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Game show network, like tattle tale and all that, match, whatever it is. >> getting rid of the soap network, which i cant believe. its free. the programming is already done and coming back but apparently the ratings are so bad it doesnt justify keeping it around. >> yeah. >> giving us the four remaining before i let you go. >> give the what? >> the four remaining soaps. >> oh, the four remaining, "young and the restless," "bold and the beautiful, "days of our lives" and "general hospital." >> th...

Of that genre is now out of work or will be soon, erica kane. this is huge. >> but it is huge. im showing my age a little bit. i remember when erica kane was an ingenue and it was katherine chancellor on the "young and the restless" and "the edge of night" and "another world." my grandmother would sit there and watch soap operas all the time. pretty hard to believe its happening. you see what brought down soap operas? what killed soap operas? >> o.j. simpson. >> really? >> really where it starte...

All right. it is classic erica kane, the slap and the sting of music, but this week real life drama unfolded on daytime tv when abc said it was cabsling longtime favorites "all my children" and "one life to live." the network is making time for some reality shows, and were seeing a true swan song of soaps. to answer now, tom oneil joins me from new york, an entertainer writer for the "los angeles times." tom, we know soap operas have been losing their viewers, but this was a big surprise, even t...

I remember when erica kane was an ingenue and it was katherine chancellor on the "young and the restless" and "the edge of night" and "another world." my grandmother would sit there and watch soap operas all the time. pretty hard to believe its happening. you see what brought down soap operas? what killed soap operas? >> o.j. simpson. >> really? >> really where it started and this is fascinating. in 1969, that was the -- the height of soap operas. you had 19 of them on at one time in daytime. in...

Million to 7 million to 8 million viewers down to the 4 million range and have never recovered. >> i never thought about that until now. i remember when the o.j. simpson trial was going on and i was working for fox station in new york. we created programming and shows around that trial. we created a show called "o.j. today" and took off all the daytime programming and youre right about that. if luke and laura had happened during o.j. simpson, we probably wouldnt even known about them. whats goin...

By this announcement on thursday along with the rest of the cast. >> maybe the timing was. it had been circulating for while a while that "all my children" the lowest rated on all the networks was on the chopping block. to have both of them go, that rumor began a week before that. the fact that two of them went in one fell swoop, think about it, its been happening. weve lost lots and lots of soaps over the last few years. "as the world turns went" in the last round. theyre leaving soap open was ...

Mourning over this. these soaps have been around a long time. the news declaring that abc decided to close the book on long running soaps "all my children" and "one life to live." upset fans. weve been hearing from celebrities who loved or were involved in the shows. the most recognizable of them all, "all my childrens" susan lucci tweeted, it saddens me "all my children" is cancelled. i loved playing erica kane and incredible people. kelly ripa got her start, this is like losing a member of you...

>> to be 6 and aware youre the only democrat in the house. >> alex p. keaton. >> im the only tea party member in my house and my family a bunch of crazy liberals. kids are getting politicized a little earlier. heres an interesting story for you. an end of an era. >> this is devastating for many, many people. >> it is. abc canceling two of its longest running soap operas, "all my children," which made its daytime debut in 1970, going off the air in september, "one life to live" will be done in ...

As with all medicare supplement plans, you can keep your own doctor and hospital that accepts medicare, get help paying for what medicare doesnt... and save up to thousands of dollars. call this toll-free number now. two soaps get the ax. fans, if you watch them, they are in mourning. this is a huge deal. a lot of people are talking about it. its trending today. to make matters worse, all my children and one life to live will be replaced with chat and lifestyle shows. lets bring in lynn, edito...

Gellar, tommy lee jones, nim as few. abc replacing the soaps with talk shows, truly a sad end of an era and quite frankly, a lot of people out of work. the nature of the business. when you think of the hundreds of cast and crew and support staff involved with this. it will have an economic impact for sure. >> definitely. when "as the world turns" went off the air, that did it for me. it is sad. the end of an era. i remember vividly the characters and "as the world turns" hasnt been on the air fo...