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Best Soap Operas Of All Time: ABC and People Magazine Reveal Top 5
Topic Started: Sep 19 2012, 08:03 AM (2,489 Views)
Drew	Sep 19 2012, 09:12 PM Post #21
Posts: 13,461 Group: Veteran Member #62 Joined: June 14, 2007 Favorite Current Daytime Soap Opera Hollyoaks Favorite Soap Opera of All Time One Life to Live Favorite Primetime Soap Opera of All Time Dallas Twitter ID drewhatch Facebook ID drewhatch YouTube ID strangeparadise69	Marvel sucks, which is why they would team with Guiding Light? Harley the super hero was an abomination.



juniorz1	Sep 19 2012, 09:58 PM Post #22
The Royal Stoner Posts: 1,964 Group: Elite Member Member #18 Joined: June 13, 2007 Favorite Current Daytime Soap Opera Days of our Lives Favorite Soap Opera of All Time Santa Barbara Favorite Current Primetime Soap Opera The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Favorite Primetime Soap Opera of All Time Melrose Place Current Soap Rankings 1. DAYS 2. B&B 3. AMC 4. GH 5. OLTL 6. Y&R	If we're going for Quality: 1. The Young and the Restless 2. As The World Turns 3. Another World 4. Santa Barbara 5. All My Children If we're going for Iconic: 1. General Hospital 2. Days of our Lives 3. All My Children 4. The Young and the Restless 5. Dark Shadows



Bright Eyes	Sep 19 2012, 10:03 PM Post #23
Posts: 2,120 Group: Elite Member Member #9,535 Joined: June 8, 2011 Favorite Soap Opera of All Time The Edge of Night Favorite Current Primetime Soap Opera Game of Thrones Favorite Primetime Soap Opera of All Time Twin Peaks / Six Feet Under Current Soap Rankings Shortland Street YouTube ID DickHarlow89	juniorz1 Sep 19 2012, 09:58 PM If we're going for Quality: 1. The Young and the Restless 2. As The World Turns 3. Another World 4. Santa Barbara 5. All My Children Anyone that doesn't have The Edge of Night as number one for quality is wrong.



Dorothy595	Sep 19 2012, 10:32 PM Post #24
Posts: 1,393 Group: Elite Member Member #2,875 Joined: September 11, 2008 Favorite Current Daytime Soap Opera Days Of Our Lives Favorite Soap Opera of All Time Days Of Our Lives Favorite Current Primetime Soap Opera None Favorite Primetime Soap Opera of All Time Knots Landing Current Soap Rankings n/a	taylore Sep 19 2012, 09:52 AM The Bold and The Beautiful is the best known soap,then comes Y&R.GH doesn't deserve the number one spot. But it said of all time and GH was really, really good in it's heyday with the Scorpios, Sean and Tiff, and all the spy storylines. Way back when it was one of the best if not THE best on the air. Then came Days and I switched. ;)



Mitchapalooza	Sep 20 2012, 01:12 AM Post #25
DAYS end FETCH NOW! Posts: 11,112 Group: Veteran Member #91 Joined: June 16, 2007	somersetfan Sep 19 2012, 11:50 AM Mitchapalooza Sep 19 2012, 11:18 AM Y&R and DAYS are heads and tails the most popular soaps in Canada, and always have been. 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 This is very true...AW was VERY popular here (I am not sure about TEXAS though, never heard that before). ATWT also was high up there....PASSIONS was also very popular.



Mitchapalooza	Sep 20 2012, 01:15 AM Post #26
DAYS end FETCH NOW! Posts: 11,112 Group: Veteran Member #91 Joined: June 16, 2007	juniorz1 Sep 19 2012, 09:58 PM If we're going for Quality: 1. The Young and the Restless 2. As The World Turns 3. Another World 4. Santa Barbara 5. All My Children If we're going for Iconic: 1. General Hospital 2. Days of our Lives 3. All My Children 4. The Young and the Restless 5. Dark Shadows That really is more of a question of what people define as "quality"...cause I certainly do not agree with your Top 5. Also Dark Shadows was not iconic IMO...had Tim Burton not made a movie about it...there is not a chance in hell it would have made the list.



Kevc1980	Sep 20 2012, 01:50 AM Post #27
Posts: 5,333 Group: Veteran Member #70 Joined: June 14, 2007	I'm a die hard Days fan. But with Luke and Laura alone, GH deserves the top spot. Also, AMC deserves it over OLTL with Erica Kane alone..Minus Dark Shadows, I think it's a good list.



