The Soap Opera Network will go dark in 2012 to make way for a new network of children's programming.
SoapNet mainly airs repeats of broadcast network daytime soap operas - like
All My Children,
One Life to Live, and the now-defunct
Passions - as well as primetime shows like
One Tree Hill and
Gilmore Girls. With daytime sudsters becoming a dying breed on broadcast TV, on Wednesday, Disney announced plans to shift the ...