TV: Soap Operas
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- CreatorIrna PhillipsWilliam J. BellStarsVictoria WyndhamConstance FordHugh MarloweThe life in the Midwestern town of Bay City, and the love, loss, trials, and triumph of its residents, who come from different backgrounds and social circles.
- CreatorDan CurtisStarsJonathan FridGrayson HallAlexandra IslesThe rich Collins family of Collinsport, Maine is tormented by strange occurrences.
- CreatorJerry AdelmanDaniel Gregory BrowneNorman LearStarsLouise LasserGreg MullaveyMary Kay PlaceA small-town housewife struggles to cope with the increasingly bizarre and violent events unfolding around her.
- CreatorPaul MonashIrna PhillipsStarsEd NelsonBarbara ParkinsWarner AndersonPeople married and divorced, loved and lost. Murder, illicit passion, insanity, and secrets were the staples of Peyton Place.
- CreatorSusan HarrisStarsKatherine HelmondRod RoddyRichard MulliganThe soap-operish antics of two families: the Campbells and the Tates.
- CreatorDan CurtisStarsBen CrossBarbara BlackburnJim FyfeVictoria Winters comes to Collinwood, an isolated mansion in Maine, to work as a governess, but soon finds herself drawn into a strange world of vampires, ghosts and curses.
- CreatorEarl Hamner Jr.StarsJane WymanLorenzo LamasChao Li ChiSet in the vineyards of California, this prime-time soap opera presented the conflict in the powerful Gioberti family, owners of the vast Falcon Crest Winery.
- CreatorRita LakinStarsJohn BeckWoody BrownHoward DuffThe lives and trials of the residents of Truro, Florida.
- CreatorWilliam BastPaul HusonEileen PollockStarsCharlton HestonJohn JamesKatharine RossThis spin-off of Dynasty (1981) featured the adventures of Jeff and Fallon Colby and Jeff's other wealthy relatives in California.
- CreatorPaul RauchStarsCarla BorelliBeverlee McKinseyJerry LanningDaytime Drama, spun off from "Another World," which followed Iris Carrington from Bay City as she rediscovered Alex Wheeler, a former love, and moved to the Houston area. The stories centered around the daily lives of the wealthy Wheelers and Bellmans and the middle-class Marshalls and their ranching and oil interests. Beverlee McKinsey, as Iris, was the first daytime performer to be given starring credit.
- CreatorJerry AdelmanDaniel Gregory BrowneAnn MarcusStarsGreg MullaveyMary Kay PlaceGraham JarvisAfter Mary Hartman left town with her policeman boyfriend, the focus shifted to her heartbroken ex-husband Tom and the rest of the oddball residents of Fernwood, Ohio.
- CreatorNorman LearAnn MarcusStarsLois NettletonBarbara BaxleyAnita GilletteSatirical look at a world where women rule and men are objectified.
- StarsJulie ParrishWarren StevensLawrence P. CaseyThis daytime soap was a sequel of sorts to the primetime series Peyton Place, revolving around the lives of the citizens of that community. It did not carry over the stories, however, and only some of the original cast recreated their roles.
- CreatorRobert CenadellaStarsGeorgann JohnsonPaul SparerSusan MacDonaldSomerset debuted as a daytime drama, revolving around the powerful conglomerate Delaney Brands and its effect on the fictional community of Somerset, Illinois. Two years into its run, the serial was transformed into a crime-laden melodrama similar to CBS's "The Edge of Night". For the next four years, newspaper publisher Julian Cannell took center stage as Somerset was besieged by arson, blackmail, extortion, and murder.
- CreatorIrna PhillipsStarsEileen FultonJulienne MarieRobert DrivasLisa arrives in Chicago without her wedding band, moves in with a family, gets a job at a hospital & begins to associate with the wealthy Eldridge family.
- CreatorAgnes NixonStarsErika SlezakMichael StormMichael EastonOne Life to Live centres takes place in the fictional town of Llanview, PA.around the wealthy Lord family, and the middle-class Woleks and Rileys.
- CreatorIrna PhillipsTed CordayAllan ChaseStarsDeidre HallKristian AlfonsoDrake HogestynA chronicle of the lives, loves, trials and tribulations of the citizens of the fictional city of Salem.
- CreatorDavid JacobsStarsMichele LeeTed ShackelfordJoan Van ArkThe residents of Knots Landing, a coastal suburb of Los Angeles, deal with various issues such as infidelity, health scares, rape, murder, kidnapping, assassinations, drug smuggling, corporate intrigue and criminal investigations.
- CreatorDavid JacobsStarsLarry HagmanKen KerchevalPatrick DuffyJ.R. Ewing, a Texas oil baron, uses manipulation and blackmail to achieve his ambitions, both business and personal. He often comes into conflict with his brother Bobby, his arch-enemy Cliff Barnes and his long-suffering wife Sue Ellen.
- CreatorIrna PhillipsStarsElizabeth HubbardJon HensleyEllen DolanThe focus in on the upper class Hughes and Stewart families plus their tribulations in Midwest Oakdale. The Stewarts fade away eventually to be replaced by the rural Snyders and wealthy Lucinda Walsh with her many intrigues.
- CreatorIrna PhillipsStarsLeslie CharlesonDonna MillsRobert BurrMia Elliot, a Korean immigrant who fell in love with Paul Bradley and Dr. Jim Abbott. These interracial relationships stirred trouble for those involved.
- CreatorOrvin TovrovStarsJames PritchettDavid O'BrienLydia BruceDr. Matt Powers is chief of Hope Memorial Hospital in the city of Madison, and he cares about the lives of staff and patients.
- CreatorIrving VendigStarsAnn FloodForrest ComptonDonald MayAttorney Mike Karr and his colleagues are involved in solving crimes and intrigue which touch the lives of many citizens.
