Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “I’ve always been interested in why soaps are looked down upon. It feels intrinsically linked to sexism,” says Levinsky. “It’s so ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For every nail-biting plot twist and headache-inducing scheme, there’s a dollop of romance in soap operas that brings us back down ...

Wedding dresses have long been a part of soap opera history, including Erica Kane's lace gowns for her many trips down the ...

Irna Phillips was a radio voice actor in Chicago when she was asked to create a serialized program. From that, she created a ...

April 1st is known to many as April Fools' Day, but for television fans, it was the day the small screen got serious about drama. On this day in 1963, two of the most influential medical soap operas ...

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, ...

Laden with glamour and loaded with jaw-dropping plot twists, soap operas have entertained audiences for decades, going all the way back to the heyday of radio. While some of them might have been short ...

From their earliest days, soap operas have primarily catered to female viewers, and few people know more about this phenomenon than Mara Levinsky, the Executive Editor at Soap Opera Digest (one of ...