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Soap is a tale about two sisters, Mary Campbell & Jessica Tate. While the Tates are a rich family, the Campbells are just another blue-collared family, but they go through amazing and crazy situations. This series will make you travel through a world of crazy and funny situation that happen all in the family.

#13 in the 1977-1978 Season

#19 in the 1978-1979 Season

#25 in the 1979-1980 Season

Not in Top 30 in the 1980-1981 Season

From September 1977 to March 1978 it was aired on Tuesdays from 9:00 to 9:30pm

From September 1978 to March 1980 it was aired on Thursdays from 9:00 to 9:30pm

From October 1980 to January 1981 it was aired on Wednesdays from 9:00 to 9:30pm

From March to April 1981 it was aired on Mondays from 10:30 to 11:00pmmoreless

Episode Guide

S 4 : Ep 22	Episode 22
S 4 : Ep 21	Episode 21
S 4 : Ep 20	Episode 20
S 4 : Ep 19	Episode 19
S 4 : Ep 18	Episode 18

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Billy Crystal	Jodie Dallas
Donnelly Rhodes	Dutch Lightner (1978 - 1981)
Ted Wass	Danny Dallas
Richard Mulligan	Burt Campbell
Robert Mandan	Chester Tate
Katherine Helmond	Jessica Tate

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Fan Reviews (26)

what can I say? I came into this room and three men dressed in tuxedoes are pointing guns in my face and demanding the keys to my Ferrari that I don't have!! I think something fishy is going on!moreless

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By buckbongo, Feb 27, 2011

Once upon a time a strange rectangular object took over planet Earth and multiplied itself millions of times over.It took up dominion in most houses in the world and emitted strange beams of light that hypnotised the poor Earthling into sitting zombie -like for hours and hours on end. This should have made for mass panic and caused the governments of the world to mobilise great armies of resistance, but it seems all the worlds leaders were in the trance as well, and couldn't wait to have their images and their speeches projected by the strange evil hypno-boxes in most houses of the planet. Soon, there would come out of the feral mountains a group of unwashed lazy scuzz-buckets who could not afford the evil hypno-boxes in their homes. The ferals took great pleasure in never watching the mind numbing trash from the hypno-boxes and even had their own opinions, which is a very naughty thing to do, I'm sure you're aware. So If you see these ferals who do not watch the compulsary six hours of television every day , report them to your nearset mind correction unit hidden in the remote control of your blessed television. You will be allowed extra time in the bliss of forgetting and zombie heaven of ultimate non-existance, praise be the almighty drool of the snazz-bot fliminity jiggy!!! Let us all bow down in worship to the royal fog !moreless
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Soap is by far the funniest "soap opera" that I have ever seen.

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By gypsybec, Feb 05, 2008

Soap is by far the funniest "soap opera" that I have ever seen. Probably because it is a spoof on the soap opera genre. It uses the a-typical characters that you would find in your everyday soap and uses the crazy confusing situations that often occur throughout the plot of these soap operas and makes them unbelievably funny! The characters are absolute gold and the acting is fantastic. Most of the actors were actually theatre actors for most of their career interestingly enough. While most of this series is comedy there are also very emotional situations and situations that come up that are just so like our everyday existance that you feel yourself bonding with the characters. For one extremely funny moment, first episode in season 1 with Benson and the Major. Guareenteed to make you laugh your head off :)moreless
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Brilliant, far ahead of it's time and most importantly--it's funny. Tremendously funny. Cerebral humor, slap stick humor, great dialogue, hilarious body language & facial expressions, running gags---this cast and writing crew could do, and did, it all.moreless

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By MarkKellerman, Sep 27, 2007

What a cast! All of them could pull off comedy and drama better than any cast of any show ever.(Sorry cast of MASH, but the cast of SOAP does indeed edge you out in that category.) Waaaay ahead of it's time. Just thinking about Chuck & Bob, Bert & Danny, Jessica,Benson,The Major...brilliant. My only regret is that they didn't make a movie to give it closure while the cast were still all living. If you enjoyed SOAP, I highly recommend the show 'Arrested Development'. It's much like SOAP, just a faster pace (as everything else seems to be these days)and has more subtle humor to go along with the outlandish and outrageous humor, but it's gloriously over the top brilliant just the same. I could watch SOAP all day and night and still laugh until I cry watching such talented people do what they do best--entertain. As great as the 'main' cast was, all the supporting players that had brief or occasional recurring roles on the show are all STRONG, TALENTED ACTORS. One of the funnist tv shows in history, no doubt about it. My life has been enriched because of SOAP and all of it's ridiculous, bombastic glory. Who could have ever guessed that a simple story about two sisters...It was simply...SOAP!moreless
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Best soap opera ever! Funny, dramatic, & absolutely outrageous!

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By cuddles3, Jul 07, 2007

Being a soap opera fan, when Soap came out, I had to give it a look - & boy am I glad I did! It was so off-the-wall funny, I was hooked from the very first episode! I don't think TV has seen the likes of Soap since, but while it was on, it was incredible! Aliens, possessed babies, a butler with an attitude, television's first gay character, murder - Soap had it all, & then some! This show broke the mold for comedy, no doubt about that - bring it back into syndication, please! The world needs SOAP!moreless
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Why can't you delete a review?

8.5

By cindy_in_cda, Jun 29, 2007

You should be able to delete a review you post on this site. I tried to delete this review but cannot find a way to do so. So I'm going to just randomly type for the minimum required 100 words to overwrite what I'd written - which is kind of lame, really, but I no longer want my review on here and don't see any other option. Am I missing some secret button somewhere to click to delete reviews? If so, and someone could pass that along to me, I'd really appreciate it. DELETE ME, PLEASE. Thank you in advance.moreless
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Skipped episode
I have been watching "Soap" in Canada on Comedy Gold. They recently completely omitted Season 4's episode 77 from January 7, 1981....

By chipsaugratin, Aug 20, 2012

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Favorite Character
I would have to say that my favorite Character is Jessica Tate. I wish my mom was more like her.

By sgtpepper1985, Dec 16, 2005

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What REALLY Happened After Season 4
Granted, this is a work of comedic fantasy, but hopefully you will get a chuckle out of my personal take on it. It's been ove...

By VertigoKeyz, Dec 19, 2011

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Mary not played by Catherine Damon in the first two episodes?
I was reading the trivia guide and there was mention that Catherine Damon was not the one playing Mary in the first two episodes. ...

By ladybritcomfan, Jun 28, 2006

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The "Lost" Episodes
There were 4 "lost" episodes that weren't included in the syndication package or on the DVD sets. These four episodes were basic...

By radrobd, Jun 22, 2006

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