The Story of Soaps

The Story of Soaps

120 mins | Documentary | May 19, 2020

This ABC/PEOPLE television special highlights the impact of the soap opera. In today's shifting television landscape, "The Story of Soaps" traces how female creators migrated from radio to television to become the dominant force in daytime for more than three decades. Today, the legacy of the soap opera continues all over prime time and reality t.v. An extensive look is taken at this iconic, impactful genre.

The Story of Soaps

120 mins | Documentary | May 19, 2020

The Story of Soaps
This ABC/PEOPLE television special highlights the impact of the soap opera. In today's shifting television landscape, "The Story of Soaps" traces how female creators migrated from radio to television to become the dominant force in daytime for more than three decades. Today, the legacy of the soap opera continues all over prime time and reality t.v. An extensive look is taken at this iconic, impactful genre.
Producers MaggieVision Productions, Four M Studios
Original title The Story of Soaps
Directors Robin Pelleck, Rebecca Gitlitz
Writers

Cast

Shelly Altman

as Herself

John Aniston

as Himself

Alec Baldwin

as Himself

Maurice Benard

as Himself

Lorraine Broderick

as Herself

James H. Brown

as Himself

Carol Burnett

as Herself

Marc Cherry

as Himself

Andy Cohen

as Himself

Bryan Cranston

as Himself

Mary Crosby

as Herself

Eileen Davidson

as Herself

Jill Farren Phelps

as Herself

Vivica A. Fox

as Herself

Genie Francis

as Herself

Deidre Hall

as Herself

Jon Hamm

as Himself

Drake Hogestyn

as Himself

Finola Hughes

as Herself

David Jacobs

as Himself

Erika Jayne

as Herself

Susan Lucci

as Herself

John McCook

as Himself

Donna Mills

as Herself

Eddie Mills

as Himself

Agnes Nixon

as Herself (archive)

Ken Olin

as Himself

Denise Richards

as Herself

Marc Anthony Samuel

as Himself

Erika Slezak

as Herself

John Stamos

as Himself

Susan Sullivan

as Herself

Mark Teschner

as Himself

Melody Thomas Scott

as Herself

Chris Van Etten

as Himself

Greg Vaughan

as Himself

Chandra Wilson

as Herself

Laura Wright

as Herself