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04-15-2011, 05:23 AM

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sueisallaboutquilts

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I don't watch them but I know what you mean. Part of the American landscape sort of!
I used to watch them in high school and college. Then I had kids and that was the end lol

04-15-2011, 06:34 AM

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CBS cancelled the Edge of Night after 70 some yrs I use to watch it with my Mom who 'watched 'it on the radio with her Mom before TV was invented I started to watch it after I retired and after 25 yrs absence I hadn;t missed much plot ways- but I miss my Mom and the program

04-15-2011, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by CraftyGardenMom

Wow, it's been years since I watched a soap opera, but even I'm a little nostagically sad to see these 2 go.

ABC Cancels All My Children and One Life to Live:

http://www.tvline.com/2011/04/breaki...-life-to-live/

Well, I think it's because society has actually become as outlandish and deviant as soap writers only imagined---it's not an escape if that is what is going on all over anyway. I think Soaps have run their course.

04-15-2011, 08:06 AM

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Hope they don't go messing with Days of Our Lives!

04-15-2011, 08:46 AM

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I stopped watching soaps in 1970. My husband was ill for 6 weeks and I watched them every afternoon until 6 weeks later he asked why I wasted my time? I said I didn't waste my time and he said, "Ok, let me explain.....they make out on Monday, it argue on Tuesday, they get out the gun on Wednesday, load the bullet on Thursday, shoot on Friday but they don't fall till Monday." Point made. I've never watched another one since, LOL.

04-15-2011, 10:04 AM

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I heard today that maybe another netwrk will pick them up maybe a cable station..........can't wait to see this if it happens

04-15-2011, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by SueDor

Now you know how I felt when they canceled Guiding Light and Days of our Lives on CBS. But I now have more time to quilt.

These are the ones my grandmother use to watch. We knew not to bother her during that time. :-)

04-15-2011, 10:14 AM

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I have not watched a soap in over 30 years so this will have no affect on me. We quit watching them one day when I realized that some of my children were coming from school and wanted to talk to me and I put a show ahead of them. It never happened again.

04-15-2011, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by stitchinwitch

Frankly, I am GLAD that the plug is being pulled on AMC - Am soooo tired of seeing Cameron and Greenlee practically in every scene - sorryline was drab. Now if they cancelled GH, that would be a good move too - BUT!!!!!!OLTL - naw - I was looking forward to seeing the original Todd come back - so many of the actors have just signed new contracts (what is up with THAT?)Maybe I can get more done in my own life now, instead of being glued to the tv!!

You would think that with the signing of new contracts it would mean they anticipate a lot longer run of the shows. Well, back in December 2008 my former employer signed a 5 year lease contract for the large building we worked in and the next month they layed everyone off and turned the building into storage!!! So you never know!

04-15-2011, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Lori S

What will become of Erica?

LOL! Good one! I use to watch both of these, then it all got to be too much, so I gave up soap watching period! Maybe all these old soaps will become things of the past soon! From what I heard some shopping network shows will replace them, which isn't any better to my way of thinking....