What was your favorite soap opera daytime or night.. My favorite was the Guiding light. What was yours.?

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[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Dark Shadows

Of course,, being a young boomer boy, it was the only soap that captured my interest.

[FalloutShelter]

2. Loved Dark Shadows.

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3. Thank you very much Fiendish Thingy.

[Sequoia]

50. I was going to write that also.

Good thing is that it's on TubiTV.

[OldBaldy1701E]

100. Hear Hear!

It used to come on in my neck of the woods every day right when I got home from school. You'd see all of these pre-teen boys running home as fast as they could to make sure and not miss a moment of it!

Later on, a bunch of us got hooked on the entire 'Luke and Laura' story on 'General Hospital'. That was a wild time.

[Glorfindel]

4. I never watched any of the daytime soaps

but I loved the prime time ones: Dynasty, Dallas, Falcon Crest.

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5. Thank you very much Glorifindel. I will edit my OP.

[markodochartaigh]

6. Mine is

Ros na Rún. It is far too political for US airwaves though.

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7. Thank you very much, markodochartaigh.

[Srkdqltr]

8. Days Of Our Lives. Watched for years.

[TexasTowelie]

36. Same here,

except that I watched for over 40 years when I could tape it on the VCR.

[crud]

43. My bro in law's company

did the cue cards for "Days" and when I first moved to CA in 1979 I got to work on the show. I just printed cards and didn't hold them. We were in a storage room sized room with stacks of cardboard, ink markers and scripts. Never went on the set.

[murielm99]

9. Dark Shadows!

Falcon Crest and of course, the best one: Desperate Housewives!!!

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22. Thank you very much Murielm99 for your choices.

[SheltieLover]

10. Teen daughters liked All My Children, so I taped

And watched it with them.

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12. Thank you very much, SheltieLover.

[The Blue Flower]

11. The only one I ever watched was General Hospital

That was when it first began, when I was in high school.

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13. Thank you very much The Blue Flower

[Ritabert]

14. All My Children

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15. Thank you Ritabert for your choice of All My Children. I was a watcher too

[Ritabert]

34. I also watched "One Life to Live"

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65. Thank you Ritabert

[rzemanfl]

31. +1 Went home from work for lunch and caught most of it each day. n/t

[Ritabert]

33. I only saw it during the summer when I was a teacher

[debm55]

68. Same here Ritabert. But whe had all summer to watch.

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69. Great. Thank you very much rzemanfl

[no_hypocrisy]

102. Same here -- but with the original

Delia, Mary, and Pat.

[LizBeth]

16. Mine was Guiding Light but man that was also 3, 4 decades ago.

[debm55]

21. Me too. I remember watching starting as a kid. It has been of the air for a long time. Thank you LizBeth.

[Dulcinea]

53. I watched Guiding Light in high school in the early 80s.

I also watched Dallas around that same time period. Who shot J.R.??

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64. HAHHAHAHHAH, Thank you very much Dulcinea.

[FloridaBlues]

17. General Hospital!

[debm55]

20. Thank you very much FloridaBlues. I watched it from the beginning and stopped while in college.

[Stargleamer]

18. The Young and the Restless. . .

I was hooked right away by its opening theme. Another plus: Eric Braeden who plays Victor hates Trump.

[debm55]

19. HAHAHAHAHAHHa. Thank you very much. I would watch the Young and the Restless. Eric has been on there forever.

[Mad_Dem_X]

23. General Hospital (in the 80's)

But only because I was in love with Rick Springfield.

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24. HAHAHAHAHhAhaH. Thank you very much Mad_Dem_X

[Ferryboat]

25. Dark shadows was my introduction

Mary Hartman Mary Hartman was the best.

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66. Thank you very much Ferryboat,

[applegrove]

26. I liked Santa Barbara. The frenemy "Mason" was handsome/adorable.

I hated him at first and then realized the actor playing the snobby character made it a joke it was so campy.

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67. Thank you very much. applegrove. That is funny

[wryter2000]

27. Another World

Loved it

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70. Thank you very much, wryter2000.for sharing with us.

[Walleye]

28. I never got into it, but my grandmother watched. "As the World Turns". Religiously every day ,wouldn't miss it

[debm55]

71. Same here with my mother and grandmother. Thank you very much Walleye.

[LoisB]

29. All My Children

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72. Me too. I was bummed when they took it off. Thank you very much LoisB

[maspaha]

30. Just the distraction I needed today!

SOAPS!!

