'A lot of people weren't alive when it was at its peak. 'The writing has been on the wall for the daytime soap opera for a long time,' Thompson said in an interview.

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General Daytime News Get all the latest ratings, daytime announcements and general daytime articles. Thomspon is pessimistic about the shows' future. A no-holds-barred forum discussing the latest soap news, gossip and drama. Venerable daytime dramas Guiding Light and As The World Turns went off the air in the 2002s after a multi-decade run. Simpson's sensational trial in 19 regularly preempted soaps. Unfortunately, soaps haven't enjoyed that level of popularity since then. About 40 million people saw the show's 1981 wedding between fan favorites Luke Spencer and Laura Webber. General Hospital appealed to younger viewers, breathing new life into the genre for a while. Furthermore, the serialized story tyle where plotlines continued over multiple episodes that made the shows unique was adopted by Prime Time shows during the 1970s and 1980s Soap Opera Network is an entertainment news source covering daytime soaps, talk shows, game shows, streaming services and primetime TV, featuring interviews.

According to Thompson, there are many reasons why soaps have struggled to keep up with the times.Īs more women began working out of the home, they got out of the habit of watching the daytime dramas that began targeting them when soaps started on the radio during the 1930s.

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