What were you doing 40 years ago this week? 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. Ge…
Soap Opera Families We Miss: As The World Turns’ Hughes Family
From the very beginning, when Chris and Nancy Hughes wished each other “good morning,” soap opera viewers knew that the Hughes family was the heart and soul of As The World Turns. That would be true f…
Liederkranz Hall: The Studio Address of Many Legendary Soap Operas
Warner Brothers. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Paramount Pictures. 20th Century Fox. Liederkranz Hall. The first four are well-known studios that brought some of the most famous moving pictures to life. And th…
The History of Procter & Gamble’s Soap Opera Involvement: Part Three
The story of soap opera, from its beginnings on radio through the success of television, is very closely associated with the Procter & Gamble name. But what started on radio eventually made its wa…
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 …
Soap Opera Families We Miss: Santa Barbara’s Powerful Capwell Family
When Santa Barbara premiered in 1984, it was a different kind of soap opera. Sure, it had all the features of a typical soap: personal relationships, intrigue, romantic entanglements, emotional and mo…
Soap Families We Miss: The Young and the Restless’ Brooks Family
The Young and the Restless premiered in 1973 and featured families and characters that today’s viewers might not know. The first family of YR was the Brooks family, and they drove the storytelling on …
Special Report: Insiders Share How and Why Soaps Evolved Over Time Part 2
Half Hour Soaps Have Their Pros In the days of the half-hour soap, the production schedule was quite different than that of the hour schedule. To understand the changes that took place when the soaps …
The Young and the Restless: The Singing Soap
In the heat of a dramatic moment, the male lead breaks out into song. His female companion joins him in a duet. This may sound like the feature film La La Land or perhaps NBC’s primetime hit Zoe…