The history of soap operas on American television remains strong, combining classic drama with new stories ... Notably, the soap aired on NBC for 57 years before transitioning to Peacock in ...

In fact, “Beyond the Gates” is the first new soap opera since NBC replaced “Another World” with “Passions” in 1999. While the serial has all the classic soap tropes — melodrama ...

Sometimes something old can feel refreshingly new. The soap opera is a genre older than the invention of the television, dating all the way back to radio serials of the early 20th century.

Days of Our Lives actor Drake Hogestyn died “peacefully” Sept. 28 after nearly four decades on the NBC soap opera. Now his cause of death has been shared. Esta TerBlanche, who played Princess ...

“Passions,” which debuted in 1999 and ended in 2008, was the last new soap opera. But it was nothing ... and there was a time for it,” Ducksworth told NBC News during her appearance at ...

Amnesia is a classic trope in soap operas, with prime drama coming from when it wears off over time. When romance is involved, the trope can get all the more ridiculous. The source of the memory ...

New York — It has been more than 25 years since “Passions,” the last new daytime soap opera to air on American network TV, debuted on NBC. And for nearly as long, Michele Val Jean and Sheila ...

Days of Our Lives actor Drake Hogestyn died “peacefully” Sept. 28 after nearly four decades on the NBC soap opera. Now his cause of death has been shared. Esta TerBlanche, who played Princess ...