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SOAPnet to transform into 24 hour Disney Jr Channel 2012

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100527/ap_ ... ney_junior
The SOAPnet channel is all washed up and will be replaced by Disney Junior, a new 24-hour channel aimed at preschoolers.

The Disney-ABC Television Group announced Wednesday that the channel is set to debut in 2012. It will adopt learning themes geared to kids ages 2 to 7.

Disney Junior will replace the SOAPnet channel, which is available in 75 million U.S. homes and features reruns of daytime dramas.

Before Disney Junior is launched as a 24-hour channel, the name will be introduced on the popular Disney Channel's daily programming block for preschoolers that's now branded Playhouse Disney.

The new network will compete with Viacom's Nick Jr. channel, among other rival preschool-oriented programming.
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So, when do we get the Disney Channel aimed at adults? :wink:
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NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

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Seriously, what kind of parent will even have a preschooler up past 8:00 pm anyway?!?

This would be understandable if it remained a programming block. But 24 hours? Ugh.

How the hell am I going to watch "Ryan's Hope" now? Bad enough it's on at 5am, now it's going to be off the air (again).

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I was under the impression that this is what the regular Disney Channel has become...
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Escapay wrote:NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

:x

Seriously, what kind of parent will even have a preschooler up past 8:00 pm anyway?!?

This would be understandable if it remained a programming block. But 24 hours? Ugh.

How the hell am I going to watch "Ryan's Hope" now? Bad enough it's on at 5am, now it's going to be off the air (again).

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Don't you see this shifting of Playhouse Disney shows to a new channel is all just a ploy to show more Jonas re-runs? At least, that's the impression I'm getting from this. :huh:
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Why not just keep the SOAPnet, and instead make a new channel called Disney Channel Retro that shows shows from the 50s to the early 00s? THAT could work!
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Escapay wrote:NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

:x

Seriously, what kind of parent will even have a preschooler up past 8:00 pm anyway?!?

This would be understandable if it remained a programming block. But 24 hours? Ugh.

How the hell am I going to watch "Ryan's Hope" now? Bad enough it's on at 5am, now it's going to be off the air (again).

albert
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I guess on the bright side...You have "Ryan's Hope" until 2012?? not much a bright side in your case but...start DVRing or Tivo
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Escapay wrote:NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

:x

albert
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My reaction. Plus a :evil: . And a :angry: . And don't forget the :roll: .

But at least it isn't til 2012.
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Mickeyfan1990 wrote:Why not just keep the SOAPnet, and instead make a new channel called Disney Channel Retro that shows shows from the 50s to the early 00s? THAT could work!
I like that idea, or at the very least turn SOAPnet into classic Disney Channel. If they really want this Play House Disney network, I say at the very least, have that programing on in the morning and early afternoon, but then in the afternoon switch it to the old shows they use to have on Disney (Gummi Bears, Even Stevens) and then in the evenings make it Vault Disney! That would be cool!
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We have had a 24 hour preschool channel in Canada called Treehouse for years. Last year or so the people who also program our 'Family Channel' made a 24 hour Playhouse Disney as competition. So hear it's a pretty normal thing but I feel sorry for thouse in the US who like Soaps.

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Wait, people actually watch SOAPnet?
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Yeah, personally, I'm not a fan of SOAPnet, but I can understand why fans of the channel would be upset that it's being replaced by "Disney Junior". Also, does this this mean "Disney Channel" will drop the "Playhouse Disney" scheduling block after "Disney Junior" starts?
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Soaps are dying anyway. Guiding Light and As the World Turns died. One Life to Live, All My Children and General Hospital are next. The ratings are awful.

Only three soaps will survive and they're more than enough to satisfy the few soap fans left. SOAPnet serves no purpose once those shows are all canceled.
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estefan wrote:Don't you see this shifting of Playhouse Disney shows to a new channel is all just a ploy to show more Jonas re-runs? At least, that's the impression I'm getting from this. :huh:
If that's the case they should have created a Vault Disney Channel when they removed the vault disney portion of the disney channel as a ploy to show more Lizzie McGuire re-runs.
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Do two to seven-year-olds really need a 24-hour channel focusing on turning them into couch potatoes? :roll: And does something like Mickey Mouse Playhouse really need to be on at 2 in the morning or are they just going to have infomercials play then? :p
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oh whooope, just what we need.....24 hours of CGI animation. How about classic mickey with hand drawn animation. Kids today rarely see hand drawn animation anymore.


If they drop Playhouse Disney COMPLETELY from Disney Channel and start playing old classic shows that I watched when I visited my grandma, such as Pooh's Corner or Dumbo's circus, I'd be all for it.


And we know this is just a way turn Disney channel into a 24 hour hannah montana rerun central, since Disney channel is OBSESSED with that show.
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jediliz wrote:If they drop Playhouse Disney COMPLETELY from Disney Channel and start playing old classic shows that I watched when I visited my grandma, such as Pooh's Corner or Dumbo's circus, I'd be all for it.
Now we know that's not gonna happen.

I simply don't understand why Disney no longer realizes that childhood nostalgia is one of its biggest selling points...
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jediliz wrote: If they drop Playhouse Disney COMPLETELY from Disney Channel and start playing old classic shows that I watched when I visited my grandma, such as Pooh's Corner or Dumbo's circus, I'd be all for it.

Watching Pooh's Corner and Dumbo's Circus was a memorable part of my childhood. If they aired shows like this then I wouldn't mind skipping my weeks worth of Y&R on Saturday! I wish the old Disney series would be released on DVD, like the Saturday morning Aladdin and the Little Mermaid cartoons. :)
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jediliz wrote:oh whooope, just what we need.....24 hours of CGI animation. How about classic mickey with hand drawn animation. Kids today rarely see hand drawn animation anymore.
sounds like you just hate CGI.
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