The premiere of SoapNet's original series "General Hospital: Night Shift" set records in its premiere at 11 p.m. Thursday, drawing the largest audience for any telecast in network history. The debut ...

For countless soap opera fans, the dawn of the new millennium 25 years ago brought a new way to watch their favorite shows. On January 20, 2000, Disney launched SOAPnet, a basic cable channel devoted ...

SoapNet has greenlit the half-hour “1 Day With…,” ordering 10 episodes to profile 24 hours in the life of daytime’s top stars. Cabler has been ramping up its original series efforts, announcing ...

Goodbye SOAPnet, hello Disney Junior. Disney/ABC Television Group just announced that it will launch Disney Junior, a new 24-hour basic cable/satellite channel dedicated to preschool-age children in ...

It used to be that harried soap-opera watchers too busy to catch their shows during the day had only one friend: the videocassette recorder. Now, watchers have a multitude of choices, from TiVo, the ...

SOAPnet’s bubble has finally burst. On Dec. 31, Walt Disney Co. will pull the plug on the cable channel it created 14 years ago to squeeze extra life from its popular daytime dramas. But like all ...

SoapNet has renewed its original drama "General Hospital: Night Shift," a spinoff of corporate sibling ABC's soap "General Hospital," for a second season. By Kimberly Nordyke, The Associated Press ...

The sands of the hourglass will soon begin flowing on SoapNet. In a landmark multiyear deal, the sudser web has pacted with Sony Pictures Television for same-day repurposing rights to NBC’s top-rated ...

After fourteen years on the air, SOAPnet will go dark on December 31, 2013. An article in the L.A. Times quotes Ben Pyne, president of global distribution for Disney Media Networks, as saying, ...

BURBANK, Calif., March 18 (UPI) -- SOAPnet says it will mark the 50th anniversary of "General Hospital" by airing a 50-episode marathon of the upstate New York-set, daytime drama series. The run of ...

LOS ANGELES — Moving aggressively to expand its hold on children’s entertainment, the Walt Disney Company will close its SoapNet cable channel and replace it with a service aimed at preschoolers. In ...