ABC announced today that All My Children (AMC) which premiered in 1970 and One Live To Live which first aired in 1968 (OLTL) have been cancelled. This leaves General Hospital as the only soap opera on ABC. Last year CBS cancelled Guiding Light and As The World Turns leaving them with only The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful. NBC's only remaining soap opera is Days of our Lives. The final episode of AMC will air September 2011 and OTL will air in January 2012.
Television journalists had been speculating this would happen for quite some time when AMC moved production from NYC to LA to cut costs, asked cast members to accept salary reductions and even fired some. The real problem seemed to stem from the soaps not being able to attract new viewers and the highly coveted 18-34 demographic that's popular with advertisers.
Kelly Ripa who starred on AMC commented on at the time the potential cancellation. Susan Lucci who starred on AMC since it first aired in 1970 released a statement.
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