For countless soap opera fans, the dawn of the new millennium 25 years ago brought a new way to watch their favorite shows. On January 20, 2000, Disney launched SOAPnet, a basic cable channel ...

Disney's SoapNet has picked up a reality series centering on new assistants working in the fashion and beauty industries.

Disney’s SOAPnet channel ends after 14-year run Walt Disney is pulling the plug on the SOAPnet cable channel, which has played repeats of such soaps as “General Hospital,” above.