Drew	Sep 20 2012, 02:11 AM Post #28
Posts: 13,461 Group: Veteran Member #62 Joined: June 14, 2007 Favorite Current Daytime Soap Opera Hollyoaks Favorite Soap Opera of All Time One Life to Live Favorite Primetime Soap Opera of All Time Dallas Twitter ID drewhatch Facebook ID drewhatch YouTube ID strangeparadise69	Tim Burton was not the only person to make a Dark Shadows movie.



Dreamy	Sep 20 2012, 02:29 PM Post #29
Posts: 673 Group: Members Member #10,457 Joined: September 12, 2011 Favorite Current Daytime Soap Opera Days Of Our Lives Favorite Soap Opera of All Time Days Of Our Lives, Another World, All My Children & One Life To Live Favorite Current Primetime Soap Opera 90210 Favorite Primetime Soap Opera of All Time Beverly Hills 90210, Desperate Housewives Current Soap Rankings Days, GH, Y&R & B&B Facebook ID http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=822220194	IMO - GH doesn't deserve #1. I mean its popular, but for sure not #1.



WTGH	Sep 20 2012, 09:55 PM Post #30
Bitch! Posts: 1,107 Group: Elite Member Member #52 Joined: June 14, 2007	ATWT 4 EVER!!!



Queen B	Sep 20 2012, 10:43 PM Post #31
Posts: 1,659 Group: Elite Member Member #7,440 Joined: September 15, 2010	Mitchapalooza Sep 19 2012, 11:18 AM OliveAnn Sep 19 2012, 10:29 AM taylore Sep 19 2012, 09:52 AM The Bold and The Beautiful is the best known soap,then comes Y&R.GH doesn't deserve the number one spot. B&B is the best known soap outside of the USA. But, in the US, Y&R, Days, AMC and GH are more known. 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. Funny, becausei i'm Canadian and the only two soaps i've ever watched has always been DOOL and Y&R :laugh: then ofcourse theres Passions, and I watched the whole run of that show from 1999-2008 but I wouldn't count that.



Dreamy	Sep 20 2012, 11:35 PM Post #32
Posts: 673 Group: Members Member #10,457 Joined: September 12, 2011 Favorite Current Daytime Soap Opera Days Of Our Lives Favorite Soap Opera of All Time Days Of Our Lives, Another World, All My Children & One Life To Live Favorite Current Primetime Soap Opera 90210 Favorite Primetime Soap Opera of All Time Beverly Hills 90210, Desperate Housewives Current Soap Rankings Days, GH, Y&R & B&B Facebook ID http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=822220194	Yep, DAYS & Y&R are on top here in Canada!



Manny	Sep 21 2012, 05:07 AM Post #33
Posts: 8,536 Group: Veteran Member #45 Joined: June 14, 2007 Favorite Current Daytime Soap Opera EastEnders Favorite Soap Opera of All Time EastEnders, Sunset Beach, Days of Our Lives, Y&R	B&B is the most popular soap outside of North American continent. I know it was huge in Germany (I used to watch it on a German TV channel) and in Italy. I think I read that it's also popular in Australia...



juniorz1	Sep 23 2012, 09:05 AM Post #34
The Royal Stoner Posts: 1,964 Group: Elite Member Member #18 Joined: June 13, 2007 Favorite Current Daytime Soap Opera Days of our Lives Favorite Soap Opera of All Time Santa Barbara Favorite Current Primetime Soap Opera The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Favorite Primetime Soap Opera of All Time Melrose Place Current Soap Rankings 1. DAYS 2. B&B 3. AMC 4. GH 5. OLTL 6. Y&R	Bright Eyes Sep 19 2012, 10:03 PM juniorz1 Sep 19 2012, 09:58 PM If we're going for Quality: 1. The Young and the Restless 2. As The World Turns 3. Another World 4. Santa Barbara 5. All My Children Anyone that doesn't have The Edge of Night as number one for quality is wrong. I was speaking from the point of view of someone who started watching in 1982 and even then, I only watched DAYS, Another World, and Texas. In my lifetime, the 5 shows I listed gave me the highest quality entertainment. I LOVED DAYS in the 80s, 90s, and even some of the 00s, but the other 5 shows were better and more consistent imo. My mom was a HUGE Edge of Night fan and The Doctors fan. Her list would probably look more like this (and she watched since '66): 1. Days of our Lives 2. Another World 3. The Doctors 4. Edge of Night 5. Santa Barbara Edge of Night (and to a lesser degree, All My Children and General Hospital) was the only non-NBC soap she ever watched. I did almost get her hooked on B&B after SB went off the air, but she lost interest when I was back in school.



