Natalie Moore writes about soap operas, their Chicago origins and relevance through the years. Her upcoming WBEZ podcast ...

On top of that, soap operas were some of the first programs to adopt LGBTQ+ storylines, like Ryan Phillippe’s openly gay teen character on One Life to Live, and All My Children, which featured ...

April 9 (UPI) --NBC released a promo for the upcoming episode of Saturday Night Live featuring host Jon Hamm in a spoof of daytime soap operas. The promo takes the form of a spoof promo for a soap ...

Derided as low-brow entertainment for women, these shows have survived industry upheaval, changing taste and the digital streaming revolution.

The soap opera world was especially rocked by the deaths of beloved stars, including Days of Our Lives veteran Bill Hayes and General Hospital icon Leslie Charleson. As families, fans and ...

The long-lived soap opera "All My Children" began its over-40-year run in 1970. Photo illustration by Amanda Berlinski; source photo: Steve Fenn / The LIFE Images Collection / Getty Images Long ...

“The Bold and the Beautiful” is doing something bold. The daytime drama will debut its first-ever all-female episode on Thursday, March 27. Heather Tom, who plays Katie Logan Spencer, wrote ...

Love triangles, amnesia, cliffhangers, blackmail – there’s no trope or plot device that soap operas haven’t seen – or invented. But who invented the soaps themselves? Turns out ...

Robert Scott Wilson (Alex), who worked closely with Hopkins during her months on the show, tells Soap Opera Digest that he was sorry to see Hopkins leave. “She was fantastic. She is fantastic, ...

Soap Opera Digest spoke to the Daytime Emmy-nominated actor about saying his latest adieu to the show. Soap Opera Digest: I gotta tell you, I don’t cry a lot watching soaps, but I did shed a ...

Rabbitohs coach Wayne Bennett has taken aim at the NRL, saying the Daly Cherry-Evans saga has exposed a major flaw in the current game. The Manly and Queensland skipper lit a furnace earlier this ...

Chicago journalist Natalie Moore digs into the history — and importance — of soap operas on a new podcast. Driving the news: The first episode of WBEZ's "Making: Stories Without End" will be released ...