makes my skin crawl. The drama is so overdone and so fake it's ridiculous and all of the character are absolute jerks, backstabbers, and losers. They've all been married to each like 14 times and all had like 27 miscarriages. They all had affairs with each other like every combination possible. I just don't get it. I can almost understand reality tv but this stuff is just crap IMO.
If you feel this strongly about soaps why did you not only read the article but also take the time to post your hatred of them as if your opinion matters to anyone here? You sure do know alot about the characters btw. Closet fan maybe??
I agree with you. And to the nitwit who replied "as if anybody cares about your opinion": I care. He has every right to voice his opinion here, just as you do yours. If you don't like his opinion, then don't read it.
While I admit I don't get how any viewer could be "destroyed and devastated" by this news, I love how the gleeful detractors here are convinced that everyone who watches a soap is uneducated and jobless. I've got two degrees and have worked for 42 years, and I do volunteer work besides. Same for my mother. Some folks watch "their stories" over lunch break. Some people tape them and watch them later. What's the big deal? What about the full-time parent who can finally kick back during nap time, get a little "me time" and just watch a soap? What about those who are homebound or in hospital, unable to do more than enjoy some TV fluff? Shoot, I have a degree in theatre and am a writer. I KNOW it's hardly high art. So what? What;s the great harm in having an hour of some escapist, fictional entertainment that's not trying to do harm to anyone? Unless the snipers here eschew television and all meaningless pastimes, and instead spend all their leisure hours devoted to the improvement of self and others, they've little room to judge.
Right on galoux. coming from a wife, mother, Lawyer and MBA who fits her soaps in around raising my child, working full time job, part-time work, dance lessons, swim lessons and training to run, etc. etc. etc. My soaps allow me to do all his and not pull my hair out. With Tivo it's one hour a day I can let the highs and lows of Port Charles and Llanview take me away.
I agree galoux!! When we sit there to watch "our stories" , we go into it KNOWING they are fiction!! The story lines are no more disgusting or fake than ANY of the prime time reality shows on the air today. Take any of the Real Wives of _________ (fill in the blank) for instance – what kind of TRASH is this – and if we are to really believe this is these women's "real" lives – how disgusting are they!! And "Teen Moms" (or whatever the show is named) What kind or morals are we teaching our teenagers with that kind of disgusting "real life" being glorified on TV!! Give me a good Soap Opera any day to the current trend that TV has gone towards these days. And to trade them for one more Food Show or "Fix me up because I'm so Disfunctional" show", PLEASE!! Just one more step towards being able to throw the TV out the door permanently for this 53 year old Professoinal woman!!
You geriatrics should have graduated to Jeopardy by now.
I started watching AMC in 1983. I have made it my routine that I have to be exercising when I watch it. It helped me lose 20 pounds!!!!! I am still watching it today and wil sorely miss it!
whats next GH if that happens might as well just shut down ABC network
I am really sad about this and I work but I watch it on line during my lunch break (One Life to Live) I also read up on All My Children all the time. I think it is sad that they are taking off generations of soap operas for what they plan to replace it with. I will not be streaming those shows during my lunch hour – that's for sure
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Putting on a show called "Chew"....really ??
How the heck does anybody still watch TV in the daytime? Don't you have a job? DVRing soaps? Really? I think these shows are watched by the same idiots sitting home having babies on the government dole while doing illegal things while their many kids are in school ( drug dealing, spouse cheating, breaking & entering their neighbors houses). Yu know who you are... The Jerry Springer audience.
How can someone be so Ignorant? You seriously did not just compare people who watch soaps to drug dealers, cheaters and thieves?! ROTF...LMFAO! You really need to get help for those mental issues of yours, fred. "Jerry Srpinger audience" bwahahahahaha!! unbelieveable...
With watching these programs and having a low IQ. Same goes with wrestling. Anyone entertained by the same dumb scenarios regurgitated over and over again has to be a mouth breather.
Wait a second... is Dallas off the air too now? What about Dynasty and Falcon Crest? Knot's Landing???
Really can't believe this! Sorry to say that I won't be supporting the new shows that will replace both soaps. So much for your ratings, I'm sure I'm not the only one to feel this way. Lots of luck ABC!
FINALLY!!!!! THE REASON SUSAN LUCCI DID NOT WIN THE EMMY FOR SO MANY YEARS IS BECAUSE SHE CANNOT ACT!!!! GLAD TO SEE IT GO. RIP!!!!!
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All OLTL and AMC fans please join that facebook page. Help us keep the show on! Btw I'm young and I watch soaps and I look fantastic. So whoever is saying that people who watch soaps are fat and lazy can shut up.
Great, now all these middle-aged, jobless, overweight, trailer-trash women are gonna have nothing better to do than pump out more babies for a fatter welfare check. Maybe we shouldn't cancel this crap, it's keep these losers satiated.
Bad move, ABC. I've been watching AMC for 35 years and OLTL for over 20. I won't be watching the new stuff...
Time to get a job fatty.
So there gonna end two bad shows and replace them with another bad show not intetested
Guess I will be watching less TV soon. I am not a fan of talk shows and TV telling me how to cook, eat and exercise.
They made thes actors and actresse's uproot their entire lives on the East coast and move to LA, now they these people lose their jobs. I can't see anything right about that!!!
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I thought ABC was crazy when they put a slob like Cristy alley on dancing with the stars. Now you are going to cancel AMC. I have been watching this program since the beginning. I will not be watching ABC in the future.
her name is not christy you stupid person. get it right before you try to be miss smarty pants and write something like that!!!!!
Network idiots. Bad enough that being told that viewers my age (57) don't matter. But the morons are taking to heart the phrase "that's SO last week." Who cares? The cooking show craze will pass. The life-makeover craze will pass. These soaps, regardless of their flaws, regardless of the average age of the fans, have been around for decades. They have stood the test of time. People like stories. They like ones that take place across years. That's a form of story that's been around for millennia. It's just that in modern times, the stories are about ordinary people, not warriors and heroes.
It's the same crap regurgitated over and over and over.. I'm convinced you have to have sub-par IQ to be continually entertained by this crap after all these years. Same goes to wrestling fans, that's like a soap for males and it's just as bad.
Hugh, Hugh mistake!!!!! I'm sick over it. I cannot believe that the powers that be care absolutely nothing of the millions that do enjoy these shows. I'll not be watching ABC!!!!
God riddens. The plot lines were terrible and unoriginal, acting was sub-par (even for TV). I mean, hell, what new material can you pump into a pure drama series after many decades of daily episodes? There are SOOOO many better shows out there that think outside of the box.
ABC have totally lost their minds. I have been working for over 30 years but keep up with them from the time that I took off to raise my children. We have food network (which I enjoy very much) and that is enough. I hate reality show because they suck. I do enjoy the entertaiment that I get from watching AMC and OLTL. No wonder that their ratings suck. I will give it 6 months and they will be trying to replace them because no one will want to see them. Goodbye Erica, Vicky, Dorrain and the rest of the cast members. I was actually looking foward to retireing in 5 years and sitting back and enjoying. Now I might as well keep on working. OWN consider picking these shows up, could prove very good for your ratings. Could matke you smarter than the ABC people.
This is a good start. Now if we could only get all of these trashy, fake, worthless, overly-emotional, unrealistic soaps off the air then maybe you lazy, middle aged, wellfare collecting, overweight women would be forced to find a job rather than living off my tax money.
And they let Susan Lucci go on a book tour telling everyone it's just rumors. Disrespectful! Plus they're replacing these shows with uninspired, unoriginal, mediocre programming. Just heartbreaking.
I will not be watching any shows that replaces all my children and one life to live
Think logically here. Television, like anything else, is a business. Fewer people are staying home, and therefore, fewer people are watching soaps. DVR's and online views do not count in television ratings and cannot be presented to advertisers when negotiating ad prices. The networks have been losing money for YEARS on soaps. Look at NBC...they've been down to 1 soap for several years. CBS just cancelled 2 soaps last year...one was the longest running soap in history. And SoapNet...the network dedicated to the genre...will go away next year and becomes the new Disney Junior channel. If you were investing millions of dollars into something and not getting anywhere near that amount of money back in return, would you still invest in it? Of course not. The fact is that ABC can produce these talk shows for pennies on the dollar what they pay to produce a soap opera. You can't blame them for making a smart business decision. Soaps aren't cheap to produce and they have a very poor ROI.
Thank you Sam for being the voice of reason in this emotional hurricane.
I 100% agree with you and once these soap fans calm down, they'll see the logic as well.
I guarantee that 30 days after these soaps are cancelled, the angry viewers here will have moved on to another show/hobby/activity and despite their empty threats, will continue to watch ABC.
I am bamboozled! I guess acting is a lost art. The reality shows that are on these days require absolutely NO talent. People are becoming famous without having earned it. When you cry with the actors on these soaps, you know that the actor has captured that scene. For example, Erica's graveside reaction when Mona died...priceless. And what about Soapnet? What will happen to this channel? ABC execs, to cancel these shows is a really, really bad decision that I fear you will feel in your wallets. I beg of you to reconsider.
So ABC is trying to compete with TLC and the Food Channel, bad move. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Leave Daytime TV alone. Don't you realize many retired and senior citizens look forward to these shows and have been following them for years. Soaps are a mainstay like hot dogs and mom's apple pie. ABC really need to rethink this one and listen to the viewers.
I am just devastated!! I have watched both these shows since the early 70's and since I work I DVR them so that I can relax and escape from the reality of real life and the ridiculous "reality" of the evening reality shows. This is a mistake!! I will not give a moment of my time to these replacement shows.
So demographics show that daytime viewers prefer food and health shows! Well what about viewers like me who never actually watch TV in the daytime hours, but record All My Children to watch at night, or watch it on the soap station. Also, I never watch food shows or talk shows at any hour.
I already made my comment, but just read where they want younger viewers. Just because these shows are old doesnt mean u dont have younger viewers. But what age you are does not matter!!! But just so u know, i'm 27 and i know lots of other young people who watch these soap operas!!!
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I am truly dissapointed in ABC this is probably going to be the biggest mistake ever for them
I have to say I'm a Days of Our Lives viewer but this news really does upset me.... Both shows are staples in daytime tv and I'm sad to see them go just like Guiding Light......
I'm still getting over the fact that cbs cancelled guiding light almost two yrs ago! And at that time i turned to all my children. I LOVE ALL MY CHILDREN! I think its so stupid to replace two soap operas with basically two of the same kind of show! Not to mention, nobody wants this to happen! ABC needs to listen to their viewers bc i also will stop watching anything on this network, the same way i stopped watching CBS when they cancelled guiding light!!! I'm so tired of the reality shows and such. And soap operas are like the only normal shows left that keep us coming back for more everyday! And ABC have already added a few new shows over the years and they were no good and had to be cancelled. Maybe someone should cancel ABC and replace them with a better network!!!!
Isn't there ANY way we can keep this show on the air? Maybe if we flood the phone lines and protest we could get through to those who have the power. I say we call!!!
With cancellation of All My Childred will never watch ABC again. Why not fire Frons he is a loser.
If ABC cancels these shows, I will never watch anyting on ABC again. If I want to know how to get healthy, then I will do the research and do it, I don't need to watch someone go from fat to skinny. We live in reality, who needs to watch it on TV. We all need a little down time.
Please change your mind. These are two of my favorite soaps. I have been following these stories for years. and have watched the characters grow. The replacement shows do not sound that interesting to me (since they are in abundanfe these days, and will get old quickly). But with the Daytime dramas like All My Children and One Life to Live, they are fun. No one can replace characters like 'Tad", "Erica", the Kane Clan, – Vicki B (Erika S), and the whole Buchanan clan & Dorian & David. Basically I have been watching these two shows for all my life – and have never gotten bored with them. I know times have changed, but sometimes it is best to leave some things (shows) alone. You never know how good something was until you lose it.
I think this is very insulting..ABC says the average age of people watching soaps is 57 and wants new viewers. I guesss that people that are a little older (a lot of us watching are in our 40's up) are unimportant to ABC. Why would I keep watching ABC if they only care about the younger audiences. Enough with the talk shows. They may be cheaper to make but I was raised with the philophy that work hard to succeed, don't cut corners and you get what you pay for...cheaper is not always better!
They should AXE whatever that guys name is Tom Burger ON from dancing with the stars who gives away "Castle's" plot line before it even stars on Monday nights. Its so nasty and tasteless.
OMG Canceling One Life to Live! BIG MISTAKE ABC BIG MISTAKE... HUGE..
The audience that watches soaps are a different audience than those that watch "reality shows" I do not watch
reality TV.. I don't know where you got your information but soaps have a huge following.. correct this huge mistake
before it's to late..
This is impossible to comprehend. I'm 60 and have watched these dramas unfold with my mom and sisters, and still watch them at the gym and tape them while at work. We have enough cooking and health shows! These dramas are a marvelous escape and wonderfully depict life and current events. Soaps are the next best thing to a live play. You have wonderful writers, actors, and actresses, not to mention suspense. My sisters and my mother-in-law all watch these shows. We started out watching them as young girls; we would run home from school to begin with Dark Shadows. I now work and tape these shows in order to watch them at night or on weekends, does this count in your ratings? It should!! How about a new 'vampire' type drama again? Please do not remove these two wonderful shows from your network. And, absolutely, do not touch General Hospital. Our entire office is so sick of Health and Cooking shows...that's all that is on television now in the mornings and evenings and weekends, along with house selling and home flipping. Everyone needs an escape, everyone loves to follow and a story and tune in to the next moment of the story. Don't do this. Just read all the blogs and understand that there is more of us out there than you think. Sincerely, Donna
There is already a show like The Revolution it's called The 700 Club. Watch it and it will transform your life.
Just what we need...another food show! Do you have any idea how many of the older people watch these shows? How much more can be taken from them? Well...it will be a good time for them to go for a walk! Nothing else on TV.
I too will not be watching these new shows. No interest in them.
All My Children has been a favorite of mine for as long as I can remember.
I named my daughter Jenny after the character Jenny Gardner.
Tad has always been a favorite.
On OLTL, my favorite character is Todd Manning, although I preferred the other actor Roger Howarth.
And Dorian and David, perfect for each other.
Absolutely crazy! I never got into these two shows but I LOVE General Hospital and I can only imagine how upset I would be if they took this show off. I have been watching this show since I was 13 and now am 50, they are like a part of my family and I know that is how all the people who watch All My Children and One Life to Live feel. Some pleasures in life should just be left alone! We have do deal with change all the time. What is wrong with keeping something GOOD around sometimes, just because something is old does not mean it is not any good anymore!!!!!!
