| 单词 | soap opera |
| 例句 | The only thing that roused her was her daily lineup of soap operas. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As if this period was suddenly the new episode of a soap opera, and the long-thought-dead evil twin had just sauntered back into town. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It sounds farfetched, but like a roast forsaken in the oven or a rescheduled dental appointment, childbirth is one of those minor details that tends to slip the minds of most soap opera characters. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z People were always yelling at one another on soap operas. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The story concludes with high drama like a Bengali soap opera. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This marked the first time Pacheco had seen him fly, and his heart twanged like a melodramatic soap opera chord. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At home, I lived in a world of high drama and intrigue, immersing myself in an ever-evolving soap opera of dolls. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z If I hadn't made him watch so many episodes of Days of Our Lives, he wouldn't have developed a nasty habit of speaking in the vernacular of a soap opera villain. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I glanced back at Dad, sitting on the couch watching soap operas with Laleh. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The one who made cupcakes for me to take to school on my birthday while Mama watched soap operas in her bathrobe. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Everybody was just waiting for the next chapter in the Hickam family soap opera. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Never knew people could get clopped so hard the way they clop them on those soap operas,” Mr. Savo said. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z That night, they watch soap operas together on the living room sofa. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The nurses and doctors whispered their secrets on General Hospital while the soap opera organ played a tune full of worry. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z "They're not my parents. It's just a picture from an old magazine—two actors from a soap opera," Belet said, her tone cold and flat as she tossed the shreds into the air. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I had a rented hospital bed in the living room, where I watched soap operas on t.v., and my family cranked me up and down. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When she comes home from work, they sit on the couch, watching her favorite soap opera, with her hand resting on his arm. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z As though I’m a famous actress on a soap opera. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Propped her feet on that table while she watched soap operas on that TV? Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Then there’s a channel entirely in Spanish playing what is surely a sappy soap opera. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z I kind of wanted to go watch Iranian soap operas with my grandfather and improve my Farsi too. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Our family is a regular nighttime soap opera.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z It has suspense, tragedy, startling developments—a soap opera growing out of the ground. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In this situation, pretending to be a soap opera character failed to help. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Only once in a while, on the soap operas, is there an indi'gena, and she’s usually a fat, middle-aged maid who never speaks except for yes, senora. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Many told stories about how they had become addicted to Hollywood movies and South Korean soap operas. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Bobbette yelled from the kitchen, where she sat watching a soap opera. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Isn’t that what people in soap operas get before they die young and still beautiful? A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Watching Iranian soap operas with her grandfather,” Dad said without looking up from his sketchpad. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z People think it’s such a hard read, but it’s really just a soap opera with lots of characters, people falling in love, fighting for love, dying for love. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Dorm sports results, soap opera story lines, city politics. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I spend most of the day watching the quiz programs, the old movies, the soap operas, and even the kiddie shows and cartoons. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I’m deep into Soledad’s story, which is going to be juicier than any soap opera, when Manuelito appears at the edge of the eucalyptus grove, shouts something in Quichua, and then runs away. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I understand her marriage better now, maybe from all the soap operas I’ve watched with her while lying on the floor beside her bed. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z One evening Lourdes and her boyfriend are watching a soap opera on the living room television. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He wasn’t a soap opera star at all, but a head-and-neck surgeon, though I kept thinking of him as someone named Armand in some steamy soap set on a tropical island. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I tried to remember what soap opera heroines said to their lovers, but I couldn’t compare this boy in shorts and knee socks to the manly Ricardos and Armandos. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I had never seen a soap opera in America, so I had no frame of reference, but the Iranian soap operas were absurd. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Naomi propped herself up on the sofa after dinner and watched Beto try to get Edgar to fetch a bit of pencil as they all listened to a soap opera. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a soap opera playing in the background when she picked up the phone. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z When I was younger, Granddaddy would let me watch soap operas with him every afternoon in the summer. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z According to the soap operas, someday I would fall in love at first sight, but my love and I would suffer before we could be happy. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Rabia looks from one of us to the other, as if she’s watching an entertainingly tense moment in a TV soap opera. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z My heart thumped the name “Armando,” whispered hoarsely as in the radio soap operas, and I willed him to look up and fall in love with me at first sight. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z While she was in labor, she was watching The Young and the Restless, and so she named me Ashley after one of the soap opera characters. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z We had to turn on the television for the day’s soap operas and we had to turn it off before the murders on the evening news. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A soap opera ran on the television with the sound turned low. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Like some guy in the soap operas his mom watched. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Your friends sound like they belong on a soap opera,” Zack says. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z If we didn’t go out, we would listen to her soap operas on the radio. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z In the afternoon, I listened to some of the soap operas—Life Can Be Beautiful, Stella Dallas, Mary Noble, Ma Perkins—and what I heard depressed me even more. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s similar to the way, while watching our favorite soap opera, the Doctorita sobbed over the cruelty of Isaura’s enslavement while failing to see that she herself had enslaved me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After breakfast, Laleh and I settled in the living room—me to read The Lord of the Rings, and her to watch another Iranian soap opera. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Cameron, you startled me,” she said as if she was on a soap opera and had been caught rifling through someone else’s desk. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z “It’s cheaper to import soap operas from Mexico,” Obiora said, his eyes still glued to the television. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Celia fears that the citizens of Santa Teresa del Mar once again will consider the court as hardly more than occasion for a live soap opera. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As the programmes began to be aired, we received letters from home warning us that we'd been cast like actors in a soap opera – with all the focus on the rows and discord. How Castaway made my life hell 2010-08-11T19:00:00Z At times, the family story in the real Santa Barbara outdoes the soap opera for melodrama. Jona Frank: Between Reality and Fantasy 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z And that experience opened my eyes to something that fans had long realised: that Star Wars is a soap opera, the biggest, grandest, most intergalactic soap opera in the world. 40 years of Stars Wars – why the blockbuster saga is a galactic soap opera 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z In the 1980s - apart from Dynasty - she starred in an ill-fated BBC soap opera called "Triangle", which was set aboard a North Sea ferry. British actress Kate O'Mara, star of U.S. TV soap 'Dynasty', dies 2014-03-30T17:20:31Z The broadcaster, which makes soap opera Coronation Street, has long been viewed as a takeover target in an industry that is consolidating as viewers increasingly watch content on demand and on different platforms. Britain's ITV says Chief Executive Adam Crozier to step down 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z The series was introduced last year to an American audience of Anglophiles parched for a refreshment of costume-heavy British soap opera. ?Downton Abbey? Inspires Themed Viewing Parties 2012-01-18T22:56:54Z Already clumsily written, the part is played by Tom Pelphrey, who cut his teeth in soap operas. Ozark: how an unnecessary new arrival turned drama into soap opera 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z ‘I know to a lot of people the headlines and the stories they read are like some soap opera, but it’s my life.’ Cheryl Cole: 'I hate this year' 2010-10-22T23:04:00Z "Most of them act in serials and soap operas to earn money," Szustow said. European arts cuts: Polish drama turns to tragedy as cuts bite 2012-08-01T16:30:46Z West was almost born to be doing this - his parents, Maura West and Scott DeFreitas, are actors who met on the soap opera "As the World Turns." The 2 Ralphies in 'A Christmas Story' speak up 2012-11-14T13:05:10Z My feeling is that the more you accept “Billions” as a twisty, pungent Wall Street soap opera, the better off you’ll be. ‘Billions’ Season 1, Episode 2: Part of the Firmament 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Women in this world are conspicuously absent, except for the boys’ mother, who spends days watching soap operas. ‘Horses of God,’ Nabil Ayouch’s Film About Islamic Extremism 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Maybe you just want to watch a soap opera in there.” ?The Vanilla Ice Project? on the DIY Network 2012-01-13T17:00:00Z The movie, more than five hours long, provides Ramirez - a rising star who began his career in a soap opera - ample opportunity to flex his muscles as an actor. 'Carlos' screens at Cannes Film Festival 2010-05-21T15:33:00Z It's because Cooper is a smart cookie -- if you think that anything that airs before the nightly news is all soap operas and fluff, you haven't been paying attention. Could Anderson Cooper be the new Oprah? 2010-10-01T15:02:00Z He appeared regularly in prime-time dramas like “The West Wing” and “Law & Order” and acted in soap operas like “All My Children.” Daniel Von Bargen, Actor in ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Malcolm in the Middle,’ Dies at 64 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z AS cancellations were announced, the obituaries declared not just the end of each show but of the entire daytime soap opera industry as well. Television: After Some Soaps? Cancellations, Others Adjust 2012-02-19T14:11:22Z Mr. Moore said he was open to returning to “Criminal Minds” in some capacity, noting that he occasionally returned to the CBS soap opera “The Young and the Restless” after he left it. Shemar Moore Leaves ‘Criminal Minds’ After 11 Seasons 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z The series - which says it’s the world’s highest-rated daily soap opera with an estimated 26.2 million viewers - owes its longevity to its international allure. “Bold and Beautiful” celebrates 25 years in France 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z SHAPIRO: Friendship, family, what happens after you come of age, rock n’ roll, soap operas, creative ambition, time, identity, memory. Don’t call Emma Cline’s book “luminous”: The word “seems only used to describe writing by women” 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z “And in June, we’ll be filming a Bollywood soap opera here.” Bushwick, Brooklyn as Next Gallery District in New York 2012-03-07T23:17:42Z In 1992 MTV had a hit with “The Real World,” an unscripted soap opera, and before long videos were a thing of the past. Books of The Times: ?I Want My MTV,? by Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum - Review 2011-10-24T23:31:14Z Sunday’s episode was pure soap opera — illicit liaisons, secrets, family betrayal, literal palace intrigue. ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: The Full Targaryen 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z His raunchy and humorous videos, low-budget affairs that have found their way to MoMA’s permanent collection, are inspired by daytime soap operas. The Art of Being a Character 2011-08-03T20:22:35Z Is there any difference between soap operas in 1991 and soap operas now, other than James Franco? Superman's mom, and more odds and ends 2011-03-03T18:01:05Z There will be a full-scale environmentally friendly eco-house sponsored by Prince Charles, and a more modest show house modeled on the row houses made famous by the long-running soap opera “Coronation Street.” In Transit: At London Show, All About the Home 2011-03-10T11:00:29Z The York, England-based actress — who stars as an extra on the soap opera — credits her youthful looks to being single. Mom, 50, claims she's constantly mistaken for her teen son's 'sexy sister' 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Oh, Wait, It’s Just TV The conventional wisdom about the first season of “Smash,” NBC’s musical within a soap opera, was that it started on a high note it couldn’t sustain. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Smash,’ NBC Musical’s 2nd Season, With Jennifer Hudson 2013-02-04T23:16:15Z Intended as a southern rival to the northern England-set soap opera “Coronation Street,” the show launched in 1985 and soon became a ratings hit. June Brown, ‘EastEnders’ icon Dot Cotton, dies at 95 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z “Well, I cut the soap opera because I wanted to go out and do a sea-hunt movie,” Spielberg demurred. Jaws, 40 years on: ‘One of the truly great and lasting classics of American cinema’ 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Among the cartoons, game shows and soap operas of his early day, LaLanne found a pent-up demand for a TV show that promoted health and demanded that the viewer get physical. TV pioneer Jack LaLanne got viewers off the couch 2011-01-24T17:40:12Z Reproductive reality did still crop up from time to time in the bolder terrain of soap operas. TV’s twisted abortion history: How the conversation changed about choice 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z And why are the local middle-schools' children following murder cases on trial like weekly soap operas? Theodore Boone: The Accused by John Grisham - review 2012-08-30T14:00:00Z Anthony Geary is saying goodbye to General Hospital after almost 40 years on the soap opera. Anthony Geary on Leaving 'General Hospital': 'This Seems Like the Ideal Time to Go' 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z And Victoria Rowell spoofs the soap opera industry she knows only too well in “The Rich and the Ruthless.” What’s on TV Friday: ‘The Incredible Jessica James’ and ‘The Last Tycoon’ 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Jackson, who plays Lucky Spencer on the ABC soap opera, brought his young son and daughter onstage with him to accept the first award presented on the live CBS telecast. Daytime Emmys bid adieu to departing stars, shows 2011-06-20T00:31:09Z This is soap opera, to be sure, but of a very high order, and I was completely mesmerized -- particularly by the scene with Carson and the Dowager Countess. Catching up with 'Downton Abbey' 2013-02-04T18:37:06Z Dickson says he thinks of the show as a soap opera. Notting Hill setting for Channel 4 docu-soap 2010-09-22T06:00:00Z Nashville, country music’s spiritual and commercial home, has in recent years acquired some glamour — and attracted tourism dollars — with help from “Nashville,” ABC’s prime-time soap opera about warring country divas. Country music booming with bigger, younger audiences 2014-04-07T00:34:15Z Quite aside from similarities in content, the Star Wars franchise itself has become like a soap opera, in that it is bigger than just a series of sequels. 40 years of Stars Wars – why the blockbuster saga is a galactic soap opera 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z We're left with some desperate, lumbering slapstick and shouting in the final few minutes, the sort of thing a bad soap opera does when it tries to be funny. TV highlights 06/07/2012 2012-07-05T19:00:01Z Only Ms. Smith, an institution on the soap opera “One Life to Live,” faces a stacked deck playing Risa, a tired cartoon of that slave to impulse, the bored wife. | 'Any Given Monday': ?Any Given Monday? at 59E59 Theaters - Review 2011-10-17T23:17:13Z TBN, which calls itself the world’s most watched religious broadcaster, now has programming 24 hours a day, providing Bible study, religious movies and soap operas, and Christian rock videos. Janice Crouch, 78, a Founder of a Religious TV Network, Dies 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Its resemblance to a soap opera is more pronounced, but there's no denying that viewers could never find a soap opera that is better made, better acted or more richly envisioned. Review | The Charles and Diana saga weighs heavy on ‘The Crown,’ but Gillian Anderson’s Thatcher is a triumph 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z The family structures — and tensions — on soap operas mirror those of the audience with one glaring difference. Indian Soap Operas, Ruled by Mothers-in-Law 2012-12-25T22:38:41Z The “soap opera” of a younger woman disrupting a long-term marriage remains fascinating, she said, as does the rise and fall of a powerful woman. How One Actress Is Reshaping the Story of Anne Boleyn 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z And although soap operas are known the world over for passionate embraces and violent clashes born of unbridled emotion, on the new “Neighbours” there will be no touching and no physical intimacy. An Australian Soap Opera Returns, With Distance (and No Kissing) 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z After their daughter, Victoria, was born, he started working on a one-man Twain show while working on the soap opera “The Brighter Day.” Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Twain, dies at 95 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z The woman's encounter with her self-hating father, meanwhile, is a soap opera scene and not a fully fledged drama. Raspberry 2010-04-06T20:30:00Z In fact, the police series was outperformed by another soap opera, Telemundo's "La Reina del Sur" or "Queen of the South," which chronicles the rise of a Mexican female drug trafficker. New TV soap scrubs image of Mexican federal police 2011-06-16T18:25:08Z If those sound to you like the underlying conditions of soap opera, your diagnosis is not incorrect. Review: ‘Dopesick’ Depicts the Opioid Crisis From All Sides 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Bythewood first developed an interest in acting as a high school student in the Bronx — in his senior year, he landed a part in the NBC soap opera “Another World.” How ‘Swagger’ Raised Its Game 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Marito also befriends a manic Bolivian scriptwriter, who's producing soap operas daily for a local radio station. Mario Vargas Llosa: Five essential novels 2010-10-07T15:55:00Z Indian adverts, soap operas and films are also banned from local TV in Pakistan. Bollywood film awards: Kashmiri spy thriller Raazi wins best picture 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The producers now unearth clips from South Korean soap operas, Japanese game shows and other international content that Netflix hosts. Streaming TV and Podcasting Feed Into a Fast-Growing Talk-Show Universe 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Cosgrove, a soap opera veteran, slathers on the cheese in this scene and in the bedroom where true to Seema's description, he delivers an enthusiastic but unimpressive sprint to home base. "And Just Like That" the sex is back in the city, midlife edition 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z Now 85, Nixon was mentored by the grande dame of the soap opera genre, Irna Phillips, back in the radio age. 2 beloved TV soaps revived online starting Monday 2013-04-25T14:08:08Z The name is a play on the name Port Charles, the fictional setting of the soap opera. Longtime 'GH' actor joins 'Young and the Restless' 2013-01-07T22:06:09Z Word of mouth sent a steady flow of clients, amateur and professional, hoping to break into the unglamorous but financially rewarding arenas of television advertising, soap operas and voice-over work. Joan See, Who Acted in TV Ads and Helped Others Do That, Dies at 83 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Veera, a popular Indian soap opera, is on, grabbing their attention with its dramatic segues, cliffhangers, tension-heightening sound accompaniments and swift closeups capturing the shocked, ecstatic and exaggerated expressions of the actors. Why Ghanaians can't get enough of Juana la Virgen and Indian soap operas 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z THE November 1981 wedding of Luke and Laura on “General Hospital” was the moment when daytime soap operas broke out of the housewife’s living room and into the popular culture as never before. ?One Life to Live? and Lessons for Real Life 2012-02-18T05:09:03Z “The show’s maddening appeal is its insistence on dressing up like a soap opera as it willfully declines to behave like one,” Ginia Bellafante wrote in The New York Times last year. DVDs: Mythic Mash-Up in Feverish Color 2010-08-29T02:23:00Z You've got to go online and look at all the 'Days of Our Lives' product placements, where literally in the middle of this soap opera, they will go into commercial breaks. The big shill 2011-04-20T20:56:00Z The dazzling looks that first surfaced in the soap opera “Santa Barbara” and then were on wide display in “The Princess Bride” were tough to spot. Robin Wright, Putting on a Director’s Cap 2014-02-05T15:49:53Z For what were the “Archie” comics if not a youngster’s indoctrination into the realm of soap operas? Archie goes dark: The CW’s “Riverdale” serves up a classic comic book character with a twist 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Apparently, quite a bit when you consider the number of Anglophiles, prestige-hounds, royal soap opera addicts and ugly divorce rubberneckers among us. 'Wolf Hall' a thrilling high-stakes game in Henry VIII's court 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z It’s hard sometimes to remember how different that show was: a daytime soap opera refashioned for night, where family, envy, sex, greed and oil money roiled a Texas ranch called Southfork. Television Review: ‘Dallas’ Is Updated in New TNT Series 2012-06-12T22:27:52Z Luna's bawdy pastiche of soap opera holds up the macho male to ridicule, while paying homage to Salvador Dalí, one of the director's idols. Bigas Luna obituary 2013-04-07T16:53:09Z Empire also looks back to an older form – the upper-class soap opera – but twists it just enough to feel truly modern. This Is Us emerges as safe winner in terrible year for network pilots 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z After studying theatre at the California Institute of the Arts, he won a role in the soap opera The Young and the Restless and, in 1982, went straight from there on to Knight Rider. David Hasselhoff: 'If we have to go with the Hoff to pay the rent, let's go with the Hoff' 2012-08-05T19:00:01Z She was watching a soap opera when it struck her that she wanted to be a costume designer—it suddenly occurred to her that someone must be selecting the outfits she was seeing on television. How Jacqueline Durran, the “Little Women” Costume Designer, Remixes Styles and Eras 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z If you ask Game of Thrones fans, they might say that the show, with all its shifts in power, sudden murders, and heartbreaking romances, is exactly like a soap opera. Game of Thrones: an opera of ice and fire to be performed in New York 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Liotta, then 30, had a recurring part on the soap opera “Another World.” Something Genre Crossing, Something Bold 2011-05-13T23:03:02Z Long before the “Left Behind” series transformed the Book of Revelation into an epic soap opera, Lindsey scoured the headlines for signs of the antichrist’s arrival and the onset of the apocalypse. Sex at the Satan Club 2014-03-08T00:00:00Z Ed Hall on the soap opera "One Life to Live." 