In American pop culture, daytime soap operas are long-running serialized dramas known for their emotionally charged storylines, complex characters, and dramatic twists. The theme of the soap operas is ...

Before they won Oscars, these actors honed their craft on daytime soap operas, proving that daytime drama can be a stepping stone to Hollywood's biggest award.

“For me, watching soap operas with my mom and nana quickly became a comforting tradition to look forward to and a welcome part of my daily routine,” TODAY ’s Chrissy Callahan wrote last year. “Even ...

At the 52nd Annual Daytime Emmys on Friday soap opera icon and 1981 Daytime Emmy-winner Jane Elliot was gifted a Gold Circle medal honoring her almost 50 years of stirring up trouble as General ...

Head writing a daytime drama has to be the most challenging job in show business as soap operas produce approximately 250 (!) episodes each per year. It seemed as if everyone in town was talking about ...

Tom's career in daytime dramas began on 'The Young and the Restless' in 1990 Heather Tom has spent 35 years in soap operas — and she’s had a lot of on-screen love affairs in that time. Tom, 50, opened ...

Head writing a daytime drama has to be the most challenging job in show business as soap operas produce approximately 250 (!) episodes each per year.

Soap operas’ detractors usually cite the same critiques of the genre, calling out the over-the-top drama, the frequent recasting of characters, the workmanlike production design and cinematography, ...