Sitting on the sofa of my childhood home. Daytime #soapoperas are on in the bkgrd. I haven't seen this stuff since my #GenX 80s/90s.
Jesus, how long has the 'Young & the Restless' been on? I wonder if 'General Hospital' & 'Days of Our Lives' are still on. (That's all I remember from my childhood)
Good morning. ☕☕ ☕
24 April 2025
Coffee this morning is extra bitter; I’ve no idea why—I make it the same way every morning. I take my coffee black nowadays. In a previous decade, I would add a little sweetener, and the decade before that, sugar. How the world turns. Wasn’t that a soap opera? Or maybe it was As the World Turns. I never really paid attention to the soaps, even back in the day. Except for Dark Shadows—that one was different. It had vampires and witches, with all the drama and situations of real life. It ran during all of my high school years, so truthfully, I didn’t watch that often, but for a while one summer, I got caught up in the show. A long time ago.
"Some soap opera, you know, real people pretending to be fake people with made-up problems being watched by real people to forget their real problems." – Chuck Palahniuk
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #nature #morning #soapoperas #lakescape #reflection
‘General Hospital’ Celebrates Monica Quartermaine and Its 62nd Anniversary (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #News #TuneIn #GeneralHospital #SoapOperas
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/general-hospital-monica-quartermaine-62nd-anniversary-1236350397/
Heather Tom Says It's 'Weird' Playing Mom of Ex-Soap Brother’s Real-Life Son on “The Bold and the Beautiful” (Exclusive)
Broke: I really accomplished something watching One Piece. It's so long, with over 1,000 episodes.
Bespoke: Powering through and listening to / watching all 18,262 episodes of Guiding Light, from its original radio broadcast in the 1930s to 2009 when it ended.
#Random #OnePiece #Anime #SoapOpera #SoapOperas #BrokeBespoke #Silly
‘Beyond the Gates’ Is Now Streaming: Here’s How to Watch the New Daytime Soap Opera Online
#Variety #News #BeyondtheGates #NOADS #SoapOperas
https://variety.com/2025/shopping/news/watch-beyond-the-gates-black-soap-opera-online-1236320107/
CBS’ New Daytime Soap ‘Beyond the Gates’ Was Launched From the Question, ‘What If the Matriarch of Its Family Had Been Diana Ross?’
#Variety #News #BeyondtheGates #SoapOperas
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/beyond-the-gates-new-cbs-daytime-soap-opera-1236316646/
"EastEnders," the U.K. soap opera set in the fictional Albert Square, London, is 40 years old. While it's no longer pulling in the ratings of its golden age (30 million people tuned in on Christmas day 1986 to see Dirty Den hand divorce papers to wife Angie after discovering she had been faking a terminal illness) it's still a success for the BBC. For @TheConversationUK, Jamie Medhurst looks at its significance in blending melodrama, realism, and public-service messaging, all in 30-minute episodes, each capped with a doof-doof.
Programmes that appeared on British television in the 1960s. Whether you saw them at the time, or in later decades, which programmes stand out for you? Which individual shows or series do you regard as your favourites? Which shows had the biggest cultural impact?
#Television #1960s #SocialHistory #History #Drama #Comedies #Thrillers #SoapOperas #Music
TODAY IN QUEER TV HISTORY
AS THE WORLD TURNS - 1/23/1989, CBS
Eighties daytime soaps had very few queer regular characters or AIDS storylines, so this well-meant, likeable, underused, and kind of bland gay male regular, Hank Eliot (Brian Starcher), was a baby-step in the right direction.
Hank's partner was hospitalized, long term, with AIDS complications, which let the writers work in information about an epidemic that had the public terrified and panicked. In this episode, Hank is awaiting the results of a follow-up HIV test.
Hank was mostly there as a complication and learning opportunity for his presumably straight neighbors, and their conversations about him generally got more screen time than he did. I've written an essay about Hank in the Notes on the video's YouTube page.
Find out how the daytime soaps performed among Women 18-49 and Women 25-54 rating during the week of December 2-6, 2024. #BoldandBeautiful #GeneralHospital #GH #YoungandRestless #YR #Ratings #Soaps #SoapOperas
https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2024/12/soap-opera-ratings-report-for-the-week-of-december-2-6-2024
“Beyond the Gates”, First Black Daytime Soap in 35 Years, Unveils Dramatic First Trailer: Watch!
Timmy (Josh Ryan Evans) and Tabitha (Juliet Mills) 'Bill Cosby' Santa in order to take his place in the town pageant. "PASSIONS!" 1999. #passions #occultsoap #occultsoaps #soap #soaps #soapopera #soapoperas #joshryanevans #julietmills #billcosby #santa #santaclaus #XMAs
Franklin and his Godfather, settled into their normal seats for an afternoon of television. #television #tv #tvafternoon #afternoontv #soaps #soapoperas #occultsoaps #passions #perrymason #dog #dogs #doglover #doglovers #dogphotographer
Why Are They Called #SoapOperas ?
https://historyfacts.com/arts-culture/article/why-are-they-called-soap-operas/
‘Days of Our Lives’ Legend Susan Seaforth Hayes to Pay On-Air Tribute to Late Husband and Co-Star: ‘He Deserved To Be Lifted Up’ [EXCLUSIVE]
#Variety #Actors #Features #News #DaysOfOurLives #SoapOperas #SusanSeaforthHayes
Daytime’s Macho Men — Do Ya’ Think They’re Sexy?
“Ya” with an apostrophe?
Rona Barrett’s Daytimers • December 1979
How the three daytime soaps performed in Total Viewers, Households, Women 18-49 and Women 25-54 during the week of September 16-20, 2024, including the dailies. #BoldandBeautiful #GH #GeneralHospital #YR #YoungandRestless #Ratings #SoapOperas
TODAY IN QUEER TV HISTORY
ALL MY CHILDREN - 9/8/1995, ABC
Soap opera. RuPaul guest stars as RuPaul, who visits Pine Valley to appear on Erica Kane's TV show.
Meanwhile, Michael, a mid-1990s regular character who is a gay high-school teacher, worries about his sister's safety. Michael will come out to his history students a few months later, in a story arc based partly on the real-life case of teacher Rodney Wilson.
‘General Hospital’ Icon Emma Samms Talks Latest Return to the Show Amid Her Battle With Long COVID (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Actors #Tv #COVID #EmmaSamms #GeneralHospital #SoapOperas
https://variety.com/2024/tv/actors/general-hospital-emma-samms-exclusive-1236125451/
