| The Edge of Night | ... BS' half-hour serials in order for that to happen. CBS found that series in | , which at the time was the network's lowest rated program; although it wa ... |
| Strange Paradise | ... soap opera with a supernatural theme. An occult-styled Canadian-made serial | soon followed, which was broadcast on CBC Television and in the United Sta ... |
| Ryan's Hope | ... Night (which had moved to ABC from CBS in late 1975), All My Children, and | , and the game shows The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game, Let's Make a Deal ... |
| The Edge of Night | ... –1997), and Port Charles (1997–2003). ABC also aired the last nine years of | (1975–1984) after that series was dropped by CBS (though some ABC affiliat ... |
| Another World | ... uest appearance on the April 22, 1986 episode of the NBC daytime soap opera | . She also auditioned for the lead role Jamie Lloyd in , losing the role t ... |
| Falcon Crest | Later he appeared on | (1983–1984) as Dr. Michael Ranson |
| Hotel | In 1983, after filming the pilot episode for the television series | , Davis was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy. Withi ... |
| Santa Barbara | From 1984 to 1988 she starred on the television series | as Kelly Capwell which earned her Daytime Emmy nominations. She then starr ... |
| Love of Life | ... ed The Young and the Restless to a full hour after the cancellation of soap | . Y&R moved from Noon/11am to 1pm/Noon (the former affiliate break timeslo ... |
| Neighbours | ... oon obtained the chance to play a regular role on the Australian soap opera | . By the end of her second year, she left the show to move to London in 19 ... |
| Dynasty | ... During this period, while the network enjoyed huge ratings with shows like | , Moonlighting, MacGyver, Who's The Boss?, The Wonder Years, Hotel, and Th ... |
| Melrose Place | ... short-lived The Ben Stiller Show did a parody of this show, The Heights and | called Melrose Heights 90210-2420 that portrayed the cast as superficial, ... |
| The Guiding Light | ... nd his brother Glenn originated the role of Michael Bauer on the soap opera | . In 1966, Walken played the role of King Philip of France in the Broadway ... |
| General Hospital | ... talk/lifestyle shows The View, The Chew, and The Revolution and soap opera | ; 7–9 a.m. weekdays (Good Morning America) along with one-hour weekend edi ... |
| Melrose Place | ... typical for Los Angeles that several TV series were recorded, among others, | |
| Dynasty | ... Starsky and Hutch, S.W.A.T, Hart to Hart, The Love Boat, Family, Vega$, and | . Furthermore, ABC acquired broadcasting rights for telecasting the annual ... |
| Soap | ... 195 half-hour episodes were produced.) In later years the prime-time satire | would introduce an Exorcist-inspired storyline. In 1986, Dark Mansions, a ... |
| Family Passions | Christensen's first acting role was on the television series | , which aired on Canadian television in September 1993, when he was 12. Th ... |
| Melrose Place | ... ndy Kaling (The Office), Emmy Award winner Michael Moriarty, Andrew Shue of | , Aisha Tyler of Friends and 24, Dan Rush the director of Everything Must ... |
| All My Children | ... to Live, The Edge of Night (which had moved to ABC from CBS in late 1975), | , and Ryan's Hope, and the game shows The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game, ... |
| Fair City | ... e. RTÉ is Ireland's national state broadcaster, and is based in Donnybrook. | is RTÉ's soap opera, located in the fictional Dublin suburb of Carraigstow ... |
| Neighbours | On the popular Australian soap | , one of its most dramatic storylines unfolded when a 1940s themed joy fli ... |
| Guiding Light | ... filiate break timeslot) and As the World Turns was bumped up to 2pm/1pm and | to 3pm/2pm. CBS was not satisfied with this schedule against ABC and NBC a ... |
| Another World | ... th in 1969. Even the launch of Somerset, a much-ballyhooed spinoff of NBC's | , the following year did not hurt Dark Shadows. Originally, it started in ... |
| Another World | ... hest-rated soap from 1958 to 1978, tying for first place with NBC Daytime's | (1973–1974, 1977–1978) and Days of our Lives (1973–1974). By the mid-1960s ... |
| Passions | ... d the entire Star Trek television franchise. Only the paranormal soap opera | , with a total of 2,231 episodes, has more |
| Desperate Housewives | On February 25, 2008, ABC said it will release hit shows (Lost and | ) for free over video on demand services, including Comcast; only this tim ... |
