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'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live'- Breaking News

All My Children on September 23, and its final episode of One Life to Live in January. Prospect Park is picking up the soaps at a time when ABC is turning away from them: All My Children is being replaced by a food-focused daily talk show called The Chew, and One Life to Live is being replaced by a health and lifestyle show, The Revolution. And ABC parent company Disney transitioned its rerun-centered SOAPnet channel from cable to online last year, replacing it with Disney Junior. “One Life to Live” was born in 1968 and “All My Children” in ‘70. When it announced plans to kill them both, back in April, ABC promised to “honor” the “core, passionate audience and their rich history” by plowing them under “in a manner that respects their legacies and the longstanding hopes of many of their viewers.” Plus, Disney ABC/Television Group president Brian Frons put on his wistful face, and noted “While we are excited about our new shows and the shift in our business, I can’t ...