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ABC Cancels All My Children, One Life to Live

Long-running soaps go off the air in September and January

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff | Suggested by jennie_02

Posted Apr 14, 2011 3:10 PM CDT

(Newser) – Oh, the indignity for Erica Kane: Not only is ABC pulling the plug on All My Children, it's replacing it with something called The Chew. The network also is canceling One Life to Live, though General Hospital survives for now. Exact dates aren't set, but AMC—which first aired in 1970—will go off the air in September and One Life to Live (1968) in January, reports ABC.

In their places, ABC will air The Chew, a food program that will have rotating hosts such as Mario Batali, and a health and lifestyles show called The Revolution. As for the soaps: The network will "conclude each series in a manner that respects their legacies and the longstanding hopes of many of their viewers," says an ABC exec. Click for more on the decision.

Actress Susan Lucci, aka Erica Kane, poses for a portrait last month in New York.
Actress Susan Lucci, aka Erica Kane, poses for a portrait last month in New York.   (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
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finkster
Apr 14, 2011 9:47 PM CDT
That did it!!!...I only have "One Life to Live" and their going to cancel it?!! I will now take that one life and leap out of the window and if I survive I hope they transport me to "General Hospital."
thezenhaitian
Apr 14, 2011 8:00 PM CDT
Outrageous! Say it isn't so. My mom is rolling over in her grave. No way! They're keeping General Hospital?? That Johnny come lately hub of criminality? Why -- to add insult to injury?
zdaydream
Apr 14, 2011 4:23 PM CDT
NO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where will I get my Susan Lucci fix? Be cheaper to start a new soap and hire new and cheaper actors. <:-)
 

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