soap opera

Noun

Meaning

a serialized program usually dealing with sentimentalized family matters that is broadcast on radio or television (frequently sponsored by a company advertising soap products)

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soap-opera

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After that series ended, ANT1 abandoned the soap opera genre and focused on comedy series and weekly dramas. Source: Internet

After the first couple of seasons, all three shows changed their story format to that of a pure soap opera, with interwoven ongoing narratives that ran over several episodes. Source: Internet

An announcer came on before a soap opera parody and warned the audience that due to the virus none of the actors could touch each other. Source: Internet

An individual episode of a soap opera will generally switch between several different concurrent narrative threads that may at times interconnect and affect one another or may run entirely independent of each other. Source: Internet

A network may even prefer to return a timeslot to its local stations to keeping a soap opera with disappointing ratings on the air, as was the case with Sunset Beach and Port Charles. Source: Internet

Also during the decade, she appeared in several Australian productions, including the soap opera A Country Practice citation and the miniseries Vietnam (1986). citation She also made guest appearances on Australian television programs and TV movies. Source: Internet

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