Ending a big show (by big I mean many people know of it) can definitely lead to big rating increase for finale watchers, I personally do not watch that show, (my soap opera preferences is young and the restless, and only very casually) but I am watching the finale weeks after hearing from this forum of the shows fate. but there is 1 thing I dislike is news and talk shows. el nature shows rank higher on my list. i am still a little bit upset on peacock taking love island, which I currently watch someone's summary of the show on YouTube now, the only free show that suited my fancy I found on it is Curious George (The show has been on for so long that I was a kid when I started watching it (even though I was slightly above the recommended age)). I left cable of a few years and got it again in 2020 after sharing ABC (yes, one channel) for a year with my aunt. some places have very limited cable channels (this was elaborated more in previous drafts). with the first thought that we now get cbs and the price is right. so maybe some people might go back to cable, like my family did. The golden age of streaming is also over, with everything so spread out, it is trying to make cable more attractive again. Weirdly enough the move to it might actually be streaming undoing. I am pretty young, (in my 20s) and I actually like some of the soaps and found them on my own actually, seeing what's after the price is right (I thought it was called 'Young' meant it was a kid show (it was not and it got turned off), but I was curious to see it once I was a adult). but pannoni1 I think those shows ended due to copyright infringement with ABC's General Hospital, not ratings. what happened to cooking shows anyway, I think there's like two left (good dish (which is a recent add), and Rachel Ray). shell_game, even people who do streaming services I have a feeling do not want deal with peacock, Disney plus how to deal with Hulu, a existing streaming service many people have hit their breaking point on buying you streaming services. if they came five years ago maybe. but people have settled on which streaming services they chose in this thing is a very unwelcome incoming. I tried to shorten it but this is the best I got after 2 hours.