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{{short description|Defunct American basic cable and satellite television channel}} {{distinguish|text=[[sapindus]], also known as "soapnut"}} {{Infobox television channel | name = Soapnet | logo = SOAPnet logo.svg | logo_caption = Final logo, used from 2007 to December 31, 2013 | logo_alt = A red word "SOAP" with a red word "NET" inside the letter "O" | logo_size = 250px | launch_date = {{Start date and age|2000|1|20}} | closed_date = {{End date and age|2012|3|22}} {{small|(some providers)}}<br />{{End date and age|2013|12|31}} {{small|(officially)}} | owner = [[Walt Disney Television|Disney–ABC Television Group]]<br />{{small|([[The Walt Disney Company]])}} | country = United States | area = United States | headquarters = [[Burbank, California]]<ref>{{URL|http://www.hoovers.com/company/SOAPnet_LLC/rysjrri-1.html|Hoovers.com address and telephone number for Soapnet headquarters in Burbank, California at the Walt Disney Studios}}</ref> | former_names = | replaced_by = [[Disney Jr.|Disney Junior]] (some providers) | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131231052437/http://sn.soapnet.go.com/ sn.soapnet.go.com] (Archive link) }} '''Soapnet''' was an American [[basic cable]] network owned by the [[Walt Disney Television|Disney–ABC Television Group]] division of [[The Walt Disney Company]]. The network's programming was oriented towards the [[soap opera]] genre; on launch, Soapnet carried primetime encores of ABC's current soaps, as well as reruns of classic daytime and primetime soap opera series. Soapnet also broadcast programming related to soap operas, including news and behind-the-scenes programs. In later years, Soapnet increased its focus on acquired reruns of [[Television drama|drama]] series. Due in part to a general decline in the soap opera genre as a whole, and the growing adoption of [[digital video recorder]]s, cable/satellite [[video on demand]], and [[streaming video]] options making its primetime soap encores increasingly unnecessary on a traditional linear network, Disney announced in 2010 that Soapnet would be replaced by the new preschool-oriented network [[Disney Jr.|Disney Junior]], which launched on March 23, 2012. While some providers removed Soapnet upon the launch of Disney Junior, the channel continued to operate on some providers until it finally closed on December 31, 2013.<ref name="soapnetdrain">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-fi-ct-disney-soapnet-20131109,0,3311291.story|title=Disney's SOAPnet channel headed for the drain|last=James|first=Meg|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 9, 2013|access-date=November 10, 2013|archive-date=March 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306063407/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-fi-ct-disney-soapnet-20131109,0,3311291.story|url-status=live}}</ref>
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