Soap operas Soap operas The first annual Soap Opera Digest Awards were held in 1984 and hosted by then husband and wife Catherine Hickland and David Hasselhoff. Hickland was currently starring in the soap opera Capitol and Hasselhoff who was currently in the series Knight Rider was still recognisable as Snapper Foster on The Young and the Restless. ...more on Wikipedia about "1st Soap Opera Digest Awards"
2000 Malibu Road was a prime time soap opera starring Drew Barrymore that aired on CBS in 1992. ...more on Wikipedia about "2000 Malibu Road"
A Country Practice was one of the longest-running Australian television drama series. Though sometimes considered a soap opera, the storylines of the two one-hour episodes screened over any one week formed a self-contained narrative block. It ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from November 18, 1981 to November 22, 1993. It also ran from April to November 1994 for 29 episodes on Network Ten. ...more on Wikipedia about "A Country Practice"
A Woman to Remember was a soap opera which ran on the DuMont Network from February 21, 1949 - July 15, 1949. The show initially ran in daytime but starting May 2 aired Monday through Friday from 7:30 - 7:45 PM EST. John Haggart served as creator and writer; Bob Steele was producer and director. The show followed Captain Video and had no sponsor. ...more on Wikipedia about "A Woman to Remember"
A World Apart was a daytime drama which ran from March 30 1970 - June 25 1971 on the ABC network. ...more on Wikipedia about "A World Apart (television)"
Acorn Antiques was a parodic soap opera featured regularly on the sketch show Victoria Wood - As Seen On TV, which ran from 1985 to 1987. ...more on Wikipedia about "Acorn Antiques"
Albion Market was a short-lived UK television soap opera. Launched in August 1985, it was conceived as a rival to EastEnders, and produced by the same production team as Coronation Street at Granada Television. It failed to achieve the success of either and was cancelled in August 1986 after just 100 episodes, a very short run for a prime time soap. ...more on Wikipedia about "Albion Market" It's time to think about shortopedia.
"All In A Family" (四海一家) was an immensely popular Hong Kong drama that first screened in 1994. ...more on Wikipedia about "All In A Family"
All My Children is a US soap opera which has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the ABC TV network since January 5, 1970. Originally a half-hour in length, the show moved to an hour in 1977. The show has taped over nine thousand episodes, with the 9,000th episode having aired on December 16, 2004. It is videotaped at ABC's television studio at 77 West 66th Street in New York City. ...more on Wikipedia about "All My Children"
American Dreams was an American television drama program broadcast on the NBC television network. It debuted on September 29th, 2002. It initially aired on Sundays at 8:00pm but moved to the same time on Wednesdays starting March 9, 2005. Season 3 began on September 26, 2004. It was officially cancelled by NBC on May 16, 2005. ...more on Wikipedia about "American Dreams"
Angels was a British television drama dealing with the subject of student nurses that was broadcast by the BBC between 1975 and 1983. ...more on Wikipedia about "Angels (TV)"
Another Life was a daytime drama owned and broadcast by the Christian Broadcasting Network from 1981-84. The soap opera attempted to combine standard afternoon intrigue with religious overtones, as many characters were portrayed as born-again Christians who relied on the power of prayer to solve their problems. Through its run, Another Life revolved around the Davidson family, including widowed matriarch Terry Davidson ( Mary Jean Feton), son Peter ( Darrel Campbell), and daughter Lori Martin ( Jeannette Larson and Debbie McLeod), as well as their friends and neighbors. ...more on Wikipedia about "Another Life"
Another World (AW) (sometimes called Another World: Bay City to distinguish it from its spinoffs in the 1970s and 1980s) was a Daytime Emmy-winning American soap opera which ran on the NBC television network ( CTV in Canada) from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It was co-created by Irna Phillips and William J. Bell. ...more on Wikipedia about "Another World (TV series)"
As the World Turns (ATWT) is the second longest-running American television soap opera, airing each weekday on CBS. ...more on Wikipedia about "As the World Turns"
You've Got Questions. We've Got shortopedia. Soap_operas
Baywatch was a popular American television show about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the crowded beaches of Los Angeles County. The show ran from 1989 to 2001. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baywatch"
:This article is concerned with bellbird as an Australian television soap opera; for other uses of the term see bellbird (disambiguation). ...more on Wikipedia about "Bellbird (soap opera)"
Beverly Hills 90210 was a popular primetime television soap opera that aired from October 1990 to May 2000 on the Fox Network in the United States and subsequently on various networks around the world. The show followed the lives of a group of teenagers living in the posh, star-studded Southern California community of Beverly Hills and attending the fictitious West Beverly High School. The show was created by producers Aaron Spelling and Darren Star. The "90210" in the title refers to one of the suburb's postal codes (or ZIP Code). ...more on Wikipedia about "Beverly Hills 90210"
Bracken was an Irish television soap opera broadcast from 1978 to 1982 on RTÉ One in Ireland. It mainly centered about rural life in and around County Wicklow in the Republic of Ireland. The main stars of the show were Gabriel Byrne and Niall Tobin. The show was created and written by Wesley Burrows. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bracken (TV)"
Bright Promise was a soap opera which ran on the NBC television network from September 29, 1969 to March 31, 1972. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bright Promise"
Brookside, commonly referred to as "Brookie" was a soap opera based in Liverpool, which was introduced with the new British television channel, Channel 4. Produced by Mersey Television, it aired from the network's first night on November 2, 1982. The series had a long and successful run however by the 2000s its viewing figures were in decline and low ratings eventually called for its cancellation. The final episode was broadcast on November 4 2003 and was watched by around 2 million viewers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brookside"
Capitol was the name of a soap opera which aired on CBS from March 29, 1982 to March 20, 1987. Like its name suggests, the storyline usually revolved around the political intrigues of people in Washington D.C., whose lives intertwined. ...more on Wikipedia about "Capitol (TV series)"
I wish I had a www.shortopedia.com.
Chances was an Australian evening soap opera produced from 1991 to 1992. It told the story of the average middle-class Taylor family whose lives are transformed by a $3Million lottery win. The series was broadcast by the Nine Network, initially as two one-hour episodes each week. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chances"
City Life portrayed the lives and loves of ten singles who lived in an upmarket apartment building in Auckland, New Zealand. The show was touted as New Zealand's answer to Melrose ...more on Wikipedia about "City Life (TV)"
Class of '74 was a secondary school based daily soap opera produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation and screened on the Seven Network in Australia starting March 1974. The main characters were a mix of teachers and other school personnel, and students. The series aimed at a teenage audience. Each episode was 30 minutes; five episodes each week were broadcast, stripped across week nights in an early evening timeslot. The series was renamed Class of '75 for its second and final year. It also switched from black and white to colour during its second year on air. ...more on Wikipedia about "Class of '74"
Close to Home was the name of a long-running New Zealand television soap opera, which ran on Television New Zealand's channel TV1 during the 1970s and 1980s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Close to Home (soap opera)"
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the Wikipedia . Direct links to the original articles are in the text.
If you use exact copy or modified of this article you should preserve above paragraph and put also : It uses material from
the Shortopedia article about "Soap operas".
| MAIN PAGE | MAIN INDEX | CONTACT US |