Stop the presses! Entertainment Weekly has reported that “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” have been cancelled! According to the article, the two long-running soap-operas have been given the shaft in order to make room for two new lifestyle shows.
“All My Children” will go off the air in September and “One Life To Live” will finish its run January 2012. After Both shows have finished, the two new lifestyle shows, “The Chew” and “The Revolution”, will air.
“The Chew” is a show that will be all about “the world of food and beyond”. The show will be produced by “Paul Deen’s Home Cooking” producer Gordon Elliot and will star “What Not to Wear”‘s Clinton Kelly, “Iron Chef America” chefs and Food Network stars Mario Batali and Michael Symon, “Top Chef”‘s Carla Hall, and nutrition expert Daphne Oz.
“The Revolution” is from executive producer JD Roth and 3 Ball Productions (“The Biggest Loser”) and will be all about healthy lifestyles and transformations. The “unique concept” ABC is touting about the show is this: “Each week, one woman’s five-month weight loss journey will unfold in just five days, with daily results and a final transformation reveal on Friday.” (Unrelated tidbit: Roth was the voice of Jonny Quest for the first season of “The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest”.)
At the very least, ABC Daytime President Brian Frons said that while he’s excited about the new changes, losing “Children” and “One Life” is “bittersweet”. I’ll say it’s bittersweet, emphasis on the “bitter” part. Many people in America have grown up with these shows, religiously follow these shows, and will be saddened by the loss of these shows. How do you feel about this news? Sound off below.
Update: Kelly Ripa and Susan Lucci sound off on All My Children Cancellation
i think that sucks and i dont like we need anymore reality show about weight loss and food show about how to put the weight on
It is so sad to lose All My Children. I have been watching for decades and love longtime characters such as Tad (Michael Knight) and also loved the new characters on the show including the Castillo brother and sister. I agree – we do NOT need another reality show about unrealistic transformations or weight loss – it’s already is being done on so many other channels!
ABC has lost it! Oprah gone & now 2 great soaps…bad move! I will probably watch young & restless…by bye ABC
Really? Don’t we have enough reality shows? All my children and One Life to Live have been on for decades and they want to get rid of them.This is very upsetting and believe me I will not be watching the new shows that they want to air. i guess the stations rating will take a very negative hit. maybe they should think about what they are doing?
If they think that the ratings will improve – they have some weird thinking. They are saying that NO new young woman are watching because they are in the work force leading to declining ratings. I am not so sure who then will be watching the new shows based on that same logic. I wonder how many time-slip viewers watch AMC. I have – and have been since the VCR became a reality in the late 70’s. Surely there are options (30 minutes a day or 4 days a week, or even weekly with some of the revenue from the ‘new’ shows). The real problem is that they really DO NOT know – they are just gambling based on surveys. I have one word for the execs behind this decision: a–holes!
could television get any more boring? apparently the answer is “yes”, since ABC seems to think their viewing audience needs still more reality shows. I think this is a terrible decision! Keep AMC & OLTL running – some new scripts for AMC would be welcomed, but the format still works and cancelling the shows will be a huge mistake.
I’ve been watching One Life to live and General Hospital for over 30 years, every day. I record them and watch them at night because I don’t like watching the reality shows. This is a bad move. A very bad move. I guess it goes along with the times though. I guess the governments stupidity has rubbed off onto the main news media and now the proven to be great shows on TV. Again, BAD MOVE!!!!
I know. Why can’t they see this? This is such a drastic move
that benefits no one. To cancel two iconic shows for lifestyle shows
Is insane.
How rediculous is this? why? all those people out of work, that must be really good for the economy! Please someone tell me this is a very bad joke! I’m old I don’t like new please the powers that be change your minds about these cancelations, I cant take anymore loss.
Watching All My Children everyday became a way for me to get away from all my cares and woes for a while. Watching another lame reality show will never be the same outlet. I want to be swept away to another place where the storyline keeps you wanting more. What can we do to change ABC’s minds?
