Bill delivered the sad news to me this morning.
One of my favorite channels, SOAPnet is going to be replaced (in 2012) by – Disney Jr. LIKE WE NEED ANOTHER KIDS CHANNEL ON CABLE HERE!!! Argh! The things that get me all riled up hey? 😉
SOAPnet is a fantastic channel because –
a) they re screen Days of our Lives each day that is a replay of what was shown of NBC. So if you miss it – you can always catch it again!
b) they are the only channel that shows old 90210 episodes. They even have 90210 marathons on long weekend holidays! Who else is going to show 90210 now? 🙁 I only have seasons 1-3 on DVD – it has been great because since I’ve moved here I’ve seen David and Donna’s wedding (aka the Finale) a stack of times as channel 10 messed the 90210 schedule in Australia so much when it was on back in the day.
c) if you want to start watching a soap, it is a great channel to start watching it on if you miss them during the day.
Disney should make it a dual channel – between 8am and 4pm it is a kids channel and then after that it is SOAPnet. That way it could keep all of us happy! But again, there are way too many kids channels on TV here already. It is totally unnecessary!
Reading the comments here, other viewers all seem to be in agreement. This is a very silly decision! Ok I’ve had my rant… now back to normal programming!