Last year on October 24, 2020, Luke and Laura celebrated their 40th Anniversary on General Hospital. What? you say. You thought their wedding anniversary was in November. And weren’t they wed in 1981?…
Special Report: Insiders Share How and Why Soaps Evolved Over Time Part 2
In the first installment about how soaps evolved, the standard length of soaps was discussed as was its migration from radio to TV. In this installment, which was previously published on Soap Hub Insi…
General Hospital 41 Years Ago: Luke and Laura at Wyndhams
What were you doing 41 years ago? If you were like millions of soap opera fans, you were glued to General Hospital. Read on to find out what exciting stories were playing out at the time. General Hosp…
Guiding Light Moments in History: The Fantasies of Nola Reardon
Nola Reardon was a devious, conniving, nasty girl. However, she was played by a talented actress, Lisa Brown, whom Guiding Light wasn’t about to let get away. Nola needed to change, and it took the ge…
Exclusive Interview: Catching Up With Another World’s Anna Holbrook
Anna Holbrook caught the attention of Another World fans when she began playing the role of Sharlene Frame in 1988. Although the actress didn’t create the role, Holbrook immediately made Sharlene her …
Exclusive Interview: The Young and the Restless Alum Julianna McCarthy
When The Young and the Restless debuted in 1973, it was the wealthy Brooks and blue-collar Foster families that drove the storylines. Newmans and Abbotts wouldn’t be heard from for many years to come.…
Soap Opera Families We Miss: Ryan’s Hope’s Ryan Family
All one needed to do was look at the title of this soap opera to find what was at its core – family; the Ryan family, to be specific. The Ryans were a big, middle-class, close-knit Irish-Catholi…
One Life To Live Creator Wanted Viewers To Examine Their Prejudices
In 1968, One Life to Live forced its viewers to examine their prejudices by presenting a daring and revolutionary story. Carla Benari, a white woman who was dating a white man, also found herself attr…
The History of Procter & Gamble’s Soap Opera Involvement: Part Two
The story of soap opera, from its beginnings on radio through the success of television, is very closely associated with the Procter & Gamble name. It’s a combination of having the right team in p…
The History of Procter & Gamble’s Soap Opera Involvement: Part One
The story of soap opera, from its beginnings on radio through the success of television, is very closely associated with the Procter & Gamble name. The Soap Opera Company Robert Wehling, a former …