Even though only four original soap operas remain on the air, our appetite for high drama has never been more insatiable.

'Days of our Lives'' Doug and Julie were daytime TVs first supercouple. Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes made history with ...

Soap operas are the foundation of American television storytelling — and their roots sprouted right here in Chicago. From its early radio days in the 1930s to streaming today, soaps have endured by ...

These are just some of the iconic characters that millions of viewers across the decades have loved and lived by. They give birth. They age. They die. We live through their stories as if they were ...

Before the age of binge-watching and streaming platforms that know what you want to watch before you do, there was an institution known as “appointment television.” For millions, this daily ritual ...

Clock wise from top left: DAYS’s Alex (Robert Scott Wilson), Joy (AlexAnn Hopkins), Johnny (Carson Boatman) and Chanel (Raven Bowens); GH’s Tracy (Jane Elliot); Y&R’s Victoria (Amelia Heinle), Nikki ...

Laden with glamour and loaded with jaw-dropping plot twists, soap operas have entertained audiences for decades, going all the way back to the heyday of radio. While some of them might have been short ...

DORAVILLE, Ga. — As a student at Yale University, Sheila Ducksworth often rushed home to indulge in two favorite guilty pleasures. She’d stop for dessert at Durfee’s Sweet Shoppe before catching up on ...