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 ...

Disney will end programming SOAPnet on 12/31, replacing it with Disney Junior. SoapNet launched 14 years ago to add eyeballs to its daytime dramas like All My Children and General Hospital. The move ...

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 ...

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 ...

SOAPnet, the cable TV channel loved by legions of loyal soap opera fans, is taking its final bow. A Walt Disney Co. spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday that SOAPnet would indeed fade away on New Year’s Eve, ...

In the all-important under-50 demographic, both these girl-power, neo-feminist networks are now being beaten by a retrograde channel: Soapnet. This year to date, Soapnet is ranked eighth among all ...

Goodbye SOAPnet, hello Disney Junior. Disney/ABC Television Group just announced that it will launch Disney Junior, a new 24-hour basic cable/satellite channel dedicated to preschool-age children in ...

For countless soap opera fans, the dawn of the new millennium 25 years ago brought a new way to watch their favorite shows. On January 20, 2000, Disney launched SOAPnet, a basic cable channel devoted ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES, November 13: The Walt Disney Company’s SoapNet has launched Fantasy Soap League, a Web-based fantasy site based on televised soaps that is designed to attract women 18 to 34. The game ...

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 ...