When Soapnet was announced, Sony Pictures Entertainment planned to launch a competing cable channel and website called SoapCity, which would air all CBS soap operas and the Sony-owned/produced NBC soap Days of Our Lives. This was the main reason for ABC owned-and-operated station WABC-TV being pulled from Time Warner Cable's New York City system for two days in May 2000. Soapnet eventually gained high cable carriage due to Disney's aggressive policy of pulling ABC- owned broadcast stations and the popular ESPN channels from cable providers if they did not agree to carry Soapnet as well. Programming was inclusive, as the channel was owned by ABC. When Soapnet launched on January 20, 2000, the channel aired only current ABC soap operas in the evening and early morning, so that people who were at work or school during the day could watch them at their convenience. 1.3 Decline and transition to Disney Junior (2010–2013).While some providers removed Soapnet upon the launch of Disney Junior, the channel continued to operate on some providers until it finally ceased operations on December 31, 2013. In later years, Soapnet increased its focus on acquired reruns of drama series.ĭue in part to a general decline in the soap opera genre as a whole, and the growing adoption of digital video recorders, cable/satellite video on demand, and streaming video options making its primetime soap encores increasingly unnecessary on a traditional linear network, Disney announced in 2010 that Soapnet would be replaced by the new preschool-oriented network Disney Junior, which launched on March 23, 2012. Soapnet also broadcast programming related to soap operas, including news and behind-the-scenes programs.
The network's programming was oriented towards the soap opera genre on launch, Soapnet carried primetime encores of ABC's current soaps, as well as reruns of classic daytime and primetime soap opera series. Soapnet (stylized as SOAPnet) was an American basic cable network owned by the Disney–ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. March 22, 2012 10 years ago ( ) (some providers)ĭecember 31, 2013 8 years ago ( ) (officially) SOAPnet's final logo used from 2007–December 31, 2013
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