Tag: Soap Opera

• The Story of Soaps

  

  The new special created by People Magazine and ABC just might be more interesting than how it sounds.

  Jeffrey Totey

  May 14, 2020

  TV

  ABC, People magazine, Soap Opera

• This Day in Pop Culture for February 1

  

  The first of many “sit in” protest at a Woolworth store began on this day in pop culture history.

  Jeffrey Totey

  February 6, 2020

  This Day in Pop Culture

  Abraham Lincoln, Corolla, Dictionary, February 1, Greensboro Four, Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Oxford English Dictionary, Soap Opera, Superbowl, Toyota, Woolworth

• This Day in Pop Culture for January 31

  

  1949: The First Soap Opera The very first daytime soap opera to air on TV also had one of the shortest lives. Often credited for becoming the first regular daytime soap opera, These are My Children debuted in 1949. The 15-minute program aired in Chicago 12 years after Guiding Light started broadcasting on radio. (Guiding…

  Jeffrey Totey

  January 31, 2020

  This Day in Pop Culture

  Backwards Day, January 31, Scotch 3M, Soap Opera