A Trip Down Soap Lane

This episode explores the beginnings of the America’s current longest running daytime TV soap opera, General Hospital. Moving into the 1960s, ABC finally decides to join the soap opera ratings battle to challenge the dominant CBS soap operas. The emergence of General Hospital would forever change the soap opera landscape, and would broaden the appeal […]

This episode explores the beginnings of The Edge of Night, as it emerged as one of the first 30-minute soap operas. Using a unique, never before seen or duplicated, mystery drama style, The Edge of Night emerged as one of the most popular soap operas of the 1950s. The episode explores the wild world of […]

This episode explores the beginnings of As the World Turns, as it emerged as one of the first 30-minute soap operas. As The World Turns would take the soap opera world by storm, and would ultimately be the #1 soap opera for 2 decades. The episode also discusses the core characters in its early years, […]

This episode explores the beginnings of The Guiding Light, and how it transitioned from a radio success to one of the most popular daytime TV soap operas of the 1950s; indeed ultimately becoming the longest running soap opera in American history. The episode also discusses the core characters in its early TV years, and the […]

This episode explores the beginnings of Search For Tomorrow, and how it emerged as the first dominant daytime TV soap opera of the 1950s. The episode also discusses the iconic character of Jo Gardner. Also included in the episode are special audio features, trivia, and much more. Listen to “Episode 2 – Fantastic Four of […]

This episode explores the very beginnings of TV soap operas, including the transition from radio to TV. This episode discusses in depth the very first soap opera shows and the pioneers that helped to pave the way for the entire soap opera genre. This episode includes special audio features, as well as trivia, and much […]