Even though only four original soap operas remain on the air, our appetite for high drama has never been more insatiable. By Charlotte Druckman In late April, a sizzle reel comprising classic soap ...
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The queen of soap operas started off by telling stories about the drama she was missing in her own life
When Irna Phillips was working as a voice actor at Chicago’s WGN radio station in 1930, her boss asked her to develop a drama about a mother and her adult daughter. Phillips, a former schoolteacher, ...
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10 longest-running soap operas of all time
Laden with glamour and loaded with jaw-dropping plot twists, soap operas have entertained audiences for decades, going all the way back to the heyday of radio. While some of them might have been short ...
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