For decades, the public has been captivated by British soap operas that use dramatic portrayals of everyday events.

The history of soap operas on American television remains strong, combining classic drama with new stories while continuing to create buzz among viewers. Despite shifts in viewer preferences ...

James Houghton, an Emmy-winning soap opera actor and writer, died Aug. 27, 2024 at the age of 75. Houghton died at his home ...

The first soap opera to premiere in more than 25 years will feature a primarily Black cast, a historic breakthrough for a ...

"You've got to have money - lots of it," says one resident of the suburb that has inspired a ground-breaking soap opera.

Soap operas are the foundation of American television storytelling. From early radio days in the 1930s to the invention of TV to streaming, soaps have endured by telling intergenerational family ...

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. It's also, in the eyes of many, a dying genre, with ...

Like other soap operas, the daytime series is chock-full of juicy intrigue ... where roles for Black performers were few and far between. “When I got in television in the early ‘70s, Melvin Moore and ...

Clifton Davis has starred in many TV series, but "Beyond the Gates" is his first soap opera. Credit ... then picked up the pace in the early '90s when the televised O.J. Simpson trial offered ...