Soap operas rarely bring all the current storylines to a conclusion at the same time.

Soap operas became a staple of daytime television in the United States in the early 1950s.

Soap operas were originally broadcast live from the studio, creating what many at the time regarded as a feeling similar to that of a stage play.

* Soap operas have idiosyncratic blocking techniques.

Soap operas in the U. K. began on radio and consequently were associated with the BBC.

Soap operas have been very popular in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium.

* The Aussie Soap Archive – Classic Australian soap operas

The first such season-ender on U. S. TV was in the comedy send-up of soap operas Soap in 1978.

When the Kinks changed record labels from RCA to Arista in 1976, Davies abandoned his then-recent propensity for ambitious, theatrical concept albums and rock operas — the RCA era ( 1971 – 75 ) had produced Muswell Hillbillies, Everybody's in Show-Biz, Preservation Act 1 and Act 2, Soap Opera and Schoolboys in Disgrace — and returned to writing more basic, straightforward songs.

Soap operas were needed to fill TV air time, and popular Cantonese songs became TV theme songs.

* Soap operas: Josep Maria Benet i Jornet is the most prolific soap opera author, having penned successful series like Poble Nou ( 1993 – 94 ) and its sequel Rosa ( 1995 – 96 ), Nissaga de Poder ( 1996 – 98 ) and its sequel Nissaga, l ' herència ( 1999 ), Laberint d ' ombres ( 1998-00 ).

Soap operas once featured only one-dimensional characters who were either good or bad.

Soap Opera Digest is a weekly magazine covering American daytime soap operas.

Instead of buying a magazine like Soap Opera Digest, in which all soap operas are covered, Soaps In Depth gave the soap viewer and potential shopper three choices: ABC Soaps In Depth, CBS Soaps In Depth, and NBC Soaps In Depth.

Soap Opera Weekly is a weekly magazine covering American daytime soap operas.

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By the late 1960s, Allende had ventured into Spanish-language Soap Operas as well as Photo Soap Operas ( magazine soap operas widely produced during the 1970s in many Latin American countries ).

Diana Canova ( born June 1, 1953, West Palm Beach, Florida ) is an American actress best known for her role of promiscuous daughter Corinne Tate on Soap, a sitcom that parodied soap operas, between 1977 and 1980.

* Episodic series classified as soap operas or telenovelas should be categorized within a subcategory of: Category: Soap operas ( examples: General Hospital, Lazos de Amor )

Soap Opera Magazine was a weekly periodical devoted to interviews and recaps of American soap operas.

John " Soap " MacTavish, fictional soldier from the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series

* Soap: Picture a door made from soap

* In the Mexican Soap Opera Alcanzar una estrella II ( 1991 ) starring singers Ricky Martin and Sasha the intros of all four new songs from the album Then and Now were used at the closing of each scene before a commercial break.

Soap made from pure olive oil is sometimes called Castile soap or Marseille soap, and is reputed for being extra mild.

On 17 October 2008 at the Volksbuehne in Berlin, Nico's ex-boyfriend Lutz Ulbrich presented another tribute concert, which featured Marianne Rosenberg, Soap & Skin, Marianne Enzensberger and James Young, the keyboardist from The Faction, Nico's last band.

A number of kinescopes from 1966, the year Guiding Light < nowiki >' s </ nowiki > setting shifted from Selby Flats, California to the Midwestern town of Springfield, were uploaded to a number of websites including the now-defunct World of Soap Themes website.

Another known Another World episode available was a black-and-white kinescope from 1968, on the World of Soap Themes website.

A 1969 episode of One Life to Live was featured on the World of Soap Themes website, and at least one episode from the late 1960s exists in color.

The name Soap Lake came from the word Smokiam, an Indian term which translates to “ Healing Waters .” The tribes used the lake for healing purposes for themselves and their animals for many years before the area was settled by pioneers.

Even though Soap Lake ’ s main industry was derived from the medicinal lake, it became a social center.

They included: receptionist Donna Parmar's breaking patient confidentiality and her sacking from the Mill ( 2007 ), Dr. Nick West's car crash and later death ( 2008 ), and receptionist Vivien March's rape in 2008, which caused a stir in the media and received recognition at The British Soap Awards in 2009.

Soap, a compound made from lye and fat, is an ancient and common laundry aid.

* Steve McDonald ( Coronation Street ), a character from popular English Soap Opera Coronation Street

Soap is an American sitcom that originally ran on ABC from 1977 into 1981.

In addition to the religious protest, Soap also faced substantial pre-broadcast criticism from the International Union of Gay Athletes and the National Gay Task Force, both of which were concerned about the way the gay character Jodie Dallas and his professional football player lover would be portrayed.

Aside from the external protests, Soap was also subject to heavy internal revisions from ABC's Broadcast Standards & Practices department, which monitors the content of programs.

However, according to the Museum of Broadcast Communications, Soap " ended under suspicion that resistance from ad agencies may have caused ABC to cancel at that point " because its still controversial content was negatively affecting its relationship with sponsors.

No other incidents from the final episode of Soap are mentioned.

In 2010, The Huffington Post called Soap a " timeless comedy " and concluded: " Rarely does a show come along with such a unique voice and vision from the first episode, but Susan Harris, who wrote every episode, absolutely nailed her vision.

* Ambridge Extra ( Soap opera, spin-off from The Archers )