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A
soap opera
is a
television
or
radio
program that
airs
in
episodic
series. This means that each episode continues telling a story, which, in turn, tells more of the last episode's story. A single story on a soap opera can be told for weeks, months, or sometimes even years.
In
America
, each soap opera airs every day, Monday through Friday, in the afternoon. Because they air at this time, they are sometimes called
daytime serials
. In the
U.K.
and other countries, the soap operas air in the evening, twice or three times a week.
This is a list of soap operas that air in America, in their current order of popularity:
- The Young and the Restless
- The Bold and the Beautiful
- General Hospital
- Supernatural
- Lost
- Days of Our Lives
- All My Children
- As the World Turns
- One Life to Live
- Guiding Light
- Passions
There are still two soap operas that air in
Australia
,
Network Ten
's
Neighbours
and the
Seven Network
's
Home and Away
. Strangely,
Neighbours
is more popular in England than it is in Australia.
In the U.K., the most popular soap operas are
Coronation Street
and
EastEnders
.
Coronation Street
is about people who live in
Manchester
, in the northern part of England.
EastEnders
is about people who live in an imaginary place called Albert Square in the
East London
. Another popular soap opera is
Emmerdale
, and it is about people who live in a small village in
Yorkshire
, also in the northern part of England. In the 1970s
Crossroads
became the most watched soap in England. It was shown from 1964 to 1988.
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In
Latin America
(including
Brazil
),
Spain
,
Portugal
and
Portuguese
-speaking countries in
Africa
(like
Angola
), soap operas are called
telenovelas
, and usually run for a limited time.