Stuart Damon made his General Hospital debut as Alan Quartermaine, Roger Howarth returned to One Life to Live as Todd Manning ...

And they have infinitely more options, with cable channels galore as well as DVRs and streaming services that make it possible to watch any of the prime-time dramas that stole the soap opera’s ...

Denise Alexander, beloved for her roles as Susan on Days of our Lives and Lesley on General Hospital, has passed away.

Soaps once brought in 75% of a TV network’s revenue, says author Elana Levine. “Soaps were a legitimate kind of pop culture ...

Soap operas have kept viewers riveted ... the argument that soaps have been much more ahead of its time on social issues than prime time. They got to do subversive story lines around abortion ...

It seems fans feel intimacy with soap opera characters. Not that I think I know Laura Spencer personally or anything, to be clear. It went on to say that at one time, numerous serial programs were ...

Soap operas have kept viewers riveted for generations ... And I'm also making the argument that soaps have been much more ahead of its time on social issues than prime time. They got to do subversive ...