I am so sad that it is over. I have watched it for over 20 years. 🙁

I’ll too follow another soap only if Van Hansis stars in it!

As the world stops turning is truly one of the saddest days of my life.54 years is a long time for anything to last.And i started watching 54 years ago.As much as I hated the massacre of the reid and luke storyline, I still will miss ATWT.This show has been a constant for most of my life.And there were so many wonderful characters and great acting.Times are changing and not for the better…when a great soap bites the dust and so many sleazy programs are becoming the norm, we are all in trouble! And i still say the luke reid storyline was one of the best.They were poetry in motion…loved them!!!

I will miss you ATWT! I have watched you since I was about 9 years old. Along with my grandmother, my mother, my brother and even my son! Thank you for the memories. What to do with my quiet time when I come home from work now….you will be missed!

.I have watched ATWT off and on over the past 20 yrs. I have watched more out of loyality for the past 2 yrs and then the character of Reid was introduced…his character was such a breath of fresh air. I became enchanted as most of you did with the beautiful love story of Luke and Reid. I was always kinda indifferent to the Nuke storyline, it never really moved me one way or the other, but Lure captured my heart completely by surprise. I can honestly say I fell in love with Luke and Reid right along with them. I have never felt that way about soap characters (although at one time I really did enjoy Jack and Carly..could care less now) Their love story was beautiful and I did not see 2 men falling in love I truly just saw 2 people falling in love and growing and learning from eachother. Watching the character of Reid going from closed off and afraid to love to opening himself up to the possibility of love and then finally deciding to put himself out there and let things happen was fantastic to watch. I found myself rooting for him the most out of all the characters. For the show to kill him when he was just starting to have a life that was full was beyond tragic ,it was cruel and devestating as a viewer to watch. I felt like I was taking that journey with Reid and to have it end the way it did leaving Luke and the viewers heartbroken was terrible. They could have come up with any number of endings that the fans would have been ok with, but this is not one of them. So with that said, I don’t care about the rest of the show, I have not been able to enjoy the epic fairy tale happy endings given to all the other couples on the show…it is like a slap in the face to watch after what they did to Luke, Reid and Noah. Everyone happy, Luke left alone and grieving, Reid dead and never getting to experience a full life, and Noah having to watch the love of his life devestated. I’m glad the show is ending is what I am left with as a viewer for about 20 years…how sad is that?

To day As the world turns ends ,today it really ends. I have to repeat that over and over to let myself now it’s really a fact. I’m a Dutch ATWT fan, and I’m watching the show since I was a little kid. I started watching with my mom. Then I really got interessted in everything, and in the US episodes. (In the Netherlands, the only European country that airs ATWT, we are over 1,5 year behind) I e-mailed actors, got photo’s with autographs, watched interviews with actors on youtube. And I even went to a European fan event were I met Jake Silberman and Van Hansis, can’t even find the words to describe how that was, just the best day of my life! They were so wonderfull! So nice! I will never forget it! And I also met a lot of wonderfull people, at that event, and hyves (dutch profile site), who I wouldn’t have met whithout ATWT. I think there will never be a soap with such a great cast with people as Jake, Van, Maura, Micheal, Terri, Don, Marie, I can name evryone, because they are all fantastic. Just want to say thanks to the cast, the other fans, just to everybody! Forever love!
And I keep watching it on Dutch TV, for that 1,5 year, allthough it will be different.
Thank you ATWT!

The ending did seem rushed, but I like how some people DIDN’T get a happy ending … it seemed more realistic.

I’ve watched this show for most of my 36 (almost 37) years. My mother and grandmother watched it; my wife and children have watched it with me. I feel like I buried a friend today.

The most important character in the show’s history, Lisa, got dissed with her ending — walking away from John and Lucinda with a disgusted look on her face? This character had her own prime-time spinoff!

But I must say, I absolutely LOVED the way the show ended. I’ve already watched it several times … “good night”, when the first words were “good morning” … then after Bob turns out the lights, the globe magically illuminates and starts turning … it tugged at the heartstrings. I suppose the message is that, to us, the “World” will never stop turning.

