The soap opera genre spans networks, decades, and genres, but there are some tropes that can be found just about anywhere.

Jack Wagner opened up to PEOPLE about the 'bad habits' soap opera acting can teach. Wagner has starred on 'General Hospital' ...

This bundle will let you enjoy top soap opera titles for a price of less than $25 per month. Soap operas have a way of ...

Discover the real-life couples who found love on the set of soap operas, from Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos on 'All My ...

Soap operas change faces all the time in the name of recasting. Actors leave for personal reasons or get written out for ...

That’s why I don’t think there would be the other shows we love without soap operas. They give us the basics of storytelling that all shows use. I’ve given a lot of thought over the years as ...

Discover unforgettable moments from soap opera stars including updates on 'Beyond the Gates' and 'Melrose Place' ...

Production costs for a soap opera, Levine said, were “still never at the level of what it cost to make a primetime show.” The decline of soaps can’t be attributed to a singular event.

A Chicago woman created soap operas. And a Chicago woman is keeping ... the bosses asked her if she would write a daily narrative, scripted show for women. In 1930, “Painted Dreams” debuted ...

This term for some of our most melodramatic television shows has a surprisingly literal ... dramas led to the tongue-in-cheek nickname soap operas. However, companies found the medium so fruitful ...