"As The World Turns" Canceled!

[Salemite]

'As The World Turns' to end run in 2010

NEW YORK, NY, Dec. 8, 2009 – As The World Turns, the long-running daytime drama, will complete its final season on the CBS Television Network in September 2010. CBS has decided not to renew the show for the 2010/2011 broadcast season, thereby ending its 54-year run on the Network.

“Throughout our history, As The World Turns has remained dedicated to sharing compelling stories that have entertained fans for more than five decades,” said Executive Producer Chris Goutman. “We are disappointed and saddened by the news that the show is not being renewed. It will certainly be a loss for all of us, and for the show’s loyal audience.”

“As The World Turns has been a cornerstone of our business and a tremendous asset to the company,” said Brian T. Cahill, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, TeleNext Media, Inc. “We are proactively seeking a new outlet to carry the show, and are open to exploring innovative formats and relationships that will enable the future success of ATWT.”

Source: ATWT.net

 

[willsboy84]

not surprising AT ALL. with some of the stories they've been writing lately, it was like they just gave up awhile ago....

damn though...i'll sure miss those Snyder boys

 

[That70sJoe]

Growing up in the 70's and 80's, I thought the soaps would last forever. Good to see them being put out to pasture.

 

[Joshua_me]

[FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]CBS cancels another daytime drama[/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif][FONT=Verdana,Sans-Serif]Email this Story[/FONT]Dec 8, 1:17 PM (ET)

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NEW YORK (AP) - CBS canceled "As the World Turns" on Tuesday, putting the company that coined the phrase "soap operas" out of the business of making daytime dramas for the first time in 76 years.
"As the World Turns" has been on the air since 1956 and televised its 13,661st episode Tuesday. Its last episode will be next September, the network said.
It's the second daytime drama CBS has canceled in a year, after "Guiding Light." Both shows were produced by a subsidiary of Procter & Gamble, the company for which the term "soap operas" was created because it used the shows to hawk products like Ivory soap and Duz laundry detergent.
Daytime dramas have been fading as a genre for years with more women joining the work force and the increased number of channels offering alternatives like news, talk, reality and game shows. In tough economic times, paying casts, producers and writers proved prohibitive to networks when there were cheaper alternatives.
The cancellation will leave CBS with only two daytime dramas: "The Young and the Restless" and "The Bold and Beautiful."
Through the years, actors Marisa Tomei, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey and James Earl Jones have appeared on "As the World Turns." The show follows families in the Illinois town of Oakdale.
"It's a hell of a Christmas present," said actress Eileen Fulton, who will mark 50 years playing the character Lisa Grimaldi on the show. Her character has been through nine marriages and Fulton was hoping for a 10th before the signoff.
"I'm just very sad," she said. "I'm sad for all of the people who work out there in Brooklyn (where the show is filmed). We're a family. I hate to be split up. It's like a divorce."
Brian Cahill, senior vice president and managing director of the P&G subsidiary TeleNext Media Inc., said the company is actively seeking a new outlet to carry the show.
TeleNext said the same thing about "Guiding Light," which went off the air in September, but has been unable to find a new home. Keeping the show alive online has been discussed, but that's an alternative where cost may prove prohibitive.
Procter & Gamble first began producing soap operas in 1933 with the radio show "Ma Perkins," and has made a total of 20 such programs in its history.
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Damn ! The end of a very long era...

Those Snyder boys were responsible for a lot of my dirty socks back in the day.... lol

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[Spiff]

So I wonder how they will wrap up Nuke, if they even stay around that long. Will they end it with a marriage? Or will they kill off Noah with AIDS and have Luke go hetero. Tune in!

 

[willsboy84]

So I wonder how they will wrap up Nuke, if they even stay around that long. Will they end it with a marriage? Or will they kill off Noah with AIDS and have Luke go hetero. Tune in!

i'm guessing they'll get tired of sharing the one brain cell between them, decide to go halfsies and just go their seperate ways....

 

[StlKj]

When I heard this today, I was really saddened. I liked As the World Turns and Guiding Light growing up. My grandmother watched them every day, and I spent every summer day at her house until Mom and Dad got off work. I often watched her two favorite soaps with her while we played Yahtzee or cards. Turning those shows on from time to time to drop in on the familiar old characters was another way to remember those great times with the woman who helped raise me and was one of my best friends as a child.

I'll miss them. I miss her.

 

[pinolian79]

I am so loosing all respect for CBS! Its bad enough that they cancelled Guidiing Light and now they are cancelling As The World Turns. But they are keeping Bold and Beautiful, I hope it gets picked up by another network!!!!!!

 

[willsboy84]

what's bothering more than the actual cancellation, is all the ignorant assholes who are blaming it on the show having the "nerve" to feature a gay storyline. i don't know why i'm actually surprised at some of the ridiculous things i've read

 

[chillyboi]

as i posted much earlier in another thread i stopped watching right after Brian Bloom dropped out!
it was a good soap in the 80's

 

[pinolian79]

When they kill off the show, the least they can do is rebroadcast the old shows from the 80's, that would be so cool to see them again. But they will prouably do another stupid game show or worse yet talk show!!!!!!!!

 

[p3jedi]

Although I stopped watching ATWT after my favorite character, Rose D'Angelo (played by the marvelous Martha Byrne), was killed off, I was still shocked to hear about the cancellation. My earliest memory was seeing the show with my great-grandmother, grandmother and mom (who is heartsick over the news).

It probably won't be long before all daytime soap operas are a thing of the past. The storytelling is archaic, with the vast majority of female characters having little or no ambition except for getting a man. And it's the same old plot all the time. There's nothing to keep viewers tuning in. I don't really understand why the writers can't break out of the corner they've painted themselves into. They seem resistant to big changes, and, as a result, soap operas are dying off.

 

[miaedu]

I was a big fan of All My Children when I was younger. It was my afterschool babysitter.

 

[Guy_Gardner]

I'm just wondering what the hell CBS is gonna replace it with...cause the new Let's Make A Deal is crappy...I understand game shows are more cost effective, but come on....