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Radio daytime drama serials were broadcast for decades, and some expanded to television. These dramas are often referred to as "soaps", a shortening from "soap opera".That term stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, and Lever Brothers as sponsors [1] and producers. [2]
Pages in category "American radio soap operas" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Romance of Helen Trent was a radio soap opera which aired on CBS from October 30, 1933 to June 24, 1960 for a total of 7,222 episodes. The show was created by Frank and Anne Hummert, who were among the most prolific producers during the radio soap era. [1] The program opened with:
The following is a list of soap operas that have been broadcast in various countries, ... Blue Hills (radio serial) 1949–1976: Autumn Affair: 1958: The Story of ...
One Man's Family is an American radio soap opera, heard for almost three decades, from 1932 to 1959. Created by Carlton E. Morse, it was the longest-running uninterrupted dramatic serial in the history of American radio. [1] Television versions of the series aired in prime time from 1949 to 1952 and in daytime from 1954 to 1955. [2]
Portia Faces Life is an American soap opera first broadcast as a radio series from 1940 to 1953, and then on television for a single season in the mid-1950s. It began in syndication on April 1, 1940, and was broadcast on some stations that carried NBC programs, although it does not seem to have been an official part of that network's programming.
Ma Perkins (sometimes called Oxydol's Own Ma Perkins) is an American radio soap opera that was heard on NBC from 1933 to 1949 and on CBS from 1942 to 1960. [1] It was also broadcast in Canada, and Radio Luxembourg carried it in Europe. [2] The program began on WLW in Cincinnati, Ohio, where it was broadcast from August 14, 1933 to December 1 ...
Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera. Guiding Light aired on CBS for 57 years between June 30, 1952, and September 18, 2009, overlapping a 19-year broadcast on radio between January 25, 1937, and June 29, 1956. [1]