By Michael Poirier Contributing Writer, We Love Soaps Insider Tom Lisanti is my kind of author. Like a great detecti…

By Michael Poirier Contributing Writer, We Love Soaps Insider The great Irna Phillips once said, “As the world turns, …

By Michael Poirier Contributing Writer, We Love Soaps Insider Gloria Monty gets credit for taking General Hospital ’s a…

When Behind the Screen premiered on CBS in October 1981, the network was taking a decidedly unconventional approach t…

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By Michael Poirier Guest Contributor, We Love Soaps Insider Randy Mantooth first came to national prominence as paramed…

By Michael Poirier Contributing Writer, We Love Soaps Insider The story of Another World is ultimately a story about p…

By Michael Poirier Contributing Writer, We Love Soaps Insider Watching a beloved soap opera come to an end is never …

There aren’t many performers left from the earliest days of television soap operas, which makes a conversation with Bon…

In the 1970s, daytime television made a high-stakes move: expanding soap operas from 30 minutes to a full hour. Anothe…

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In 1975, Another World made television history as the first daytime soap opera to expand from 30 minutes to a full hour…

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The latest We Love Soaps Insider Substack post by Michael Poirier takes us back to March 30, 1970—the day three dayti…

By Michael Poirier Contributing Writer, We Love Soaps Insider Few moments in soap history were as bizarre—or as unf…