When the ball drops in Times Square, the curtain will drop on cable channel SOAPnet. You'll have to find another place to watch your Beverly Hills, 90210s (the ...

The unfortunate timing of Disney’s Disney Junior announcement — in which it was also announced that SoapNet would shut down in 2012 — means that poor SoapNet is stuck being a lame duck network for two ...

After fourteen years on the air, SOAPnet will go dark on December 31, 2013. An article in the L.A. Times quotes Ben Pyne, president of global distribution for Disney Media Networks, as saying, ...

For countless soap opera fans, the dawn of the new millennium 25 years ago brought a new way to watch their favorite shows. On January 20, 2000, Disney launched SOAPnet, a basic cable channel devoted ...

It used to be that harried soap-opera watchers too busy to catch their shows during the day had only one friend: the videocassette recorder. Now, watchers have a multitude of choices, from TiVo, the ...

The chairman of Disney Michael Eisner raised the bar on SoapNet 16 months ago when he called the Disney-owned 24-hour cable channel “the greatest thing that’s happened to our company since chopped ...

NEW YORK — The SOAPnet channel is all washed up and will be replaced by Disney Junior, a new 24-hour channel aimed at preschoolers. The Disney-ABC Television Group announced Wednesday that the channel ...

SoapNet has renewed its original drama "General Hospital: Night Shift," a spinoff of corporate sibling ABC's soap "General Hospital," for a second season. By Kimberly Nordyke, The Associated Press ...

SoapNet is expanding its original scripted offerings with a new 10-episode hockey-themed drama series. By Kimberly Nordyke, The Associated Press SoapNet is expanding its original scripted offerings ...

LOS ANGELES, November 13: The Walt Disney Company’s SoapNet has launched Fantasy Soap League, a Web-based fantasy site based on televised soaps that is designed to attract women 18 to 34. The game ...

This article is from the archive of our partner . But now that the number of daytime soaps have dwindled to just four and Disney Junior's ratings have been strong with the preschool set, Disney has ...

This article is from the archive of our partner . But now that the number of daytime soaps have dwindled to just four and Disney Junior's ratings have been strong with the preschool set, Disney has ...