Even though only four original soap operas remain on the air, our appetite for high drama has never been more insatiable.

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 ...

Laden with glamour and loaded with jaw-dropping plot twists, soap operas have entertained audiences for decades, going all the way back to the heyday of radio. While some of them might have been short ...

Once a centerpiece of daytime TV, soaps have mostly disappeared. “Beyond the Gates” will try to revive the genre, and will be the first ever focused primarily on a Black family. The actress Daphnée ...

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 ...

Characterized by melodrama and mawkishness, soap operas tend to appeal to wider audiences, influencing network executives to keep them on air for many years. With plots like Marlena marrying the ...