Chris in VA Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 All My Children and One Life to Live will bite the dust. I was just watching a show where Susan Lucci (Erica Kane) said she will never retire--oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Saw that on the news. The reactions of viewers were astounding to me: you have ruined my life, I have nothing to live for... wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvasMom Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Wow. People still watch soaps? My grandma used to watch them and that was back in the 80s. I'm really surprised that they are still around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMommy Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I care.:blushing: I've been watching One Life to Live off and on ever since my first child was born, eight years ago. It's my one TV-related vice. I feel sorry for all the people that will be losing their jobs...and not just those on or working for the shows. I would assume that soap magazines, and Soap Network, to name a couple, will also suffer fallout. It's just sad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anissa Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I still remember my sweet, church-going grandma watching her "shows". I use to watch General Hospital when I was in high school...many years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracily Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I'm little sad about it. I remember my mom watching them when I was little. She stopped watching when she went back to work and by then I was in high school and watching them with my friends after school. I haven't watched regularly since college but it was nice knowing the residents of Pine Valley were there every day at 1pm. At least I still have the Archers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 My grandma has been watching those ever since they came on. She's almost 103! I hope she's not going to be upset about this.... I wonder if there are reruns on DVD or something. I wonder if she has a DVD player, LOL..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I care. I think stating that it has ruined my life is an extreme, but I've been watching All My Children since I was born. My mom started watching it when she was pregnant with me and I grew up watching it. I Tivo it and do a bunch of my housework when I watch it. It's sort of my routine and motivates me to clean (which I despise doing). I'll miss watching it, and my routine will be all messed up now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Many, many years ago, we got the dean of our law school hooked on All My Children. A bunch of us would watch at lunchtime, and he wandered down occasionally to mock us (good-naturedly) for watching soaps. Then he started hanging out a bit longer, then sitting down with us, then bringing his own lunch. By the end of the semester, he knew the characters as well as we did. I do feel bad for the people who care about these shows. If you get used to enjoying something every day, losing it can't feel good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 All My Children and One Life to Live will bite the dust.I was just watching a show where Susan Lucci (Erica Kane) said she will never retire--oh well. Oh wow! I used to watch One Life to Live with my mom. I quit watching when they pulled that wild-west time travel stuff and the whole Lost City of Eterna plot... ugh! Despite that, I think I'm a little sad. It's one of those things that you just assume will always be there. :sad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn in OH Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I don't watch soaps any more, but, All My Children has been most, if not all my life. It's kind of sad really. I suppose they will replace them with more of those stupid talk shows hosted by rich oblivious people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Hearing the theme music to AMC immediately takes me back to my childhood. My mother was glued to her "stories" every afternoon. "AMC", "Days of Our Lives" (even today, hearing MacDonald Carey's voice makes me a little misty), "Ryan's Hope", "Another World", "The Doctors"....yep, some of those are moldy oldies, but they were the background of my childhood. So, although I haven't watched a soap since college (ok, well, I admit to watching "Passions" when it was on, because it was SO over the top and never took itself very seriously), I'm feeling a little bittersweet over this. *sniff* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I've watched AMC on and off since I was in jr. high, 30 years ago. I loved that show, although in recent years I haven't been all that thrilled with some of the story lines. Haven't watched it that much. I wonder what they'll replace it with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I've watched AMC on and off since I was in jr. high, 30 years ago. I loved that show, although in recent years I haven't been all that thrilled with some of the story lines. Haven't watched it that much. I wonder what they'll replace it with. They're replacing it with some stupid talk show about food called The Chew. OLTL is also being replaced with a talk show because we obviously don't have enough talk and reality shows on the air :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 ]Hearing the theme music to AMC immediately takes me back to my childhood. It's very evocative, isn't it? My pal's boyfriend couldn't figure out why he felt so sleepy every time he heard the AMC theme until his mom pointed out that she used to put him down for a nap when the show came on so she could watch it while he slept. Apparently, it had quite a lasting effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 All My Children was the only soap I've ever watched. My mom used to watch it for a few years when I was a kid. It was our guilty pleasure. I'm sad to see it go. It feels unAmerican to cancel the soaps! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole M Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 It's very evocative, isn't it? My pal's boyfriend couldn't figure out why he felt so sleepy every time he heard the AMC theme until his mom pointed out that she used to put him down for a nap when the show came on so she could watch it while he slept. Apparently, it had quite a lasting effect. Interesting! See, I think human beings are hardwired to need stories, and soaps play into something fundamental about who we are. Serial books are wildly popular for a reason. What's the reasoning behind these cancellations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I am a reason they are cancelled. I used to watch - I would record it watch it later. I watched GH in middle school and high school - Luke and Laura... and then AMC in the summer and then thank goodness my sister figured out how to operate the VCR and then AMC from 8th grade on. But I stopped about 5 years ago. I didn't have the time. I still have such great memories of Tad, Erica, Stewart and all the craziness. Honestly, I think I stopped watching when the drama in my friends' lives started mirroring the soaps... a friend confessed to having a secret baby who was living as her pretend sister, all the cheating husbands, it just got to be too much; I expected to see people coming back from the dead. Sorry I stopped watching; I will watch the endings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBasil Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 What's the reasoning behind these cancellations? Money and advertising. It's cheaper to produce a talk show and they tend to get the same to more viewers than soaps. Ratings for soaps have been in decline for several years and skew older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I don't watch soaps any more, but, All My Children has been most, if not all my life. It's kind of sad really. I suppose they will replace them with more of those stupid talk shows hosted by rich oblivious people. :iagree: I watched AMC and OLTL with my mom. When the kids were toddlers, I would DVR my shows then watch while I was ironing or when I needed to sit down to nurse. It makes me sad.:crying: I really thought AMC would be the last of the soaps to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I haven't watched soaps since college but my mom always watched them when I was growing up and it makes me a little sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakereese Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 My GRANDFATHER watches these. Yes, my manly, sports-obsessed grandpa has watched soaps ever since I can remember. He would come home from work for lunch, eat at a TV tray, and enjoy his stories. He still watches them now that he is retired. Those theme songs make me think of him and miss him (he lives about 800 miles away). I can remember sitting with him as a child, so amazed that he was letting me watch the "grown-up kissing show". :lol: So girls, what WILL we watch now while eating our bon bons?? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Oh man ... in college, we used to have Friday afternoon drinking games revolving around the soaps. Kinda like "Hi Bob." All the time I wasted in college. I'll never forget the Jenny/Greg thing. I was so disappointed to find out that the actor who played Greg was actually 10 years older than his character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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