How did daytime dramas like “Guiding Light” and “General Hospital” become known as “soap operas”? It's all thanks to ...

There's no doubt that General Hospital happens to be the touchstone of American daytime soap operas. Beginning its ...

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 ...

If one of the newest products from consumer-goods giant Procter & Gamble reminds you of something the company made in the 1960s, 70s or 80s ... to the world of soap operas. In a different era ...

Sometimes something old can feel refreshingly new. The soap opera is a genre older than the invention of the television, dating all the way back to radio serials of the early 20th century.

The network Monday introduces viewers to the Black soap opera "Beyond the Gates," which follows the powerful Dupree family in the fictional, affluent Maryland community of Fairmont Crest.

If one of the newest products from consumer-goods giant Procter & Gamble reminds you of something the company made in the 1960s, 70s or 80s ... to the world of soap operas. In a different era ...