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BEIJING, April 15 (Xinhuanet) -- ABC television Friday announced it will cancel two of its three long-running daytime soap operas, media reports said.
ABC said the two dramas（戏剧）, "All My Children" and "One Life to Live", would be replaced by new programing focused on "transformation 1, food and lifestyle."It added that audience research had shown that these issues were of more interest to viewers.
The final episodes 2 of the two shows will air in September 2011 and January 2012 respectively 3, ABC said in a statement.
The move leaves "General Hospital", the second-most popular show in daytime TV, as ABC's only daytime drama.
Soap operas have slowly been fading as a TV force, with many of the women who made up the target audience now in the work force.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
n.变化；改造；转变
- Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
- He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。
插曲，片断( episode的名词复数 )； 一集
- The novel deals with the romantic episodes of her early life. 小说叙述了她早期生活的浪漫插曲。
- Three episodes have been telescoped into a single programme. 把叁集的内容压缩成了一个节目。
adv.各自地，独自地，个别地，分别地
- They finished first and second respectively.他们分获一二名。
- In this machine which items make up the software and the hardware respectively?在机器中，哪几项分别构成软件和硬件？