As we all know that’s a bunch of bullshit. It was there dream to get out of soaps. They slowly down size and dumb size there soaps so much in hopes fans would turn be turned off. They have succeed. A slow and painful death.

CBS wanted to buy the rights back in ’96 when ATWT & GL were still profitable. But P&G said no.

i always thought if the show was moved to evening on cable, bravo ,etc. it might have had a chance.P&G says they tried and there were no takers.That really is sad because a lot of the shows on are sleazy and disgusting.A lot of the Reality shows are not watchable…the Jersey Shore, Housewives of NJ,The kardashians, and so many more.Of course we still have some great reality like Top Chef,etc. but so much on TV is not watchable at least not to me.But somebody’s watching, and what does that say about us?ATWT always had a core of decency, even with all the trials and tribulations many of the characters went threough.I’ll be hard pressed to find something to watch with my Grandchildren besides cartoons…maybe Jeopardy.Not much because it’s all about swearing, dressing like the corner hooker,and having no respect for anything.So sad that this show is ending …I think I’ll be spending more time in the library.

I can’t help but think that shows that are gone now (ATWT, GL) will re-surface in some way in the future. It’s an exciting time with the different vehicles that exist for telling stories – the web, YouTube, mobile devices, etc.

we’ll see what happens. look at all the prime time shows that have gone away and then, years later, come back. it’s food for thought.

When the Guiding Light went off the air I was so sad as though I lost my BFF. Now that As The World Turns is leaving I feel like they have forgotten about all the Grandma’s who listened and watched these soap’s.. My husband ‘s mom came from Grmany she was a “war bride” and learned how to speak listening to soap operas on the radio and then watching them when they came to air on t.v….. It is soooooooooooo sad that they have just forgotten how many lives they have reached and just to through it away…..

Brock: I have friends that work for P&G, and from what I gather, their statement is true. If you want to be mad at someone, that someone should be Les Moonves, who wanted to take this show so that he could provide a vehicle for his wife, Julie Chen.

I loved the final show – I cried when Luke listened to Reid’s heart, and pretty much cried through the rest of the show. I loved the lighted, spinning globe at the end – proof that the world did not stop turning after all…we just aren’t privy to it’s effects any more.

perfectly stated. thank you. goutman and passanante destroyed the show. no question

perfectly stated. thank you. goutman and passanante destroyed the show. no question.
this should have been posted after snapegirls comment

It is not housewives that watch soaps anymore. It has not been that way for years. My friends and I grew up in the 70’s watching our shows with our Moms. As teens in the 80’s we taped our shows and watched them when we got home from school. We also taped soap weddings. My Mom let me stay home and tape Cruz and Eden’s wedding without commercials. As an adult through the 90’s and now my friends and I still tape and watch our shows. Now there is the ability to watch the episodes on-line, and DVR them.

We the fans are still here. I doubt the ratings system is accurate. All one has to do is see the love for the soaps on fb, twiiter, fan created web sites and fan posted soap clips on youtube. If there was some way to let all of us who continue to love our shows be counted AW, GL, ATWT would still be here. For now there is no way to count all of us, so the Networks can say the viewers are slipping.

Yes some of the shows have lost viewers, but not as many as have been reported. I do believe that each show needs to get back to basics. Days needs to make the Hortons the center of the show, bring back Marlena and get rid of many cardboard characters. GH needs to revolve around the hospital and the Quartermaine and end the Sonny crap. They all need to revolve around what made each show great. They all need to revolve around family, love romance, social storylines and humor, and good old fashioned conversation. Watching old episodes of RH on SN reminded me how a good conversation kept you glued to the TV and wanting more.

News flash CBS, NBC and ABC, if Daytime Soaps go, there is no reason to watch Daytime television. Do you really think anyone who has time during the day will watch TV? They will be Tweeting, FBing e-mailing Iming. Oh yes and watching soap clips on Youtube. Get a clue!!!!!!

ive watched gl/atwt i have watch them everyday since i was a child now i m 37 years old and my daughter that is 7 she watched them with me fear well to all hope to see you all on someday

I won’t be dvr’ng any daytime shows if the soaps go. The soaps are entertaining and give me a reason to “tune in tommorrw”. ATWT was my show. It was like watching family. I grew tired of a few plotlines, but I also get tired of the plotlines on those endless detective shows too. There is NOTHING new under the sun. Both GL and ATWT could have been saved in some form, even if it was just 5 minutes internet web series. CBS is going to wish they had shows that such devotion.
I just hope that they will consider putting out the shows on DVD’s or have some kind of tv special n the future to honor the PG soaps. As for the DVD (and books) on ATWT put me down. I’ll buy one (or two).

They did’nt try hard enough to save the World Turns and Guiding light