No longer working outside the home, I’m finally able to watch AMC & OLTL most every day & they get cancelled! ABC, what are you thinking? I refuse to watch any of the stupid reality shows & you think there should be more!!! What a bad decision.
I hate this! It pisses me off that they are going to take off two widely loved shows & replace them with the kind of shows that I really HATE! I grew up watching these shows with my Mom & we still do! I really hope enough people complain that they have to change their minds!
Very upsetting decision by ABC. Now that the baby boomers are heading into retirement they cancel the shows they have watched faithfully for years. Many of us have always taped the shows and watched them when we are home in the evening and when we can finally watch them when they air during the day they get replaced with another reality show about weight loss and transformations. WE ARE SICK OF THESE TYPE OF SHOWS.
I have watched the soaps on ABC for many, many years. I liked them above all the others. Have watched Young and Restless for a while a long time ago and did not like it near as much as those on ABC. You other posters are totally correct. ABC is making a huge mistake in cancelling these shows and replacing them with ‘more reality’ shows.
As it is, ABC doesn’t offer much in entertainment in the evenings now either. We watch mostly CBS in the evenings, or we watch a lot of PBS. I work at home part time and I listened to AMAC and OLTL and GH if I couldn’t actually sit down and watch. I, also, know people who tape them to watch when they get home from work because they LIKE them. Plus, there isn’t much to watch on any of the channels at that time of day. You can’t even get a decent movie to watch unless you suscribe to Dish or Cable and Cable is not offered in rural America. Dish or any other ‘subscribe to’ network creates ‘just another bill’ for many people that they just can’t afford.
i have been watching All My Children since it started..it makes me sick to think these shows will be replaced with yet another reality or food show. Do they really think their ratings will go up? I for sure will not even give their new shows a chance…i’m done!. They are making a HUGE mistake!
Really! First you move AMC and OLTL from their home base in NY to LA….now canellation. You lost alot of good actors making that move and now you’re punishing the viewing audience for your lame decision. Perhaps executives should look within their own offices to cut fat!!!!!
That is why we have dvr’s to record the soaps and watch when we want to watch them. Take a survey and find out how many are watching it. I do not want to watch a cooking show. There are to many of them. I want to relax and watch soaprs as i have done since one life to live and all my children began.
That is why we have dvr’s to record the soaps and watch when we want to watch them. Take a survey and find out how many are watching it. I do not want to watch a cooking show. There are to many of them. I want to relax and watch soaprs as i have done since one life to live and all my children began.
FUCK YOU ABC! YOU’RE ALL A BUNCH OF DUMB FUCKS! I HOPE YOU ALL DIE!
FUCK YOU ABC! YOU’RE ALL A BUNCH OF DUMB FUCKS! I HOPE YOU ALL DIE!
Will Soap Net possibly pick them up as original and keep it going? Can we all cross our fingers?? I would actually pay for Soap Net if they were to continue these programs that I have watched since their inception! :-(
This would be a great idea!!!! We should all e-mail soap net!
soapnet is canceled as well
Will Soap Net possibly pick them up as original and keep it going? Can we all cross our fingers?? I would actually pay for Soap Net if they were to continue these programs that I have watched since their inception! :-(
I am so sad to see AMC cancelled. I had to retire early because I have leukemia. AMC is a bright spot in my day!!! Please reconsider. Like everyone else has said, we don’t need anymore reality shows!!!
I am so sad to see AMC cancelled. I had to retire early because I have leukemia. AMC is a bright spot in my day!!! Please reconsider. Like everyone else has said, we don’t need anymore reality shows!!!
I am so sad to see AMC cancelled. I had to retire early because I have leukemia. AMC is a bright spot in my day!!! Please reconsider. Like everyone else has said, we don’t need anymore reality shows!!!
I can’t believe they are canceling AMC! I was just thinking how good the show is getting with all the new characters. I also noticed how diverse the cast has become lately. I will truly miss the show and will not watch the replacements!