HELL NO!! I have been watching both soaps since my childhood, and now they're going to replace both shows with B.S. Really, how much reality shows/programs can people watch? I can almost bet that these new replacement shows will get low ratings. What will you do then ABC? Find another replacement with another reality show? Unbelievable!!!
The fact comes down to money and ratings... anyone that supports and continues to watch reality TV shows like Jersey Shore, American Idol, Survivor ect. show the demand for low browe low budget entertainment. Those shows about 4x less expensive to make and normally generate 2x more revenue via direct viewer advertising, not TIVO'd or steamed. That is 6x the net cash for the company... not paying actors, extra grips, sound enj. editors ect. It is like when you shop at Walmart you promote the degradation of jobs, family income; and in this case it's both of those plus traditional entertainment. All the networks are doing this even cable like Syfi, Style the pay channels like SHO and HBO ect are the exception to the rule. They are producing high quality original shows (with out ads even though they are premium) such as Shameless, Trueblood, Dexter and Gravity. Some don't make the cut due to ratings just like the rest, but the paying actors to act and writers to write.
So, Tivo the reality shows you like this will throw off the ratings scheme at least for now... or better yet don't watch. If you really have to wait until they are Netflix.
Cheers
NOOOO!!!!! This cannot happen! I have been watching All My children with my mom since I was a little girl-over 30 years!! If I wanted to watch a stupid food show, I'd watch the food network! This is insane!! I knew moving AMC to CA was a bad move! ABC better change their mind, or I'm NEVER watching this network again!!!!!
The problem isn't with the lack of ratings, it's in how the ratings are calculated. Most of us Tivo the soaps now. And if you don't watch those episodes until the weekend, as a Nielsen subscriber you will only get credit for those in the final 48 hour period. You either have to watch i when it originally airs, or within 48 hours after. So the technology designed to help people view these shows on their own schedule has actual contributed to its demise. If I want to watch a food or cooking show, I'll go to the networks that know how to do it: The Food Network and Cooking Channel.
Abc sucks shame on you
Authorities across the country are reporting a sharp rise in elderly deaths.
Well, one thing is for certain – I won't be watching a cooking show and health show on ABCD. As a matter of fact I won't be watching ANYTHING on ABC or supporting Disney. I'll be taking my coveted demo and expendable income and sharing it with another network. Not a smart move ABC. Oh, and effe Anne Sweeney and the BS Frons horse she rode in on.
How can you cancel these all time favorite shows to put on more boring fake reality shows--eat and diet eat and diet, boring!. Good-by ABC!
Oh no! What will my x wife do now that All My Children is going off the air. MAYBE GET A JOB! Nahh... she'll just keep leeching off of me...
960 comments. You're all idiots.
Hey, Donkeyd, or whatever your name is. That makes you comment # 961, and that would also make you idiot # 961, since you said we were ALL idiots. Who's counting? Only you are. You got nothing better to do than count comments, and insult a bunch of people you don't even know?...
ABC is saying that the people want more relevent programming. Yet I have not seen one comment saying yeah another food and health show. You can get those shows all over cable, you Soaps are unique. Of course it is about the money it take to make the soaps. I still don't think it is breaking ABC. I guess some executives want to pocket more millions than they are already making
I am so sad that I am crying. I grew up with these shows being just background noise while my mom was watching it because I was too young to understand. Now soon to be 47 it was a ritual of mine to keep memories of my childhood alive by watching them. So sad, how many darn cooking shows do we need? Who has the money to even buy the ingredients?
This is the worst move ABC can make! The two soaps are icons and do not deserve this and we who have gotten attached do not deserve this. I beg you to continue showing All My Children and One Live to Live. The reality shows are so horrible and have no meaning whatsoever. Instead of reality I would call them fake, fake, fake/garbage shows. These two Soaps that have characters/people that are important to us and thousands of people relate. They definitely do not relate to the many reality and talk shows. ABC you will make the biggest mistake ever if you do this! PLEASE DON'T.
I think you will be sorry. I don't think you will have nearly as many people watching these new shows and your ratings will go down.
I was SHOCKED that ABC made the decision to cancel AMC and OLTL. The loyal fans of these two shows will not stay with ABC to watch another cooking show. If I wanted to watch a cooking show, there are channels dedicated to that genre. Soap viewers will slide into another soap on another channel. I am one of those loyal viewers and am not in the least interested in the new proposed shows. I will definitely switch to another network. Justed checked my TIVO and with Regis and Oprah leaving and now AMC and OLTL cancelled, I have only one show (including daytime and nighttime) left on ABC. Very disappointed with ABC's decision. The last nail in the coffin for ABC from my perspective.
Like the suggestion of cancelling Brian Frons!! What a tool!! Cancelling AMC for a cooking show??
Agree with the comments that there lots of cooking shows already for people to see. Who needs another
one??
Only hope and I pray that perhaps NBC will pick one or both of these programs up. Will miss all of my favourite
actors on AMC. Enjoy the escape from the geopolitical unrest,earthquakes and the depressing economic
news!!
God help us all.
Bought time
WELL LET ME ADD THE TO DISGUST AND DISPLEASURE I FEEL AT THE CANCELLATION OF TWO OF THE BEST SHOWS ON TV. THE FACT THAT ABC HAS DONE THIS WITHOUT POLLING THE PUBLIC IS REALLY A BAD MOVE ON THEIR PART. I LOVE OLTL AND GH AND HAVE WATCHED AMC FOR YEARS. I AGREE WITH EVERYONE WHO SAID ALL WE NEED IS ANOTHER COOKING AND HEALTH SHOW. THESE SHOWS ARE AN ESCAPE FROM REALITY AND WE HAVE GROWN TO LOVE AND "HATE" THESE CHARACTERS. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO POSTED ABOUT THEM THAT REALLY DON'T CARE, THEN WHY DID YOU READ THE ARTICLE AND POST!!!!
Typical arrogance. What they aren't talking about is demographics. Older Americans mean nothing to the networks or their sponsors. Their research shows that once you are 40 you buy the same brand of toothpaste and the same brand of automobile for the rest of your life. As a result it's a waste of time to advertise to us. So the things that are important to us drop off their radar...as do we.
Agnes Nixon is getting pretty elderly. They probably realize that when they lose her as a creative force, AMC will run out of steam. They aren't making writers like her anymore.
ABC just blew it big time. Just what we need MORE reality type shows....boring!! If I want to watch that type of stuff I go to HGTV or the FoodNetwork. I can see ABC's ratings dropping like a lead balloon. What happened to paying attention to your viewers? Another example of not caring what the everyday person thinks. Way to go ABC......NOT!!!!!
This viewer is not excited about a food and lifestyle show. You can count me out when AMC and OLTL are gone. I certainly hope that OWN picks them up
I am soooo very saddened by this!!!! I grew up watching these and although I work during the day, I watch them at night on the Soapnet channel...this is so unbelievable ABC...WHAT ARE YOU THINKING????? I definitely will not be watching the new shows replacing them whenever I do happen to be home during the day!!!!!!! Very, very, very disappointed for sure!!!!!!!!!
In continuation, those young ladies on Teen Mom get paid $10k per episode, get photographed on red carpets, and are on the cover of magazines for having babies at 16. We have enough reality shows that are absolutely pointless like Basketball Wives. Only one person on that show was an actual wife, and she's now divorcing her philandering husband. I'm upset because actors, actresses, crew, and all these people behind the scenes are losing jobs, I especially feel bad for the AMC family because some of them relocated to L.A. which meant moving children, changing schools, and spouses changing jobs. That's no easy feat. No, soap operas aren't real, but for a lot of people they were a staple away from daily life. A soap opera is much more appealing than watching 16 y/o's keep getting pregnant, watching grown women fight, and watching Brett Michaels try to find "love" when he had a whole girlfriend and two daughters at home. I understand that the cost to maintain these shows are quite stringent, but what Brian Frons is saying is that the people wanted new shows. I'm not sure who these people were, but clearly it's no one on these boards. I'm only 21, and I just got into soap operas around 2000. My mother is an avid watcher of B&B, Y&R, and OLTL when the storylines are worth watching. I'm certainly not a fan of what these generational shows are being replaced with. Another cooking show and a self-improvement show? Really, ABC? ABC is about to lose me as a viewer because I can't take the reality garbage anymore. It's too nuch.
Another station needs to pick these shows up and I'll watch them.
just keep my TV off until General Hospital comes on and watch my favorite one!
This is sooooo wrong. I grew up watching these shows. If I want to watch food shows , I have TLC for that. I don't watch the veiw on my days off, but I do watch my soaps. I won't watch those replacement shows on my days off...I'll
I've been watching these soaps since I was 12. I used to record them on VCR and now TiVO. I am very disappointed in ABC. I will continue to watch GH, but will not support the new shows. I'm a long time viewer invested in the soaps and am not interested in yet another talk show.
@mikesword, I got an i.Pad2 for $198.75 when they cost $829.99 at the apple store. People just like you are getting deals like this all day at SnagBids.com
Personally, I would much rather watch a soap opera than shows like 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom which glorify teen pregnancy. Those young ladies get paid $10
OMG what is going on on the soap world soon there wont be any left. As an all my children and one life to live viewer this is extremely sad, but as a general hospital lover this is very worrying. How long will it be before they decide to cancel GH and the rest of the soaps. Who do they think is gonna race home in the middle of the afternoon to watch food shows r whatever else crap they replacing our soaps with. This is such a stupid idea and their ratings are so going to dropped.
I think you are making a big mistake taking these shows off the air.
Are u kidding me. How could u cancel these 2 soaps for a food show. We have enough of them already. Why do u think these soap operas have lasted so long, they are entertaing and has real life stories. Those 2 new shows will not last as long as the 2 soaps have, I guarantee that. Who is mAking the crazy executive decision to cancel these soaps, They should be fired. Please continue these soaps. I watch them and tape them everyday. What will happen to those wonderful actors / actresses who have made us cry and jump for joy. Where will they go then when the show is canceled? They've been so loyal to you all, why cancel them?
Please GOD, let General Hospital be next to fall!!!!!
I've watched AMC for about 35 years now; it has been the one bright-spot in daytime television. And now you're going to cancel it to give us another...reality...cooking show. Aren't we, as a people, fat enough without your enabling without this? There are enough talk, cooking, and Judge Judy shows as it is. Guess what, ABC: you've just lost another daytime TV watcher. Better my vast DVD movie collection than what you plan to provide us!
This really STINKS ABC!!! I grew up watching AMC and OLTL, and my mother who is now in her 80's religiously watches AMC. I have always perferred ABC to any other networks, for news, entertainment, and everything in between. If "following" becomes your norm, instead of "tradition", I really hope another network picks up Grey's because you just lost this viewer!
These talk shows save the networks a fortune! Thanks to all the actors who have given me such pleasure as I was raising my children, earning graduate degrees, writing articles, caring for sick friends and neighbors...and, yes, exercising. These daytime dramas have been my "breaks" along the way and I will miss OLTL. How many well-known performers began in the soaps? Profits win, never doubt it. Perhaps one of the many cable networks will offer a new venue for these performers.
Yayyyyy! About time. As for the question of what to do with the time these shows were on. I suggest getting a job!
I work hard everyday and my choice of entertainment for 27 years has been Soap Operas. This is the worst business decision ABC has ever made. I will not watch ABC anymore and I love general hospital and many other ABC programs but why should I watch ABC since it cancels shows left and right. It's like someone at ABC is trying to purposely destroy the network inside out. Goodbye ABC I am done.
I think its crap. Cutting a show with actors to put yet another piece of reality show trash on just goes to show that we as a society have lost our imaginations. Great. Another cooking show with the weightloss person and the token gay guy host. Be sure to tip your research department on the way out when these shows tank in the first month. Then consider how the investment could have gone towards better writers...
Good, maybe all you fat, ugly chicks can workout instead of watching Tv!!
Ya know Glad, I'm suddenly convinced it takes a special kind of stupid to be you.
On a side note, anybody know where we put the troll-be-gone?
Let’s get honest soap fans, at least about AMC. I, for one, saw this one coming, because after 30 years, I had stopped watching AMC, but not because I want to see more talk or food shows (there are ton of those and you can DVR them). The tipping point came when the writers of AMC made the stupidest mistake in soap history when Greenlee came back from the dead and she did not marry Ryan! At that point, I was done with AMC, but in keeping with a ritual that started when I was a teen, I would watch periodically, only to become more and more disgusted as the show continued to miscast leading roles. Soaps are about fantasy! Who doesn’t know that? So why did AMC continue to cast normal-looking people in major roles? We all know the old Scott Chandler belonged on the stage, not in a soap! And the old Marissa was painful to watch! And the new Bianca is simply not glamorous enough for anyone to believe she’s Erica’s daughter! When they finally got their act together and recast Scott and Marissa, it was too late. Last, but not least, never a fan of anyone getting away with cold-blooded murder! How are we supposed to continue to love Tad after that? And Zach killed Josh with no consequences? The last straw came this week when Kendall flipped on Griffin, totally out of character, for no reason at all! She may look like Erica, but she’s no Kane woman. If viewers don’t want to live through a character vicariously because the character is so weak, there are no more bubbles in a soap! RIP AMC!
I have also watched these show for decades and dvr them now to watch on the weekends. If you want to contact abc ...go to abc.com and on the bottom of the page go to contact us.. and voice your opinion to them .. BOYCOTT ABC !!!!!
Out Of all the women complaining about a healthy show and no morw soaps.i wold like to see how obese you guys are .
5'4" and weighing 105 lbs....I certainly dont need a show about weight loss. Just like I dont need more staged talk shows. How many girls have gotten pregnant after watching Teen Mom. I am a nutritionist and actually have clients that have tried to gain weight because if they were "just a little heavier" they would qualify to be on tv. I am sorry but there is just not good tv any more. What happened to good old sitcoms...and soaps. Talk shows and reality tv are not entertainment.
If you really want to hit them where it hurts, we should start flooding the sponsors of AMC and OLTL with emails/letters threatening to boycott their products if they sponsor the new programming.
Thank god sonny corinthos and general hospital arent going anywhere. he is the only reason a manly man like myself even watches soaps. LONG LIVE THE SPENCERS, QUARTERMAINS, AND CORINTHOS!!!!!!!
