Soap Opera | Day Time TV Series
by xilex | created - 22 Aug 2022 | updated - 3 months ago | PublicLong-running television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality, dealing typically with daily events in the lives of the same group of characters.
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1. The Bold and the Beautiful (1987– )
TV-PG | 19 min | Drama, Romance
The saga of high fashion glamour, honor, romance, passion, and most importantly, family.
Stars: Katherine Kelly Lang, Ronn Moss, John McCook, Susan Flannery
Votes: 8,276
2. Days of Our Lives (1965– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
A chronicle of the lives, loves, trials and tribulations of the citizens of the fictional city of Salem.
Stars: Deidre Hall, Kristian Alfonso, Drake Hogestyn, Alison Sweeney
Votes: 7,437
3. The Young and the Restless (1973– )
TV-PG | 37 min | Drama, Romance
Set 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.
Stars: Eric Braeden, Doug Davidson, Peter Bergman, Joshua Morrow
Votes: 6,843
4. General Hospital (1963– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Families, friends, enemies, and lovers experience life-changing events in the large upstate city of Port Charles, New York, which has a busy hospital, upscale hotel, cozy diner, and dangerous waterfront frequented by the criminal underworld.
Stars: Maurice Benard, John Beradino, Laura Wright, Rachel Ames
Votes: 5,532
5. The Bay (2010– )
Not Rated | Drama, Romance
In a posh community by the sea, Bay City's rich and famous indulge their lifestyles w/ forbidden love, taboo sex, malicious lies and never-ending scandal. A multiple Emmy® winning drama, produced, directed and created by Gregori J. Martin.
Stars: Kristos Andrews, Mary Beth Evans, Tristan Rogers, Jacklyn Zeman
Votes: 3,335
6. Home and Away (1988– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Drama, Romance
This show chronicles the lives, loves, happiness, and heartbreaks of the residents of Summer Bay, a small coastal town jon the upper Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Stars: Ray Meagher, Lynne McGranger, Emily Symons, Ada Nicodemou
Votes: 6,485
7. Neighbours (1985– )
TV-G | 22 min | Drama, Romance
Australian soap opera exploring the lives and relationships of the residents of Ramsay Street in a suburb of Melbourne called Erinsborough.
Stars: Stefan Dennis, Alan Fletcher, Jackie Woodburne, Ryan Moloney
Votes: 6,362
8. Hollyoaks (1995– )
TV-PG | 30 min | Drama, Romance
Hollyoaks takes a look at the lives, loves, and careers of a group of teenage friends and their families as they graduate through GCSEs, A-Levels, and College into the world of work.
Stars: Nick Pickard, Ashley Taylor Dawson, Kieron Richardson, Jennifer Metcalfe
Votes: 4,501
9. Emmerdale Farm (1972– )
TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A soap opera set in a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales.
Stars: Christopher Chittell, Lucy Pargeter, Mark Charnock, Dominic Brunt
Votes: 3,531
10. Coronation Street (1960– )
TV-PG | 30 min | Drama, Romance
The world's longest-running television soap, Coronation Street focuses on the everyday lives of working-class people in Manchester, England.
Stars: William Roache, Helen Worth, Barbara Knox, Sally Dynevor
Votes: 6,021
11. Verbotene Liebe (1995–2015)
45 min | Drama, Romance
Young friends, families navigate life's ups and downs in Cologne and Düsseldorf. Storylines explore societal classes, from wealthy aristocrats to ordinary folk, and taboo romances like LGBTQ+ and infidelity.
Stars: Gabriele Metzger, Konrad Krauss, Martina Servatius, Wolfram Grandezka
Votes: 700
German
12. Pierwsza milosc (2004– )
33 min | Drama, Romance
Stars: Aneta Zajac, Aleksandra Zienkiewicz, Lukasz Ploszajski, Anna Ilczuk
Votes: 197
Polish
13. Doctors (2000–2024)
30 min | Drama
The daily lives of staff at a Birmingham medical practice, including their often-dramatic involvements with their patients.
Stars: Adrian Lewis Morgan, Jan Pearson, Matthew Chambers, Diane Keen
Votes: 1,701
14. EastEnders (1985– )
TV-PG | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The everyday lives of working-class inhabitants of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough. The square includes the Queen Vic pub and a street market.
Stars: Adam Woodyatt, Steve McFadden, Letitia Dean, June Brown
Votes: 9,232
15. Plus belle la vie (2004–2022)
26 min | Romance, Comedy, Drama
Plus belle la vie narrates the everyday life of the people who are living in a fictitious neighborhood called Le Mistral.
Stars: Laurent Kérusoré, Michel Cordes, Sylvie Flepp, Anne Décis
Votes: 594
French
16. Fashion House (2006– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Set in the world of the cutthroat fashion industry, a ruthless mogul (Derek) defends her company against a hostile takeover.
Stars: Robert Buckley, Joel Berti, Natalie Martinez, Nicole Pulliam
Votes: 650
17. Desire (2006)
TV-14 | 3,900 min | Drama
Two brothers, Alex and Louis Thomas, open a small restaurant in New Jersey with their mother, Rita.
