The late soap journalist Christopher Schemering once wrote that soap operas are not just dramas; “they’re little pockets of American history.” So it’s only fitting to consider that at one time, “The Guiding Light,”—the longest running program in broadcast history, spanning 68 years-- brought fifteen-minute bits of escapism to war-weary housewives, as their men trudged off to fight the...
As the World Turns first premiered on April 2, 1956, and has been a mainstay on CBS daytime ever since. The premiere family was always the Hughes, and many of the early storylines revolved around their adventures. As times went on, new families joined the scene.
As the World Turns is produced by Proctor and Gamble, the same company that produces Guiding Light, the only to have a longer...
For nearly forty years, America has been entertained by the trials and tribulations of Pine Valley, Pennsylvania. On 5 January 1970, ABC premiered one of their most famous soap operas, All My Children. The show is famous for dealing with many socially relevant issues reflective of the times. Such issues include abortion, drug use, the Vietnam War, homosexuality, and rape. But it has always done...
The Young and the Restless revolves around the rivalries, romances, hopes and fears of the residents of the fictional Midwestern metropolis, Genoa City. The lives and loves of a wide variety of characters mingle through the generations, dominated by the Newman, Abbott and Winters families.
When the show premiered in 1973, it revolutionized the daytime drama. It continues to set the...
SANTA BARBARA was a long-running soap opera centered on the lives of a wealthy Capwell family, living in Santa Barbara, California, and the other families such as the Lockridges, Andrandes and Perkins'. The show was created by Bridget and Jerome Dobson, the two writers that gave the show amazing dramatical stories combined with comedy and romance. After the Dobsons were forced to leave the show...
General Hospital, the Emmy Award-Winning drama series hailed by critics as the 'The Greatest Soap Opera of All Time', recently celebrated 45 years of broadcasting.
The tradition of passion, intrigue, and adventure takes place in the fictional town of Port Charles, set in upstate New York. The glamour and excitement of those who have come to find their destinies in this familiar seaport...
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