- CreatorRoy WinsorStarsJada RowlandPeter HobbsLori MarchTells the story of the long-suffering Ames family and their seemingly endless domestic tragedies.
- CreatorRoy WinsorStarsAudrey PetersRon TommePeggy McCayInitially set in fictional Barrowsville, New York, this serial tells the story of extremely disparate siblings: long-suffering Vanessa Dale and her bitchy sister Meg. After Meg was written out of the series in the late 1950s, the serial's setting moved to Rosehill, New York, where Van settled down with college professor Bruce Sterling and endured the usual soap-opera maladies (murder, amnesia, incurable illness). In 1974, writers resurrected the character of Meg as the serial once again focused on the internecine struggles between two sisters.
- StarsRod ArrantsRichard BackusRon RandellA serial focusing on the relationship between the Saxtons, a struggling Chicago family, and the affluent Cushings, who live in the suburbs.
- CreatorJerry LaytonIan MartinIan MartinStarsColin FoxCosette LeeSylvia FeigelA Gothic soap opera that took place on a small Caribbean island, Strange Paradise featured the occult in the story of wealthy but cursed Jean Paul Desmond who resided in his castle Maljardin with his servants Raxl, a voodoo priestess, and Quito, a mute strongman. When the series began, he was mourning the deaths of his wife Erica and their unborn child. His desire to bring his wife back to life resulted in more tragedy. Eventually Maljardin burned down and the action moved to Desmond Hall, the family home somewhere in the United States, and many new characters were introduced.
- CreatorIrna PhillipsAgnes NixonStarsKim ZimmerBeth ChamberlinMaureen GarrettThis show took place in the fictional Midwestern town of Springfield and centered on the middle class Bauer family.
- CreatorElinor KarpfStephen KarpfStarsConstance TowersDebrah FarentinoRory CalhounFollow the political struggles for power and personal machinations between two conflicting families, the wealthy Cleggs and the middle-class McCandlesses.
- CreatorClaire LabinePaul Avila MayerStarsHelen GallagherBernard BarrowNancy AddisonThe trials and tribulations of The Ryans, an Irish-American family in New York City.
- StarsSusan BlanchardDavid DukesMichael NouriSoap opera about rich family and their servants in 1920s Boston.
- CreatorEsther ShapiroRichard Alan ShapiroStarsJohn ForsytheLinda EvansJoan CollinsThe trials and tribulations of two feuding families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, both oil rich families in Denver, Colorado.
- StarsGeraldine FitzgeraldKatherine GlassGale SondergaardBased on the novel and 1959 motion picture of the same name, this daytime soap focused on three career girls, who became friends at powerful Manhattan publishing company Key Publishing. April, Linda, and Kim soon discovered that achieving "the best of everything" was a difficult prospect, as they faced failed romance, life-threatening intrigue, and bitchy publishing magnate Amanda Key in the Big Apple.
- CreatorKatherine PhillipsStarsWilliam PrinceSusan SarandonSusan SullivanThe disparity between generations, races, and genders (people who found themselves psychologically "a world apart" from one another) motivated this short-lived serial. Although generally well-written and possessing one of the most talented casts in daytime television, "A World Apart" perished quickly in its early morning time-slot, but not before exploring such relevant early 70's issues such as: racial prejudice, teenage pregnancy, and cults.
- CreatorDoris HursleyFrank HursleyStarsSusan BrownPaul LukatherDana AndrewsTrials, tribulations, affairs & heartbreaks of students, faculty & administration of fictitious Bancroft College.
- CreatorHarold RobbinsRichard De RoyMichael GleasonStarsLana TurnerGeorge HamiltonKevin McCarthyInternal conflicts of a wealthy family, the Carlyles. A banking czar, his playboy son, his daughter engaged to a philanderer, they became entangled with South American politics.
- StarsKathleen MaguireLesley WoodsRichard ThomasDrama centered in the town of Haviland with the focus on the Farrell, Reynolds, and Skreba/Driscoll families. Fellow citizen Kate Austen has written a book with the flawed characters based on people she knows.
- CreatorBill La MondJo La MondStarsSally KirklandColleen MorrisMelissa De SousaAn updated adaptation of the Jacqueline Susann novel Valley of the Dolls, which follows the trials and tribulations of several women who live in Southern California.
- StarsSusan BrownMichael T. MiklerPeggy McCay"The Young Marrieds" centered around the difficulties in the lives of several newly-married couples. There were Walter and Ann Reynolds (Walter was having an affair with model Carol West); Liz and Matt Stevens (Liz's mother Irene interfered in their lives whenever possible); and Susan and Dan Garrett, who were desperately trying to regain custody of Susan's son, Jerry Karr, away from Lena and Roy Gilroy.
- CreatorManya StarrStarsJan ShepardTed KnightMichael FoxSpace opera would be a more accurate description of this daytime serial, which focused on astronaut Roy Selby, his family, and his co-workers at Cape Canaveral.
- CreatorConstance M. BurgeJames StanleyDiane Messina StanleyStarsRobyn LivelyJamie LunerShannon SturgesFollows the lives of three best friends: Reese, Peyton and Lane. The three women grew up together in Savannah, Georgia.
- CreatorAgnes NixonStarsSusan LucciDavid CanaryMichael E. KnightSet in the fictional East Coast suburb Pine Valley, this show is the decades-old, risk-taking soap that centers around Erica Kane and her long line of husbands.
- CreatorLee Phillip BellWilliam J. BellStarsEric BraedenDoug DavidsonPeter BergmanSet in Genoa City, this is the long-running soap that tells the story of the struggle behind the business, and sex-savvy Abbott and Newman clans.