A family affair: How the love of a soap opera can span generations - TV Genres & Trends

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by Pat Merewether

Created on: November 02, 2007

It's hard to believe, but one of my favorite soap opera characters was born in 1894. "Papa Bauer", played
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by Bobby Coles

Created on: November 05, 2007 Last Updated: February 07, 2009

Long running soap operas focus on the same core group of characters, even if the actors and actresses

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by Danielle Friedl

Created on: November 02, 2007

One of my earliest memories is of the opening credits to The Young and the Restless. Artfully an invisible
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by Sandra Piddock

Created on: November 05, 2007 Last Updated: December 07, 2010

In December 1960, along came 'Coronation Street,' the first and in my opinion, the best British soap
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by Summer18

Created on: April 28, 2008

The Young and the Restless
Simply a soap opera? How dare you! The Young and the Restless holds a valued
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by Anita Carter

Created on: November 04, 2007 Last Updated: September 30, 2008

Soap Opera
In the early days of broadcasting, a favorite soap opera of suspense to comedy to drama could
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by Sarah Vaughan

Created on: November 02, 2007

"I can't believe you watch this rubbish!", my dad would regularly berate my mother and me as we turned
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by R.L Hanlon

Created on: November 02, 2007

Pressing the button on his phone to assign it to busy, pushing back his chair he headed up the stairs
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by Duane Kuehn

Created on: November 06, 2007

All my children in my general hospital world turn quite slowly, as do generations.
Soap opera's are
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by JJ Whitehead

Created on: November 08, 2007

Spanning the Generations
In today's world of global upheaval, economic strife, and rising expectations,
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by Monty Hamilton

Created on: November 03, 2007

The love of anything can span generations, really. It's all about the type and frequency of relating