A new daytime soap, he says, will “appeal to the core CBS audience,” but “can find a younger, unduplicated” fan base in streaming. Research shows “how much these soap operas over index ...

Veteran actress Denise Alexander who starred in two major daytime dramas, "General Hospital" and "Days of Our Lives," in a decades-long career has died at 85.

WBEZ's new podcast looks at soap operas as the foundation of American television storytelling. It's called " Making Stories Without End ," and we speak with host Natalie Moore. This segment airs on ...

Not long ago, soap operas ruled daytime TV. The casts of shows like "General Hospital," "All My Children" and "Days of Our Lives" became part of daily life in the United States. For the first time ...

Network television would not exist if not for the financial success of soap operas, according to Elana Levine, author of Her Stories: Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History. During the 1970s ...

He returned to “The Young and the Restless” in 1991 as a writer where he won four Daytime Emmys. Houghton is survived by his wife, Karen, a sister, his mom, two kids and a grandson.