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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

Soap Classics Will Hit Store Shelves Soon (AS THE WORLD TURNS & GUIDING LIGHT)

Soap Classics Will Hit Store Shelves Soon By Tracie Powell In a sea of negative soap opera news, there is one bright spot: Bro…

Guest Editorial • December 06, 2011

DAYS OF OUR LIVES: My Thoughts On The Reboot (Guest Editorial)

DAYS OF OUR LIVES: MY THOUGHTS ON THE REBOOT By Steve Ungrey It has been almost two months since the much-anticipated reboot of D…

Guest Editorial • November 27, 2011

OPINION: GOSSIP GIRL's Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford, Ed Westwick & even Leighton Meester Make This Viewer Squeal with Delight

Watching GOSSIP GIRL this week I came to the realization that everything I find interesting about the show so far this season con…

Unknown • October 05, 2011

OPINION: What DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES Could Be Doing (So It Doesn't Feel Like Work To Watch)

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES eighth and final season continued this week. For a show that has so much talent on every level they seem hel…

Unknown • October 04, 2011

OPINION: REVENGE Week 2 is SOAPTASTIC!

The second outing of REVENGE did not disappoint. This show should leave every fan of soap operas squealing with delight, but nothi…

Unknown • September 30, 2011

OPINION: HART OF DIXIE PREMIERE - Rachel Bilson is delightfully appealing!

Rachel Bilson as Zoe Hart + a warm-hearted feel good drama set in a small town with colorful characters + hunky guys to be the ob…

Unknown • September 28, 2011

OPINION: GOSSIP GIRL Season 5 Premiere: Welcome Back Upper Eastsiders

Welcome back Uppereastsiders… except we aren’t on the upper east side just yet. We join our favorite New York City troublemakers w…

Unknown • September 27, 2011

OPINION: DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES Season 8 Premiere

I have watched every episode of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES. When it’s good it’s on fire. When it’s bad it’s like watching something roll…

Unknown • September 26, 2011

OPINION: REVENGE Premiere "Instantly Engrossing"

From its first moments, REVENGE is instantly engrossing. Daniel Grayson, heir apparent to the most powerful family in the Hamptons…

Unknown • September 25, 2011

OPINION: Primetime Emmys Get Some Right, Snub Others + Vote For Your Faves

When the Primetime Emmy nominations were revealed on Thursday , there was a mixed bag of reactions from pleasantly surprised to t…

Roger Newcomb • July 15, 2011

OPINION: The Good and Mostly Bad of the Daytime Emmy Telecast

WE LOVE SOAPS TV traveled to Las Vegas for the 38th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards which aired Sunday night on CBS prod…

We Love Soaps • June 21, 2011

The Tweeting Of Blame

"We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect." - David Henry Thoreau "If you point out the …

Damon L. Jacobs • June 13, 2011

The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same...

The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same... By Nelson Aspen I work in International TV news. I don't always ge…

Guest Editorial • May 26, 2011

In My Own Words

In My Own Words By Don Lemon Today I chose to step out on faith and begin openly living my own truth. And let me say right up f…

Guest Editorial • May 16, 2011

About Fan Fiction and Original Shows

FAN FICTION/ORIGINAL SHOWS By Steve Ungrey When I was just about six years old in February 1974, I had my first taste with a soap…

Guest Editorial • May 02, 2011

This is America: Why is our Television Trending Fascist?

I never watched an entire episode of ONE LIFE TO LIVE or ALL MY CHILDREN in my entire life. But after a week of analysis and outc…

Kev • April 25, 2011

The Inspiration Behind Japan Calls (And What You Can Do)

THE INSPIRATION BEHIND JAPAN CALLS By Tanya Meyers and Michelle "Moey" Mariano After the travesties that hit Japan e…

Guest Editorial • March 31, 2011

Remembering THE YOUNG MARRIEDS, 45 Years Later

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

Thom Racina Honors Elizabeth Taylor

We asked We Love Soaps TV friend Thom Racina , and headwriter of GENERAL HOSPITAL from 1981-1983, to share with us his memories an…

Damon L. Jacobs • March 27, 2011