Disney is getting out of the all-soap opera business to expand its cable offerings targeted at kids. Disney Junior, to launch in 2012, will target preschoolers, age 2-7. The announcement from Disney ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Disney/ABC TV Group is shutting down decade-old cable channel SoapNet to make room for a new kids channel. The company will launch Disney Junior, a 24-hour channel ...

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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 ...

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 ...