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September 8 in Soap Opera History

1969: Where the Heart Is premiered. 1983: Paul's fiancée died on The Young and the Restless . 1986: Ilene Kristen returned to…

Roger Newcomb • September 08, 2026

Today in Soap Opera History (February 16)

1968: Dark Shadows' Josette shocked Barnabas. 1981: GH's Heather escaped from the sanitarium. 2009: ATWT aired a sp…

Roger Newcomb • February 16, 2026

Margaret DePriest, Soap Opera Writer, Dead at 94

Margaret DePriest, television writer and actress who helped define daytime's golden age, died peacefully at her Greenwich Vil…

Roger Newcomb • October 01, 2025

FLASHBACK: How The Soaps Go On During Writers' Strike (1988)

HOW THE SOAPS GO ON DURING WRITERS' STRIKE Ray Richmond, Orange County Register July 8, 1988 There's an internal soap …

Roger Newcomb (We Love Soaps) • November 13, 2007