Canceled soaps will continue online

ABC canceled the soap operas All My Children and One Life to Live, but has now revealed that the shows will continue online.

According to NBC Los Angeles, the media company Prospect Park will allow the shows to continue beyond their TV air dates in a "multi-year, multi-platform" deal with ABC.

“We are privileged to continue the legacy of two of the greatest programs to air on daytime television, and are committed to delivering the storylines, characters and quality that audiences have come to love for over 40 years," said Rich Frank and Jeff Kwatinetz of Prospect Park in an official statement. “‘All My Children’ and ‘One Life to Live’ are television icons, and we are looking forward to providing anytime, anywhere viewing to their loyal community of millions. Technology changes the way the public can and will view television shows. Now that there are so many devices available in addition to television sets, viewers are taking advantage of watching shows wherever they are and on any number of devices."

According to Parade, soap fans across the world spent months protesting the cancellation of the two beloved shows.

Hundreds of Facebook pages have been created in support of the shows.

It is likely that the efforts of these fans are what prompted the decision to shift the shows to an online medium, rather than just canceling them altogether.