Disney/ABC TV Group is shutting down cable channel SoapNet to make room for a new kids channel. By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large Disney/ABC TV Group is shutting down decade-old cable channel SoapNet ...

SOAPnet’s bubble has finally burst. On Dec. 31, Walt Disney Co. will pull the plug on the cable channel it created 14 years ago to squeeze extra life from its popular daytime dramas. But like all ...

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After fourteen years on the air, SOAPnet will go dark on December 31, 2013. An article in the L.A. Times quotes Ben Pyne, president of global distribution for Disney Media Networks, as saying, ...

The chairman of Disney Michael Eisner raised the bar on SoapNet 16 months ago when he called the Disney-owned 24-hour cable channel “the greatest thing that’s happened to our company since chopped ...

Disney is getting out of the all-soap opera business to expand its cable offerings targeted at kids. Disney Junior, to launch in 2012, will target preschoolers, age 2-7. The announcement from Disney ...

1 Broadway Streaming Guide: December 2025 - Where to Watch PERCY JACKSON, New KNIVES OUT & More SOAPnet presents a two-week block of the Live Well Network original programming weeknights 11:00 PM - 12 ...

Disney plans to shut down SOAPnet to make way for new cable channel Disney Junior in 2012, the company announced Wednesday. SOAPnet launched in 2000 and currently airs a mix of recent episodes of ...

Disney Channel has confirmed a launch date for its new 24-hour preschool channel. Disney Junior will replace SoapNet on most cable and satellite systems at midnight on Friday, March 23. The new cable ...

The veteran soap will see exclusive rebroadcasts on the cable channel, which recently sold a 50 percent stake to CBS corp. By Mikey O'Connell The Young and The Restless 10000 episode - H 2012 Just a ...

HOLLYWOOD — SoapNet, Disney’s sudser-dedicated cable network, will strip its sole original show, weekly half-hour mag “SoapCenter,” starting this summer. Cabler also plans to move production of the ...