| General Hospital | ... This began by personally answering fan mail he received as a cast member of | . Simmons still personally answers emails and letters, and makes hundreds ... |
| EastEnders | ... tly regretted. He played Edwin Caldecott, an old nemesis of Jim Branning in | . He played Ippolit Vorobyaninov alongside Frank Langella (as Ostap Bender ... |
| Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise | ... elling for his company, Spelling Television. It is the second series in the | . Season one and season two were broadcast on Wednesday at 9pm, after Beve ... |
| The Edge of Night | ... he 1970s and 1980s with the soap operas General Hospital, One Life to Live, | (which had moved to ABC from CBS in late 1975), All My Children, and Ryan' ... |
| One Life to Live | ... of the past include All My Children (1970–2011), Dark Shadows (1966–1971), | (1968-2012), Ryan's Hope (1975–1989), Loving (1983–1995), The City (1995–1 ... |
| Melrose Place | ... personal and professional struggles of several young models, spun off from | . The series was introduced via the characters Hillary Michaels, the mothe ... |
| Desperate Housewives | ... 2006, ABC and Comcast reached a landmark deal to offer hit shows (Lost and | ) through Video on demand |
| Telenovela | ... households had television; a figure rising to 45% by 1969 and 85% by 1982. | s are popular in Venezuela, and some Venezuelan productions (such as 1992' ... |
| Neighbours | ... uglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap | . Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing ca ... |
| One Life to Live | ... trong throughout the 1970s and 1980s with the soap operas General Hospital, | , The Edge of Night (which had moved to ABC from CBS in late 1975), All My ... |
| Guiding Light | ... hillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera | . Running for 54 years, As the World Turns holds the second-longest contin ... |
| One Life to Live | ... , somewhat topical Days). On January 16, 1978, ABC ballooned its decade-old | to the 2/1 starting time, compounding the other networks' headaches. These ... |
| Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden | ... rld Turns actor Todd Rotondi (ex-Bryant) had a cameo role on the Dutch soap | (Good Times, Bad Times) and Elizabeth Hubbard was a guest in the RTL talks ... |
| General Hospital | ... me lineup became strong throughout the 1970s and 1980s with the soap operas | , One Life to Live, The Edge of Night (which had moved to ABC from CBS in ... |
| Ryan's Hope | ... ildren (1970–2011), Dark Shadows (1966–1971), One Life to Live (1968-2012), | (1975–1989), Loving (1983–1995), The City (1995–1997), and Port Charles (1 ... |
| The Edge of Night | ... ate, all serials had been fifteen minutes in length. As the World Turns and | , which premiered on the same day at 4:30 pm EST, were the first two to be ... |
| Desperate Housewives | ... shows now out of the picture, the network's remaining top two veteran shows | and Grey's Anatomy, and another hit show Brothers & Sisters, then record t ... |
| EastEnders | ... ot episode for the series (as part of the BBC's Comedy Playhouse) by future | actress Gretchen Franklin |
| Where the Heart Is | ... ations familiar from the series. Filming of the TV Slaithwaite-based drama, | , had also taken place in and around the area |
| Dynasty | ... operas, such as Dallas and Knots Landing, but initially ahead of rival soap | . Cesar Romero appeared from 1985 to 1987 on Falcon Crest as the romantic ... |
| Melrose Place | ... ut was credited as a "Special Guest Star"—much like Heather Locklear was on | . He admits on the beach to Kelly that he returned because he missed his f ... |
| Port Charles | ... 12), Ryan's Hope (1975–1989), Loving (1983–1995), The City (1995–1997), and | (1997–2003). ABC also aired the last nine years of The Edge of Night (1975 ... |
| Melrose Place | The series | was a spin-off from the show, as actor Grant Show (who played Jake on Melr ... |
| Models Inc. | The original series produced a spin off series, titled: | , which ran for one season from 1994-1995. The series focused on a Los Ang ... |
| Guiding Light | ... oisonous plant, the shortest river (Roe River), the longest-running drama ( | ) in the USA, the longest-serving members of a drama series (William Roach ... |
| General Hospital | ABC currently airs one soap opera on its daytime schedule, | |
