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Soap Operas

Are the Online Versions of All My Children and One Life To Live TV Game-Changers?

Ed Martin | Posted 05.09.2013 | TV
Ed Martin

As far as soap operas go, the new AMC and OLTL look like the real deal: handsomely executed television series that just happen to be produced for online viewing.

Welcome Back To Pine Valley & Llanview

Posted 04.29.2013 | TV

"One Life to Live" and "All My Children" are finally back! The two beloved soaps are officially back from the dead as of 5 a.m. ET on Monday, April...

All My Children's Jesse and Angie Open Up About the Soap's Online Reboot and Their On-Screen Chemistry

Greg Archer | Posted 04.27.2013 | TV
Greg Archer

Ever since Prospect Park announced several months back that it did, indeed, have funding in place to revive AMC after ABC brutally forced it to fade to black a couple of years ago, soap fans have had themselves in a lather over the online reboot on Hulu, premiering Monday, April 29.

How ABC's Loss is Prospect Park's Gain

Mark Brennan Rosenberg | Posted 04.26.2013 | TV
Mark Brennan Rosenberg

Seeing all the hubbub at Tuesday night's premiere, one really begins to wonder why ABC cancelled these beloved soap operas in the first place.

Chris Harnick

You Can't Keep A Good Soap Down

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Harnick | Posted 04.25.2013 | TV

It's the ultimate soap story, complete with twists and turns: "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" were killed, left for dead with legions of fans...

Emmy Winner Cady McClain on the Return of All My Children

Mark Brennan Rosenberg | Posted 04.10.2013 | TV
Mark Brennan Rosenberg

The real life soap opera that has been going on behind the scenes at All My Children has sent the viewers as well as the cast and crew on an emotional roller coaster that has lasted for nearly four years.

Soap Opera Milestones: General Hospital Turns 50 and The Young and the Restless Turns 40

Lesleyann Coker | Posted 04.02.2013 | TV
Lesleyann Coker

The longevity of GH and Y&R is a rarity in this day and age when television is struggling with declining viewership. A show with a 40 or 50 year run is remarkable for its very survival.

A Viewers' Guide to All My Children and One Life to Live

Mark Brennan Rosenberg | Posted 04.02.2013 | TV
Mark Brennan Rosenberg

Because soap operas never end, don't think that you can't quickly jump on the bandwagon when these timeless tales (and my two favorite shows) return on April 29. Here's everything you need to know about All My Children and One Life to Live before they come back from the dead.

Behind The Soap Craziness

Posted 03.31.2013 | TV

"All My Children" was revived so quickly that sets were being built before the show's cast was officially signed on. In this behind-the-scenes vid...

Down the Rabbit Hole

Robin Amos Kahn | Posted 03.27.2013 | Comedy
Robin Amos Kahn

The dreams you had when you were a kid are still alive in you, and that it's never to late to live them. Okay, maybe you're never going to be a major league pitcher, but you can still coach a baseball team or play baseball.

10 Reasons to Watch Nashville

Mark Brennan Rosenberg | Posted 05.06.2013 | TV
Mark Brennan Rosenberg

It's a brand new show, with an original script, story and tons of original music that's not a crappy reality TV program or game show. That's reason enough to tune in, if you ask me.

21 Life Lessons I Learned From Soap Operas

Mark Brennan Rosenberg | Posted 04.18.2013 | TV
Mark Brennan Rosenberg

Did you hear that? That was my scream cry heard 'round the world the day I found out that my beloved soap operas One Life to Live and All My Children were coming back to life. Everything I have ever learned about life was acquired by my soap opera pathos.

'General Hospital' Favorite Returns

Posted 01.22.2013 | TV

"General Hospital" favorite Jack Wagner is coming back to the ABC soap, according to TV Guide. The beloved soap star, who played Frisco Jones from...

Two More Stars Sign For 'OLTL' And 'AMC' Online Return

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.15.2013 | TV

Two more soap stars have signed on for the Prospect Park relaunch of "One Life To Live" and "All My Children." Robin Strasser, who plays "OLTL's" ...

British Soap 'Coronation Street' Comes To Hulu

The Huffington Post | Laura Prudom | Posted 01.15.2013 | TV

Anglophiles will already be familiar with the exploits of the fictional inhabitants of "Coronation Street," a beloved British soap opera that now hold...

'Days Of Our Lives' Has Been Renewed

Posted 03.11.2013 | TV

"Days of our Lives" has been renewed! NBC has extended the run of one of the last remaining soap operas for an additional year. "Days of our Lives"...

It's Official: 'One Life To Live' & 'All My Children' Returning Online

The Huffington Post | Chris Harnick | Posted 01.08.2013 | TV

"One Life to Live" and "All My Children" are coming back to life. Prospect Park has officially announced the two soaps will live again on the internet...

'All My Children' Readies For Revival

Posted 12.31.2012 | TV

Vincent Irizarry will reprise his role on "All My Children" ... if the show is revived online. The actor posted the news on his official Facebook page...

9 Species of TV Viewer

Tyler Wells Lynch | Posted 02.13.2013 | TV
Tyler Wells Lynch

The TV ecosystem is large and diverse. There are lazy soaps and 'roided jocks, wino mothers and Syfy nerds. So, in the tradition of Sir David Attenborough, I've decided to take a deeper look at nine of the most common species of TV Viewer.

24 Years At The Top For 'The Young And The Restless'

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 02.07.2013 | TV

NEW YORK — When "The Young and the Restless" climbed to the top of the daytime drama ratings, there were 13 soap operas on the air. Now there ar...

General Hospital Leads a Sudden Revitalization of Daytime Drama

Ed Martin | Posted 01.27.2013 | TV
Ed Martin

General Hospital will mark its 50th anniversary in April -- a milestone that it almost fell short of making. How wonderful that it is doing so as the best drama on daytime television.

Why I Haven't Remarried... Maybe

Susan Silver | Posted 11.26.2012 | TV
Susan Silver

I've been divorced a very long time. I've dated over 500 men. (Told you it's been a long time!) And I've recently figured out a possible reason. I watch too many soap operas! Really. I think that could be it.

Bold and the Beautiful's Susan Flannery, Don't Exit on My Birthday!

Lonna Saunders | Posted 01.26.2013 | TV
Lonna Saunders

Today marks Susan Flannery's last appearance as matriarch Stephanie Douglas Forrester on CBS' The Bold and the Beautiful after 25 years of being loved and hated the world over.

WATCH: Susan Lucci Adds Drama To Petraeus Scandal

Posted 11.16.2012 | Comedy

Stephen Colbert went after the David Petraeus love triangle last night -- or as he dubbed it, the "love pentagon." That may indeed be a more accurate ...

WATCH: 'Bold & Beautiful's' Musical Surprise Send-Off For Susan Flannery

Posted 11.15.2012 | TV

"The Bold And The Beautiful" said goodbye to Susan Flannery's Stephanie Forrester this week after 25 years on the CBS soap. On the 71-year-old actr...