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A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is typically a long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. [1] The term soap opera originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers. [ 2 ]
The television serial format as known today originated in radio, in the form of children's adventure shows and daily 15-minute programs known as soap operas (so-called because many of these shows were sponsored by soap companies, such as Colgate-Palmolive and Procter & Gamble). Soap operas were specifically engineered to appeal to women (with ...
Soap is an American sitcom television series that originally ran on ABC from September 13, 1977, until April 20, 1981. The show was created as a nighttime parody of daytime soap operas, presented as a weekly half-hour prime time comedy.
The setting has also inspired a ground-breaking new soap opera called Beyond the Gates; its second week of programming begins on Monday. Beyond the Gates is the first new daytime soap opera on ...
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 Gates will be the network’s first new soap opera since The Bold. George Rose/Getty Images For the first time in decades, daytime TV might be getting another soap opera. CBS Studios and the ...
In Indonesia, a similar format exists called the sinetron (a portmanteau of sine, short for cinema and tron, from "electronic"), which are essentially soap operas in a miniseries-style format. While most English-language soap operas can continue indefinitely, almost all Sinetrons have a predetermined duration, usually running for only five ...
Daytime TV shows like "The Young and the Restless," "The Bold and the Beautiful" and "General Hospital" have connected generations of women in families.