| EastEnders | ... by British tabloid newspapers following reports that he had an affair with | actress Anita Dobson, whom he met in 1986, and who gained fame in the 1980 ... |
| Desperate Housewives | ... many shows, including Leave It to Beaver. It was remodeled and featured on | and located on Colonial Street in the backlot (which has now been official ... |
| Days of our Lives | ... (Tom's secretary). One episode of the show co-starred Bixby's future wife, | actress Brenda Benet, as one of Tom's girlfriends |
| Days of our Lives | ... for first place with NBC Daytime's Another World (1973–1974, 1977–1978) and | (1973–1974). By the mid-1960s, it was so firmly entrenched that its strong ... |
| EastEnders | ... at the poor people are up to in the first of two visits this evening to the | . |
| EastEnders | ... ce and Favour and then playing matriarch Pauline Fowler on the long-running | |
| Passions | ... survive NBC's cancellation of its sister Another World in 1999 in favor of | |
| EastEnders | ... econd wife Anita Dobson on her first album, in which she sang vocals to the | theme tune. In this form the tune became the song "Anyone Can Fall in Love ... |
| All My Children | ... mornings. It was only when ABC made its first move to a one-hour soap with | that trouble really began for As The World Turns (and also Days of Our Liv ... |
| As the World Turns | ... xpanded their audiences beyond housewives with the rise of All My Children, | , Somerset, and The Young and the Restless |
| General Hospital | ... Meagher for Home and Away in Australia), the third longest-running drama ( | ) in the USA, and the world's most successful salesman (Joe Girard), among ... |
| ABC Daytime | Notable | soaps of the past include All My Children (1970–2011), Dark Shadows (1966– ... |
| Melrose Place | ... of Melrose's Amanda Woodward. An updated version of the series, also called | , premiered on September 8, 2009 on The CW Television Network. The series ... |
| Santa Barbara | ... first became famous on television, playing Kelly Capwell on the soap opera | , which earned her three Daytime Emmy nominations. She shot to stardom aft ... |
| Vengeance on Varos | The 1985 Doctor Who serial " | " was set within the confines of a 'Punishment Dome' where the repellent a ... |
| Dynasty | ... she once diapered; it's that she dresses like a drag queen and talks like a | reject. It's that she's not Cordy, and what might have been fun to watch h ... |
| General Hospital | ... ician Springfield was known for playing Dr. Noah Drake on the daytime drama | . He originated the character from 1981-1983. He left acting after his mus ... |
| All My Children | Notable ABC Daytime soaps of the past include | (1970–2011), Dark Shadows (1966–1971), One Life to Live (1968-2012), Ryan' ... |
| General Hospital | ... roductions it continues to produce (such as America's Funniest Home Videos, | , and ABC News productions), although Disney-ABC Domestic Television (form ... |
| Desperate Housewives | ... ntent in true high-definition 1280x720 resolution from such series as Lost, | , Grey's Anatomy, General Hospital and Ugly Betty. In conjunction with the ... |
| Port Charles | Coming full circle, the soap operas | and Passions emerged in the 1990s, both largely driven by supernatural-bas ... |
| Holby City | ... dio 4 comedy drama series, and television drama including Peak Practice and | . He appeared in Bang-Bang-a-Boom!, a spin off audio drama based on the BB ... |
| Melrose Place | ... t starred James Eckhouse in one episode. Until February, 2010 the CW series | was also produced at the original 90210 Calvert studios. Post-production s ... |
| Soap | ... termed as "social consciousness" programming, such as All in the Family and | , which broke down television barriers |
| Dark Shadows | Notable ABC Daytime soaps of the past include All My Children (1970–2011), | (1966–1971), One Life to Live (1968-2012), Ryan's Hope (1975–1989), Loving ... |
| Soap | ... ation comedies such as Happy Days, Barney Miller, Three's Company, Taxi and | . Programming head Fred Silverman was credited with reversing the network' ... |
| Hotel | ... ws like Dynasty, Moonlighting, MacGyver, Who's The Boss?, The Wonder Years, | , and Thirtysomething, ABC seemed to have lost the momentum that propelled ... |
| As the World Turns | ... Make a Deal. In 2010, the extra episodes aired between the cancellation of | and the debut of The Talk. The intervening week offered a second episode o ... |