'Malcolm X' actor Albert Freeman Jr. dies at 78 2012-08-11T23:31:07Z After last week’s disappointing soap opera of an episode, TWD’s producers touted last night’s opening scene to build excitement, and, you know, remind viewers that this show does have something to do with killing zombies. The Walking Dead Watch: The Writing on the Wall 2013-03-04T15:52:09Z Her senior year, she landed a part on the soap opera “As the World Turns.” Parker Posey’s Offbeat Glamour 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z After that show ran its course, she became head writer on another ABC soap opera, “General Hospital,” in 1993 and collaborated on scripts with her son Matthew and her daughter. Claire Labine, Scriptwriter of Several Soap Operas, Dies at 82 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Over the years I’ve tried to sample as much of that bounty as I could, from cozy British mysteries to florid Asian soap operas and everything in between. The 30 Best International TV Shows of the Decade 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z I finally began to get its appeal when one performer described it to me as a “soap opera in spandex”, in which the wrestlers tell stories with their bodies. Spandex snobbery smackdown: why the liberal elite snubs wrestling 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z She appeared in Broadway shows like Gypsy Rose Lee’s 1943 comedy, “The Naked Genius,” and on the radio in soap operas and mystery shows. Rosemary Rice, Daughter of TV’s ‘Mama,’ Dies at 87 2012-08-23T02:26:08Z Dancing videos promoting products and Korean soap operas stretched several stories high on buildings, turning darkness into a pulsing, multicolored daylight. Slippers at work? Nonstop alcohol? Tales of an American executive in Korea 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z What everyone with an earldom and a grouse moors will wonder is: where are the non-working-class soap operas? Whatever happened to the working-class sitcom? 2011-01-24T20:29:01Z But in this spectral soap opera there’s fun to be had as the plot’s many traps are set and then snapped shut. Lars Iyer’s ‘Wittgenstein Jr.,’ Daniel Kehlmann’s ‘F’ and More 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z The issue of India’s Muslim minority is so fraught that until recently soap operas ignored it. Indian Soap Operas, Ruled by Mothers-in-Law 2012-12-25T22:38:41Z As with some blogs or soap operas, the ongoing narration, however tedious it often is, can be weirdly addictive, and the suggestive play with fact and fiction can be intriguing. What’s More Appealing: Eight Seasons of ‘Suits’ or Six Volumes of Karl Ove Knausgaard? 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Telenovelas have been a staple in Latin households, just like soap operas are staples in American households. 'Bad guy' Luis Guzmán has fun being evil in 'Ana Maria in Novela Land' 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z It’s also fairly appealing, if you like the idea of a legal soap opera done in the style of a restrained British rom-com. Review: From Ireland, a Rebounding Lawyer and a Crusading Journalist 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z As a child, Michael R. Jackson would religiously watch soap operas with his great-aunt. New Musical From ‘Strange Loop’ Writer to Run Off Broadway 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z In 1970 she played an evil nanny in the daytime soap opera Another World, her character proving so popular that her part was extended for more than a year. Rue McClanahan obituary 2010-06-04T17:24:00Z The book, also partly researched at the Huntington, grappled with the complicated soap opera that Twain's last years turned into, after his relations with his once-prized secretary, Isabel Lyon, turned acrimonious. Laura Skandera Trombley is named new president of Huntington Library 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z It also offered a fantasy of what a classless world could look like, said Geoff Paine, who played Dr. Clive Gibbons on the soap opera for many years. After 37 Years, the Sunny World of ‘Neighbours’ Comes to an End 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Sonya Eddy, who played the no-nonsense head nurse Epiphany Johnson in more than 500 episodes of the enduring ABC soap opera “General Hospital,” has died. Sonya Eddy, ‘General Hospital’ Actress, Dies at 55 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z And why, if Valliant were really running for Mayor and not for Star, he wouldn’t get a haircut, since in his current luxurious coiff he looks like the posh villain on a soap opera. The Mystery of Broken City: Who Killed the New York Crime Drama? 2013-01-18T15:23:42Z We can all agree that things are not looking good for the soap opera. Television: After Some Soaps? Cancellations, Others Adjust 2012-02-19T14:11:22Z Sheridan mostly resists the temptation to turn the series into a soap opera, relying on his knowledge of what today’s West actually looks and feels like, which gives the series its authentic air. Review | A gruff Kevin Costner has a hard time corralling ‘Yellowstone’s’ wild herd of subplots 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z She left a halfway decent medical soap opera for a string of increasingly mediocre, decreasingly romantic "comedies" pairing her with increasingly bland leading men. 'One for the Money': Paging Dr. Izzie for a career transplant 2012-01-27T18:25:05Z Written to educate young women about various industries, the books are as historically interesting as they are entertaining — sociology lesson plus soap opera. Sex, Plagiarism and Spyware. This Is Not Your Average Copyright Complaint. 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z Since the first soap operas — so named because their advertising sponsors often manufactured detergents and other household products — aired on radio in the 1930s, their plots often involved romance, jealousy, deceit and family calamity. Agnes Nixon, writer who created ‘One Life to Live’ and ‘All My Children,’ dies at 93 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Well, no one watches soap operas for realism, I guess. Kathleen Turner on her soap opera days: “My character was so incredibly dumb” 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z The acting in the productions can be creaky, and the fights often look fake, but it’s mostly fun to watch these 400-year-old soap operas rip along. Review | Two 400-year-old soap operas rip along in stagings by Brave Spirits Theatre 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z And here, finally, is my favourite family saga: a gorgeous soap opera of continuous family dramas set in Cairo's ancient quarter through the 20th century. Simon Mason's top 10 fictional families 2011-07-29T10:37:00Z What happens on Broadway got a boost this season from NBC's nightly soap opera "Smash," which takes a behind-the-stage look at two rival actresses competing for the title role in a musical about Marilyn Monroe. Tony Awards show not skimping on razzle-dazzle 2012-06-10T15:16:03Z “There’s a lot of genre elements coming from the soap opera, Lifetime movie, melodrama world,” Jackson. New Musical From ‘Strange Loop’ Writer to Run Off Broadway 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Amid all the angst and soap opera, this suddenly funny doctor becomes the story’s heart. Review | GALA’s ‘Exquisita Agonia’ pours its heart out 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z She wasn't going to audition for soap operas or horror films. Danielle Fishel's world is in 'Normally, This Would Be Cause for Concern' 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z For the next few weeks these sycophantic telethons will stretch across the TV schedules; barging aside soap operas and football highlights and delaying the news. Does awards season turn you off? 2011-02-11T14:32:55Z You’ll also discover that the soap opera beats and sylvan images of the traditional baseball picture are still pretty effective. Review: ‘Pitch,’ a Gender Changeup, but With Clichés Intact 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Mike: are you getting tired of the soap opera, too? ‘The Affair’ Season 3, Episode 8: People See What They Want to See 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z The 38-year-old star is an established soap opera fan, and in 2008 made an appearance on U.S. soap "One Life to Live." Snoop Dog seeks British soap cameo 2010-07-08T16:28:00Z And it’s the enduring appeal of soap operas: We watch and grow with them like little else in pop culture. Lonnae O’Neal: Farewell, Luke Spencer. Confessions of a soap addict. 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z This one, his last, takes its cue from soap operas rather than horror films and is no less innovative and powerful. What’s on TV Monday: ‘The God of High School’ and ‘Personal Problems’ 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Written for young women to educate them about different industries, they’re as entertaining as they are historically interesting — sociology lesson and soap opera. In Praise of the ‘Career Romance’ 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z In The Sopranos, for instance, the sexist jabs at Carmela overlapped with some fan’s desire that the show be all whackings, all the time, with no diversions into the “boring,” “soap opera” marriage-and-family stuff. On Anna Gunn, the Skyler-Hating Sexists, and the Billion-Megaphone Era 2013-08-26T15:13:37Z Photos of that mansion used in a favorite soap opera? Uncovering Hidden Istanbul, Page by Page 2010-10-27T19:21:00Z In addition to his stage work, Mr. Bernhardt worked in television, most notably on the daytime soap operas “Another World” and “One Life to Live.” Melvin Bernhardt, Tony-Winning Director Who Helped Stars Shine, Dies at 84 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z But so too in this dramatic soap opera is the glue that keeps bedroom activity from causing complete anarchy. 'Parenthood's' Mae Whitman explores 'The Mystery of Love & Sex' 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z The plot thickens, literally, with the introduction of a soap opera’s worth of colorful characters and their elaborate back stories. Review: ‘Beauty Is a Wound,’ an Indonesian Blend of History, Myth and Magic 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z It’s an American soap opera that trades heavily in romantic storylines. Screen kisses: why actors are now snogging mannequins, mirrors and their own lovers on set 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z If this sounds more like a soap opera than a film, that’s because Nollywood in the early 1990s, when the play is set, was still in its artistic infancy. Review: In ‘Nollywood Dreams,’ a Star and an Industry Are Born 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z I said, “Wait a minute. I told you I never want to do a soap opera. That’s not in my plan.” “I Was Never Really the Ingénue”: An Interview with Judith Light 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z In one of the hoarier moments Fadwa discovers her ex’s new relationship when she walks in on a clinch between them, a staple of daytime soap operas since time immemorial. Theater Review: ‘Food and Fadwa,’ at New York Theater Workshop 2012-06-08T02:00:00Z When her movie career ended, Dahl remained prominent in television, including a three-year stint in the soap opera “One Life to Live” in the mid 1980s. Arlene Dahl, who shone in films of the 1950s, dies at 96 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z If its tone is considerably tougher than that of movies adapted from Nicholas Sparks novels, it is still a grown-up soap opera. Movie Review: ‘People Like Us,’ With Chris Pine 2012-06-28T23:36:10Z This includes a Syrian production of one of the Arab world’s most popular soap operas. Hollywood goes to Abu Dhabi with 'Star Wars VII' and 'Furious 7' 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z In the late 1970s, he directed 53 episodes of “Soap,” Susan Harris’s parody of soap operas. Jay Sandrich, Emmy-Winning Sitcom Director, Is Dead at 89 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z "The Astronaut Wives Club," which premieres Thursday on ABC, is a fact-based period soap opera that sets itself down at the intersection of "Mad Men" and "Desperate Housewives." 'Astronaut Wives Club' lifts off with a light payload 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z And if The Irishman is a miniseries, then the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a soap opera. From Fortnite to the Marvel Universe: why is the rest of culture copying TV? 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z I was writing for the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside at the time. Margaret Thatcher never liked her country 2013-04-14T07:00:00Z His first big break was on the Australian soap opera “Neighbours,” starring alongside Kylie Minogue. Guy Pearce Knows How to Riff 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z The next year she landed a part in a soap opera and three years after that her first real film role. Noomi Rapace, the Girl Past the Dragon Tattoo 2011-12-09T21:38:03Z With the promise of further revelations lurking around the corner for France's first couple, it seems the Sarkozy soap opera is about to go prime time. Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy: The long and the short of it 2010-09-18T23:06:00Z It was hard to recall, while reading his “Berrybender Narratives,” a frontier soap opera that ran to four books, the writer who delivered “Lonesome Dove.” Larry McMurtry, Novelist of the American West, Dies at 84 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Two paths diverged in the wood, and “Downton Abbey,” despite its astonishing talent and productive values, took the path of predictable, repetitive soap opera. America’s long obsession with “Downton Abbey”: How the show became a satire of Britishness 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z I mostly watched ABC soap operas as a teenager, when I ditched about half my high school career to stay home, watch television and read romance novels. Lonnae O’Neal: Farewell, Luke Spencer. Confessions of a soap addict. 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z You played a pig seller turned hearse driver in an Australian soap opera. Baz Luhrmann Is Ready for Rhinestones, Cadillacs, Dr. Feelgood and a Svengali 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z Affairs, dalliances and general sexcapades are hallmarks of soap operas, so “White Girl in Danger” follows suit with kooky seduction scenes, surprising bedfellows and sprays of bodily fluid. Michael R. Jackson on the Soap Opera Origins of ‘White Girl in Danger’ 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z "I'm still in sort of a place of shock," said James, who appeared in daytime soap operas "All My Children" and "One Life to Live." Julie Harris, Broadway star, dies at 87 2013-08-25T00:38:31Z She got her start as a soap opera star on “Another World” and did stints on network dramas like “Ally McBeal” and sitcoms like “Save Me” and “The Michael J. Fox Show.” Anne Heche Onscreen: Wily and Funny but Also Unnerving 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z He's finally landed a pivotal role in the witchy soap opera that should get him lots of attention and name recognition. Fall TV: Ten fresh faces to watch 2011-09-13T22:09:03Z “A death every six weeks is what you do to keep your soap opera on the air,” said Oliver. Watch John Oliver Slam North Dakota's Oil Industry 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z A poker face, after all, is essential to the tradition of soap opera acting. Review: Exploring the Edge of Soap Opera in ‘Shadowland’ at La MaMa 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Castillo, a film critic, researcher and historian, said pre-revolutionary Cuban movies often took the form of comedies, musicals and melodramas, many inspired by theater traditions and radio soap operas. UCLA teams with Cuban film archive on Latin American cinema project 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Cookie is an old-school soap opera diva: no fur is too opulent, no animal print too sacred to be worn. Crush of the week: Taraji P Henson 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z Paul Giamatti plays a complacent, brash, hard-drinking-and-smoking Jewish guy in Montreal with a murky past, who got rich producing a soap opera on Canadian TV. Barney's Version ? review 2011-01-27T22:05:00Z The script has plot twists so cuckoo they make soap operas look cowardly. ‘Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming’ Review: Tyler’s Hard Lemonade 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Part of the pleasure of the game is becoming fully involved in the soap opera it generates. RedShirt – or what happens when Facebook meets Star Trek 2013-05-01T10:01:14Z It helps that he is not soap opera handsome: He’s a good-looking straight arrow just on the near side of goofiness. Television Review: Daniel Sunjata and Aaron Tveit in ‘Graceland’ on USA 2013-06-05T22:10:10Z From 1975-76 she wrote on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives," where she won an Emmy award. Branch library to be dedicated to Wanda Coleman 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z A single grumpy security unit — Murderbot — fights for life, liberty, and the pursuit of hours and hours of soap operas. Ghosts, Robots and Monsters: A Roundup of New Sci-Fi and Fantasy 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z He was considered such a soap opera expert that Dustin Hoffman consulted with him on "Tootsie," in which actor played a soap opera star. Veteran soap opera director Larry Auerbach dies at 91 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z NBC will air the weight-loss reality show "The Biggest Loser" in the place of "the Voice" on Mondays, followed by "Deception," a one-hour soap opera about a murder in a wealthy family that replaces "Revolution." Can NBC keep up its ratings swagger without NFL, "The Voice"? 2012-11-16T12:02:15Z Following his stint in the glamorous soap opera Cazenove appeared in the Hollywood film Three Men and a Little Lady in 1990. Former Dynasty star Christopher Cazenove dies of septicaemia 2010-04-08T02:06:00Z For all its dramatic flourishes and occasional sense of unreality, no one’s life is a soap opera. Is It Soap Opera or Real Life? It’s Both 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z The tone was as important as the content: disorienting and ambiguous, veering between detective procedural, soap opera, occult horror, black comedy, even slapstick. Damn fine telly: why everything is now ‘a bit Twin Peaks’ 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Plus, with fewer soap operas on TV, he says the ones that remain have seen a boost in their ratings. Soap-Opera Veteran Peter Bergman on the Future of Daytime Dramas 2013-05-06T15:30:31Z The original “Dallas” is also a member of a now largely decimated species that’s regularly teased for being unintelligent: The flashy, over-the-top, night-time soap opera. “Dallas”: How the Ewings inspired the Kardashians 2012-06-13T14:45:00Z Waiting to Exhale is basically the equivalent to eating an entire Haagen Dazs tub of ice-cream while watching the greatest daytime soap opera of all time – and it is tremendously addictive. Comfort films to watch while self-isolating – ranked! 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z It’s clear from watching Twin Peaks that Lynch and Frost were dedicated students of the primetime soap opera, and were drawing from its immense melodramatic pull as much as they were subverting it. Twin Peaks at 30: the weird and wonderful show that changed television 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z If Reid’s novel sounds like a soap opera to your ears, you aren’t far off the mark. "Daisy Jones and the Six": A behind-the-music novel that nails the truth about rock 'n' roll 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z In the comedy or musical category, "Smash," NBC's soap opera about the making of a Broadway show, flabbergasted some. The Carpetbagger: TV Golden Globes: 'Mad Men' Traded for 'Newsroom' 2012-12-13T17:09:23Z Poised somewhere between a saucy indie film, a soap opera and a "complications ensue" sitcom, it was an escapist fantasy in which teens carried themselves like seen-it-all rock stars. "Skins'" salacious teen thrills 2011-01-18T16:53:00Z One of the longest-running daytime television soap operas, "As The World Turns" is scheduled to run its last episode on September after falling ratings. Soap opera actress Helen Wagner dies at 91 2010-05-03T16:51:00Z “You’ll also discover that the soap opera beats and sylvan images of the traditional baseball picture are still pretty effective.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Pitch’ and ‘Brangelina’ in ‘By the Sea’ 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Yet every day, I feel like I’m moving one degree further away from looking like a character actor on an English soap opera. "You want a rich lady mouth": Could fixing my teeth fix my life? 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z Ratings were about 25 percent lower than the soap operas usually shown in the same time slot, and Mr. Torres argued that was because he was asking people to change ingrained viewing habits. Television: Mexican Cops: These Are Their Stories 2011-06-10T21:07:03Z "Undiscovered Country" is ultimately a propulsive emotional soap opera and action-packed series which explores different aspects of American values and ideologies through an extreme presentation of them. "Trump's wall is based on a ridiculous fantasy": Scott Snyder on how reality is scarier than fiction 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Later, as the press descended during the Bennifer days, he said, he felt “cast in a soap opera where I had no control over the lines I was saying or the story line.” Ben Affleck Stars in David Fincher's ‘Gone Girl’ 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z That year, Ms. Jacker’s career took a different turn when she became head writer for the NBC soap opera “Another World.” Corinne Jacker, Obie Award-Winning Playwright, Is Dead at 79 2013-01-25T01:10:30Z "I grew up on soap opera," she says, referencing Coronation Street characters of old and the fact that she always heard The Archers at home as a child. Fans of The Archers should prepare for a shock, says Vanessa Whitburn 2010-12-13T07:03:00Z "As the World Turns" wasn't nominated in the category of best soap opera, which was won by CBS' "The Bold & The Beautiful" for the second consecutive year. Emotional end for `As the World Turns' on Emmys 2010-06-28T15:39:00Z There's even talk that TV Globo, Brazil's No. 1 broadcaster, might soon include a transgender character in one of its prime-time soap operas. Transgenders break into Brazil's modeling sector 2012-12-06T11:01:05Z But, more importantly, the faux soap opera is the blatant, almost too obvious and yet surprising hand-tipping of Russell’s crucial theme. David O. Russell’s Self-Reflexive “Joy” 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z Take one of the show's most quietly devastating story lines, in which television executive Harry Crane asked Joan to provide feedback on soap opera scripts. Women of 'Mad Men' make a strong impression amid their fight for change 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z This fall, the Turin daily La Stampa compared the Naples novels to an Italian soap opera and said their "touristic" vision of Naples appealed to foreigners. Elena Ferrante, Author of Naples Novels, Stays Mysterious 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z On first view, it was hard to see this episode as anything other than a soap opera refraction of the real-life horror in Paris on Friday. ‘Homeland’ Recap: Season 5, Episode 7, ‘Oriole’ 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z A soap opera star from Skokie apologized after her tweets about Viola Davis' Emmy speech Sunday night drew backlash on social media. Soap star from Skokie apologizes for Viola Davis tweets 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z For music she uses the immediately recognizable theme song from another soap opera, “The Young and the Restless,” repeated in variations that include the original soupy orchestration. Dance Review: Jillian Peña’s ‘Guiding Light’ at Chocolate Factory 2012-12-09T22:58:27Z But the trend was gaining traction in the U.K. before the World War I-era soap opera took off. These women want to bring back sidesaddle riding. Is that okay? 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Everyone is struggling to see straight through all the soap opera bubbles. Theater Review: ‘Reasons to Be Happy,’ by Neil LaBute 2013-06-12T02:00:12Z This is why the show should be understood as a dark satire, and not as the soap opera it's often treated as . "Succession," Trump, and the end of the American myth of meritocracy 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Tim Burton turns a slow, serious, supernatural soap opera into a good-looking, groovy, goofy comedy. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2012-10-12T23:05:40Z The soap opera begins again, and it looks like fans will be along for the ride. KSI v Logan Paul: was the YouTubers' fight more than just hype? 