It looks like having been Switched at Birth is just as good as being one of those Pretty Little Liars or having The Secret Life of the American Teenager. According to Deadline, ABC Family has picked up 22 more episodes of its new series.  Reportedly, the pick up gives Switched at Birth an impressive 32 episode first season. Switched at Birth stars former The Young and the Restless star Vanessa Marano (ex-Eden) and Katie Leclerc, as Bay and Daphne, the girls switched at birth.

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We all know Prospect Park has spared One Life To Live and sister show All My Children from certain soap death, but with all the negotiations going on with the unions, and actors being released from their contracts at the end of the shows broadcast runs, it make you wonder who will stay on or who will go to greener pastures? TV Line's  Megan Masters thinks OLTL's Gina Tognoini  (who as previously reported is leaving the sudser early) should reunite with her former co-star Nathan Fillion on Castle.

What could possibly be better than a reunion between OLTL fan faves Tognoni and Nathan Fillion? It's true that Castle's star-crossed crime-solvers, Rick and Kate (played by Stana Katic), already have a few too many obstacles standing in the way of their eventual romance -- so why not throw Tognoni in the mix for good measure? She doesn't have to disrupt their fun forever, but the chemistry with Fillion is there, so let's have at it! READ MORE

Those horny teens, who never learned how to slip a Trojan properly over a banana, on The Secret Life of the American Teenager will be engaging in a few face-offs on tonight's episode (8/7c). Meanwhile, a shocking twist is promised to be revealed on the far superior Switched at Birth (9/8c).

Have you guys been checking out ABC Family's teen soaps this summer? If so which characters and storylines are you loving, hating or loving-to-hate? Sound off in the comments, but only after you watch the teaser below!

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So we all know the story of a modern soap opera fan right? For those of you who don't, here are the bullet points.

The soap opera genre is dying. It's doomed. The sky is falling, blah, blah, blah, blah. But in this day and age of the internet and cable television, is there any reason for this industry to die? Shouldn't this be the time for the industry to innovate and for this genre to kick into overdrive? READ MORE