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| Best Soap Operas Of All Time: ABC and People Magazine Reveal Top 5 | |
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| Topic Started: Sep 19 2012, 08:03 AM (2,484 Views) | |
| WillFan | Sep 19 2012, 08:03 AM Post #1 |
 
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5. DARK SHADOWS 4. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS 3. DAYS OF OUR LIVES 2. ALL MY CHILDREN 1. GENERAL HOSPITAL http://www.welovesoaps.net/2012/09/best-soap-operas-of-all-time-abc-and.html#more |
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| Manny | Sep 19 2012, 08:56 AM Post #2 |
 
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Dark Shadows?! Why no GL? |
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| blueskies | Sep 19 2012, 09:16 AM Post #3 |
 
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I just gonna say it, where the heck is Passions on this list? Lol (okay so I know it's not #1 for everyone else). And could someone explain GH as #1? Perhaps I just don't understand because I've never watched more than an eppi. |
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| somersetfan | Sep 19 2012, 09:30 AM Post #4 |
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No surprise. Pop culture wise these are the best known soaps. Still, it does my heart good to see that after 41 years of being off the air Dark Shadows still makes the list. Julia Hoffman FOREVER :wub2: |
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| Tash | Sep 19 2012, 09:34 AM Post #5 |
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Guiding Light should be on there for sure! |
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| darraholic | Sep 19 2012, 09:51 AM Post #6 |
Resident Grump
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I think this is more based on pop culture than actual writing/acting etc... GH/AMC/DAYS/Y&R were always the big four. They got most of the magazine front covers and got the most media attention outside of Daytime. And Dark Shadows is without a doubt the most remembered canceled soap opera. |
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| taylore | Sep 19 2012, 09:52 AM Post #7 |
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The Bold and The Beautiful is the best known soap,then comes Y&R.GH doesn't deserve the number one spot. |
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| OliveAnn | Sep 19 2012, 10:29 AM Post #8 |
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B&B is the best known soap outside of the USA. But, in the US, Y&R, Days, AMC and GH are more known. |
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| EJ_SamiFF | Sep 19 2012, 10:29 AM Post #9 |
Until next time < 3
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Glad to see GH as #1. That's the only soap I grew up watching with my mom and grandmom. Best soap IMO follow by AMC and OLTL. |
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| Lucky | Sep 19 2012, 11:04 AM Post #10 |
Rafe proves EJ is a little bitch
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I think GH deserves the #1 spot as well. |
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| Mitchapalooza | Sep 19 2012, 11:18 AM Post #11 |
DAYS end FETCH NOW!
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Not in Canada...B&B is one of the least popular soaps and always has been (except in Quebec, where the french-dubbed show Top Modeles is pretty popular). OLTL and AMC also were never popular and were always two of the lowest rated shows in daytime up here (along with B&B). All 3 soaps have come and gone off the air (on CDN networks) a few times here due to low ratings. Y&R and DAYS are heads and tails the most popular soaps in Canada, and always have been. Edited by Mitchapalooza, Sep 19 2012, 11:22 AM.
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| Mitchapalooza | Sep 19 2012, 11:23 AM Post #12 |
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DAYS end FETCH NOW!
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Oh and I am just gonna say it...but Dark Shadows being in the Top 5 is BULLSHIT |
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| Bright Eyes | Sep 19 2012, 11:37 AM Post #13 |
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Except, it's ANGELIQUE forever! :jedi: |
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| Checkers | Sep 19 2012, 11:43 AM Post #14 |
The Duchess
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Pop Culture wise this list makes the most sense. Edited by Checkers, Sep 19 2012, 11:45 AM.
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| somersetfan | Sep 19 2012, 11:50 AM Post #15 |
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Both Another World and Texas were immensely popular as well. During the L&L heyday it was Iris Cory Wheeler not the Ice Princess Canadians wanted to watch. AW was popular right up till the end. A little novelty song that always makes me LOL |
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| Manny | Sep 19 2012, 12:00 PM Post #16 |
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I agree. I bet if Tim Burton hadn't done the movie this year, it wouldn't have been on this list. |
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| Nate | Sep 19 2012, 07:46 PM Post #17 |
My two favorite characters
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I was watching this a little before I went to bed last night cuz my parents were watching it and I was wondering if they had soaps. Congrats to GH!!!!! :D |
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| Tammy | Sep 19 2012, 08:03 PM Post #18 |
My Current reaction watching DAYS!
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Sorry, but, IMO OLTL was waaay better then AMC! |
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| Drew | Sep 19 2012, 08:22 PM Post #19 |
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I'm trying to find Guiding Light's remakes, movies, comics, audio dramas, toys, and conventions but all I could find was a TV movie of the week. :P Edited by Drew, Sep 19 2012, 08:26 PM.
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| Bright Eyes | Sep 19 2012, 09:01 PM Post #20 |
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How could you forget Harley the superhero? Automatically beats anything Dark Shadows ever did. And no, I won't buy you a box of tissues for your tears of shame! :shame: |
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