I can’t believe they are canceling AMC! I was just thinking how good the show is getting with all the new characters. I also noticed how diverse the cast has become lately. I will truly miss the show and will not watch the replacements!
I can’t believe they are canceling AMC! I was just thinking how good the show is getting with all the new characters. I also noticed how diverse the cast has become lately. I will truly miss the show and will not watch the replacements!
this is just crazy… there is no good reason to do this…to many people will be losing a job….has abc lost there minds
It is a shock. Our soap stars are like family. What are you doing ABC?? Some changes are not always for the best!!!
BAD MOVE!!! – YAY.. more programs I won’t watch. Come on.. really? WE ARE FED UP WITH THESE TYPE OF SHOWS!! There are a ton of like shows on networks dedicated to such. What ever happened to good old fashioned entertainment?? Soooo sick of reality and service shows!!! All My Children and One Life to Live are staples we grew with and are now watching with our kids.. and shocker..ENJOYING!!!! So yes by all means jump on the boring more of the same bandwagon. As for me I will find another Network to watch that actually gives a damn about viewers preferances. Hell did you even ask or is it below your lofty perch to find out what your viewers watch?
This is terrible!!! I am 31 years old and have watched AMC and GH for as long as I can remember. I have watched OLTL with my mother from time to time and used to rush home from school to watch GH with my friend every day. It is bad news that ABC would do this to all the devoted old fans and new that have loved and grown with this show. We have enough make over and food shows on television and soaps are a good fun escape for people to enjoy and talk about with friends and co-workers the next day. Big mistake ABC!!!!! This is ridiculous and how about revamping a few things cutting the show back to 30 minutes a day or something before just giving it the ax. It may not have 13 million viewers but how are viewers calculated where is my viewing number counted and all my elderly patients that I work with every day that are delighted when their stories are coming on. If this is gone through with it will be the end of a great era.
I am saddend by the cancellation of AMC. I’ve been taping the show everyday for over 25 years and since my schedule is so hectic, I’m 4 years behind in the storyline but have everyone on tape.
Who want’s to see another reality, food or fitness show. This will definitely bring down ABC’s ratings and I hope they feel the loss. Lifetime, here I come full time….
Have you lost your minds ABC? I can’t believe ABC is doing this. I have been watching AMC since I was in college, and I am now 57 years old. I record the shows everyday, as so a number of people I know. In the age or DVR’s, how exactly do you know what the ratings are anymore. I can’t believe you are replacing these shows with more reality tv – one show to loose weight and another one to put it back on. How stupid is that. Instead, why don’t you pull a couple of your talk shows. Oprah is leaving, put one of them there. I am really upset that you are even thinking about doing this ABC. I hope you will reconsider.
This is absolutely discusting to me ….I definately grew up on All My Children. I’ve been watching it since i was 10yrs old and I’m almost 28 now. I just had a baby in Feb. and while i was getting induced i was still watching it that day so i didn’t miss anything. For ABC to cancel a soap that is so deeply loved by so many and has been on tv for soo long, just to put on what from descriptiveness is just another cooking show and reality tv, is an absolute disgrace. I hate reality tv and i don’t think that at this point my child will ever be allowed to watch anything reality tv puts out. I only watch three tv shows and abc is cancelling one of them and may not pick up one of the others for a second season i may just boycot abc all together.
I am in shock. I can’t believe it. I have watched AMC since it started. They are making a big mistake. People are sick of these reality shows. We want ALC back.
I’m so sad to be losing All My Children! I have been watching it since I was little and my mom watched it. And these new reality shows are ridiculous. Daphne Oz is not a nutrition expert! You need education and training to be an expert. Any nutrition advice should be given by a registered dietitian, someone who has the knowledge and education required.
