MIAMI — The International Actor Formation Center Luz Columba is not your ordinary acting school. It grooms aspiring actors specifically for soap operas, and it trains them in Spanish no less. The ...

Imagine all the deceit, blackmail, murders and sex of the first two seasons of "Desperate Housewives" crammed into 13 steamy weeks. That's the image three big TV companies are conjuring as they look ...

Soap Operas are not usually the first thing we think of when we think of “Prestige Television” but they have been popular since the dawn of TV and without them, some of our favorite stars might not ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Natalie Moore about the legacy of soap operas. She is host and writer of "Stories Without End," the new season of the WBEZ podcast "Making." UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: Like ...

For years, the woman who recently acquired this bare-bones taqueria, where soap operas in Spanish blare from the television, has operated a popular food cart, which really comes to life late at night.

For as long as I can remember, my mom and I have always had a date with daytime TV from 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET. That’s the time when we turn on CBS and tune in for our daily dose of drama on “The Young ...

For every nail-biting plot twist and headache-inducing scheme, there's a dollop of romance in soap operas that brings us back down to Earth. Though many of our favorite nuptials gradually came ...

Soap operas’ detractors usually cite the same critiques of the genre, calling out the over-the-top drama, the frequent recasting of characters, the workmanlike production design and cinematography, ...

As I was watching “General Hospital” the other day, I had to wonder why soap operas have such a stronghold on the American public – and why they have for so long. According to an article titled “What ...

If one of the newest products from consumer-goods giant Procter & Gamble reminds you of something the company made in the ...

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives. SIMON: Mickey Horton has lost his memory. Will he ever find his way home? Bo Brady's father isn't Mr. Brady. He's ...