We are we to go nowasdays to escape reality and reality television. We watch tv and movies to get away from reality. We become fans of these drama shows and we get lost in them. My wife also grew up watching these shows. I am not ready to have more informative health info shoved down my throat. I want to get lost in fake tv to forget about everything outside that television set. I dont want to hear about how diabetes and lack of exercise will kill me. I already know. I want to be entertained, not bored. Bye Bye ABC.
Think you will find this is all about telling people what to go spend money on. Basically a daytime infomercial. Do as the corporate world says and spend as they say.
Really sorry to see my last show go. But I have to agree another food or reality show probaly won't make it. There are really too many of those as it is. # one reason to watch is to let someone else 's life have a go at it for a while.
Hope everybody finds jobs. good luck with that one too.
I am simply devastated. Losing Oprah, AMC, and OLTL in the same year, this is highly upsetting. Watching my ABC soaps is the highlight of my day. I am in shock.
Now maybe all you Soap Lovers will get off your butts, loose some weight and clean your house!! Seriously, they are Soap Operas!! Do you really think people live life like they do in the soaps...perfect hair, perfect bodies, tons of money, beautiful homes...get out in the REAL world and see what REAL people do for a living and how REAL people live! I for one am THRILLED that 2 more Soaps are getting axed!
ABC GOT HIT WITH THE STUPID STICK. Food shows are you kidding me. What kind of crap is that. AMC and OLTL are the greatest entertainment on that channel. I cant believe they are putting out that people want food shows or weightloss shows. If i want that kind of show i will turn to food network or Bravo. You have just lost me as a viewer. I have watched or taped these 2 shows everyday for the last 30 years and will now just have to start watching another channel. Why can't they just keep showing them onthe Soap Network, that would be the best thing for them. Thanks for nothing ABC
I started watching AMC back in the 70's when it 1st came on but lately the story lines have gotten so ridiculous that I just stopped watching it. It just hasn't been the same in a long time.
No more ABC for me!!! Can't believe this is happening. I, like MANY others, grew up watching the ABC soaps. Is there anything that can be done to change this???? Hope ratings for this station fall so badly that they have to reconsider this HUGE mistake.
If The View influenced your decision to take these shows off the air (which I haven't watched soaps for over 40 yrs) then I know where your brains are. The women on the view are phonies, they cross talk sooo much, you don't hear what they're saying, exception Whoopi Goldberg. Get rid of the phonies and just keep Whoopi. I put the view in the same catagory with Povich and Springer. Our boys are dying to keep this trash on tv. I'm 80 and white.
A show about food and nutrition hosted by Mario Batali.........he's huge. I guess he'll tell us how to get as big as he is!
It's too bad they are replacing Soap Net w/ Disney Junior...there are already 3 to 4 Disney Channels for kids, I guess they needed another one?!?! If they are planning to make Disney Jr like Nick Jr than huge FAIL as Nick Jr doesn't show commercials and Disney Jr is going to be one big commercial – for Disney. I'm sad to see AMC go as I started watching it w/ my babysitter when I was 8 (now 37), it was bound to happen. Maybe the soap genre should be overhauled. The soap operas on the Spanish channels only run for 5 to 6 months and end. Some of the same actors are used...it just seems a shame that we don't have miniseries or TV movies of the week, and now soaps to entertain us. A little bit of glamour is slowly leaving the world in favor of the harsh glare of 'reality.'
I sure as heck hope ABC is paying attention to all the comments I've been seeing on the internet. A food show? Who can afford to buy groceries? This really ticks me off. I've been watching both of these shows since they began. ABC your cutting your throats. Do we get a chance to vote or something? You have done it this time-good-bye
ABC I won't be watching you anymorel.
I watch AMC everyday and have been doing so for over 20 years.....to replace with a food show! Are you serious??? BIG mistake!!!
Omg. Daytime is for soap opera not food nutrition. That's for the food channels. Not ance to try and transform us. That's not their job. I'm insulted.
ABC – how could you? The only thing that I did watch on ABC was the soaps. You cancel these shows, you WILL fall to the bottom of the bucket. Cut off your nose to spite your face!!! This is one of the dumbest moves ever. And ANOTHER food show???? Give me a break!! Will never watch ABC again!!! Nothing will draw me back to that station!!!
How dare you cancel AMC
When I heard about OLTL to be cancelled, I was shocked! I have been watching for the past 19 years – this is horrible! There are still people who are loyal fans of Soap Operas – this is very poor judgement by ABC. There are enough reality shows on TV – if I wanted to watch somehting on food, I would tune into the Food channel. I know I will NOT be watching the replacement show! If OLTL was to go to another station – I would follow the show there. Someone needs to slap those people at ABC! I agree with Elise's comment above. You go Girl!
Watched these when I was a kid with my mom....I still watch at 42.... Don't do it!!!! I don't watch anyother shows on tv because there isn't anything worth watching!!!
The world is ending in 2012 so what's the difference? Good call by ABC!
I can't believe they are going to cancel the last thing I watch on ABC as is. I have been an avid soap watcher for years. I'm only 20 y/o and I enjoy them. They say the demographic isn't there, but I know plenty of people my age that watch soaps. They are legacies and deserve to be on the air above mindless drivel people immerse themselves in today. Is it too hard to have a bit of quality writing and real acting? Apposed to some D-list morons on reality tv that just soak up every other channel possible? How many more cooking shows or weight loss shows do we need? And, for the people that say "Get over it" or "Get off the couch". Why not get off the couch to actually lose weight or read a damn book to learn how to cook. We don't need commentary on every single show about the same repeated shows. I understand that it's pricer to have writers and real acting. But, I'll never watch ABC again after OLTL is canceled. I hope all these new shows bomb to hell and back. Then they'll regret ruining the classics.
I am saddened by the thought of losing the shows. Those two particular shows, both fun to watch with OLTL coming out as the better of the two at this time. I was an original AMC fan, from the beginning with Erica. She has aged so beautifully. I wish them all well and for those of you who made the move to California, oh well.
Good luck to you all.
Are you guys crazy there so many seniors live for there soaps and to just cancelled is crazy and every time you turn on the tv all you see is nothing worth watching
They're replacing old crap not worth watching with new crap that won't be worth watching either. No wonder I watch mostly DVD's these days.
Frons comment @ bittersweet "change" look where that got Obama.....just saying
Well lets see; what is going to be next since tradition and what the public wants; for whatever reason they want their soaps, does not seem to matter a hoot. Maybe the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Or televised sports; (and don't say it can't happen; we did not think this could ever happen either), books, magazines, libraries, movies and movie theaters, etc., etc., etc. Why does it seem that so many things that have made up American life and beliefs are being eliminated? Is it money? Is it a complete turn from god? This country used to be so down to earth and based on family values and tradition. And these traditions meant something you could not put a price on. And I am not talking about just soaps here. When there is so much stress in this life and no escape from it in the form of entertainment like soaps there is going to be consequences. Not to mention all the people that this decision is going to put out of work. I mean not just the actors but the entire staff behind these shows. Soap Net, all the soap magazine, the sponsors, etc. And too much is changing in this country for the wrong reasons and it is going to come back to bite us. I have to wonder what in the world ABC is going to do when this new show of theirs bombs for all the reasons I am pretty sure it is likely going to. I mean can they bring back the soaps successfully and fix their mistake? They better think about that before going ahead with this.
Really? Really ABC!!! It all started with.....the Ellen show and the View, a show hosted my 90% democratics.My husband band ABC a long time ago in our house except for my soaps. I will watch my fav GH but that's it!!! Absolutely NO ABC in our house. This is not @ the viewers. Don't believe that for one second America, its about control.
Ok TV viewers and daytime soap fans, there will be a boycotting of the ABC network due to the dragstic cancellation of daytime soaps. I hope "Dancing With The Stars" can take a hit with less viewers.
Jeff Branson's mom is a close friend of mine and I'm also acquainted with Jeff. I'll be sorry to see him out of job. However, I don't watch any of the soaps so my chagrin at these cancellations is only for my friends. BUT . . . the replacement programs couldn't be more lame. Jeeze, food and health? Reality? Reality sucks big time. I watch TV to escape from reality not wallow in it. To ABC: Wake up, foks! If you must cancel shows that have such adoring fans, at least replace them with something less mundane than ANOTHER cooking program. Talk about BORING programming . . .
Dear ABC, the company is making a huge mistake in cancelling AMC and OLTL. Replacing these fine shows with the food and health program is a degrading gesture to the loyal fans of daytime soap operas. This dragstic change in programing will put prime time shows such as "Dancing With The Stars" in danger for less viewership. All this week Susan Lucci has been appearing on talk shows promoting AMC and meeting fans because the show impact many peoples lives.
You can count on this viewer of not supporting the ABC network or its future programming. And yes i am going to spread this disappoint to other fellow viewers too.
Oh and now if we could just get Lifetime to axe Army Wives my girlfriend might pay more attention to me and give me a backrub more often and maybe something more.
What ABC should do is put more football and hockey on instead.
Thank god. I applaud ABC for this decision. Maybe this will convince these fanatic soap watching women to get off the couch, stop eating their bon bons and actually do something productive with their sad lives for once.
The only 2 good soaps that were decent were Dallas and Dynasty.
As a former CBS soap watcher, I understand your pain. I grew up watching Guiding Light, the longest-running drama ever, and As the World Turns. CBS killed both of them in the last few years. I wonder if it's the same people now at ABC making these decisions. Jerks.
The area's that these new shows will cover are already being covered on other shows. There's a channel called the food network. How many of these do we need? To me one is enough. Also for style type stuff is also covered on the Style network. Soapnet will be gone next year. We need a place for soaps canceled as well as new and on going type stuff can air!
That is classic and tragic all at the same time. Your grammy kicked the bucket cuz she didn't have a television?? I think at 99 yrs old there was probably a bit more to the story.
I don't watch eith shows but I can honestly say that I would rather watch these soap operas than watch cooking shows or reality shows etc. Soap operas are the best, so dramatic! a quality unlike another!
Good riddance~!
These shows are about nothing but cheating, conniving and back stabbing..
They are absurd and a huge waste of time. And they might have taught a couple generations of women how to manipulate and cheat to get their way..Total junk tv.
I am so worried, what is Corky going to do? Life goes on had been canceled! Dang!
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!
Really stupid. I can't stand what's happening to tv with this hideous format they keep shoving down our throats.
plzzz don`t take all my children and one life to live off the air they are my 2 favorite soaps so plzzz don`t take them off just to put stupid shows n its place
Why couldn't they just revamp the schedule. AMC and OLTL get one day a week. It would be alot cheaper. I know it won't be the same for the viewers.(I am not a big fan at all but I grew up with my mom being a devoted AMC fan.) If I were you I wouldn't put alot of stock in Oprah bringing it to OWN. She is on an ABC station saying she likes a show on ABC. Heck I would say I liked vomit flavored Kool Aid if it meant money in my pocket.
not a big soap watcher but i always liked tuning in to see who was doing what.....these stories are what separate the two types of tv cable and abc/nbc/cbs......unless its a movie station music i prefer regular tv it has more variety and some of the new shows are good there some that need to go, like nick burkis , love him but not for an hour.... the soaps have a world u can escape to and from....they have people u love and hate....a lot of cook show feature cooks not entertainers, soaps entertain....theres s different group of people that watch the soaps, id rather watch that than realty tv....i get enough of that at work....soaps are a good little escape....keep the soaps we need them
it appears we like to demolish our past. I totally believe abc is doing this for the quick dollar. However. Soaps have been here for many decades....it's part of our culture. Reality shows have been around for a weekend & they are willing to chuck the lot in hopes of the larger payoff. ABC will be punished eventually, & there is no going back.
Instead of everyone complaining here, goto ABC.com and click on customer service and complain to them!!! If there are enough viewers complaining they may rethink their decision, please get behind everyone and do this for all the lifelong and new soap fans. Tell them how you really feel and where it will hurt them to lose many viewers like us. They need to know AMC and OLTL needs to get a reprieve.
NOOOOOOO!!!!!!! ABC WHAT ARE YOU THINKING!!!!! AND TO REPLACE THEM WITH SUCH GARBAGE!!!!!!! WHAT'S NEXT GENERAL HOSPITAL AND GREYS ANATAMEY?????? REALLY BAD IDEA ABC!!!!!
Since I work during the day I have quite a few patients that watch during their treatments-this will be a blow. Another dumb decision by a dumber paper pusher
It is all about the money. Much cheaper to do a food show with one person than a scripted drama with a dozen actors. That is the same reason all these networks are doing so many realty shows featuring a bunch of losers and nobodies.
Well of course it's all about money ... that's why it's called "show BUSINESS". I'd hate for a CEO who's responsible for turning a profit and ensuring high shareholder returns make decisions based on whether or not people may get their little feelings hurt from time to time. My Lord people. Grow up.
Oh no it's like Elvis dying all over again! I feel just as bad. OLTL can't be axed. I've grown up with this show. Like we need another food show? C'mon. Who decided this? Terrible decision!
Join the real world people. Who sits around watching two hours of fantasy TV in the middle of the day anyway? Get a job or do some community service, but please don't sit at home all cooped up watching the same TV show day after day, year after year, generation after generation. That's just sad!
I am going to stay positive and hope that another network will continue my soaps! This is devastating!
gee i guess that means victor newman and Erica cane can get married now lol case u know half of them will show up on b&b & young and the restless y&R just signed on 4 another 3years on its net work mabey soap net will pick them up
Iam sadden, hurt, and destroyed by this news. This has been a bad choice from ABC. Many viewers watch these two shows, I've been watching them for over thirty years since very young and never got tired of them. If this is the case, then General Hospital should go as well. YOU GUYS ARE MAKING A HUGE AND HORRIBLE MISTAKE! ABC is my favorite channel but unfortunately there are being too many changes made lately making viewers choose to watch other tv networks. It's a total shame how these rumors had to become real, first they gave up some of their salary to keep the show running, but it served for nothing because you still did the worse anyway. Couldn't you have then made better choices in programs? You guys suck!
Dear ABC- You must have a brain trust going on over there, because your level of stupidity is unbelievable! Why do you think we need more drivel shoved down our throats? Stop catering to the lowest common denominator of people and listen to your fans. We don't want to watch talk shows or reality shows. We want our stories, and our characters that have become family over the years. If you start listening to the people you'd realize that you need to start firing people from the top down, and maybe things would turn around. The fish rots from the head,. Sincerely, your fans...PS This is not going to go away quietly. You've opened up a can of worms. Time to face the music and take responsibility for your bad decisions....
