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The Story of Soaps

2020 · Robin Pelleck · 120 min

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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.

SShelly AltmanSelfJohn AnistonSelfAlec BaldwinSelfMaurice BenardSelfLLorraine BroderickSelfJJames H. BrownSelfCarol BurnettSelfMarc CherrySelfAndy CohenSelfBryan CranstonSelfMary CrosbySelfEileen DavidsonSelfJJill Farren PhelpsSelfVivica A. FoxSelfGenie FrancisSelf

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SShelly AltmanSelfJohn AnistonSelfAlec BaldwinSelfMaurice BenardSelfLLorraine BroderickSelfJJames H. BrownSelfCarol BurnettSelfMarc CherrySelfAndy CohenSelfBryan CranstonSelfMary CrosbySelfEileen DavidsonSelfJJill Farren PhelpsSelfVivica A. FoxSelfGenie FrancisSelf

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