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z The double crosses and morphing alliances were so hard to keep track of that the plot twists didn’t have the impact they should have, the sign of a soap opera that’s losing steam. ‘Gomorrah’ Review: The End of TV’s Sleekest Italian Import 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The big news here, of course, are HBO’s two nominations — for the mediocre-at-best “Boardwalk Empire” and the very well-made fantasy soap opera “Game of Thrones.” ArtsBeat: Emmy Nominators Do Right by 'Friday Night Lights' 2011-07-14T13:56:04Z "These shows present poor people as characters in a soap opera." Poverty TV: Hit UK show stirs welfare debate 2014-01-23T14:07:38Z After more than 57 years and 14,000 episodes, NBC is moving “Days of Our Lives,” one of the last remaining soap operas, from its afternoon TV perch onto Peacock, the network’s streaming service. ‘Days of Our Lives,’ NBC Mainstay Since 1965, Moves to Peacock 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z It's so common that, by now, forgetful game protagonists may outnumber their counterparts on daytime soap operas. Review: 'Remember Me' a mind-blowing head trip 2013-06-06T14:12:08Z “Empire,” a series that begins Wednesday on Fox, is a classic ’80s-era nighttime soap opera retrofitted for the age of Jay Z and Beyoncé. ‘Empire,’ a Terrence Howard Drama on Fox 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z When addressed in the movies, this kind of longing is usually diluted into soap opera and its darker psychological implications suffocated by a gauzy romanticism. Movie Review: ‘A Promise,’ With Alan Rickman and Rebecca Hall 2014-04-18T02:10:27Z While real television soap operas are shaggy and plodding, Vargas Llosa’s novel is swift, seamless and as structurally symmetrical as a diamond. Mario Vargas Llosa’s delicious melodrama of sex, love and revenge 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z From a fast-paced action-movie opening, building up the tension, we jump to a plot so contrived it wouldn’t be considered worthy of a soap opera. 'Doctor Who' Series 8 Episode 2 Review: Into The Dalek 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z Suddenly, the soap opera comparison seem out of place. Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy: The long and the short of it 2010-09-18T23:06:00Z But it’s hard not to feel as though TV learned too many lessons from the success of The X-Files reboot and too few from the even greater success of sui generis soap opera Empire. The Upcoming Fall Season of TV Is Heavy on Nostalgia 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Rauch was called "the most prolific and talented executive producer in soap opera history" by TV Guide Canada. Serial drama producer Paul Rauch dies in NY at 78 2012-12-11T22:21:13Z For Mr. Perry, whose main credits before “ 90210” had been a handful of episodes of the soap opera “Another World,” mega-stardom was unexpected. Luke Perry, ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ Star, Is Dead at 52 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z “Dark Shadows,” seen daily on ABC from 1966 to 1971, was a departure from standard soap opera fare, blending romantic intrigue with horror and science fiction. Lara Parker, a Memorable Witch on ‘Dark Shadows,’ Dies at 84 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z No, what this production from Mr. van Hove’s Toneelgroep Amsterdam captures with such alarming verve is the sheer pulp appeal of what is essentially one really sick soap opera. Review: ‘The Fountainhead,’ High-Tech, Juicy and Full of Pulp 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z What kind of underscoring do you write for a melodramatic yet serious musical inspired by soap operas, Lifetime movies and “Law and Order: SVU”? Where Do Theater Artists Go to Ask Questions? Poughkeepsie. 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z The show will be compared to Downton Abbey, but that late soap opera was able to invent ahistorical or at least unexpected notes of benevolence and wisdom among its upper-crust characters. Netflix’s 'The Crown' Makes the Most of an Unknowable Queen 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z She often called soap operas “the form of entertainment closest to real life” because the plots twisted into unexpected shapes and did not reach a neat resolution at the end of each hour. Agnes Nixon, writer who created ‘One Life to Live’ and ‘All My Children,’ dies at 93 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The two were en route to a 2005 taping of the soap opera "Days of Our Lives," where Trump was filming a cameo role. E.L. James hits back at comparison of Trump's comments to 'Fifty Shades of Grey' 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z As conceived by Mr. Haynes, “Far From Heaven“ is an hommage to Douglas Sirk’s intense movie soap operas of the 1950s, works in which people seemed to think, breathe and talk in Technicolor. Theater Review: ‘Far From Heaven,’ at Playwrights Horizons 2013-06-03T02:00:01Z It’s called “White Girl in Danger,” and it’s a race-conscious sendup of the soap opera genre. New Musical From ‘Strange Loop’ Writer to Run Off Broadway 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Mrs. Strauss of Season 1 — is a two-hanky soap opera in miniature. ‘Better Call Saul’ Recap: Season 2, Episode 3: Lone Star State of Mind 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z On one level it’s a soap opera – you could say it’s a crack soap opera. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z It was a high-end soap opera that combined the bling of “Dynasty” with the psychological drama of “King Lear,” and it was a smash hit. Attica Locke left Hollywood to write novels. Now she’s found success in both worlds. 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z O'Hara: It's generalizing but seemed more like their idea of Moira was more like the soap opera character that she played, like a snooty kind of rich lady thing. Q&A: Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara on comedy, Canada, 'Creek' 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z There’s no soap opera in Domesticated. Norris, instead, opts for acid family comedy, as Bill’s wife learns, drip by agonizing drip, the extent of her husband’s deceptions and the depth of her naivete. Domesticated: What Happens After the Sex Scandal 2013-11-05T10:45:25Z Sensitive, emotional men aren’t new in movies; a lot of war movies are soap operas with heavy artillery. Men Are in Trouble and Hollywood Wants to Help 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z As usual, the soap opera elements in “Jane the Virgin” are on full display in “Chapter 37.” ‘Jane the Virgin’ Season 2, Episode 15: The Curse of Pablo 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z The shows also featured sendups of soap operas and heartbreakers, including “Hard Luck Stories,” in which guests related tales of personal misfortune and were given incongruous gifts. Tom Koch, Comedy Writer for Bob and Ray, Dies at 89 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Most Nigerians' experience with acting are from over-the-top performances on television soap operas and Nollywood movies. 'Winter's Tale' by Shakespeare gets African reboot 2012-05-25T10:51:11Z He’s done his share of work for film and television, including 17 years with the soap opera “All My Children.” Battle-Honed Commander Unleashes Pirates 2011-02-25T00:04:44Z The film, meanwhile, is a pleasantly teary soap opera about a failed marriage. Good book, great film 2011-04-01T10:08:52Z She helped pen the theme for one of television's most enduring soap operas, as Nomia Iqbal reports. Singer songwriter Jackie Trent dies 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z He has happy memories of just sitting with her and watching soap operas or The Price is Right, her favourite gameshow. The shelter that gives wine to alcoholics | Tina Rosenberg 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Robertson continued to work in TV in the 1970s, and in the 1980s he landed roles in the popular night-time soap operas "Dallas" and "Dynasty." Actor Dale Robertson dies in California hospital 2013-02-28T01:41:08Z On top of a tongue-in-cheek tone, the “Sharknado” series has developed quite a soap opera between its characters. “Sharknado 5″ offers timely commentary on Trump’s Paris Climate Agreement pullout, kinda 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Clarke, who was born in Oldham, England, began his long career in television in the 1960s and starred in the soap opera "Coronation Street." British actor Warren Clarke dies after short illness at 67 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Her later credits on television include a recurring role on the prime-time soap opera “Knots Landing” and guest appearances on “Murder, She Wrote,” “Charles in Charge,” “The Love Boat” and “Just Shoot Me!” Betsy Palmer, ‘Friday the 13th’ Villainess, Dies at 88 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z During a visit to a soap opera set a decade ago, Trump's crude sexual banter with then-"Access Hollywood" anchor Billy Bush was caught on video. Nancy O'Dell calls Trump's crass remarks sad, unwarranted 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z In addition to her prodigious prime-time work, she appeared occasionally on the soap opera “All My Children” in the 1990s. Anne Meara, Comedian and Actress, Dies at 85 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z It’s not just that the dialogue now sounds like soap opera psychobabble. Review: ‘A Chorus Line,’ Still High-Stepping but Showing Its Age 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Off screen, the world’s longest-running soap opera — and a staple of British weeknight television — has been dealing with the impact of the coronavirus since March. Coronavirus Finally Comes to ‘Coronation Street’ 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Charles Keating, an actor known onstage for Shakespearean roles and on television for playing a villain on the NBC soap opera “Another World,” died on Friday at his home in Weston, Conn. He was 72. Charles Keating, Soap Opera Villain and Shakespearean, Dies at 72 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z She also told the BBC that she watched the popular British television soap opera "Emmerdale," set in Yorkshire, to train for the part. Hathaway mocked for Yorkshire accent in "One Day" 2011-08-25T13:29:04Z The executive soap opera at Politico appears to be winding up faster than previously scheduled. Politico’s senior managers are beating an early retreat 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z As the underpinning for morally outraged soap opera, they pass inspection. Review: ‘Dopesick’ Depicts the Opioid Crisis From All Sides 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z But the black market fills the gap, with handymen who will tweak your radio to get Chinese stations, and with illegal thumb drives full of South Korean soap operas. What to Read if You Want to Know More About North Korea 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z Instead, Tom Cruise and Doug Liman, the director, are stuck with a 1950s soap opera title for this science fiction thriller with a “Groundhog Day” twist. Summer Movie Release Schedule 2014-05-02T22:02:27Z My sister says, “Oh, it’s just a soap opera.” Judy Collins Is Picky About Audiobook Readers and Folk Singers 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z "Anyone who runs a soap opera has to have quite a thick skin," she says. Fans of The Archers should prepare for a shock, says Vanessa Whitburn 2010-12-13T07:03:00Z The distinguishing mark of a soap opera isn’t that outlandish things happen, it’s that they keep happening: evil twins reappear; dead husbands come back to life; people keep coming down with amnesia. The TV Watch: Don Draper and Associates Wrap Up Season 6 2013-06-24T16:26:28Z “It was a soap opera — a literate, classy, well-decorated, well-written soap opera about the private lives and social history of a group of charming British people,” said Rebecca Eaton, executive producer of “Masterpiece.” Television: Rose, Fetch Her Ladyship a Sequel 2011-04-01T21:46:41Z It was just a very run-of-the-mill soap opera. Kathleen Turner on her soap opera days: “My character was so incredibly dumb” 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Originally from St. Louis, Mr. Cohen grew up watching soap operas, and he brings that sensibility to his shows, which he believes are often more substantive than the presidential campaign. ‘Real Housewives’ Invited Me In. How Could I Say No? 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z He’s in a doctoral program at Yale, appeared in a soap opera and, last year, came to Venice for a gallery exhibition of his paintings. Postcards from Venice, Previews of Toronto 2013-09-06T15:46:17Z As in Season 1, it’s soap opera presented with intelligence, taste and high production values, and it’s a pleasure to watch, though the pleasure is perhaps more lulling than it is exciting or truly moving. Review: ‘The Crown’ Season 2 Takes the Queen From Crisis to Crisis 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z For “The Crown” uses history in the service of that most venerable of television genres, the family soap opera. Review: ‘The Crown’ Season 2 Takes the Queen From Crisis to Crisis 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z We see her in a meditational posture on a mattress, watching a television on which clips from Thai soap operas alternate with scenes of violent urban rioting. ‘Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook,’ a SculptureCenter Exhibition 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Juicy soap opera drama stuff, of course, all against a backdrop of medieval tapestries and CGI dragons. Whose truth? On "House of the Dragon," what is unseen often matters more than what's onscreen 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z A murder takes place, followed by a pursuit, but the book rises above the level of soap opera through Mrs. Shivers’s sure handling of atmosphere and tone. Louise Shivers, late-blooming author of ‘Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail,’ dies at 84 It’s a soap opera clothed in tattered hoop skirts and rouge, odd and well-rendered enough to be a justifiable guilty pleasure. 8 brilliant shows you haven’t streamed yet, but will this long weekend 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z If soap operas weren’t exactly telling it like it was, they were at least confirming for a young girl’s subconscious that her amorphous suspicions and vague feeling of unease held a perceptive truth. Critic?s Notebook: Young, Restless and Glued to Soaps 2011-04-15T23:03:26Z His other TV shows included “The Defenders” and the soap opera “The Greatest Gift.” Actor Jack Klugman Dies in Los Angeles 2012-12-24T23:13:49Z The result was something much more akin to a soap opera than to a tautly plotted mystery. Perry Mason Is Coming to HBO. Here’s What to Know About His History. 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z The result was a genre nearly new to the theater: inside-out soap opera, riveting and relatable but without hokey climaxes. Review: Apple-Picking Time Again, in ‘And So We Come Forth’ 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z But even while the number of podcast dramas has mushroomed, branching into experimental fiction, soap operas and musicals, its practitioners admit that audio fiction presents unique challenges. In the golden age of television, can narrative podcasts compete? 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z The ceremony struggled to find a network home as soap operas, once daytime's big draw, slipped in popularity and their numbers dwindled. Daytime Emmy Awards find cable home at HLN 2012-05-25T00:07:11Z She also was a scriptwriter for soap operas including "The Guiding Light," "Search for Tomorrow," "The Secret Storm" and "As the World Turns." 'Sesame Street' director Emily Squires dies in NYC 2012-11-23T21:11:10Z A smartly dark take on the sunny Oz soap opera, it chronicles how friendships splinter after a guest slaps someone else's child at a suburban barbecue. Which books are on your summer holiday reading list? 2010-07-22T15:28:00Z Bronco toilet paper, described by Mr. Kynaston as “cheap, traditional, notoriously nonabsorbent,” tests new pastel colors, and on Dec. 9, 1960, the working-class soap opera “Coronation Street” airs for the first time. David Kynaston’s ‘Modernity Britain: 1957-1962’ 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z For hesitant entrants to the Gilmore world, it’s not a treacly mother-daughter-driven soap opera — it’s one of the best shows in recent history. All 153 Episodes of Gilmore Girls Are Coming to Netflix 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z They’re trapped in a royal soap opera of their own creation — feeding the exact beast they so longed to escape from. ‘Harry & Meghan’: A Second Serving of Reviews for the Netflix Series 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z The English actress got her start in the soap opera Coronation and most recently appeared on the BBC drama Ordinary Lies. Michelle Keegan Named 'Sexiest Woman' in the World by FHM 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Now, it’s not a soap opera, but a Broadway musical, that Dorothy infiltrates. Review | If you loved the movie ‘Tootsie,’ then you’ll be delighted with the new Broadway show 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z You might not think the Kama Sutra and “Downton Abbey,” the warm PBS soap opera about intrigues on a large rural estate in England, would have a great deal of thematic overlap. Books of The Times: The Kama Sutra, Newly Translated 2012-01-31T17:03:33Z His other TV shows included "The Defenders" and the soap opera "The Greatest Gift." Jack Klugman dies in Los Angeles 2012-12-24T23:13:26Z And then he moved to New York, hoping to become a soap opera writer. New Musical From ‘Strange Loop’ Writer to Run Off Broadway 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Why is David Lynch's supernatural soap opera – which was axed by ABC after a sharp ratings tail-off during its second season – suddenly being venerated anew? Twin Peaks at 20 2010-10-22T13:41:00Z Mr. Perkins describes that work as entering a daily soap opera. Day 23: On Christmas Day, No Rest for the Weary. (Or the Guy Who Feeds the Penguins.) 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z This year, Channel 5, the show’s British broadcaster, announced that it was axing “Neighbours,” and the soap opera could not find another broadcaster to fund production. After 37 Years, the Sunny World of ‘Neighbours’ Comes to an End 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z At the time, she was the first black actress with a recurring role in a prime-time soap opera. Diahann Carroll, Indelible Fixture of My Childhood 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z It was not long — say, the second episode — until it devolved into a nutty soap opera. Music, Theater and More to Experience at Home This Weekend 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z The day's other highlight was the catwalk appearance of the three Brazilian soap opera stars, who walked at TNG. Knitwear label Coven lights up Rio fashion show 2012-01-12T01:34:08Z Entering its second season in Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim lineup, this twisted soap opera spoof piles jokes upon jokes in the service of one of the most demented sagas on television. ‘The Heart, She Holler’ Is Back on Adult Swim 2013-08-30T17:10:24Z “Jane the Virgin” possesses a self-awareness that makes for a refreshing take on the soap opera, even as the show leans into the genre’s absurdity. The unexpected miracle of “Jane the Virgin”: Her surprisingly realistic television pregnancy 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Transgenders are regularly seen on TV soap operas and throughout Bangkok, working at department store cosmetics counters, popular restaurants and walking the runways in numerous transgender beauty pageants. Thailand bans film about transgender father 2010-12-24T12:46:05Z Now he acts in a lot of soap operas, he's a huge star in Filipino television. The Carpetbagger: A Coming-Out Story Starring the Filipino Clint Eastwood 2012-12-06T19:30:56Z But with the rise of the box set and of award-wining multi-season drama, being sliced into chapters no longer relegates culture to soap opera status. Gus Van Sant: 'We are living in a wilder time than anything we could imagine' 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Despite the soap opera setup, the romantic triangle portrayed here is one of the most grown-up and forgiving ever depicted onstage. Theater Review: ‘The Most Happy Fella’ Is Revived at City Center 2014-04-03T23:17:30Z Yet Season 6 couldn’t resist the less exalted approach of soap opera. The TV Watch: Don Draper and Associates Wrap Up Season 6 2013-06-24T16:26:28Z It’s the sort of family disease chronicled so artfully on “Empire,” the robust prime time soap opera set in a family dynasty record label. Review: ‘Growing Up Hip Hop’ Shares the Perks and Perils of Progeny 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z The problem is more likely to be the generic nature of Emily’s misadventures, and the soap opera implausibility of the medical stories, which is extreme, even for the genre. Television Review: ‘Emily Owens, M.D.,’ With Mamie Gummer, Begins on CW 2012-10-15T21:55:29Z Instead, he started acting, landing a role in the Mexican soap opera "Rina" at age 14. AP Interview: Oscar nominee Demian Bichir 2012-02-23T18:31:10Z In the recently released third season, it continues to traffic in cliche, presenting a teen drama that is one-part soap opera and one part after-school special. 13 Reasons Why: what the controversial drama gets wrong 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z One of his most surprising credits was developing “Falcon Crest,” a nighttime soap opera about a California wine-making family. Earl Hamner Jr., Virginia-born writer who created ‘The Waltons,’ dies at 92 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Put in its rightful context, it’s hard to argue that “Melrose Place” wasn’t one of the last Goliaths of prime-time soap operas. ‘Comfort Viewing’: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Melrose Place’ 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Grandma was cool and let him watch “Dark Shadows,” a Gothic soap opera. Film: Ryan Murphy Directs Julia Roberts in ?Eat Pray Love? 2010-08-06T03:38:00Z Anonymous ABC canceled most of its daytime soap operas, and so should you. Social Q's : The Non-Parent Trap 2011-05-12T22:34:40Z In their eighth film together, the star and his favorite director turn the '60s horror soap opera into a middling pastiche with a seductive supporting cast First of all, dark shadows? Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's Dark Shadows: Death Warmed Over 2012-05-10T10:45:28Z He would wake up early and work outside before the heat descended, then recline on his sofa and watch soap operas. How Roger Ailes Degraded the Tone of Public Life in America 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z "Modern Family" took the comedy award, and the soap opera, "The Bold and the Beautiful" took home the award for soap opera or telenovela. 'NCIS' named most-watched drama in the world 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z And myriad other sites — focusing on Asian soap operas, animation, Bollywood films, horror, documentaries — are going after the same discretionary dollars. FilmStruck Streaming Service Places a Big Bet on Cinephiles 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z As a writer and producer, she had at least one daytime serial in production for 60 consecutive years, and became known as the “queen of the modern soap opera.” Agnes Nixon, writer who created ‘One Life to Live’ and ‘All My Children,’ dies at 93 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z But if it leans toward didactic overstatement and soap opera pulpiness, “Tamara” also delivers a surprising, intricately shaded portrait of an artist as a conflicted woman. Review: In ‘Lempicka,’ Blond Ambition Is Set in a New Key 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Every show generated a tabloid headline - especially when he stopped turning up - but listeners often got to work late themselves as they lingered over the radio to hear the ongoing soap opera. In pictures: Radio 1 breakfast show 2012-07-11T11:41:57Z True vintage and new "vintage" get a few Southern accents--think estate costume jewelry you'd actually wear--in this meticulously curated boutique that sources "retired" frocks from soap opera and theater wardrobes in Hollywood. Scarlett O'Hara's Atlanta 2011-08-01T05:20:02.517Z There were other surviving monarchies in the world, but the Windsors were the default royals of TV-dom, the main characters in a generational reality-TV soap opera. Her Majesty’s Last Broadcast 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Five years later he returned to Erinsborough, afflicted by that most convenient of soap opera diseases, amnesia. Neighbours at 30: Memorable moments 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z But it holds the attention with the sharp-nailed grip of a governmental soap opera like “House of Cards.” Far From Home, but Not Far Enough 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Joy’s mother, played by Virginia Madsen and living in a world of little more than house dresses and soap operas, is a composite of several women from Mangano’s life. The True Story Behind the Movie 'Joy' 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z Ms. Heche was a soap opera star before she became known to movie audiences. Anne Heche, Actress Known for ’90s Film Roles, Dies at 53 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z I remember picking up soap operas when I was a teenager which had been running for decades. Netflix and stress: is binge-watching out of hand? 