one life to live

Fans of 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live' can pop open a bottle of champagne. The two long-running soaps, each on the air for more than four decades and slated for cancellation later this year, will continue their exploits -- online.

It looks like vacuum maker Hoover is about to play dirty. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Hoover plans to pull its ads from ABC following the network's decision to cancel two of its soap operas -- 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live' -- last week. VP of marketing Brian Kirkendall claims they will stop advertising on the network effective Friday, and that they're "making every attempt

According to the LA Times, ‘All My Children’ will end in Sept. 2011, while ‘One Life to Live’ will officially die in Jan. 2012, leaving ‘General Hospital’ as the network’s only remaining soap. EW.com adds that “enormous costs” were the main reason the shows were canceled...