Soap Opera
The Royals marks the return of a grand, sweeping soap
With its philandering, drug-addled offspring, E!’s first soap is a royal show fit for a new era of royalty
No sex please, we’re Mayan
Baktún: A new Mexican soap opera that breaks cultural boundaries
Prime-time TV is awash in soaps
As the bubble bursts on daytime soap operas, the tide is turning on the nighttime versions
Women’s afternoon TV: RIP
The game shows went, then the soaps, and now even Oprah has left the building
LOST Is a Soap Opera
Denis McGrath prints a letter from a reader who makes a pretty good point about Lost: following the show can be frustrating once you realize that not only do the writers have no idea where it’s going (which is common to most shows), but they have no idea what the point of the show is supposed to be.
Rage, Rage, Against the Dying of the GUIDING LIGHT (Not a Joke)
This news has been around for a while, so though the announcement was made official today, it’s real: Guiding Light is coming to an end.