

You could literally print the recaps of episodes the network provided soap magazines as show bibles.

That no attempts to stream compilation clip shows to get people up to date is a systemic failure by Disney/ABC (and CBS and NBC). The most challenging thing about soap operas is getting into the story. Are you seriously telling me that a library of 50,000 episodes that can be packaged and repackaged for holidays and anniversaries, sold internationally, used to cash in on former soaps stars when they make the news could not add 100 million a year to the bottom line? This is the greatest unsolved soap opera mystery of our generation, Missed Opportunties To Make Easy Cash

It’s almost like Disney/ABC would rather avoid doing anything to justify increasing the budget from $45 million each year to produce the soap (which it makes a profit on). It doesn’t offer any of this extensive library in any way, shape, or form is a travesty. This includes every episode of General Hospital (and One Life To Live, All My Children, Port Charles, Loving, The City, and Ryan’s Hope) and owns two streaming services, Hulu and Disney+. The Greatest Unsolved Soap Opera Mystery NEVER TOLD… Disney Sits On A Gold MineĪBC/Disney owns the rights to its vast catalog of soap operas.
