Since the characters stay the same, that audience is likely to come back.

When they have a baby and were at home they would watch the shows on SoapNet. Sloane said, “It’s harder to get a new audience, now, but there is the potential to get the last viewer back. Soap Opera Digest Magazine: Soap Opera Digest is the insiders guide to daytime television providing behind-the-scenes scoop and breaking news to passionate soap fans every week. And since The Guiding Light and As the World Turns went off the air, they still have a special place in viewers’ hearts and readers’ hearts, so we’ll do historical spreads.”Īs that content indicates, these days, the greatest splash soaps have made in some time is with their cancellation. What, then, is Soap Opera Digest to cover in an era when many shows are leaving or have left the air, and none are so culturally all-encompassing? “We’ll cover the shows on the air heavily. I started watching in the Luke and Laura days, the days of summer storylines, when soaps became this big part in the 1980s of entertainment consciousness.” Join us each week as we dish the latest soap news and get up close and personal with the biggest names in daytime. “I started watching when I was 12 years old. Sloane, who recently was promoted to editorial director in place of the departed Lynn Leahey. Soap Opera Digest is the insiders guide to daytime television providing behind-the-scenes scoop and breaking news to passionate soap fans every week. Theres not much, but here are the Soap Opera Weekly and Soap Opera Digest scans for the Aug. “I started watching soaps in 1980, and I got the job in 1990,” said Ms.

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