As The ENQUIRER previously reported long running soap ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIVE TO LIVE have been given the old heave-ho by the Alphabet Net.
The daytime staples will end in September and January, ABC confirmed.
In their place, ABC will launch two new young-skewing, lifestyle-oriented series, The Chew (about food) and The Revolution.
Insiders say that the manufactured drama of the soaps (many originating as radio shows sponsored by soap manufacturers like Proctor & Gamble) were no match for manufactured drama of "reality" shows.
Susan Lucci, the star of All My Children noted in an ENQUIRER exclusive last week that she had survived many of the same dramas in real life as her fictional AMC character, Erica Kane.
Let's hope permanent cancelation is NOT one of them.
fyi: General Hospital escaped the soap massacre.
