Soap Operas & The Daytime Television Changes

I'll never forget waking up to the sounds of the "Young & The Restless" theme song. At the age of eight i was introduced to soap operas. Like many women out there in the world, soap operas were the "in thing" to be watching during the day. They have been around since television was invented and have impacted our daytime television viewing. Flash Forward to many years later, soap opera ratings have been declining and now most of them have been canceled. In September 2011, ABC Network veteran daytime soap opera "All My Children" will end its 41 year run. Another ABC soap opera, "One Life To Live will also be ending 

Daytime television will be making a lot of changes in the coming months not just with soap operas but as well as with talk shows. ABC will be losing two soap operas but will be adding two unscripted shows that will fill in AMC And OLTOL timeslot. They have also signed Katie Couric to do a talk show. CBS will still have "The Talk" but will have less co-host on the show. Regis Phillbin will also be saying goodbye to daytime TV and search for his replacement is currently in talks. But you can't forget the biggest absence from daytime, the big O, Oprah. Many affiliates around the country have decided to make The Ellen DeGeneres Show the main replacement for Oprah's time slot. Ellen's popularity has skyrocked since her comeback with "Finding Nemo" and will surely make a ratings splash when she premieres back in September.

With the changes, will the longtime viewers accept it?  Talk shows and game shows will become more popular in the coming years and you can sure bet that in five to ten years all soap operas will vanish from our daytime screens. It will be interesting to see the older demographics accept the changes. For now enjoy the rest of what is left, I'll do just the same by listening to the Y&R theme as much as i can before I have to say goodbye to that as well.