I scheduled my college classes around “Days of Our Lives”, “All my Children”, and “The Guiding Light”!

After becoming gainfully employed and unable to watch live, the technology Gods created the “VCR” just so I could record and watch later!

Thank you debm55 for the smile on my face right now

[oregonjen]

37. I remember rushing back to my dorm, heading to the basement where the tv was and watching Days with everyone

Fun times!

[debm55]

77. That's funny. thank you very much oregonjen.

[debm55]

46. Thank you maspaha. I so lucked out after college that the VCR came out and we didn't have to miss and episode.

[debm55]

76. Thank you maspaha. I agree.

[MIButterfly]

32. I started watching General Hospital when I was 12 years old.

Along came All My Children and One Life to Live and I watched them too. As an adult, I worked nights so my days were free to watch TV. All my coworkers watched General Hospital too; it was during the Luke and Laura years, which was huge. I eventually decided three hours a day was too much so I cut it down to one - All My Children. I don’t remember why, maybe they had a more interesting story line at the time. I eventually went back to school; got a degree; and started working in the day and gave up all soaps. So, to answer the question, Dark Shadows.

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78. Thank you very much, MIButterfly. for sharing with us.

[highplainsdem]

35. Never watched any of them except Dark Shadows for a short time, and The Young And The Restless

occasionally - so very occasionally that I usually discovered at least one character new to me. And I watched YR only because I thought Eric Braeden was so beautiful - something I'd first noticed when he was on Rat Patrol and his name was still Hans Gudegast. Very good actor, too. But I don't like soap operas.

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79. Thank you very much for your honest opinion, highplainsdem.

[LogDog75]

38. Soap

It was a nighttime, prime time parody of soap operas with over the top situations. Richard Mulligan was great as Bur.t

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96. Thank you very much LogDog75

[ms liberty]

39. As the World Turns and Guiding Light

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45. Thank you very much, ms.liberty. for sharing with us.

[area51]

40. Original Dark Shadows.

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44. Thank you very much for sharing with us., area51

[Biophilic]

41. Good grief, I started in with General Hospital in the mid 50s.

Obviously when I was sick or had school off, but it wasn’t hard to follow the story. I went through a lot with those folks. Finally gave it up after the early Luke and Laura years. Had a crush on the secret agent from Australia or New Zealand. Can’t remember which, but I understand he’s still around occasionally. I have a friend who still watches religiously. Thank heavens for all the new stuff over the years that let us keep up.

[debm55]

42. Thank you very much Biophilic for sharing with us. Your right about that, But my favorite stopped production-The Guiding

Light.

[Biophilic]

49. Yeah I remember when the soaps started to disappear.

General hospital was the first, I believe and now the last. Dr. Steve Hardy would be proud.

[debm55]

75. Yes, Dr. Hardy, Lucille and Jessica.

[Biophilic]

93. Ah, the good times...

[AllaN01Bear]

47. a parody of soaps , fresno

this was a mini series aired in 1986 and a parody on all soaps . many comedic heavy hitters were in it. lots of :lol:

[some_of_us_are_sane]

48. Yes! Satire and comedy. Man I LOVED...

"MARY HARTMEN! MARY HARTMAN!" (I was crazy about that show!)

[debm55]

51. Hahahahahahhah. I have never seen that. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[debm55]

97. Thank you Bear. I love parodies

[YorkRd]

52. Guiding Light

Several actresses ended up on Star Trek. Michelle Forbes is a Sci Fi hero.

[debm55]

73. Guilding Light---I started watching it when I was young as that is what my grandmother and mother watched. I liked the

musical they would put on. Oh I forgot the characters name. She was married to Quint. Loved her. I lost interest when the Texas family came on and I lost interest. Thank you YorkRd

[Katinfl]

54. Secret Storm

OMG! I have not thought about that soap opera in ages. It goes way back, possibly before Guiding Light, which I also loved.

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63. I remember the Secret Storm at my grandmothers. when I was very young. Thank you Katinfl

[displacedvermoter]

55. Dark Shadows

Every afternoon after school!

[debm55]

62. Thank you displacedvermoter. I have never seen Dark Shadows as Guiding Light was on at the same time, different station.

