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You might have read that the longtime soap opera, As the World Turns , is being canceled after 54 years.

Yesterday, when National Public Radio's Morning Edition reported that CBS had canceled As the World Turns , one of the longest-running soap operas in America, the story included an interview with that show's most famous vamp-villainess, the conniving Lisa, played for nearly half a century by actress Eileen Fulton .

In September, the lights went out on the long-running soap opera "Guiding Light." Next September, CBS says, the world will stop on its axis as the network pulls the plug on the oldest remaining daytime drama, "As the World Turns," which debuted in 1956.

CBS has announced that the 54 year old soap opera 'As The World Turns' will be leaving the airwaves next September.

Eileen Fulton at the 2004 Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in New York City. Fulton is a longtime star of As The World Turns , which was recently canceled by CBS.

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The days of watching soap operas are slowly coming to an end. It seems that one be one the soap operas are being canceled by the networks that show them.

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As the World Turns , the longest-running soap opera on American television, was canceled Tuesday by CBS , the network which has aired it since the show's beginning in 1956.

Your email has been sent. Thanks for recommending The Daily Beast! X Close After 53 years, CBS announced it was canceling As the World Turns .

CBS released some devestating news for soap opera fans today. As the World Turns was cancelled and will be off the air in September of 2010.

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Share + Dec 9, 2009 6:29 am US/Eastern It's the end of an era, and for many soap opera fans, the end of a wonderful world.

As the World Turns will end in September 2010 after more than half a century on the air, CBS announced Tuesday.

US show As The World Turns, one of the world's longest-running daytime soap operas, is being cancelled after 54 years, broadcaster CBS has announced.

No more long, smoldering glances. No more passionate embraces. 'As the World Turns,' one of America's pioneering TV soap operas, will pack up its scandals and disappear in September, CBS announced Tuesday.