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.

EastEnders legend lands new role on rival foreign soap opera 20 years after her 'brutal' exit from the BBC programme.

Soap opera fans sometimes feel disheartened when they look at the TV landscape. The golden age, when every network had at least three soaps, is long gone. When NBC moved Days of Our Lives to ...

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.

On the new channel, available now on Watchie TV (select “watch now”), Roku, Android and Android TV, Amazon FIRE, ios and Apple TV, and more, six-hour strips featuring 12 episodes of the series will ...

Two TV veterans, Clifton Davis and Tamara Tunie, star as a wealthy couple in "Beyond the Gates," the first daytime soap opera with a predominantly Black cast.

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.

In a TV landscape awash with reality TV shows that run in a three-month cycle, and sitcoms and dramas that have 13- or 22-episode seasons, soap operas are unique because they turn out five shows a ...

TV wouldn’t be TV without soap operas. Soaps once brought in 75% of a TV network’s revenue, says author Elana Levine. “Soaps were a legitimate kind of pop culture sensation. ...

Soap opera Beyond the Gates brings the drama, ... but it’ll also change the landscape of TV,” said Sheila Ducksworth, ... so to be able to show Black doctors, ...

WBEZ's new podcast looks at soap operas as the foundation of American television storytelling. It's called " Making Stories Without End ," and we speak with host Natalie Moore . This segment aired ...