I am never watching ABC again after January 2012. I have never felt more betrayed as a TV viewed and a consumer. I’m still in a state of shock.
the only ABC show I watch is General Hospital, I am with you as far as any other time of day for an ABC boycott, they’ll probably do away with all of the soaps before its said and done! This sucks!
I cannot believe OLTL is being cancelled. This is a shame because I’ve been watching OLTL for over 20 years. I hope the show can be saved.
I feel like I have just been informed that my home town and all the people in it are going to be wiped off the map by some unknown force of nature. Pine Valley and the families that reside there are very much a part of my life. I have watched the show for more than 40 years, I even remember when it was a half hour done in black and white. I have watched the children grow up, the adults grow old and the real life death of some of the fictional characters incorporated into the story line. And now it feels like a little part of me is going to die with this love affair I have had with “All My Children” for most of my life! If there was a funeral I would attend and weep with sadness!
Well I guess I will be finding another network to watch during the day…. One Life to Live is my favorite thing to watch in the afternoon… I hope ABC’s ratings drop… I agree there are already too many food shows and this is a very bad move
I dont care about a food show .. we have other networks doing that! WOW these soaps are part of americana. UNREAL.. I mean really.. I hope another network pick these soaps up. Lifetime, Oprah, Bravo.. someone save these soaps please. They are part of our families.
I can’t believe that ABC has decided to cancel AMC. I’m 56 years old and have been a faithful viewer of All My Children almost since their inception. Before we could tape the shows or DVR them, I had a radio that got TV sound. On my lunch a bunch of people that I worked with would gather around that radio and listen to AMC. EveNow even my very masculine husband watches the shows with me and enjoys it! Now you tell me that you are replacing AMC with another reality show?? I live reality each and every day! What I want is to escape for an hour and watch the show I have enjoyed for so many years. Like I said, we all live reality 24/7 we don’t need or want another reality or talk show. Please, please, please reconsider and keep All My Children.
If my mother were still alive, this might severly depress her. I just remember my little brother asking me to change the channel…I asked the 4 yr old what channel his favorite show was on….his reply, “The one with all Mommy’s children on it”. That has been my favorite story for 20 yrs.
I only watch ABC in the afternoon for these One Life to Live & GH…I long ago quit their prime time & news programs. As these afternoon soaps go, we’ll soon see ABC go…& unlike the soaps, the network deserves to be cancelled.
So sad All my children is one of the best shows. been a fan for 40 years. I for one will not watch these new shows. they both sound boring
I hate reality show.. they are on every where you turn ! I like to live in my own little world for 1 hour a day with All my children.. This really pisses me off that they are going to cancel this show..
I’ve loved All My Children and its wonderful characters since the beginning. It’s surreal to think that it will no longer be part of our lives! Surreal and sad. Losing Oprah and great daytime storytelling all at once is almost too much- and seems like a terrible mistake on ABC’s part. You’re alienating loyal viewers, ABC. I love Karla Hall, but won’t be watching her or anyone else involved in the demise of Erica et al!
ABC should be thinking about getting rid of Frons not these shows
Im am so upset with this news! The tso new shows will not be watched by myself or my family! Im angry wd have way to many relity shows, talk shows & crap tv!! 30 + years ive watched & loved watching! Thanks ABC YOU SUCK ASS!!
Horrible…. news ABC is loosing it…. The food network is for cooking shows we want our soaps. So sick of all these reality TV shows when nothing is REAL about them.
This news is devistating. I have been literally watching these two shows since the beginning when they first aired. And now ABC has decided to replace them with some dumb reality shows during the daytime slot where mothers and retired people are at home. Our personal time away from the world. This move is going to take some re-adjusting. I can tell you that the two new shows they are using to replace my shows will not be a part of my life and I hope that the rest of the soap fans go on strike better yet switch over to channel 4 or channel 2 and give them a chance.
