As the World Turns

Daytime Disaster! Did ABC Have to Kill All My Children and One Life to Live?

Ed Martin | Posted 06.21.2011

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I don't know what bothers me most about ABC's announcement that it canceled All My Children and One Life to Live.

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As My World Turned

Jennifer Worick | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the World Turns ended today. Big deal, right? It's a daytime soap, a dinosaur in today's snappy world. 54 years on the air is pretty amazing, but I don't care about records. Records aren't going to fill the void.

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"As the World Turns" Cancellation Marks the End of an Era

Ed Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Companies put so much time and money into their efforts to establish household names that it always amazes me when they turn around and destroy one. ...

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In Brooklyn, the World Will Turn No More

Shani R. Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

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When I heard CBS was canceling As the World Turns, I went into mourning for its escapist froth and for the effect its absence will have on Brooklyn

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THAT'S A WRAP! 'As The World Turns' Stops Production After 54 Years

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — You can view the clip on YouTube: Dr. Bob Hughes lunching with a fellow doctor in a scene aired live on "As the World Turns" the afte...

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Helen Wagner Dies: 'As the World Turns' Actress Dead At 91

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Actress Helen Wagner, who played mild-mannered Nancy Hughes on the CBS soap opera "As the World Turns" for more than a half-century a...

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Daytime Emmy Awards 2010: Vegas Verdict

Lesleyann Coker | Posted 05.25.2011

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The 2010 Daytime Emmy telecast was one of the strangest on record. It was better than last year's, though that's not saying much. This year's show f...

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Daytime Emmy Awards Downplay Soaps, Celebrate Las Vegas

Ed Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

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When I sat down to watch CBS's presentation of the 37th annual Daytime Emmy Awards on Sunday, I was looking for a celebration of daytime programming -- and I didn't get what I wanted.

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Country, Inc. Vs. The USA: A House Divided

Paul David Walker | Posted 05.25.2011

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We need to shift our competitive spirit to a global playing field instead of fighting with each other. We no longer have a head start. We need to step down from our self appointed "Super Hero" role.

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"As The World Turns" CANCELED

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Procter & Gamble, the company responsible for the phrase "soap operas," is out of the daytime drama business after 76 years now that ...

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Tiger Woods, Soap Star

Lesleyann Coker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Most people dismiss soap operas for their unbelievable story lines and exaggerated, some would say silly, drama. Why, then, is the nation transfixed by Tiger Woods' personal drama?

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Mighty Movie Podcast: The Script That Kills: Austin Peck on The Blue Tooth Virgin

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

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A TV writer tries his hand at a feature film. His friend reads the script, thinks it's an ungodly mess of muddled symbolism and Freud 101 anxieties. "Be honest," the writer says.

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"As The World Turns" May Be Canceled Next: CBS President

New York Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Now that CBS has swapped out veteran soap "Guiding Light" for a revival of the 1970s game show "Lets Make A Deal," the eye network will be closely mon...

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"As The World Turns" Shows Post-Sex Gay Men For First Time

The Daily Beast | Henry Seltzer | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the World Turns took an unexpected turn this week and went where no soap opera--and few primetime shows--has dared: showing two post-coital men. O...

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Anderson Cooper, "60 Minutes," "20/20," Take Home GLAAD Media Awards

The Huffington Post | Dipayan Gupta | Posted 05.25.2011

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CBS, ABC, and CNN can all count themselves winners after The 19th Annual Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Media Awards, which were ...

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Fan Protest Over Soap: Gay Couple Needs To Kiss More

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The love affair between two young men on the venerable CBS soap opera "As the World Turns" has triggered a protest campaign by angry ...

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