In a dramatic twist befitting the genre, two long-running ABC soap operas — One Life to Live and All My Children — have been saved from oblivion by the Internet.
ABC and Prospect Park issued a joint press release on Thursday that the shows will be distributed beyond their planned finale dates âvia online formats and additional emerging platforms including Internet enabled television sets.â The soaps will continue to run at the same lengths and âwith the same quality,â according to the release.
ABC announced it was axing the soaps in April after steady ratings declines, while viewers fled to talk shows and the Internet. All My Children was set to go off the air in September and One Life to Liveâs finale was set to run in January.
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.
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