The show STILL had it together then -- but would soon lose it's way permanently around 1999 and 2000. For me it never recovered losing too much of its focus on established characters which it had done so extrememly well probably since the 1956 beginning... Lisa is so beautiful here.
That was the time when the show started appealing to a younger audience by focusing more on younger characters. Teens through young adults. The change wasn't immediate, it was slow. But by 2008 once Telenext took over, at least half the storylines in ATWT had to do with with at least one young character. We had Allison, Aaron, Lucy, Maddie, Will, Gwen, Casey, Adam, Jade, Luke, Noah, Parker, Liberty, Faith, etc. All within roughly the last 6-7 years of the show.
They were desperately trying to reach an audience that was more interested in the Internet and the same reality TV shows whose existence this show's former EP, the late Mary-Ellis Bunim, enabled. Not only that, the daytime shows could not keep up with trying to copy primetime and cable shows that frankly were just copying them. P&G could see the writing on the wall. They wanted out of show business something fierce, and when they let CBS pull the plug on their last two remaining soaps, that was truly the end of an era. My mother was the one who watched these shows, like her (now deceased) mother before her, but even she drifted away to other shows before this and *Guiding Light* went off the air. I was more into the reruns of sitcoms and the cartoons that used to air after these shows on local TV, and my sisters never really got into these shows, either. They were so out of touch with post-boomer generations, it was astonishing. All the changes that were supposed to make the shows more relatable to younger generations had the opposite effect: it felt like everything the Steve Buscemi "how do you do, fellow kids?" meme from *30 Rock* is making fun of.
oakdaleatwt, is the reason you found the closings from 1993-1998 to be the best because one could see the scenes from the episode with the voices taken out as the credits scrolled?
I miss this so much. My one-hour escape from reality. I'll never forgive CBS and P&G for deserting us fans.
those years of those credits were my favorites
Loved this theme more than any others. Hauntingly beautiful
I miss as the world turns my fave second soap opera 🙏🙏
Greatest soap opera ever
The great Larry Bryggman.
Lisa vs. Molly were always fun to watch, lol
Who remember this show
I do
The show really fell apart after the death of Douglas Marland. Hogan Sheffer energized it again, but only briefly.
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The show STILL had it together then -- but would soon lose it's way permanently around 1999 and 2000. For me it never recovered losing too much of its focus on established characters which it had done so extrememly well probably since the 1956 beginning... Lisa is so beautiful here.
That was the time when the show started appealing to a younger audience by focusing more on younger characters. Teens through young adults. The change wasn't immediate, it was slow. But by 2008 once Telenext took over, at least half the storylines in ATWT had to do with with at least one young character. We had Allison, Aaron, Lucy, Maddie, Will, Gwen, Casey, Adam, Jade, Luke, Noah, Parker, Liberty, Faith, etc. All within roughly the last 6-7 years of the show.
They were desperately trying to reach an audience that was more interested in the Internet and the same reality TV shows whose existence this show's former EP, the late Mary-Ellis Bunim, enabled. Not only that, the daytime shows could not keep up with trying to copy primetime and cable shows that frankly were just copying them.
P&G could see the writing on the wall. They wanted out of show business something fierce, and when they let CBS pull the plug on their last two remaining soaps, that was truly the end of an era. My mother was the one who watched these shows, like her (now deceased) mother before her, but even she drifted away to other shows before this and *Guiding Light* went off the air. I was more into the reruns of sitcoms and the cartoons that used to air after these shows on local TV, and my sisters never really got into these shows, either. They were so out of touch with post-boomer generations, it was astonishing. All the changes that were supposed to make the shows more relatable to younger generations had the opposite effect: it felt like everything the Steve Buscemi "how do you do, fellow kids?" meme from *30 Rock* is making fun of.
I Miss😢😢 Soap Opera.
What happened to Parker on that show
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Why do soap operas show a lot of fighting?
Lisa sure was a mess 😂
oakdaleatwt, is the reason you found the closings from 1993-1998 to be the best because one could see the scenes from the episode with the voices taken out as the credits scrolled?
As The W 🌎 rld Turns The Daytime Soap Opera Of All Time On CBS