Editing One Life to Live (section)

===Cancellation===
Rumors about a potential cancellation of ''One Life to Live'' arose from ''[[TV Guide (Canada)|TV Guide Canada]]'' in late 2009, after ABC announced that it was moving ''[[All My Children]]'' from [[New York City]] to [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="Cancellation rumor 1">{{cite web|url=http://tvguide.ca/Soaps/Nelson_Ratings/Articles/090928_soapgeist_NB|title=TV : The Loop|work=tvguide.ca|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218164308/http://tvguide.ca/Soaps/Nelson_Ratings/Articles/090928_soapgeist_NB|archive-date=December 18, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> ''One Life to Live'''s lone presence in New York among the ABC soap operas, along its non-transition to HD and its struggling ratings, made it a program at risk of cancellation. The article from ''TV Guide Canada'' also pointed that once ''One Life to Live'' is cancelled, some of the actors could be offered to join the cast of ''All My Children'' in Los Angeles.<ref name="Cancellation rumor 1"/> In May 2010, rumors of possible cancellation of not only ''One Life to Live'', but this time of also ''[[All My Children]]''  and ''[[General Hospital]]'', resurfaced when [[Walt Disney Television]] officially announced that it was shutting down [[Soapnet]], effective in 2012. After a failed attempt to give [[Aisha Tyler]] a talk show in 2009, ABC restarted auditioning a few pilot shows as candidates for its daytime lineup. At this point, ''All My Children'' had the lowest ratings so rumors began heating up in March 2011 about the show's demise, with hints that ''One Life to Live'' was safe for a while longer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2011/03/abc-may-be-ready-to-trim-its-daytime-drama-lineup-will-all-my-children-go-115630/|title=ABC May Be Ready To Trim Its Daytime Drama Lineup: Will 'All My Children' Go?|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=March 21, 2011|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703012024/http://www.deadline.com/2011/03/abc-may-be-ready-to-trim-its-daytime-drama-lineup-will-all-my-children-go/|archive-date=July 3, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>  However, early in April 2011, rumors suggested that both ''All My Children'' and ''One Life to Live'' were in danger of cancellation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/ABC-Cancel-Children-1031345.aspx|title=Breaking: Is ABC Preparing to Cancel All My Children and One Life to Live?|author=Michael Logan|date=April 1, 2011|work=TVGuide.com|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105055305/http://www.tvguide.com/News/ABC-Cancel-Children-1031345.aspx|archive-date=January 5, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

After months of cancellation rumors,  ABC announced on April 14, 2011 that ''All My Children''  and ''One Life to Live'' would end their runs. ABC cited "extensive research into what today's daytime viewers want and the changing viewing patterns of the audience."<ref name="cancellation notice">{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/04/abc-evolves-the-face-of-daytime-television-with-the-launch-of-two-new-shows-the-chew-and-the-revolut/ |title=ABC EVOLVES THE FACE OF DAYTIME TELEVISION WITH THE LAUNCH OF TWO NEW SHOWS, ''THE CHEW'' AND ''THE REVOLUTION'' |date=April 14, 2011|access-date=March 10, 2015 |publisher=ABC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222142319/http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/04/abc-evolves-the-face-of-daytime-television-with-the-launch-of-two-new-shows-the-chew-and-the-revolut/ |archive-date=December 22, 2013}}</ref> The network stated it was replacing ''One Life to Live'' with a new production entitled ''[[The Revolution (TV program)|The Revolution]]'', which would focus on health and lifestyles.<ref>{{cite news|last=Verrier|first=Richard|title=Jobs will go down drain with cancellation of ABC soaps|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/04/soaps.html|access-date=14 April 2011|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=14 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417054132/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/04/soaps.html|archive-date=April 17, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>  While the cancellations of both soap operas were announced on the same day, ''One Life to Live'' was to remain on the air four months longer because its replacement would not be ready until later. In response to the cancellations, vacuum cleaner manufacturer [[The Hoover Company]] withdrew its advertising from all ABC programs out of protest.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bricker|first=Tierney|date=April 19, 2011|title=Hoover pulls ads from ABC due to cancellation of 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live'|url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/04/hoover-pulls-ads-from-abc-due-to-cancellation-of-all-my-children-and-one-life-to-live.html|publisher=Zap2It|access-date=13 January 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222001251/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/04/hoover-pulls-ads-from-abc-due-to-cancellation-of-all-my-children-and-one-life-to-live.html|archive-date=February 22, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2011/04/hoover-pulls-abc-advertising-in-protest-over-cancelations-of-soaps-amc-oltl-123834/|title=Hoover Pulls ABC Advertising In Protest Over Cancellations Of Soaps 'AMC' & 'OLTL'|author=Nellie Andreeva|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 19, 2011|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107123536/http://www.deadline.com/2011/04/hoover-pulls-abc-advertising-in-protest-over-cancelations-of-soaps-amc-oltl/|archive-date=November 7, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/hoover/to-our-loyal-abc-soap-fans/10150153106441487|title=To Our Loyal ABC Soap Fans|work=facebook.com|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904065014/https://www.facebook.com/notes/hoover/to-our-loyal-abc-soap-fans/10150153106441487|archive-date=September 4, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

The final episode aired on January 13, 2012, with villainess [[Allison Perkins]] ([[Barbara Garrick]]) narrating her views about the people of Llanview. During the last minutes of the episode, Todd Manning (Howarth) is put under arrest for the murder of twin brother [[Victor Lord, Jr.]] ([[Trevor St. John]]). The show ends with the discovery that Victor Lord, Jr. is still alive and has been kidnapped by Perkins. Perkins closes the 43-year-old soap opera by breaking the [[fourth wall]] by throwing a ''One Life to Live'' script at Victor saying to him: "But why spoil what happens next. You of all people should know things are rarely what they appear". The decision to conclude ''One Life to Live'' with an open-ended story is because the serial was supposed to continue on another network at the time the last scenes were taped (see [[One Life to Live#Unsuccessful revival attempt|section]] below).

On the day of the final episode, ''[[The View (talk show)|The View]]'' hosted a tribute to ''One Life to Live'' where several actors were invited including [[Erika Slezak]], [[Robert S. Woods]], [[Robin Strasser]], [[Hillary B. Smith]], [[Kassie DePaiva]], [[James DePaiva]], [[Andrea Evans]], [[Judith Light]] and the show's creator [[Agnes Nixon]].

The departure of ''One Life to Live'' ended a 62-year history of daytime television soap operas taped in New York which started in 1950 with the [[CBS]]'s daytime drama ''[[The First Hundred Years]]''.<ref name="NY soaps">{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/nyc_soap_bubble_bursts_77jXTowUItYBOhVbhCN41M/0 |work=New York Post |title=NYC's soap bubble bursts |date=January 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111040111/http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/nyc_soap_bubble_bursts_77jXTowUItYBOhVbhCN41M/0 |archive-date=January 11, 2012 }}</ref>