Procter & Gamble invested more than any other company in the soap opera. One of the company’s founders was the Irish ...

The creator of a new soap opera, featuring a core Black family, grew up on Chicago’s South Side. Michele Val Jean talks ‘Beyond the Gates.’ A Chicago woman, Irna Phillips, birthed the daytime serial — ...

Set in the sun-drenched enclave of the ultra-wealthy, Montecito is the first major American audio drama soap opera for 35 years, presenting a dark paradise where shattered romances, hidden family ...

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 ...

Thirteen million people across the UK sat down to watch a brand new soap opera that burst onto their screens on February 19 1985. The first character to speak on EastEnders was Dirty Den, as he came ...

ATLANTA, Ga. – The atmosphere at Assembly Studios is friendly and fun, but firmly professional. That's because, as much as the cast and crew of CBS' new soap opera Beyond the Gates enjoys cracking ...

Turkish soap operas started to dominate the Pakistani television landscape in 2012, and while its ratings dominance has ...

A Chicago woman created soap operas. And a Chicago woman is keeping them alive. First, let me introduce you to Irna Phillips. She revolutionized television and hardly gets enough credit. Born in 1901 ...

Characterized by melodrama and mawkishness, soap operas tend to appeal to wider audiences, influencing network executives to keep them on air for many years. With plots like Marlena marrying the ...