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If you are between the ages of 13 and 87, the last time you met anyone who described herself as a loyal viewer of daytime soap operas you were probably still hoarding quarters for pay phones and maintaining a casual position on sunscreen. Soaps have been shedding audiences for years now. The young, especially, have found their absurdities elsewhere; there is almost nothing put forth by the ... [link]

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Gay Makeouts Save Soap Opera From Obsolescence [The Gays]
Published 5/15/2008 by Ryan Tate at Gawker
The Times noticed something about the soap opera As The World Turns, which has featured three oh-so-groundbreaking gay kisses in the past year: It is the only soap opera that has gained young viewers over the past seven months. All the other soaps lost young people and are basically left with olds and adult diaper commercials. Sure, maybe forbidden gay love will energize soap operas the way class tension used to, as the Times suggests. Or maybe As The World Turns is just the latest show to ...

The More You Know: Do they sell fabric at Tim Hortons?
Published 5/16/2008 by John at TiFaux
... RuPaul to host a drag themed reality competition What we’re not watching: American Gladiators season 2 The Sopranos: The Academic Symposium America’s Most Wanted gets its 1000th arrest Even more newscaster meltdowns! Speedy new character debuts on new season of Heroes Fox reveals their fall and spring schedules Gay relationship on As The World Turns has helped the show gain viewers Because I love you: Manbabies! ...

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