Stars: Zack Silva, Eliana Alexander, Kelly Albanese, Michelle Belegrin
Votes: 331
18. One Life to Live (2013)
Drama
Stars: Melissa Archer, Corbin Bleu, Kassie Wesley DePaiva, Robert Gorrie
Votes: 261
19. One Life to Live (1968–2013)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance
One 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.
Stars: Erika Slezak, Michael Storm, Michael Easton, Kristen Alderson
Votes: 2,635
20. Ocean Ave. (2002–2003)
60 min | Drama, Romance
A cop working on the case of a serial killer targeting prostitutes must deal with his own secrets being exposed.
Stars: Marc Menard, Edward Finlay, Jessica Sutta, Natalie Khoury
Votes: 169
21. Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem (2021– )
Adventure, Drama, Mystery
A case involving stolen jewels could bring dire consequences to Salem.
Stars: Robert Scott Wilson, Victoria Konefal, Eileen Davidson, Deidre Hall
Votes: 291
22. Days of Our Lives: A Very Salem Christmas (2021)
78 min | Drama
Follows Will Horton, as he writes a screenplay before his Christmas Eve deadline. He creates a festive story based on his family and friends in Salem but with lots of twists and turns you'll never see coming.
Director: Noel Maxam | Stars: Lucas Adams, Lindsay Arnold, Camila Banus, Blake Berris
Votes: 158
23. Chad & Abby in Paris (2019)
10 min | Drama
Stars: Kate Mansi, Thaao Penghlis, Shawna Della-Ricca, Austin Peck
24. Santa Barbara (1984–1993)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Romance
In Santa Barbara, California, the fascinating lives of the wealthy Capwells revolve around the Lockridge, the rival family, and other more modest families such as the Andrades and the Perkins, whose fates know the same torments.
Stars: A Martinez, Marcy Walker, Nancy Lee Grahn, Jed Allan
Votes: 2,841
25. All My Children (1970–2011)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance, Mystery
Set 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.
Stars: Susan Lucci, David Canary, Michael E. Knight, Cameron Mathison
Votes: 3,263
26. Another World (1964–1999)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, Romance
The 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.
Stars: Victoria Wyndham, Constance Ford, Hugh Marlowe, Linda Dano
Votes: 1,147
27. Passions (1999–2008)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
In the world of power and money, the wealthy and powerful Crane family rule the town of Harmony from their mansion on Raven Hill.
Stars: Lindsay Hartley, McKenzie Westmore, Galen Gering, Juliet Mills
Votes: 5,154
28. Port Charles (1997–2003)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Residents at the hospital, doctors,friends and their families are constantly threatened by Dr. Greg Cooper who may be the Homicide killer, avenging on all of them because he was dropped from the hospital's intern program.
Stars: Julie Pinson, Jon Lindstrom, Lynn Herring, Jay Pickett
Votes: 542
29. Guiding Light (1952–2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
This show took place in the fictional Midwestern town of Springfield and centered on the middle class Bauer family.
Stars: Kim Zimmer, Beth Chamberlin, Maureen Garrett, Robert Newman
Votes: 1,861
30. Sunset Beach (1997–1999)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
After discovering her fiancé Tim Truman kissing another woman, Meg Cummings leaves her home in Kansas on their wedding day to start a new life in Sunset Beach, California.
Stars: Lesley-Anne Down, Sam Behrens, Susan Ward, Clive Robertson
Votes: 2,624
31. As the World Turns (1956–2010)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
The 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.
Stars: Elizabeth Hubbard, Jon Hensley, Ellen Dolan, Colleen Zenk
Votes: 2,278
32. Generations (1989–1991)
30 min | Drama
Soap opera about two families, one black and one white.
Stars: Kelly Rutherford, Kristoff St. John, Joan Pringle, Jonelle Allen
Votes: 455
33. Venice the Series (2009– )
TV-14 | 65 min | Drama
Focuses on the life of Gina Brogno, a single, gay, self-made interior designer living and working in Venice Beach, California, trying to navigate her love life while dealing with lifelong family issues.
Stars: Crystal Chappell, Jessica Leccia, Nadia Bjorlin, Tina Sloan
Votes: 871
34. Brookside (1982–2003)
25 min | Drama
The everyday life and times of the residents, friends and enemies who live in a suburban street in the city of Liverpool in the north of England.
Stars: Dean Sullivan, Paul Byatt, Claire Sweeney, Alexandra Fletcher
Votes: 949
35. Storm of Love (2005– )
50 min | Romance
The elegant hotel Fürstenhof in the little village Bichlheim becomes a place for two young people to find the love of her/his life. But things get complicated.
Stars: Dirk Galuba, Antje Hagen, Sepp Schauer, Joachim Lätsch
Votes: 660
36. Sous le soleil (1996–2008)
52 min | Drama, Romance
Three beautiful friends, sensitive doctor Laure, ambitious lawyer Caroline and American model Jessica, live and love in Saint-Tropez beach resort, on the French Riviera.
Stars: Tonya Kinzinger, Bénédicte Delmas, Adeline Blondieau, David Brécourt
Votes: 584
French
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