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
Soap opera 1998. CyBC created the third weekdaily soap, "Anemi Tou Pathous" ("Passion Winds"), running from January 2000 to June 2004, which was replaced by "I Platia" ("The Square") from September 2004 to July 2006. "Epikindini Zoni" ran from 2009 to 2010, and was cancelled after 120 episodes. "Vimata Stin Ammo" made its debut in September 2010. Sigma TV first commissioned the weekdaily comedic soap "Sto Para Pente", which aired from September 1998 to June 2004, and first held the distinction of being the longest weekday show in Cyprus television history, before it was surpassed by "Se Fonto Kokkino", which ran from