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FarmVille, CityVille Blamed For Soap Opera Cancellations

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by Phil Kollar on April 25, 2011 at 07:35 PM
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If you're not a soap opera fan, you may not have heard that the long-running ABC soaps All My Children and One Life To Live are coming to an end this fall. Declining ratings are the main problem, of course, but some sources are suggesting that a far more insidious culprit may be culpable: Zynga and its numerous popular Facebook games.

According to an article on AdWeek, the decline in soap opera viewership amongst its core audience coincides shockingly well with the rise in the popularity of FarmVille and CityVille.

AdWeek reports that in 2007, both All My Children and One Life To Live averaged a 1.9 rating with women age 25 to 54. Now both are hovering around a 1.4. Meanwhile, Zynga's games have grown to 47 million monthly users for FarmVille and 88 million for CityVille.

What I don't get is why people couldn't play Facebook games while watching soap operas? All due respect to Zynga, its games aren't exactly the most mentally taxing around.

[via Kotaku]

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  • by Monday, April 25, 2011 at 07:46 PM

    Quite frankly I think the just need somebody to blame and most people don't like facebook games or care to much so they're not gonna have a reaction to this

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    by Monday, April 25, 2011 at 07:48 PM

    And now we see the true face of terror, the growing ratings of such facebook games will eventually devour everyone!!!

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    by Monday, April 25, 2011 at 07:49 PM
    So the moral here is, "Two wrongs make a right?"
  • by Monday, April 25, 2011 at 07:49 PM

    Not my stories!!!!!

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    by Monday, April 25, 2011 at 07:51 PM
    Those crapy shows were probably going to end sooner than latter anyway.
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    by Monday, April 25, 2011 at 07:52 PM

    LOL at the highest degree!

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    by Monday, April 25, 2011 at 07:53 PM

    i think that they are blaming facebook games because nobody likes soap opera shows during the day. it's technology that's taking over nobody really like watching t.v. while playing games.

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    by Monday, April 25, 2011 at 07:54 PM
    Makes sense that Soap Opera fans like Facebook games.
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    by Monday, April 25, 2011 at 07:56 PM
    ABC will die (I hope) when these two series end. That network has nothing else to offer but garbage reality shows and more to come. If you check the AMC forums a lot of rich celebrities are trying to stop AMC from being canceled. People have boycotted the sponsors and they aren't too happy about it.
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    by Monday, April 25, 2011 at 08:00 PM
    people in america like to blame somebody instead of takeing responsibility, but i really like that farm.
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    by Monday, April 25, 2011 at 08:06 PM

    I'm not sure if I should laugh about this one. Just wow.....

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    by Monday, April 25, 2011 at 08:11 PM

    HA ha! This is the funniest news all day. It's things like this that are making me think this decade is the best decade ever.

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    by Monday, April 25, 2011 at 08:25 PM

    i'd choose facebook games over soap operas any day

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    by Monday, April 25, 2011 at 08:31 PM
    Regardless of the far-fetched connection in statistics, any attack on Zynga and its ***-awful games is welcome.
  • by Monday, April 25, 2011 at 08:33 PM

    Wha wha wha i said i said wha??

    btw nice farm Jeff

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    by Monday, April 25, 2011 at 08:35 PM

    What is this I don't even

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    by Monday, April 25, 2011 at 08:47 PM
    If they want to blame somebody or something they should at least make it believable.
  • by Monday, April 25, 2011 at 09:04 PM

    Oh no! What will I do without my soaps? Legit question, though...

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    by Monday, April 25, 2011 at 09:24 PM

    god dam they blame everything on video games now days...if u call that a game lol

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    by Monday, April 25, 2011 at 09:29 PM

    Both suck and should go away!!

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