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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Soap Opera Digest Awards
NBC had been broadcasting the Soap Opera Awards since the show made it's way to network TV, but the show would no longer be seen on the network after the airing of the 2000 awards.
Soaps of metals heavier than sodium are not very soluble; the curdy precipitate made by soap in hard water is the calcium or magnesium salt of the fatty acid in the soap.
Soaps are useful for cleansing because soap molecules attach readily to both nonpolar molecules (such as grease or oil) and polar molecules (such as water).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Soap-Opera-Digest-Awards   (1230 words)

  
 OTR Sound Snippets
Large list of Big Bands, with a good selection of sound samples.
A list and soundbytes of some of those great shows for after-school listening.
Background Music for Browsing A few MIDI selections for your enjoyment or to recall memories of a the last century.
www.old-time.com /sndsnip.html   (349 words)

  
  Soap opera
The soap opera form first developed on broadcast radio in the 1920s, and expanded into television starting in the 1940s.
The USA soap opera Port Charles[?] has begun the practice of running 13-week "arcs", in which the main events of the arc are played out and wrapped up over the 13 weeks, although some storylines do continue over more than one arc.
The term "soap opera" originated from the fact that when these serial dramas were aired on daytime radio, the commercials aired during the shows were largely aimed at housewives (this was during the first half of the 20th century, when married women were expected to stay home and raise the children).
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/so/Soap_opera.html   (440 words)

  
 Soap opera - The TV IV
A soap opera (or soap) is a serialized program with complex plot arcs about romantic and familial relationships.
In the US, primetime soaps were popular during the 1980s, with the success of Dallas leading to spinoffs and imitators (Falcon Crest, Dynasty, etc), but today they are almost exclusively in the daytime.
The term soap opera dates back to radio dramas in a similar style that were often sponsored by soap companies.
tviv.org /Soap_operas   (259 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Soap opera Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Soap operas take everyday, ordinary lives and exaggerate them to a degree where they are still believable, yet they are more dramatic.
The USA soap opera Port Charles used the practice of running 13-week "arcs", in which the main events of the arc are played out and wrapped up over the 13 weeks, although some storylines do continue over more than one arc.
In the United Kingdom, soap operas are one of the most popular genres, most being broadcast during prime time.
www.ipedia.com /soap_opera.html   (1049 words)

  
 Soap opera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The term "soap opera" originated from the fact that when these serial dramas were aired on daytime radio, the commercials aired during the shows were largely aimed at housewives.
The BBC continues to broadcast one of the earlier radio "soap opera" programmes in Britain, the ever popular "Archers", on Radio 4.
The American soap opera The Guiding Light started as a radio drama in January 1937.
bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/s/so/soap_opera.html   (537 words)

  
 TV ACRES: Broadcast Firsts - Soap Operas
The programs were sponsored/owned by a soap manufacturer and featured products geared towards the female listening audience who escaped the drudgery of cooking, washboards and their intolerable family lives by listening to such soap favorites as MA PERKINS, a radio serial program sponsored by Oxydol soap powder and aired nationally.
The prime-time series DYNASTY was the first soap opera to feature a former president (Gerald Ford) and Secretary of State (Henry Kissinger) playing on screen roles.
Traditionally soaps to that time catered to the 35 or older crowd and had just used younger actors as props to be seen at parties and poolsides.
www.tvacres.com /broad_soap.htm   (789 words)

  
 Taking Children Seriously: In Defence of TV Soap Operas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Soap operas are criticised for their “sensationalism” and unrealistic portrayal of everyday life, and certainly the overt content of soap operas is rather stylised.
Soap operas are very valuable, because one can be a fly on the wall, learning about these situations, without risking anything.
Soap operas will not help or harm the child as long as the show in written tasteful and writers keep in mind that teens and some younger do watch the soaps.
www.takingchildrenseriously.com /in_defence_of_tv_soap_operas   (1390 words)