I have mixed feelings about the ending. I really wish that the veteran characters had dominated it (too little Susan and Lisa; no Emma) with appearances by long gone characters (Penny Hughes, Ellen Stewart, Lyla Montgomery, Jessica Griffith, Grant Coleman……). On the other hand, the ending was easier for me as the writers insisted on focusing on Janet and Katie too much, constantly reminding me how much I have loathed the current show for the past few years even while I love the missing vets! I am absolutely shocked that poor Lisa got 4 lines of dialogue in one episode for the last week and that those lines weren’t even in a scene with Bob & Kim or Tom!!! The treatment of Lisa by these writers almost rises to the level of a felony!!!!

I have watched this show forever. I remember Lisa’s mother; Joyce Coleman, all of those Memorial Day BBQs in Nancy’s backyard. I really wish the ending had honored the ENTIRE run of the show and not just the newer additions (again, Janet!!!!!). I really will miss seeing the Hughes clan gather for Thanksgiving or the Fourth of July. However, the writers really didn’t appear to be interested in that angle so, on some level, I readily accept the loss. I am glad that we didn’t see the show decline to the horrific state that GL was in its final 2 years. On the other hand, I can’t help but wonder if it would still be going if the show had gained better writers and producers about 5 years ago, who knew how to mine the history of the show, not just give it lipservice!

Very sad that CBS has decided to cancel this show. I grew up watching this soap with my mother, and will really miss it. I work a full time job, but DVR’d ATWT every day and watched it religiously. They should have canceled Bold & Beautiful and kept this much loved soap. The actors/actresses are amazing and I wish them the best.

in my opinion, what ruined this show and its ratings were two main things: 1) the loss of martha byrne’s Lily and, 2) the constant and persistent use of the character, Katie, about whom many viewers couldn’t care less.

cbs u sux for one we dont need another talk show or game show put back gl and atwt maybe u will be more liked

Goodnight for now ATWT … Good bye & good Riddens P&G

The final episode was exactly as I expected: A rapid trite saccharine ending (except for Bob Hughes’ exit from his office with the globe spinning as he departed), uniting all the appropriate couples, giving the correct offspring to the correct couple, with a future baby on the horizon for another, while my mind kept drifting back to what the writers did to Luke and Reid. Given the circumstances, what else could the writers have done? But after the high powered drama of the Luke/Reid situation, I felt as though the entire show flatlined in its aftermath. Luke listening to Reid’s heart in the chest of Chris did nothing for me to make up for what the writers did to THAT couple. Chris looked more dead than Reid did in his last scene on the hospital bed which only proves how off the mark the writers were in their storyline focus. Lucinda and John were like a couple of giggling teenagers; Margo and her sister’s “home switch” made me wonder how they were going to make up the value difference between the two residences (LOL); Craig “uniting” with his long lost son was a gagging moment; Janet continued to act like an emotional basket case; Lily and Holden were back where they belonged; Dusty looked as though he needed to be “dusted off”; and so it went. For the time being, I don’t feel as though I even want to look at another soap. After all is said and done, I’m glad that the writers tied everything up in a neat “happy” package, unlike those of “Capitol” who got back at CBS by deliberately leaving several cliff hangers in the last episode. But…the overall vapid conclusion to ATWT, after the sudden destruction of the Luke/Reid relationship and the killing off of the most notable current character on the show during the previous two weeks, only made the bankrupt state of the writers’ imaginations and thoughtfulness that much more obvious. Enough said. Good night all!

I thought it was so well done and loved the narration. I definitely cried and will miss the characters. My favorite line was: “Marriage is a long conversation that ends too soon.”

I have been a faithful viewer of this soap since my college days (30) years ago. It is the only soap that I have ever watched. I will truly miss the characters and stories.

I was a little dissapointed with the finale on Friday. Lisa has been on the show since day one. She should have been given a major part on the last day, instead of a one minute scene. She should have been with Kim and Bob.

Bob was saying good-bye to his position at the hospital, which was fine. Lisa should have been involved with this story, even though she did not work at the hospital, the history of her relationship with Bob and Kim should have been acknowledged.

Best wishes to the actors, writers, producers and directors. Thank you.