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 ...

Although soap operas like Days of Our Livesand General Hospital have relied on the same set of tropes for decades now, that doesn’t mean that viewers have gotten sick of these far-fetched storytelling ...

New WBEZ Podcast ‘Stories Without End’ Explores The Steamy History Of Soap Operas Journalist Natalie Moore explores how the daytime drama got its start in Chicago. She also explores how the genre may ...

Soaps once brought in 75% of a TV network’s revenue, says author Elana Levine. “Soaps were a legitimate kind of pop culture sensation.” Without soaps, we wouldn’t have melodramas or reality shows.

Every day in daytime TV has a story to tell. Today in Soap Opera History takes a look back at the unforgettable weddings, shocking twists, dramatic exits, and iconic debuts that happened on this date ...

Soap operas’ detractors usually cite the same critiques of the genre, calling out the over-the-top drama, the frequent recasting of characters, the workmanlike production design and cinematography, ...

Bad news for soap fans. Guiding Light, the longest-running soap opera in radio and television history, airs its last episode today, "after more than 15,000 episodes, at least 65 Emmy awards and too ...

Margaret DePriest died "peacefully" in her New York City home on Sept. 29, according to a local obituary. She was 94. Her ...