Springfield was cast as Dr. Noah Drake in the longest-running American soap opera currently in production, General Hospital.

Once a centerpiece of daytime TV, soaps have mostly disappeared. “Beyond the Gates” will try to revive the genre, and will be ...

it’s SORASing (soap opera rapid aging) kids and taking them from precocious tots to young adults in the blink of an eye. Aging literally happens overnight in daytime. But then, once it does ...

In February, the first new soap opera on broadcast TV in a quarter-century (and the first Black soap opera in 35 years) will launch on CBS. Set in a gated community in a Maryland suburb ...

Soap operas have been criticized for having unrealistic and over-the-top storylines that might distort the perception of reality. Either way, soaps like “General Hospital” remain highly popular.

Amplify Pictures has begun production on Soaps, a two-part documentary directed by Matt Wolf (Pee-wee as Himself, Spaceship Earth) exploring the unseen world of soap operas. Soaps offers ...