Since the characters stay the same, that audience is likely to come back. When they have a baby and were at home they would watch the shows on SoapNet. Sloane said, “It’s harder to get a new audience, now, but there is the potential to get the last viewer back. And since The Guiding Light and As the World Turns went off the air, they still have a special place in viewers’ hearts and readers’ hearts, so we’ll do historical spreads.”Īs that content indicates, these days, the greatest splash soaps have made in some time is with their cancellation. What, then, is Soap Opera Digest to cover in an era when many shows are leaving or have left the air, and none are so culturally all-encompassing? “We’ll cover the shows on the air heavily. I started watching in the Luke and Laura days, the days of summer storylines, when soaps became this big part in the 1980s of entertainment consciousness.” “I started watching when I was 12 years old. in: Soap Opera Digest front covers Soap Opera Digest Front Covers Edit Over the years, Soap Opera Digest had the stars of the NBC daytime television soap Days of Our Lives with many front page covers. Each issue provides exclusive sneak peeks of upcoming episodes and details of previous shows that. Tackling social justice, climate, health, LGBTQ+ rights, gender equality. Get Soap Opera Digest Digital Magazine Subscription today. Sloane, who recently was promoted to editorial director in place of the departed Lynn Leahey. The Advocate Channel is a multi-use digital network dedicated to creating equality. “I started watching soaps in 1980, and I got the job in 1990,” said Ms.