Sunday, July 10, 2011

Cancelled ABC Shows Get Another Life to Live Online

Back in April ABC announced they cancelled All My Children and One Life to Live. All my children has been on the air since 1970 and One Life to Live even since 1968. You might think the genre soap opera is dead! Especially since Proctor & Gamble, who both sponsored and helped develop some TV soaps decided to move online and cancelled their sponsorship, which meant the end of those shows.


But now ABC and Prospect Park issued a joint press release on Thursday that the shows will be distributed beyond their planned finale dates “via online formats and additional emerging platforms including Internet enabled television sets.” The soaps will continue to run at the same lengths and “with the same quality,” according to the release. The deal comes after former Fox News host Glenn Beck announced last month that his canceled show will continue online - for a fee - starting in September.

The web is not only a home for new content, but also for cancelled TV series!

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