AHHHHHHHHHHH HAHAHAHAHHAHA BOUT TIME I LOVE FOOD!!!
I am so upset that they have decided to cancel OLTL. When my husband found out that he was going to stationed in Germany, we were very concerned, its our first duty station, and since we're both 19 its the first time we lived on our own. But once we moved I discovered that the AFN played OLTL, so every day for an hour, I would be able to feel like I was back with my mom in CA. Its one of those things that just makes you feel at home. I will miss it very much.
Well there goes the neighborhood!
As this is an ABC/Disney owned or affliliated site the fans will get little to no respect. I for one will be done with ABC for GOOD come September that includes primetime too. I am 35 years old and do not miss one episode of AMC and have not in the past 15 years.
holy crap ... this is stunning ... not that i follow daytime tv, or even tv at all, but remembering years ago how important these soaps and others were to women and teen girls it's amazing it's come to be replaced by another cooking show ... is this another cooking show where they scream at eat other? wow, those are just what the world needs ... soaps are much better for people than that ...
and unlike sitcoms etc they don't solve problems in one episode ... or even in a year as i recall ... much more like life ... nothing ever really gets resolved, the winners just keep the losers down and on it goes ... i just love people who act like life is a half hour tv show ... every day a crisis, a revelation and a big make-out scene at the end ... pathetic ...
frankly tv should be canceled
Its sad that this is what capitalism has brought this country to. Just another form of assembly line television. Quick cheap shows to make ABC more money. Less actors and writers to pay while keeping more profit. 10 years ago, before all the terrible, poorly produced "reality" shows came on, soaps were the trashiest stuff on tv. Today, compared with everything else, soaps were starting to look pretty good.
I can't believe they would cancel an American staple. All My Children is a great soap and should remain on ABC or soapnet. Please don't cancel this!!
Very sorry to hear this, they will be sorely missed, I hope the Exec's change their minds. No more Oprah, not more AMC or OLT... This really sucks. Clinton and Kelly are annoying and we don't need another food show!
OH MY GOD.......there is nothing to watch on daytime tv now....I guess they will hit General Hospital next, another icon...don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong about being healthy, happy, and joyful...but I always wonder where these folks get the right to tell folks how to live and where most of them have personal trainers and personal chefs to cook their food and "pump" them into shape....the average person cannot afford all that........
i cant believe you are doi g thi g to faithful viewers for 40 years and who are so attached to the charaters shame on you and abc it will become my least favorite network goodbye nad goodluck
I think the cancellation of AMC and OLTL is a HUGE mistake! if you need a revamp, then hire new writers! Why throw out the baby with the bathwater? Shame on you! After The VIew, I'm tuning to HGTV! If it weren't for Whoopi and Joy, I'd have no use for ABC Daytime AT ALL! I'm highly disappointed!
I hope they cancel daytime tv all together. that is kinda f'd up after that long though lol.
This is so incredibly sad. One more makeover show and a cooking show. Yeah- that's what we need.
I have watched these shows from day one, over 40 years, I have recorded them when I started work 24 years ago. I agree with all of you we do not need another cooking show or reality show. I hope you guys change your mind. I have not missed one show unless it was your fault. Your really should think this over. One Life to Live and All My Children are the best.
Hate to see these soaps go when they go I go. I have a limited number of shows I watch on ABC now. All My Children, One Live to Live and General Hospital are the best soaps around! Bye Bye ABC as you cancel them I will erase you from my channel line up as not to ever see any of the silliness you put on next. 25 hard years of wachting laid to rest you might as well cancel the network!!!
Ta Ta from Avid Soap Watcher!!! Love you Erica Kane/Susan Lucci
It is a bitter pill to swallow but in the long run it will get daytime viewers off their medications and into a healthier lifestyle. The results will be a more youthful, attractive and longer living viewer. This is the ultimate win win...
Lets see...I mowed the yard (1 acre ) with my push mower, cleaned out flower beds, walked 3 miles, washed 3 loads of laundry, made beds, grocery shopped and yes...still found time for my soaps. Not everyone that watches these shows is a couch potato. No more so than someone who sits down for the news shows, talk shows or reality tv.
Funny, all you people ranting about how you will stop watching. No problem. They are making the change because not enough people are watching right now. They know that more people are actually wacthing the type of shows that they're changing to. Good business decision and "good riddance" to those stupid soaps
The view sux now seriously you are taking away the best show ever one life to live and having lame cooking shows instead abc is a joke get rid of the network altogether
My grandmother died after they mistakingly put her in a nursing home room without a TV. She lived till the ripe old age of 99 simply because she always wanted to see what would happen the next day on her soaps. Now it's 20 years later and my mother who's 89 and lives for all my children and watches it daily.will be heartbroken. She'll most likely die this year. How sad. The network is killing off the seniors!
I hate it!! We have so many reality, cooking, weight loss shows as it is...I want the soap to remember how good I have and how good it can be when it's not. Can't compare them to the View, totally different time slots. Move the view to 1pm and the ratings will go down!
ABC you should not take these shows off, you dont understand what these shows mean to me. I have grown up with these shows w/my mom and sister and we still watch today since I was twelve years old. You dont understand how these shows remove me from a stressful state and keep me waiting and wanting more and more every week. Now I am 43 years old and I am so disappointed on this news. Please Please if you can reconsider I think you should do so...signed..die hard fan for life.
Notice all the old woman on here? Nobody cares about your demograph. I say good riddence
Ummm u must need a life if u bloggin with these old lady's...so who's the fool. You should be out somewhere catchin somethin u youngster.
He is: an STD
This is really too much. Yes I watch soaps at night on Soapnet and, yes, I DO have a life! These shows have been a part of my life since the 70's and so many people are still invested in these characters and stories. I hope someone out there realizes there IS still a major market for soaps. There is STILL a huge audience. I can always watch the Food channel or the FIT channel if I want to see those types of shows. This is Crap, ABC. OK Soapnet, how about producing some of these soaps if ABC wont do it? I bet you'd have a Huge audience.
THIS SUCKS!!! ONLY SOAP FANS KNOW HOW BAD THIS HURTS!!! ITS NOT JUST TV SHOWS.. ITS LIKE THERAPY, OR A REASON FOR MANY OF US TO JUST ESCAPE FOR A FEW HOURS A DAY, OR EVENING AFTER WORK ON THE DVR.. ITS BEEN IN MY LIFE , MY WHOLE LIFE.. AND I AM NOT ALONE..
ABC just lost this viewer. I have watched One Life to Live since the early 70's with my grandmother and now my 18 year old daughter and I watch it religiously every day. Big mistake ABC!!
Well...I am glad that I work during the day – the new shows sound awful.
I am very much upset with the news of these two soap operas that I have watched for over twenty years.These are the only two shows that I watch on a regular basis which are OMC and One Life to Live.To have cooking shows to replace these two shows is a shame and makes no sense to me.Cooking shows are in the morning afternnon,and evening and also on the weekends.I believe that the cooking shows should remain on the present schedule and not need to take the time slot of these two soap operas.If this happens then ABC will lose two regular watchers of OLMand One Life to Live.I hope and would greatly appreciate if this change does not take place.
They are TV shows. Get a life and go play outside instead of sitting in front of the tube.
As a long time watcher ...from the beginning...my ex got me started, I have to say why would ABC move the cast from New York to California to save money only to shut down production. I'm mad and I'm sure the cast is mad having made the move them selfs. I don't think at this point that ABC will change there minds, it seems like there looking for "The View" type ratings for that time period...GOOD LUCK...they'll probably end up with ratings more like CBS's "The Talk" those types of shows are cheaper to produce than a soap...one thing I'm sure some of, the actors will find jobs on other soaps and I'm wondering what it will be like seeing them play other characters...I mean can you see Erica being called by another name on another soap..I don't think so. Anyway good luck to the cast and crew and thank you for all the great stories.
I have watched amc for years and if I wanted to a food show i would watch the food network
As a long time watcher ...from the beginning...my ex got me started, I have to say why would ABC move the cast from New York to California to save money only to shut down production. I'm mad and I'm sure the cast is mad having made the move them selfs. I don't think at this point that ABC will change there minds, it seems like there looking for "The View" type ratings for that time period...GOOD LUCK...they'll probably end up with ratings more like CBS's "The Talk" those types of shows are cheaper to produce than a soap...one thing I'm sure some of, the actors will find jobs on other soaps and I'm wondering what it will be like seeing them play other characters...I mean can you see Erica being called by another name on another soap..I don't think so. Anyway good luck to the cast and crew and thank you for all the great stories.
Debbie I'm with you! I bust my butt sometimes six days a week making a good living, I have two teenage children and two younger step children I help raise! I take care of my mother who has cancer and I started watching these shows with her when I was six! I am an upstanding person in my community and have helped organized food drives for our schools, fundraisers and clean up our city drives! If I wanna sit on my ass for and hour or two on my days off and watch my stories then thats my choice! I dvr all my shows and watch when I can, yes they are just shows but they are like family and touch on topics that real people can relate to. I'm at a loss for words over this, first Guiding Light then As the World Turns and abc is going down the same road, such a shame! If anything the view should go along with Racheal Ray! And if it really is ratings thats because it takes more then one member of the household to support a family these days! But its not about ratings it's about change and following the leader!
Very stupid move DISNEY!
Oh my gosh, I have been watching All my children since it started and can not imagine it being cancelled. I guess ABC has to pay these fine actors and actresses and some get more pay than others but can they not just take a pay decrease instead of put.ting them out of work. I know life goes on but I guess they will have to go to another soap opera. Or yet I can see it down the road there will b no more soaps to watch. Sad sad. good luck to all the fine people that made this show a success..
OLTL is my favorite soap I have been watching it for over 20yrs and very sad about both shows going off the air. I most likely will not watch the shows they are replacing them with because I will be so disappointed that they are gone. I will miss both shows and will be a die hard fan for life.
I for one am shocked and appalled. My heart is broken. 2 of my favorite shows. I am retired and have watched them since they both began in 1968 and 1970. Please don't do this! If we want to watch foods we can go to food network or one of those other channels. I am speechless ABC. This is yet another viewer that will go to the other channels to watch about food and health.
This is so sad.
OK - now to the real reason. These ABC execs expect us to believe that this is about "research" instead of about people with substantial salaries and the network trying to save money? Give me a BREAK! These ABC idiots are expecting us to believe they are cancelling ALL MY CHILDREN and replacing it with a stupid food/health show that we viewers really want? PUR-LEEEZEE! If you think your viewing audience is that dumb, watch out! I'm MAD ABC!!!!!! If this is how you respect loyal viewers, go think again. Take your health shows and stuff them where the sun don't shine!
That is terrible taking great shows off the air!. We grew up watching those shows. Time to change the channel!!!.
Huge Mistake. Reminds me of the time coke changed the formula. Another huge mistake. More reality shows equals less time in front of the TV. Huge Mistake.
For all of you saying you've watched these shows since the came on, do you realize ABC is not targeting the 50 /women demographic?? They know this covers 90% of their soap viewers and they're looking for younger blood. Straight up... 25 /women will be watching their new shows and thats EXACTLY who they're targeting for their advertisers.
ONE LIFE TO LIVE ROCKS 24/7 rating are better place 4th place which i don't understand but then AMC second to last in rating. Hello ABC when One Lift to Live goes off the air in Jan 2012 it's good bye to ABC
I would like to say i am glad they are taking the soaps off. Maybe they will get off there big asses and clean the house.
maybe you need to get off your fat ass...That is the stupidest comment on here. Just because someone chooses to watch an ABC soap instead of talk shows does not mean that they are lazy or fat. I would much rather have Erika Kane as a role model for how I ake care of myself than some of the people on these talk shows.
I understand they have made these descions based on money,,,, Yet I am here to Tell you that I WILL NOT SUPPORT ABC shows knowing they axed these twho shows which were my babby sitters many times I watched with my Grandmother who has now passed. Im SICK that we have to suffer beause they had LOUSY Writers.... the soaps took these OH SO OH SO Predictable turns which were boaring....The writers aer to BLAME...why could we as the fans get what we wanted instead of the same ole, same ole stuff they had been recyclying for years. Awesome talent, REBECCA BUIDIG was and is the Next Erica Kane, and now history , my childhood history is fading to black. ABC I will not be watcing your shows..... Soaps give up a reason to dream, believe and we live so much thru they story. The story is what kept up coming for more..... I hope ABC Daytimes really knows what they are doing...... We will NOT take this lying down.
wth is abc thinking taking the two best shows aired for more than forty two years of viewing while sitting on the edge of your seat to wait until the next day to see what happens so you can discuss the fate of the best characters with your family and friends since reality of life has become too real to deal such a horrible blow by cancelling and removing the drama so heartfelt and surely missed ABC has no heart nor soul to be so evil minded towards its devoted viewers!!! *?*
you said it best!!! My sister and I are so upset...ABC needs to reevaluate this decision...you are hurting a lot of viewers.
Sad to see them go. I started watching them both from their first day, but I stopped years ago.
But my beloved General Hospital? That would hurt if they pulled it also.
I'm a lifelong General Hospital fan. I'll keep my fingers crossed that they'll have the budget to continue with it.
Well let’s start off by quoting Julia Robert’s character in Pretty women when she goes back to the dress shop that would not give her the time of day. ABC…BIG MISTAKE. BIG. HUGE! The major networks are tanking their own well being. ABC you have had some really good shows but you constantly mess with the schedule by running reruns or taking 4-6 week hiatuses. Take Lost for example. That was a great show the first season. ABC you hit a home run with that show until the second season came around and you started in with the reruns before Thanksgiving. Then you took part of December off and did not air another NEW episode of Lost until early February. Breaks here, breaks there…viewers lose interest and they don’t like being jerked around. ABC you have done the same thing with Desperate Housewives, Brothers and Sisters and many others. The cable networks are not putting you out of business…you are doing it to yourself. As for the thought of more talk shows, food shows, doctor shows, advise shows, reality shows -which in itself is a joke…we should call them “staged” shows- but anyway…the thought of more of those types of shows makes me want to throw up. I record All My Children and when I go to bed at night I watch it because it takes away all of the stress that I face during the day. ABC don’t you get it??? Maybe people want to get away from reality…especially in today’s times. As far as I am concerned you cannot catch enough hell from the viewers for this bad…VERY bad decision! As for the cast and crew of All My Children…we will miss you…I have tuned in to watch you every day since the early 1970’s. I am going to bed now so I can watch today’s recorded episode of All My Children in the hopes that I can put this awful news out of my mind.