  
 Soap Operas Paint Rosy Picture of Comas - Health and Medical Information produced by doctors - MedicineNet.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Initially, 73 soap characters were identified as having had comas, but nine had to be culled because they had faked their condition, caused their own demise by popping pills, incongruously woke to eat while supposedly still unconscious, or had a strange outcome that could not be characterized one way or the other.
They concluded that soap opera patients are extremely, and unrealistically, lucky -- shot through a far-too-rosy lens that downplays the hard rehabilitative work patients typically must endure during recovery.
While stressing that he respects the intelligence of the average soap fan, Casarett emphasized that the question is not so much about smarts as it is about hidden messages absorbed subconsciously through repeated exposure to riveting, but misleading, stories.
www.medicinenet.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=57219   (1029 words)

  
 Nighttime Soap Operas - The L Word
Soaps are still viewed with a degree of classist prejudice, while "The Sopranos" is seen as entertainment for the sophisticated viewer.
But the dramas on HBO, Showtime, and F/X are nonetheless soap operas, albeit with an added layer of psychological knowing, cinematic stylization, and R-rated content.
Their roots are in the same daytime radio and TV stories of yore that sold soap products to housewives, as they plow ever-forward with narrative complexity.
www.thelwordonline.com /nighttime_soaps.shtml   (861 words)

  
 Soap Operas « Programs « Television « Arts
Soap Opera Central - Includes news, cast comings and goings, daily recaps, scoops, photo galleries, family trees and polls.
ABC Soaps Central - Provides information on all four ABC Daytime soap operas currently on air, All My Children, One Life to Live, General Hospital and Port Charles.
Eye On Soaps - Analysis of ABC daytime soap operas, commentary, recaps and spoilers.
www.directorylistings.info /Arts/Television/Programs/Soap_Operas   (505 words)

  
 Soap Opera
Soap opera fan site featuring scoops, spoilers, news, celebrity gossip, episode recaps, message boards, chat rooms, fan fiction, and weekly games and pollstv: Frequent soap postings, usually for primetime soaps rec.
Soap opera fan magazines chats opera soaps any the weekly server time.
Last update: Tuesday, -Mar- These soap opera sites are all maintained by different folks, therefore, they may or may not be accessible at any given time.
www.indo.org /soap-opera.php   (360 words)

  
 List of soap operas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of Soap operas by country of origin.
Hawkins Falls (1950, 1951-1955) – possibly the first successful television soap opera
This page was last modified 20:41, 8 October 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_soap_operas   (197 words)

  
 Soap Operas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
operas dominate the TV ratings yet they are often despised, dismissed and derided.
Soap opera is an important TV genre, and this may well be the best time to be...
soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television or radio.
www.netactics.co.uk /soap_operas.html   (370 words)

  
 Soap Chat - vB Code List
The ability to use vB Code is set on a forum-by-forum basis by the administrator, so you should check the forum rules when you post a new message.
Below is a list of the vB Codes you can use to format your messages.
The option should have a value of 1 (for a numbered list) or A (for an alphabetic with capital letters list) or a (for an alphabetic with lowercase letters list) or I (for a numbered with capital Roman numeral list) or i (for a numbered with small Roman numeral list).
www.soapchat.burtonhosting.com /misc.php?do=bbcode   (609 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Television: Programs: Soap Operas: All My Children   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Includes family trees, current cast list, scrapbook, history of the show and of its opening sequence, and autographs.
Soap Opera Central - All My Children - Daily recaps and archives, spoilers and upcoming episode previews, cast biographies and character profiles, current news regarding the cast and crew, and a game.
Soap Opera Digest and Weekly – All My Children - Daily recaps, interviews with and biographies of the cast, photographs and timelines for previous years, a list of current cast members, updates on past actors, FAQs, and song archives.
dmoz.org /Arts/Television/Programs/Soap_Operas/All_My_Children   (704 words)

  
 Soap Operas - The Busy Person's Guide
All the currently running daytime soaps, and a few gone-but-loved favorites, are represented in this list of show synopses.
If you're new to a soap and want some play-by-play storyline history, or if you are a diehard fan who wants to relive some golden moments, you'll love this page.
Talk about the characters you love to hate, the storylines that are driving you to distraction, or the hunky new hero who's arrived on the scene.
www.informationandexperts.com /arts/SoapOperas.html   (371 words)

