as the world turns ended in 1990.
what year did as the world turns end?
1990
in south africa, "as the world turns" aired on sabc2 from june 2010 to february 2012 from 14:10 to 15:00 each weekday. episodes were 4 years behind the original us broadcast. in canada "as the world turns" aired on ontv, and, later, global television network, and on ntv in newfoundland and labrador. in jamaica "as the world turns" started airing on television jamaica monday to friday 1:00pm beginning in 2011. in belize "as the world turns" was seen on great belize television at 2:00 pm central time, usually the same day as the u.s. telecasts. in new zealand "as the world turns" was aired on tvnz 1 from 1962 to 1989. in australia, "as the world turns" was aired on network ten first at 1.30 pm, then moved to 5:00pm before ultimately being dropped entirely in 1987.
as the world turns
although the eventual hit game show "family feud" ran against "as the world turns" from july 12, 1976, until april 22, 1977, it did not become a hit for abc until its move to the mornings. only when abc made its first move to a one-hour soap with "all my children" did trouble really began for "as the world turns" (and "days of our lives"), since abc kept that serial's starting time at 1:00/noon, meaning that fans of that serial who tuned to nbc or cbs would miss the last half of that day's storyline (or, contrariwise, would not, if they watched until the mid-program commercial break and then changed channels, pick up the "as the world turns" or "days of our lives" activities from the episode's beginning, since abc strategically placed its break several minutes after the bottom of the hour). further, "all my children's" emphasis on youth-oriented, sexier story lines provided a sharp contrast to the domestic, almost quaint tone of "as the world turns" (and to a lesser degree, the melodramatic, somewhat topical "days"). on january 16, 1978, abc ballooned its decade-old "one life to live" to the 2:00 pm/1:00 pm starting time, compounding the other networks' headaches. these factors helped contribute to the fall of "as the world turns" from the top spot in the ratings at the end of the 1978-79 season. after finishing the previous season tied with "another world" for number one in the nielsens, "as the world turns" fell to fourth behind "all my children", "general hospital", and "the young and the restless".
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