Soapnet is going away

when this was going to happen. I heard something about it a year or so ago and then nothing else. Thanks for the update letting us know the exact day it’s switching. I hate to see it happen, though. It does make for a good backup.

You guys need to check out Hulu.com—-Put Days of Our Lives in the box and it will give you a choice of which episode you want to see. For me it is just wonderful because the captions are in bright yellow and so much easier to read than the cc on my regular TV. We have never had any kind of cable or dish stuff and probably won’t. I hate paying for something I can still get free even if it isn’t everything. Most things now come around on dvd sooner or later anyway. Today’s show won’t be available until tomorrow, that is one thing I would like to change. Would love to watch it tonight since I missed it today.

 that much time in front of the TV.  I know it hasn’t been confirmed but there have been suspicions that that much time for that age group can lead to some symptoms of autism.  It alienates kids from actual human contact and makes them expect everything to happen in their surroundings at ‘TV clip speed’.   Kids at that age should be developing real language, speaking and listening skills, vocabulary, etc. There are also many that will use that as an alternate babysitter which is also scary.   I know many will disagree with my point of view.

but there are way too many parents these days that find it so much easier to plunk their kids in front of an electronic screen instead of doing what is really best for them. 

But, it’s the same with food.  How many parents let their kids eat what they want (fast food…sweets) as opposed to good nutritious food?  Way too many in both categories.

just like ABC’s The Chew and The Revolution…. Both of those shows are in the tank now, and fans of OLTL and AMC are ecstatic about that …. present company included.  I read where The Revolution is actually paying people ($30.00 per show) just to sit in the audience.  LOL!

I understand with The Chew and The Revolution because the networks were hoping to get the same audience and they wanted to basically tell us soap watchers what is a better option and cheaper for them to produce.  But Disney Jr is going after completely different audience.  I haven’t watched Soapnet in ages because I have a DVR and just tape Days or watch it on the internet.  I think this is more a sign of the times with technology.  Most people don’t watch it on soapnet, so the ratings were not enough to sustain its existance.  On the other hand Disney Jr part of Disney is very popular and I am glad to see it on 24 hours vs. a small portion of the day. 

I agree, children are on the computer, playing video games, and watching TV too much.  They also are not eating healthy.  But at the same point, all of those tools can be used in the right manner by some parents.  My child is 15 months old and does not "watch" TV, but it is great background noise and keeps her more interested in being in her playroom and playing with her toys longer.  If she looks up once in 20 minutes and happens to learn something, that is even more of a plus.  I use a mixture of TV and music (Pandora on the Tivo is awesome for this – great toddler learning songs) so that she wants to stay in her play area.  Without those sounds she is at the gate and wanting out.  Which is also not good for her because then she is being held too much and not playing and learning with her toys.  And then you are going to say well play with her, well I do, but even with me playing with her she does it for 2 or 3 minutes and is at the gate without the TV or music on.  Now would I allow her to sit and stare at the TV for hours on end, no.  When she is older and wants to watch TV , I am going to limit it to a certain amount of time and the rest of the time it will be music only.  I pretty much do that now.  I have the TV on for at most an hour in the day and the rest of the time I have the music playing.  But the TV gives it more variety for her and I noticed she enjoys certain things like the intro to the Dinosaur train and danced to that while watching the intro.  Then she is off playing.

I also allow my daughter to play with my phone.  I have piano apps and she loves to play with it.  Babies are attracted to technology no matter what you do.  I learned that the hard way.  So by allowing her to "play" with it, she is less attracted to it, because it is now "old" to her.  I am amazed at how she gravitates to remotes, phones, computers, etc.  I guess even the babies know it is technology age

WHUT (Ch. 19)

TOONS – Cartoon Network (Ch. 42)

DISNEY (Ch. 43)

NIK (Ch. 44)

SPRT (Ch. 128

NIK TOONS (Ch. 129)

HUB (Ch. 130)

NIC JR (Ch. 131)

NICK 2 (Ch. 132)

T-NCK (Ch. 133)

DIS-XP (Ch. 135)

SMILE (Ch. 282)

WETAK (Ch. 266)

These are ALL children’s networks, and many of them are pre-school and early learning networks that stay on most of, if not all day/night.  Then the local stations (abc, cbs and nbc) show children’s programming throughout the weekends, during the morning/late afternoon before regular programming begins.  How many children’s networks does a child need to watch?  SoapNet was the one place a soap fan could go if they missed the show, were busy with other things or, in many instances, did not have a DVR box with their cable, which is an additional cost to the subscriber, as well as the fact that, as SW mentioned, that most children are not up during the evening hours and watch their programming during the day or after school.  JMHO!