Well said!
I guess Susan Lucci's diva days are over.
I have been watching abc soaps for over 30 years. ABC is going to lose many more viewers than they will pick up with more talk/reality shows. Soaps have faithful viewers that enjoy a chance to live in a fantasy world and get away from reality for a couple of hours a day. True...a lot of us work now but thanks to DVR we still watch the soaps daily. We certainly dont need any more talk shows or reality tv. At least I will save money on my electric bill having my tv turned off during the day after these soaps go off the air.
I've watched for years too but have not seen either on a regular basis in a long time. For those who want to keep the shows you can start an emailing campaign to ABC. Start a Facebook and Twitter campaign. Several shows have been spared the axe with such campaigns. If enough voices are heard it may force ABC to take a second look. Good luck!
Sad day. Please don't take General Hospital, too!
If AMC and OLTL are canceled then you will find me and others very upset. We grew up with these programs and I can't believe this will be canceled. What a waste of my life. This cannot be happening. This needs to be changed immediately. Who do you think you are? If this is horrible rumor, please let me know!
I cannot believe this! My husband told me about this and I thought he was kidding? I was born in 1961 and can remember watching these shows – with my mother – from the time they started.
Why the heck do we need more food shows let alone on daytime? AMC and OLTL have given us a chance to escape from our worlds in a safe way. They're nothing like all these "reality" shows that are flooding our lives now.
My mom is 80 years old, has had 4 strokes, and is 75% blind. While she might not be all there, when I tell her about this, she will know exactly what I'm talking about and the fondly recall the memories we have shared. At least something good will come out of this.
I grew up watching AMC & OLTL I can't even say how disappointed I am of ABC for taking 2 of the best day time shows off the air just to watch another reality show HOW EXCITING IS THAT....NOT thank god I don't like any other shows on ABC now I could find me a new tv station to watch
I think it is sad to see these shows go!!!! I do not watch this network I actually watch CBS but, have watched them a few times on Soap tv. I think we have enough talk shows and infamercial type shows on TV.. I agree with Kenny, does noone at ABC have better show ideas? Good grief.. I hope CBS does not get this stupid.
I hope all of you people on here that have blogged also go to ABC.com and go the customer service section and complain. I did and I hope they are bombarded because of their stupid decision. So visit their website and tell them.
just went to ABC and told them what I think. We should have all our friends who watch and are on facebook to do the same, the more the merrier, there is power in unity!!!!
ABC is making a HUGE mistake! Removing two shows (AMC & OLTL) both of which have millions watching them on a daily basis. MANY of the shows watchers, like myself have been watching for DECADES! And for what? MORE food and lifestyle shows which come a dime a dozen on many other cable channels DAY and NIGHT! What a foolish mistake ABC is making! NEVER will I watch ANY show ABC tries to replace AMC & OLTL with! I'm sure I am speaking for millions of other fans as well.
So one of my favorite is ONE LIFE TO LIfe will be gone. Do you really
think I will watch anything new in that time slot, NOT me the time
slot will be boycotted NO ABC 2-3PM every and perhaps more. SO have
your new fewers and forget the millions who did watch... see your
ratings then
I think that they shouldnt cancer the best tv show. the one life to live is the best shows to watch with the character played on one life to live and all my children is the best two shows to watch.
Both 'One Life to Live' & especially 'All My Children' have been staples in my life. I was born in 1973, and my mother watched 'All My Children' since as far back as I can remember, and then I watched it from junior high through college. However I have to admit I am no longer a viewer, but I will always be a fan & remember the shows fondly. I am happy to see more positive, informative shows replacing my favorite soaps. I think it is sooo much healthier. Leave it to the reality shows like the Real Houswives to show unhealthy living. I think I will be a fan of the new replacement talk shows.
Somebody got a bug to do this, and I am pretty sure it will backfire. Yes the View is great morning fare but throwing a couple of food station shows on between the local news and GH, what a laugh. I will be less likely to turn the View on as I know that not much to look at later. I might as well go to the food channel. Why watch ABC local news when it doesn't matter anymore what channel I have on, having ABC on in the afternoon means stories but if they are gone why bother tuning in at all, put on a movie or something. I don't see me changing back for GH, and Oprah is leaving so nothing to keep me watching ABC local news and then the world news I can go to any channel no tie to ABC, in fact I kind of have a bad taste in my mouth about the whole business. Reality is that many folks TIVO, or tape, or watch online, none of these are factored in to viewership numbers. But that is when folks skip commercials and so goes the money, it is a shame that it always comes down to money. But I bet those new shows will flop and other shows will lose viewers, we shall see.
FAIL ABC!!!! If I want to watch a food show I can turn to food network
Very disapointed with ABC. I've watched AMC & OLTL for years, I will not watch another food show! I hope some other network will pick up these shows. If I wanted to watch a food show I could do so on any number of channels.
ABC you lost a fan.
My grandmother used to watch these before she was cancelled.
I SERIOUSLY CAN NOT BELIEVE THIS...I HAVE WATCHED OLTL SINCE I WAS 9 AND IM 26 NOW..IVE GROWN UP WITH THESE PEOPLE..WHEN I READ THIS I CRIED LIKE A LITTLE GIRL WHOS DOG JUST DIED..AND WAS SHOCKED TO SEE WHAT IT IS BEING REPLACED WITH ARE YOU SERRRRRRIOUS!???? NO YOU CAN NOT BE I HOPE THIS IS A LATE APRIL FOOLS JOKE!!!! THIS IS THE WORST MISTAKE EVER...AND I HOPE ALL US SOAP FANS OUT THERE BOYCOTT ABC (BESIDES FOR GH) CAUSE I KNOW THE ONE AND ONLY THING I WILL WATCH ON ABC NOW IS GH!!!!!!!!!
Phew, at least Santa Barbara won't be cancelled.
Nobody's watching ? THATS WHY WE HAVE TIVO NOW, MORONS!! People have to work! They didn't before, but are no less loyal! A cooking show, seriously? We don't have enough? Sure, jump the the shark. Buh, bye. I haven't watched in years, but used to be addicted 20 yrs ago. It's a classic. Stupid, stupid move.
I've been watching AMC since I was in college in 1970, remember Erica so young. I've grown up with the show. Will miss it terribly. Not as attached to OLTL, but have been watching since it's beginnings in the mid 1980's. The two replacements are not the kind of entertainment, escape that I want or need. Is is possible that enough comments, complaints will change the minds of the ABC execs?
Used to watch OLTL but gave it up many years ago. Glad to see these shows go, they are so outdated. But cooking and food shows, please. What a bunch of crap, is there nobody with any good ideas anymore? ABC has made a lot of bad decisions, and they keep getting worse.
Awesome!
If you guys are going to miss your soaps so much read a romance novel. Its a soap in literature form, and just as petty.
Finally?
They were stupid shows anyways. They ruined a lot of relationships in America and the World when most women started behaving like these actors on these soaps. I glad the TV will now be cleared of these filths.
LOL, Ummm yeah moron, who do YOU know? Not anyone intelligent if they model their life after a soap!! Says a lot about YOU!! LOL.
Have you totally lost your minds at ABC? Why not just go ahead and take off GH too. Then you can just shut down ABC all together!! ENOUGH already of food and health shows..
How insane! I'm all for a company re-inventing itself, but why replace such a staple on American TV? Never in a million years would I have thought this would happen. These shows are great outlets when I get home from work and watch them faithfully. I am truly sad to hear this. I TiVo FoodNetwork everyday, so I'm not particularly wanting another food show...especially over my soaps!!!!!! Crazy and sad!!!!
What idiot made this decision? Of course we need more morons on talk shows!! Obviously ABC doesn't give a care about what their viewers really want to watch!! So long ABC, I hope I get called to really voice my oponion in a survey. This really sucks!!!!!! ABC decision makers you suck!!!1
ABC just lost me as a daytime TV viewer.
Umm.....never saw any of these because I've worked since I was 16 so I could care less either way. My fiancee on the other hand probably will be sad. I guess I'll give her some space for awhile.
Hmmm... Does this mean that people will actually have to GET A LIFE???
Frankly, won't miss them...good riddance...don't waste my time waching them either...
I heard the news from my grandmother this afternoon and when I make this comment I am speaking on behalf of my grandmother, my family and myself. Cancelling the shows is absolutely the worst idea that anyone could ever think of. First, do ABC realize how many senior citizens watch the soaps??? My grandmother loves her soaps, she doesn't drive and she is home every day with nothing to do but watch her soaps. If someone ask her what happened 10 years ago, she can tell you. I am certain she is not the only one. Personally, I work but I watch them EVERY NIGHT on SOAPNET. I look forward to settling down at a certain time each evening and enjoying my soaps. Also, one MAJOR THING for ABC to consider is that everyone is forever talking about OBESITY, what do you think will happen if people are sitting home watching and experimenting with cooking??? Please don 't cancel the soaps!
I hope those that have made this decision are tuning into these comments and re-think their moronic decision. AMC in particular has been a part of my life as far back as I can remember. My grandmother watched it, my uncle took his lunch break and watched with his secretary. In a depressing world that moves too quickly the soaps were something one could depend on, a source of comfort. This is not only sad, but shameful. I will NOT be watching the replacement shows and hope this signals the demise of ABC as they deserve to be gone as well. Whole networks are dedicated to talk and food and I for one am sick of being talked at or to. HUGE mistake. I, too, work but watch at night and on the weekend on my VIDEO tapes. This is heartbreaking as we"ve come to know how decent the actors on the shows are. Maybe one of the wiser networks will take over and air them! We love you Susan and Walt and company!
Our viewers are asking for something different is code for: We are looking to produce something cheaper.
WOW! When I saw that I didn't know what to think. I've watched OLTL for years. I'm going to miss ABC Daytime and won't know what to do at 2pm, after I get up from sleep working overnight. I've grown up with these actors and going to miss the stories...
This ridiculous consider the already HEAVY programming in the FOOD AND HEALTH catagories spanning both Network and cable channels!!! How many programs do we really need in all of these areas???? We all may not watch the same things/shows but give me a break...these 2 soaps have been on for years and have faithful followings!!!! They are classics and I highly doubt that these new shows will even come close to the viewership of the shows that they are replacing. I know that they will never last the decades that they have been on!!! How dumb of ABC to take these shows off the air!!! I know that I will never watch either show...I will be changing my viewing from ABC to ANYTHING else!!!
Wow. Another show about food. REALLY! If AMC goes, I'm just done with all daytime TV. I predict a huge ratings drop. ABC, your doing it to yourself. Why doesn't ABC solve their upcoming ratings drop issue and fire the people who made this ridicules decision. I'll get to dedicate my time to the lost art of reading books. Books that will NOT be about FOOD!
CHUCK (nbc) BOTH NCIS (CBS) HELLO OPRAH, FOX.
NO MORE ABC, WHO IS UR CEO?
CRAZY PEOPLE AT THE TOP .
WON'T MATTER IF U HOLD WORLD SERIES, SUPER BOWL, OLYMPICS,NASCAR, WHATEVER SPORT AND ANY SPECIAL EVENT! NO MAS!!!!.
It's about time! I will admit I was hooked on AMC in the late 80s, but when the soaps were pulled from their regular air-time during the O.J trial they came back to a different televison industry and were never the same. The networks saw how profitable reality TV could be so it was only a matter of time, I give the two shows credit for lasting this long. Is General Hospital still on?
Thank God my mom watches the young and the restless.
I have been watching AMC since I was 8 years old. I am now 47, and I still love AMC. It has been a part of my life. I enjoy taping it on my DVR and watching it at night. I always say that it is my time to relax and forget all the problems of life and the world. Shame on AMC for only being cconcerned with the opinions of the 30 and below population. There are plenty of loyal AMC fans in the 40+ group. You will certainly lose many of us as viewers, ABC. I will not watch any daytiime shows on ABC if this really happens. NBC will do just fine. We have enough talk shows and food shows. Who wants another? I will never watch any of these new shows. That's a promise. I am so disappointed in Disney. Don't you think they have enough money? It is two hours out of the whole day, and nobody cares about the viewers. Maybe the Oprah Winfrey Network will save the day. My heart goes out to all those who will lose their jobs. Shame on Disney and ABC.
There is plenty of food shows. I will truly miss All My Children & One Life to live. I also watch them most of my life. It saddens me to see them go. Why don't you take some of those food time shows that are shown on those channels, put them in the daytime slots and put on some new shows to come up with as sitcoms for the entire family to watch. (THAT ARE GOOD & DECENT). Something like 20 or 30 years ago.
ABC, shame on you!!! This is how you treat your loyal and devoted soap fans by replacing AMC and OLTL with yet one more "reality" food show and another "lifestyle" show? While I've watched them off and on since I was a teenager (I'm 38), I've been a full-time devoted fan to them for the past 7 years. Please don't let General Hospital go next! I will NOT be watching any of the new shows. I'm saddened and disgusted by your decision, ABC. I only hope that you will honor the legacies of these shows by giving them the appropriate endings that their fans deserve.
Two beloved and iconic shows axed in favor of more talk shows? Seriously? How much more meaningless blather can go on during the day? Well I'll be saving money each month as I can now cancel my TiVo.
ABC, you really got it wrong this time!!!
I was very unhappy to learn that the only 2 shows I watch regularly on television were going to ce canceled. I have been watching "All My Children," and "One Life to Live," for over 20 years. I believe that ABC is making a huge mistake and I know many people who are also angry about this change. I've also heard that they couldn't afford to keep these shows running, production was too much. The reality shows about fashion/lifestyle changes and cooking will not keep me watching. In fact I will no longer tune into ABC after they cut my shows. I only hope another network could profit by picking up these programs for their network. Good bye ABC, you will lose many loyal viewers.
I'm a dude, but I remember my mother talking about Erica Cane on AMC.
She never missed the show. I'm sure she and dozens of her friends
would have been really saddened by this. And I agree with so many
other responses-WHO IN THE HELL NEEDS ANOTHER FOOD SHOW!!!
I will not be watching any network shows that replace AMC or OLTL. There was a time when my day began with the Today Show, and continued with The View followed by AMC. I discontinued the Today Show and The View 5 years ago and stopped watching AMC last year – still watch OLTL. The teevee is on in my house too many hours in the day, as it is, and I'd rather have old reruns playing in the background than a network health or food show.