| General Hospital | ... t year, she landed the role of Melissa McKee in the long running soap opera | . The role garnered Dolenz attention, earning her two nominations (in 1988 ... |
| EastEnders | ... e years, ranging from Yorkshire sounding builders visiting the Queen Vic in | [1987] to Black Country sounding factory workers in the Jeffrey Archer ada ... |
| Knots Landing | ... ratings hit, behind other 1980s prime-time soap operas, such as Dallas and | , but initially ahead of rival soap Dynasty. Cesar Romero appeared from 19 ... |
| General Hospital | ... and has been featured on the television shows, Gunsmoke episode Snow Train, | and the TV mini-series, Into the West produced by TNT. The railroad also m ... |
| All My Children | ... ng Out. He promoted that book in part with a 1995 guest appearance on ABC's | , in a storyline that put him on the set of Erica Kane's talk show "The Cu ... |
| The Edge of Night | ... ed from a half-hour in length to one hour starting on December 1, 1975 when | moved to ABC. In the year-to-date ratings, As the World Turns was the most ... |
| Search for Tomorrow | ... 1, As the World Turns returned to its longtime 1:30/12:30pm start time with | following at 2:30/1:30pm and The Young and the Restless leading off the so ... |
| Dark Shadows | ... in the 1936 film Dracula's Daughter, Barnabas Collins in the TV soap opera | , Mick St.John in the TV show Moonlight, Louis de Pointe du Lac in Anne Ri ... |
| Guiding Light | ... itional episodes filled a gap between the cancellation of the daytime drama | and the debut of Let's Make a Deal. In 2010, the extra episodes aired betw ... |
| Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise | ... quently on various networks around the world. It is the first series in the | . The show followed the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscal ... |
| Days of our Lives | ... cast member Kyle Brandt’s acting career includes starring in the soap opera | . His castmate Tonya Cooley also appeared on an MTV special of True Life: ... |
| Desperate Housewives | ... erson, in the fall of that year ABC premiered two highly anticipated series | , and Lost. Immediately, the network's ratings skyrocketed to unprecedente ... |
| Guiding Light | ... en years after the last two fifteen minute serials, Search for Tomorrow and | , expanded to thirty minutes |
| Falcon Crest | ... anning in The Vintage Years, which was retooled as the primetime soap opera | . The series, which ran from December 1981 to May 1990, was created by Ear ... |
| General Hospital | ... Freeview platform. Since ABC1's launch, it had aired the long-running soap | , making it the only U.S. daytime soap to air new episodes in the UK; howe ... |
| Guiding Light | ... ì gira il mondo, started to air in 1986 on Canale 5, in the afternoon after | time slot, with episodes three years behind the U.S. In 1987 it was moved ... |
| General Hospital | ... resolution from such series as Lost, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, | and Ugly Betty. In conjunction with the launch of the new season in Septem ... |
| Models Inc. | | , a series about the personal and professional struggles of several young ... |
| General Hospital | ... also hosted an ABC party on campus which was attended by cast members from | and All My Children |
| Melrose Place | ... ally picked up by The CW on May 21, 2009. The show is an updated version of | , featuring a group of young adults living in a West Hollywood apartment c ... |
| Search for Tomorrow | ... sions were occurring seven years after the last two fifteen minute serials, | and Guiding Light, expanded to thirty minutes |
| Painted Dreams | ... ic since it began in 1925. Radio soap operas began in the U.S. in 1930 with | . Laurdagsbarnetimen, a Norwegian children's show, with its premiere in 19 ... |
| Guiding Light | ... ological realism over melodrama, and her previous creations (which included | ) were especially notable for placing professionals – doctors, lawyers, an ... |
| All My Children | Soap operas expanded their audiences beyond housewives with the rise of | , As the World Turns, Somerset, and The Young and the Restless |
| The Secret Storm | ... ughter, Christina (who was then acting in New York on the CBS TV soap opera | ), needed immediate medical attention for a ruptured ovarian tumor. Until ... |
| All My Children | ... arty on campus which was attended by cast members from General Hospital and | |