GABFESTS TANK WHILE SOAPS BUBBLE OVER!

TV'S The Talk gabfest ran like a real-life soap opera over 15 seasons until The View knockoff got scrubbed last year by a new daytime drama, Beyond the Gates — and now an expert says that chat shows may be on the way out as soaps make a comeback!

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The hot new soap Beyond the Gates stars (clockwise from left) Daphnee Duplaix, Clifton Davis, Karla Mosley and Tamara Tunie

"Soap operas were thought of as TV relics, but what is becoming increasingly obvious is that the REAL relics are daytime talk shows, where everyone is trying to elbow each other out of the camera lens and be the most outrageous," predicts veteran Tinseltown publicist Tommy L. Garrett.