I have watched All My Children since I graduated from college. I am a retired teacher. When I was teaching I read summaries of it, and then when we were off for Christmas vacation, I picked right up where I had left off, and followed the story for years. In the summer and when school was out I watched the program faithfully. When I retired two years ago, I made it a point to watch All My Children every day. This was one of the few programs I watch on ABC. I am done with ABC no2. They made a big mistake. And for what? food shows. I will never watch these. I hope that these two new food shows flop, and that their advertisers make little. When the executives said that modern women do not watch soap operas that is a lie. I do Farmville and Frontierville, but I have made sure that I watch All My Children every day. Good bye ABC. I like CBS and NBC better anyway. Maybe Erica, Tad, David, and the others will go over to one of these channels. This was certainly a mistake on the part of ABC.
I miss "TGIF" that ABC used to have!!! I will truly miss "One Life to Live" - I've been watching it, since I was 10, ~ 18 years ago!!! It's actually the one & only show I DvR!!!!!
I have been watching these shows since I was a child, and still enjoy them. Why in the world do you think we need another reality tv show/ cooking show? Is it all because it's cheaper for the network? and not about the audience? I am so disappointed in this decision I can't even begin to expand on it. You can bet that I will be listening to the stereo and the tv will be off. I want to watch something that takes me away from reality not the same old crap the all the networks now want to show because it makes them tons of money and puts more actors out of work.
What bs I can't believe this I dvr oltl everyday and never miss a show I can't wait to get home at the end of the night just to watch it. I will surely not be watching some food show, I will not be watching abc anymore
I cannot believe that they are cancelling one life to live... I watch it mon-fri and if i miss it i always catch it online...what am i gunna do now?!?!? I will not support these two new shows coming. There are way too many food and health shows out there and frankly..there all boring!!! if i need a recipe ill just google. who needs to waste 30 mins watching it on television?!?! especially if they are the shows taking place of our fav soap operas!!!
I GUESS I'll be watching less tv.Oprah/Dr.Oz are the ONLY talk shows I watch.
I have watched AMC (for over 30 years) with my mother since I was a teenager. It is the only show on television today that I enjoy. It allowed me a brief respite from reality, and my mother and I, who live in different cities always bonded over the show...looking forward to what would happen next to the characters. If I would miss a show, I would either read the recap or watch the episode on the internet. It was a constant in one's life! I dislike cooking shows, reality t.v. and there doesn't seem to be any good movies on at all. There are no good sitcoms anymjore either. I am very sad to see the end to my beloved show!
Just watch SOAPS ONLY! Strike on the new stuff that will be taking over!
This just sucks....I can remember the first episode of each of theses shows. my mom lives and breathes for them. I worked in a retirement community years ago the ladies would sit and watch each one every day in the TV room, this BLOWS!!!!
I remember waking up from a nap one afternoon in 1975 when my mom was 24 and OLTL was on and Vicki was turning into her alter ego Nicki and being scared out of my mind. For OLTL , I remember Joe, Asa, Karen crying rivers of mascara to get away from Marco, Dorian in the Studio 54 years and having a crush on The Original Cassie.
AMC, I can remember Erica talking crazy to her mama, the first Opal, Tad, Liza, Liza's mom, Jesse and Angie. Jenny
What can I say? Soaps are a dying breed. CBS got rid of Guiding Light and As the World Turns recently. Passions is off the air. It seems like people just aren't interested in soaps anymore. Some people just don't have the patience for them anymore either. I'm sure it won't be long before Days of Our Lives, the Bold and the Beautiful and General Hospital get the axe as well. I predict soaps will be a thing of the past before the decade is over.
Also, I'm sure TV networks are trying to cut costs by making reality shows in place of scripted shows.
I forgot to add that maybe The Young and the Restless will probably be the only soap opera to survive before the decade is over.
I know how all of you feel. I came home every day to watch As the World Turns anthen CBS cancelled it. Now I have to watch a game show or repeats of Walker Texas Ranger, CSI's, etc. Soaps are expensive to produce and the target audience is not the 18-34 viewers that advertisers are trying to reach. Soap opera viewers are "passe" and demographics are all that matters anymore. Social networking has taken over. Go figure!
Mr. Frons has it all wrong about viewers eager for some new food and health programs to replace a beloved show we have been attached to for almost 40 years. I will be boycotting ABC daytime after AMC goes off the air. I am certainly not interested in any more reality, talk, food or health shows which are a dime a dozen. Shame on you ABC.
Everyone should go on a Strike with no TV! Just watch dvd's!! If no one watches tv maybe they will leave things alone and keep the soaps.
HUGE mistake. I will never watch ABC again. Please another channel pick up these awesome shows! Shame on you ABC! Your new shows will fail, mark my words.
What a shame...My heart is broken....
Well from what I heard it is because Cable companies are turning all analogy stations within the year to info commercial day programs. All else are going to digital. It is cheaper for cable to sell analog air time so we will have 30 min commercial programming. Your cooking shows etc are only going to have certain sponsors. I agree, leave it to the foot network. They just hired back writers and moved the group to California for what reason? Cable is dropping Soapnet and move it to a digital to where you have to pay to watch it.
Just because more viewers work doesn't mean we aren't recording it and watching them at night. just a thought people , If between now and september if everyone recorded the shows if they are unable to watch them, that might bring up the viewing numbers and maybe that would help the shows?
Now if they would only cancel the "reality" shows...
That sucks. The 2 new shows sound like losers. Instead of working with what they have dnd try to improve them they just decided to dump what fans have watched for 30 years
I am 63 and have watched and/or recorded these shows since they first came on. Now that I am retired and disabled I look forward to seeing them each day. I am disappointed and will no longer watch ABC. Get real we DO NOT need another cooking or selfhelp show. GET REAL PEOPLE!!!!!
Susan was interviewed on Fox News and said this was rumors!! Tell us it ain't so!! I listened to the interview with her and she said that she had her contract for 2012!!
No! I suppose I will have to boycott watching ABC after the last shows. OLTL and GH, and then Days are pretty much the only television I watch. It makes me feel good to know that no matter how crazy my life is, it could be crazier I mean at least most of these scenario's could never really happen and they wouldn't happen to me. They are really cutting out a large portion of their audience. For their sake, I hope these new shows are all they hope they are and pick up a new crowd...but during the daytime hours... Good luck... it will be tough.
Well, they don't call it PROGRAMMING for nothing. What to cook, what to wear, lifestyle decisions... forget about just being entertained anymore. we are all just slaves to "the machine."
This is very sad to me for one particular reason. It represents the fact that our society has changed so much. Hardly any mom is home during the day any more. I'm not a soap watcher now but my grandmom and mom were and I remember it being very comforting eating lunch together and watching their "stories" as they called them. It was part of the daily routine. The actors were excellent. The story lines were excellent. Actually, a lot of the dramas that are on in the evening are no different than a daytime soap....just on at night. This is a real shame.
ABC better realize they are making the wrong desion and turn this around.I I have been a loyal fan for years and this is a slap in the face. The only show I will watch on ABC now will be General Hospital. If that goes away then I will never watch another ABC show again. Seruisly ABC do you really think people will watch your new shows. You should show your fans that you appreciate them through good times and bad.
Soap operas are an important part of the working woman's day of unwinding and just relaxing to a story that we enjoy although Erica Cane also known as Susan Luchi is a terrible actress and I will not miss her!!!
The executives at ABC are making a REALLY bad decision. What idiot in the boardroom thought replacing AMC and OLTL was a good idea. They are going to fail in a big way. I really hate to see both of those shows go. I've been watching since I was a kid and I'm really going to miss them both. They could have at least replaced the with better shows instead of the two bs shows. The only positive thing that will come out of this will be the execs that made this stupid decision being fired once the new shows fail.
I can't believe that they are cancelling AMC, and OLTL, these are 2 very good soap operas. I have been watching these 2 soaps since I was a child, and I have always enjoyed wtaching them. Instead of taking the soaps off the air, they need to hire new writers, because it is quite evident that these writers do not know how to write a storyline. KEEP THESE SOAP OPERAS ON THE AIR.....
I've watched both shows since their beginings and recorded them on the early Betamax when I started to work during the day. You will be losing this daytime TV watcher. I will watch recorded nighttime dramas. I think this is a serious mistake on ABC's part. Losing so many daytime viewers should also cut into their nighttime program viewers. And, by the way, moving All My Children and all the cast and crew to Los Angeles only to cancel the show really sucks!
As of now I am boycotting ABC for this. What is wrong with you there. Don't you realize the impact that this has on us the customers who look forward to seeing these programs. They have been with us so long, they are now a part of our daily lives. Do this and take heed, you will be sorry.
From a lifelong friend to both shows, I will miss you's dearly.
bad decision to cancel these 2 shows. won't be watching daytime tv anymore.
I've kept up with AMC since it started. First as a child, then a student, then a young mother at home. I work outside the home full time now but catch it on Soap Net. If it's really canceled there won't be a reason for me to turn ABC on anymore. You'll lose this viewer.
BIG mistake.
Oh, and another thing, the perception that everything Disney touches "turns to gold" is a misconception that many no longer believe. Disney has most definitely lowered its standards in the last decade and may be making a terrible mistake with their choice in new shows. Instead of creating something new and brilliant, they are copying something that has already been done. Just another example of how "my generation" continues to screw up the entertainment industry: no creativity.
I watched OLTL since the early 80s, when I was a kid!!!, but stopped watching last year because the storylines became super annoying. I would continue to watch OLTL if some of the people who belonged together (like John and Natalie) would get together and stay together and be happy. The problem is that these shows have continually tried to reuse storylines from the past, ones that we were happy to see go. There has been no ingenuity among the writers and, therefore, the same old crap. Face it, something that was shocking in 1985 is not going to be shocking in 2011. I would love to see OLTL to have another chance, but the writers need to go. They suck, hands down.
No, they CAN'T do that. Please say it ain't so, let's boycott ABC!!!!
Good riddens. Now if they get rid if all the BS reality TV shows we might actually have something worth watching. What they are replacing it sucks but its a start. Seriously they need to cancel all the trash reality TV next. Trash for trashy people.
It's "riddance"
this sucks they are the only things I watch on tv I dvr them everyday
FINALLY! The curse on humanity known as Soap Operas are coming to an end. One less source of ridiculous drama to give bored housewives an excuse to bring more drama into their households. Amen. Now if they just cancel/ban "trash tv" like Springer, Maury, Montell, etc, etc. America's IQ will immediately go up by at least 30 points.
AMC is my favorite soap, I will not watch whatever show you replace it with.
I won't watch anything on ABC anymore. I will find something on another station. So long ABC. This is crazy. Who wants to watch a food show...not me!
I will not be watching these shows. I will no longer be watching The View OR any ABC Daytime show. Brian Frons lied about these shows not being cancelled. I just removed The View from my DVR today.
NO! I have watched and loved it for years.
This really stinks! These are the ONLY shows that I watch regularly. I work full time and I catch up with them on line or on soap net. I HATE all the reality shows. They are so fake and who cares what stupid wanna bees are doing. The soaps are at least entertainment. I am not fan of ABC anyway, guess I'll be watching even less now.
I just would like to know what viewers Brian Frons is talking about who want a change in programming?!? Doesn't cable offer us enough alternatives??? There are other wauys to cut costs, than to disappoint viewers and put SO many people out of work.
I won't be watching anything on ABC then cause I don't watch food shows! Move all the cast to California then cancel the show? This is terrible. I my work but I record on dvr on abc every day and watch All My Children every evening. bad move ABC must be a stupid idiot running the place!
I'm sorry for my thoughtless comments. Im an a**. Please forgive me
Another long time tradition going out the window!!! Big mistake!!
I'm devasted after hearing this news. Isn't there enough cooking shows and reality shows for the people who watch them? How can we stop this? I DVR both of those shows every day and catch up on the weekends...that's the only TV I watch also...I guess it's time to look for another channel...
I am so upset,I have watched all my children for yrs. Another cooking show,there is too many on tv now.
When ABC cancel All My Children & One Life To Live that will be the last day I stop watching ABC.
Who want another FOOD SHOW/REALITY SHOW. Enough already.
ABC you're through. What a SHAME, SHAME, SHAME.
I bet we will hear some cable network or other production company will continue them on soapnet in some fashion, perhaps weekly or quarterly miniseries. these names will not go away easy. wait and see. the early notice is opportunity for the industry to find a way an place to keep them alive
Another cooking show and a "self" help show! Gee some get the party hats and ballons, sounds like another winning idea, yawn city!
ABC this is wrong on so many levels.
The term Soap Opera came about because Soaps were sponsored by advertisers selling laundry soap and other household products to viewers, mostly stay-at-home moms. Over the years network television advertising has lost much of its effectiveness due to Cable, the internet, DVRs, DVDs etc. So advertisers have left the medium in droves. No sponsors, no shows, no matter how many viewers are watching.
ABC is making this decision based purely on making the highest profit from dwindling advertising dollars.
These new 'lifestyle' shows are like hourlong commercials filled with segments hawking products (product placement) to viewers in the guise of presenting 'information'. It will be like watching two solid hours of commercials!
I understand ABC's motivation but am sad these shows are being canceled. I will miss AMC and OLTL!
I can’t believe ABC is doing this!!! I have also grown up watching the ABC soaps. It’s the only reason I watch ABC!!! The only reason I voted for Time Warner to renew ABC’s contract last year. ABC will now turn into most other stations that are trying to “force” viewers into watching mainstream CRAP!
u can not be serious as long as the stories been running now u wanna turn them off for sum food show and health show i am really mad and speechless this is truly sum bs and i wish i cud do sumthin about it i grew up watchn oltl,amc,and gh with my grandmother and it really upsets me if i must say so again and again
Well I wont be watching ABC anymore!! Way to dump views ABC. Daytime people arent going to want to watch those shows. Well at least I will have old episodes of OLTL to watch and I will have more rioom on my D.V.R. So sad ABC so Sad.(way to not care about your viewers Fonz)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE_HCi4MZhs– WATCH THIS!
I started watching AMC in 1982 as a sophmore in H.S. I will miss watching it, however I told myself when it ever did come to an end I was never going to invest my time into another soap. Thanks AMC for 19 yrs. of entertainment! I will now occupy that time slot in my day to something more productive other than watching TV!
ABC has made a terrible mistake and will definitely lose their viewers! I can watch food shows and exercise and lifestyle on other channels and do by my own choice. You can be sure I will not be watching ABC's new shows. Leave the soap operas alone and get rid of some of the dumb reality shows. BAD MISTAKE ABC!
