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Breaking: ABC Soaps Cancelled..

Posted: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:49:09 PDT

ONE LIFE TO LIVE, ALL MY CHILDREN DROPPED..

UPDATED 6:08 pm CST

Early this afternoon, ABC's legendary soaps All My Children and One Life To Live were cancelled by the network....Reportedly, none of the casts of both shows were told. They found out, just  like you and I, from the media.  

What heart.

Comments from fans, cast members and alum:

It saddens me that All My Children is canceled. I've loved playing Erica Kane and working with Agnes Nixon & the incredible people at AMC. -Susan Lucci

Saddened and shocked by the news of #AMC's cancellation. It's the end of an era. I love you, AMC.-Eden Riegel

With this devastating, news I have to say though not surprised, it’s still so sad to think that a genre of television is disappearing. One that is so important to the employment of so many diverse groups of people. I’m deeply heartbroken by this news! -Kim Zimmer

It's a sad day in Pine Valley. We're all still trying to absorb the news... Thank you all for your support! #AMC has the best fans ever. Xo - Stephanie Gatschett

A moment of silence for a disappearing genre. OLTL & AMC, we’ll miss your hard work and talent -Nathan Fillion 

All My Children & One Life to Live CANCELLED! I grew up watching both shows w my grandmother... What a loss. RIP Soap Operas – Sherri Shepherd 

All My Children in Sept. & One Life to Live in Jan. will be canceled! That's almost sacrilegious! The characters are nearly "family"! -Donna Marie Milligan 

Having lunch with husband as AMC cast was filtering in one by one.. I assumed it was a fan event. -Lisa LoCicero 

The actors were not even told before the press! What a class act. Too bad it’s all third. What a TOOL! - Catherine Hickland 

Rumors are true. AMC & One Life are cancelled. End of an era. Very sad but you will see us actors pop up other places :) - Chrishell Stause

A moment of silence...my heart is in my stomach right now.  -Monice Mitchell Simms

 RIP, All My Children & One Life to Live. Watched them as a teen during the 80's when they were at their best. End of an era. bayboluv

 All My Children may be gone but I'll remember Erica Kane's many husbands, Jenny's exploding Jet Ski & Stuart and Adam,best twins. Cathi Mims Yamaguchi

Oh Lord: ABC has cancelled All My Children, One Life to Live. If ABC thought ratings were low wait till the proposed new shows start. - J. Matthew

Who imagined that the Welcome to Pine Valley sign would ever come down? All My Children axed. Goodbye, Erica Kane. You were GREAT. I remember how excited I was to meet Ruth Warwick, aka Phoebe Tyler and Susan Lucci, THE Erica Kane. Wonderful AMC memories. -Marlee Matlin

Say it ain't so! -Shaun Robinson, Access Hollywood

Soaps have been around since the days of radio and the fact that they're slowly going away is sad to me -Kelly, Atlanta, GA

Seriously, not sure how I'm supposed to do interviews right now when my heart is aching. #RIPAMC – Denise Martin, TV Guide.com

ADDITIONAL COVERAGE:

ABC News

US (w/Kelly Ripa's thoughts)

AFTRA

NPR

Vanity Fair

Washington Post

Entertainment Weekly

Salt Lake Tribune

Mlive.Com

Screen Rant

Advocate

Buddy TV

Huffington Post

The Feed

Zap2It

L.A. Times

Time

Daytime Confidential

Warming Glow

NOTE: This blog post will be updated throughout the evening with additional news stories, and reactions from cast members, fans, and more as they come in...