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In fact, a little while back, we thought it might be fun to review the first episode over two decades after it aired! With that said, it was still a campy good time. This short-lived third NBC soap came about back in 1997, when the network turned to primetime soap king Aaron Spelling to craft a new daytime sudser that would be specifically designed to reel in younger viewers. More: Days star addresses rumors of jumping ship When they got rid of Sunset Beach, the network went back down to having only two soaps in its daytime lineup. NBC had already cancelled our beloved Another World earlier that year, but at least in that case, they replaced it with Passions. Still, it also wasn’t anything to celebrate. The show had always been something of an experiment, so it wasn’t exactly surprising. Twenty-one years ago today, NBC pulled the plug on the relatively new Sunset Beach, less than a week shy of its third birthday. In 1999, NBC Sent Sunset Beach… Well… Into The Sunset As the ball dropped in Times Square, the network went dark, taking one of the last refuges for classic-soap lovers with it. So it certainly wasn’t a surprise when at 11 pm on New Year’s Eve, SOAPnet aired its last episode of General Hospital. And in 2013, SOAPnet lost the rights to The Young and the Restless. More: GH star doesn’t hold back about his character’s demiseīy 2012, Disney began switching channels which had been carrying SOAPnet over to Disney Junior in large swaths of the country. That’s when it became pretty clear that in the House of Mouse, at least, soaps were no longer king… or even all that welcome. Then, in 2011, ABC ended All My Children and One Life to Life. (Look hard enough on sites like eBay, and you’ll likely find DVDs of the series.)īut while the channel did pick up Another World reruns along with same-day episodes of Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless, there were still so many soaps we wished they would have shown over shows like The OC. They even produced two seasons of the weekly primetime sudser General Hospital: Night Shift, featuring characters from the daytime soap in stories that were largely unrelated to those unfolding on the mothership. And as the channel’s popularity took off, it expanded its own programming, giving us talk shows like Soap Talk and reality shows such as I Wanna Be a Soap Star. In its early days, the Disney-owned SOAPnet almost exclusively aired current and classic ABC shows - though they did also snag CBS’ sequin-laden ‘80s gems Knots Landing and Falcon Crest. An entire channel dedicated to showing current soaps, classic soaps, daytime soaps, primetime soaps… Was this heaven? For a while, that certainly seemed to be the case. It’s hard to believe it’s been seven years since SOAPnet ceased broadcasting. Because forget Friday the 13th, December 31st is our unluckiest date! Sure, there’s all that stuff about uncertainty around the future, but here in the soap world, we can’t help but walk extra gingerly when New Year’s Eve rolls around. Still, it’s hard not to feel a little nervous. After the dumpster fire that’s been 2020, that alone is cause for celebration. Another year under our belt (thank God!), and a bright, shiny new one about to be born. Remember when General Hospital faves Patrick, Jason and Robin got their very own show?