  
 Soap Operas: Programs at Canadian Content
Analysis of ABC daytime soap operas, commentary, recaps and spoilers.
Includes news, interviews, features, soap opera baby names, photographs, scoops, celebrity chats, polls, message boards, chat rooms, and awards.
Provides information on all four ABC Daytime soap operas currently on air, All My Children, One Life to Live, General Hospital and Port Charles.
www.canadiancontent.net /dir/Top/Arts/Television/Programs/Soap_Operas   (608 words)

  
 The Soap Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
This site is my tribute to the sitcom Soap, distributed by Sony Pictures Television for the ABC Network from 1977 to 1981.
Soap was based off of a parody/satire of soap operas.
Sponsers were forced to pull their commercials during the time slot because of their reputation, leading Soap to being cancelled.
www.televisionhits.com /soap/main.html   (458 words)

  
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BUBBLES IN THE AIR: -Two-hour Radio Yesteryear Scrapbook of vintage soap recordings.
SECRETS OF MIDLAND HEIGHTS: -2 eps of the primetime soap (Linda Hamilton).
SOAP: -First two seasons of the primetime comedy serial.
www.geocities.com /vetsoapfan   (1059 words)

  
 Soap Opera Bibliography, UM Libraries
Willey, George A. "The Soap Operas and The War." Journal of Broadcasting.
For a more comprehensive list, please search in our Audio Recordings database.
"Soap Operas in San Francisco." November 10, 1948.
www.lib.umd.edu /LAB/BIBLIO/bib-soap.html   (379 words)

  
 Listen To Me - Japanese Soap Operas
One rainy day, bored out of my mind, I decided to list all the channels on Dalnet.
I was surprised to find #japan-drama high up on the list with such prestigious channels as #xxxpasscracks and #smallville-episodes (Gringo was probably in there).
I knew that Japanese 'dramas' (a euphemism for shitty daytime soap operas) existed; I was just unaware that anyone was stupid enough to like them.
www.listentome.net /tv29.php   (906 words)

  
 General Soap Links From The TV MegaSite
Misguided Souls and general soap opera discussion forum.
If it interests you and you like to have a place to talk about all your favorite soaps and more at one place then please join us, all registrations are accepted and welcome.
Thoughts and opinions about daytime soap operas, satire and editorials about various different shows.
tvmegasite.net /soaplinks/soaps/links.shtml   (935 words)

  
 Soap Opera News and Updates at Soaps.com
Soaps.com is the only soap opera website with the most in depth daily updates, exclusive soap star interviews, late-breaking news articles, lively message boards and more!
you the latest soaps news, soap opera spoilers, and updates on all your favorite soap operas.We also strive to provide you
soap opera spoilers are always exciting and fresh.
www.soaps.com   (485 words)

  
 Television - Soap Operas
Oakdale 2 - features original stories based on characters from the soap opera "As the World Turns" and an extensive history of characters.
Bold and The Beautiful on Compuserve - A page dedicated to the Bold and the Beautiful, one of the most popular soap operas in the world.
Mundo de Telenovelas - comprehensive listing of Hispanic soap operas in Spanish and English.
www.daviestrek.com /tv/tv4.htm   (565 words)

  
 Soap TV Show
The Soap TV show was a comedy series which made fun of soap operas using a never-ending list of wierd characters!
For a complete list of all series available, get our TV Shows On Dvd list!
Note: Unlike most television shows, the Soap episodes were never named.
www.crazyabouttv.com /soap.html   (180 words)

  
 Daytime Soap Operas- News Polls Young And The Restless, Passions, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, Guiding Light
Daytime Soap Operas- News Polls Young And The Restless, Passions, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, Guiding Light
Which is the best soap opera of all-time?
Round 4: Vote for up to 4 soaps, the top 8 move on to the next round
members.shaw.ca /almosthuman73/soap.html   (239 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
This is a list of Soap operas by country of origin.
So ist das Leben - Die Wagenfelds (1995-1996)
Hawkins Falls (1950, 1951-1955) – possibly the first successful television soap opera
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=List_of_soap_operas   (309 words)

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