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 Neo-Western that dominated the entertainment landscape for 5 season is also an example of why soap operas are succesful - ...

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.

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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 ...

Once a centerpiece of daytime TV, soaps have mostly disappeared. “Beyond the Gates” will try to revive the genre, and will be the first ever focused primarily on a Black family.

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.