Thank you for sharing your like with us.

[Rebl2]

87. Forgot

about that show. Same here, watched it every afternoon after school!

[Mike Nelson]

56. DS 4 Ever!

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61. HAHAHA Thank you very much Mike Nelson.

[FoxNewsSucks]

98. That was great! Never seen it before

I loved DS

[Morbius]

57. It didn't last long.

Twin Peaks was a twisted horror soap opera, quite unlike anything else I've ever seen on television.

One day my log will have something to say about this.

[debm55]

60. Thank you very much Morbius.

[boonecreek]

58. I didn't have one,

but my mother's was "As the World Turns."

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59. Thank you very much boonecreek.

[Rebl2]

74. All

My Children. Watched it from the beginning, but took a long break from it the last several years it was on. I did watch the last two weeks it was on.

[debm55]

84. Same here. When my son was a baby and toddler, I didn;t have time to sit and watch. I still know how it ended. Thank you

Rebl2

[maptap22]

80. All My Children

[if..fish..had..wings]

81. Like sands through the hourglass

so go the Days of Our Lives

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85. Thank you very much if..fish..had..wings. Hahahahhaha

[macwriter]

82. The Doctors and Edge of Night

I worked in the soap opera industry for over 40 years. Did a syndicated newspaper column on it and was the editor of a soap opera magazine. But these shows were my personal favorite because I played an extra on both shows. The actors on soaps were and are the hardest working and most underestimated performers in entertainment.

[debm55]

92. Thank you very much. macwriter. Did you appear on a local Pittsburgh show once a week to tell what happened and was

going to happen? If so, I remember you.

[macwriter]

94. Linda Hersch

That was my colleague and fellow newspaper columnist Linda Hersch. I did similar appearances on a Philly TV station and a radio show over the phone for CHML Radio in Hamilton, Ontario.

Too bad that soaps were phased out by reality TV. At one point I was covering 13 soaps (daytime and primetime). Then came Courttv and OJ's trial and the World stopped Turning the sand ran out of hour glass for most of the industry. Sad

[debm55]

95. Thank you, macwriter. Now the name clicks. That you for bringing bac that memory.

[MuseRider]

83. As The World Turns

It was only 15 minutes or 30 minutes long when I was a little kid but ended up a 30 minute show when I was still young then, of course, an hour.

[debm55]

88. Thank you MuseRider. Yes, I remember the 15 min, Soaps, the Guilding Light was one of those, Shared the half hour with

the Secret Storm.

[radical noodle]

86. Days of our Lives

I watched it from the first episode. I got caught up early on in the David/Julie romance and David's murder really sucked me in. But the show later went nuts with dead people reappearing and by the time I stopped watching, I didn't like it at all. (It was nice to have TV at work!)

[debm55]

90. Thank you radical noodle. Same thing happened with the Guilding Light. Reva kept come back from death. I got tired of it

and stopped watching.

[YodaMom2]

89. I watched Guiding Light toward the end of its run.

I was drawn to the unexpected, surprising (to both of them) love story of bad girl/man eater Olivia and devout Catholic single mother Natalia.

The show’s writers and producers, to no one’s surprise, tiptoed around actual depictions of physical intimacy. But to their credit, they (and the characters) made clear that the women didn’t just feel deep friendship but were very much IN love with each other. When the show ended, they were sharing a home and parenting responsibilities.

I know All My Children had a young lesbian character, but GL’s characters were grown women having a mature relationship. I appreciated that.

[debm55]

91. I watched Guilding Light starting at 5. I stopped watching when the Reva/Josh started. Reva was dead then she wasn't

dead. I stopped at that point.I wanted more storyline and character development. Which I wasn't getting.

[FoxNewsSucks]

99. Dark Shadows and All My Children

I found the DVD set in a thrift store, it has all 1220 episodes and extras. The box is a coffin containing all the discs, which have Barnabas picture on them.

I watched AMC from the early 80's to about two years before it was cancelled. And I have an Erica Kane Barbie doll in its original box. Must be worth several tens of dollars by now . . . .

[debm55]

104. Wow that was a find. Thank you FoxNewsSucks.

[purple_haze]

101. Amigas y Rivales

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103. Thank you very much, purple_haze. Friends(F) and Enemies?