juniorz1	Sep 23 2012, 09:17 AM Post #35
The Royal Stoner Posts: 1,964 Group: Elite Member Member #18 Joined: June 13, 2007 Favorite Current Daytime Soap Opera Days of our Lives Favorite Soap Opera of All Time Santa Barbara Favorite Current Primetime Soap Opera The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Favorite Primetime Soap Opera of All Time Melrose Place Current Soap Rankings 1. DAYS 2. B&B 3. AMC 4. GH 5. OLTL 6. Y&R	Mitchapalooza Sep 20 2012, 01:15 AM juniorz1 Sep 19 2012, 09:58 PM If we're going for Quality: 1. The Young and the Restless 2. As The World Turns 3. Another World 4. Santa Barbara 5. All My Children If we're going for Iconic: 1. General Hospital 2. Days of our Lives 3. All My Children 4. The Young and the Restless 5. Dark Shadows That really is more of a question of what people define as "quality"...cause I certainly do not agree with your Top 5. Also Dark Shadows was not iconic IMO...had Tim Burton not made a movie about it...there is not a chance in hell it would have made the list. I was speaking as a matter of personal taste- soaps, like most things, are subjective. My list may look differently had I been alive and watched in the 60s and 70s. I have a feeling I would have been into Search For Tomorrow, Another World and As The World Turns A LOT more had I watched in the 70s. And certainly my list would look differently had I watched the CBS or ABC soaps in the 80s (I watched a little bit of GH & OLTL in the mid to late 80s). I disagree with you about Dark Shadows though. It's always had a substantial cult following and was the first soap to be re-aired I believe. It's an iconic show and would have been in the top 5 with or without Tim Burton imo.



Vetting4fun	Sep 23 2012, 11:28 AM Post #36
Posts: 37 Group: Members Member #11,533 Joined: February 18, 2012 Favorite Current Daytime Soap Opera Days Of Our Lives Favorite Soap Opera of All Time Days Of Our Lives Favorite Current Primetime Soap Opera Revenge Favorite Primetime Soap Opera of All Time Dallas Twitter ID Vettefun Facebook ID Sheri Holoen	I'm buying Dark Shadows now, pretty hokey and poor acting but a classic. I agree.



Vetting4fun	Sep 23 2012, 11:31 AM Post #37
Posts: 37 Group: Members Member #11,533 Joined: February 18, 2012 Favorite Current Daytime Soap Opera Days Of Our Lives Favorite Soap Opera of All Time Days Of Our Lives Favorite Current Primetime Soap Opera Revenge Favorite Primetime Soap Opera of All Time Dallas Twitter ID Vettefun Facebook ID Sheri Holoen	The movie by Tim Burton was a rip off of Dark Shadows. It was like the spoof movies of soaps



darraholic	Sep 23 2012, 11:41 AM Post #38
Resident Grump Posts: 13,851 Group: Veteran Member #555 Joined: November 22, 2007 Favorite Current Daytime Soap Opera All My Children Favorite Soap Opera of All Time DAYS Favorite Current Primetime Soap Opera True Blood Favorite Primetime Soap Opera of All Time Melrose Place/Six Feet Under Current Soap Rankings 1. AMC, 2. GH, 3. OLTL, 4. DAYS Twitter ID dannystultz Facebook ID danny.stultz	Never under estimate the Dark Shadows fan base. It is huge! I wonder how this list would change if British/Australian soaps were included.



OliveAnn	Sep 23 2012, 12:36 PM Post #39
Posts: 769 Group: Members Member #3,971 Joined: March 2, 2009	darraholic Sep 23 2012, 11:41 AM Never under estimate the Dark Shadows fan base. It is huge! I wonder how this list would change if British/Australian soaps were included. Only Americans could vote, so it wouldn't change. Now, if it had been a worldwide vote with all the world's soaps included, then things would be different.



Kevin_Buchanan	Sep 25 2012, 03:17 PM Post #40
Posts: 574 Group: Members Member #3,868 Joined: February 28, 2009 Favorite Current Daytime Soap Opera ONE LIFE, AMC, DAYS, GH Favorite Soap Opera of All Time OLTL & AMC Favorite Current Primetime Soap Opera DALLAS Favorite Primetime Soap Opera of All Time Dynasty Current Soap Rankings (1) ONE LIFE, (2) AMC (3) DAYS, GH (4)Y&R (5) B&B, YouTube ID Davekl69	BULLSHIT! One Life To Live should be at least #2!!! As The World Turns also should be in there as well. GH should NOT be #1 thanks to the last 15 years!



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