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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 286648" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>In most markets near where I lived, <em>Sunset Beach</em> aired at 3pm Eastern, right after <em>Another World</em>. This put it against ABC's <em>General Hospital</em> and CBS's<em> Guiding Light</em>, two very "established" soaps who were doing well in the mid/late 1990s. It was virtually impossible for SuBe to entice viewers of those soaps away to watch "something new". I had no idea so many channels aired the show at noon--that was the "death sentence slot" for soaps on their way out, not a slot to start off a new show! At least there was some carry-over from AW to SuBe when it aired at 3pm, since many soap viewers used to be "network loyal"--watching the full slate of shows on one network rather than channel hopping. Noon was more identified with local news shows, not soaps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 286648, member: 27"] In most markets near where I lived, [I]Sunset Beach[/I] aired at 3pm Eastern, right after [I]Another World[/I]. This put it against ABC's [I]General Hospital[/I] and CBS's[I] Guiding Light[/I], two very "established" soaps who were doing well in the mid/late 1990s. It was virtually impossible for SuBe to entice viewers of those soaps away to watch "something new". I had no idea so many channels aired the show at noon--that was the "death sentence slot" for soaps on their way out, not a slot to start off a new show! At least there was some carry-over from AW to SuBe when it aired at 3pm, since many soap viewers used to be "network loyal"--watching the full slate of shows on one network rather than channel hopping. Noon was more identified with local news shows, not soaps. [/QUOTE]
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