I cannot believe ABC would do this! These show are iconic and need to remain on. This is heartbreaking. I will never tune into ABC ever again one they cloae out. Terrible!
Thank god. This show has been awful for years. It's the same old story line over and over and over. Who slept with who yada yada yada...BORING!!!! Thank you ABC.
I feel like I just had a heart attack!! Cancelling All My Children is the most ridiculous choice you have ever made. I have watched it for 40 years, I plan my whole day around it so that I can sit down and eat my lunch while watching it. I have it recorded, even when I am on vacation, and if in fact you really cancel it, I will never watch ABC again. Please, please think again about this, I was deeply saddened today when it was announced. I beg of you, do not cancel this program.
I know its business and its been projected for awhile now (interviews with soap actors have been eluding to it more recently too) but I'm still a little shocked to see it actually happen. While the storylines may in fact be ridiculous (although lets face it, soaps aren't the only absurdities on television), there is just *something* about this genre of television that tugs at your nostalgic heartstrings if you've kept them at arms length for any amount of time. I grew up coming home from school and seeing them on the tv and picked up enough that when I was older and would catch them it just gives you that momentary smile of the 'good old days'. And what's better is that you can come and go to a soap opera and still figure your way through it all after a few days! I keep my soaps on tivo and every so often watch a bunch in a row, especially if I'm sick and in bed for a day, or doing 12 loads of laundry (which feels like being sick all day). I equate soaps to being a book that you could keep turning the pages and never reach the end...until now, apparently. Sad sad news, I have no interest in the new shows either, if I want 'information' I get it from the internet when I need it. I tuned into my soaps for some downtime that doesn't make me think!
I have been watching these soaps since I was a little girl with my mom and today my kids and I and sitll my mom watch them well thanks for nothing ABC you have just lost 4 viewers watching anything on ABC. Why cant you keep them going on soapnet at least
I am truely going to miss these shows. I have watched them both for thirty-five years. My husband and I bounded over them every morning before we went to work. There will be such a void. This was a great escape.
What makes these people think that the VIEW is a good program? I hate the View, it is nothing but a bunch of women who sound like a bunch of hens? You cannot compare the VIEW to these two soap operas. I hope that this decision will have a very negative effect on the network and they loose alot of viewers. Me being one of them. Please reconsider
To the cast of AMC, you will be missed but not forgotten!!!!
This was bound to happen. 20 and 30 yrs ago, we only had ABC, NBC, CBS as the primary networks and they carefully and systematcially CONTROLLED what viewers saw. I remember during my freshman year in college, I purposely didnt schedule any classes between 12:30 and 4pm, just so I could watch the ABC soaps (Ryan's Hope,All My Children, One Life to Life, General Hospital). Now with the introduction of independent producers and cable, viewers have a choice of what to look at. So after many years of watching recycled story lines (how many times can Erica get married? she can't exceed Liz Taylor) and with basically 4 characters still around from the 80's (Erica Kane, Tad Martin, Jesse and Angie), the handwriting was on the wall. But I'm going to look for the "All My Children" marathons where they show the characters from the 80's (Phoebe, Linc, Kitty, Ann, Joe, Kate, Myrtle, etc). BRING ON THE "AMC" RE-RUNS!!!!!
This is a mistake. I was a loyal fan of CBS As the World Turns & Guiding Light. When they took them off air, I do not watch CBS any longer and switched to ABC. If ABC cancels the soaps ... then I will no longer watch ABC for ANY show! Good news! I won't have a cable bill much longer if this is what one gets for loyal viewing!
So are they still going to be on soapnet or is it the end for P.V. and L.V.?
Please dont take all my children away from me i was watching since it came on we dont need cooking show they have rr on channal 2
Kevin Bacon, James Earl Jones, Marisa Tomei, Julianne Moore, Meg Ryan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lauryn Hill, Brad Pitt, Susan Sarandon, Josh Duhamel, Tommy Lee Jones, Demi Moore, Eva Longoria, David Hasselhoff, Tom Seleck, John O'Hurley,Ricky Martin, Kathleen Turner, Teri Hatcher, Christpher Reeve and Ray Liotta have all been on soaps. Apparently, soaps aren't just for no talent actors/actresses.
I WILL NO LONGER WATCH ABC PERIOD! I HAVE WATCH OLTL AND ALL MY CHILDREN MY ENTIRE LIFE! THIS IS A HUGE MISTAKE. NO MORE ABC FOR ME OR MY FAMILE PERIOD! I ONLY WATCH ABC SOAPS & DWTS!
this is so stupid; who do you think watches these soaps? the same people who would watch that is in the same slot; do you actually think they would watch something in those times slots other than the soaps?? NO; they only thing wrong with the soaps these days is some not all but some of the writing; fix that and fans will come back; cancell the soaps and abc will have a huge boycott on your hands; i can tell you right now it will happen; it won't be just daytime; it will be nighttime too; is it really worth it??
I CANT BELIEVE THIS THIS IS TERIBLE!!
Will SoapNet at least pick them up and produce them??! That should be an option if its not already on the table. This is sad news indeed. The Soaps are some peoples "get away" from their own lives. It's a transference of their own problems and they can step out of their own lives for an hour. These two I will especially miss!!
Soap Net will be gone in a few short months. After 2011, it will evolve into children's programming.
Quote Brian Fons: “We are taking this bold step to expand our business because viewers are looking for different types of programming these days. They are telling us there is room for informative, authentic and fun shows that are relatable, offer a wide variety of opinions and focus on ‘real life’ takeaways. A perfect example of this is ‘The View,’ and that factored into our decision.” My question is; This bold decision came about based on whose calculations? I'm sure the lower to middle viewing class who keeps the programming alive was not involved.
I just can't believe it!!! I have watched AMC since it first came on, have been thru everything with Erica and Tad. Will miss you all
Hmmm, replace 2 pretty good shows with, two totally boring shows, bad move, just saying. I'm a guy and am not ashamed to say, I enjoy AMC. Ya see it started with me being the new kid on the block at work and making the mistake of eating in the kitchen with the ladies, (who watch AMC religiously) It was like I had warped into Borg space and was assimulated........resistance was futile. Just saying, it's not good to tick off the Borg lol.
You can't cancel my two favorite show. I DVR them every day so I have something good to watch when all that is on is crap every night. I have watched these two shows all my life and if you cancel them I won't have anything to watch any more. If you want to take a show off the air take General Hospital off they are the worst show out there.
Finally! those shows are LAME!
another food show!!!!!!!!!! gimme a break! if these folks dont know how to cook/eat healthy by now then they never will. 1001 ways to fix chicken will not change their eating habits. i have watched amc from the first first day. me and my grandmother would watch this every day after we got home from work. we lost our selves in erica kanes world along with Dr jeff,phoebe tyler mona,charles myrtle and her rooming house,jenny and her forbidden love, the joys and tears through out the years i will truly miss this show.i was over seas for about 4 years and missed a lot but after my return,i resumed watching and it took me no time at all to catch up(hehe) it makes me wonder tho will erica end her reign married or single???? ill stay tuned in.. so sorry abc had had to remove a favorite soap for many.
This is so very sad
I sure hope they change their minds before they do this. Mom and I watch them faithfully every night as I tape them for us. It is our "girlfriend" time together. Very special for us. It will be so sad when they go. Please change your mind ABC!
I'm sure you and your mom can find another show to tape and watch together.
For Brenda it is not about the show but about the quality time people apend together doing any activity. Now a days people are to busy for 5 minutes together. So anytime together doing something people share a love for should be a great thing. Don't you think???
For Rachel: yes, I agree with you.
Brenda, thank you for the respect. I appreciate a intelligent reply. So many people are here just don't get it and have no sense of family or intelligence. So thank you and wish you all the best life can bring.
I got hooked on AMC in 1978 when Erica and I were both dating guys named Tom. She and I had a lot in common; it was scary! Of course, I didn't know her entire past at that point. I will miss both shows terribly. So won't my cats, Erica and Zack – no kidding.
I have watched One Life to Live and General Hospital since I was a kid and I'm in my mid 40's. Since the invention of the VCR & DVR I've never missed an episode! I am deeply disappointed in ABC for following the crowd in SOAP cancellations. I won't be watching whatever junk they put on in place of it.. I might switch over to NBC and start watching Days again! I don't watch The View or GMA – don't need more reality stuff on tv. I like my soaps because when I'm having a bad day I can come home from work and immerse myself in the lives of my favorite characters and after seeing their problems – life doesn't seem so bad after all. Hopefully another network will pick them up. OPRAH – help save our soaps! Pick them up on OWN.. you'll grab a ton of viewers!
THANK YOU BRIAN FRONS AND ABC!!! BEST DECISION EVER TO DUMP THESE GARBAGE SHOWS!!
The LAST thing ABC needs is another food show. We already have too many!!! Brian Frons is an a**! I say everyone go to the store, and buy 10 bars of the cheapest soap you can purchase, engrave 'BRIAN FRONS YOU SUCK" on the soap, and send it to him.
So very very sad. I've watched AMC since Erica Kane and I were both in high school. I, like others, drive home on my lunch hour to watch it. I wonder what ABC is thinking? I bet they see, in just one short year what a mistake they made! And THEN, AMC can return, with an AWESOME story line... bringing everyone back to life again... haha. Sorry ABC – canceling AMC is a giant fubar on your part. No forgiveness.
This is a huge mistake! Are they out of their minds???I will never watch ABC again if they pull this crap!
Does this mean more talk shows about chicks who don't know who the father of their demon spawn is?
I am so upset about all my children and one life to live being canceled..I WILL NEVER WATCH ABC NETWORK AGAIN IF THESE TWO SHOWS DO NOT AIR AGAIN. I grew up on these shows I have been watching them for 35 yrs and they are like my family...These shows have gotten me threw the worst times in my life. I look foward to coming home and watching my soaps..Another food network are you kidding me..I hope another network picks up these shows come on FOX and NBC...You viewers will increase if you pick up these shows...I wan to save these shows people lets do something...
gee...thanks Janelle.....rudeness looks great on you!
I am so upset! I am 54 years old and have been watching AMC for 30+ years! I even named my daughter after Erica Kane! Now ABC is gonna cancel the show for another food show?? Like we need that! All I can afford is basic cable, and AMC is one of the shows that I enjoyed watching. I will not be watching ABC anymore! I think taking a primetime soap opera that people have been watching for years off the air to replace it with something that already exists is the upmost ridiculous idea I've ever heard. Shame on you ABC!
You named your child after a tv character? And a soap opera one at that? Classy move. My guess is that she's headed for a career involving serving fries as opposed to being a justice of the supreme court.
Hey Debbie: it's "utmost", not "upmost". Maybe you should have spent more time reading instead of watching the idiot box.
Hey Billie and Norman grow up. It is called not being rude. People have the right to choose whatever name they want for their child, guess what it is not your problem. Are you calling her a stupid woman and her daughter, who is the stupid one who comments on a family who is caring enough to give their daughter a beautiful name. I wish Debbie and her daughter much success in life and please it does not matter what people think just yourself. Don't listen to ignorant people whom obviously have nothing better to do with their time but put people down and make people feel bad when they don't have the intelligence of a pea. Debbie I agree with you.
These were the only 2 programs that I watch on ABC, and now I will watch nothing. Clearly ABC doesn't care about its viewers.
I have been watching these shows for 30 yrs!! If General Hospital goes off the air, I'll have no reason to watch daytime TV ever again! "Scripted" tv may be more expensive but its why I watch.... to get away from reality for awhile. I live reality, I don't have to watch TV for it.
I am honestly disappointed for two reasons. In this economy even actors and actresses have trouble getting work, so why would you take away income from their families, and for the newest members of the cast also the veteran actors that have been on for the longest. When I lost my husband, my children and I started watching both All My Children and One Life To Live, it brought our family close and we got through the really hard times. Even though it is still hard we watch these programs religiously and now you are taking away the happiness we share as a family. I know it might sound stupid to some that Soaps can bring a family close together but it worked for my family. I have a daughter going to college in a year then I will lose her to. The enjoyment of watching these two shows together as a family is getting farther away. Thanks for ruining one of the enjoyments in life that brings our family time together. No matter what is on ABC that have lost not just our 4 viewers but thousands of others. We have enough healthy programs on TV there are certain channels for people who prefer those shows, let those channels have those shows. I hope another channel steps up and continues a tradition in my family and millions of others like the soap channel, NBC, CBS, etc. Once again another TV channel has let viewers down, thanks ABC for ruining family time.
Why do you watch soaps, Rachel? Sounds like you're quite the drama queen in your own life.
Hey Ignorant Bill, I'm sorry do I know you? That's right I don't know you one little bit. If you knew what my life has been like you wouldn't dare comment. When you lose a signifiant other and take care of 3 children and a family member who is ill, then you can come at me after you open your mind and shut your mouth. Soaps is not the only thing I watch if I have time to watch TV at all. MY FAMILY enjoys the release of watching a make believe show, then it's back to reality. A couple of hours of release never hurt anyone and I choose to release in my own way guess what not your concern. Maybe you should read again and think of something useful to say. Lovely chatting with you Ignrant Bill, much happiness in your future endeavors as a trash talking magazine writer.
why cant these two shows be picked up by another network?. I will not be watching anything that they put in the place of these two shows, Especially a (Cooking show). It is up to each individual how they want to eat. Here goes another (THIS IS WHAT YOU GOTTA EAT).GREAT? SMART MOVE ABC. I will definatley be watching more CNN/FOX NEWS/MSNBC, anything but ABC.
What astounds me is all of the people on here that said they "Grew Up" on the soaps & have been watching them since age 7, 8, 10, since they was little etc.... REALLY ? Your parents allowed you at that tender age to watch steamy love scenes , divorce, adultery,extra marital affairs etc as if it was the norm , therefore growing up with that mindset it is hardly suprising that it eventually became the norm in society.Seriously if your parents encouraged this kind of viewership in you as a child I would question why it took soaps to "bond" you as opposed to reading to you, playing games with you, doing crafts with you, singing , dancing, & just acting plain goofy with you,why would a 7 year old child need to watch soaps ? why would a parent even let them watch a soap ? The mind boggles.
100% right!!!!! thank you for your excellent insight – it's the most intelligent comment on this thread.
