More than five years since the final print editions of ABC Soaps In Depth and CBS Soaps In Depth were displayed at grocery stores and supermarkets across the country, effective today, Thursday, May 29, the online-only iteration of the outlet is redirecting visitors to the Soap Opera Digest website, officially marking the end of Soaps In Depth as a standalone brand.

“You’ll still get all the soap coverage you love – just in a new home. Same stories, same writers!” read a pop-up message on the newly overhauled Soap Opera Digest website, also launched on May 29.

The first inkling that change was afoot began in mid-to-late April when eagle-eyed readers of the Soaps In Depth website noticed a significant drop in the outlet’s posting frequency, primarily limited to spoiler posts for “General Hospital” with sprinkles of “The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold and the Beautiful.”

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