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z At the end of a week in which the denuclearization of North Korea did not happen and a soap opera of testimony in Washington, D.C. did, you kind of know what he’s talking about. The Glamour Cure 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z "Sesame Street" is an educational children's show, not a soap opera, and it's long dealt with issues of diversity in progressive but age-appropriate ways. Why Bert and Ernie shouldn't get married 2011-08-10T22:20:00Z Like you spend your days watching soap operas and vacuuming? From Blog to Book: Kelly Oxford Talks About the Latest Chapters in Her Life 2013-04-02T11:00:31Z "The Talk" was one of several pilots under consideration by CBS to replace "As the World Turns" when the soap opera concludes its 54-year run in September. CBS daytime show aims to be 'The Talk' of the town 2010-07-28T21:07:00Z IT used to be that, at certain times of the day, soap operas were pretty much the only thing you on television. The Week Ahead: Aug. 19 — 25 2012-08-17T20:40:22Z His mother had shelves of what looked like leather-bound classics, but they were decorative, faux-leather cases for video cassettes of movies and soap operas. How ‘Shuggie Bain’ Became This Year’s Breakout Debut 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Her first was of a sobbing woman distressed by the fact that she “burnt the rotis,” with the caption “what if Lichtenstein parodied Indian soap operas.” Maria Qamar’s Bold Art Is Both Therapy and Weapon 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z It’s a doorstop, full of sound and fury, more nihilistic than Shakespeare’s original, with all the blunt and dismal machinations of a soap opera. A King Lear Set in India, Wild and Tragic as Ever 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Before “Desperate Housewives” Ms. Longoria played the mentally ill Isabella Braña, a supporting role, on the daytime soap opera “The Young and the Restless.” An Emerging Hispanic Voice Defends Her ‘Maids’ 2013-06-24T22:13:04Z Torres said his show may lure more young people to join the force because many Mexicans aspire to be like characters in soap operas. New TV soap scrubs image of Mexican federal police 2011-06-16T18:25:08Z Her current biggest complaint about life is that her favorite soap opera Days of Our Lives killed off her favorite character. Watch John Oliver Tackle the Refugee Crisis With a Little Help From Days Of Our Lives 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Herding livestock is a long way from his early career when, as a University of Miami graduate, he got his first break in 1978 on the soap opera "Another World." Ray Liotta hops a horse to join 'Texas Rising' 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z But there are dozens of soap operas on the air at the moment, and they are popular. Indian Soap Operas, Ruled by Mothers-in-Law 2012-12-25T22:38:41Z Brazil’s soap operas combine Arabian exotica with Brazilian suds and their depictions of Muslim characters spark arguments even while they draw huge audiences. Books of The Times: ‘Rebel Music,’ by Hisham D. Aidi 2014-04-23T21:51:25Z Lopilato made her name as a model and in Argentine sitcoms and soap operas, including "Rebel Way," "Little Girls," "Married With Children" and "Pirate Soul." Singer Michael Buble weds TV star Luisana Lopilato 2011-03-31T19:46:05Z It’s a decades-crossing, literate soap opera, full of the tinkle of casually dropped famous names and chiming wit. Theater Review: Simon Gray’s ‘Common Pursuit,’ by Roundabout Theater Company 2012-05-25T02:01:01Z Three years later, she became the first performer to receive an Emmy Award for work on a daytime soap opera. 'All My Children' star Mary Fickett dies at age 83 2011-09-12T16:08:09Z Her father — the model for stern male characters in her later soap operas — wanted her to work as a secretary at his company. Agnes Nixon, writer who created ‘One Life to Live’ and ‘All My Children,’ dies at 93 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Cazenove's fame was confirmed when he was featured on the cover of Radio Times, and television was the medium in which he achieved his greatest success, above all in the glossy American soap opera Dynasty. Christopher Cazenove obituary 2010-04-08T00:19:00Z In the days of three channels and no streaming, Texas-set soap opera Dallas regularly attracted more than 20 million viewers to the BBC. Once upon a time from America: how US television took over our screens 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Photograph: ITV/PA It was billed as a "dazzling production", a "spectacular musical event" which would bring the characters of one of Britain's best loved soap operas to life on the stage. Coronation Street musical stars complain they have not been paid 2012-11-15T22:06:58Z For several years, while directing “Sesame Street,” Ms. Squires was also a scriptwriter for soap operas like “The Guiding Light” and “As the World Turns.” Emily Squires, ‘Sesame Street’ Director and Producer, Dies at 71 2012-11-27T16:17:33Z By comparison, “The Thin Red Line” and “The English Patient” seem like lumbering soap operas. “Dunkirk”: A good film, but a far better history lesson 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z I became a cartoon character, a soap opera character. Charlotte Church looking past phone hacking case 2012-02-27T16:32:13Z The sound that hums under them turns their exchange melodramatic, even tipping it toward soap opera. A manic ‘Hedda’ sails ’round the bend at Studio Theatre 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z A British actor best known for his role as businessman Mike Baldwin in the long-running TV soap opera “Coronation Street.” Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Perurena is a butcher, a soap opera star on Basque television and, now, a tour guide. Pursuits : Stone Lifting as Sport in the Basque Country 2014-04-18T18:27:50Z Last month, the British historian Simon Schama took aim at “Downton Abbey,” denouncing it in Newsweek as an exercise in “cultural necrophilia,” a “servile soap opera” and a “steaming, silvered tureen of snobbery.” ArtsBeat: Another British Critic Torches "Downton Abbey" 2012-02-21T16:00:17Z Fascism was on the rise as people's economic security grew ever more precarious — hm, relatable — and even in the escapist soap opera of "Downton Abbey," the moneyed Crawley family could feel it coming. "Smash capitalism" to "release your job," what "Downton Abbey" & Beyoncé can teach us about progress 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Embellishing history with speculation, Smith juxtaposes three sexual triangles that end badly, to say the least, and at times are reduced to a kinky soap opera. New play 'Sextet' explores link between misery and art 2010-10-21T17:11:00Z CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan authorities are demanding that a private television station stop airing a Colombian soap opera that they say is denigrating to their country. Venezuela demands soap opera be taken off the air 2011-01-15T03:14:08Z She also sang and danced on Broadway, and appeared in many TV soap operas, including "The Guiding Light" in the 1950s and "Santa Barbara" in the 1980s. Woman killed by 2 vehicles in LA was ballet dancer 2012-02-14T08:31:05Z The telenovelas were better than American soap operas because the action was faster, even if the only relatively brown people seemed to be dutiful housekeepers and, of course, the humble priest. A not-so-fond farewell to 'Sábado Gigante,' a corny, buffoonish show 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z I did get a lot of requests for soap opera stuff and that sort of thing. From the Boxing Ring to ‘Dumbo’: Michael Buffer Is Still Ready to Rumble 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z It’s as if there’s a fictional medical drama — or, perhaps more accurately, a daytime medical soap opera — inside this documentary, trying to force its way to the surface. ‘NY Med’ Documentary Series Returns on ABC 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z The original “Dallas” is also a member of a now largely decimated species that’s regularly teased for being unintelligent: the flashy, over-the-top, nighttime soap opera. “The Killing”: So that’s who murdered Rosie? 2012-06-18T14:40:00Z But the awful truth was that both men were fakes: they were being fed the answers by cynical producers, who were creating something as phoney as any soap opera. Ralph Fiennes's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z “Happy Valley” is, more than anything, a tour de force for its star, Sarah Lancashire, a veteran actress best known for her 13-year stint on the nighttime soap opera “Coronation Street.” In ‘Happy Valley,’ a Woman’s on the Case 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Instead, the dressing for "Love Ranch" is a soap opera romance. Capsule reviews: `Eclipse' and others 2010-06-30T22:17:00Z When I was growing up, I watched Chinese family films — they were like soap operas, but I enjoyed them. In Wayne Wang's poignant "Coming Home Again," a son cleaves to his dying mother by cooking galbi 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z “Black Box” is a soap opera that refashions all the classic elements of daytime series like “General Hospital” — handsome and arrogant surgeons, adoring nurses, conniving other women, faithless fiancés. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Bad Teacher’ and ‘Black Box’ Have Their Premieres 2014-04-23T21:19:29Z Like soap operas, wrestling depends on their heels and faces to enthrall the crowd into following along with the elaborate, sometimes convoluted storylines. A wrestler called “The Progressive Liberal” is infuriating Appalachian crowds, but the sport is a mirror for politics throughout America 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Fox’s breakout hip-hop soap opera “Empire” saw its soundtrack compilation land a rare No. 1 atop of the Billboard 200 this week, after moving 130,000 units in sales and streams, according to Nielsen Music. The success of the music of 'Empire': By the numbers 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z She also played an evil housekeeper on the soap opera "Another World." Tony-nominated actress Helen Stenborg dies at 86 2011-03-23T16:58:48Z After “Hogan’s Heroes” went off the air, Mr. Clary took a year off from acting, but he soon drifted to soap operas, beginning a 15-year run on “Days of Our Lives” in 1972. Robert Clary, Who Took a Tragic Journey to ‘Hogan’s Heroes,’ Dies at 96 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z The streets and houses are real, a break from the claustrophobic sets Mexicans are used to seeing in their soap operas. Television: Mexican Cops: These Are Their Stories 2011-06-10T21:07:03Z “This is a real soap opera,” she says in the introduction, an attempt to boil the first three “Ring” operas down to a few conversational minutes. Think Outside the Opera House, and Inside the Parking Garage 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z It was like a soap opera I didn’t realize I needed in my life. Sona Movsesian Leans on The Rock, Cher and Mister Rogers 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Christopher Cazenove, the British actor best known for his role in 1980s soap opera Dynasty, has died after a "valiant battle" with septicaemia, his family said on Wednesday. Former Dynasty star Christopher Cazenove dies of septicaemia 2010-04-08T02:06:00Z A brief run of one play from the category of soap opera seasoned with social concern is not cause for celebration. Review | I’m not rejoicing over a play produced by the Kennedy Center. Here’s why. 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z “We really wanted to capture not only the intense beauty and sacrifice of the actual dance part of it, but, for the CW audience, more of the soap opera element.” ‘Break Pointe,’ a CW Reality Show About Ballet West Dancers 2012-05-29T22:07:57Z The drama-filled, soap opera lives of celebrities draw us in???all of us???and we can???t help but to follow them. 2009-12-12T16:38:00Z “But he either franchised Central Perk or went back to soap opera acting.” Central Perk From Friends Is Now a Real Place, and Gunther Is There 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z “This Bridge” even includes an over-the-top telenovela, or a Spanish soap opera, written by Mr. Gutierrez, which exaggerates his performers’ personalities. A Choreographer Gives In to His Ambition of Recklessness 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z David Canary, a soap opera actor best known for his role as twin brothers on “All My Children” for nearly three decades, died Nov. 16 at his home in Wilton, Conn. He was 77. David Canary, actor on ‘All My Children’ for nearly 30 years, dies at 77 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z A sofa soap opera ensued in the tabloids while negotiations took place to keep Chiles on board to front the show four days a week. That Friday feeling again for Chris Evans as BBC makes him The One Show host for one day a week 2010-04-12T20:01:00Z I was groomed to care — our mother raised my brother and me while CBS soap operas played in the background. As Neil Winters, Kristoff St. John Was a Cornerstone in a Corner Office 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z In “Santa Barbara,” Ms. Markosian follows the fallout from that impulse — in the process, making reality a little more like a soap opera in order to see it more clearly. Is It Soap Opera or Real Life? It’s Both 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z He stars in "127 Hours" and has taken on a recurring role on the daytime soap opera "General Hospital" as a demented artist. James Franco talks 'crazy projects' at Sundance 2011-01-25T11:09:08Z What was your biggest lesson from soap operas? Q&A: Julianne Moore of 'The Kids Are All Right' 2010-07-08T09:05:00Z But all comic book hero stories are soap operas. "WandaVision" concludes by giving Martin Scorsese the MCU film he always wanted 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Nighttime soap operas still exist — there’s “Revenge” and the recently ended “Desperate Housewives” and “One Tree Hill” — but their peak has passed. “The Killing”: So that’s who murdered Rosie? 2012-06-18T14:40:00Z She immediately gets a soap opera role and the requisite drama ensues. Top 10 Cross-Dressing Movie Performances 2011-11-11T06:42:07Z It’s not like a soap opera that can go on for 27 years. ArtsBeat: Julian Fellowes on Viewer Criticism and ‘Downton Abbey’s’ Future 2014-02-24T03:30:09Z It’s the setting — and the surreal blend of reality-show characters and button-down Washington — that gives this soap opera more of a kick. | 'The Real Housewives of Washington, D.C.': Capital Purring and Preying on Bravo 2010-08-04T17:09:00Z Originally conceived to capitalize on the popularity of ABC’s prime time soap opera “Desperate Housewives,” the show has fortified itself into a pillar of American culture. The Sound of ‘Housewives’ Everywhere 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z The modern soap opera does not appear that much different than it did 15 or 30 years ago. Television: After Some Soaps? Cancellations, Others Adjust 2012-02-19T14:11:22Z But someday the same kind of strategy might be used by, say, a sci-fi or fantasy franchise or an immersive soap opera. Hello, Simpsons World. Goodbye, the Rest of Your Life. 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Along with "Dancing With the Stars" and "Drop Dead Diva," she'll appear on the soap opera "One Life to Live" and host a new dating show "Love Triangle" on the Game Show Network next month. Wendy Williams' star rises through renewed image 2011-03-28T10:18:09Z In it, she shows the final episode of the Turkish television soap opera “Gumus” that drew 80 million viewers after being dubbed in colloquial Arabic. Women of Saudi Arabia Emerge on the Bosporus 2010-11-24T18:30:00Z North Korea's TV programming more usually features news, documentaries and soap operas. North Korea bends David Beckham film 2010-12-31T00:03:44Z The denizens of Mrs. Madrigal’s cozy home — disappointingly depicted as a series of antiseptic stairways and hallways in Douglas W. Schmidt’s set design — find themselves enmeshed in the soap operas of the local social circuit. | 'Tales of the City': When We Were Young and Gay, Under the Disco Ball 2011-06-17T23:12:12Z The CBS soap opera on Friday will broadcast a special tribute to the actor, who played the struggling alcoholic and ladies’ man Neil Winters for 27 years. ‘Young and the Restless’ to air tribute to Kristoff St. John 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z “Women like to see their favorite characters express their own feelings, so the mother-in-law identifies with the mother-in-law, the daughter-in-law with the daughter-in-law,” is how Ekta Kapoor explains soap opera transference. Indian Soap Operas, Ruled by Mothers-in-Law 2012-12-25T22:38:41Z In the emotional and sexual roller coaster of soap operas, Agnes Nixon, creator of “All My Children,” juggled the conventions of the form with her mission to explore deeper issues from new perspectives. Mary Fickett, a Pillar of ?All My Children,? Dies at 83 2011-09-12T23:58:43Z On Paramount+, Taylor Sheridan’s “Yellowstone” and “1883” have been enormously popular, with their blend of soap opera theatrics and hardscrabble frontier survival. In This ‘Billy the Kid,’ the Wounds Are Those You Cannot See 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Shows filled with stand-up sets get less respect than even soap operas. Why ‘Def Comedy Jam’ Gets No Respect 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Three years later, he was on his way again, and set out to embark on one of the publishing world's most intriguing soap operas – his attempts to buy out HMV altogether. A life in books: Tim Waterstone 2010-09-08T07:00:00Z She had a brief role on the popular soap opera "General Hospital." Quintessential star Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79 2011-03-24T10:32:15Z While the underlying story, told mostly through movement, is sad and ultimately as sentimental as a soap opera, it’s played for dark laughs, somewhat like an absurdist Nordic version of “M.A.S.H.” Review: ‘The Hospital’: 3 Nurses, No Patients, Dark Ritual 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z And one of them was just like, "Daniel Bartlam killed his mother reenacting a scene from a soap opera. How could she have caused this? Could it be that she let him watch horror movies?" "We all want to be the final girl": Sady Doyle on true crime, slasher films and surviving patriarchy 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z But it’s a doubly bad idea: It only emphasizes that he’s still less a character than a carnal-consumerist fantasy, and it turns what could be an entertaining, downbeat mystery into a fidgety soap opera. ‘American Gigolo’ Review: Can You Take the Escort Out of the ’80s? 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Sato is the perfect unfazed hero, containing both the ability to kill someone in six seconds or less, and a love for corny soap operas. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Her subsequent years would pack enough drama to fill several soap operas. She changed the face of fame 2011-03-23T23:55:00Z Plays that elicit such responses usually don’t age very well, and “Strange Interlude,” a heavily Freudian soap opera, is no exception. London Stages, Full of Cheating Hearts 2013-07-18T12:00:01Z It is also an interesting time for TNT to try to revive the programme as soap operas in America have suffered almost as much angst as the Ewing family. Dallas set for comeback with JR at the helm 2011-02-02T17:35:45Z “This isn’t a soap opera, this is real life,” she says. What do all these stories of vaccine denial deaths do to our sense of empathy? 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z More crucially, the plot winds up venturing into “Peyton Place”-style confrontations, which may be based on real events but register here as synthetic soap opera. Review: ‘Shows for Days,’ With Patti LuPone as a Diva With Depth 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z “It’s a high-octane, mythological soap opera,” Ms. Tempest said in an interview in her kitchen. January Stages: In Your Seat but on Your Toes 2014-01-02T23:10:17Z “If you watch a soap opera, you want to keep coming back to it,” said Mike Lazzo, the Cartoon Network executive in charge of Adult Swim. ‘The Heart, She Holler’ Is Back on Adult Swim 2013-08-30T17:10:24Z As if in an unwholesome soap opera, McDonagh ranges freely about the city, and Herzog allows his movie a good deal of digressive, episodic rein. Film review: Bad Lieutenant 2010-05-20T20:30:00Z Both series are produced in Stamford, Conn. Agnes Nixon, the soap opera pioneer who created the shows more than 40 years ago, is serving as creative consultant for their online revivals. 'Children,' 'One Life' get reborn online April 29 2013-03-11T18:09:15Z That personal travail provided a subtext for countless songs, and the soap opera has continued to play out over the decades. Concert review: Fleetwood Mac at the United Center 2013-04-14T06:08:00Z In addition to the character soap operas at play, “Black Sails” also explores the notion that this pirate frontier era is nearing its end. The new ‘Black Sails’ on Starz: a sexy, violent pirate soap opera 2014-01-25T00:07:00Z He sensed what the writers of the soap operas knew, and what producers of the then-emerging reality shows were banking on — that friction creates energy, and energy generates power. The soap opera star’s guide to Donald Trump 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z You don’t have that kind of luxury, that kind of time, working in soap operas. Kathleen Turner on her soap opera days: “My character was so incredibly dumb” 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z “Our shows are like soap operas,” he said. MTV Searches for ‘Jersey Shore’ Magic on the Florida Panhandle 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z After reporters were left confused about what kind of soap she was talking about - she meant soap operas - she was asked whether she'd considered changing her accent to suit an American audience. The exit factor: Britain's sweetheart dumped in US 2011-05-27T16:24:13Z A film Franco made while moonlighting on the daytime soap opera "General Hospital" will also play at the festival. Franco, Cornish among those with films at Tribeca 2012-03-06T16:44:08Z He wanted it to be a spoof of Spanish-language telenovelas, those overcooked soap operas that are a staple of Latin American TV. 'Casa de mi Padre': a Will Ferrell spoof, with accent on 'bad' 2012-03-13T23:43:04Z I created an unending number of storylines with the dolls, my own little soap operas starring Barbie, Ken and the gang. The final blonde: My ongoing journey to decolonizing Barbie from my dress-up 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z There is an element of soap opera in those questions, and “Polisse” feels a bit like a season of television compressed into a little more than two hours. Movie Review: ?Polisse,? Directed by and Starring Ma?wenn 2012-05-17T22:54:42Z Instead, the stilted dialogue and static camerawork leaves The Linguini Incident feeling more like Invitation To Love, the intentionally gaudy soap opera watched by the characters of Twin Peaks. The Linguini Incident: a Bowie re-release nobody needs to see 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z His television series “The West Wing,” both a confirmation of Ms. Didion’s worst fears and a corrective to her despair, turned the endless bureaucratic labor of democratic politics into a thrilling soap opera. ?Moneyball,? ?Ides of March? Contain Inside Information 2011-10-09T03:17:20Z On TV, melodramatic soap operas focused on family dynamics, portraying women as extensions of men as their mothers or wives or daughters. With ‘Four More Shots Please!,’ India Gets Its Own ‘Sex and the City’ 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z “The Last American Vampire” is far superior and is a surprisingly funny, antic sequel that’s like a delirious mash-up of the Web series “Drunk History” and the gothic 1960s soap opera “Dark Shadows.” Review: ‘The Last American Vampire,’ by Seth Grahame-Smith 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z In the second act Mr. Lindsay-Abaire springs a few revelations that pitch the play a little too closely toward the territory of soap opera. Down-and-Outs Are Center Stage Once Again 2011-05-12T14:32:27Z His badgering daily press briefings soon earned ratings competitive with popular soap operas. The ballad of Sean Spicer: He snagged the Washington dream job, but at a price. 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Your paintings look a lot like stills from Indian soap operas. Maria Qamar’s Bold Art Is Both Therapy and Weapon 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z The BBC expanded its offerings, launching current affairs program "Panorama" - still a hit today - and the first British soap opera. BBC under pressure to restore trust after scandal 2012-11-11T20:32:10Z "The Chew," a food show, faced considerable hostility from soap opera fans when it replaced "All My Children," said Carolyn Hinsey, author of "Afternoon Delight: Why Soaps Still Matter." Daytime show from man behind 'The Biggest Loser' 2012-01-09T10:16:04Z Instead, these last few weeks have been album rollout as multimedia soap opera. Kanye West’s ‘Donda’ Era, on a Chaotic Stage 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Strikingly, graduates of two of our leading TV soap operas – EastEnders and Casualty – are packing their tuxedos for the ceremony this Sunday. British directors: from TV drama to Hollywood 2011-02-23T21:31:00Z Daytime soap operas are the one place left where there is still more action in the bedroom than the pantry. The Tv Watch: Celebrity Chefs on ?The Chew? on ABC 2011-10-02T22:01:29Z She was considered the mother of Latin America’s telenovelas and wrote dozens of the popular television soap operas. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Comic book stories, like soap operas, are a never-ending series of twists and turns. ArtsBeat: The Life, Death and Life of Superheroes 2011-01-25T20:06:05Z “Stove League,” partly filmed in the stadium of the SK Wyverns of South Korean professional baseball, is an entertaining soap opera with a melancholy edge. Starved for Sports? Here Are 5 Options That Aren’t N.B.A. Classic 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Think of it as the anti-Game of Thrones, or like True Blood; a supernatural soap opera. Have you been watching … Once Upon a Time? 2013-05-10T11:49:03Z In “Edge of the World,” a young mother learns to speak English by watching daytime soap operas. Where Lonely Refugees Learn English From Daytime Soaps 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z While the show exhibits a degree of Cherry’s colorful and quietly campy command of that fine line that separates a soap opera from a serious drama, something has been lost since the “Desperate Housewives” days. Review | ‘Righteous Gemstones’ misses a golden opportunity to satirize evangelical piety 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z While she was there she got a call from a manager in New York, Vincent Cirrincione, looking for a black actress to read for a soap opera. | Halle Berry 2012-10-18T20:21:12Z “The Sopranos” attempted a version of this hybrid — it was a mob story as well as a marvelously executed soap opera. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 3 Finale Recap: Adios 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z I don’t know if I was particularly funny—me personally—but the genre was comedy, soap opera/comedy, sort of larger than life, as you say. Felicity Huffman on American Crime: 'Now Is the Golden Age of Television' 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Photograph: Rex UK summary Beloved, long-running soap opera about the downtrodden working-class residents of east London's Albert Square. Matt LeBlanc comedy Episodes shows what can go wrong in remaking telly 2011-01-08T00:08:02Z In “The Mood Room,” that pointed physicality anchors her storytelling, which also mixes in spoken text from Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” and soap operas, as well as an electronic score by Holly Herndon. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Bollywood, the world's most prolific movie industry, is well known for its splashy movies, packed with drama and fancy costumes, that often bear a strong resemblance to Spanish-language soap operas. India's Zee to woo Hispanic viewers with Bollywood movies in Spanish 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z It was a very good soap opera, by the way. Wagner Moura Is All Set to Die on ‘Narcos’ 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Coyne recalled that observers were especially impressed with how she and her siblings showed grace during her family’s “soap opera”-level of drama. Katherine Schwarzenegger was born in the spotlight. She’s choosing to stay there. 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z His work included scripts for the soap operas “Another World,” “The Edge of Night” and “Guiding Light”; the book and lyrics for the Broadway musical “Sherry!” James Lipton, ‘Inside the Actors Studio’ Host, Dies at 93 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z It's a soap opera in a sweater, if you will, a borrowed sweater placed upon your shoulders by community members who care, which makes it the perfect cozy trauma for our times. Why trauma is cozy on “Virgin River” 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z The sum effect suggests Rod Serling, the creator of the “Twilight Zone” series, unhappily moonlighting as a soap opera scenarist. Review: ‘The Birds’: Less-Than-Fierce-Feathered Nature in Revolt 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Change is addressed in “Downton Abbey,” but it doesn’t get in the way of the soap opera. Television Review: Sincerest Forms of Flattery for British Shows 2011-01-06T23:10:24Z But for three decades, she was best known as the pillar of a popular soap opera. Mary Fickett, a Pillar of ?All My Children,? Dies at 83 2011-09-12T23:58:43Z In her mid 20s, she landed her first TV role, "a soap opera for BSkyB set in outer space" called Jupiter Moon. 'My life was chaotic' 2011-08-20T23:05:34Z Late in life she had a recurring role on the soap opera “The Bold and the Beautiful” and did voice-over work on various cartoon shows, including “Family Guy.” Phyllis Diller, Sassy Comedian, Dies at 95 2012-08-20T20:28:37Z The 1990s saw the monarchy’s popularity sink to new lows as royal family dramas — from tell-all interviews to embarrassing phone conversations and topless photos — continued to play out in public like soap operas. Platinum Jubilee: Queen’s reign marks 70 years of change 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Finch had started acting professionally with several different repertory companies around the UK before he got a part in Crossroads, the popular daytime soap opera, during its first run in 1964. Jon Finch 2013-01-13T11:27:40Z So you’re not asking for high drama; I mean, this is the stuff of soap opera. ArtsBeat: An Interview With Michael Apted 2010-12-10T17:27:00Z “She dragged the soap opera into a world that looked and sounded more like our world.” Agnes Nixon, writer who created ‘One Life to Live’ and ‘All My Children,’ dies at 93 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z But the mystery and the bucolic soap opera come encrusted in arch humor, the currently popular sensibility in which everything that is said or done takes place within invisible quotation marks. | 'Happy Town': On ABC, a Bucolic Midwestern Town Is Friendly. Or Is It? 2010-04-27T21:40:00Z Nancy was morally upright, too: The soap opera website soaps.com put a one-word entry under her "flings and relationships": None. 'As the World Turns' matriarch Wagner dies at 91 2010-05-03T01:59:00Z The editing by Geofrey Hildrew and Scott Pellet limps lifelessly along, and the direction lacks the necessary pulse for a story line with more twists than a low-budget soap opera. ‘The Devil You Know’ Review: A Thriller Thinner Than Blood 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z When not working on novels Mr Eka blogs and writes for television—“soap operas, and whatever else they order from me”. Burning bright 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Textiles are often used in churches, but St. Mark’s has one by Josh Faught that’s a little different: a woven work that touches on gay politics and a supernatural soap opera. Tapestry in Seattle cathedral weaves history and mission 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z Producers began planning the soap opera’s first wedding between gay characters just as Australia was debating same-sex marriage legislation in 2017, airing the fictional ceremony soon after legalization was confirmed offscreen. After 37 Years, the Sunny World of ‘Neighbours’ Comes to an End 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z The answer, then, is to play down the science — which might have been the answer in any case — and play up the “Mad Men”-style period soap opera. ‘Halt and Catch Fire,’ on AMC, Switches Gears in Its New Season 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z She appeared in the soap opera for six months. Sophiya Haque 2013-01-18T13:33:01Z She displayed a weakness for the kind of self-pitying, quasi-inspirational ballads that flourished in the early 1980s, when they were often shoehorned into daytime soap operas. Marieann Meringolo Sings at the Metropolitan Room 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Rather, his sudden, outsized fame following a stint paying his dues in the usual ways, include roles on the daytime soap operas “Loving” and “Another World,” appeared to take him by surprise. Luke Perry dies at 52: Farewell to "Beverly Hills, 90210" bad boy Dylan McKay 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z In the three-night mini-series “Rebellion,” serious historical drama goes up against tedious soap opera, and the battle ends in more or less of a stalemate. Review: ‘Rebellion’ Pits Soap Opera vs. Drama of the Easter Rising 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z I know it’s prompted in part by your own affection for soap operas. As ‘A Strange Loop’ Ends, Its Creator Looks Back on a ‘Supernova’ 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z It certainly marked the end of that episode of the royal soap opera. A Kinder, Gentler Portrait of Prince Charles 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z But the mixture of showbiz, social comment and soap opera rings manipulative and false. The Nance: Gay Burlesque and Straight Plays 2013-04-17T09:45:36Z She had spent several years as a contract performer on a soap opera — one of the first Black actors to do so — playing an attorney, Peggy Nolan, on “Another World.” Micki Grant: ‘I Wanted to Open Eyes’ 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Media associated with women – romance or soap operas – might be sneered at as "chick flicks" or "chick lit." Why our dislikes should be celebrated as much as our likes 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Wagner played the role of Nancy Hughes on the CBS soap opera for the past 54 years and uttered the show's first words when it premiered in 1956. Soap opera actress Helen Wagner dies at 91 2010-05-03T16:51:00Z When he's not swooning at royalty, or pursuing a cameo on a certain Mancunian soap opera, he's busy maintaning his position as the avuncular elder statesman of rap. Bloc.2012: festival preview 2012-07-03T16:20:00Z As civilization slowly sinks beneath the dirty waves, our descendants distract themselves with TV soap operas, muttering that the end may well be coming, but surely not in their time. Classic dystopian novels forecast a bleak future — soon 2014-03-28T20:10:55Z Jane's pregnancy counts on one level as a soap opera dilemma and on another as wacky complication. CW's 'Jane the Virgin' mixes wacky and serious, with a natural ease 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Saying goodbye to the soap opera will feel like its own kind of bereavement. After 37 Years, the Sunny World of ‘Neighbours’ Comes to an End 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Mr. McMartin, who started out on the soap opera “As the World Turns” soon after arriving in New York, appeared constantly on television, usually in guest roles. John McMartin, Versatile Mainstay on Broadway and TV, Dies at 86 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z We as a culture always grab the most spicy sauce, the most heartbreaking rancheros and boleros music, such dramatic telenovelas and soap operas. Alejandro González Iñárritu: 'When you see The Revenant you will say "Wow"' 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Comedy legend Carol Burnett graced the “Tonight Show” with her presence on Monday night and delighted audiences by starring in a fake 90s-era soap opera with host Jimmy Fallon. Watch Carol Burnett and Jimmy Fallon co-star in an early 90s soap opera 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Suleiman I, whose raunchy portrayal in a Turkish soap opera has outraged the country's prime minister. The Turkish soap opera that has enraged the country's politicians 2012-12-09T20:30:05Z Although these days I no longer feel guilty about watching, despite my husband’s recurring criticism that the show is a middling soap opera. Skin Deep: An Hour to Pamper, Remote in Hand 2011-03-30T18:07:02Z But Ms. Bell also wrote a soap opera, hired Debbie Reynolds to perform “Good Morning” at her 50th birthday party and loves all things Disney. Scene Stealers: Once Writer for ‘The Young and Restless,’ is Charging Into a New Episode 2013-07-26T18:07:51Z One sketch, in which Moretz plays a young woman whose understanding of Korea is based entirely on soap operas, plays like a fever dream of unlikely cultural interchange. Saturday Night Live: how the show has been exported around the world 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z We're given a vivid description, details and foibles, before the town is populated with a cast of characters to rival any soap opera. Rereading Stephen King: week two – Salem's Lot 2012-06-11T10:58:12Z "You always want to be expanding," said Springfield, also familiar to soap opera viewers for his recurring role as Dr. Noah Drake on "General Hospital." Rick Springfield can rock a sci-fi novel too 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Eventually, my parents figured out that my babysitter was letting me watch soap operas with her, and that was the source of my dreams of drownings, shootings, marriages and twins. The best character on "The Gilded Age" is the bustle, adding an extra party to the back 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z The rage, temper and insult of the dialogue between Medea and her husband Jason, here conducted on their mobile phones, reveal a direct linguistic link from ancient Greece to contemporary soap opera. A new take on Greek tragedy 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z There are too many dimly lit meetings in warehouses and over-edited karate fights in kitchens and soap opera revelations that are meant to enrich the main characters but that usually feel off-point. "V": How to fix ABC's struggling alien invasion series 2011-02-22T15:40:00Z The evening soap opera in most Arab countries was Egyptian, and I spent many an evening captivated by dramas set in Alexandria, Cairo and El Saeed. Egypt has returned from the cultural backwaters 2011-02-24T16:19:39Z Hearing Michael R. Jackson, the Pulitzer- and Tony-winning playwright of “A Strange Loop,” speak about soap operas is like getting lost in a Wikipedia wormhole. Michael R. Jackson on the Soap Opera Origins of ‘White Girl in Danger’ 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z “This is a soap opera bent out of shape.” ‘The Heart, She Holler’ Is Back on Adult Swim 2013-08-30T17:10:24Z The OJ story was a sports movie that became a true-crime drama, then a legal thriller and, ultimately, a soap opera. Ezra Edelman on making his epic Oscar-nominated documentary OJ: Made in America 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Banier denied the allegations, but it was just the start of a multi-layered legal inquiry that has become the nation's soap opera. Mystery of the L'Oreal heir, 'Mr Nicolas' and the envelopes stuffed with euros 2012-07-03T21:39:13Z TNT’s splashy new reboot of the ’80s soap opera “Dallas” put me in mind of Neanderthals, and not just because one of its cast members boasts a very robust set of sculpted eyebrows. “The Killing”: So that’s who murdered Rosie? 2012-06-18T14:40:00Z It had the lowest ratings of the four remaining soap operas in the 2021-2022 season. ‘Days of Our Lives,’ NBC Mainstay Since 1965, Moves to Peacock 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z He was featured as the villain Hector Wilson on the soap opera “The Edge of Night.” John Rensenhouse, Darren Sextro 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z Her travails seemed like something out of Shakespeare, so much so that I once proposed teaching a class on Shakespeare as soap opera at a summer academic camp. ?One Life to Live? and Lessons for Real Life 2012-02-18T05:09:03Z The television academy said "General Hospital" will compete with NBC's "Days of Our Lives," CBS' "The Young and the Restless" and the canceled "All My Children" of ABC for best soap opera. `General Hospital' leads way in Emmy nods 2012-05-09T17:31:08Z Until, that is, Lorena was knocked off the top spot by another US soap opera, one that turned not on gender or race so much as class. I was at the Lorena Bobbitt trial – 25 years later it still makes me wince 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Much of the book is dedicated to Ginsburg’s influences — from Eleanor Roosevelt to the soap opera character Helen Trent and the novelist Vladimir Nabokov, who was Ginsburg’s professor at Cornell. Charlotte Brontë and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Before the World Knew Them 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z "I feel like I'm watching a soap opera but with really awesome clothes," says Caitlin Monaghan, who says that at first she was embarrassed to watch. "Gossip Girls" new fashion idols? OMG! Totally! 2010-11-19T06:01:00Z There followed several radio soap operas before she signed a one-year contract with MGM. Anne Francis obituary 2011-01-03T16:53:32Z This brand of political soap opera is being done better on television by shows like “Scandal,” where this story would be little more than a secondary plotline. Review: ‘The Runner’ Stars Nicolas Cage as a Politician After an Oil Spill 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z If that weren’t enough innovation, he also created “Hard Knocks,” a hit reality show that for 20 years, turned N.F.L. training camp into a soap opera. He Might Be the Most Influential Director You’ve Never Heard Of 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z "This is our national soap opera," she said in an interview. Mantel's Tudor 'soap opera' strikes chord in modern London 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z “The Viral Factor” wants to be both an action movie and a soap opera. | 'The Viral Factor': Jay Chou in ?The Viral Factor? ? Review 2012-01-20T01:28:50Z As well as her soap opera stint, she also starred in Mike Leigh's High Hopes and Gary Oldman's Nil By Mouth. EastEnders actress Dore dies at 93 2014-04-14T17:19:24Z He wants to produce three shows for the site, including a scripted soap opera, an African-American-focused news program and a reality show that covers the wives and significant others of professional athletes. A Gossip Site Finds Its Niche 2013-08-11T21:42:58Z If you were a soap opera character, who would it be? As ‘A Strange Loop’ Ends, Its Creator Looks Back on a ‘Supernova’ 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z I almost liken them to the soap operas of the day. Georgian 'erotic pamphlet' collection goes on display 2010-04-06T10:56:00Z In the first part of my career, I was doing sitcoms, TV commercials, soap operas, and I started seeing this other style called naturalism. Meet the Newer, Bolder Michelle Williams 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Now try to imagine sitting in that select society’s television room, while one member watches a classic cinematic soap opera and the other crams for a Renaissance-epic exam. Theater Review | 'Whatever, Heaven Allows': If Douglas Sirk and Milton Walked Into a Bar and Started Trading Yarns 2010-02-24T22:27:00Z It’s a straightforward, bombastic soap opera with broadly sketched characters in flashy clothes. Empire's state of mind: the new TV shows highlighting African Americans 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z The most popular soap operas of the region are Syrian, North African films are staples of the festival circuits, and some of the largest media conglomerates are based in the Gulf. Translating 'Frozen' Into Arabic 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z She found her way into soap operas serendipitously, knowing about them only as a onetime viewer. Claire Labine, Scriptwriter of Several Soap Operas, Dies at 82 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z This is the set of Haiti's new comedy soap opera, "Under the Sky," filmed in the capital's earthquake survivor camps for the hundreds of thousands of people who live in them. Sitcom takes aim at danger, boredom in Haiti camps 2010-05-24T06:29:00Z PBS' venerable children's show "Sesame Street" and the NBC soap opera "Days of Our Lives" both earned 17 nominations. 'The Young and the Restless' top Emmy nods 2013-05-01T14:20:13Z And there were all these terribly artificial soap opera performance demands. Kathleen Turner on her soap opera days: “My character was so incredibly dumb” 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z In real life, the guitarist used to direct music videos for Bruno Mars while the frontman starred in a soap opera. Janet Jackson hits the road — fourth time’s a charm? 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Back in 1973, tens of millions of Americans tuned in to what Variety called “the hottest daytime soap opera” — the Senate Watergate hearings that eventually led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation. Watergate redux? Trump impeachment inquiry heads for live TV 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z After spending his teenage years doing plays with a local youth theater, he got his first big break when he was cast in “EastEnders,” the long-running British soap opera, when he was 16. Himesh Patel on the Pandemic, Fatherhood and ‘Station Eleven’ 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z But then he spent two years on an actual soap opera, moved to Hollywood, moved back to New York, and saw his career rise and then fall and then rise again. In ‘Nevertheless,’ Alec Baldwin Charts His Course From Long Island to Bumpy Fame 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Is there a long-running soap opera that hasn't suffered mass casualties and apocalyptic emotional trauma? Waiting for book 'go' 2011-01-05T12:22:13Z In its dispassionate tone “R” is the opposite of a ludicrous S&M soap opera like the former HBO series “Oz.” | 'R': Life in the Big House: The Danish Experience 2011-06-16T23:36:42Z Rather, it is to become the best possible version of a soap opera. Television: After Some Soaps? Cancellations, Others Adjust 2012-02-19T14:11:22Z Some readers have criticized the show for being too much a soap opera, or a comedy, and not highlighting enough the real problems with our prison system. 'Orange Is the New Black' Finale: It's Almost Like 'Thelma and Louise' 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z But it's sold again as a media-hyped narrative of a soap opera of a military hero, so-called, falling for a beautiful woman and being betrayed, and so forth, and he falls from stardom. Oliver Stone tackles modern history in new series 2012-11-21T21:52:08Z Timing may smile again on the soap opera cynicism of “The Fix.” Song and dance as a political ‘Fix’ 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Large windows with commanding views of the street are screens of a sort for the greatest soap opera in town — the lives of the drivers’ friends and neighbors. Review: August Wilson’s ‘Jitney’ Magnifies Marginalized Souls 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z In 2008 MSNBC's Chris Matthews was overheard telling a fellow passenger on the train from Philadelphia to D.C. that he thought Hillary Clinton was a "soap opera," disparaging her as a secretary of state candidate. The Cost Of Indiscretion 2011-02-02T23:00:00Z For a while, it lurches uneasily from comedy to domestic melodrama to horror — sort of like a soap opera with H. P. Lovecraft as script supervisor. Review: ‘The Feast’ Plumbs the Depths of a Troubling Toilet 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z It’s the sort of sudden violence you’re lulled out of expecting in an episode full of soap opera formal wear and dramatic entrances, and there’s still a deliberately theatrical structure around the moment itself. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2, Episode 5: Somebody Do Something 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z “He turned crab fishing into one of the best soap operas ever,” W. Clark Bunting, the former president of Discovery, says. How Thom Beers Built a Reality-TV Empire 2012-12-16T23:37:47Z A useful reminder, too, that “Downton” can, at its infrequent best, rise above the swale of soap opera. 'Downton Abbey' Recap: Thomas and the Heterosexual Household 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z “It’s about the nature of storytelling and consciousness with a soap opera twist,” Jackson said, laughing. Pandemic taps the brakes on ‘A Strange Loop,’ the Broadway-bound Pulitzer winner 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z We are left with a supercharged soap opera, a view of CIA work that is distant and incurious, and a portrait of a marriage that itself is insultingly shallow, cliched and unconvincing. Fair Game ? review 2011-03-10T15:00:00Z What this excellent book offers instead is an enthralling, if ultimately tragic, soap opera and lots of fascinating information. Review: ‘The Poet and the Vampyre: The Curse of Byron,’ by Andrew McConnell Stott But so is the rest of this heady mixture of soap opera and social history. The real Stephen Spender as seen by his son in ‘A House in St. John’s Wood’ 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Of course, that family has secrets, as befits its soap opera genre. Empire's state of mind: the new TV shows highlighting African Americans 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Three other soap operas remain on network television: “The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold and the Beautiful” on CBS, and “Days of Our Lives” on NBC. Media Decoder: 'General Hospital' Blessed With a 50th Season by ABC 2012-04-12T22:32:10Z The soap opera will move to an earlier time slot in most markets. Media Decoder: 'General Hospital' Blessed With a 50th Season by ABC 2012-04-12T22:32:10Z But there’s an inescapable ordinariness to the series, and a larger portion than usual of domestic soap opera. Review: ‘The Disappearance’ Has a Missing Mademoiselle and a Gallic Gumshoe 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z She also assembled the original cast of the ABC soap opera “Ryan’s Hope.” 2010-01-12T06:45:00Z His replacement was Charles Sturridge, not yet 30, a director whose experience had been largely restricted to the soap opera “Coronation Street.” ?Brideshead Revisited,? 30 Years Later 2011-12-30T17:00:00Z The balance between social soap opera and buoyant comedy isn’t always gracefully sustained. Review: In ‘The Hot Wing King,’ a New Recipe for a Family 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z The soap opera is set to introduce the Baileys, a family with two sons. UK soap includes black family for 1st time in 60 years 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z She also appeared on the soap opera “General Hospital” and on Broadway in “Absurd Person Singular.” Sheila MacRae, Wife in ’60s ‘Honeymooners’ Sketches, Dies at 92 2014-03-08T18:21:07Z The actress, who began her career in soap operas, plays former model Gabrielle Solis on the hit ABC show "Desperate Housewives." Eva Longoria and Tony Parker finalize divorce 2011-02-01T00:17:43Z And the intervening 24 years has been a national soap opera of scrutiny, scandal and conspiracy theory, criticisms both legitimate and politically motivated, valid and sexist. Battle of the Network Stars: Trump vs. Clinton 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z “I was 12 when my first job offer was to be on a soap opera,” she said. 2010-01-31T05:37:00Z Flannery himself described the programme as a 'very, very posh soap opera' but the final four episodes feel too often like run-of-the-mill soap opera. Box Set Club: Our Friends in the North 2011-07-19T13:29:17Z “Dynasty,” the 1980s “prime-time soap opera” about the occasionally violent feud between two oil-rich Denver families, will return to television later this year, the network that will air the show, the CW, announced this week. ‘Dynasty,’ a Signature ’80s TV Drama, Will Get a CW Reboot 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z She secured roles on the soap opera “Loving,” in assorted crime procedural dramas, on the short-lived CW series “The Tomorrow People.” Can fashion launch an actress to the A-list? Meta Golding’s red carpet strategy 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z She appeared in TV soap operas in the 1970s, but did not become a national star until her recurring roles on "Different Strokes" and another series, "Filthy Rich," in the 1980s. 