When you say how it astounds you that people grew up with these shows, first of all why are you commenting in the first place if you disagree with watching soaps. Second of all back when viewers were younger and watching these shows it started conversations in the home that back then families really didn't talk about. I would rather sit and watch a program that you can explain to your children as it goes on, it brings up topics that otherwise may not get brought up and then your children learns in a not so healthy way. So think about what you say and open your mind to other ways of thinking and how you look at certain topics before sticking your foot in your mouth. In my case I lost my husband abd believe it or not my kids are teens and these two programs brought us together and helped us get through it by bringing laughter, tears, suspense, and joy. So think about it for just one second, say to yourself should I really comment on something I don't have my mind open to???????
Um, yeah. When I was 10 I'd fold clothes with my mom during All My Children. I wasn't raised in a rubber room like so many kids today. My mother used the story lines to teach me about the amoral and disingenuous characters on the show and relate them to women I can recognize to this day in our society.
I'm in my 20s, but I've been a OLTL fan for quite a few years. I'm saddened for the actors/actresses. Are you guys forgetting that people like Julianne Moore started out on soap opera? I am displeased by the replacement shows. It seems like they should be able to fit those in another slot. We have enough reality shows on FOX, NBC, MTV, VH1, etc. I usually watched the soaps when I was in between classes, but with the creation of DVR and Soap Net, I was able to watch anytime. It sucks that so many people have to lose jobs. I could see that OLTL was going down. They keep ruining relationships and characters, so that was a given. AMC went down when they decided to relocate 3,000 miles away. That is a lot to ask of a person who has a family and a spouse with a career. Who wants to uproot their children and relocate? I know the expenses behind a soap opera are expensive. They don't even comment on salaries. You can kind of take a stab at it because Susan Lucci's salary was reduced by what $400k or something? That says a lot. I wish everyone well.
This is a poor decision that ABC will regret. I'll be sure to turn my tv to CBS or NBC during those 2 hours.
Bad decision to cancel these shows. Worse decision to replace them with what they are planning.
Thank god they are cancelling these shows. My mom used to torture me as a kid by making me watch them when I was home sick from school. These instruments of audio/visual torture took...nay STOLE away precious hours of Legend of Zelda time from my life.
I haven't watched a soap opera in several years. It's still sad to see them slowly become a thing of the past. I remember my grandmother watching one back in the 1960s. It still had several of the same characters on it a couple of years ago when I was flipping channels.
Nooooo this can't be happening!!!
I know that people like different things, but I personally can't imagine a need for even one more food or self-help show. The market is flooded with them now. However, do we really have to dismiss all things "old" as undesirable to everyone? Although I personally don't watch soap operas, I do see the value of keeping many of our American traditional programming, along with hard back books, board games, bicycles, and many of the other time treasured favorites. I have many friends who truly enjoy their "soaps", and feel that since they aren't part of prime time t.v. slots, I'm sure they still have many faithful viewers.
I am so sorry to hear of the cancellations. Am a long time viewer of both soaps and will not watch their replacement programs. Soaps are pure entertainment, and I can sure use some entertaining in this day and age. Will miss them terribly.
OH heeeell no! My mom used to watch it while I was a kid and then I got into it as a teenager. I still watch it till this day. I DVR it while I'm at work. Why do we need another damn FOOD show. That's what the food network is for! I'm highly upset and hope they change their minds.
I'm going to boycott ABC, unless they re-instate these 2 Soaps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yawn.
OH NOOOOOOOOO- you are making a very HUGE mistake!!!! If we want to watch a food show, we tune in to the food network & same w/fashion show!!!! There are a lot of fans for both of these shows, as I am one of many!!!!! Get rid of General Hospital, which is useless & has the same old story lines. AMC & One Life are not replaceable !!!!!
I'm heartbroken! I started watching soaps with my mom as a young girl. They have been my friends and favorite TV entertainment ever since... something like 40 years. I'm going to cry. I can't believe it! I'm definitely not interested in either of those other shows.
TV characters have been your "friends"? You DO know they're not real, right Lisa? How about becoming friends with some 3D people. Nitwit.
What are they planning to put in the time slot? ANOTHER STUPID SHOW ABOUT HOUSE WIFES THAT ARE NOT EVEN REAL HOUSE WIFES? OR ANOTHER STUPID COOKING SHOW? This is truly a sad day, I have watched these shows since I was in high school and i am 56 years old. I really think that ABC should consider there decision because it is truly a stupid one.
Yay! The last remaining soap dinos are gone –yippie!!!
I am 60 years old and started watching soaps back in the day....the first soap I ever watched was Edge of Night, where I would rush home after school to watch and when that went off the air, I started watching Another World and have been watching the Young and Restless since it aired.
And before anyone says, I should have gotten myself a life....I did. I was in the work force for 35 years and just recently retired. There's nothing wrong with watching soaps and I am a faithful viewer of Y & R. It is the only one I watch and should it go off the air, so be it....I'm sure I will survive.
... and what exactly is your point, Susan?
this network might as well throw in thier hat and give it up...... another food network... what a laugh.... what an unusual idea.. isn't it.. ? you can't fix what isn't broken... we lost oprah.. now two of the best daytime tv entertainment shows
thier are... hey up there... open your eyes... why do you think that they have been on tv so long... .. geez.. what will it take to wake you people up and finally give the public what they want...
but i have an idea.. what if everyone who objects to this stops buying the products advertised and email all your friends and have them email all thier friends to stop buying the sponsors products... maybe that wlll wake them up and
give the public what they want....we dont' want these show taken off.... we don't want to lose the actors.. believe it or not they are a part of our everyday lives.. they are our family....
You sound as ridiculous as the other Marge. you know...Marege Simpson...Homer's wife
Bring back Dark Shadows!
stupid, I know, but I cried all the way home from work tonight after reading this. I have watched OLTL for almost 25 years. It is a tradition and now my daughter likes it, too. The current story line on bullying relates to real life. Why ANOTHER cooking show? PLLLLEEEAAASSSEEE!!!!! ABC executives don't give a crap about what people enjoy. I agree with those that have said they would just like to focus on a nice break not having to "think" about what some TV station is trying to cram down our throats because THEY think it's good for us. That hour is my relaxation. ABC has lost another viewer. I don't NEED to watch ABC with all the satellite channels we have access to. BAD MOVE –ABC!!!!!!!
You're exactly right Carla ... crying over a cancelled tv show IS stupid. Moron.
i have been watching oltl for yrs now and I love it. I really wish they would reconsider. I will probably watch movies in their place
I have been watching OLTL show for a couple years now i think maybe 3 and it is one of the shows that i ALWAYS watch u are going to loose so many viewers like a lot of viewers. This will be a dumb move on ur part. There are already ENOUGH shows about food. ON TLC AND THE FOOD NETWORK AND im pretty sure i can find ALOT more on my channels. u do not need to add food shows. Most of them are really boring. and have been taken off air. I really hope u change ur mind because u ARE GETTING RID OF 2 OF UR MOST POPULAR SHOWS THAT PEOPLE WATCH. U PEOPLEARE DUMB TO DO THIS
One Life to LIve was always a favorite in the mid 90s to mid 90s. Adored the Buchanan boys. They will be missed but will live on im my memories. Oh the cat fights!! God bless these two shows for the many years of enjoyment they have given.
Oh No – Don't do this to us – NO AMC and OLTL – Do you realize all the people that watch these shows are going to be thoroughly disgusted with your taking them off the Air and putting on another show that we don't need – Food or anything else – If it has to go on put it on late at night or in the early morning hours but leave these two stories alone. I have taped and watched them for years and now that I am retired and can sit down and enjoy watching them everyday – you want to take them away – NO WAY.
This is the first time EVER I have felt compelled to comment on a story. ABC is making a VERY VERY huge mistake. While I am a busy person and don't watch the shows in real time – they have my DVR working hard every day. They are the only reason I even pay for DVR service. I have been watching both shows since the mid 80's. My children watch them with me at night while we eat dinner... even my husband gets into them. ABC and the writers of these two shows did exactly what these shows were intended to do... they entertained – they captivated – and the characters became a part of something we could look forward to seeing every day. And what happens to the actors that have been on these shows for years and years? Their loyalty gets them nothing more than an axe? Sincerely ABC – this is 100% stupidity. If you want to entertain the public with cooking shows... buy a new station and broadcast that baby all day long in 18 languages for all I care... but leave our daytime programming alone. I will not be watching your new shows. If I want to know about a new upcoming recipe or healthfood, I simply go to my internet browser and type it in... I don't need hours of tv to show me something I can find wiht the touch of a button. I do, however, need my AMC and OLTL as a pure escape from reality for a short time each day. If ABC continues on with the nonsense and does not change their mind - I have no desire to watch ABC or any of the stations owned by or affiliated with. Fools...
I watched the very first episode of All My Children – remained glued to it daily until around 1995 when my work took over. oh the plot twists and the connections of who is sleeping with who has continued from what I have read. It will be missed but I have my memories of those good old day... Jeff Martin, Joe Martin. Mona Dr Cahrles Tyler...
PS – Kelsey Grammar on a reality show? Give me a break. He started the dating kids trend. Really?
OMG I am shocked at this news. I absolutely love the soaps. They bring me much enjoyment and are just plain relaxing. The actors and actresses are like family to me. Many wonderdul stars of tody have gotten their start on the soaps. I think it is a shame to cancel these programs after so many years. They are part of peoples lives and have been passed down from generation to generation. Like we need antoher food show or yet another reality show. Please!!!! The soaps were a wonderful way to escape reality, not to mention al the valuable storylines that have been done that help people deal with real life situations. For example the storyline about Shane on One Life to Live. Bullying is a real problem in the world and this storyline was bringing bullying to so many peoples attention, adults and children alike. I feel that cancelling the soaps for more reality TV is a HUGE mistake and ABC will lose many many daytime viewers. I record my soaps daily and I will refuse to watch the new programs taking their place. Deeply saddened.
Mother/Daughter – Faithful Soap Watchers in New Mexico.
Thank god for for satelite!! All My Children was the only show I watched on ABC. Once All My Children is off the air I am done with ABC. Ever since Disney took it over they always manage to some how get some kind of Disney refrence in their shows....so I stopped watching. I started watching All My Children when I was 16, I am now 52. I will really miss this program. Shame on ABC!!! The all gready bosses want something more profitable!! Who cares what viewers want! Why do we need more food shows or improvement shows? They used the View as an example. Never seen it...don't plan on seeing it. I really hope a different network picks up All My Children. Any channel..any time I will watch it.
OK. I get it. I figured Oprah W. had to have her fingers in on this. I get it now. AMC, OLTL on OWN...!!! Like the 2 party political system is meeting its end, so is the domination by ABC, NBC, & CBS. I agree I will not watch ABC either...good bye and farewell to my viewing. Boo Boo Boo. Carla -- Really?!? Wasn't a fav. on TChef ... Won't be a favorite then. Better think twice!!! Idiots still don't know their markets.
You have GOT!!!!!! to be kidding. I can not believe someone would do this. There is no way people are going to watch a food or health channel instead of AMC and OLTL. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDING!!!!!!!!! OMG WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO!!!!!. Rethink it ABC Rethink this
OMG you have GOT to be KIDDING me about how INSANELY emotional you are about this. It's just a tv show, Bridgett. Find another show to devote your empty life to.
reality shows killed the tv shows (music)
This is outrageous. To put another drivel "chat" show on..... People go to Pine Vally to realize their own daily lives are not so bad by comparison. It's an hour a day when you can forget yourself. I absolutely will NOT watch "The Chew" or anything else ABC puts on in this slot. The 3 major networks wonder why they are losing market share and it's very simple: they don't listen to their viewers. Give your customers what they want and they will stay with you. Take it away and they will go elsewhere for it. ABC has proven they are simply an out of touch dinosaur that is guided only by instant polls and "experts" who probably never talk to "real" people. Count my family as yet another loss of viewers for this every shrinking network.
This is a sad, sad day for ABC. I grew up watching OLTL and GH, and still keep up with GH on SoapNet. GH is safe for now, but for how long? The planned replacement shows sound idiotic and I will not spend one minute watching them. Do the powers that be think that they will command 1/10 of the loyalty of soap viewers? For those who ridicule soaps, they have tackled important social issues for years, while still providing escapist entertainment. Yes, things are changing, but not for the better.
I am delighted that they decided to change these programs that have long detached women and some men from the real world, putting a nutrition show in its place is even better. So now, generations of people won't sit on there ass and watch garbage, maybe they will learn something and enhance their lives and their families lives, because I know that if a person is watching this in the middle of the day they are wasting time instead of enriching lives.
All My Children garbage?? You honestly think sitting on your a** watching idionic food shows (which there is a whole network for that) is going to enrich someones life? You are all wrong about All My Children and ABC is going to lose a lot of viewers.
How sad that AMC has been canceled. I couldn't watch for years I worked outside the home, but now I work from home and get to watch AMC during my lunch break. It will be sad to see it go. And after reading the descriptions for the two new shows that will replace AMC and OLTL, I know that I won't be watching ABC during my lunch break once AMC is gone. Can there ever be too many weight-loss shows and cooking shows? Absolutely. Not all of us want to see these same topics rehashed over and over again.
im a big fan of all my children and one life to live if they take them shows off i will be watching something else wont watch the new shows as they dfont interest me what a shame they take off good shows and theres plenty of bad one on at other times they could remove instead of these soaps
i can't believe this... You will regret taking off One Life to Live... I have been a fan for over 30 years.
not many smart shows on either. Infact I can only think of one and its NOT on ABC!! Say no to reality tv!
aw come on .we all know it.s all about the money..greed and corruption is whats it all about now a days....my view on THE VIEW . those women have no ideal what they are talking about. not in the real world,,,,.more disgusting then entertaining
I cannot believe ABC would cancel One Life to Live after 35 plus years. What could they be thinking! Big, Big mistake thinking a cooking or lifestyle show would be more interesting!
Thank you Thank you Thank you for finally scrapping this outdated, mindless soaps!!! I don't care what new shows you bring on ... ANYTHING is better than those stupid soaps! WOO-HOOOOO!!!!
I won't take part in any boycot, but I am very sad at this news. I much prefer daytime "soaps" to the "stuff" they call entertainment during prime time. I DVR the soaps and watch them each evening. I'll continue to watch General Hospital and will hope that ABC decides to reverse these cancellations. I can guarantee that I will NOT be watching the two replacement shows...they do not sound like anything I would be even remotely interested in.
I think this is a move they will regret. I have been watching All My Children and One Life to Live since high school. I have enjoyed them everyday. Now that going to add Talk shows which I never watch. ABC will lose my whole family which is 3 houses watching the tv.