A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble...

magazine Soap Opera Digest. The Soapy Awards were an award presented by Soap Opera Digest magazine to the best work on American soap operas from 1977...

The soap opera effect (SOE) is a complaint applied by some people against motion pictures with a high frame rate and/or shot on video as opposed to film...

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...

Beyond the Gates is an American television soap opera created by Michele Val Jean, which has been broadcast on CBS since February 24, 2025, as part of...

produced the Soap Opera Update Awards, similar to the Soap Opera Digest Awards. Soap Opera Digest Soap Opera Magazine Soap Opera Weekly Soaps In Depth Dana...

Soap Opera, or The Kinks Present a Soap Opera, is a 1975 concept album by the Kinks. It is the fourteenth studio album by the Kinks. The material was...

list of television Nielsen ratings and rankings for American daytime soap operas from 1950 to the present, as compiled by Nielsen Media Research. The...

Soap opera rapid aging syndrome (SORAS) is the practice of accelerating the age of a television or film character (usually a child or teenager) in conflict...

American soap operas Soap Opera Update, a magazine dedicated to the coverage of soap operas Soap Opera Weekly, a soap magazine which features soap operas and...

Soap Opera Digest was a weekly magazine covering American daytime soap operas. It featured onscreen and offscreen news about the series, interviews with...

Soap Opera Weekly was a weekly magazine covering American daytime soap operas. It featured onscreen and offscreen news about the series, interviews with...

existing Soap Opera Magazine subscriptions began receiving Soap Opera Digest instead. Soap Opera Digest Soap Opera Update Soap Opera Weekly Soaps In Depth...

Soap operas, a serialised drama produced for radio, television and internet streaming, are specifically and uniquely known for their ensemble casts and...

A mobile soap opera is a soap opera developed for the mobile phone platform. The series can be viewed by mobile phones, the internet or MSN Messenger....

A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines tele (for "television") and novela...

Sweeney is best known for her portrayal of Samantha "Sami" Brady on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, a role she played under contract with the show from...

Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from July 30, 1984, to January 15, 1993. The show revolves around the eventful lives...

The first annual Soap Opera Digest Awards were held in 1984, with the second being screened on NBC and Days of Our Lives winning every award in the daytime...

American actress, singer and author. She portrayed Lisa Grimaldi on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, which she played almost continuously for 50 years...

and the Restless (often abbreviated as Y&R) is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set...

January 9, 2021) was an American film and television actor who appeared on soap operas, including General Hospital, Sunset Beach, and Passions. Born in Chicago...

There are multiple media outlets which focus primarily on television soap operas and telenovelas. These publications and websites feature news, cast and...

is a list of soap opera characters who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, and the live action television and radio soap operas which feature...

Generations is an American soap opera that aired on NBC in the United States from March 27, 1989, to January 25, 1991, and in Canada, where it ran on CBC...

whether a historical narrative or, especially, a work of fiction. In soap operas, the villain, sometimes called a "bad guy", is an antagonist, tending...

Eldorado (English: "The Golden One") is a British soap opera created by Tony Holland. It ran for only one year, from 6 July 1992 to 9 July 1993. Set in...

cancellation was due to SOAPnet expanding its programming away from a soap opera-related focus. Lisa Rinna was chosen to host the show after executives...

Doctors is a British medical soap opera, first broadcast on BBC One on 26 March 2000 and concluded on 14 November 2024. Filmed in Birmingham and set in...

horse opera, hoss opera, oat opera or oater is a Western film or television series that is clichéd or formulaic, in the manner of a (later) soap opera or...