SoapNet general manager Deborah Blackwell is departing her post effective immediately but will continue as a consultant until her contract expires at the start of next year. Departure comes following ...
Daytime soaps are in peril and it just may be that prime-time is riding to the rescue. While soap opera audiences continue to dwindle, SoapNet, the Disney-owned cable channel devoted to ...
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 ...
Disney's SoapNet has picked up a reality series centering on new assistants working in the fashion and beauty industries. By Kimberly Nordyke, The Associated Press Disney’s SoapNet has picked up a ...
The now-defunct cable channel saw its distribution and series offerings grow dramatically under her watch. By THR Staff Deborah Blackwell, who ran the Disney cable channel SoapNet from 2001-07, died ...
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 ...
In the all-important under-50 demographic, both these girl-power, neo-feminist networks are now being beaten by a retrograde channel: Soapnet. This year to date, Soapnet is ranked eighth among all ...
This article is from the archive of our partner . But now that the number of daytime soaps have dwindled to just four and Disney Junior's ratings have been strong with the preschool set, Disney has ...