'Designing Women' actress Dixie Carter dies at 70 2010-04-11T04:23:00Z Yeah, I started modeling when I was 11 and then did some commercials, and then when I was almost 16, I got a job on a soap opera. Lori Loughlin on “Full House” fandom, Hallmark mysteries and parenting in the age of Finstagram 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z But just because this is Masterpiece Theater crossed with The Thorn Birds, that doesn’t mean isn’t a soap opera at the height of its form. Downton Abbey Watch: Mastercheese Theater 2012-02-13T14:15:46Z Adams also is working with her older sister, Lynne Adams, who acted in soap operas before she became a playwright, on a do-it-yourself series for the Internet. Brooke Adams learns the dirty truth of Beckett's 'Happy Days' 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z She worked as a dancer and then acted in Tamil soap operas before joining the news channel. India gets its first transgender TV news anchor: newspaper 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z “Kiss,” directed by Bart DeLorenzo, revolves around the performance of a Syrian soap opera that plays like the Middle Eastern equivalent of a telenovela. 'Kiss' at the Odyssey: A rising Chilean playwright explores what gets lost in translation 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z After a point, it’s also tough to tell one of the various Fox, WB, and CW and soap opera stars apart from another. Hallmark Christmas movie schlock has infected all of TV, and the symptoms are bland and homogeneous 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z At the time she was a soap opera star and rising Bollywood actress. Field Notes: Parental Involvement Can Help in Choosing Marriage Partners, Experts Say 2013-01-18T21:31:10Z I can imagine if you’re a soap opera actor it’s a similar feeling. Carice van Houten: ‘I feel like my back is straightening when I become Melisandre’ 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z Day after day, decade after decade, she has pounded the audition pavement, taken acting classes, worked on the stage and even taken soap opera work if she felt she could grow from the experience. Scene Stealers: Hollywood Applauds the Efforts of June Squibb, Star of ‘Nebraska’ 2014-01-17T23:18:33Z The makers of Burlesque may have been trying for the ambience of Cabaret or Moulin Rouge, but the result is a daytime soap opera with a few crummy basques thrown in. This sub-porn for ladeez is not my idea of erotica 2010-12-25T23:02:00Z But at heart, “Mercy Street,” which counts Ridley Scott and the “E.R.” writer David Zabel among its executive producers, is a medical soap opera — “Grey’s Anatomy” with crinolines — and that’s the show’s most entertaining aspect. Review: ‘Mercy Street,’ a Civil War Hospital Drama on PBS 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z You previously had only one acting credit, on the soap opera “The Young and the Restless.” In a Flash, How Sasha Calle Became Supergirl 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Next thing we know the show is no longer about the dangers of living in the post-9/11 world and the human impact of the war on terror – it’s just another nighttime soap opera. Homeland gets a reboot for season four – and that's a good thing 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Television is the home of the crime procedural, the teen soap opera, and “The Bachelor,” among other affronts to humanity. Tackling TV’s rape problem: Why “Broad City” and “Shameless” could change how we talk about sexual consent 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z "When I was on 'As the World Turns,'" Moore said, pausing for reaction, before recalling playing twins on the soap opera. SAG Awards 2015: 'Birdman' feathers its nest as Oscars nears 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Much has been written of late about how Oprah is the last of her kind, a relic from an era when daytime television belonged to talk show hosts and that other dying breed, soap operas. There will never be another Oprah 2011-05-24T15:06:00Z She is a fan of the original teenage soap opera, and the glimpse of the privileged life it provided. Whitney Peak Has Fun on the ‘Gossip Girl’ Reboot 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z It does not operate in the mode of “In the Name of the Father” or “The Green Mile” or even “Oz,” the American premium-cable penitentiary soap opera. 'Starred Up,' a Father-and-Son Prison Drama 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z The message was to call my agent, and he said, “They want to see you for an understudy on a soap opera.” “I Was Never Really the Ingénue”: An Interview with Judith Light 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z My first job was on a TV soap opera in Madrid. Laia Costa: ‘We were doing this scene the whole night and in the end we couldn’t stop’ 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z This included making up Noele Gordon, who was presenting regional magazine programmes before going on to star in the soap opera Crossroads. Jane Royle obituary 2011-03-07T19:16:06Z It also reminds us that at the end of the day, this show, like wrestling, is basically a soap opera. Starz's "Heels" proves wrestling isn't fake by creating a show about it that doesn't feel genuine 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z In 2014, an Indian television channel was launched to air these soap operas. A Troubling Culture War Between India and Pakistan 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z One story’s discussion of self-harm was nixed; another tale’s domestic abuse narrative was turned into a cartoonish parody of a soap opera plot. When Fan Fiction and Reality Collide 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z There is more, but already you might glimpse in this tangle of hurt and disappointment the sprawling outlines of a soap opera. | 'Mother and Child': Annette Bening in Rodrigo Garcia?s Study of Motherhood 2010-05-06T23:30:00Z The law was often flouted by entertainment channels and cable operators airing Indian films and soap operas wildly popular in Pakistan. Pakistan to block Indian content on TV, radio as tension simmers 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z “This whole thing is a soap opera!” she gasps, leaping in awe as his tee splits from his He-Man chest. Man up, ladies! How “GLOW” exposes “manliness” as an elaborate, fragile front 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z The show is also unashamedly overdramatic; like Moriarty’s text, it uses tropes – in this case, of soap opera – to dare viewers to take it seriously. Has the satire and humour of Big Little Lies been lost in translation? 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z He worked as a floor manager for the medical soap opera “Emergency-Ward 10” and soon found himself sitting in the director’s chair. Christopher Morahan, a Producer and Director of ‘The Jewel in the Crown,’ Dies at 87 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z That collection — long dresses and Ottoman-style fez caps — was panned on Twitter, where some Turks noted that it resembled the costumes of a popular Turkish soap opera about the reign of a 16th-century sultan. In Transit Blog: Add a Designer to the Flight Crew 2013-04-30T17:07:05Z It’s every old western and new western and soap opera thrown together in a blender. With ‘1883,’ Taylor Sheridan Expands His Western Empire 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Alternatively, it is a soap opera in which everything is reduced to petty spite and furtive liaisons. Creative tensions 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Don’t expect the same treatment for stately manor soap opera “Downton Abbey.” ‘Downton Abbey’ back on Jan. 4 for season 5 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Across 80 uninterrupted minutes, the production seems to be torn between honoring the play’s Latin roots and announcing itself as an installment in the British soap opera “EastEnders.” Theater Review: 'Faith Healer' Casts Its Spell Again 2011-02-22T13:30:04Z I have the faintest toddlerhood memories of my mom watching a soap opera — I thought it was “The Edge of Night,” but she says “Dark Shadows.” Lonnae O’Neal: Farewell, Luke Spencer. Confessions of a soap addict. 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z You have clearly not been keeping up with your Turkish soap operas. The Turkish soap opera that has enraged the country's politicians 2012-12-09T20:30:05Z There’s also been a contrarian side that says the show is just a mid-century modern soap opera, as sharp-eyed critic Daniel Mendelsohn wrote in a 2011 New York Review of Books essay. What was missing from the “Mad Men” finale (Hint: It’s not a Coke commercial) 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Yesterday, a strange woman, apparently recognizing me from my old days as a soap opera star, ran up to me to ask, quite seriously, “Who did you used to be?” Your First Theater Crush 2013-08-21T16:24:20Z Scoff as one might at the comparison between HBO’s crown jewel and an Americanized telenovela airing on basic cable, both series are powered by the basic mechanics of soap opera. “Queen of the South” and “Claws”: Sometimes bad can be very, very good 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Fact and imagination blur in his mind until he finds himself living in a soap opera of his own devising. Life! Death! Prizes! by Stephen May ? review 2012-05-18T21:55:02Z The actor, who rose to fame in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, went on Twitter to thank his fans. Gary Lucy to leave EastEnders cast 2014-01-20T14:22:15Z “The soap opera episode went a little too far off the rails,” says Anderson. Hudson Valley Ballers: SNL writers hit the country with a few funny guests 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z While Americans prepare to mark the 10th anniversary of the event, many Mexicans are remembering it through the twists and turns of this soap opera. Mexican soap opera takes close look at 9/11 2011-08-26T14:22:08Z When you’re too young to have had an experience, you have to write a little soap opera in your head, so that you can bring it to a stage and live it. ‘Marvin’s Room’ Moves to Broadway With Women Front and Center 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Privacy, even on a soap opera, is not at a premium. Indian Soap Operas, Ruled by Mothers-in-Law 2012-12-25T22:38:41Z Dark Shadows, a film based on the 1966 soap opera, hit theaters in 2012, and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, the novel, hit shelves in 2010, with a movie following two years later. 8 Things That Wouldn't Exist Without 'Twilight' 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z In that sense “Human Target” is a throwback to a time before all prime-time dramas had to be soap operas. 2010-01-15T04:24:00Z A production company called Prospect Park is bringing back the soap operas “One Life to Live” and “All My Children” online, to be shown on Hulu and elsewhere. Netflix’s ‘House of Cards’ Redefines the Spoiler Alert 2013-02-05T23:05:17Z “Tootsie” gave her a glimpse of the entertainment business, with backstage scenes that showed how soap operas were made. Her Role at HBO Max? Challenging Netflix 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z With that in mind, Leland embraced a mission: to follow six elders, reflecting a range of backgrounds and economic circumstances, in what he called “a New York soap opera, unscripted.” When Growing Old Is a Blessing 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Slavery and soap opera don’t seem like the most natural fit, but WGN’s “Underground” mostly makes it work. What You Should Watch This Week: ‘Brooklyn’ and Olympic Highlights 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z "Most dramas are soap operas and most soap operas are drama," adds Mark Schwahn, creator of E!'s monarchy drama "The Royals." From 'Dynasty' to 'Empire,' the prime-time soap has bubbled up again 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Ed Nelson, a television, stage and film actor who was one of the mainstays of the 1960s prime-time soap opera “Peyton Place,” died Aug. 9 at his home in Greensboro, N.C. Ed Nelson, star of 1960s ‘Peyton Place,’ dies at 85 Then there’s the ongoing soap opera of the Academy itself, under pressure from ABC to get its flagging ratings back up. A Fraught Oscars Season Limps to the Finish Line 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Megan had a role on a soap opera in New York, when Don chose to move to Los Angeles; he changed his mind, even though she had already quit her job. The TV Watch: ‘Mad Men’ Returns to AMC on Sunday. 2014-04-10T12:00:01Z He also acted in the daytime soap operas “General Hospital” and “Search for Tomorrow.” George Gaynes, a Versatile Character Actor, Dies at 98 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z The satisfaction felt was of a return to the past — to when I was 21, 22 years old, and helping to direct soap operas in Mexico and in Chile. Raul Ruiz, 1941-2011: Death of a Little-Known Movie Master 2011-08-22T10:20:00Z Jones and Wynette were Mr and Mrs Country Music and their life together became a country soap opera, with every bottle drunk and thrown, every twist and turn in the road documented in song. George Jones 2013-04-26T17:06:44Z With "Law & Order" closing up shop, its new spinoff being shot in Los Angeles and soap operas folding or leaving town, young New York City actors are wondering where the breaks will come. New York's faces: `Law & Order' showed 'em all 2010-05-15T21:01:00Z Mysteries swirl in storm clouds in Nick Payne’s “Incognito,” which opened on Tuesday night at City Center Stage I, enough to fill many seasons of cliffhanger soap operas. Review: In ‘Incognito,’ the Brain Is Dramatic and Mysterious 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Something tells me that we might see more of Tim and his sunny disposition, perhaps on a soap opera or in a tooth paste commercial sometime soon. 'American Idol' news roundup for Tuesday, April 27 2010-04-27T17:17:00Z He later appeared in the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful" and the 1990s sci-fi TV series "Babylon 5." Jeff Conaway, actor in 'Grease' and 'Taxi,' dies at 60 2011-05-27T18:45:00Z Millions of visitors have now trooped to Loch Garten reserve, making its dynasty of fish-eating raptors the most famous of avian soap operas. Birds in a Cage: Warburg, Germany, 1941 by Derek Niemann - review 2012-12-20T08:00:01Z “Game of Thrones” is still one hell of a soap opera — and perhaps that’s all it ever was beneath all the texture and time, even back in its more glorious stretch of the slow build. Perspective | While you were watching summer’s biggest TV show, you missed summer’s best TV show 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z She was a regular on one soap opera, “The Secret Storm,” from 1964 to 1971, and had featured parts on numerous others. Judy Lewis, Secret Daughter of Hollywood, Dies at 76 2011-12-01T03:50:26Z Stephen Lambert, chief executive of Studio Lambert, the independent production company that is making Seven Days for Channel 4, also said says soap operas . Notting Hill setting for Channel 4 docu-soap 2010-09-22T06:00:00Z Showered with multiple Emmy Awards and other major prizes, "Upstairs, Downstairs" was, yes, a soap opera with overstuffed settees and fine silver tea services. 'Upstairs, Downstairs' sequel on TV; superior original now on DVD 2011-04-06T22:16:04Z But now, the ailing 94-year-old diva's final fade is being upstaged by a real-life Hollywood soap opera featuring a family fractured by fame, fortune, deceit and just plain weirdness. Zsa Zsa's final fade upstaged by family soap opera 2011-06-14T18:31:06Z The possibility of increased access to current foreign-language TV, beyond newscasts and Asian cartoons and soap operas, is a good reason to root for the streaming services. Television Review: Steven Van Zandt in Norwegian Netflix Series ?Lilyhammer? 2012-02-05T17:43:53Z As a genre, soap opera offers plenty of opportunities – a fine tradition that goes back to US sitcom Soap and Victoria Wood's now-classic Acorn Antiques. Top TV spoofs: 'Don't I know you from Lark Pies To Cranchesterford?' 2012-10-11T14:27:05Z After serving in World War II, he made his stage debut in "The Rugged Path," starring Spencer Tracy, and appeared in other plays and a soap opera before being called to Hollywood. Efrem Zimbalist Jr., star of 'The FBI,' dead at 95 2014-05-03T15:39:30Z "It's an old-fashioned term, 'soap opera,' based on the old days of those daytime shows — not to disparage those in any way, but it's a very different medium. Where do you draw the line?" From 'Dynasty' to 'Empire,' the prime-time soap has bubbled up again 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z There’s also the whole cast of the soap opera in which Tilly is trying to act, although her ability to hold the job grows more tenuous by the day. Books of The Times: Mystery Is a Thing With Paradoxes 2011-03-16T22:00:09Z In these half-historical soap operas, the heroes are decisive, brave, glorious, but the polities they lead are fragile, teetering, menaced by outsiders. How Erdogan Reoriented Turkish Culture to Maintain His Power 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z “Nobody in my family ever dreamed that one of us would be on a real soap opera,” he said. The Art of Being a Character 2011-08-03T20:22:35Z Those who do care — which is to say are voyeuristically invested in the real-life soap opera — will still read into it anything they want to and doubtless confirm all their previous ideas. ‘Harry & Meghan’: What People Are Saying about the Netflix Series 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Drosselmeyer’s reunion with his nephew ends the ballet; we haven’t lived through a child’s magical dream, but an adult soap opera. London Nutcrackers Defy Logic, and Still Delight 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z “It was booming since the winter fair held by our king and then this soap opera fueled the Thai costume fever,” said Chutima Wongchiangkwang, 55, a costume vendor. Venerating the past, traditional costume fever grips Thailand 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z A. It’s a reluctance on my part to allow a real — or realish — narrative to develop into a soap opera. Julian Fellowes on Twists in the ‘Downton Abbey’ Season Finale 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z I saw the tip of a hand part the neighbor’s curtains as they looked out, pulled from their television War Watch by this soap opera in the family housing courtyard. When the war came for me 2013-03-19T00:00:00Z As the music industry matriarch Cookie Lyon in five series of the hip-hop soap opera Empire, she is brassy and brash. Taraji P Henson: 'Hollywood didn't grasp my talent' 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Camp Ragnarok Theatre Unleashed presents this comedic soap opera, set at a camp for survivalists, with a new episode each week. The week ahead in L.A. theater, July 30-Aug. 6: 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona' and more 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, the cast of the soap opera that's been on the air for 45 years will welcome a New Orleans family as they move into a new home and provide furniture for them. "Days of Our Lives" actors help Katrina rebuilding 2011-03-23T21:21:24Z Then at last: a round on soap opera theme tunes! University Challenge: I'm glad someone knows about the Grand Duke of Finland 2012-11-09T12:07:07Z ABC took a gamble on Peyton Place, scheduling what was essentially a soap opera in prime time three times a week. Oscar winner Dorothy Malone, mom on Peyton Place, has died 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z The original “Meerkat Manor” series innovated by injecting soap opera drama into the nature documentary form. What’s on TV This Week: Kennedy Center Honors and Remembering the Tulsa Massacre 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Yes, it’s a soap opera about the filthy rich, but Revenge is a far cry from Dallas or Dynasty. Megan Draper and TV?s Best Female Characters: TIME Gives the Bechdel Test 2012-04-30T10:45:05Z “To get someone to say: ‘O.K., we are going to do a mainstream television show that is a nighttime soap opera that’s going to cost real money and it’s 90 percent African-Americans. Now That Trump Is President, How Will TV Respond? 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z That would be like watching a soap opera where someone didn’t die in a horrible grisly accident every Christmas Day. Screen kisses: why actors are now snogging mannequins, mirrors and their own lovers on set 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z There are, to be sure, back stabbings, betrayals and sordid affairs aplenty, the stuff of which soap operas — and country songs — are made. Television: ‘Nashville,’ the TV Series Starring the City 2012-10-07T05:09:02Z Hagman is one of three former Dallas cast members to be invited back US actor Larry Hagman is to appear in a TV remake of classic 1980s soap opera Dallas, it has been announced. Hagman to return for new Dallas 2011-02-02T08:55:03Z We’ve devoured “Star Trek,” “Star Wars,” “Game of Thrones,” “Harry Potter,” the Boston Red Sox, the Chicago Cubs, and 70 years of soap operas. The Reconciliation Must Be Televised 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Then came the six-year run in Casualty, which required a relatively more realistic acting style than in American soap operas. Simon MacCorkindale obituary 2010-10-17T17:26:00Z Gay characters are a gift because they can deliver the shock value that soap operas are hardwired to. Gay roles on television need to be real 2010-10-05T19:00:00Z Then there was nothing but soap operas and TV repeats. Steve Harvey – he's the new Oprah Winfrey 2013-04-14T18:30:01Z When the soap opera concludes its 54-year run in September, it will be replaced by an hour-long daily talk show with six celebrity co-hosts - all women, an echo of ABC's popular "The View" series. CBS to launch celebrity-hosted daytime talk show 2010-07-22T00:01:00Z Lynn's legal battles and marital upheavals were the stuff of soap opera. Lynn Redgrave obituary 2010-05-03T18:40:00Z History fever is gripping Thailand and a growing number of Thais are wearing traditional dress, a phenomenon encouraged by the junta and the palace, and fueled by a popular television soap opera. Venerating the past, traditional costume fever grips Thailand 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z In less capable hands, this tale of passion, betrayal and vengeance might play as a flimsy, overheated soap opera. Review: In ‘A Wolf at the Door,’ a Fiery Affair Turns Rancid 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z It’s a small but galvanizing moment, one that suggests that this series isn’t merely an evening soap opera after all. Review: ‘Queen Sugar,’ on OWN, Yields Family Drama 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z The TV ads come in rapid succession and at all hours - in the middle of newscasts, soap operas and talk shows. Political ads bombard viewers, but to what effect? 2012-10-15T11:01:04Z Into the midst of the ongoing Gurdin soap opera steps the world's favourite crooner. The Life and Opinions of Maf the?Dog and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe by Andrew O'Hagan 2010-05-07T23:11:00Z His other movie and television work included the soap operas “One Life to Live” and “Another World” and the hit film “10.” James Noble, Absent-Minded Governor on ‘Benson,’ Dies at 94 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Casting the series was a soap opera in itself. The Cast and Director of ‘Empire’ Discuss Their New Show 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z When you read the stories of how “Serenade” was made, you expect the ballet to resemble a backstage soap opera like “Fame” laden with the minor frets and cliffhangers that cloud a student’s life. School of American Ballet’s New Graduates Onstage 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z What's familiar here is a plot edging on soap opera, and fairly generic stage pop ballads. Review: Vivacious, zesty 'In the Heights' ? on tour stop in Seattle ? has plenty of high points 2010-10-01T20:49:00Z The actor appears occasionally in the soap opera as an oddball artist named Franco. Actor James Franco guesting on 'General Hospital' 2010-12-08T23:39:00Z Forget trying to emulate the actors on soap operas set in affluent faraway suburbs — I didn't even sound as polished as the bit-playing carpenters or salesmen of Atlanta on "Designing Women." The all of “y’all”: On finally embracing my voice, country twang and everything 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z He is scheduled to begin shooting "Dark Shadows," Tim Burton's adaptation of the 1960s gothic soap opera, for Warner Bros. this spring. Johnny Depp may replace Downey in "Oz" 2011-01-20T04:15:10Z "Empire," a soap opera set in the hip-hop world that turned into a major hit for Fox, had to settle for just three nominations, including Henson's scene-stealing turn as archvillain Cookie. Emmys 2015: 'Empire,' 'Transparent' nods signal new age of TV diversity 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Faught developed a plan to unify personally meaningful connections with Carlisle’s album and the dystopian soap opera “Passions,” DVDs of which now rest in pockets attached to the left side of the piece. Tapestry in Seattle cathedral weaves history and mission 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z The soap operas dealt with Colombian drug lords and a hit woman. Venezuela demands soap opera be taken off the air 2011-01-15T03:14:08Z “If its tone is considerably tougher than that of movies adapted from Nicholas Sparks novels, it is still a grown-up soap opera,” Stephen Holden wrote in The Times in June. FILM: New on DVD: ‘Three Mesquiteers’ Films With John Wayne 2012-09-29T23:13:01Z That’s the labyrinthine, heavy-breathing soap opera, the likes of which dominated afternoon television until the dubious verisimilitude of reality shows largely elbowed it off the small screen. Review: Exploring the Edge of Soap Opera in ‘Shadowland’ at La MaMa 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Now, between the sprawling soap opera that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there are going to be television shows starring MCU characters who exist only to move the story on in important ways. 