Don't know if this is the right board, and don't
anyone get excited. I just saw at www.soapcentral.com
that The Young And The Restless has been canceled
as of February 2...in Australia. Channel 9 there, which
has been carrying the show since 1974 (a year after
its debut in the U.S.), is turning the 2 PM timeslot over
to a talk show. Soaps are facing the same problems
down under that they are in the States: declining
audiences, rising costs.
So just as NBC drops Passions to make room for a
fourth hour of its most profitable daytime show, Today,
something similar happens in Australia. Days Of Our
Lives, which also airs on Channel 9, will remain (as it
will on NBC), and talks are underway to get Channel
9 to reconsider and perhaps move Y&R to another
timeslot.
BTW, Australia is one of the few countries that keeps
American soaps largely in-sync with the U.S. Usually,
episodes of American soaps air months--even years--
after their original U.S. airing. But a while back, Channel
9 had a Y&R marathon that got Australian viewers in sync
with U.S. viewers.
As for Passions, soapcentral reports that talks are underway
to produce a daily version for the Internet (its primary audience
is young and Internet-savvy) or possibly a 30-minute daily
episode on soapnet. Passions is one of only four U.S. soaps
owned by its network (ABC's triad of All My Children, One Life
To Live, and General Hospital are the others), so controlling
costs should be an easier matter than if the show were owned
by, say, Procter & Gamble.
Don't anyone jump me for trying to make a joke with this
thread. It isn't. It is indicative, however, of how daytime
is changing. I really wonder if, 15-20 years from now, daytime
as we've known it all our lives will be a thing of the past.
Oh, yes. Happy 70th, Guiding Light. The big day is tomorrow.
anyone get excited. I just saw at www.soapcentral.com
that The Young And The Restless has been canceled
as of February 2...in Australia. Channel 9 there, which
has been carrying the show since 1974 (a year after
its debut in the U.S.), is turning the 2 PM timeslot over
to a talk show. Soaps are facing the same problems
down under that they are in the States: declining
audiences, rising costs.
So just as NBC drops Passions to make room for a
fourth hour of its most profitable daytime show, Today,
something similar happens in Australia. Days Of Our
Lives, which also airs on Channel 9, will remain (as it
will on NBC), and talks are underway to get Channel
9 to reconsider and perhaps move Y&R to another
timeslot.
BTW, Australia is one of the few countries that keeps
American soaps largely in-sync with the U.S. Usually,
episodes of American soaps air months--even years--
after their original U.S. airing. But a while back, Channel
9 had a Y&R marathon that got Australian viewers in sync
with U.S. viewers.
As for Passions, soapcentral reports that talks are underway
to produce a daily version for the Internet (its primary audience
is young and Internet-savvy) or possibly a 30-minute daily
episode on soapnet. Passions is one of only four U.S. soaps
owned by its network (ABC's triad of All My Children, One Life
To Live, and General Hospital are the others), so controlling
costs should be an easier matter than if the show were owned
by, say, Procter & Gamble.
Don't anyone jump me for trying to make a joke with this
thread. It isn't. It is indicative, however, of how daytime
is changing. I really wonder if, 15-20 years from now, daytime
as we've known it all our lives will be a thing of the past.
Oh, yes. Happy 70th, Guiding Light. The big day is tomorrow.
They did something similair with the 60th anniversary with several actors recreating one of Guiding Light's radio broadcasts in 1937 over radio in NY in 1997.