Actually it is good because I record AMC & OLTL and watch in the evenings. Now I won’t watch any daytime TV and maybe will get more done. Cutting cost will come back to bite ABC (you would think they would have figured that out by now). If I want to watch another cooking show, I will go to the Food Network not a cheap ABC copy. ABC you are definitely on a downward spiral!
dumping all my children/one life to live has got to be the worst news that i have ever heard. I have been watching children for over 35 years and the replacement shows are a dime a dozen on most channels. This is not how you treat dedicated soap viewers. They are not offering any replacements that interests me. I am a fan of children and this decision really smells!! I hope it fails….really i do!
I am very upset… I have only regular TV and usually watch the recorded shows when I am at home at night and the weekends…. I HATE the talk shows….. There are way too many… Very disappointed that they want to do that…… HATE when the TV people cancel the shows that I LIKE…..grrrrrrr
NO PLEASE LEAVE ALL MY CHILDREN ON AIR!!!!!
this is bullshit i will now longer watch abc after they are off the air. i have been watching all my children and one life to live sence i was two with my grandma. these other shows should be put on at a different time. abc you suck
Big Mistake!!!! I guess I will have more time in my day to do other things as I will not be watching TV at this time. There are enough reality tv shows. We need fantasy. I will admit AMC and OLTL have become a little dull in comparisson to GH however new writers could cure that. Well we will see as ABC takes a hit in the pocketbook with less viewers and therefore less sponsors. Not good busness. Goodbye ABC
BAD BAD DECISION I have watched one life to live on and off since I was a baby and watched it religiously since I was 11.I know alot of teens who watch this show and SOAPS are watched by most of the age range from 10-90 so taking of a SOAP for shows that have been done 1,000 times over is a plain BAD DECISION they are going to regret this ABC will plummet after this there ratings will go down immensely.
i totally agree
who the fuck said we want all my children canceled that show is so addicting and everyone loves it it should not end
What we need is two more talk shows. This Frons guy is ending
A 40+ year tradition for a large segment of viewers on ABC. I wish
There was some way to change his mind. I hope both new shows bomb.
Bad move on the part of ABC. These two shows have been the escape for many people over the years. I have fond memories of watching these shows with my grandmother and mother growing up. I have lost my grandmother and loved watching these shows and remembering her and our wonderful lunches over AMC. I can’t believe that the ratings are down when I read so many posts that are tremendously upset about the cancellation of the two shows. I hope that the network rethinks this decision.
i totally agree
please do not do this. all my children and one life has always been my two favorite shows, we have enough realitity shows on tv now. why take away two great shows to put something on tv that no one will watch. keep one life and all my children on the air. you should let the fans decide
To ABC, You are making a big mistake by canceling these shows… there isn’t much on tv anymore and these shows are the better part of tv.. by canceling these shows I hope your ratings go down, because your a bunch of cum guzzling gutter anal bitches.!! Dumbasses.!!! We have been loyal for almost 20 years off and on.! This is all I watch on tv.. its one of the only reasons I have cable. So if you cancel AMC and OLTL FUCK YALL.!!
Soap fans need to unite and boycott “all” ABC programming !! This includes sponsors for the new reality shows. I know I will not put ABC on my TV and I will not buy any products put out by those sponsors if they cancel AMC & OLTL. In numbers we can win back our soaps. Alone we won’t. In numbers we can win this fight to keep our soaps alive. Don’t give up. Let’s fight a good fight!
Though I haven’t watched AMC or OLTL for years, I am a huge soap fan, Young & Restless & General Hospital are my faves and I would be deeply depressed if my favorites were canceled! can’t imagine what network genius made this decision!
Though I haven’t watched AMC or OLTL for years, I am a huge soap fan, Young & Restless & General Hospital are my faves and I would be deeply depressed if my favorites were canceled! can’t imagine what network genius made this decision!
ABC and the BIG Networks just doesn’t get it. Storylines doesn’t matter to the BIG networks, it’s all about catering to the raging hormones of teenagers such as BOOBS, PUSSIES and an occasional DICK or two. The Big Wigs is too busy raping their mistresses and little babies to care.