Before the age of binge-watching and streaming platforms that know what you want to watch before you do, there was an institution known as “appointment television.” For millions, this daily ritual ...

Soap operas’ detractors usually cite the same critiques of the genre, calling out the over-the-top drama, the frequent recasting of characters, the workmanlike production design and cinematography, ...

These are just some of the iconic characters that millions of viewers across the decades have loved and lived by. They give birth. They age. They die. We live through their stories as if they were ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Natalie Moore about the legacy of soap operas. She is host and writer of "Stories Without End," the new season of the WBEZ podcast "Making." UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: Like ...

Soaps once brought in 75% of a TV network’s revenue, says author Elana Levine. “Soaps were a legitimate kind of pop culture sensation.” Without soaps, we wouldn’t have melodramas or reality shows.

Overview of the upcoming BGSU conference “Soap Operas in Popular Culture.” The soap opera started in the 1930s on radio and remains a fixture today in various formats. How has the soap opera ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Soap opera fans have a new way to engage with their favorite genre as daytime television veterans Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart launch a podcast called ‘Soapy.’ The podcast, ...

For many soap fans, the biggest draws are characters they’ve been watching for hours a week for years and sometimes decades. With that kind of history, a soap opera feels “lived in,” one Reddit user ...