'Drabness incarnate!' Are we finally suffering from Marvel fatigue? 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z In 2005, when Bush was a host on Access Hollywood, he accompanied Trump to the set of a daytime soap opera where the businessman was making a cameo. Today Show Addresses Billy Bush's Suspension Over Leaked Donald Trump Tape 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Lopilato made her name as a model and in Argentine sitcoms and soap operas, including "Rebel Way," ''Little Girls," ''Married With Children" and "Pirate Soul." Michael Buble weds Argentine TV actress Luisana Lopilato 2011-03-31T17:43:00Z She was a key cast member on the soap opera "Guiding Light" for a number of years. Talib Kweli on hip-hop, Rudy "Ghouliani" and how Kanye West can make amends for supporting Trump 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z “He’s my philosopher — Condorito has answers for everything,” said Ms. Frimkess, who has described her own life as a soap opera. Frimkess Ceramics Have Their Moment at Hammer Museum 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Its unique brand of entertainment jargon, known as "slanguage," has even crept into the wider popular vernacular after words like "sitcom" and "soap opera" originated in the pages of Variety. Showbiz magazine Daily Variety goes out of print after 80 years 2013-03-20T00:41:03Z She wrote for live prime-time dramas but found greater success with soap operas, one the few reliable outlets at the time for female writers. Agnes Nixon, writer who created ‘One Life to Live’ and ‘All My Children,’ dies at 93 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z “Saudi is getting closer and closer to Turkish culture through television, the soap operas,” Ms. Dowayan said. Women of Saudi Arabia Emerge on the Bosporus 2010-11-24T18:30:00Z That could be because, for all the show’s earthy candor and scathing wit, it’s a soap opera at heart. The TV Watch: Still Fighting Fire With Fire to Honor the Fallen of 9/11 2011-07-12T21:24:39Z Problems are faced, issues addressed, children educated, hearts melted and tables duly turned, all in the manner of a handsomely mounted daytime soap opera. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2012-07-14T23:05:55Z Mostly, friends of varying ranks, age and temperament bond under the stress of military life — it’s a soap opera built around prosaic and very real wartime conditions. Television Review: Surprise! Daddy?s Home, From War 2011-03-04T23:52:30Z Much like a soap opera, they give us with the drama and narrative that many of us crave. A Robert Pattinson–Kristen Stewart break-up may be good for #robsten fans 2012-07-26T11:50:17Z A child actor, he appeared on “Coronation Street,” the British soap opera that went on the air in 1960 and is still running, and in the police drama “Z Cars.” Davy Jones, a Singer in the Monkees, Dies at 66 2012-03-01T03:57:16Z All of which, unfortunately, only enhances the sense that we are watching an unremarkable soap opera served up onstage. Review: ‘Bathing in Moonlight’ Tests a Priest and Boundaries 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z James Franco, that professionally eccentric novelist, artist, educator and occasional soap opera actor, has now masterfully outdone himself. James Franco’s oddest stunt yet 2014-04-04T18:55:00Z “Empire” is peak prime-time soap opera for better and for worse. ‘Empire’ Returns for Its Second Season, Still Juicy With Melodrama 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Their closest cousins are the 19th century novels Ruiz adored and often adapted, and the telenovelas — Latino soap operas — that he worked on as a young man in Chile and Mexico. Raul Ruiz, 1941-2011: Death of a Little-Known Movie Master 2011-08-22T10:20:00Z He promised that movies shot with it would look “fully cinematic,” not like soap operas. ‘Avatar’ and the Headache of High Frame Rate Filmmaking 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z “Hot & Bothered” If you think the steamy sex, sensational scandals and wrenching heartbreak on Latino soap operas are a little extreme, just wait until you see what happens behind the scenes. Watch Trailers for NBC's New Fall Dramas and Comedies 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Did you ever feel, working in soap operas, that you were limited in what you could do as an actor? “I Was Never Really the Ingénue”: An Interview with Judith Light 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z Night time soap operas still exist — there’s “Revenge” and the recently ended “Desperate Housewives” and “One Tree Hill” — but their peak has passed. “Dallas”: How the Ewings inspired the Kardashians 2012-06-13T14:45:00Z The rapid growth was accompanied by a soap opera of broken friendships, lawsuits, changes of ownership, and failed initiatives. Dungeons & Dragons Saved My Life 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z She’s no longer front and centre, so it’s not a great test of her talent, but she’s one of a clutch of the main cast who bring a welcome lightness to the sci-fi soap opera. The Force Awakens: is the acting strong in this one? 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Lopilato made her name as a model and in Argentine sitcoms and soap operas. Singer Michael Buble, wife expecting 1st child 2013-01-24T19:23:08Z The plot line may not always be easy to follow in this house’s ongoing soap opera. Zegna Turns Jackets Into a World View 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z In the endless soap opera that is TrumpWorld, the springtime absence of the first lady apparently is getting its very own mini-episode. Perspective | Actually, Melania, your disappearance is a legitimate news story 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z That was the most valuable thing that the soap opera gave me. Kathleen Turner on her soap opera days: “My character was so incredibly dumb” 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Others that made the list include the soap opera theme song, “The Guiding Light,” Connie Smith’s single “Once a Day,” Albert King’s album “Born Under a Bad Sign.” Recording Registry adds albums by Janet Jackson, Nas 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z "In a Better World" might just be the most morally serious soap opera ever made. 'In a Better World': an Oscar-winning tale of friendship, violence, revenge 2011-04-28T20:05:08Z The danger with such an absorbing family soap opera is that Wasserstein’s work — the 11 plays, 2 screenplays, essay collections, and a single novel, “Elements of Style” — gets overshadowed by the life. The Wendy Chronicles 2011-08-17T16:52:55Z Long-running soap operas such as “Guiding Light” were among the first to seize on the concept, he says. What we talk about when we talk about Donald Trump and ‘gaslighting’ 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Lipton started out as an actor, voicing the nephew of the title character of The Lone Ranger in the ’40s before he started to write for a number of soap operas. James Lipton, host of Inside the Actors Studio, dies at age 93 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z “White Girl in Danger” imagines a soap opera set in a town called Allwhite, with a group of Black performers, called Blackgrounds, who are cast only in story lines about slavery and policing. New Musical From ‘Strange Loop’ Writer to Run Off Broadway 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z But show actors Jon Lindstrom and Michael Park accounted for 40 percent of the nominees for best actor in a soap opera. Daytime's stars go to Vegas hoping for trophies 2010-06-27T20:46:00Z The stories are the standard stuff of television dramas, sitcoms and soap operas. Netflix’s ‘Shtisel’ Is Binge-Worthy TV on a Strict Form of Judaism 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Do the showrunners of “Big Little Lies” know that their soap opera is about whiteness and the toxic effects of keeping up appearances and suffocating the truth? The Disappointing, Emmy-Baiting Finale of “Big Little Lies” Season 2 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Not only was I clueless about how challenging the work on soap operas could be, I thought I was above it. Judith Light: The First Time I Quit a Big Job 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Dustin Hoffman is nominated for a lead actor Oscar for his portrayal of a man who pretends to be a woman to land a role in a soap opera. 200 years of authenticity (or lack thereof) in casting 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z All three sections are, fundamentally, backstage soap operas accented with comedy and a little bit of mysticism, as biblical imagery bleeds from the stage into life and vice versa. | 'Passion Play': Sarah Ruhl?s Play Within a Play at Irondale Center 2010-05-13T03:53:00Z The move left just three soap operas remaining on network TV: ABC’s “General Hospital,” and CBS’s “The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold and the Beautiful.” ‘Days of Our Lives,’ NBC Mainstay Since 1965, Moves to Peacock 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z And the models are the kind of models who work in catalogs or they’re soap opera extras. On the Runway: Q & A: Philip-Lorca Di Corcia 2011-02-11T15:44:28Z Her only soap opera appearance was in a 2016 episode of “The Bold and the Beautiful,” in which she played a fashion buyer from a wealthy family. Dawn Wells, Mary Ann on ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ Dies at 82 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Dana Walden, a chief executive of the Fox Television Group, said that “Pitch” is “at its core a soap opera, and we’re hoping to attract a big number of female viewers.” That Padres Pitcher in ‘Pitch,’ She’s Got a Mean Screwball 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Over the years, Mr. Hoffman was a professor and a television writer, with credits including the soap opera “One Life to Live.” William M. Hoffman, playwright who put AIDS on center stage, dies at 78 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Every twist was unexpected, and yet the turns never felt like a soap opera. 'Mad Men' stars remember biggest bombshells hurled at them on series 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z At one point he was watching nine of the daytime soap operas, recording those that were broadcast during school time. A Talent for Talent 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The series was introduced last year to a U.S. audience of Anglophiles parched for a refreshment of costume-heavy British soap opera. Pass the tea and the remote: It's party time for 'Downton Abbey' 2012-01-20T02:19:11Z A nighttime soap opera about an oil family, Dynasty was indebted to the hit series Dallas, but Spelling brought his high glitz, and Forsythe his gravitas. Charlie's an Angel Now: John Forsythe Dies at 92 2010-04-03T05:20:00Z Tony Warren, a British writer who created one of the most popular and longest-running soap operas of all time, “Coronation Street,” died March 1 at 79. Tony Warren, creator of long-running soap opera ‘Coronation Street,’ dies at 79 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z The framing of these Twi-oramas is somewhere between soap opera and the cover shoots for Vanity Fair’s annual Hollywood issue. It Was the Best of the Worst of Times: Breaking Dawn-Part 2 2012-11-15T21:09:35Z Filipino soap operas flutter and heave on the TV overhead. Sariling Atin in Elmhurst, Queens 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Wildly popular Mexican soap operas account for the two most quickly rising female names, “Aranza” and “Montserrat.” Gene Weingarten: The name shame of Axl, Anakin, Arya ... 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z What’s interesting is not the soap opera between husband and wife here, but what it reveals to Sasha about her lover’s devotion to her, or lack thereof. Review: ‘Single, Carefree, Mellow,’ Except for That Illicit Affair 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z The narrator’s mother in “Black-Eyed Women” comforts herself by watching Korean soap operas, which “she rented by the armfuls.” In Viet Thanh Nguyen's 'The Refugees,' wistfulness is an anthem of displacement 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z “The Skeleton Twins” is a well-written and acted movie about contemporary life that doesn’t strain for melodrama and is largely devoid of weepy soap opera theatrics. Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader Star in ‘The Skeleton Twins’ 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z As I watched her mouth open, and eyes widen, I felt like one of those long-dead characters in a soap opera who return in order to boost ratings. Teaching the People’s Republic 2012-09-03T13:00:00Z Ryan played Burke Devlin on the cult 1960s soap opera “Dark Shadows” for one season but he was fired because of his alcoholism. ‘Dark Shadows,’ ‘Lethal Weapon’ actor Mitchell Ryan dies 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z The show ran for one season, but a year later, in 2015, she landed a part in “Neighbours” a popular Australian soap opera that turned her into a fan favorite. Caitlin Stasey Stars in Ed Burns’s ‘Bridge and Tunnel’ 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Or was it a news story, about the proliferation of soap opera narratives and the Indian media’s taste for them? A Double Tragedy in India and the Search for Elusive Answers 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z As a result of her innovations, soap opera audiences grew in the 1970s and 1980s to include increasing numbers of younger viewers, college students and men. Agnes Nixon, writer who created ‘One Life to Live’ and ‘All My Children,’ dies at 93 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z He was acting on soap operas at the time and a regular guest on talk shows where his stories were a hit and being liquored up wasn’t a problem. Not dead yet! At 85, Malachy McCourt knows the end is near, but he still has more to say 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z The first and only time I ever quit a job was in 1982, when I decided to leave “One Life to Live,” the soap opera that I had worked on for five years. Judith Light: The First Time I Quit a Big Job 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z This grab-bag approach has certainly worked well enough for other prime-time soap operas, and it will no doubt find an audience here, but the strands interweave awkwardly in the early going. Review: ‘Queen Sugar,’ on OWN, Yields Family Drama 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Keating supplemented his theater work with parts on soap operas including “All My Children” and “As the World Turns,” and films, among them “Awakenings” and the 1999 remake of “The Thomas Crown Affair.” Charles Keating, Soap Opera Villain and Shakespearean, Dies at 72 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z What comes to mind when you think of soap operas? Review: ‘White Girl in Danger’ Flips the Script on Soap Operas 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Fittingly, the musical changes the setting from the world of soap operas to that of Broadway musicals. 72 Plays and Musicals to See This Fall and Beyond 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z John Aniston, a veteran television actor who was born in Greece and played the same Greek villain for more than three decades on the soap opera “Days of Our Lives,” has died. John Aniston, Veteran Television Actor, Dies at 89 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Not that we are ever allowed to forget that there is something bigger going on than the usual dramatic soap operas of fractured families and love affairs. | 'The Normal Heart': Raw Anguish of the Plague Years 2011-04-28T02:30:28Z It is much closer in spirit to the political soap opera “Scandal.” Movie Review: ‘Knife Fight,’ With Rob Lowe and Carrie-Anne Moss 2013-01-25T02:18:00Z An aspiring actor, he relies on best friend and roommate Chandler financially until he gets his big break on a soap opera. A Viewing Guide for the 'Friends' Newbie 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z When the clashes grow heated, the acting acquires a soap opera ring. SCR's 'Mr. Wolf' sharply provokes, then turns blunt 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Dallas, the remake of the classic 1980s US TV soap opera, has been cancelled after three seasons by cable and satellite network TNT. Dallas remake axed by US TV network 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Like most network dramas, it's got a faintly ridiculous soap opera element, and over the years there's been a measurable escalation in weekly mayhem. "Southland": TV's best cop show survives -- and thrives 2011-03-01T15:02:00Z In the subsequent media frenzy, Kerrigan was cast as America’s sweetheart, with Harding as a soap opera villain. Why I, Tonya is a game changer in the world of female sports movies 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z “Empire,” Fox’s hit soap opera, is the year’s biggest new TV show. Cookie Is an ‘Empire’ Builder for Fox 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z More recently he has been hooked on the British soap opera “Downton Abbey,” which he enjoys partly because it’s about class. The Inside Story on Outsiderness 2011-02-25T21:36:23Z In his announcement, Graham made it clear that it was not his decision to leave the soap opera. Archers actor 'deposed' from role 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z In this sense, the country house functions in much the same way as a pub in a soap opera. The deep foundations of the country-house novel 2011-02-01T10:31:28Z Mancini grew up with his parents and four sisters in Richmond, Va., and he caught the horror bug watching the proto-queer Gothic soap opera “Dark Shadows.” Chucky Returns to Terrorize TV. His Creator Couldn’t Be Happier. 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Rajput started his acting career with television soap operas and made his Bollywood debut in 2013. Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput found dead in his Mumbai home 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z As an actor, he ranged from Shakespeare to Beckett, from Broadway to soap operas, most notably as Father Matt on “Days of Our Lives.” Ralph Waite, Patriarch in TV Series ‘The Waltons,’ Dies at 85 2014-02-14T06:00:50Z Bryan Cranston appeared on Monday night’s episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, where the two men waxed nostalgic about a soap opera in which they supposedly co-starred in the early 1990s. Watch Bryan Cranston and Jimmy Fallon Perform a Soap Opera—in Midair 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Despite the soap opera aspects of the Blair-Brown family feud, American readers are unlikely to be terribly interested in this book’s many detailed discussions of Labour Party politics. Books of The Times: At the Center of the Storm, but Still a Mystery 2010-09-01T20:10:00Z On the surface “Nashville,” which begins Wednesday, could easily be mistaken for just another prime-time soap opera, a “Dallas” with a different skyline and more guitars, country music moguls instead of oil tycoons. Television: ‘Nashville,’ the TV Series Starring the City 2012-10-07T05:09:02Z This show has devolved into a turgid, implausible, humorless soap opera. ‘The Affair,’ Season 3, Episode 5: Back to Block Island 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z For weeks, this soap opera dominated the political conversation in Denver. The Colorado soap opera that could be a major 2016 headache for the GOP 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Brad, who has a child, and Des have an awkward dinner date, and not just because it looks like was shot on the set of a 1980s soap opera. The Bachelorette Watch: Mr. Jersey Shore 2013-06-18T03:06:04Z Whether it's advertising or celebrity culture or some twisted mix of radio jingles, cartoons, soap operas, political speeches and suspense thrillers, our cultural marinade makes us fixate on easy answers, shortcuts, and magical thinking. "Mad Men" finale: Hello darkness, my old friend 2010-10-18T12:38:00Z Certain shows such as "X-Factor," "Skins," "Glee," as well as soap operas "Coronation Street" and "Eastenders" are particularly popular in Britain generating very high Twitter traffic and Facebook messages as they are broadcast. New TV and social media trend among the youth: study 2011-03-08T20:35:59Z So I did, which was to be on the daytime soap opera "General Hospital." "Don't hang out with mean people": One comic's mission to fight sexist, racist, and ableist trolls 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Ostensibly, the sketch is a clip from an obscure Canadian soap opera called "Jacob's Patience." Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels do the fake arm thing with Jimmy Fallon 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z The men of “Nashville,” the prime-time, country-music soap opera on ABC, are going on a short tour this spring, the first such outing connected to the show. ArtsBeat: ‘Nashville’ Cast Sets Out on a Short Tour 2014-03-31T15:55:32Z Part “King Lear,” part prime-time soap opera, “Monarch” plays like Fox’s hip-hop hit “Empire” in a Stetson. ‘Monarch’ Heralds a New Family Empire, This One With a Texas Twang 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Mexican soap operas and French talk shows send a more defeatist message: Get out of Haiti. The TV Watch: In Haiti TV Tries to Educate, With Mixed Results 2012-07-11T21:54:55Z That separate recording of Trump was made in 2005 by a different show, "Access Hollywood," as Trump prepared to appear on a soap opera. Any footage of Trump's off-air 'Apprentice' talk under wraps 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z If our rendezvous were a soap opera plotline, the coincidences would have put us right at the requisite threshold of incredulity. “Don’t go in the bedroom!”: Working in Spanish soaps turned my love life upside down– it took years for me to learn love without drama 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z One reviewer called it "unbelievably misogynistic" while Newsnight Review condemned it as little more than soap opera. Booker prize sees Peter Carey and Emma Donoghue head shortlist 2010-09-07T19:22:00Z Her English is exceptional so reporters have asked her how she learned, she said she spent two years watching the soap opera Days of Our Lives. John Oliver destroys Fox News over staggeringly offensive refugee coverage 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z He laughs again: "It tells historical, political, personal stories in what is essentially a very, very posh soap opera." Our mutual friends 2010-09-17T23:05:00Z To discourage her from writing, he arranged for his daughter to meet Irna Phillips, who created “The Guiding Light” and is considered the creator of the soap opera. Agnes Nixon, writer who created ‘One Life to Live’ and ‘All My Children,’ dies at 93 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Donald Jr. was 12 at a time when gossip columnists, some encouraged by his father, chronicled the family soap opera. Donald Trump Jr. Is His Own Kind of Trump 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Research has also found that Glaswegians who are fans of the soap opera "EastEnders" are more likely to speak with elements of a cockney accent. Posh Spice sounds posher, but changing a working-class accent isn’t a ticket out of discrimination 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z The regulatory agency accused the soap opera of promoting "political intolerance" and notified Televen on Thursday that it should pull it off the air. Soap opera off air in Venezuela after gov't demand 2011-01-16T00:46:04Z And yes, when I say “drama,” I mean “soap opera,” more or less. When a kidnapped child comes home: The surprising emotional intelligence of “Finding Carter” 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z But the seemingly ubiquitous nature of physical activity there and the city’s status as capital of the country’s “novela” soap opera culture contribute to the perception that Rio is the country’s most beauty-obsessed city. IHT Luxury Conference: Brazil's Body Beautiful 2011-11-10T09:18:22Z Her image appears on Syrian bank notes, and she was the subject of a recent soap opera. Heard of ‘Aureliano in Palmira’? You Probably Know the Overture 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z An obituary on Thursday about the soap opera creator and writer Agnes Nixon misidentified which of her shows broadcast its last episode in January 2012. Agnes Nixon, Who Infused Her Soap Operas With Social Relevance, Dies at 93 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z ABC said Wednesday that Franco will appear on the soap opera Feb. 25 and Feb. 28. Actor James Franco guesting on 'General Hospital' 2010-12-08T23:39:00Z We set up in the garden of the great man's home and waited for him and his wife to emerge after watching their favourite soap opera. Robert Robinson obituary letters 2011-08-17T11:30:32Z David Canary, who played the Chandler twins — evil Adam and guileless Stuart — on the soap opera “All My Children” for nearly 30 years, died on Nov. 16 in Wilton, Conn. He was 77. David Canary, Star of ‘All My Children,’ Dies at 77 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z As a theater graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, Ms. Light announced to her parents that she would not consider working in soap operas. Between ‘Transparent’ Seasons, Judith Light Isn’t Playing Nice 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Geez, that man can write dialogue, which sets it apart from any other series and certainly from soap operas. ‘Downton Abbey,’ the Good, the Bad and the Forgotten 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z And then it happened, as suddenly as one of those ominous illnesses that signal a character is about to be written out of a soap opera. I was the one on your plane with the flu 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Filming of the soap opera began in 2009, when relations between Colombia and Venezuela were at a particularly tense moment. Venezuela demands soap opera be taken off the air 2011-01-15T03:14:08Z I had an audition for a soap opera. The Carpetbagger: Brad Pitt, Denbygate and Other Scenes From the Critics Circle 2012-01-10T17:10:51Z Mostly, “Revenge” is a corrective to past nighttime soap operas about the filthy rich that didn’t punish them enough, from “Dallas” and “Dynasty” to more recent iterations, like “The OC” and “Gossip Girl.” | 'Revenge': ?Revenge? on ABC Places Emily VanCamp in the Hamptons 2011-09-20T12:00:00Z Now, in a sense, he is a secondary or tertiary figure in a running soap opera lately dominated by other characters, including his disgraced brother and his estranged son and daughter-in-law. Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star? 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Not as a catalyst for soap opera conflict, or an element of a character portrait. When Yasir Met Nuri: "Love Is ___" a sweetness, not often seen 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Haitian TV is clamorous and dissonant: instructional announcements about cholera prevention butt up against hedonistic music videos, foreign soap operas and glossy commercials aimed at people who can’t afford to buy much. The TV Watch: In Haiti TV Tries to Educate, With Mixed Results 2012-07-11T21:54:55Z “It’s not like a soap opera that can go on for 27 years,” he added. Another Helping of ‘Downton,’ M’Lord? 2014-02-24T03:30:00Z Speaking by phone from Brazil, Mr. Bennett said of their World Cup reports: “They are ways of capturing the experience of watching this drama, this elite athletic event fused with soap opera.” ‘Men in Blazers,’ a Whimsical Soccer Show on ESPN 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z The machinations fester and ravel in a plot-driven film that, for all its references to detergents, never lapses into soap opera. The Past: After the Oscar-Winning A Separation Comes the Divorce 2013-05-17T19:50:10Z The candidacy of Mr. Trump, on the other hand, was an agitated 24/7 multiplatform soap opera, full of intrigue, racy dialogue and shocking twists. Mr. Reality TV Goes to Washington 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z In truth, the backstage soap opera of "I Love You Phillip Morris" and its long and winding road to theatrical release is complicated and not all that interesting. "I Love You Phillip Morris": Too gay for 2010? 2010-12-02T01:30:00Z After quitting school to act, she landed her first big role on the soap opera “General Hospital,” and her film career was sparked by what could be described as Brat Pack serendipity. Sabattical Done, Demi Moore Returns 2010-04-16T23:12:00Z One of the more volcanic meltdowns in soap opera history was Olivia’s “Earn me” rant on “Scandal.” Viola Davis Plays Shonda Rhimes’s Latest Tough Heroine 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z True crime has been stigmatized as a Thing Women Like, the way bodice-ripping novels and soap operas used to be. ‘My Favorite Murder’ and the growing acceptance of true-crime entertainment 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z Some drama series might flee from being labeled as a soap opera. TCA 2015: 'Empire' is an unapologetic soap opera, spiced with life 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z “In the hands of a younger, brasher novelist, we might expect high drama, but here, instead, is a nuanced, quietly devastating family soap opera,” our reviewer, Melanie Finn, writes. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z His appearance Thursday will be the former "Price is Right" host's third on the soap opera and his second this year. Bob Barker to re-create 'Happy Gilmore' fight on 'Bold and Beautiful' 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z The actor says he didn’t expect any fuss over his 30th year playing Jack Abbott, but producers devised a plot twist worthy of a soap opera. ‘Young and the Restless’ marks Peter Bergman’s milestone 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z Her later TV credits include the soap operas “The Young and the Restless” and “As the World Turns” and the short-lived drama “Lucas Tanner,” on which she was a regular. Rosemary Murphy, 89, Emmy Winner, Dies 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z But is it possible to ignore the backstage soap opera and actually look at what’s onstage? 'Finding Neverland' and 'The Visit': Two Musicals to Savor 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Mrs. Jones, who suffered from recurrent episodes of amnesia, used personal experiences to inspire her work as a soap opera scriptwriter. Style Invitational: Strip search — play off a line of text in a comic strip 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z To quote from the opening of another TV show—another soap opera, in fact—"Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives." The Existential Nature of 'Lost' 2010-05-24T19:32:00Z There is the long, curlicued line of the soap opera, which has in the past few decades migrated from network daytime into prime time and then into the exalted realm of premium and basic cable. Film: An Old Pairing: Summer and Movie Sequels 2010-06-11T04:28:00Z After a thudding two-year dry spell, there was a call to audition for the soap opera “All My Children” and his subsequent 32-year run as the bad guy and fan favorite Palmer Cortlandt. Albert Wolsky’s Return to Broadway 2012-12-26T23:37:31Z After starting out in plays with his parents and TV soap operas, Garcia Bernal has gone on to become a star of world cinema and maintains close ties with the Latin American film industry. Garcia Bernal honoured at Locarno 2012-08-09T11:50:23Z Its tone—camp and dread; part crime drama, part soap opera, part horror movie—has never been recreated. Some Thoughts on the Planned Return of “Twin Peaks” 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z He appeared on TV on soap operas including “The Guiding Light” and “Search for Tomorrow” and sitcoms including “The Jeffersons” and “Sanford & Son.” Adam Wade, Network Game Show Pioneer, Is Dead at 87 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z And also like soap operas, the characters have to be politically and socially relevant to make sense to the crowd. A wrestler called “The Progressive Liberal” is infuriating Appalachian crowds, but the sport is a mirror for politics throughout America 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Fifteen years ago, soap operas routinely drew in more than 5 million viewers an episode. ABC ending soaps 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live' 2011-04-15T15:15:00Z The prime-time soap operas, stuffed with melodrama and romance, are generally the programming backbone for Spanish-speaking networks. Ryan Seacrest becoming Telemundo kingmaker 2013-05-12T22:38:07Z Telemundo produces three or four soap operas, known as telenovelas, in the United States each year, employing about 500 people primarily in the Miami area, according to the network. Telemundo actors form first Spanish-language television union 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Nancy was morally upright, too: The soap opera website soaps.com put a one-word entry under her ''flings and relationships'': None. 'As the World Turns' Matriarch Wagner Dies at 91 2010-05-03T02:56:00Z The regulator accused the soap opera of promoting "political intolerance" and notified private Venezuelan TV state Televen on Thursday that it should pull it off the air. Venezuela demands soap opera be taken off the air 2011-01-15T03:14:08Z And the “special relationship” of Britain and the United States was translated into a two-character soap opera of sexual codependency in “Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?” Theater Review: ‘Love and Information,’ by Caryl Churchill, at Minetta Lane 2014-02-20T03:00:14Z He says it shouldn't trouble audiences inured to time-shifting plots by constant exposure to them in soap operas and films. A Minute With: Composer Julian Anderson about his opera "Thebans" 2014-04-30T17:51:16Z But the opening scene, which culminates in a violent eruption, is totally unconvincing in both its abstract theatricality and florid turn into soap opera. After another brave attempt, Sondheim-Furth musical 'Merrily We Roll Along' remains a rutted road 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z “I’m still mad that they’re taking away ‘All My Children,’ ” she said, referring to the soap opera that ABC recently said it was canceling. Readying (or Not) for the End of ?Intent? 2011-04-29T23:37:24Z She also starred in summer stock and appeared on television soap operas and game shows and as the hostess of “Playhouse 90.” Julia Meade, TV Pitchwoman on ‘Ed Sullivan,’ Dies at 90 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z After decades of keeping viewers on the edge of their seats with its high-octane soap operas, Mexico’s largest broadcaster is facing a cliffhanger of its own. Mexican broadcaster Televisa grapples with steamy soaps in social-distancing era 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z In an era when real-life politics has unfolded like the juiciest soap opera, some shows have turned away from the topic rather than try to compete. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Berlin Station’ and ‘Good Behavior’ 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z The soap opera "General Hospital" leads the way with 18 Daytime Emmy nominations. `General Hospital' has 18 Daytime Emmy nominations 2010-05-12T14:30:00Z These are edited excerpts from a conversation about her childhood in Canada, Indian soap operas and art as therapy. Maria Qamar’s Bold Art Is Both Therapy and Weapon 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Created by Dan Curtis, “Dark Shadows” was a macabre and bonkers upside-down of “Peyton Place,” a more conventional soap opera popular of its time. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Dark Shadows’ 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z “It is hard for me to divorce reality from the glossy, heavily lacquered soap opera that I witnessed on-screen,” Ford wrote. Gucci heirs says ‘House of Gucci’ narrative is inaccurate 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Another trap operates through the narrative arcs constructed essentially around the infamous cliffhanger – the "to be continued" of yesteryear's soap operas. Netflix: Is mainstream content squeezing out the daring plots viewers originally fell for? 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z The play is rife with Williams’ flamboyant aphorisms, but the other characters all sound as if they were jobbed in from a daytime soap opera. 'God Looked Away,' and so should you: Why Al Pacino's play falls so short of expectations 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z On television she was seen on the soap opera “Ryan’s Hope” as well as on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “The Love Boat” and other prime-time series. Joan Lorring, Oscar-Nominated Actress, Is Dead at 88 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Phil Redmond is a complete maverick, but what he knows about how to storyline and run a soap opera is immense and I learned a lot. Fans of The Archers should prepare for a shock, says Vanessa Whitburn 2010-12-13T07:03:00Z It’s a treatment now common in discourse about the royals: to talk of them like beloved characters in a soap opera and judge them simply as husbands, wives, newlyweds, brothers, lovers and parents. Royal spawn is horrifyingly important 2012-12-03T21:15:00Z The original "Dallas" was a soap opera juggernaut, lasting 14 seasons on CBS and creating the "Who Shot J.R.?" pop culture sensation in its third season. 'Dallas' canceled on TNT 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z The African-American actor was asked, “What’s it like to be a black man on a soap opera these days?” and called “a beautiful chocolate man.” Daytime Emmys red-carpet banter turns dark 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z After seven seasons, the Washington soap opera will arrive at its last twist, as the Gladiators make a sacrifice to take down Cyrus and Jake. What’s on TV Thursday: The ‘Scandal’ Finale and ‘Nailed It!’ 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z This elegant soap opera about masters and their servants in the twilight of the British Empire was a shameless throwback to “Upstairs Downstairs” and “The Forsyte Saga.” Critic?s Notebook: ?Downton Abbey? Stokes Flames for Season 2 - Review 2012-01-06T17:33:23Z “The British royal family is the best soap opera in town,” he said. American fans eagerly expect Meghan and Harry's baby 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Ingle retired from teaching at 57 to become a full-time actor and quickly found work on television series like “Dallas” and “Silver Spoons,” as well as on soap operas. John Ingle, Long on ‘General Hospital,’ Dies at 84 2012-09-22T03:07:21Z He toured the country in a children's theater troupe with his first wife, actress Parker McCormick, and began appearing in radio soap operas and Broadway plays. John Forsythe of film and TV fame dies at 92 2010-04-02T19:02:00Z She struggled as a single mum, working in soap operas and on and off Broadway. Michael Douglas: ‘Kirk was film star first, father second’ 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Blood & Beauty is a high-class, colourful Renaissance soap opera, and one that will leave readers itching for the next instalment. Blood & Beauty by Sarah Dunant – review 2013-05-25T14:00:01Z “And sometimes, swear to God, this cheap Mexican soap opera.” Pedro Almodóvar: ‘I can no longer hide’ 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z Some people say it's a soap opera - I don't consider it an insult. "Mad Men" grapples with identity crisis in penultimate TV season 2013-04-03T11:39:59Z Nail bars are universal in their aesthetic; I sipped tea and started flicking through the polish-flecked magazines, when I recognised a familiar laugh among the chatter of Vietnamese soap operas. The Sunday Jeff Goldblum entertained me in a nail salon | Bre Graham 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z A hoity-toity soap opera about hoity-toity people, it was hugely popular; English churches were said to have rescheduled Sunday evening services so that congregants would not have to choose between worshiping and watching. Margaret Tyzack, Award-Winning Actress, Dies at 79 2011-06-28T02:45:50Z But it became a full-blown soap opera when Curry was pulled from the program in June 2012 and replaced with Savannah Guthrie, who had been a co-anchor in the 9 a.m. hour. Ann Curry leaves NBC News to form her own production company 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z I even made up imaginary siblings to keep me company, creating my own little fantasy world using these characters - a sort of sibling-based internal soap opera if you like. Gwyneth Rees's top 10 books about siblings 2013-05-16T14:50:00Z It was also, much to my mother’s alarm, the day her beloved soap opera — the supernatural drama “Dark Shadows” — aired its final episode on ABC. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Dark Shadows’ 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z In the manner of soap operas, but with an absurdly fast twitch rate, personalities and plots get rewritten without notice. Review: ‘White Girl in Danger’ Flips the Script on Soap Operas 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Changes in viewing habits have thinned the ranks of daytime soap operas, with ABC’s “General Hospital” and CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold and the Beautiful” among the few survivors. ‘Days of our Lives’ sands to flow for 56th season on NBC 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z US actor Larry Hagman is to appear in the TV return of classic 1980s soap opera Dallas, it has been announced. Hagman to return for new Dallas 2011-02-02T08:55:03Z I learned about death and disappearing from the soap operas my grandmother watched as she browned onions in the kitchen. All the ways I killed off my dad 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z There are also vacuous soap operas, professional poker tournaments, Ultimate Fighting brawls, weight-loss infomercials. Review: ‘Donald Blumberg Photographs,’ Observing America on the Streets and From the Sofa 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z It’s the kind of thing that would happen in a soap opera. 'Masters of Sex' Recap: Do You Believe in the Romance That Is Bill and Virginia? 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Wiley’s work has slipped smoothly into soap operas and advertisements for luxury goods—proof, perhaps, of the fecklessness of its pluralistic gestures. How Radical Can a Portrait Be? 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Her mentally ill mother, who was obsessed with soap operas and now lives in a Villages-like retirement community in Florida, had considered christening her after Nicole Brown Simpson, the murder victim. Lecher Actress Victim Spy 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z In the 1970s Mr. Freeman began appearing on the ABC soap opera “One Life to Live” in the recurring role of a police captain. Al Freeman Jr., Actor Prominent in Civil Rights Era, Dies at 78 2012-08-15T04:14:02Z The menu is a lot of fried snacks followed by mainstream American comfort food, while the blue-tinged interior is of the generic variety you see on soap operas. After 70 years, Annie’s Paramount Steakhouse remains a haven 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z It was the latest attempt to represent the national debate about Brexit in soap opera. From EastEnders to Outnumbered: how TV found drama in Brexit 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z ABC television said in April it was canceling its long-running daytime soap operas "All My Children" and "One Life to Live," which received 12 nominations. "General Hospital" leads daytime Emmy nominations 2011-05-11T19:13:48Z On Saturday, Feb. 14, Cinerama shows “Gone With the Wind,” the 1939 Civil War soap opera starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, at 11 a.m.; A time for romance, Oscar nominees, Varsity reopening 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z There’s hybrids like “Dark Shadows,” a horror/soap opera from the '60s. At New York Comic Con, horror TV shows strength and stamina 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z More unexpected, perhaps, is a monumental woven work that touches on gay politics, sexual encounters and a supernatural soap opera. Tapestry in Seattle cathedral weaves history and mission 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z Years before he landed the lead in “Breaking Bad,” Bryan Cranston played a professor on a soap opera and appeared in commercials for hemorrhoid medication. ‘Breaking Bad’ star Bryan Cranston was ‘always hustling’ as a young actor 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Though the script includes an epigraph from that literary master of poisonous passion, Jean Racine, “All the Ways” feels less like classical tragedy than vintage soap opera. Review: ‘All the Ways to Say I Love You,’ a Lesson in Guilt 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z She uses the melodramatic tropes of soap opera to tell a cracking good story, all the while smuggling in piercing observations, like a file baked in a cake. Ties that bind 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Among his other acting credits, Mr. Noble played Dr. Winters in the soap opera “The Doctors” and had roles in “One Life to Live” and “Another World.” James Noble, actor best known for role on TV’s ‘Benson,’ dies at 94 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z Unlike their American peers, British soap operas are not designed to be fantastical. Coronavirus Finally Comes to ‘Coronation Street’ 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z My husband, who only watched it because he didn't want to miss any narrative threads that carry over into future movies, wrote it off as a soap opera. "WandaVision" concludes by giving Martin Scorsese the MCU film he always wanted 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Holmes, who became a star in the teen soap opera "Dawson's Creek," made her Broadway debut in the 2008 production of "All My Sons." Katie Holmes' Broadway play 'Dead Accounts' closes 2012-12-28T11:18:09Z Mrs. Nixon began writing scripts for radio serials in the 1940s and created her first TV soap opera, “Search for Tomorrow,” in 1951. Agnes Nixon, writer who created ‘One Life to Live’ and ‘All My Children,’ dies at 93 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Actress Helen Wagner, who played mild-mannered Nancy Hughes on the CBS soap opera "As the World Turns" for more than a half-century and spoke its first words, has died at age 91. 'As the World Turns' matriarch Wagner dies at 91 2010-05-03T01:59:00Z Ms. Peña is quite aware that the title of her dance is also the title of a soap opera. Dance Review: Jillian Peña’s ‘Guiding Light’ at Chocolate Factory 2012-12-09T22:58:27Z Firooz is also an actress, appearing in secondary roles in a number of local TV soap operas. First female rapper debuts in Afghanistan 2012-10-09T12:17:09Z Something about it feels very much like a soap opera. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8, Episode 3: Cut to Black 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z But its screenplay is mostly second-rate soap opera and its direction plodding, with many scenes held, awkwardly, longer than they need to be. 'The Grace Card': a hard-to-swallow tale of redemption 2011-02-24T20:38:06Z Watching the pilot again, though, it became harder to ignore the soap opera underpinnings and the twee sentimentality. Television Review: ?Grimm? on NBC and ?Once Upon a Time? on ABC - Review 2011-10-22T00:00:17Z “It was sexist titillation and pandering, and it was turning everything into a cheap soap opera of the worst kind.” 2010-02-16T23:30:00Z Throw in a seedy soap opera and – bingo! – a sporadically decent but unremarkable guitar band, who were essentially a slightly grimier Vines or Hives, became saddled with expectations they were ill-equipped to fulfil. The Libertines: by no stretch of the imagination a great band 2010-08-18T11:54:00Z For black viewers, “Empire” is the soap opera of a caliber we’ve never had. Lonnae O’Neal: Want to hear what blacks say when whites aren’t around? 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z It has all the twists and ludicrous turns of any self respecting soap opera, and all we'd need is our fifteen minute fix to catch up on the characters. ‘The Affair’ Season 3, Episode 8: People See What They Want to See 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z Fox's dark new television series "Empire" has what's expected of a soap opera set in the world of hip-hop. 'Empire' sends a powerful LGBT message 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Longoria, who plays the star of a hit Spanish language soap opera on the series, demonstrated her best gasp and glare before noting that stars on telenovelas “get to slap each other a lot.” Watch Eva Longoria Demonstrate the Perfect Telenovela Moment on the Tonight Show 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z While reading Kimmery Martin’s debut novel, “The Queen of Hearts,” I found myself wondering if her characters lived in a parallel universe where the blockbuster medical soap opera never aired. A Story of Two Doctors, and a Secret Between Them 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z AM radio, the scratchy medium that long ago aired Franklin Delano Roosevelt's fireside chats, soap operas and the day's most popular music, is trying to avoid becoming static. KFWB switching to all-sports format as AM radio fights for survival 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z But because the cast never plays it that way, you sink contentedly into the central soap opera the way you might watching Joan Crawford suffering nobly in a penthouse on the late show. London Theater Journal: Bright Young Things in a Dimming Light 2010-07-23T14:30:00Z The weekly program will feature drama-laden segments about the struggles of Mexico's poor, something rarely seen on Mexican television, where programming focuses mostly on soccer games and soap operas with Cinderella-like story lines. Mexico reality TV show seeks to spur social action 2011-09-03T19:46:03Z The responsibility must fall on the biggest hitters – soap operas. Gay roles on television need to be real 2010-10-05T19:00:00Z But the deformed-guy-might-take-over plot also marks the point at which Downton turned from a soap opera that held a small allegiance to reality into something approaching high farce. Downton Abbey Watch: The Ballad of Sad Lady Edith 2012-02-06T14:25:18Z Professional loudmouths like Howard Stern may write off their account as whiny; Harry describes his last few years "like living through a soap opera where everyone else views you as entertainment." Even if Harry and Meghan "win" for Netflix, they lose 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z He and the coach-guru who adopted him, Biranchi Das, became the stars of a years-long national soap opera involving accusations of child abuse and fraud, standoffs with police and government officials, imprisonment and forced separation. Television Review: ?Marathon Boy,? Story of Indian Prodigy, on HBO - Review 2011-11-03T00:48:42Z The cases proceed along melodramatic rather than logical lines, and soap opera elements like an unexpected pregnancy are thrown into the mix for future use. Television Review: ‘Silk’ Has American Debut on ‘Masterpiece Mystery!’ 2013-08-23T20:42:10Z I was off-Broadway within five months, on the soap opera after nine months, and was on Broadway by eleven months. Kathleen Turner on her soap opera days: “My character was so incredibly dumb” 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z |
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