L;DR: While broadcast and streaming television fragment under the weight of too many options and shrinking mid-budget production, soap operas in 2026 are quietly posting year-over-year audience gains ...

Soaps once brought in 75% of a TV network’s revenue, says author Elana Levine. “Soaps were a legitimate kind of pop culture sensation.” Without soaps, we wouldn’t have melodramas or reality shows.

Clock wise from top left: DAYS’s Alex (Robert Scott Wilson), Joy (AlexAnn Hopkins), Johnny (Carson Boatman) and Chanel (Raven Bowens); GH’s Tracy (Jane Elliot); Y&R’s Victoria (Amelia Heinle), Nikki ...

Soap operas are the foundation of American television storytelling — and their roots sprouted right here in Chicago. From its early radio days in the 1930s to streaming today, soaps have endured by ...

Soap opera actor Geoffrey Deuel has died at the age of 81. Deuel passed away in hospice care in Largo, Florida, on Sunday following a battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. According to ...

Eileen Fulton, the beloved soap opera star best known for “As the World Turns,” has passed away. She was 91. Fulton died on Monday, July 14, in her hometown of Asheville, N.C., following “a period of ...

The Bold & The Beautiful star Sydney Bullock teases major fallout after Dylan and Remy’s shocking family connection is ...

Soap opera icon Jennifer Harmon passed away in her home in New York City on Saturday, May 9, following a long and illustrious ...

After leaving Moriches over 60 years ago, Clifton Davis got into show business, and never looked back. He started as an electrician at the old ABC studios in the West 50s, then became an actor, ...