Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s a reason for the buzz around Lauralee Bell and Martha Byrne’s quest to launch a primetime soap, and it’s not only because ...

The soap opera has existed for almost as long as TV itself, and many successful soaps have run for decades, but which is the ...

Characterized by melodrama and mawkishness, soap operas tend to appeal to wider audiences, influencing network executives to keep them on air for many years. With plots like Marlena marrying the ...