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WILLWRK4NUMBERS — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:08:30 GMT

I wonder if people know why they called them soap operas in the first place? If you don't know, don't say you didn't learn it here.

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Procter Gamble produced and sponsored the first radio soap opera in the 1930s (Procter Gamble's being known for detergents (soaps) was probably the genesis of the term soap opera ). When the medium switched to television in the 1950s and 1960s, most of the new serials were sponsored and produced by the company.... [ More ]

As The World Turns ... TV Soap Opera ends after 54 seasons! Numbers?

Harve$t Moon — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:20:05 GMT

As The World Turns (often referred to as ATWT) is an American television soap opera that has aired each weekday on the CBS network.

Set in the fictional town of Oakdale, Illinois, the show debuted on April 2, 1956, at 1:30 pm EST. Prior to then, all serials were fifteen minutes in length. As The World Turns and The Edge of Night, which premiered on the same day at 4:30 pm EST, were the first two to be thirty minutes in length from their premiere.

The show passed its 10,000th episode on May... [ More ]