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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 261714" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>It was a lot easier for ABC to re-purpose their soaps in the evening because they "owned" them.  Since Y&R and Days are owned by Sony, the owners of such a service would have to sign licensing deals, exchange money, etc. for the right to air those.  That's why it took so long for those two to show up on SoapNet, and why they were the first to disappear when SoapNet began to fail.  B&B is still mostly owned by the Bell family (I think) and they obviously never achieved a deal with SoapNet--I always assumed that was because B&B was doing just fine with international sales and did not "need" to be on SoapNet.  A lesser-known cable channel called Pop (co-owned by CBS/Viacom) carried same-day episodes of Y&R and B&B for many years after SoapNet folded up.  Pop opted out of the deal eventually---even though those reruns were the highest-rated programs on that channel!  The episodes aired in early prime (6:30 to 8pm), too.  If Pop had decided to stick with their deal and expanded its CBS offerings, you may have gotten what you suggest.</p></blockquote><p></p>