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Britain's shortest running soap is Waterloo Road on BBC1. The longest running soap is Coronation Street on UTV.
A long running TV soap opera based in the East End of London, broadcast by the BBC in Britain.
Coronation premiered in the UK December 9, 1960 The longest running soap opera, Guiding Light, was aired on radio in 1937 before moving to CBS television in 1952.
The UK's long running TV soap opera Coronation Street was first aired on 9th December 1960.
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As The World Turns, however, due to its cancellation and the last episode airing 9/17/10, General Hospital will take the title as the longest running daytime soap.
Soap operas first appeared on radio in the 1930s as a way to promote soap products, hence the name "soap opera." The first television soap opera, "Guiding Light," debuted in 1952.
There are several magazines that share soap opera spoilers. Some of them are TV Guide, Soap Opera Digest, Soap Opera Magazine and Soap Opera Weekly. There are also many sites available online that would give soap opera spoilers.
The Soap Opera Network covers and reports on popular soap operas currently on television. This includes Y&R, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, and Bold and the Beautiful.
A film or other theatrical work about the American West - a western movie or television series that is extremely clichéd or formulaic, in the manner of a soap opera.
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6th Annual Soap Opera Awards - 1990 - TV was released on: USA: 15 January 1990