Long Running Soaps Get the Axe

Bad news for soap opera fans -- All My Children and One Life to Live have been cancelled.

In a statement, Susan Lucci said, "It's been a fantastic journey. I loved playing Erica Kane and working with [show creator] Agnes Nixon and all the incredible people involved with All My Children. I'm looking forward to all kinds of new and exciting opportunities."

ABC execs partly blamed "the changing viewing patterns of the audience" for the move.

One Life to Live will air its final episode in January, and All My Children's will come in September. Each show has been on the air for more than 40 years.

Did you watch any of these shows religiously?  The one I always watched with my Mom was General Hospital.  I still catch it every once in awhile.