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Rob Wargo

October 20, 1930: The Soap Opera Was Born

Originally posted October 20, 2010. Painted Dreams premiered October 20, 1930. 80 YEARS AGO TODAY: THE SOAP OPERA WAS BORN …

Rob Wargo • October 20, 2025

On August 23, 2012, the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills celebrated the filming of the 10,000th episode of THE YOUNG AND T…

Anonymous • August 24, 2012

REMEMBERING "THE YOUNG MARRIEDS" – 45 YEARS LATER By Rob Wargo Forty-five years ago – March 25, 1966, to be exact – …

Guest Editorial • March 29, 2011

Commemorating 60 Years of Soap Operas on CBS-TV By Rob Wargo On December 4, 1950, CBS-TV aired its very first daytime soap oper…

Guest Editorial • December 08, 2010

WE LOVE SOAPS TV has been paying tribute to AS THE WORLD TURNS with Rob Wargo's classic photos over the past month. Here is a …

We Love Soaps • September 14, 2010

As we begin the countdown on the final month of AS THE WORLD TURNS, We Love Soaps will be bringing you a Classic ATWT Photo of t…

Roger Newcomb • August 16, 2010

Mary Stuart was a daytime legend and her memory lives in the hearts and minds of anyone who enjoyed her six decades of performanc…

Roger Newcomb • January 26, 2010

Elizabeth Hubbard originated the role of Althea Davis on THE DOCTORS in 1964 and played the role on and off for many of the next …

Roger Newcomb • January 24, 2010

WHERE THE HEART IS debuted in September 1969 and ran through March 1973. Lou Scofield and Margaret DePriest created the series a…

Roger Newcomb • January 23, 2010

In honor of Kate Mulgrew being selected as the #38 Greatest Soap Actress of All Time, here is a classic photo of one of the mos…

Roger Newcomb • January 10, 2010

Caption: "Thanks to a bumper turkey crop, CBS Radio's 'Ma Perkins' has ample quantities of the all-American fe…

Roger Newcomb • November 26, 2009