Soap opera largely aired soap opera reruns, began to be phased out in 2012 and fully ceased operations the following year. The Daytime Emmy Awards, which honor soap operas and other daytime shows, moved from primetime network television to smaller cable channels in 2012, then failed to get any TV broadcast at all in 2014, 2016, and 2017. Several of the U.S.’s most established soaps ended between 2009 and 2012. The longest-running drama in television and radio history, "Guiding Light", barely reached 2.1 million daily viewers in 2009 and ended on September 18 of that year, after a 72-year run. "As the
Screening of soap operas in Australia +2 at 2:45 pm EST. Australia is approximately three episodes behind the US broadcast at present. "Doctors" is a British soap opera that began airing in Australia from 2 April 2013 on BBC UKTV each weekday. Episodes were around two weeks behind the UK airings. BBC UKTV ceased screening episodes of "Doctors" from 29 August 2014. "All My Children" is an American soap opera that aired briefly on Network Ten in the late '80s, on Fox Soap in the late '90s, and on 7TWO from 2009 to 2011. "Another World" is an American soap opera that appeared variously on both