The chairman of Disney Michael Eisner raised the bar on SoapNet 16 months ago when he called the Disney-owned 24-hour cable channel “the greatest thing that’s happened to our company since chopped ...

When the ball drops in Times Square, the curtain will drop on cable channel SOAPnet. You'll have to find another place to watch your Beverly Hills, 90210s (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 ...

SoapNet is expanding its original scripted offerings with a new 10-episode hockey-themed drama series. The show revolves around the on- and off-the-ice drama surrounding the Canadian Mustangs hockey ...

Disney/ABC Television Group has popped SoapNet’s bubble, with plans to shut down the 10-year-old basic-cable network in 2012. The network, which averaged 319,000 total prime time viewers in the first ...

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 ...

Think SoapNet is strictly a repurposing vehicle for ABC’s popular daytime soaps? Wash out your mouth. Starting March 15, NBC’s Days of Our Lives, the top daytime drama among women 18 to 34, joins ...

The unfortunate timing of Disney’s Disney Junior announcement — in which it was also announced that SoapNet would shut down in 2012 — means that poor SoapNet is stuck being a lame duck network for two ...

Disney plans to shut down SOAPnet to make way for new cable channel Disney Junior in 2012, the company announced Wednesday. SOAPnet launched in 2000 and currently airs a mix of recent episodes of ...

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 celebrates the 4th of July with the "Life's A Beach: Beverly Hills 90210 Independence Day Marathon" on Thursday, July 4 (10:00am-7:00pm ET/PT). The 9-hour marathon centers on everyone's ...

Disney Channel has confirmed a launch date for its new 24-hour preschool channel. Disney Junior will replace SoapNet on most cable and satellite systems at midnight on Friday, March 23. The new cable ...