From the evil twins of Days of Our Lives to the baby swaps of General Hospital, these are the soap opera cliches that we somehow still love to see.

Instead, it comes from the Italian word opera, meaning any type of work or composition—serious or not. Daytime soap operas remain on the air, though usually without all the soap advertisements.

The GOP Is a Messy Soap Opera Right Now. And J. D. Vance’s staff needs to take his phone away. By Tom Nichols. Stephen Maturen / Getty. August 7, 2024. Share. Save.

Arts & Entertainments ‘Beyond the Gates’ is as messy as soap operas come, and so much more. Drama! Betrayal! Inside the making of CBS’s new daytime serial — the first to star a Black family.

I got into watching a soap opera on my own as a teenager because “The Young and the Restless” came on at 4:30 p.m., which is when I got home from high school.

The first new soap opera in 26 years and the first with a predominantly Black cast, "Beyond the Gates" is a fun and comforting addition to the genre.

The network Monday introduces viewers to the Black soap opera "Beyond the Gates," which follows the powerful Dupree family in the fictional, affluent Maryland community of Fairmont Crest. The show ...

Quentin Tarantino went on Joe Rogan's podcast and compared 'Yellowstone' to 'a soap opera' with no real 'payoff.' "You don’t remember it five years from now." ...

That’s in spite of some truly schmaltzy musical cues that work hard to communicate what the actors can’t, ... A Soap Opera That Thinks It’s a Space Opera Reviewed online, 11, 2024.

For Val Jean, the chance to helm a brand-new soap opera was as unexpected as it was groundbreaking. “When I started writing, there were 13 shows on the air.