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The decline in ratings was partly attributed to two serials with which The Doctors shared its timeslot: ABC's One Life to Live and CBS's Guiding Light, which expanded to an hour in consecutive years; One Life To Live and sister ABC soap General Hospital made this move in 1978 Guiding Light did so the year before in, 1977 .
The following is a list of soap operas that have been broadcast in various countries, including previous and current soap operas. Soap operas that are currently being broadcast are listed in bold if they are not in a table.
The Doctors (1963 TV series), a 1963–1982 American daytime soap opera; The Doctors (1969 TV series), a 1969–1971 British nighttime drama; The Doctors (South Korean TV series), a 2016 drama; The Doctors, a 2008–2022 American daytime talk show "The Doctors" , an announced title of the Doctor Who episode "Twice Upon a Time"
With 72 years of radio and television runs, Guiding Light is the longest-running soap opera, ahead of General Hospital, and is the fifth-longest-running program in all of broadcast history; only the American country music radio program Grand Ole Opry (first broadcast in 1925), the BBC religious program The Daily Service (1928), the CBS ...
NBC has aired more than 30 soap operas for nearly 75 years. As of 2022, NBC no longer programs its daytime line-up with traditional programming. The remaining network controlled daytime hours are programmed by NBC’s news division. Another World (1964–1999) Ben Jerrod (1963) The Bennetts (1953) Bright Promise (1969–1972)
—The Associated Press in 1988, looking back on the wedding of Luke and Laura. The supercouple pairing of Luke Spencer and Laura Webber would eventually become the most popular storyline in soap opera history. Their November 16–17, 1981 wedding was watched by about 30 million viewers, setting a record for the highest-rated episode of a soap opera in American television history. Their ...
Elizabeth Hubbard (December 22, 1933 – April 8, 2023) was an American actress, recognized for her role as Althea Davis on the NBC daytime soap opera, The Doctors (1964–1969, 1970-77, 1981–1982), for which she received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1974, and as businesswoman Lucinda Walsh on the CBS soap opera, As the World Turns (1984–2010 ...
Soap opera United States 60: 14,940 [5] November 8, 1965: Currently in production As the World Turns: Soap opera United States 54: 13,858 [6] April 2, 1956: September 17, 2010: Eat Bulaga! Variety show Philippines 45: 13,600+ July 30, 1979: Currently in production The Young and the Restless: Soap opera United States 51: 12,953 [7] March 26 ...